Question

Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage

“What can you do when you have done____________ but mess up(搞砸) your whole life long?” These were the words I heard when I turned on the TV the other day. They were coming  from one of  the  talk shows that are so popular on TV  these days.  I started  to  turn the channel but  the words  I had heard made me stop  for a moment.  I looked at the speaker of  them. He ____________ more  than 18 years old, but already he was writing off (认为……已失败) his life as a useless waste. 

I wanted to shout at him:" You're not dead yet!" 

It is so sad that so many people cannot ____________ their pasts and live in the present. There are so many people like that talk show guest. There are people still  in  their  teen years thinking that their lives are over. There are people in their twenties who already think they have missed the boat to success and happiness. There are people in their thirties and forties who sit around complaining that life has passed them by.  I want  to shout  to  them all:" Wake up! You're still____________! What have you done today?" If you want a happy  life, you can't just think about your past mistakes. If you want joy and love  in your  life, you have  to choose  them  today. God gives us a new chance at  life every  time we wake up in the morning. It is up to us to catch ____________. 

Today can be  the beginning of a new  life for each of us. We can choose  joy right now. We share love today. We can  live with hope starting at this moment. It doesn't matter how hard our past has been. Our present can be full of joy and our future can be full of happiness.  It doesn't matter  if we are eight or eighty—we can still make our  lives wonderful. Life isn't over ____________ your last heartbeat. Start today, then, to make your heart beat with joy, love, and light.

1.A.nothing B.anything C.everything D.something

2.A.can’t be B.could be C.could have been D.couldn’t have been

3.A.get tired of B.get rid of C.take up D.take the place of

4.A.lively B.lovely C.alive D.live

5.A.this B.it C.that D.one

6.A.until B.after C.when D.while

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.B

6.A

【解析】

本文介绍了作者通过在一个电视节目中看到一个18岁的少年觉得自己的生活糟透了觉得人生无望很气愤。告诉我们不要抱怨从前的失败或错误，要珍惜今天，从今天开始，你有选择开心和幸福的权力。告诉我们从今天做起，让你的心充满愉快与爱。

1.句意：当你什么都没做的时候，你能做什么呢，除了把你的整个人生搞得一团糟。

考查代词。nothing没有什么；anything (用于否定句、疑问句也用于if或whether之后) 任何东西；everything每件事；something某事，某物。根据“but mess up(搞砸) your whole life long?”除了把你的整个人生搞得一团糟。可知，前文应该是当你什么都没做的时候，你能做什么呢。应该选择nothing没有什么；符合语境。故选A。

2.句意：他不可能超过18岁，但他已经把自己的生活当作一种无用的浪费。

本题考查虚拟语气。can’t be对现在事件的否定推断；could be语气稍弱些，表示可能……；could have been表示“对过去情况的可能性推测”，could 语气较can 弱。couldn’t have been表示对过去情况的推测。“过去不大可能发生某事”。could have done本来可以做某事。对过去事情进行说明时，无论用哪个情态动词，后面都应该使用have done 而不是动词原形，所以排除A和B。对过去情况的否定推测，使用couldn’t + have +done不可能。故选D。

3.句意：太可悲了，这么多人不能摆脱过去，活在现在。

考查动词短语。get tired of对……感到厌倦；get rid of摆脱；take up 开始从事；take the place of接替某人的位置。根据“It is so sad that so many people cannot 3 their pasts and live in the present.”太可悲了，这么多人不能 _______ 过去，活在现在。可知，应该选择get rid of摆脱；符合语境。故选B。

4.句意：醒醒！你还活着！你今天做了什么？

考查形容词辨析。lively生动的；lovely可爱的；alive活着的；live表示“活着的”。live可以作定语或表语，但是指人时，不能用live。根据“Wake up!”醒来吧，可知，作者想表达的是“醒醒吧，你们还活着。” 这里是指人，因此排除D；lively的意思和它们有很大差异，是“精力充沛的、活泼的”，它既可以作定语，也可以作表语，在本题中不符合语境，排除；alive可以做表语，题干处是表语。故选C。

5.句意：由我们来抓住机会。

考查代词。this这个；it它；that那个；one一个。it/one /that三者均可用作代词，指代前面提到的名词。一般说来，it指代同名同物；one与that则指代同名异物。it 代替上文提到的东西。this 是指示代词，一般指较近的事物，不能代替前面的东西。本题中用it来指代上文的new chance。故选B。

6.句意：直到你最后一次心跳，生命才结束。

考查连词辨析。until直到……为止；after在……之后；when当……的时候；while与……同时。本题考查not…until…：直到……才……。故选A。