(2014·蚌埠市高三第三次教学质量检查考试)Some years ago when I was in my second year in university
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(2014·蚌埠市高三第三次教学质量检查考试)
Some years ago when I was in my second year in university，I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time.The moment was exciting.Salome’s ____filled the room and brought the theater to life.I was so____that I decided to write an article about her.
I____Salome Bey，telling her I was from Essence magazine，and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career.She____and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday.When I hung up，I was scared out of my mind.I___I was lying.I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday.I sat there____，taking notes and asking questions that all began with，“Can you tell me...” I soon realized that____Salome Bey was one thing，but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible.The____was almost unbearable (不可容忍的)．I struggled for days ____draft after draft.Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long.My manuscript____.How stupid of me！I thought.How could I____in a world of professional writers？Knowing I couldn’t ____the rejection letter，I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later，I was moving to California.While____my apartment，I came across the unopened envelope.This time I opened it and ____the editor’s letter in disbelief：
Dear Ms Profit，
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic.Yet we need some ___ materials.Please add those and return the article immediately.We would like to____your story soon.
Shocked，it took me a long time to____.Fear of rejection cost me dearly.I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine.More importantly，I lost years of____writing.Today，I have become a fulltime writer.Looking back on this____，I learned a very important lesson：You can’t____to doubt yourself.
| 小题1: | | A．joy | B．voice | | C．speech | D．smile |
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| 小题2: | | A．moved | B．active | | C．satisfied | D．proud |
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| 小题3: | | A．visited | B．emailed | | C．interviewed | D．phoned |
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| 小题4: | | A．agreed | B．refused | | C．hesitated | D．paused |
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| 小题5: | | A．replied | B．discovered | | C．explained | D．knew |
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| 小题6: | | A．seriously | B．nervously | | C．patiently | D．quietly |
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| 小题7: | | A．blaming | B．fooling | | C．inviting | D．urging |
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| 小题8: | | A．hardship | B．failure | | C．comment | D．pressure |
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| 小题10: | | A．returned | B．disappeared | | C．spread | D．improved |
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| 小题11: | | A．compare | B．compete | | C．survive | D．struggle |
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| 小题12: | | A．ignore | B．deliver | | C．face | D．receive |
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| 小题13: | | A．cleaning | B．repairing | | C．decorating | D．leaving |
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| 小题14: | | A．saw | B．read | | C．found | D．noticed |
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| 小题15: | | A．memorial | B．relevant | | C．private | D．reliable |
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| 小题16: | | A．broadcast | B．create | | C．publish | D．assess |
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| 小题17: | | A．prepare | B．recover | | C．escape | D．concentrate |
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| 小题18: | | A．energetic | B．enjoyable | | C．typical | D．endless |
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| 小题19: | | A．experience | B．success | | C．benefit | D．accident |
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| 小题20: | | A．attempt | B．pretend | | C．expect | D．afford |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:B
小题16:C
小题17:B
小题18:B
小题19:A
小题20:D |
解析
语篇解读 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过第一次投稿的经历给了我们很多启示：千万不要怀疑自己，否则你将会因此而错失很多。
小题1:解析： 考查名词辨析。句意为：Salome的声音(voice)充满了整个房间，整个剧院因她的歌声而焕发生机。根据上一句“I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time.”可知，答案B符合文意。
答案： B
小题2:解析： 考查动词辨析。句意为：我被震撼(move感动)了，因此我决定写一篇关于她的文章。active积极的，活跃的；satisfied满意的；proud骄傲的，均不符合语境，故排除。
答案： A
小题3:解析： 考查动词辨析。句意为：我打电话(phone)给Salome，说我是Essence杂志的，想约她见面并谈谈她的职业。根据下文的“When I hung up，I was scared out of my mind.”可知，答案D符合文意。
答案： D
小题4:解析： 考查动词辨析。句意为：她同意(agree)了我的请求，约好下个星期二在她的工作室见面。根据本句中“...told me to come to her studio next Tuesday”可知，她同意了“我”和她见面的请求。
答案： A
小题5:解析： 考查动词辨析。句意为：我知道(know)我在撒谎。根据下文“I was not a writer...”可知，作者是在说谎。reply回答；discover发现；explain解释，均不符合语境，故排除。
答案： D
小题6:解析： 考查副词辨析。句意为：我坐在那里，很紧张地(nervously)记着笔记，开始问一些简单的问题，与上文“When I hung up，I was scared out of my mind...I was lying”相呼应，故答案B符合文意。
答案： B
小题7:解析： 考查动词辨析。句意为：我很快意识到欺骗(fool)Salome是一回事儿，但是给一个国家级的杂志写稿发表几乎是不可能的事儿。根据上文“I was lying”可知，答案B符合文意。
答案： B
小题8:解析： 考查名词辨析。句意为：这种压力(pressure)几乎不能让人承担。与下句“I struggled for days...”和作者怀疑自己的能力相呼应，故答案D符合文意。hardship艰难；failure失败；comment评论，均不符合语境，故排除。
答案： D
小题9:解析： 考查介词辨析。句意为：我几天来一直都一遍一遍地打草稿，写了撕，撕了写。struggle with为固定搭配，意为“与……挣扎，搏斗”，符合文意，故答案C正确。
答案： C
小题10:解析： 考查动词辨析。句意为：不久后，我的手稿被退回了(return)。根据下文“the rejection letter”和“How stupid of me！”可知，答案A符合语境。disappear消失；spread传播；improve改善，均不符合语境，故排除。
答案： A
小题11:解析： 考查动词辨析。句意为：我怎么能够竞争(compete)过那么多专业作家呢？与文章最后一句“You can’t________to doubt yourself.”相呼应，故答案B符合文意。compare比较；survive存活；struggle斗争，均不符合语境，故排除。
答案： B
小题12:解析： 考查动词辨析。句意为：知道自己不能够面对(face)那封拒绝信，我把那封信拆都没拆就直接放在抽屉里了。根据下文“Fear of rejection cost me dearly.”和“I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer”可知，作者害怕被拒绝，所以不敢面对。故答案C符合文意。
答案： C
小题13:解析： 考查动词辨析。由上句可知，作者要搬去别的地方了，故本句句意为：在屋里打扫卫生(cleaning)时，我偶然看到了那封没有拆开的信。repair修理；decorate装修；leave离开，均不符合语境，故排除。
答案： A
小题14:解析： 考查动词辨析。句意为：这次我拆开了这封信，开始读(read)编辑给我写的信，有些难以置信。根据下文引用的信的内容可知，作者在读信。故答案B符合文意。
答案： B
小题15:解析： 考查形容词辨析。句意为：然而，我们需要一些相关的(relevant)资料。memorial纪念性的；private私人的；reliable可依赖的，均不符合语境，故排除。
答案： B
小题16:解析： 考查动词辨析。句意为：我们很希望不久后就出版(publish)你的文章。根据下文“I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine.”可知，答案C符合文意。
答案： C
小题17:解析： 考查动词辨析。句意为：过了很久我才从震惊中恢复(recover)过来。与本句中的“shocked”和上文的“in disbelief”相呼应，故答案B符合文意。
答案： B
小题18:解析： 考查形容词辨析。句意为：更重要的是，我失去了多年愉悦(enjoyable)的写作。作者听到别人优美的歌声就想为别人写点什么，说明写作对作者是一个很享受的过程，故答案B符合文意。energetic有活力的；typical典型的；endless无尽的，均不符合语境，故排除。
答案： B
小题19:解析： 考查名词辨析。句意为：回顾这次经历(experience)，我学到了重要的一课……，success成功；benefit受益；accident事故，车祸，均不符合语境，故排除。
答案： A
小题20:解析： 考查动词辨析。句意为：回顾这次经历，我学到了重要的一课：你承担(afford)不起怀疑自己的代价。attempt尝试；pretend假装；expect期望，均不符合语境，故排除。
答案： D |
举一反三
A culture’s values can be mirrored by its humor. Humor has been evaluated by many great minds such as Thomas Hobbes, who, in “On Nature”, disliked humor, “Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from sudden thought of feeling far better than others.” He thought humor to be a negative quality of human narrow-mindedness.
However, Mordechai Gordon, Ph. D of Education, insists, “Humor allows us to view the world from an angle that is amusing rather than serious.” I agree with Gordon. Learning to look at the world through humor is important.
In the United States, every four years an election occurs. Without humor as a way to express their feelings, how else would Americans keep from clawing their eyes out and going the way of lemming? Television shows like “The Daily Show” have become important parts of American culture. They are mothering the masses by metaphorically(隐喻地) airplane-ing politics into our mouths. They make politics fun.
Of course, politics is only one type of humor. Social humor helps people through the twists and turns of the human condition. American pop culture promotes an unhealthy self- image. On the topic of self-image, Hari Kondabolu stands out. He has a joke about the popular musical group “The Pussycat Dolls”, describing their hit song “Don"t Cha” as a negative representation of women. He points out an obvious offence in American culture.
A study from Loyola University of Maryland has shown that humor is one determining factor for selecting a mating partner. Amongst other things, mates look for an outstanding funny bone in a potential partner.
Of course, humor is not always used for good purposes. Humor can be linked to vulgarity (粗俗)and racism, but, like everything else, it has potential to unite human beings by allowing us to laugh at ourselves, our failures and our connection with one another.
Though 1ife may seem tough and depressing at times, all I have to do is look in the mirror at my increased wrinkles(皱纹) to know that there is a comedy out there that even Chaplin wasn’t aware of.
With that in mind, remember to laugh with humanity and sometimes at humanity.
小题1:Hobbes believes that humor__________. | A．was for people to view the world from another angle | | B．resulted in narrow-mindedness of human beings | | C．had the power to mirror personal glory and national values | | D．was only a way to laugh at others to make oneself feel better |
小题2:The fourth paragraph is developed mainly__________. | A．by comparison | B．by process | C．by example | D．by classification |
小题3:What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?| A．The author is determined to face life with a sense of humor. | | B．The author feels helpless and sad about getting older. | | C．Never be the one who laughs at other people. | | D．Chaplin wasn’t aware of being laughed at. |
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Tail Spin
Two dolphins race around in a big pool in the Ocean Park. The smaller dolphin, Grace, shows off a few of her tricks, turning around and waving hello to the crowd. The most amazing thing about her, however, is that she"s even swimming at all. She doesn"t have a tail.
Grace lost her tail as a baby when she got caught up in a fish trap. When the dolphin arrived at the Ocean Park in December 2005, she was fighting for her life. “ Is she going to make it？” Her trainer, Abbey Stone, feared the worst. Grace did make it—but her tail didn"t. She ended up losing her flukes and the lower part of her peduncle.
Over the past six years, she has learned to swim without her tail. Dolphins swim by moving their flukes and peduncle up and down. Grace taught herself to move another way—like a fish! She pushes herself forward through the water by moving her peduncle from side to side.
The movements put harmful pressure on Grace"s backbone. So a company offered to create a manmade tail for her. The tail had to be strong enough to stay on Grace as she swam but soft enough that it wouldn"t hurt her.
The first time Grace wore the artificial tail, she soon shook it off and let it sink to the bottom of the pool. Now, she is still learning to use the tail. Some days she wears it for an hour at a time, others not at all. “The new tail isn"t necessary for her to feel comfortable，” says Stone, “but it helps to keep that range of motion (动作) and build muscles (肌肉)．”
Now, the dolphin is about to get an even happier ending. This month, Grace will star in Dolphin Tale, a film that focuses on her rescue and recovery. Her progress has inspired more than just a new movie. Many people travel from near and far to meet her. Seeing Grace swim with her manmade tail gives people so much courage.
小题1:When Grace first arrived at the Ocean Park, her trainer worried about her ________.| A．physical build | | B．potential ability | | C．chance of survival | | D．adaptation to the surroundings |
小题2:A manmade tail is created for Grace to ________.| A．let her recover faster | | B．make her comfortable | | C．adjust her way of swimming | | D．help her perform better tricks |
小题3:The story of Grace inspires people to ________.| A．stick to their dreams | | B．treat animals friendly | | C．treasure what they have | | D．face difficulties bravely |
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Many Tuesday mornings, I have coffee with my father. Although my father is a man of few words, I really ____ the time along with him.
One recent Tuesday, I found it a bit ___ when I rang the doorbell, no one seemed to be home. I climbed in through the window, noticing the lights that shone from the kitchen, and ____ that my dad must be there, but he wasn"t. I ____ through his home, checking every room. I tried not to ____.Yet, upstairs, downstairs, no Dad anywhere.
I was worried. ____， my father was seventyone years old. Anything could have happened to him. Then, I got in my car and drove to my mother"s aerobics(有氧运动)class.
On the drive, I thought a lot about my father and our ____ together. Suddenly, I was three years old and he was ____ me up to the living room window to see the Christmas lights. In his ____， I was safe and secure. At age ten, he used to wake me up with warm breakfast in bed. Then I was twelve and my dad was ____ all the kids at my birthday party with his magic tricks. I was so ____ of my father for being so ____ and talented. He"d made my party a ____.
As I entered my mother"s class. I was nervous. My mom looked at me in ____.
“Mom, where"s Dad？” I asked, “He"s working in the ____ on the side of the house！” she answered.
And I hurried to my car and ____ back to the yard.“Hey, Dad！” I yelled out and told him about my fears of the last half hour. My dad ____ laughing his typical laugh that was always ___. I was so thankful that I still had my daddy. And so, as I ___ the door to my father"s house, we went inside for our usual cup of coffee.
Thanks, Daddy, for all the ____ and more importantly, for all your love.
| 小题1: | | A．dislike | B．share | | C．get | D．enjoy |
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| 小题2: | | A．dangerous | B．unusual | | C．joyful | D．relaxing |
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| 小题3: | | A．decided | B．hoped | | C．expected | D．wondered |
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| 小题4: | | A．lived | B．pulled | | C．hurried | D．came |
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| 小题5: | | A．cry | B．panic | | C．believe | D．confirm |
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| 小题6: | | A．Above all | B．In all | | C．After all | D．For all |
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| 小题7: | | A．journey | B．family | | C．interest | D．history |
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| 小题8: | | A．holding | B．picking | | C．calling | D．bringing |
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| 小题9: | | A．heart | B．chest | | C．eyes | D．arms |
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| 小题10: | | A．amazing | B．cheating | | C．inviting | D．providing |
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| 小题11: | | A．sure | B．aware | | C．proud | D．afraid |
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| 小题12: | | A．honest | B．special | | C．lucky | D．practical |
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| 小题13: | | A．feast | B．prize | | C．secret | D．success |
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| 小题14: | | A．anger | B．worry | | C．sorrow | D．surprise |
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| 小题15: | | A．yard | B．kitchen | | C．room | D．home |
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| 小题16: | | A．fought | B．raced | | C．looked | D．fled |
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| 小题17: | | A．kept | B．remembered | | C．began | D．stopped |
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| 小题18: | | A．bitter | B．simple | | C．familiar | D．tight |
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小题19:．| A．closed | B．unlocked | | C．kicked | D．knocked |
| 小题20: | | A．memories | B．chances | | C．assistance | D．advice |
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A shopkeeper sent his son to learn about the secret of happiness. The boy wandered through the wilds for many days. He ____ reached a beautiful castle, where a wise man lived.
Entering the ____， the boy saw the wise man talking with some people listening ____. It was two hours before it was his ____. The boy explained why he had come. The wise man suggested that the boy ____ and return in two hours.
“Meanwhile, I want you to do something”， said the wise man, handing the boy a spoon that held two drops of ____. “As you walk around, carry this spoon without allowing the oil to spill (溢出)．”
The boy began ___ up and down many stairs, keeping his eyes fixed on the ____. After two hours, he returned to the room where the wise man was.
The wise man asked, “Did you see the Persian tapestries (壁毯) ____ in my dining hall? Did you see the ____ that took a master gardener ten years to build？”
The boy was ___， and admitted that he had observed nothing. His only ____ was not to spill the oil he was given.
“Go back and observe the marvels of my world”， said the wise man. “You cannot ____ a man if you know nothing about his house.”
Relieved, the boy picked up the spoon and ____ his exploration again. This time he observed all the ____ of art on the ceilings and the walls. Upon returning, he related ____ everything he had seen.
“But where are the drops of oil I had given to you？” asked the wise man. Looking down at the spoon he ____， the boy saw that the oil was ____.
“Well, there is only one piece of ____ I can give you”， said the wise man. “The secret of happiness is to ____ all the marvels of the world and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.”
| 小题1: | | A．suddenly | B．happily | | C．finally | D．accidentally |
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| 小题2: | | A．castle | B．palace | | C．cottage | D．kitchen |
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| 小题3: | | A．eagerly | B．attentively | | C．seriously | D．quietly |
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| 小题4: | | A．conversation | B．report | | C．chance | D．turn |
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| 小题5: | | A．look around | B．look back | | C．set down | D．set out |
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| 小题6: | | A．milk | B．water | | C．oil | D．coffee |
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| 小题7: | | A．sweeping | B．climbing | | C．running | D．jumping |
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| 小题8: | | A．man | B．castle | | C．way | D．spoon |
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| 小题9: | | A．hanging | B．knitting | | C．storing | D．flying |
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| 小题10: | | A．house | B．farm | | C．garden | D．lake |
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| 小题11: | | A．disappointed | B．embarrassed | | C．surprised | D．confused |
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| 小题12: | | A．worry | B．plan | | C．energy | D．concern |
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| 小题13: | | A．trust | B．suggest | | C．accept | D．thank |
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| 小题14: | | A．sought | B．continued | | C．began | D．stopped |
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| 小题15: | | A．treasures | B．works | | C．designs | D．exhibits |
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| 小题16: | | A．in detail | B．in common | | C．in general | D．in particular |
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| 小题17: | | A．contained | B．needed | | C．bought | D．held |
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| 小题18: | | A．stolen | B．gone | | C．dry | D．ready |
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| 小题19: | | A．discover | B．keep | | C．own | D．see |
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| 小题20: | | A．information | B．clothing | | C．advice | D．equipment |
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Perhaps you think you could easily add to your happiness with more money. Strange as it may seem, if you"re unsatisfied, the issue is not a lack of means to meet your desires but a lack of desires—not that you cannot satisfy your tastes but that you don"t have enough tastes.
Real riches consist of well-developed and hearty capacities (能力) to enjoy life. Most people are already swamped(淹没) with things. They eat, wear, go and talk too much. They live in too big a house with too many rooms, yet their house of life is a hut.
Your house of life ought to be a mansion (豪宅) , a royal palace. Every new taste, every additional interest, every fresh enthusiasm adds a room. Here are several rooms your house of life should have.
Art should be a desire for you to develop simply because the world is full of beautiful things. If you only understood how to enjoy them and feed your spirit on them, they would make you as happy as to find plenty of ham and eggs when you"re hungry.
Literature, classic literature, is a beautiful, richly furnished room where you might find many an hour of rest and refreshment. To gain that love would go toward making you a rich person, for a rich person is not someone who has a library but who likes a library.
Music like Mozart"s and Bach"s shouldn"t be absent. Real riches are of the spirit. And when you"ve brought that spirit up to where classical music feeds it and makes you a little drunk, you have increased your thrills and bettered them. And life is a matter of thrills.
Sports, without which you remain poor, mean a lot in life. No matter who you are, you would be more human, and your house of life would be better supported against the had days, if you could, and did, play a bit.
Whatever rooms you might add to your house of life, the secret of enjoying life is to keep adding.
小题1:The author intends to tell us that____________.| A．true happiness lies in achieving wealth by fair means | | B．big houses are people"s most valued possessions | | C．big houses can in a sense bring richness of life | | D．true happiness comes from spiritual riches |
小题2:The underlined sentence in the second paragraph probably implies that__________.| A．however materially rich, they never seem to be satisfied | | B．however materially rich, they remain spiritually poor | | C．though their house is big, they prefer a simple life | | D．though their house is big, it seems to be a cage |
小题3:It can be learned from the passage that __________.| A．more money brings more happiness | | B．art is needed to make your house beautiful | | C．literature can enrich your spiritual life | | D．sports contribute mainly to your physical fitness |
小题4:What would be the best title for the passage?| A．House of Life | B．Secret of Wealth | | C．Rest and Refreshment | D．Interest and Enthusiasm |
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