Question

阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

What are consequences of laziness? Many young persons seem to think it of not much consequence     they do not improve their time well in youth, vainly     they can make it up by careful work or effort when they are     . They also think it is shameful for men and women to be lazy,     that there can be no harm in persons who are young spending their time in any     they please.

George Jones thought     . At the age of 16, he went to an academy to prepare to enter college. His father obtained books for him, clothed him, and paid for schooling at his great       . But George thought of nothing but present   . When called to recite, he went red and what he recited were not the right words,     the whole class would burst into laughter. Such are the applauses (掌声) a lazy person gets.     , though he passed a very poor examination, he was     with the test. It was those who   him that thought it was possible that the reason why he didn’t     .questions better was that he was frightened.

However, in college there is not much   shown to bad scholars. George had     his studies so long that he fell behind. Poor fellow! He paid     for his laziness. All the good scholars     him; they were ashamed to be seen in his   . He was growing discouraged. Eventually, he had to quit college. Such are the   of laziness.

Therefore, we should, from this history, take   , and “stamp improvement on the wings of time”.

1.A. as            B. until        C. if           D. since

2.A. expecting     B. regretting    C. indicating    D. requiring

3.A. older        B. better       C. taller        D. stronger

4.A. and          B. but           C. for          D. or

5.A. order        B. sense        C. manner        D. pattern

6.A. so           B. again        C. aloud         D. ahead

7.A. sale          B. speed        C. length        D. expense

8.A. purpose      B. pleasure     C. memory       D. situation

9.A. so that       B. in case       C. as though     D. now that

10.A. At first     B. On the contrary C. At last   D. In other words

11.A. faced         B. satisfied     C. combined     D. admitted

12.A. saved        B. examined     C. submitted   D. appreciated

13.A. come up with  B. respond to    C. end up with  D. add to

14.A. motivation    B. dignity       C. interest     D. mercy

15.A. ignored      B. explored     C. interrupted   D. strengthened

16.A. generously   B. greedily      C. constantly    D. dearly

17.A. saved        B. attracted     C. avoided       D. recommended

18.A. college      B. company      C. class        D. community

19.A. characteristics  B. causes     C. states       D. wages

20.A. action       B. charge       C. warning      D. advice

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.C

【解析】

1.1】本空考查连词基本含义的辨析。A. as一边……一边；B. until直到；C. if如果；D. since自从。根据前后句之间的关系判断，故选C。

2.2】本空考查动词基本含义的辨析。A. expecting期待；B. regretting遗憾；C. indicating暗示；D. requiring需要。根据从句的不会好好管理时间和下文的careful work or effort判断是不要期待他们……，故选A。

3.3】本空考查形容词基本含义的辨析。A. older更老的；B. better更好的；C. taller更高的；D. stronger更壮的。与前文的in youth对应，故选A。

4.4】本空考查连词基本含义的辨析。A. and和；B. but但是；C. for因为；D. or或者。此处是与前文it is shameful for men and women to be lazy都是think的并列宾语从句，两从句之间是转折关系，故选B。

5.5】本空考查名词基本含义的辨析。A. order订单；B. sense感觉；C. manner方式；D. pattern模型。in any matter they please以他们喜欢的方式。故选C。

6.6】本空考查副词基本含义的辨析。A. so因此；B. again再，又；C. aloud大声地；D. ahead前方。Think so这样认为，so此处是代替前文所说的内容。故选A。

7.7】本空考查名词基本含义的辨析。A. sale销售；B. speed速度；C. length长度；D. expense费用。

与前文的paid for对应，at one’s great expense以巨大的代价。故选D。

8.8】本空考查名词基本含义的辨析。A. purpose目的；B. pleasure快乐，高兴；C. memory记忆；D. situation环境，形势。

9.9】本空考查连词基本含义的辨析。A. so that结果；B. in case万一，以免；C. as though好像；D. now that既然。根据主从句之间的关系，故选A。

10.10】本空考查介词短语基本含义的辨析。A. At first起先；B. On the contrary相反；C. At last最后，终于；D. In other words换句话说。根据前文的“掌声”，应是“懒人最终得到的掌声”。故选C。

11.11】本空考查动词基本含义的辨析。A. faced面对；B. satisfied使满意；C. combined连接；D. admitted承认，允许。根据前文的though和a poor examination判断应是“被承认”了。故选D。

12.12】本空考查动词基本含义的辨析。A. saved节省；B. examined检查；C. submitted呈上；D. appreciated欣赏，感激。根据前文的examination判断。故选B。

13.13】本空考查动词短语基本含义的辨析。A. come up with想起； B. respond to反应；C. end up with以……为结束；D. add to增加。根据空后的questions判断应该是“反应”，故选B。

14.14】本空考查名词基本含义的辨析。A. motivation动力；B. dignity体面；C. interest兴趣；D. mercy可怜。与下文的bad scholar相对应，应是“同情，可怜”。故选A。

15.15】本空考查动词基本含义的辨析。A. ignored忽视；B. explored探索；C. interrupted打断；D. strengthened加强。与下文的fell behind对应应是“忽略”。故选A。

16.16】本空考查副词基本含义的辨析。A. generously慷慨的； B. greedily贪心地；C. constantly不断地；D. dearly昂贵地。 根据前文应是付出昂贵的代价。故选A。

17.17】本空考查动词基本含义的辨析。A. saved节省；B. attracted吸引；C. avoided避免；D. recommended推荐。根据前文付出代价，应该是“所有的学者都不见他”，与下文的ashamed相对应，故选C。

18.18】本空考查名词基本含义的辨析。A. college大学；B. company公司，陪伴；C. class班级；D. community团体。in one’s company和某人在一起，陪伴某人。故选B。

19.19】本空考查名词基本含义的辨析。A. characteristics特征；B. causes根源；C. states状态，州；D. wages工资，代价。他因为懒惰不得不放弃学业，这就是懒惰的代价。故选D。

20.20】本空考查名词基本含义的辨析。A. action行动；B. charge费用；C. warning警告；D. advice建议。此处是从他的事例中得到警醒，故选C。