Question

Window

Bill and John, both seriously ill, lived in the same room at Marie Hospital. John lived next to the only window of the room and was allowed to _________in his bed and watch for an hour every day. But Bill had to spend all his time ________on his back.

They became friends soon and talked for hours every day. They spoke of their families, their children, their hobbies, and their _________ in the American army. Each day John would sit up and ________ to his roommate Bill what he could see outside the window.

Through John’s description, Bill’s world was ________ and brightened by all the activities and colors of the outside world. The window overlooked a beautiful park with a lovely________, John told Bill. Ducks played on the water _________ children sailed their model boats. And a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As John described all these ______, Bill would close his eyes and ______the picturesque scene. Bill was recovering ________. However, John became weak day by day.

Late one night, Bill was lying in bed _______the ceiling when John began to cough seriously. Then doctors and nurses rushed to the room. Thirty minutes later, John __________ coughing. Now, there was only silence --- ________.

The following morning, Bill was moved to the bed next to the window at his request. Slowing and ________ , he supported himself up on one elbow to take the first look. But to his _________ , he could see nothing but a _________wall.

Only at that moment did he begin to realize that the pursuit of happiness was a matter of ________. It was a positive attitude we chose to express. It was not a gift that got _________to our doorstep each morning, nor did it come through the window. It was an inward journey. Whether a man is happy or not depends on his own thoughts ________ anything outward.

So Bill began to describe the _______world to his new roommate that he saw through the only window of the room.

1.A. stand up    B. sit up    C. set up    D. stay up

2.A. lying    B. depending    C. going    D. relying

3.A. service    B. advice    C. appearance    D. violence

4.A. explain    B. complain    C. describe    D. introduce

5.A. affected    B. broadened    C. damaged    D. expanded

6.A. tower    B. lake    C. statue    D. hill

7.A. while    B. though    C. unless    D. until

8.A. in addition    B. in general    C. in brief    D. in detail

9.A. see    B. remember    C. imagine    D. recognize

10.A. up to now    B. little by little    C. sooner or later    D. one by one

11.A. thinking about    B. staring at    C. holding up    D. fixing on

12.A. stopped    B. continued    C. avoided    D. survived

13.A. deadly    B. dead    C. breathless    D. aimless

14.A. regretfully    B. fortunately    C. particularly    D. hopefully

15.A. surprise    B. delight    C. relief    D. anger

16.A. simple    B. blank    C. colored    D. painted

17.A. consideration    B. expression    C. choice    D. practice

18.A. delivered    B. decorated    C. devoted    D. determined

19.A. more than    B. better than    C. other than    D. rather than

20.A. friendly    B. yearly    C. lively    D. likely

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.A

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】

本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。通过一个故事阐明了一个道理：幸福是一种选择。这是我们选择表达的一种积极的态度。一个人是否幸福取决于他自己的思想而不是外在的东西。

1.考查动词词组辨析。stand up站起来；sit up坐直，坐起来；set up建立；stay up熬夜，不睡觉。病人可以"坐起来"看窗外，另外第二段最后一句话Each day John would sit up 也有提示，故选B。

2.考查动词辨析。lie躺着；depend依靠；go去；rely依靠。从后文on his back可知比尔只能每天躺着（lie），故选A。

3.考查名词辨析。service服务；advice建议；appearance外貌；violence暴力。此处两人聊起了在部队当兵的共同经历，service in the army意为"在部队服役"，故选A。

4.考查动词辨析。explain解释；complain抱怨；describe描述；introduce介绍。约翰向病友比尔"描述"（describe）窗外的景象，且第三段首句有description提示，故选C。

5.考查动词辨析。affect影响；broaden扩大；damage毁掉；expand发展，壮大。broadened and brightened相搭配，通过约翰的描述，比尔的世界"更开阔了"（broaden），故选B。

6.考查名词辨析。tower塔；lake湖；statue雕像；hill山丘。从后文中Ducks played on the water可知此处应当是描写公园里有一个湖（lake），故选B。

7.考查连词辨析。while当…的时候；though虽然；unless除非；until直到…才。while作连词表示前者和后者相对应。湖面上鸭子在游玩，而孩子们在开模型船，两者相对应，故选A。

8.考查固定词组辨析。in addition另外； in general一般地，概括地； in brief简言之； in detail详细地。此处指的是当约翰详细地（in detail）描述这一切的时候，比尔会闭上眼睛想象着图画般的景色，故选D。

9.考查动词辨析。see看见；remember记得；imagine想象；recognize认出。比尔看不见窗外的景色，只能根据约翰的描述来想象（imagine），故选C。

10.考查固定词组辨析。 up to now直到现在；little by little一点一点地；sooner or later迟早； one by one一个接一个。修饰was recovering，由常识可知病情是一点一点（little by little）好起来的，故选B。

11.考查动词词组辨析。think about考虑；stare at盯着； hold up举起；fix on选定，确定。ceiling是"天花板"的意思，此处比尔躺在床上盯着（stare at）天花板，故选B。

12.考查动词辨析。stop停止；continue继续；avoid避免；survive幸存。后句 Now, there was only silence表明约翰死了，所以应该选择"停止（stop）咳嗽"，故选A。

13.考查形容词辨析。deadly致命的，极其的； dead死的；breathless气喘吁吁的，喘不上气来；aimless漫无目的。句中修饰silence，应当用deadly，意为"死一般的寂静"，故选A。

14.考查副词辨析。regretfully后悔地，遗憾地；fortunately幸运地；particularly特别地； hopefully充满希望地。比尔一直渴望看到窗外的风景，因此要求转到约翰的床上去，所以他"充满希望地"（hopefully）支起胳膊看窗外，故选D。

15.考查名词辨析。to one's surprise令人吃惊的是；to one's delight令人高兴的是；to one's relief令人释然的是；to one's anger令人愤怒的是。比尔满心期待，却没有看到约翰所描述的景象，应当是感到吃惊，故选A。

16.考查形容词辨析。simple简单的；blank空白的；colored有颜色的；painted涂油漆的。比尔满心期待，却看到一面空白的墙（a blank wall），故选B。

17.考查名词辨析。consideration考虑；expression表达；choice选择；practice练习，实践。从后文中we chose to express可以看出是"一种态度的选择"，应当用choice，故选C。

18.考查动词辨析。deliver投递，送交；decorate装饰；devote奉献；determine下决心。句意：开心不是每天早上送到（deliver）门口的礼物，故选A。

19.考查短语辨析。more than超过；better than胜过，好于；other than除了；rather than而不是。rather than连接两个部分，肯定前者，否定后者。句意为“是否幸福取决于一个人的态度而不是（rather than）外界的因素”，故选D。

20.考查形容词辨析。friendly友好的；yearly年度的；lively生动的；likely可能的。比尔给他的新同事描述这个生动而充满活力的（lively）世界，其他三项不符合题意，故选C。