Question

“Problems and worries are normal (正常) in life,” says Laura. “But I think talking to someone helps a lot. If we don't talk to someone, we'll certainly feel ______. ”

Laura once lost her ______, and worried for days. She was afraid to tell her parents about it. She even walked three miles to school each day because she didn't have any money. She just kept ______ of the problem again and again in her mind. “If I tell my parents, they'll be angry!” But in the end, she talked to her parents and they were really ______. Her dad said that he ______ made careless mistakes himself. They got her a new wallet and asked her to be more careful. “I will always remember to ______ my problems in the future!” Laura says.

Robert Hunt advises students about common ______. He feels the same way as Laura. “It is best not to avoid our problems. We should always try to solve them. ” He thinks that you can first find someone to talk to. This person doesn't need to be an expert like himself. Students often forget that their parents have more ______ than them, and are always there to ______ them.

In English, we say that sharing a problem is like cutting it in half. So you're halfway to solving a problem if you talk to  ______ about it.

1.A.better B.happier C.worse D.cleverer

2.A.wallet B.bike C.money D.phone

3.A.hoping B.thinking C.wishing D.expecting

4.A.seeing B.knowing C.learning D.understanding

5.A.sometimes B.always C.never D.seldom

6.A.cover B.share C.guess D.stop

7.A.questions B.answers C.ideas D.problems

8.A.friendship B.love C.truth D.experience

9.A.help B.beat C.hurt D.fail

10.A.none B.someone C.each D.no one

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.D

9.A

10.B

【解析】

面对棘手的问题，很多人都选择独自思考，然而一个人却很难解决问题。与他人交谈不仅可能解决问题，而且可以积累解决问题的经验。

1.句意：如果我们不和别人交谈，我们无疑会感到________。

考查形容词比较级辨析。better意为“更好的”；happier意为“更开心的”；worse意为“更糟的”；cleverer意为“更聪明的”。根据上文可知，交谈对我们有很大帮助，所以不交谈的影响应是更糟，故选C。

2.句意：劳拉曾丢了她的________，并且担心了几天。

考查名词辨析。wallet意为“钱包”；bike意为“自行车”；money意为“钱”；phone意为“电话”。根据后文她父母又帮她买了一个钱包可知，她丢的是钱包，故选A。

3.句意：她只是把这个问题反复地在脑子里___________。

考查动词词义辨析。由此段第二句话“她害怕告诉父母这件事”，可推测刚开始的几天她并不敢把丢钱包的事告诉父母，只是自己独自思考。A. hoping 希望；B. thinking 思考；C. wishing 希望；D. expecting 期望；故选B。

4.句意：但最后，她和父母谈了谈，他们真的很___________。

由下句“Her dad said that he ___5___ made careless mistakes himself.”（她爸爸说自己也会犯错）可知，她父母对于她丢钱包这件事是理解的，A. seeing 看见；B. knowing知道； C. learning 学习；D. understanding理解；故选D。

5.句意：她爸爸说自己________也会犯些粗心的错误。

考查副词词义辨析。sometimes意为“有时”；always意为“总是”；never意为“从不”；seldom意为“很少”。由句意可知她爸爸有时也会犯错。故选A。

6.句意：在未来我将永远记得________我的问题。

考查动词词义辨析。cover意为“覆盖”；share意为“分享”；guess意为“猜想”；stop意为“停止”。此段讲述了劳拉因为分享问题而最终解决问题的故事，所以应是有问题时记得分享，故选B。

7.句意：Robert Hunt针对普遍的________对学生提出建议。

考查名词词义辨析。question意为“问题(着重疑惑和不能判断)”；answer意为“答案”；idea意为“办法”；problem意为“问题(强调问题困难)”。由后文“It is best not to avoid our problems. ”可知，他建议的是解决问题的方法。故选D。

8.句意：学生经常会忘记他们的父母比他们更有________。

考查名词词义辨析。friendship意为“友谊”；love意为“爱”；truth意为“真相”；experience意为“经验”。根据文章内容可知这里说的是父母应比孩子更有经验，故选D。

9.句意：父母总会在那儿________他们（孩子）。

考查动词词义辨析。help意为“帮助”；beat意为“打败”；hurt意为“伤害”；fail意为“失败”。由上句“父母比孩子有经验”，可知是帮助他们的孩子，故选A。

10.句意：所以如果你和___________谈论一个问题，你就已经解决了一半。

考查代词辨析。根据第一段中“But I think talking to someone helps a lot. ”可推知，作者认为和某人交谈会有很大帮助，故设空处表示“某人”， A. none 没有一个； B. someone 某人； C. each 每个；D. no one 没有一个人；故选B。