Question

    “Today I will give you a special test,” said the English teacher with a smile on his face.

All the students sat up straight and waited for the test to begin. The teacher began to give the test papers to all the students._______ he finished handing out the test papers, he asked them to begin.

The students were very_____________ to see that there was not a question but a black dot(圆点) in the centre of the paper. The teacher noticed the students' surprise and said, “I want you to_____________about what you see there.”

At the end of the class, the teacher took all the students' answer sheets(答题纸) and read the answers._________of them described the black dot. After reading all the answers, the teacher said, “Here everyone only paid attention to the black dot, _________no one wrote about the white paper.” The whole class listened___________, because they were afraid to fail in the exam.

Then the teacher said, “Don't worry about your marks for this test. I just want you to think about our life. The white paper is like our whole life and the black dot in the centre of the paper _____________problems in our daily life.”

Our life is a___________given to us by God, with love and care. However, we just pay attention to the problems like illnesses and poverty(贫穷)，and never see that these problems are very_____________compared to everything else we have in our life.

So we should try to take our eyes off our problems and____________each moment life gives us.

1.A.After B.Before C.Until D.While

2.A.happy B.surprised C.excited D.sad

3.A.talk B.write C.hear D.learn

4.A.All B.None C.Some D.Many

5.A.or B.although C.if D.but

6.A.silently B.angrily C.happily D.quickly

7.A.helps B.finds C.represents D.solves

8.A.problem B.gift C.moment D.door

9.A.serious B.big C.small D.important

10.A.refuse B.stop C.waste D.enjoy

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.D

【解析】

文章大意：文章通过一位教授给学生的测试，告诉大家一个道理：不要一叶障目，要放眼全局。

1.句意：他分发完试卷后，要求他们开始。

After在……之后；Before在……之前；Until直到；While当……时，根据所给空后面的“he finished handing out the test papers, he asked them to begin”可知， 应该是在……之后，故选A。

2.句意：学生们惊奇地发现，纸中央没有一个问题，而是一个黑点。

happy开心的；surprised惊讶的；excited兴奋的；sad伤心的，根据后文“there was not a question but a black dot(圆点) in the centre of the paper.”可知，应该是惊讶的，故选B。

3.句意：我要你们写下你们在那里看到的东西。

talk谈话；write写；hear听到；learn学习，根据第四段第三行“no one wrote about the white paper”可知，应该是写，故选B。

4.句意：他们都描述了黑点。

All所有的；None没有一个；Some一些；Many许多，根据后文“Here everyone only paid attention to the black dot”可知，应该是他们所有人，故选A。

5.句意：这每个人都只注意黑点，但没有人写白纸。

or或者；although 虽然；if 如果；but但是，根据所给空前面的“Here everyone only paid attention to the black dot”和后面的“no one wrote about the white paper”可知，应该是转折关系，故选D。

6.句意：全班同学静静地听着。

silently静静地；angrily生气地；happily开心地；quickly快速地，根据后文“because they were afraid to fail in the exam”可知，害怕考试不及格应该是静静地听着，故选A。

7.句意：纸中央的黑点代表我们日常生活中的问题。

helps帮助；finds发现；represents代表；solves解决，根据所给空前面的“the black dot in the centre of the paper”和后面的“problems in our daily life”可知，应该是代表，故选C。

8.句意：我们的生命是上帝赐予我们的礼物。

problem问题；gift礼物；moment片刻；door门，根据后文“given to us by God”可知，上帝给予我们的应该是礼物，故选B。

9.句意：我们只关注像疾病和贫困这样的问题，从来没有看到这些问题比我们生活中的其他任何事情都要小。

serious严重的；big大的；small小的；important重要的，根据后文“compared to everything else we have in our life”可知，是指相比于生活中我们所拥有的其它东西，这些问题太小了，故选C。

10.句意：所以我们应该试着把目光从问题上移开，享受生活给我们的每一刻。

refuse拒绝；stop阻止；waste浪费；enjoy享受，根据前文“So we should try to take our eyes off our problems”和后文“each moment life gives us”可知，应该是享受，故选D。