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Sometimes a part of us must die before another part can come to life. Even though this is a       and necessary stage of our growth, it is often painful or       if we don’t realize what’s happening. In fact, confusion is often the       that tells us a change is taking place within us. These changes happen throughout the lives of all humans, as we move from babyhood to       to teenage years and beyond. With each change from one       to another, we find ourselves       goodbye to an old friend, the identity (个性,身份) that we       in order to move through that particular time.
Sometimes we shape these identities in relationships or jobs, and when we change, those areas of our life become      . Usually, if we take the time to look into the changing surface of things, we will find that a change is taking place       us. For example, we may go through one whole part of our lives creating a protective shell around ourselves       we need it in defense of ourselves. One day,      , we may find ourselves feeling limited and bored, wanting to move outside the       we used to need; the new part of ourselves cannot be born within the       of the shell our old self needed.
We may feel a strange       of excitement and sadness as we say goodbye to a part of ourselves that is       and make way for a whole new identity to       in its place. We may find inspiration in working and studying when we think of the image of an animal who sheds (蜕毛;蜕皮) in order to       way for new skin, fur, or feathers to      . For example, keeping a piece of snake skin, or some other symbols of change, can       us that death and rebirth are simply nature’s way of growing. We can give in to this process, letting go of our past self with great love and gratitude, and       the new with an open mind and heart, ready for our next stage of life.
小题1:
A.naturalB.dustyC.humorousD.rare
小题2:
A.movingB.confusingC.tiringD.scared
小题3:
A.reportB.noticeC.signD.idea
小题4:
A.brotherhoodB.neighborhoodC.adulthoodD.childhood
小题5:
A.animalB.peopleC.schoolD.stage
小题6:
A.sayingB.speakingC.tellingD.reading
小题7:
A.showedB.leftC.shapedD.realized
小题8:
A.influencedB.remained C.defendedD.directed
小题9:
A.ofB.withinC.forD.between
小题10:
A.althoughB.whileC.untilD.because
小题11:
A.moreoverB.thereforeC.howeverD.so
小题12:
A.areaB.shelterC.roomD.space
小题13:
A.limitsB.contentsC.connectionD.requirement
小题14:
A.influenceB.mixtureC.appearanceD.relation
小题15:
A.dyingB.comingC.escaping D.running
小题16:
A.come backB.come downC.come outD.come across
小题17:
A.becomeB.reachC.nameD.make
小题18:
A.appearB.disappearC.goD.exist
小题19:
A.convinceB.remindC.warn D.tell
小题20:
A.hopingB.imagingC.welcomingD.supplying

答案

小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:A
小题19:B
小题20:C
解析

试题分析:本文主要讲述在人的成长过程中,总是存在着旧的事物死亡和新鲜事物出现的更迭的情况,我们要带着感激和爱意释放过去,怀着开放的心灵欢迎新的事物的出现。
小题1:A形容词辨析。A自然的B充满灰尘的C幽默的D罕见的;有时候我们生活中的一部分要死亡来换取另外一部分的重生。尽管这是我们成长过程中自然的也很必要的一部分。
小题2: B形容词辨析。A令人感动的B令人困惑的C令人疲惫的D害怕的;根据38空前的confusion is…可知这里B正确。指这样的过程是痛苦的也是令人困惑的。
小题3: C名词辨析。A报告B通知C迹象D观点;困惑是我们内部发生变化的迹象之一。也就是说如果我们内心发生了变化,表现在外面的就是困惑。
小题4:D上下文串联。根据from babyhood和to teenage可知所填之词是介乎这两者之间的时间段,故D正确。从婴儿期到儿童期再到青少年期。
小题5: D名词辨析。A动物B人们C学校D阶段;当我们从一个阶段变化到另外一个阶段的时候,我们发现自己对过去的身份说再见了。也就是说获得了重生。
小题6:A动词辨析。A说B讲(不及物)C告知D阅读;固定搭配say good bye to向…说拜拜。
小题7:C上下文串联。根据下一段第一行Sometimes we shape these identities可知使用动词shape“塑造”。是指塑造出一个新的身份。
小题8:A动词辨析。A影响B仍然C辩护D指导;当我们本身发生变化的时候,我们发现生活中那一部分会产生影响。
小题9:B上下文串联。根据上文38空is taking place within us.可知是指我们内部发生的变化。
小题10:D连词辨析。A尽管B当…时C直到…才D因为;根据前句creating a protective shell我们要给自己创造出一个保护壳因为我们需要这个保护壳来保护自己。
小题11:C词义辨析。A而且B因此C然而D于是;然而有一天我们发现自己感觉到了限制和厌倦,想到这个保护壳的外面去。
小题12: B名词辨析。A地区B庇护所C房间D太空,空间;上文提及的难过保护壳就是我们的庇护所。我们想到这个庇护所的外面去了解外面的世界。
小题13:A名词辨析。A限制B内容C联系D要求;新的自我不可能在旧的庇护所的限制之内。
小题14:B名词辨析。A影响B混合物C外貌D联系,关系;当我们和旧的自我说再见的时候,我们可能会有兴奋或者悲伤的这样混合的感觉。
小题15: A动词辨析。A死亡B来C逃脱D奔跑;对自我心中那些就要死亡的旧的自我说再见。
小题16:C短语辨析。A返回B下来,下落C 出来,出现D遇见;对旧的自我说再见给新的自我的出现让路。
小题17:D固定搭配。Make way for让路给…一些动物腿毛为了给新的皮肤或者皮毛的出现让路。
小题18:A动词辨析。A出现B消失C去D存在;一些动物腿毛为了给新的皮肤或者皮毛的出现让路。
小题19:B动词辨析。A使..相信B提醒C警告D告诉;有蛇皮一样的皮肤或者其他的一些改变的征兆都在告诉我们死亡或者重生都是自然生长的一部分。
小题20: C动词辨析。A希望B想象C欢迎D提供;让我们带着感激和爱意释放过去,怀着开放的心灵欢迎新的事物的出现。
核心考点
试题【Sometimes a part of us must die before another part can come to life. Even thoug】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Last Sunday I made a visit to some new neighbors down the block. No specific in mind, just an opportunity to sit at the kitchen table, have some tea and chat. As I did so, it occurred to me how rare the Sunday visit has become.
When I was a kid in New Jersey of the 1960s, Sunday visits were routine. Most stores were closed, almost nobody worked, and the highways, as a result, were not desperate steeplechases(障碍赛跑) they have become today. My family normally traveled eight city blocks to the home of my grandmother, where adults would sit on the front porch and chat while we children played hide-and-seek.
The Sunday visit was something to desire strongly. It was the repetition to church, our reward for an hour of devotion, an opportunity to take advantage of the fact that Dad was not at work, we were not in school, and there was no housework that couldn’t wait until Monday. Sunday was, indeed, different from the other days of the week, because everyone seemed to be on the same schedule, which means that there was one day when everyone seemed to have time for everybody else.
Sunday as a day of rest is, or was, so deeply rooted in the culture that it’s surprising to find that, in a short span of time, it has almost entirely lost this association. In my childhood, it was assumed that everyone would either be home or visiting someone else’s home on Sunday. But now the question is, “What do you plan to DO this Sunday?” The answer can range from going to the mall, to participating in a road race, to Montreal for lunch. If one were to respond, “I’m making a Sunday visit to family,” such an answer would feel strange, which sounds like an echo from another era.
I suppose I should be grateful to live in Maine, a state of small towns, abundant land and tight relationships. Even though folks work as hard here as they do anywhere else, the state’s powerfully rural feature still keeps at least remnants(残余部分) of the moral of yesterday’s America, where people had to depend on one another in the face of economic vagaries(反复无常的情况) and a challenging environment.
小题1:The writer’s general impression of the Sunday in the past was a day when__.
A.everyone was paying a visit to some relatives far away
B.everyone seemed to be free for others
C.Dad was not at work while Mom was busy cleaning the house
D.nearly every adult would go to church and children weren’t at school
小题2:In the fourth paragraph, the writer compares the response “I’m making a Sunday visit to family” to an echo from another era because_____.
A.people nowadays prefer staying at home on Sunday
B.such answers are rarely heard in our modern society
C.people in the city dislike being disturbed on Sunday
D.visiting someone on Sunday was routine in the past
小题3:From the last paragraph we may infer that_____.
A.people in Maine suffer more from economic depression and the changed environment
B.people in Maine have abandoned their tradition and lived an absolutely new life
C.land in Maine is short, thus the relationship between people is tense
D.people in Maine tend to help each other out of necessity
小题4:What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.Doing many activities on Sunday is beneficial.
B.We should often travel a long distance to visit some friends and relatives.
C.Nowadays, Sunday has almost lost its association as a day of rest.
D.We should abandon some old tradition.

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Every athlete,from Tiger Woods(a golf player)to a high school quarterback(橄榄球赛中指挥反攻的四分卫),uses a form of self-hypnosis(自我催眠)to move their game to the next level Use the Olympics to 1earn how to use the amazing power of your subconscious(潜在意识)to do the same with your sport.
Here are some examples of how to best use the power of the mind:
During the 2004 Olympics,one of the swimmers told of how she would fall asleep each night with the picture of a clock in her mind. It was the timer’s clock she would see at the end of her Olympic swim and it always had her world-record-breaking time on it.
In his pre-shot routine, Tiger Woods never varies the number of practice swings or intensity of his concentration.The pre-shot routine is always the same so that the stroke will always be the same.
Michael Phelps,American Swimming Gold Medalist, always stretches out his back and arms by swinging both arms three times before his event. Not 2,not 4: always 3. He is anchoring(固定)in his winning state of mind and state of body as well as stretching.
In athletics, an anchor is a gesture or series of gestures that put you into the frame-of mind(and body)you want to be in to win.Repetition is what makes it work .That means practice,practice,practice ---- with your body as well as your mind.
Begin right now creating a ritual(固定程序)before you exercise.Visualize yourself doing whatever you do faster, longer, higher—whatever adverb works best for your particular activity. Then begin to mentally practice it. See or imagine yourself-----with your ideal body ---- doing your activity better, faster, longer, etc. Using both the power of your brain and the activity of your body, soon you will be better and fitter as you use the Olympics to help you create a happier and healthier you.
小题1:From the third paragraph, we know_______.
A.the swimmer has already broken the world record once
B.the swimmer was using her mind power to build up confidence
C.the swimmer was too nervous to go to sleep before the Games
D.the swimmer has a problem in counting
小题2: The example of Tiger Woods shows that             .
A.golf players always do the same pre—shots before events
B.Tiger Woods attaches great importance to mind power
C.Tiger Woods doesn’t want to give away his skills before events
D.golf players never change their habits
小题3:Why does Michael Phelps always take the same warming-up activities before his events?
A.Because back and arms are the most important parts for a swimmer.
B.Because this is the best stretching for any swimmer.
C.Because this is the best way to adjust his state
D.Because he wants to confuse his opponents (对手).
小题4:From the sixth paragraph,we know that______.
A.an anchor is the state of mind and body you want to win
B.you can make an anchor work by constant practice
C.the anchor is mainly related to the practice of the body in athletics
D.an anchor can make sure that you will do well in sports
小题5: What’s the purpose of the text?
A.To introduce some interesting habits of several famous athletes.
B.To remind us to take warming-up activities before taking exercise.
C.To encourage us to learn the warming-up exercise from successful athletes.
D.To advise us to learn to use the power of the mind.

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Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, cricket--- anything with a round ball, I was useless,” he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.
It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th  birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set up his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.
The following year he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of adventure in Scotland, where he learnt about Ridgway’s cold-water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, then decided that this would be his future.
In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition(探险) towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite(冻疮), ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled(雪橇) up and over rocky ice.
Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.
Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900-kilometer journey that has never been completed on skis.
小题1:What change happened to Saunders after he was 15 years old?
A.He became good at most sports. B.He made friends with a runner.
C.He joined a sports team.D.He began to build up his body.
小题2:The underlined word “exploits” (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to ______.
A.journeysB.adventuresC.researches D.operations
小题3:Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders?
a. He ran his first marathon.       b. He skied alone in the North Pole.
c. He rode his bike in a forest.      d. He planned an adventure to the South Pole.
A.a c d bB.c d a b C.c a b dD.a c b d
小题4: What does the story mainly tell us abut Saunders?
A.He is a success in sports. B.He is the best British skier.
C.He is Ridgway’s best student. `D.He is a good instructor at school.

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We live in a fast-paced and anxiety-filled world that oftentimes seems to shift beneath our feet. Thus we are sometimes affected by fears or anxiety impacting our life. For as long as I could remember I had struggled with anxiety. After I left university, I made friends with a Moroccan woman at work. One day she invited me to    her and her family back home. I wanted to, but I would have to travel there     and I knew we would be in a very rural area. How would I cope with my    ?
Then one day it     to me that I had a life to live. I could choose to let anxiety     me or I could go to Morocco and     something different. I was 23 years old and had never been out of the UK alone. The journey to Morocco     something inside me. I managed to cope with my anxiety. The sense of     was overwhelming and still to this day when I get afraid of going somewhere alone, I remember how     it felt when I arrived in Morocco.
Upon arrival I was so     for the generous welcome I received. My friend’s family had arranged a welcome party. The people were so loving toward me. As a moment of     felt in a faraway village, this reminded me that I was “good enough”, which helped to     my anxiety.
Waking up the next day, in the morning light, I saw the area where we were. I was     by how rural it was – and the realization that these people had very few     .
In the days afterwards, I traveled around Morocco. We went to Marrakesh and     the Atlas mountains. We had the most amazing food – lots of fresh fruits and vegetables.
At the end of my     something inside me had changed. I realized I had not felt anxious for nearly two weeks.
Experiencing a different culture far away from home helped me to realize what is important in life, what really    , and with that my anxiety    . When I returned home I was much more active in     my anxiety. Working with people, helping them     their anxiety, is how I can share the love I found in Morocco.
小题1:
A.send B.consultC.call D.visit
小题2:
A.alone B.soon C.free D.safe
小题3:
A.workB.curiosity C.homesickness D.worries
小题4:
A.appeared B.hit C.struckD.occurred
小题5:
A.impress B.control C.reach D.persuade
小题6:
A.enjoy B.experienceC.takeD.experiment
小题7:
A.changed B.moved C.supported D.impressed
小题8:
A.achievement B.fear C.disappointment D.embarrassment
小题9:
A.good B.ashamed C.afraid D.proud
小题10:
A.sorry B.confused C.confident D.thankful
小题11:
A.doubt B.luck C.love D.surprise
小题12:
A.improve B.hold C.protect D.reduce
小题13:
A.inspired B.moved C.pleased D.shocked
小题14:
A.lands B.difficulties C.resources D.friends
小题15:
A.discovered B.explored C.examined D.recognized
小题16:
A.opportunity B.rush C.stay D.life
小题17:
A.rules B.exists C.matters D.hurts
小题18:
A.disappeared B.expanded C.remained D.removed
小题19:
A.expressing B.challengingC.forgetting D.remembering
小题20:
A.drop B.notice C.pass D.overcome

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A certain good woman one day said something that hurt her best friend of many years. She regretted it immediately and would have done anything to have taken the words back. So she went to an older, wiser woman in the village and       advice.
Listening to her, the older woman       the younger woman’s distress and knew she must help her. She also knew she could       ease her pain, but she could teach.
Then, she said. “There are       things you need to do. The first is extremely difficult. Tonight, take your best       pillows and open a small hole in each one. Then,       the sun rises, you must put a single feather on the doorstep of each house in town. When you are through,      to me. If you’ve done the first thing      , I’ll tell you the second.”
The young woman hurried home to prepare for her chore,       the pillows were very       to her and very expensive.
All night long, she went from doorstep to doorstep. Her fingers were      . The wind was so sharp that it caused her eyes to water, but she ran on through the       streets,       there was something she could do to put things       the way they once were. Finally she placed the last feather on the steps of the last house. Just as the sun rose, she returned to the older woman.
She was exhausted but       , thinking that her efforts would be rewarded.
“Now,” said the wise woman, “Go back and       your pillows. Then everything will be as it was before.”
The young woman was stunned, “You know that’s impossible! The wind       each feather as fast as I placed them on the doorsteps! You didn’t say I had to get them back! If this is the second      , then things will never be the same.” 
“That’s true,” said the older woman. “Never forget. Each of your words is like a feather in the wind. Once       , no amount of effort,       how heartfelt or sincere, can ever return them to your mouth. Choose your words well and guard them most of all in the presence of those you love.”
小题1:
A.asked aboutB.asked forC.asked toD.ask around
小题2:
A.witnessedB.touchedC.guessedD.sensed
小题3:
A.everB.almostC.neverD.seldom
小题4:
A.oneB.twoC.threeD.four
小题5:
A.featherB.leatherC.woolenD.cotton
小题6:
A.whenB.afterC.asD.before
小题7:
A.come backB.go backC.put backD.draw back
小题8:
A.promptlyB.absolutelyC.completelyD.unfortunately
小题9:
A.so as toB.even thoughC.now thatD.in spite of
小题10:
A.hardB.rareC.niceD.dear
小题11:
A.freezingB.freezinglyC.frozeD.frozen
小题12:
A.brightenedB.widenedC.darkenedD.broadened
小题13:
A.amazingB.luckyC.thankfulD.surprising
小题14:
A.onB.upC.offD.back
小题15:
A.tiredB.relievedC.gratefulD.nervous
小题16:
A.refillB.getC.purchaseD.seek
小题17:
A.blew upB.blew onC.blew awayD.blew over
小题18:
A.requirementB.situationC.consequenceD.circumstance
小题19:
A.speakB.spokenC.speakingD.being spoken
小题20:
A.howeverB.whateverC.althoughD.regardless

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