Have you ever tried to draw a straight line, only to find it turns out all wrong? Or, wanted to show 36 at a party but the song you’d practised so many times suddenly 37 more difficult?
I"ve had both these 38 .As a Senior 3 student, I have to 39 many exams. Each time I enter one thinking “I 40 fail this time.” , I get a low mark.
But don"t be surprised --- it"s not 41 we don"t try, or do enough preparation, or take it 42 . On the contrary, it is because we put ourselves under too much 43 . It is thinking ‘I must…’ that makes us taste the terrible flavor of 44 .
We often 45 to our friends, “Don"t be too hard 46 yourself!”. But when we 47 our own goals, we may not listen to our own advice.
In doing so, we are making our path to success increasingly difficult.
So why not 48 this crazy pursuit(追求) to get the best? Just face the problem 49 before you with a calm mind, enjoy the hard work and you will succeed.
In my opinion, 50 a calm state of mind is a skill for life. For people who want to succeed, 51 this is a very important lesson.
So 52 time when you"re trying to draw a straight line or 53 a performance, tell yourself, “If I can just do it better than last time, it"s a 54 . ”
Keep a calm state of mind, and you will be happy 55 you succeed or fail.
| 小题2: | | A．assumes | B．appears | C．listens | D．becomes |
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| 小题3: | | A．experiences | B．chances | C．times | D．reviews |
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| 小题4: | | A．finish | B．measure | C．take | D．join |
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| 小题5: | | A．shouldn"t | B．may | C．can"t | D．haven"t |
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| 小题6: | | A．why | B．since | C．when | D．because |
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| 小题7: | | A．necessarily | B．seriously | C．personally | D．sharply |
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| 小题8: | | A．care | B．power | C．pressure | D．attention |
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| 小题9: | | A．exams | B．difficulty | C．marks | D．failure |
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| 小题12: | | A．share | B．achieve | C．weigh | D．set |
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| 小题13: | | A．throw away | B．get away | C．take away | D．let away |
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| 小题14: | | A．waiting | B．sitting | C．lying | D．laying |
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| 小题15: | | A．staying | B．keeping | C．remaining | D．making |
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| 小题16: | | A．trying | B．realizing | C．using | D．training |
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| 小题18: | | A．put on | B．play on | C．give on | D．show on |
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| 小题19: | | A．success | B．task | C．lesson | D．trial |
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| 小题20: | | A．if | B．either | C．neither | D．whether |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:C
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:D
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:B
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:A
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试题分析：本文讲述的是在我们的考试中很多人会给自己很多额外的压力，结果让自己的考试成绩很不理想，文章中指出，保持良好的心态对我们去的成功是非常重要的。
小题1:B 固定搭配。Show off炫耀；show up出现；指当我们想在聚会上炫耀自己练习很久的歌曲的时候。
小题2:D 动词辨析。A假设B出现C听D变成；这些练习了很多次的歌曲突然就变得很困难了。
小题3:A 名词辨析。A经历B机会C次数D复习；我这两种经历都曾经遇见过。是指第一段的两次经历。
小题4:C 动词搭配。Take the exam参加考试；动词take可以表示参加课程的学习，参加考试。
小题5:C 上下文串联。根据下文描述可知我们在参加考试的考试的时候，总是对自己说：不能失败。
小题6:D 连词辨析。请不要惊讶。这不是因为我们不努力也不是准备不充分，或者满意认真。
小题7:B 副词辨析。A必要B认真C个人D锋利；take…seriously认真对待…；句意同上一句。
小题8:C 名词辨析。A关心B权力C压力D注意力；这是因为我们给自己太大的压力了。
小题9:D 上下文串联。正是“我们必须”这样的想法让自己承受了失败的苦果。
小题10:A 动词辨析。A说B讲话（不及物动词）C告诉D谈论；本题是指我们经常对朋友说…
小题11:B 固定搭配。Be hard on…对…苛刻；我们经常对朋友讲：不要对自己太苛刻。
小题12:D 固定搭配。Set a goal设立目标。但是当我们给自己设立目标的时候，我们就不这样想了。
小题13:A 短语辨析。A抛弃B离开C带走D放开；为什么不把这些对最好的最求抛弃一边呢？
小题14:C 动词辨析。A等待B坐C躺，位于D放置；用平静的心态对待位于我们面前的问题。
小题15:B 动词辨析。A逗留B保持C仍然D生产；在生活中保持一个平静的状态是很重要的技巧。
小题16:B 动词辨析。A尝试B意识到C使用D训练；对于那些想要成功的人来说，意识到这一点是很重要的。
小题17:C 上下文串联。根据文章第一句可知当我们下一次尝试着画直线或者表演的时候…要有好的心态。
小题18:A 固定搭配。Put on a performance表演，上演；当我们下一次尝试着画直线或者表演的时候…
小题19:A 名词辨析。A成功B任务C教训D尝试；如果这次表现比上次好，就是成功。
小题20:D 语法分析。Whether…or…无论…还是…；无论是成功还是失败，保持平静的心态就是成功。
点评：本文讲述的是保持良好心态在考试中的重要性。考生在选择答案时要根据上下文的复现或同现以及这些词之间的有机联系来确定答案。由于完形填空的文章是一个意义相关联的语篇，围绕一个话题论述，因此在行文中词语的重复、替代、复现和同现现象是不可避免的。根据这个原则，某一个空格所对应的答案很可能就是在上下文中复现或同现的相关词：原词、同义词、近义词、反义词等。 |
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试题【Have you ever tried to draw a straight line, only to find it turns out all wrong】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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Dahlia was running around the house screaming and crying. “I hate her! I hate her! I will __36__ play with her again!” Finally, her steps slowed, __37__ she told her father what had happened. He listened attentively. __38__ she stopped, he asked, “Is there __39__ else?” Dahlia added more details and began __40__ bitterly again. Father was listening. When Dahlia __41__ talking, he said, “It must __42__ you to be made fun of like this by your best friend Tina.” Dahlia __43__ her father’s embrace（拥抱）and support as she cried __44__ more in his arms. Then as __45__ as the storm of tears began, she was finished. She got up and __46__ announced, “Daddy, did you know that tomorrow Tina and I are going together to the beach? We are __47__ a log house there with Adam and Tom, I will tell Tina before we go that I __48__ ruin her work again, and I’m sure she will be __49__ to me. ”
Why was this encounter (sudden meeting) so successful? How did Dahlia __50__ her sadness so completely and realize her responsibility in the matter __51__ her own?
There were three main parts in her father’s reaction that __52__ : (A) Attention (B) Respect (C) Trust. He gave his daughter __53__ attention and took her seriously as she __54__ her feelings. He respected her by not coming with words of wisdom, advice or help. He validated（证实）the feelings she __55__ . And he trusted her to do and say what she needed in order to lead herself toward resolution of her emotions.
| 小题1: | | A．hardly | B．seldom | C．ever | D．never |
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| 小题3: | | A．Before | B．When | C．While | D．Since |
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| 小题4: | | A．something | B．anything | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题5: | | A．crying | B．running | C．talking | D．saying |
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| 小题6: | | A．kept | B．started | C．stopped | D．hated |
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| 小题7: | | A．hurt | B．ache | C．injure | D．wound |
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| 小题8: | | A．got | B．received | C．accepted | D．admitted |
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| 小题10: | | A．soon | B．quickly | C．suddenly | D．fast |
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| 小题11: | | A．surprisingly | B．angrily | C．sadly | D．cheerfully |
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| 小题12: | | A．building | B．buying | C．making | D．repairing |
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| 小题13: | | A．shouldn’t | B．won’t | C．daren’t | D．can’t |
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| 小题14: | | A．polite | B．cruel | C．rude | D．nice |
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| 小题15: | | A．get over | B．get away | C．get along | D．get through |
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| 小题17: | | A．did | B．followed | C．went | D．worked |
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| 小题18: | | A．full | B．incomplete | C．half | D．undivided |
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| 小题19: | | A．sent out | B．threw out | C．put out | D．poured out |
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The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet （彗星）is heading towards the earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the earth.
On 17 July, a piece of 4 kilometers wide comet enters the Earth’s atmosphere with a massive explosion（爆炸）. About half of the piece is destroyed, but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the seabed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards form the hole. The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned（淹死）.
Before the waves reach South America, the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina. Earthquakes and volcanoes ash set off in the Andes Mountains. The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes. Millions of people in the southern half of the earth are already dead, but the north won’t escape for long. Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. Crops are ruined. The sun won’t be seen again for many years. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later, no more than 10 million people remain alive.
Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the earth. The dinosaurs were on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared. Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldn’t live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?
小题1:What is mainly described in the passage?| A．A historic discovery. | | B．An event in imagination. | | C．A research on space. | | D．A scientific adventure. |
小题2:When the first piece hits the South Atlantic, it causes________.| A．an earthquake | B．hunger | | C．an Earth explosion | D．huge waves |
小题3:Why can’t the northern half of the earth escape for long?| A．Because the land is covered with water. | | B．Because the light and heat form the sun cannot reach the earth. | | C．Because people there cannot live at the temperature of zero. | | D．Because wars break out among countries. |
小题4:By giving the example of dinosaurs, the author tries to prove_________.| A．animals could not live in the cold climate | | B．what happened 65 million years ago was an invented story | | C．the human beings will die out in 2094 | | D．the Earth could be hit by other objects in space |
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When we say older people shrink, we don’t mean they become tiny enough to fit in your pocket! We just mean that it’s common for older people to become a little shorter over time. This kind of shrinking can’t be reversed, although people can slow or stop this process. But why does shrinking happen at all?
Because of gravity (that force that keeps your feet on the ground) , cushions between the bones in the spine (脊骨), get compressed (压缩), which makes a person lose a little height and become shorter.
Another reason why some older people shrink is because of osteoporosis (骨质疏松). Osteoporosis occurs when bone is broken down and not enough new bone material is made. Over time, bone is said to be lost because it’s not being replaced. Bones become smaller and weaker and can easily break if someone with osteoporosis is injured.
Older people — especially women, who generally have smaller and lighter bones to begin with — are more likely to develop osteoporosis. As years go by, a person with osteoporosis can get small breaks in bones that are called compression fractures. These breaks cause collapse of the spine and over time the person with osteoporosis can become hunched over (驼背).
Did you know that every day you shrink a little, too? You aren’t as tall at the end of the day as you are at the beginning. That’s because as the day goes on, water in the disks of the spine gets compressed due to gravity, making you just a tiny bit shorter. Don’t worry, though. Once you get a good night’s rest, your body recovers, and the next morning, you’re standing tall again!
Smoking and drinking alcohol can make this problem worse. Want to do something right now to build strong bones? I believe what I say will help you.
小题1:Which of the following statements is true?| A．For shrinking, people can do nothing about it. | | B．If someone is injured, he will become shorter. | | C．Women have smaller and lighter bones than men. | | D．We aren’t as tall at the end of the day as we are at the beginning. |
小题2:What should we do if we don’t want to shrink faster?| A．We should try to reduce gravity. | | B．We should be careful not to be hurt by others. | | C．We should sleep as long as possible. | | D．We should keep away from smoking and drinking alcohol. |
小题3:What is the topic of the passage?| A．How can we stop shrinking? | | B．Why do we shrink? | | C．Some tips on how to keep tall. | | D．How to live a healthy life. |
小题4:About osteoporosis we know that _______.| A．gravity is one of the causes of osteoporosis | | B．once our bone is broken down, osteoporosis will occur | | C．women are more likely to develop osteoporosis | | D．if we develop osteoporosis, we are more likely to be shorter |
小题5:What will the author talk about in the paragraph to be followed?| A．Tell us how to grow taller. | | B．Tell us how to become healthier. | | C．Tell us how to avoid being shrinking. | | D．Tell us what to do to have strong bones. |
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There are many ways to find a job. It can be as easy as walking into a neighborhood store to look at the announcement board. Local stores often have areas where people can put small signs telling what kind of service they need or can provide. Such services include caring for children or cleaning houses.
Or, job searchers can look in the newspaper. Local newspapers have employment announcements placed by companies seeking workers.
Another popular tool for finding jobs is the Internet. For example, people in four hundred and fifty cities around the world can use the Craigslist Web site to buy objects, meet people or find a job. Craigslist says that it receives two million new job listings each month.
Another useful way to find a job is through a college or a university. For example, students at the University of Texas in Austin can go to the Career Exploration Centre to get help in finding a job. Of course, looking for a job requires knowing what kind of work you want to do. For example, there is a book called “What Color is Your Parachute(降落伞)？”by Richard Bolles. This book has been helping people choose a career since it was published in nineteen seventy.
Some experts also help people find jobs. Susan W. Miller owns a company called California Career Services in Los Angeles. She says her company helps people find jobs by first helping them understand their strengths, goals and interests. Then she provides them with methods and resources to help them find the right job.
小题1:What is the passage mainly about? __________| A．Finding a job | B．College students’ part-time jobs | | C．Craigslist Web site | D．The relation between study and work |
小题2:By logging on the Craigslist Web site, you can _________ .| A．sell your old things | B．do some shopping online | | C．create your own announcement board | D．get useful information about 450 cities |
小题3:“What Color is Your Parachute(降落伞)？”is a book giving tips to those who want to ________ . | A．work on the plane | B．buy a parachute | C．publish a book | D．find a suitable job |
小题4:It can be learned from the passage that _______ .
A. companies often put job information in local shops.
B. the Internet is the most popular tool for job hunters in the USA.
C. Susan W. Miller’s company is helping people choose careers
D. California Career Services mainly serves university students.
小题5:How many ways of finding jobs are mentioned in the passage? |
In Wiltshire, England, volunteers are being sought to visit a nature protection area to count the butterflies living there and on surrounding fields. The project is promoted by all environmental protection organization, which has contributed to improving the living environment for wild animals. Recently, the organization has issued an appeal to help it observe environmental changes based on the record of butterflies and protect the environment.
In the area, the local people have planted many special flowers with the help of the organization, aiming to see whether these flowers will interest the rare and beautiful butterflies. The project officer Sarah Marshall says,“It will be a suitable habitat (栖息地) for butterflies. They are great‘indicator species’ as they are easily affected by climate changes so they make a brilliant early-warning system for the environment.” She also points out that volunteers are needed to record the number or species of butterflies, and based on the change happening to the butterflies, the hidden environmental problems in the area can be found out in time.
The organization is seeking volunteers to help monitor butterflies from April through to September. They will walk a fixed route and record the different butterflies they encounter along the way. Each visit should take no more than two hours, and each volunteer is expected to visit once a month to count the wildlife. “Staff will provide back up, so if the weather is poor on the day you are to visit (butterflies don’t like to fly in the rain, wind or if it’s too cloudy) we can have someone else do your job,” Sarah points out.
No previous experience is necessary as training and support will be provided, but a keen interest is essential. If you are interested please contact Sarah on (01380) 725670, ext 278, email—sarahm @ wiltshirewildlife. org.
小题1: According to Paragraph 1, what is the purpose of the Project?| A．To appeal to more visitors | | B．To protect the environment | | C．To control butterfly population | | D．To expand the area for wildlife |
小题2:Butterflies are called “indicator species” because _______.| A．they can provide support for visitors | | B．they can give information to other species | | C．they are not easily found out in their habitats | | D．they are very sensitive to environmental changes |
小题3:Volunteers are required to do the things EXCEPT __________.| A．having some special previous experience | | B．being interested in protecting the environment | | C．walking a regular route and do some recordings | | D．visiting the nature protection area once a month |
小题4:What is the text mainly about?| A．Visitors are being trained to identify butterflies. | | B．Wildlife areas are being protected by butterflies. | | C．Volunteers are being needed to count butterflies. | | D．Organizations are being put up to protect butterflies. |
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