Question

    For years, Peter Smith was disturbed by the memory of an accident that caused the death of one of his ___________, Oliver. After that, his wife left him and he ___________ his job. But suddenly the news about him_______. his wife came back and he found a new job.

One day he told me_______ had changed his life. “After the accident, I thought that nobody could forgive what I had done. The thought of my mistake _________ my smile. It put a _______ between my wife and me.Then I had a/an _______ visit from the person I was afraid most to see—the mother of the classmate who died. “Years ago,” she said, “ I found it in my heart to have forgiven you. So did Oliver and your friends.” She paused, and then said_______ “Peter, you are the one who hasn’t forgiven_______.” I looked into her eyes and found kindness. For the first time in my life I felt worthy to love and be loved.”

It is lucky of Peter to get forgiveness of his  __________. But forgiving doesn’t mean denying(否认) what happened. Instead, it means  __________them honestly, realistically.

Can a person be all-forgiving and still be human? A scientist spent four years in a prison camp(集中营) of Germany. His parents, his younger sister and elder brother were killed by Nazi. He has every reason to__________. Yet he is filled with a love of life that he passes on to everyone who knows him. In his book, he said “In the beginning, I was filled with hated. __________ I realized that in hating I had become my own__________. Unless you forgive, you cannot love. And without love, life has no meaning.” Forgiveness is truly the saving grace, which gives the people who make mistakes a chance to__________them.

1.A.teachers B.classmates C.workers D.officers

2.A.got B.left C.lost D.took

3.A.started B.changed C.worked D.went

4.A.what B.how C.which D.why

5.A.took away B.put away C.gave away D.threw away

6.A.bridge B.house C.wall D.door

7.A.unusual B.surprising C.unexpected D.friendly

8.A.seriously B.carefully C.directly D.sadly

9.A.myself B.himself C.yourself D.herself

10.A.excuses B.mistakes C.failures D.lessons

11.A.facing B.seeing C.finding D.receiving

12.A.forget B.forgive C.hate D.kill

13.A.Yet B.Only C.Still D.Then

14.A.classmate B.enemy C.friend D.teacher

15.A.avoid B.correct C.improve D.cure

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.B

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要讲述了多年来，Peter Smith由于一直记得一场车祸的场面而使自己的生活受到严重干扰。有一天，死去的同学的母亲造坊，她的原谅解开了彼得的心结，改变了他的生活。

1.句意：彼得·史密斯对一次事故的记忆感到不安，那次事故造成了他的一个同学的死亡。

teachers老师；classmates同班同学；workers 工人；officers职员，根据文章第二段第四行“the mother of the classmate who died”可知，应该是同学，故选B。

2.句意：他妻子离开了他，他也辞掉了工作。

got得到；left离开；lost丢掉；took拿走，由所给空前面的句子“his wife left him”和后文“his wife came back and he found a new job”可知，应该是丢掉了他的工作，故选C。

3.句意：但是突然关于他的消息变了。

started开始；changed改变；worked工作；went去，根据后文“his wife came back and he found a new job”可知，应该是改变，故选B。

4.句意：一天他告诉了我是什么改变了他的生活。

what什么；how怎样；which哪一个；why为什么，根据所给空前面的“he told me”以及后文“had changed his life”可知，应该用what，故选A。

5.句意：一想到我的错误，我的笑容就消失了。

took away拿走；put away把……收好；gave away赠送；threw away扔掉，根据前文“The thought of my mistake”可知，应该是带走微笑，故选A。

6.句意：它在我和我妻子之间筑起了一道墙。

bridge桥；house房子；wall墙；door门，根据前文“The thought of my mistake”和后文“between my wife and me”可知，应该是一道墙，故选C。

7.句意：接着我最怕见到的那个人，也就是死去同学的母亲，却偏偏对我突然造访。

unusual非同寻常的；surprising令人惊讶的；unexpected出乎意料的；friendly友善的，根据后文“visit from the person I was afraid most to see—the mother of the classmate who died”可知，这个造访是出乎意料的，故选C。

8.句意：她停顿了一下，然后严肃地说。

seriously严肃地；carefully认真地；directly直接地；sadly伤心地，根据后文“Peter, you are the one who hasn’t forgiven”可知，应该是严肃地说，故选A。

9.句意：彼得，你就是那个不原谅自己的人。

myself我自己；himself他自己；yourself你自己；herself她自己，根据前文“you are the one who hasn’t forgiven”可知，应该是你自己，故选C。

10.句意：彼得犯了错而得到宽恕是幸运的。

excuses原谅；mistakes错误；failures失败；lessons课，根据上文故事经过，特别是第二段第二行“The thought of my mistake”可知，彼得虽然犯了错，但却受到宽恕，故选B。

11.句意：它意味着诚实而现实地面对。

facing面对；seeing看见；finding发现；receiving接受，根据前文“But forgiving doesn’t mean denying(否认) what happened. Instead, it means”可知，与否认对应的是面对，故选A。

12.句意：他有各种理由憎恨。

forget忘记；forgive原谅；hate憎恨；kill杀死，根据后文“In the beginning, I was filled with hated”可知，应该是憎恨，故选C。

13.句意：后来，我意识到，憎恨已经变成了我自己的敌人。

Yet然而；Only只有；Still仍然；Then然后，后来，根据所给空前面的句子“I was filled with hated”和后面的句子“I realized that in hating I had become my own”可知，应该是先后关系，故选D。

14.句意：后来，我意识到，憎恨已经变成了我自己的敌人。

classmate 同学；enemy敌人；friend朋友；teacher老师，根据前文“I realized that in hating I had become my own”可知，应该是敌人，故选B。

15.句意：宽恕真的是可取的，它让犯错之人有机会改过自新。

avoid避免；correct纠正；improve提高；cure治愈，根据句子中的“make mistakes” “犯错”和“correct mistakes”“纠正错误”是对应的，故选B。