Question

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Once there lived a rich woman well-known in high society for her kindness, who had a maid that was devoted and hardworking. One day, out of curiosity, the maid decided to    her mistress（主人）to find out whether she was really good by nature.

    The following day, the maid got up from her bed quite late at around afternoon time and the mistress      her for being late. The next day, the maid      the late rising and this time, the mistress became particularly      and hit the maid with a stick thus hurting her.

This      spread around the neighborhood and the rich woman      not only her reputation（名声）but also a devoted maid.

   , it’s also reflected in modern      . People are kind and modest when their surroundings are    and satisfactory. However, when conditions change for the worse, they’ll become        and filled with anger. Anger is often an ugly and destructive mood that mankind        from in our daily lives. It’s a bad mood      within us, waiting for the chance to take control of our life. Uncontrolled anger can cause us a great deal of emotional and physical        and we must learn to      it.

A good      to control anger is to act as if the undesirable thoughts don’t exist in our    . By using our willpower, we focus our minds on positive things and      remove the negative thought. It’s difficult to react      to someone who hurt us,        our physical isn’t harmed. But the test of character is how we        situations in our daily lives. Remember this, darkness cannot be removed by darkness but by brightness. In the same way, anger cannot be removed by anger but by loving kindness.

1.A. phone B. join C. test D. visit

2.A. hated B. blamed C. charged D. dismissed

3.A. changed B. proved C. improved D. repeated

4.A. angry B. smart C. quiet D. painful

5.A. advice B. knowledge C. progress D. news

6.A. lost B. earned C. helped D. fought

7.A. Afterwards B. However C. Similarly D. Hopefully

8.A. class B. society C. home D. history

9.A. strange B. sure C. good D. ready

10.A. impatient B. inactive C. unlucky D. unknown

11.A. escapes B. recovers C. learns D. suffers

12.A. disappearingB. hiding C. happening D. growing

13.A. harm B. energy C. stress D. balance

14.A. accept B. break C. control D. organize

15.A. cause B. case C. base D. way

16.A. chat B. mind C. choice D. job

17.A. anyhow B. yet C. therefore D. again

18.A. slowly B. peacefully C. officially D. differently

19.A. in case B. as if C. now that D. even though

20.A. handle B. manage C. view D. preserve

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文通过一个小故事来告诉我们，要学会控制自己的负面情绪，黑暗不能用黑暗来取代，要用光明，同样，只有善良来才驱赶生气；

1.C考查动词辨析A. phone打电话；B. join加入；C. test检查；D. visit访问；句意：有一天，出于好奇，女佣决定检验一下，主人是否会发现他本性是善良的。根据语境可知选C项。

2.2】B考查动词辨析A. hated讨厌；B. blamed责备；C. charged 要价；D. dismissed解雇。句意：他的主人因为迟到而责备她。Blame sb for sth 因。。而责备某人，故选B项。

3.3】D考查动词辨析A. changed改变；B. proved证明；C. improved 提高；D. repeated重复；句意：下一天，女佣重复迟到，这次，主人非常生气，用棍打了她。根据the late迟到，故选D项。

4.4】A考查形容词辨析A. angry生气的；B. smart聪明的；C. quiet安静的；D. painful痛苦的；句意：下一天，女佣重复迟到，这次，主人非常生气，用棍打了她。根据hit the maid with a stick thus hurting her打了她，可知很生气，故选A项。

5.5】D考查名词辨析A. advice建议；B. knowledge知识；C. progress进步；D. news消息；句意：这个消息在邻居间传开，她的主人不仅仅失去好的名声，还失去一位中心的女佣。根据语境可知这个消息传遍，故选D项。

6.6】A考查动词辨析A. lost失去；B. earned赚；C. helped帮助；D. fought战斗；；句意：这个消息在邻居间传开，她的主人不仅仅失去好的名声，还失去一位中心的女佣。根据句意可知选A项。

7.7】C考查副词辨析A. Afterwards后来；B. However然而；C. Similarly 类似地；D. Hopefully有希望地；句意：类似地，这反应出现代社会。根据语境可知选C项。

8.8】B考查名词辨析A. class班级；B. society社会；C. home家；D. history历史；句意：类似地，这反应出现代社会。根据语境可知选B项。

9.9】C考查形容词辨析A. strange奇怪的；B. sure确定；C. good好的；D. ready准备；句意：当人们周围的环境好时，人们就是善良的谦虚的。根据satisfactory令人满意的，可知选C项。

10.0】A考查形容词辨析A. impatient没有耐心的；B. inactive怠惰的；C. unlucky 不幸的；D. unknown不知名的；句意：然而当条件变得恶劣时，他们也会变得没有耐心，充满愤怒。与上文进行对比，故选A项。

11.1】D考查动词辨析A. escapes逃脱；B. recovers恢复；C. learns学会；D. suffers遭受；句意：生气是我们生活中丑陋心灵的反应。Suffer from 遭受，故选D项。

12.2】B考查动词辨析A. disappearing消失；B. hiding藏；C. happening发生；D. growing生长；句意：丑陋的一面会隐藏起来，等待机会来控制我们。根据语境可知选B项。

13.3】A考查名词辨析A. harm危害；B. energy精力；C. stress压力；D. balance平衡；句意：不受控制生气会导致情绪和身体上的危害，我们必须学会控制他。根据语境可知导致伤害，故选A项。

14.4】C考查动词辨析A. accept接受；B. break打碎；C. control 控制；D. organize组织；句意：不受控制生气会导致情绪和身体上的危害，我们必须学会控制他。根据语境可知要控制生气，故选C项。

15.5】D考查名词辨析A. cause原因；B. case案件；C. base基础；D. way方式；句意：控制生气最好的方式是行为表现好像不期望的事不存在我们的想法中。A way to do 。。的方式，故选D项。

16.6】B考查名词辨析A. chat聊天；B. mind想法；C. choice选择；D. job工作；句意：控制生气最好的方式是行为表现好像不期望的事不存在我们的想法中。根据语境可知选B项。

17.7】C考查副词辨析A. anyhow无论如何；B. yet然而；C. therefore因此；D. again再；句意：通过运用我们的意志力，我们把思想集中在积极的事情上因此就能排除负面的东西。两个句子转折关系，故选C项。

18.8】B考查副词辨析A. slowly慢慢地；B. peacefully和平地；C. officially官方地；D. differently不同地；句意：平静地对待一个伤害过我们的人是非常困难的，即使我们的身体并没有受到伤害。根据difficult困难的，可知选B项。

19.9】D考查连词辨析A. in case以防；B. as if好象；C. now that 既然；D. even though即使；句意：平静地对待一个伤害过我们的人是非常困难的，即使我们的身体并没有受到伤害。两个句子是假设关系，矿选D项。

20.20】A考查动词辨析A. handle处理；B. manage管理；C. view看待； D. preserve 保存；句意：但我们性格的测试是如何处理日常生活中的情况。根据语境可知选A项。

考点：人生百味类阅读。