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Letting go of success

I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I've _   __ that the best way to do it is to let go of past failures. But that's not all. One can never fully ___   ____ today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never ___   ___ while resting comfortably on their laurels (荣誉). The __   ____ is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!

I once __   ____ a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend ___   ____  Gable one afternoon at the actor's home. She brought along her ___   ____ son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He ___   ____ he was racing those cars around a great track, which in ___   ____ was an imaginary circle around a golden statue (雕像). The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable ___   ____ for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.

When his mother told him the time had come to __   ____the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this __   ____ to the Oscar.

“Sure he smiled. “It's yours.”

The horrified mother ___   ____. “Put that back immediately

Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn't mean anything to me; ___   __ it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a ___   ____ hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to __   ____ rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.

You may have learned to let go of past ___   ____ and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the ___   ____ Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?

“I like the __   ____ of the future better than the history of the past said Thomas Jefferson. I ___   ____. After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.

1.A. discovered      B. inferred    C. hoped        D. worried

2.A. spend          B. live        C. enjoy        D. understand

3.A. struggle        B. work       C. learn      D. succeed

4.A. story           B. fact        C. idea          D. news

5.A. heard          B. told        C. knew         D. wrote

6.A. saw            B. recognized    C. met          D. visited

7.A. careful         B. small       C. lonely        D. clever

8.A. pretended       B. believed    C. insisted      D. suggested

9.A. case            B. reality       C. turn          D. need

10.A. cared           B. asked      C. looked        D. won

11.A. act             B. leave       C. play          D. wait

12.A. running         B. getting     C. pointing      D. shouting

13.A. objected         B. noticed     C. suffered      D. breathed

14.A. selling          B. keeping    C. sharing      D. earning

15.A. special          B. comfortable  C. expensive     D. necessary

16.A. rest             B. cheat       C. stop          D. sit

17.A. difficulties       B. Events   C. failures       D. achievements

18.A. time            B. future      C. body         D. brain

19.A. idea            B. meaning    C. dreams       D. thoughts

20.A. obey            B. permit      C. wish         D. agree

 

1.A 2.C 3.D 4.B 5.A 6.D 7.B 8.A 9.B 10.D 11.B 12.C 13.A 14.B 15.D 16.A 17.C 18.B 19.C 20.D 【解析】 试题分析:文章大意是放下过去的成就,轻装前行。充分利用每一天的最好方法是放下过去的失败,这样做还不够,过度沉醉于过去的成功和荣誉也不能很好的度过今天。有时,成功比失败更能阻止人们前行的脚步。 1.考查动词辨析。A发现;B推断;C希望;D担心。I've___ that the best way to do it is to let go of past failures作者发现过好每一天的最好的方法就是让过去的失败成为过去。故选A。 2.考查动词辨析。A花费,度过;B居住;C喜欢;D理解。O ne can never fully ____ today while thinking too much about past successes, either.一个人沉醉于过去的成功,也无法完全享受今天,故选C。 3.考查动词辨析。A挣扎,努力;B工作,起作用;C学习;D成功。People never____ while resting comfortably on their laurels (荣誉).安于过去的荣誉的人永远不会成功,故选D。 4.考查名词辨析。A故事;B事实;C主意;D新闻。The _ _ is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!事实是,有时候成功比失败更能阻止我们前进的步伐,故选B。 5.考查动词辨析。A听到;B告诉;C知道;D书写。I once ____ a story我曾经听过一个故事,hear听到,故选A。 6.考查动词辨析。A看到;B承认;C遇到;D拜访,参观。根据at the actor's home可知,Gable的一个朋友来拜访他,故选D。 7.考查形容词辨析。A小心的;B小的;C孤独的;D聪明的。根据who was playing happily with toy car可知,那个朋友带着她的小儿子,故选B。 8.考查动词辨析。A假装;B相信;C坚持;D建议。根据下句的an imaginary circle around a golden statue可知,朋友的小儿子假装汽车在绕着一个轨道赛跑,故选A。 9.考查名词辨析。A案例;B现实;C次序;D需要。which in___was an imaginary circle around a golden statue那个轨道其实是想象出来的一个圆圈,in reality相当于in fact,故选B。 10.考查动词辨析。A关心;B询问,要求;C看起来;D赢得。Clark Gable ___ for his performance,Gable因精彩的表演获得的奥斯卡小金人,won sth for...因为......赢得......,故选D。 11.考查动词辨析。A行动;B离开;C打(球、游戏),玩耍;D等待。根据the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this?”可知,到了该离开的时间了,故选B。 12.考查动词辨析。A奔跑;B得到,变得;C指出;D喊叫。the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this?” ____ to the Oscar小男孩指着那个奥斯卡小金人问道,“我能要这个吗?”,point to指向,故选C。 13.考查动词辨析。A反对;B注意到;C遭受;D呼吸。根据“Put that back immediately!”可知,妈妈不同意小男孩要那个小金人,故选A。 14.考查动词辨析。A出售;B保持;C分享;D挣得。根据past success could be a ____ hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to____,和联系第一段可知,过去的成功会阻止前进的脚步。Gable认为保留小金人没有意义,获得它的过程才有意义,故选D。 15.考查形容词辨析。A特殊的;B舒适的;C昂贵的;D必要的。根据第一段“while resting comfortably on their laurels”可知,这里指的是一张舒适的吊床,故选B。 16.考查动词辨析。A休息;B欺骗;C停止;D坐。根据第一段“while resting comfortably on their laurels”,这里指在吊床上休息,故选A。 17.考查名词辨析。A困难;B事件;C失败的人/事;D成就。根据第一段第一行“let go of past failures”可知,你可能已经学会放下过去的失败和错误了,故选C。 18.考查名词辨析。A时间;B将来;C身体;D大脑。But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the ____?但是你忘记过去的成功和成就来解放将来了吗?future与present形成对比,故选B。 19.考查名词辨析。A主意;B意思,意义;C梦想;D想法。“I like the ____ of the future better than the history of the past,” 我喜欢梦想未来,甚于回顾过去,故选C。 20.考查动词辨析。A遵守;B允许;C希望;D同意。根据After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.可知,作者同意杰斐逊说的话,故选D。 考点:夹叙夹议的故事类阅读
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