Question

I read about an athlete who made it all the way to the Olympics despite hating his chosen sport. He committed his entire life to ______ one tiny, yet large, sentence—I’m proud of you. At some point we all have someone we want to ______, whose approval means the world to us.

I have a clear memory of the person I wanted approval from telling me I was intelligent, the kind of memory that stays very clear because you’ve recalled it so many times. I had ______ someone’s opinion about buying a Canadian soda. “We should really support our own economy,” ten-year-old me said. I had no idea what that meant, ______ I was looked at with approval, and my heart was filled with ______. I loved that feeling—the approval of my hero. It was nothing like the Olympic athlete, but I made some very big ______ based on what might make them ______. I was hugely affected by wanting their approval.

Months ago this person removed me from his life. It hurt a lot. However, in life there is rarely hurt ______ growth. I recently ______ on myself and my behavior and noticed something—I feel free. After a period of denying and upset, I ______ that this is just how it is. This realization made me see how often I was transforming myself according to the ______, “What would they think?” I’d been using the desire for approval as an ______ excuse for hiding. My excuse was gone immediately I realized it ______. It was time to ______ step into myself and stop hiding who I am from others. Are you hiding? I hid in approval-seeking. Maybe you hide behind judgment. We all have our ways, and it can be really scary to let ______ go.

The thing is, ______, as long as we prevent ourselves being truly seen, we will never be truly understood. Connection with others won’t be wholly authentic, and we will edit ourselves because we ______ potential thoughts in other people’s heads. It’s pretty ______. Of course, breaking up isn’t ________ when you expect to be freed from wanting someone’s approval. You don’t even have to tell them you no longer care what they think of you. Just ______ and do what makes you happy and go for the things you really want in life. Do your thing, and let them do theirs.

1.A. searching    B. seeking    C. making    D. reading

2.A. love    B. upset    C. please    D. annoy

3.A. shared    B. assessed    C. analyzed    D. parroted

4.A. so    B. but    C. as    D. for

5.A. disappointment    B. depression    C. satisfaction    D. amazement

6.A. profits    B. statements    C. decisions    D. preparations

7.A. cozy    B. healthy    C. wise    D. proud

8.A. with    B. without    C. by    D. through

9.A. reflected    B. dawned    C. counted    D. experimented

10.A. assumed    B. accepted    C. anticipated    D. argued

11.A. opinion    B. concept    C. thought    D. reason

12.A. unconscious    B. unforgettable    C. unpleasant    D. unbelievable

13.A. existed    B. rose    C. faded    D. disappeared

14.A. physically    B. precisely    C. automatically    D. authentically

15.A. them    B. it    C. us    D. you

16.A. therefore    B. instead    C. though    D. eventually

17.A. miss    B. fear    C. doubt    D. advocate

18.A. appealing    B. scarce    C. silly    D. inspiring

19.A. impossible    B. necessary    C. important    D. abundant

20.A. look out    B. hurry up    C. hold on    D. go ahead

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.A

14.D

15.A

16.C

17.B

18.C

19.B

20.D

【解析】

本文是一篇议论文，因为在乎别人的看法，很多人都会隐藏真实的自我，这给他们带来很多的困扰，作者在文章里建议人们不要过多在意别人的看法，勇敢做真实的自我。

1.考查动词辨析。A. searching搜出；搜寻；B. seeking寻找；C. making生产，制作；D. reading阅读；他一生都在寻找一个很小也很大的话：我为你自豪。根据句意可知B项正确。

2.考查动词辨析。A. love爱；B. upset使…难受；C. please取悦，使…高兴；D. annoy恼怒，使…生气；在某种程度上我们都有一个想要惹他生气的人，他的赞成对我们来说是整个世界。根据句意可知D项正确。

3.考查动词辨析。A. shared分享；B. assessed评估；C. analyzed分析；D. parroted重复，模仿；我已经重复了购买加拿大苏打水的观点：我们应该支持我们自己的经济。关键词是ten-year-old me said,从10岁的时候，我们就开始说，而且一直在重复。故D项正确。

4.考查连词辨析。10岁的时候，我不知道这句话的意思，但是我说的时候，别人赞许地看着我让我心中非常满意，更加坚定了要这样做，而我也很喜欢这样的感觉。故B项正确。

5.考查名词辨析。A. disappointment失望；B. depression压抑；C. satisfaction满意；D. amazement惊讶；句意：我不知道这句话的意思，但是在我说的时候，别人赞许地看着我让我心中非常满意，更加坚定要这样做，而我也很喜欢这样的感觉。故C项正确。

6.考查名词辨析。A. profits利润，利益；B. statements陈述；C. decisions决定；D. preparations准备；这样的事情并不像那位奥运会运动员，但我做出了了一个更大的决定，我要让他们为我感觉到自豪。根据句意可知C项正确。

7.考查形容词辨析及上下文串联。A. cozy舒适的；惬意的；B. healthy健康的；C. wise 聪明的；D. proud自豪的；句意这样的事情并不像那位奥运会运动员，但我做出了了一个更大的决定，我要让他们为我感觉到自豪。且D项与上文“I’m proud of you.”一致。故D项正确。

8.考查介词。几个月前我钦佩的人把我从他的生命里移除了，这让我很受伤。但是在生活中没有受伤就不会有成长。根据句意可知应该使用否定词without与rarely形成呼应。故B项正确。

9.考查动词短语。短语reflect on反思。我最近在反思自己和我的行为，注意到一件事情：我感觉自己很自由。对自己的行为进行反思，我才会有感悟。故A项正确。

10.考查动词辨析。A. assumed认为；B. accepted接受；C. anticipated预期，预料；D. argued争论，辩论；经过一段时间的痛苦，我接受了现实。根据句意可知B项正确。

11.考查名词辨析及上下文串联。A. opinion观点；B. concept概念；C. thought思考，相法；D. reason理由，原因；这个意识让我明白了自己很多次都是根据别人的想法改变自己。总是在想方设法得到别人的允许。也和下文“What would they think?”形成呼应。故C项正确。

12.考查形容词辨析。A. unconscious无意识的；B. unforgettable难忘的；C. unpleasant不愉快的；D. unbelievable难以置信的；我总是把得到别人的允许当成一个潜意识里逃避的借口。我多次都是根据别人的想法改变自己。但是当我意识到这个情况的存在的时候，我的借口就立刻消失了。故A项正确。

13.考查动词辨析。A. existed存在；B. rose上升；C. faded褪色；D. disappeared消失；但是当我意识到这个情况的存在的时候，我的借口就立刻消失了。我知道了自己的问题，立刻做出了改变。故A项正确。

14.考查副词辨析。A. physically身体上地；B. precisely珍贵地；C. automatically自动地；D. authentically真实地；现在是真正地走进自我停止隐藏自我的时候了，作者自此要表现出真正的自我。故D项正确。

15.考查代词。本句中代词them指代上文提及的各种隐藏自我的借口，所以使用them指代复数形式的名词excuses。故A项正确。

16.考查副词辨析。A. therefore因此；B. instead而不是；C. though然而；D. eventually最后，终于；然而只要我们隐藏自己，我们就无法让自己被别人真正地理解。上下文之间是转折关系，所以使用副词though。故C项正确。

17.考查动词辨析。A. miss思念，错过；B. fear害怕，恐惧；C. doubt怀疑，倡导；D. advocate倡导；因为我们害怕别人对我们的看法所以当我们和别人交往的时候我们经常会隐藏自己的真实想法。而这是非常愚蠢的。故B项正确。

18.考查形容词辨析。A. appealing吸引人的；B. scarce缺乏的，不足的；C. silly愚蠢的；D. inspiring激励人心的；作者认为害怕别人的看法而隐藏自己真实的想法是愚蠢的做法，所以她才准备改变自己。故C项正确。

19.考查形容词辨析。A. impossible不可能的；B. necessary必要的；C. important重要的；D. abundant丰富的；当你期待摆脱别人的批准的时候，未必要和别人关系破裂。你不取悦别人也不一定让你和他人的关系破裂。故B项正确。

20.考查动词短语辨析。A. look out当心；B. hurry up快点；C. hold on坚持，继续；D. go ahead去做吧！你不必告诉别人不再在乎他的看法，你只需要去做让自己快乐的事情即可。根据句意可知D项正确。