Question

    Recently, I felt like I reached a very low point in life. My relationships weren’t good, I wasn’t enjoying my classes, and I felt like I had nothing to ________. My life seemed to be full of endless homework, tests and loneliness. Nothing anyone said seemed ________ to me. I wasn’t sure what to do about myself. All I wanted was to be happy again, but I didn’t know who or what would ________ that. During these days, I had trouble sleeping. I had to take sleeping pills but still woke up in the midnight. I had no ________ but to tell my dad. He ________ the book The Secret. I bought the e-book online at once and read the whole thing that night. I’m ________ quite a stubborn (固执的) person, but the influence on my mood after finishing the book was ________. Suddenly, I felt like life was beautiful again. I had never felt such a deep and quick ________ in my life before.

In fact, the book’s message was very simple-think positively (积极地). The book had many success stories about how people were able to ________ money, soul mates (心灵伙伴) and old friends back into their lives. I started learning to thank everything in my life like them. Little by little, I realized that The Secret could only work ________ I believed these people’s success stories.

Now I’m sure I can bring myself happiness.

1.A.take care of B.come up with C.look down on D.look forward to

2.A.helpful B.colourful C.peaceful D.powerful

3.A.reply B.offer C.answer D.prevent

4.A.problem B.choice C.need D.doubt

5.A.borrowed B.collected C.returned D.recommended

6.A.usually B.mainly C.finally D.probably

7.A.real B.common C.clear D.serious

8.A.breath B.notice C.surprise D.change

9.A.draw B.control C.imagine D.mention

10.A.until B.when C.unless D.before

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

【解析】

这篇短文讲述了作者在处于生活的低谷，对什么都失去期待而不知所措时，父亲给她推荐了一本书。她在看完这本书后，又再次感觉到了生活的美好，再次回到了幸福之中。

1.句意：我的人际关系不好，我不喜欢我的课程，我觉得我没有什么可期待的。

take care of照顾；come up with提出，想起；look down on俯瞰，轻视；look forward to期待，盼望。根据“My relationships weren’t good, I wasn’t enjoying my classes”可知，作者处于人生的低谷，事事都不顺心，因此可推知作者感觉没有什么可期待的。故选D。

2.句意：别人所说的没有什么是对我有帮助的。

helpful有帮助的；colourful五彩缤纷的；peaceful和平的；powerful有力量的。根据前文可知，作者对生活充满了失望，因此别人说的话对她是没有帮助的。故选A。

3.句意：我只想再快乐起来，但我不知道谁或什么会提供给我这个机会。

reply回应；offer提供；answer回答；prevent阻止。根据前文“All I wanted was to be happy again”可知，作者不知道有什么能提供给她再次快乐的机会。故此处处应为offer提供。故选B。

4.句意：我别无选择只能告诉我爸爸。

problem问题；choice选择；need需要；doubt怀疑。根据“but I didn’t know who or what would offer that”及语境可知，作者每晚都失眠，却又不知道该向何人述说，她没有别的选择只能告诉爸爸，故此处应为choice选择。故选B。

5.句意：他给我推荐了一本叫《秘密》的书。

borrowed借；collected收集；returned归还；recommended推荐。根据“I bought the e-book online at once”可知，作者的父亲给作者推荐了一本书。故选D。

6.句意：我通常是个很固执的人，但读完这本书后对我情绪的影响是显而易见的。

usually通常；mainly主要地；finally终于；probably或许。根据后文“but the influence on my mood after finishing the book was ____”可知，作者在读完书后有了一些改变，句中but表转折，因此作者通常是个很固执的人。故选A。

7.句意：我通常是个很固执的人，但读完这本书后对我情绪的影响是显而易见的。

real真实的；common普通的；clear明显的；serious严重的。根据后文“Suddenly, I felt like life was beautiful again”可知，作者读完这本书后对自己情绪的影响是很明显的。故选C。

8.句意：我以前从未感受到如此深刻而迅速的变化。

breath呼吸；notice注意；surprise惊喜；change改变。根据前文内容可知，作者之前对生活的失望到现在重新感受到生活的美丽，因此此处指的是“改变”。故选D。

9.句意：这本书有很多成功的故事，讲述了人们是如何吸引金钱、灵魂伴侣和老朋友回到他们的生活中的。

draw吸引；control控制；imagine想象；mention提及。根据前后文语境可知，这本书主要讲述了人们是如何把金钱、灵魂伴侣及老朋友吸引回他们的生活中去的。故选A。

10.句意：渐渐地，我意识到只有当我相信这些人的成功故事时，这本书才起作用。

until直到；when当……时；unless除非；before在……之前。根据语境可知，此处应为when引导的时间状语从句，当我相信这些人的成功事例时，这本书就会起作用。故选B。