阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
After years of searching, a truth seeker was told to go to a cave, in which he would find a well. “Ask the well what is 36 , ” he was advised, “and the well reveal (告诉，揭露) it to you.” Having found the well, the seeker asked that most basic and important 37 . And from the depths came the answer: “Go to the village crossroad, and there you shall find what you are seeking.”
Full of 38 the man ran to the crossroad to 39 only three rather uninteresting shops. One shop was selling pieces of metal, another sold 40 , and thin wires were for sale in the third. Nothing and no one there seemed to 41 much to do with the revelation of truth.
Disappointed, the seeker returned to the well to demand an 42 , but he was told only: “You will 43 in the future.”
As years went by, the 44 of his experience at the well gradually 45 until one night, while he was walking, the sound of sitar (西塔琴) music 46 his attention. It was wonderful and it was 47 with great skill and inspiration.
Deeply 48 , the truth seeker felt drawn towards the 49 . He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings. And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful 50 : the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like 51 he had once seen in the three stores.
At last he understood the 52 of the well: we have already been given everything we need; our 53 is to assemble (聚集) and use them in the proper way. Nothing is 54 so long as we recognize only fragments (碎片). But as soon as the pieces are put together, something new appears, whose nature we could not have 55 by considering the fragments alone.
| 小题1: | | A．truth | B．hope | C．future | D．music |
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| 小题2: | | A．fact | B．reason | C．question | D．well |
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| 小题3: | | A．energy | B．hope | C．mystery | D．surprise |
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| 小题5: | | A．instruments | B．clothing | C．food | D．wood |
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| 小题6: | | A．connect | B．have | C．prepare | D．offer |
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| 小题7: | | A．explanation | B．advice | C．excuse | D．opportunity |
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| 小题8: | | A．succeed | B．discover | C．pay | D．understand |
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| 小题9: | | A．bitterness | B．failure | C．memory | D．secret |
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| 小题10: | | A．doubled | B．forgot | C．disappeared | D．recovered |
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| 小题11: | | A．paid | B．lost | C．split | D．caught |
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| 小题12: | | A．played | B．broadcast | C．enjoyed | D．conducted |
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| 小题13: | | A．annoyed | B．moved | C．confused | D．frightened |
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| 小题14: | | A．adviser | B．director | C．composer | D．player |
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| 小题15: | | A．admiration | B．distinction | C．recognition | D．imagination |
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| 小题17: | | A．secret | B．message | C．theory | D．benefit |
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| 小题18: | | A．target | B．difficulty | C．task | D．shortcoming |
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| 小题19: | | A．interesting | B．meaningful | C．accessible | D．successful |
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| 小题20: | | A．foreseen(预见) | B．decided | C．judged | D．formed |
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小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:B
小题14:D
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:B
小题20:A |
试题分析：本文通过真理追寻者在“井”的指引下去追寻真理，但是还是没有弄得“真理是什么”。然而真理是朴素的，不深奥也不华丽；真理是离你最近的，需要你在“蓦然回首”处领悟。最后真理追寻者通过自己的领悟明白了那口井的意思：世界早已给予了我们需要的一切东西，我们只需要将它们组合起来，并以适当的方式去使用它们。如果我们只看到零星的碎片，那一切就都不会有意义。可只要我们将这些碎片组合起来形成一个整体，新的事物便会产生，并且新事物的性质是我们仅从碎片上无法预见的。
小题1:A由上文的a truth seeker 可知，选A 项(原词复现)。hope希望；future未来；music音乐。句意：寻寻觅觅多年，真理追寻者被告知去往一个洞穴中，在那里，他将会找到一口井。“去问那口井什么是真理，”他得到这样的建议，“那口井就会告诉你什么是真理。”
小题2:C由下文的answer 可知，此处选C 项(question问题)。fact事实；reason理由；well井。句意：他得到这样的建议，“那口井就会告诉你什么是真理。”追寻者在找到那口井后，问了那个最重要的问题。从井底深处传来一个声音：“去村里的十字路口，在那儿可以找到你想寻觅的答案。”
小题3:B听说能找到问题的答案，那个人自然是怀着“希望(hope)”跑向十字路口。energy 能量；mystery秘密，谜，神秘，神秘的事物。surprise惊讶。
小题4:C结果在十字路口，那个人只是“发现(find)”了三个毫不起眼的商店。get得到，获得；count计数，数数；open开张，开着。句意：追寻者满怀希望和憧憬奔到十字路口，却只看到三家毫不起眼的店铺。
小题5:D由后文的“the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like 51 he had once seen in the three stores.”可知, 此空选wood(原词复现)。句意：一家在卖金属片，另一家在卖木材，第三家则在卖细金属丝。
小题6:B三家店铺里的物品和人似乎都与真理无啥联系。have sth. to do with是固定短语，意为“与……有关系”。connect连接，联结；使……有联系；prepare准备；offer主动提供。
小题7:A探索者很失望地回到水井那儿要求水井一个“解释”。(他按照水井指点的去做却没有找到真理，他希望水井能“解释explanation”一下)。advice建议；excuse原谅，借口；opportunity机会，机遇。
小题8:D根据最后一段的“At last he understood the 52 of the well”可知, 此处填understand(原词复现)。句意：追寻者感到很失望，回到井边想讨个说法，但井只告诉他：“你将来会明白的。”succeed 成功
discover 发现；pay付出。
小题9:C与下面的一小题一并考虑。根据上文的叙述我们知道真理追寻者在“井边的那段经历”谈不上什么“bitterness痛苦”或“failure失败”(如果是痛苦的话，那就必定是失败的，反过来亦然)，更没有什么“secret秘密”可言。所以答案只能是“记忆memory”了。句意：他渐渐淡忘了井边的那段经历，直到有一天晚上，他沐浴着月光漫步在路上，被耳畔传来的一阵西塔琴的演奏声吸引住了。
小题10:C 根据常识“随着时间的推移”，人们的记忆不可能成倍(doubled)增加。根据下文，这儿不是说
“他的记忆恢复了(recovered)”，故排除A、D 选项。那么剩下来的要么是“记忆的遗忘(forgot)或是消失
(disappeared)”。但是若要选B项，则应用被动语态，故答案只能是C项。
小题11:D catch one’s attention 吸引某人的注意力(西塔琴的演奏声吸引了他的注意力)；pay one"s attention to把注意力集中在某一件事上。其余两个词(lose, split)不跟“attention”搭配构成动词短语。句意：他渐渐淡忘了井边的那段经历，直到有一天晚上，他沐浴着月光漫步在路上，被耳畔传来的一阵西塔琴的演奏声吸引住了。
小题12:A it指代music，与play搭配意为“演奏音乐”。句意：那音乐相当美妙，弹奏的人琴艺高超，令听者深受鼓舞。broadcast 广播；enjoy 欣赏；conduct 指挥。
小题13:B上文的“inspiration(鼓舞)”已经暗示了答案。如此美妙、令人鼓舞的音乐自然会让人“感动(moved)”。annoyed 生气的；confused困惑的；frightened害怕的, 均不符合上下文的语境。
小题14:D player 指演奏音乐的人，与小题12:呼应。adviser提建议者；director导演；composer 作曲者。句意：真理追寻者被深深地打动了，他不由自主地被弹琴的人吸引了过去。
小题15:C他因为“认出了”制作西塔琴的线、金属和木头就是他曾经在商店里见过的那些东西，而发出欣喜的叫声。admiration 羡慕，钦佩；distinction 区别，差别；recognition 认出，识别；imagination 想像力。recognition符合语境。
小题16:A those 在本句中代替上文提到的wires，metal and wood 作后面定语从句的先行词。that 与it 代
替单数名词；them不能用作先行词。本段的文意：真理追寻者被深深地打动了，他不由自主地被弹琴的人吸引了过去。看着弹琴人的手指在琴弦上拨动飞舞，他突然注意到了锡塔琴本身。随即，他喜不自禁地叫了出来，因为他发现锡塔琴正是由细金属丝、金属片和木头组成的——这些正和他之前在那三个店铺里看到过的物品一样。
小题17:B最后他终于明白了水井传达的寓意。secret 秘密；message 消息, 信息, 要点, 寓意；theory 理论；benefit 利益，好处。B项符合句意。
小题18:C下文“to assemble (聚集) and use them in the proper way(用恰当的方式把它们聚集起来并使用)”指的应该是“任务(task)”。target目标；difficulty困难；shortcoming缺点。
句意：我们需要的东西都已经有了，我们的“任务”是用恰当的方式把它们聚集起来并使用。(就像把线、金属和木头用恰当的方式聚集到一起就能做出西塔琴一样。).
小题19:B根据倒数第二段的阐述，我们不难推出“如果我们看到的只是碎片，那就没什么意义的”也就是我们常常所说的“不要孤立地看问题”。meaningful 有意义的；interesting 有趣的；accessible 可接近的；successful 成功的。
小题20:A它的本质即新生事物的本质不可能是靠我们去“决定的(decided)”、“形成的(formed)”或是去“判定的(judged)”，而只能靠我们去“预见的” (比如，我们只是孤立地去看线、金属和木头，也就无法预见它们能做成西塔琴后的本质)。最后一段的文意：他终于明白了那口井的意思：我们需要的东西都已经有了，我们的“任务”是用恰当的方式把它们聚集起来并使用。世界早已给予了我们需要的一切东西，我们只需要将它们组合起来，并以适当的方式去使用它们。如果我们只看到零星的碎片，那一切就都不会有意义。可是一旦我们将这些碎片组合起来形成一个整体，新的事物便会产生，并且新事物的性质是我们仅从碎片上无法预见的。 |
核心考点
试题【阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。After years of searching, a tru】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
Looking back on my childhood. I am convinced that naturalists are born and not made. Although we were brought up in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon abandoned their pressed flowers and insects. Unlike them, I had no ear for music and languages. I was not an early reader and I could not do mental arithmetic.
Before Word War I we spent our summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the dim memory of the house we lived in, of my room and my toys. Nor do I recall clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered next door. But I do have a crystal clear memory of dogs, the farm animals, the local birds and above all, the insects.
I am a naturalist, not a scientist. I have a strong love of the natural world, and my enthusiasm has led me into varied investigations. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy burning the midnight oil reading about other people’s observations and discoveries. Then something happens that brings these observations together in my conscious mind. Suddenly you fancy you see the answer to the riddle. Because it all seems to fit together .This has resulted in my publishing 300 papers and books. Which some may light honor, with the title of scientific research.
But curiosity a keen eye, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist? One of the outstanding and essential qualities required is self-discipline, a quality I lack. A scientist can be made a naturalist. If you can combine the two, you get the best of both worlds.
小题1:According to the author, a born naturalist should first of all be _____| A．full of ambition | B．self-disciplined | | C．full of enthusiasm | D．knowledgeable |
小题2:The first paragraph tells us that the author _____ | A．lost his hearing when he was a child | | B．didn’t like his brothers and sisters | | C．was interested in flowers and insects in his childhood | | D．was born to a naturalist’s family |
小题3:The author says that he is a naturalist rather than a scientist probably because he thinks he ____.| A．just rends about other peoples observations and discoveries. | | B．Lacks some of the qualities required of scientist. | | C．Has a great deal of trouble doing mental arithmetic. | | D．Come up with solutions in most natural ways. |
小题4:The author can’t remember him relatives clearly because__ | A．He didn’t live very long with them | | B．He was too young when he lived with them. | | C．The family was extremely large | | D．He was fully occupied with observing nature. |
小题5:Which of the following statements is true? | A．The author believes that a born naturalist can not be scientist. | | B．The author read a lot of books about the natural world and oil industry | | C．The author’s brothers and sisters were good at music and languages. | | D．The author spent a lot of time working on riddles. |
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A poor young man lost his job and had no one to help him. Helpless, homeless and hopeless, he decided to commit suicide. He 36 all the coins he had with him and bought a ripe banana wrapped in an old newspaper. He opened the packet and started to eat his last food 37 an old beggar approached him. With trembling lips, the beggar told him that he hadn’t had anything to eat for several days and was too weak to walk. The young man felt 38 . So he didn’t eat the banana. 39 , he gave the banana to the beggar. The beggar ate it with great joy and 40__ him. While leaving, the beggar gave him a very old coin, saying, “Thank you very much. You gave me everything you had. Kindly accept this coin as my gift 41 your kindness.”
After the old man left, he 42 glanced at the piece of paper used to wrap the fruit. There he saw a（n） 43 from an agency dealing with old coins. Anyone 44 old coins was invited to visit the agency and receive suitable price for their old coins on the spot. Out of simple 45 , he carried the coin to the agency after 46 it by phone. He showed the coin gifted by the beggar. The person who 47 the agency stared at it and told him in excitement, “What a __48 ! It is very 49 and several centuries old. It is worth a（n） 50 !” Jumping with joy on receiving the 51 amount of money, he searched everywhere to find the old man who gifted him the coin. He wanted to 52 his joy and the money with the beggar. But he could not find him anywhere. Since then, he started a new life with renewed 53 and enthusiasm about the future.
Kindness will be 54 . It always comes back! As William Wordsworth wrote,“ The best part of a good life is the little, nameless, unremembered acts of 55 and love.”
| 小题1: | | A．collect | B．spread | C．spotted | D．donated |
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| 小题2: | | A．while | B．when | C．before | D．until |
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| 小题3: | | A．worried | B．nervous | C．pity | D．guilty |
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| 小题4: | | A．Still | B．Thus | C．Besides | D．Instead |
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| 小题5: | | A．scolded | B．admired | C．respected | D．thanked |
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| 小题6: | | A．in search for | B．in terms of | C．in return for | D．in favor of |
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| 小题7: | | A．carelessly | B．purposely | C．Immediately | D．normally |
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| 小题8: | | A．suggestion | B．advertisement | C．appeal | D．requirement |
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| 小题9: | | A．possessing | B．seeing | C．ordering | D．deserving |
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| 小题10: | | A．distrust | B．curiosity | C．wonder | D．hobby |
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| 小题11: | | A．replying | B．repeating | C．contacting | D．begging |
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| 小题12: | | A．charged | B．consisted | C．attended | D．managed |
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| 小题13: | | A．shame | B．prize | C．surprise | D．pleasure |
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| 小题14: | | A．private | B．fresh | C．rare | D．casual |
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| 小题15: | | A．value | B．fortune | C．wealth | D．effort |
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| 小题16: | | A．unexpected | B．unlucky | C．unlimited | D．unnoticed |
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| 小题17: | | A．hide | B．share | C．cover | D．spare |
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| 小题18: | | A．wisdom | B．chance | C．hope | D．luck |
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| 小题19: | | A．changed | B．damaged | C．lost | D．rewarded |
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| 小题20: | | A．courage | B．promise | C．memory | D．kindness |
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The study looked into thousands of teenagers and found that those who felt better about life as young adults tended to have higher incomes by the time they turned 29. Those who were happiest earned an average of $8,000 more than those who were the most depressed.
The researchers, from University College London and the University of Warwick, say that very gloomy teens, no matter how tall or smart they were, earned 10% less than their peers, while the happier ones earned up to 30% more.
Happier teenagers have an easier time getting through school, college and a job interview, chiefly because they always feel better about life. It may also be true that happier people find it easier to make friends, who are often the key to homework help or networking.
A report in June suggested that professional respect was more important than dollars in terms of workplace happiness. In August scientists announced that they had found the gene for happiness in women, Alas （the same gene doesn’t appear to have the same effect on men）. And in October researchers in the UK and in the US announced that people who eat seven portions of fruit and vegetables a day report being the happiest.
The big question is: if it really is true that happier kids end up being wealthier kids, is it necessary for parents to get their kids to do the homework? The fact is that no homework will make kids happy but surely hurt their grades. Studies do show, after all, that more education leads to better-paid jobs, which may give us a deep thought.
“These findings show that the teenagers’ happiness is important to their future success,” one of the report’s authors writes. “But what is the most important is that we should find a way to help children gain more satisfaction from doing schoolwork.”
小题1:What conclusion can the researchers draw from the recent study?| A．Happy teenagers grow up to be wealthier. | | B．Money can make people become happier. | | C．Wealth has nothing to do with happiness at all. | | D．Schoolwork can help teens achieve success. |
小题2:The main reason why happier people have more chances to succeed is that ________.| A．they are easy to communicate with others | | B．they are good at doing their schoolwork | | C．they are hopeful and optimistic about their life | | D．they eat much more fruit and vegetables a day |
小题3:The underlined word “gloomy” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”.| A．upset | B．glorious | C．happy | D．wealthy |
小题4:What can be the best title for the text?| A．The way to educate kids. | B．The source of happiness. | | C．How to achieve your goal. | D．The secret of being wealthier. |
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My name is Nick Vujicic, an Australian who was born without any limbs（四肢）. In recent years one of my most 36 videos on YouTube shows my skateboarding, surfing, playing music, and best of all, 37 hugs from all fields of great people.
All in all, those are pretty ordinary 38 that just about anyone can do, right? So 39 do you think that video has been viewed millions of times? My theory is that people are 40 to watch it because in spite of my physical limitations, I’m living 41 I had no limits.
People often think someone 42 a severe disability to be inactive, upset, maybe even crazy. But I’d like to 43 them by showing that I lead a very adventurous and fruitful life
Among the hundreds of 44 on that video, here’s one typical remark:” seeing a guy like this being happy makes me wonder why I feel 45 for myself sometimes －or feel not funny enough, or whatever. How can I 46 think thoughts like that when this guy is living without limbs and still being happy!?”
I found happiness when I realized that imperfect 47 I may be, I am the perfect Nick Vujicic. I’m designed 48 God’s plan. That’s not to say that there isn’t 49 for improvement. I’m always trying to be better so I can better 50 the world!
I do believe my life has no 51 . I want you all to feel the same way about your life, no matter what your challenges may be. As we 52 our journey together, please take a moment to 53 about any limitations you’ve placed on your life. Now think about what 54 would be like to be 55 of those limitations. What would your life be if anything were possible?
| 小题1: | | A．disappointing | B．unforgettable | C．popular | D．useful |
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| 小题2: | | A．receiving | B．collecting | C．returning | D．gathering |
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| 小题3: | | A．sports | B．activities | C．affairs | D．wonders |
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| 小题5: | | A．drawn | B．expected | C．required | D．ordered |
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| 小题6: | | A．even though | B．in case | C．as though | D．if only |
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| 小题8: | | A．advise | B．greet | C．surprise | D．please |
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| 小题9: | | A．comments | B．pictures | C．replies | D．statements |
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| 小题10: | | A．nervous | B．sorry | C．eager | D．desperate |
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| 小题11: | | A．still | B．ever | C．also | D．even |
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| 小题12: | | A．if | B．as | C．while | D．although |
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| 小题13: | | A．according to | B．thanks to | C．owing to | D．up to |
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| 小题14: | | A．stage | B．area | C．place | D．room |
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| 小题15: | | A．protect | B．rescue | C．serve | D．reserve |
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| 小题16: | | A．challenges | B．limits | C．doubts | D．endings |
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| 小题17: | | A．finish | B．continue | C．start | D．stop |
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| 小题18: | | A．worry | B．think | C．care | D．talk |
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| 小题20: | | A．free | B．short | C．aware | D．fond |
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There are two dangers to be guarded against in old age. One of these is undue absorption in the past. It does not do to live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in sadness about friends who are dead. One’s thoughts must be directed to the future and to things about which there is something to be done.
It is unwise to be too attached to the youth in the hope of sucking vigor from its vitality. When your children are grown up they want to live their own lives, and if you continue to be as interested in them as you were when they were young, you are likely to become a burden to them, unless they are cold to you.
I think that a successful old age is easiest for those who have strong impersonal interests involving appropriate activities. It is in this sphere that long experience is really fruitful, and it is in this sphere that the wisdom born of experience can be exercised without being oppressive. It is no use telling grown-up children not to make mistakes, both because they will not believe you, and because mistakes are an essential part of education. But if you are one of those who are incapable of impersonal interests, you may find that your life will be empty unless you concern yourself with you children and grandchildren. In that case you must realize that while you can still render them material services, such as making them an allowance or knitting them jumpers, you must not expect that they will enjoy your company.
Some old people are afraid of death. But in fact the best way is to make your interests gradually wider and ore impersonal. An individual human existence should be like a river-small at fist, rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider and the banks move back and in the end they become mixed in the sea without any visible break.
The old man who can see life in this way will not suffer from the fear of growing old and death.
小题1:The author suggests that old people should_______.| A．develop impersonal interests with proper activities. | | B．tell their children not to make mistakes | | C．concern themselves with their children | | D．not give their children an allowance |
小题2:The underlined word “render” in Paragraph 3 is close to the meaning of “_____”.| A．return | B．reward | C．offer | D．demand |
小题3:The author compares an individual human existence to a river because _____.| A．Life is like a river, first small, and then it becomes wide | | B．life is like a river finally flowing into the sea | | C．old age and death are both natural just like a river | | D．old people will be mixed in the crowd like a river mixed in the sea |
小题4:What’s the best title of this passage?| A．Setting Sun Is Beautiful | B．Growing Old Successfully | | C．Why Fear Getting Old | D．Caring for Olds More |
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