Question

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    Last weekend I decided to treat myself to relaxation by reading a magazine. As usual, I looked through the front pages of 1 women wearing designer clothes with ads promising it to be "Best of the Best". I read the ad. 2 ,  instead of offering advice on how to live well, the entire article 3 expensive treatments that slow the effects of getting older while fooling others into thinking you stay young naturally. What? Is that even 4 ?

You may have already guessed—I seldom make up,5 buy a few creams for my skin, and wear only one or two pieces of 6 . Instead, given the choice I spend my money on travel, learning experiences, fun and a few causes I support. Fortunately, my husband Thom not only likes me this way, 7 he's the same as well. 8 comes naturally to us because we both prefer 9 experiences.

There was a TV show in the 1980's called Fernando's Hideaway. Regardless of whom the host Fernando was 10 in the show, he would always say, "You 11 marvelous(棒极了)!"And that was usually followed by, "As we all know, it's 12 to look marvelous than feel marvelous. "I knew everyone used to laugh at that show because what made it so ridiculous was how it pointed out the obvious 13 of grasping for outside appearances, 14 real feelings.

Some women out there might be telling themselves, "I 15 possibly feel good if I don't look good. "Really? Your life is 16 to feel good to you. We can control the way we feel by controlling our thoughts. Instead of 17 outside circumstances to bring about responses in us and make us happy or not, we can put our time, attention and resources on 18 can affect inside. No one else knows your reason for being happy. You do. Your happiness 19 you to it. When you travel along your 20 to joy, your conversation is of joy; your feelings are of joy—you're on the right way.

1. A.casual    B.special    C.ordinary   D.attractive

2. A.Unfortunately   B.Frequently   C.Hopefully   D.Fortunately

3. A.focused on   B.left out    C.commented on  D.made out

4. A.necessary    B.possible   C.convenient   D.essential

5. A.never    B.often    C.usually    D.just

6. A.clothing    B.jewelry    C.decoration   D.furniture

7. A.and     B.yet    C.but    D.although

8. A.Happiness   B.Tiredness   C.Beauty    D.Fortune

9. A.common    B.cultural    C.traveling   D.quality

10. A.performing   B.requiring   C.interviewing   D.working

11. A.look    B.sound    C.smell    D.feel

12. A.worse    B.better    C.less    D.funnier

13. A.puzzle    B.mistake   C.idea    D.progress

14. A.more than   B.less than   C.rather than   D.other than

15. A.mustn't    B.couldn't   C.needn't    D.daren't

16. A.supposed   B.permitted   C.requested   D.promised

17. A.letting    B.allowing   C.recommending  D.preventing

18. A.which    B.that    C.what    D.why

19. A.guides    B.sends    C.misleads   D.applies

20. A.mind    B.reason    C.time    D.path

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.B

14.C

15.B

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

【语篇解读】作者通过两件事情引发了对快乐的思考。作者认为我们要想快乐就必须关注自己的内心感受而不要注重外表的东西。

1. 考查形容词。casual“随便的”；special“特别的”；ordinary“普通的”；attractive“迷人的；有吸引力的。” 结合常识，杂志首页照片应是穿着名牌服装的迷人的女性，故选D项。

2. 考查副词。unfortunately“不幸地”；frequently“频繁地”；hopefully“充满希望地”；fortunately“幸运地”。 结合后半句可知广告内容并非作者所期待的，故选A项。

3. 考查动词短语。focused on“聚焦于；关注”；left out“省略”；commented on“对……加以评论”；made out“理解；辨认出”。结合句意，整篇文章说的都是如何延缓衰老的昂贵的治疗，故选A项。

4.考查形容词。necessary“必要的”；possible“可能的”；convenient“方便的”；essential“必要的”。结合 上句“What？”可知，作者对文章所说内容表示怀疑，故此处应表示“那是可能的吗？”，选B项。

5.考查副词。never“绝不”；often“经常”；usually“通常”；just“仅仅”。结合上半句“我很少化妆”，故 此处应表示“我只是买点护肤品”，故选D项。

6.考查名词。clothing“衣服”；jewelry“珠宝”；decoration“装饰品”；furniture“家具”。由该空的修饰词 one or two pieces of可知，此处应指珠宝，故选B项。

7. 考查连词。“not only… but（also）…”是固定短语，表示“不但……而且……”，故选C项。

8.考查名词。happiness“快乐；幸福”；tiredness“疲惫”；beauty“美丽”；fortune“幸运”。结合文章最后 一段内容可知，作者主要论述如何才能快乐，故选A项。

9.考查形容词。common“共同的；常见的”；cultural“文化的”；traveling“旅行”；quality“优质的；高 质量的”。结合语境，作者和丈夫自然而然地感到快乐是因为他们更喜欢优质的经历，故选D项。

10.考查动词。perform“表演”，requiring“要求”；interviewing“采访；面试”；working“工作；起作用”。 结合常识，节目主持人应是采访某一个人，故选C项。

11. 考查动词。look“看起来”；sound“听起来”；smell“闻起来”；feel“感觉”。结合下文“it's to look marvelous than feel marvelous.”可知，节目主持人应是说“你看起来很棒”，故选A项。

12. 考查形容词。worse“更坏的”；better“更好的”；less“更少的”；funnier“更滑稽的”。结合下文可知， 主持人说的是“看起来很棒比感觉起来很棒更好”，故选B项。

13. 考查名词。puzzle“迷”；mistake“错误”；idea“观点；主意”；progress“进步；进展”。结合语境，人 们嘲笑这个节目是因为节目中指出了明显的错误，故选B项。

14. 考查固定短语。more than“超过；不仅仅”；less than“少于”；rather than“而不是”；other than“除了”。 结合语境，该节目只把握外表而不注重真实感受，故选C项。

15.考查情态动词。mustn’t“禁止做”；couldn’t“不可能”；needn’t“没必要”；daren’t“不敢”。结合语境， 此句叙述人们的一种错误观点，表示“如果我看起来不好的话，我不可能感觉好”，故选B项。

16.考查动词。be supposed to do“应该……”；be permitted to do“被允许做……”；be requested to do“被 要求做……”；promise to do“答应做……”。结合下文“we can control the way we feel by controlling our thoughts”可知，作者认为生活对于你来说应该是感觉起来好的，故选A项。

17. 考查动词。let sb. do“让某人做……”；allow sb. to do “允许某人做……”；recommend sb. to do“建议 某人做……”；prevent sb. from V-ing“阻止某人做……”。结合语境，不要让外部环境引起使我们高 兴或不高兴的反应，故选B项。

18. 考查名词性从句。由句子结构可知，该空是宾语从句的引导词，从句缺少主语且指物，故选C项。

19.考查动词。guides“引导”；sends“派遣；发送”；misleads“误导”；applies“申请；应用”。结合上句， 没有人知道你快乐的原因但是你知道，你的快乐引导你找到它，故选A项。

20. 考查名词。mind“智力；智慧”；reason“原因；理由”；time“时间”；path“路线；道路；途径”。结合 语境，你沿着通往快乐的道路前行，故选D项。