Question

All you will leave behind for the world to remember is your legacy（遗产）, but what legacy will you leave?

I had a philosophy（哲学）professor, whose untidy appearance was highlighted（突出）by a _______sport coat and poor-fitting thick glasses, which often _______on the tip of his nose. Every now and then, as most philosophy professors do, he would go off on one of those hard-to-understand “what’s the meaning of _______” discussions. Many of those discussions went_______, but there were a few that really hit home（切中要害）. This was one of them.

“_______to the following questions by a _______of hands,” my professor instructed.

“How many of you can tell me something about your parents” Everyone’s hand _______.

“How many of you can tell me something about your grandparents” About three-fourths put up their hands.

“How many of you can tell me something about your great-grandparents” Two out of sixty students _______their hands.

“Look around the room,” he said, “In just two short generations _______any of us even know ________our own great-grandparents were. Oh sure, maybe we have an old photograph in a musty（发霉的）cigar box. ________ maybe we know the classic family________about how one of them walked five miles to school barefoot. But how many of us __________know who they were, what they thought, what they took pride in, what they were afraid of, or what they dreamed about? Think about that. Within three generations our ancestors are all but forgotten. Will this __________to you?”

“Here’s a better question. Look __________three generations. You are long ________. Instead of you sitting in this room, now it’s your great-grandchildren. What will they have to say __________you? Will they know about you or will you be ________, too?”

“Is your life going to be a ________or an example? What legacy will you leave? The__________is yours. Class dismissed.”

Nobody rose from their seats for five minutes.

1.A. well-designed    B. well-worn    C. well-ironed    D. well-cut

2.A. ran    B. stood    C. rested    D. lay

3.A. life    B. family    C. work    D. study

4.A. somewhere    B. anywhere    C. everywhere    D. nowhere

5.A. Answer    B. Respond    C. Contribute    D. Relate

6.A. show    B. clap    C. touch    D. rub

7.A. went down    B. went up    C. went around    D. went forward

8.A. rose    B. arose    C. raised    D. aroused

9.A. almost    B. nearly    C. no    D. hardly

10.A. what    B. where    C. which    D. who

11.A. Or    B. And    C. But    D. So

12.A. history    B. story    C. tree    D. song

13.A. simply    B. roughly    C. generally    D. really

14.A. happen    B. belong    C. refer    D. pass

15.A. back    B. ahead    C. for    D. around

16.A. ready    B. alive    C. gone    D. lost

17.A. to    B. for    C. behind    D. about

18.A. forgotten    B. remembered    C. respected    D. scolded

19.A. learning    B. meaning    C. warning    D. turning

20.A. way    B. reason    C. explanation    D. choice

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】本文主要介绍了哲学老师讲的一节课。通过提问谁知道关于父母、祖父母、曾祖父母的事情揭示了现在存在的现象：大多数人的不知道三代之前发生的事情，除了一些经典的事情，比如他们是如何走五公里路赤脚去上学的。

1.考查形容词。A. well-designed精心设计的；B. well-worn用旧了的；C. well-ironed笔挺的；D. well-cut剪裁很好的。句意：他整洁的外表被用旧了的运动外套和不合适的厚眼镜突出。故选B。

2.考查动词的被动语态。A. ran跑；B. stood站；C. rested支撑；D. lay躺。句意：鼻尖支撑着厚眼镜。故选C。

3.考查名词。A. life生活；B. family家庭；C. work工作；D. study学习；句意：他常常进行难以理解的问题之一“什么是生活”的讨论。故选A。

4.考查副词。A. somewhere某个地方；B. anywhere任何地方；C. everywhere每个地方；D. nowhere任何地方都不，毫无结果；句意：这样的讨论往往毫无结果。故选D。

5.考查动词。A. Answer回答；B. Respond回答；C. Contribute贡献；D. Relate联系，涉及；句意：以举手来回答以下问题。故选B。

6.考查名词。A. show展示；B. clap鼓掌；C. touch触摸；D. rub困难；举手可以用a show of hands表示，故选A。

7.考查动词词组。A. went down下跌；B. went up上涨，上升；C. went around走来走去；D. went forward前进，进展。句意：“你能告诉我多少关于你父母的事”每个人都举起手。故选B。

8.考查动词。A. rose起义，升起；B. arose呈现；C. raised 引起，提高；D. aroused引起，唤醒。句意：“你能告诉我多少关于你的曾祖父母的事”六十个学生中两个学生举起了他们的手。故选C。不能选A，A项是不及物动词。

9.考查副词。A. almost几乎都；B. nearly几乎，险乎；C. no不；D. hardly几乎不。句意：短短的两代几乎任何人都不知道自己的曾祖父母是谁。故选D。

10.考查代词。A. what什么；B. where哪里；C. which哪个；D. who谁；句意：短短的两代几乎任何人都不知道自己的曾祖父母是谁。故选D。

11.考查连词。A. Or或许；B. And和；C. But但是；D. So所以；句意：或许我们知道经典的家庭故事。故选A。

12.考查名词。A. history历史；B. story故事；C. tree树；D. song歌曲；句意：或许我们知道经典的家庭故事关于他们如何赤脚走了五公里去学校。故选B。

13.考查副词。A. simply简单地，仅仅；B. roughly粗略地，大体地；C. generally通常；普遍地，一般地；D. really真正地。句意：但是，我们中有多少人真正知道他们是谁。故选D。

14.考查动词。A. happen发生；B. belong属于；C. refer涉及；D. pass走过，通过；句意：这发生在你身上了吗? 故选A。

15.考查介词。A. back回首；B. ahead向前；C. for关于；D. around周围。句意：往前看三代。故选B。

16.考查动词。A. ready准备；B. alive活着；C. gone死去，离开；D. lost丢失；句意：你死去很长时间了。故选C。

17.考查介词。A. to给；B. for因为；C. behind在……背后；D. about关于；句意：他们会说些关于你的什么事呢？故选D。

18.考查动词的被动语态。A. forgotten忘记；B. remembered想起；C. respected尊敬；D. scolded指责；句意：他们将会知道你的什么呢或者你将被忘记吗？故选A。

19.考查名词。A. learning学习；B. meaning意义；C. warning警示；D. turning转折；句意：你的生活将会是个警示或者一个例子吗？故选C。

20.考查名词。A. way路，方法；B. reason原因；C. explanation解释；D. choice选择；句意：这是你自己的选择。故选D。

【名师点睛】

完形填空题旨在考察学生综合运用语言知识的能力。做此题时必须通篇考虑，先掌握大意，再综合运用所学词汇、语法及常识进行推理判断。要想取得高分，重点在于以下两点：

1. 通读全文，了解大意，紧紧抓住上下文语境所提供的信息，充分利用各种线索作答。通过阅读上述文章，我们不难概括出该文的主旨为：通过哲学老师的提问：对自己的父母，祖父母以及曾祖父母的了解分别有多少，以及老师发人深省的一段讲话，告诉我们对于父母以上辈分的亲人要多多深入了解。然后在做题的过程中，便可利用这些信息。例如，第7小题 ，这里并不清楚每个人的手是举起来(went up)还是放下(went down)了，只有结合下文可知同学们对辈分越高的长辈了解的越少，所以对于父母同学们都是很了解的，故每个人都举起了手。

2.明确词意、词型、词的搭配，并按上下文需要作答。这篇文章中多次考察到名词，形容词，动词的应用，以及文章细节内容的理解。如第18题，既考察了各种动词的意思，又考察了文章细节的理解，根据前文描述老师是让同学们想像自己的未来三代会不会也把自己给忘记(be forgotten)呢？故选A。