Question

Everything is made; so is every part of you when you are in your mother’s womb (子宫). But your virtue and wisdom are forming _______ your growing up. You have potential which _______ your life value. That is, if the potential is great, the value of life would be high. So you should _______ yourself instead of looking in the _______ saying, “I’m ugly. I’m unlovable. I’m worthless.”

In 1987 a British couple brought a painted _______ to Antiques Roadshow to find out its value. The painting was _______ at the attic of their old house. Maybe the husband’s grandpa put it there. They didn’t _______ like it because it looked old. They _______ moved it to their outbuilding that was used for housing cars when they redecorated their house. Imagine their _______ when the painting turned out to be The Halt in the Desert, one of Richard Dadd’s greatest masterpieces. It had been missing for a __________. It appeared after 100 years, and its value is __________, about £1,000,000 today. It didn’t __________ what the couple thought about the piece; its value came from the one who created it.

You and I are works of a master artist as well. Like the piece of artwork, we may __________ who we are truly and display to the world something that we think is more appealing. We __________ seek to destroy ourselves completely out of shame.__________ the truth still remains-we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Author Max Lucado says in Cure for the Common life, “Da Vinci __________ one Mona Lisa. Beethoven composed one Fate Symphony. And God made one version of you... We exist to __________ God, to display His glory.

God longs for His children to accept the worth and value. He’s __________ them and then use it to protect others.__________ we know who we are and what we are living for, we’re free to love, live with joy, and make a difference in the world.

We come to the world not to do __________ and we need to believe everyone is born useful.

1.A. about    B. with    C. by    D. from

2.A. decides    B. abandons    C. improves    D. maintains

3.A. show off    B. care about    C. come to    D. believe in

4.A. room    B. office    C. mirror    D. scene

5.A. house    B. project    C. picture    D. book

6.A. lost    B. bought    C. sold    D. discovered

7.A. necessarily    B. particularly    C. hardly    D. voluntarily

8.A. finally    B. carefully    C. actually    D. unwillingly

9.A. surprise    B. puzzle    C. anxiety    D. regret

10.A. week    B. month    C. year    D. century

11.A. uncertain    B. high    C. priceless    D. low

12.A. matter    B. help    C. occur    D. seem

13.A. doubt    B. predict    C. imagine    D. hide

14.A. rarely    B. still    C. even    D. never

15.A. But    B. Since    C. Though    D. If

16.A. copied    B. painted    C. designed    D. described

17.A. thank    B. exhibit    C. reward    D. respect

18.A. influenced    B. supported    C. given    D. promised

19.A. When    B. Though    C. Until    D. Unless

20.A. anything    B. everything    C. something    D. nothing

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了任何事物的存在都有一定的价值。上帝创造了我们，是让我们发挥我们的社会价值。我们不应该消极地对待生活，我们来到世上不能无所事事，我们要相信每个人生来就有用的，要去发挥我们的社会价值为社会作贡献。

1.考查介词辨析。此句表达的是“但是你的美德和智商随着你的长大而成形”，用with表示伴随，故选B。

2.考查动词辨析。A. decides决定；B. abandons抛弃；C. improves提高；D. maintains保持；维持。此处表达的是“你有潜在力量决定你的人生价值”。故选A。

3.考查动词短语辨析。A. show off炫耀；B. care about思念，忧虑；C. come to变…了，…起来，来到；D. believe in相信。此处表达的是“所以你该相信自己而不是对镜叹息，自己无用”。故选D。

4.考查名词辨析。A. room房间；B. office办公室；C. mirror镜子；D. scene场面。根据“I’m ugly. I’m unlovable. I’m worthless.”以及常识可知，这应该是对着镜子自怨自艾。故选C。

5.考查名词辨析。根据下句The painting可知，这对夫妇带来的是一幅画，故选C。

6.考查动词辨析。A. lost丢失；B. bought买；C. sold卖；D. discovered发现。根据moved it to their outbuilding that was used for housing cars when they redecorated their house.可知，装修房子时这幅画被挪到车库里，所以此处表达的应该是“画被发现”。故选D。

7.考查副词辨析。A. necessarily必定，必然；当然；B. particularly特别，尤其；C. hardly几乎不；D. voluntarily自愿地，志愿地。根据下文“because it looked old”可知，他们不是特别喜欢这幅画了，和下文的“画被挪到车库”也是呼应的。故选B。

8.考查副词辨析。A. finally最后，终于；B. carefully认真地，仔细地；C. actually实际上；D. unwillingly不情愿地。句意：实际上装修房子时这幅画被挪到车库里。故选C。

9.考查名词辨析。A. surprise吃惊；B. puzzle迷惑；C. anxiety焦虑；D. regret遗憾。句意：想象一下当这幅画被证明是大师的其中一部杰作时，他们的“吃惊（程度）吧”。故选A。

10.考查名词辨析。根据It appeared after 100 years,可知，这幅画已经消失了100年。century“世纪”。故选D。

11.考查形容词辨析。A. uncertain不确定的；B. high高的；C. priceless无价的；D. low低。根据下句about £1,000,000 today.可知，它的价值很高。故选B。

12.考查动词辨析。A. matter重要；B. help帮助；C. occur发生；D. seem似乎是。句意：这幅画在这对夫妇心中的价值不重要，它的价值来自于创作者。故选A。

13.考查动词辨析。A. doubt怀疑；B. predict预测；C. imagine想像；D. hide隐藏。此处表达的是“我们可能隐藏了我们的真实的一面，向世人展示更有吸引力的一面”。故选D。

14.考查副词辨析。A. rarely很少；B. still还，仍，尚，现在还；C. even甚至；D. never从不。此处表达的是“甚至我们完全出于羞愧之心而试图毁灭自己。但事实仍然存在”。故选C。

15.考查连词辨析。A. But但是；B. Since自从；C. Though虽然，即使；D. If如果。句意见上一题。故选A。

16.考查动词辨析。A. copied抄，模仿；B. painted画，绘；C. designed设计；D. described描述。根据常识，达芬奇画的蒙娜丽莎。故选B。

17.考查动词辨析。A. thank感谢；B. exhibit显示；展览；C. reward酬劳，报答；D. respect尊重。此处表达的是“我们生存于世上是以展示上帝的光辉”。故选B。

18.考查动词辨析。A. influenced影响；B. supported支持；C. given作为…的源泉；D. promised承诺。此处表达的是“上帝创造了我们”。故选C。