Question

阅读理解，将方框里的五个句子还原到短文当中。

The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted（想当然）. 1. more than a few minutes. For the most part, the same air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it. 2. while they sit around and feel sorry for themselves. Others breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make a wonderful life for themselves.

3.. It is everywhere. Opportunity is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success. Opportunity must be caught and put into action in order to have value. 4. and they think the opportunity will do all the work. That’s impossible.

Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity. However, 5.. That’s not up to the opportunity. That’s up to you. It doesn’t matter what “floor” the opportunity is on. What matters is what you do with it.

Answer

1.E

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章阐述了要充分利用机会这样一个道理。空气无处不在并且容易获得，这让我们往往会忽视空气的存在。机会就像空气一样无处不在，我们应该充分利用机会来获得成功。

1.E句意：然而，没有它我们就不能生存。根据下文中的句子“the same air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it.” 谁都能呼吸到空气，谁都需要空气。可知一旦失去空气，我们只能活几分钟。故答案为E。

2.C句意：有些人利用空气只是为了活着。结合上下句理解，同时呼吸空气，有的人碌碌无为地生活着，而有的人活出精彩。故答案选C。

3.B句意：机会也是如此。此处把机会与空气相比较，说明机会无处不在，机会面前人人平等，答案为B。

4.D句意：许多人都渴望能夺得先机。根据下文中的句子“and they think the opportunity will do all the work. That’s impossible.”他们认为夺得先机就能万事大吉。这是不可能的。the opportunity就是上文中提到的先机。故答案为D。

5.A句意：你必须利用机会。结合下文中的句子“That’s not up to the opportunity. That’s up to you.”成功并不取决于机会，而是取决于你。说明机会的把握要靠自己，必须利用机会。答案为A。

考点：短文句子还原。