Question

Human growth is a process of experimentation, trial, and error eventually leading to wisdom. Each time you choose to trust yourself and take action, you can never quite be certain how the situation will _________ .

Sometimes you are victorious, and sometimes you become disappointed. The__________ experiments, however, are no less valuable than the experiments that finally prove successful; in fact, you_____ learn more from your “failures” than you do from your _________ . If you have made what you think to be a mistake or failed to live up to your own _____ , you will most likely put up a barrier between your essence and the part of you that is the alleged (声称的) wrong-doer.

However, viewing past actions as _______ implies guilt and blame, and it is not possible to learn anything meaningful while you are engaged in blaming. _________ , forgiveness is required when you are severely judging yourself. Forgiveness is the act of erasing an________ debt. There are four kinds of forgiveness.

The first is beginner forgiveness for yourself. The second kind of forgiveness is beginner forgiveness for another.

The third kind of forgiveness is _________ forgiveness of yourself. This is for serious misbehaviors, the ones you carry with deep _____  . When you do something that violates your own values and principles, you create a gap between your standards and your actual _________ .

In such a case, you need to work very hard at ___________yourself for these deeds so that you can close this gap. This does not _______ that you should rush to forgive yourself or shouldn’t feel regret, _______taking pleasure in these feelings for a prolonged（延长）period of time is not healthy.

The __________and perhaps most difficult one of the advanced forgiveness of another. At some time of our life, you may have been severely wronged or hurt by another person to such a degree that forgiveness seems _________  .

However, harboring（心怀）anger and revenge fantasies only keeps you _______  in victimhood. （受害状态）. Under such a circumstance, you should force yourself to see the bigger picture. By doing do, you will be able to__________ the focus away from the anger and resentment. It is only through forgiveness that you can erase wrongdoing and _________ the memory. When you can ________ release the situation, you may come to see it as a necessary part of your growth.

1.A. turn up    B. turn out    C. break up    D. break out

2.A. important    B. engaged    C. failed    D. successful

3.A. obviously    B. necessarily    C. continuously    D. usually

4.A. success    B. failure    C. fault    D. benefit

5.A. ability    B. expectations    C. belief    D. experiences

6.A. mistakes    B. victories    C. experiments    D. fantasies

7.A. Still    B. Therefore    C. Instead    D. However

8.A. abnormal    B. original    C. emotional    D. unusual

9.A. ordinary    B. advanced    C. alternative    D. certain

10.A. wisdom    B. mercy    C. injury    D. shame

11.A. thought    B. approach    C. behavior    D. purpose

12.A. punishing    B. forgiving    C. blaming    D. praising

13.A. mean    B. prove    C. reflect    D. represent

14.A. and    B. or    C. but    D. so

15.A. uncertain    B. previous    C. next    D. last

16.A. unbelievable    B. unavoidable    C. impossible    D. valuable

17.A. trapped    B. located    C. lost    D. occupied

18.A. drive    B. drag    C. put    D. shift

19.A. keep    B. refresh    C. weaken    D. clean

20.A. naturally    B. finally    C. definitely    D. initially

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.C

17.A

18.D

19.D

20.B

【解析】

人生充满了尝试与错误，，一次失败不代表你就出局了，我们应该怀有一颗宽宥之心，无论对人还是对己，犯错并不可怕，可怕的是不吸取教训弥补不足。

1.考查动词短语辨析。A. turn up出现；B. turn out发生，结果是；C. break up打碎；D. break out爆发。句意：每次你选择相信自己，开始采取行动时，你都不可能完全确定情况会如何发展。表示情况发生，故选B.

2.考查形容词辨析。A. important主要的；B. engaged忙碌的；C. failed失败的；D. successful成功的。此处指失败的实验比最终被证明是成功的实验更有价值，和成功的实验对比，指失败的实验。下文learn more from your “failures”给了提示，故选C.

3.考查副词辨析。A. obviously明显地；B. necessarily必要地；C. continuously继续地；D. usually通常地。此处指你通常从失败里学到的比在成功里学到的更多，表示一般情况，故选D.

4.考查名词辨析。A. success成功；B. failure失败；C. fault错误；D. benefit利益。此处指你从失败里学到的比在成功里学到的更多，和“failures”形成对比，故选A.

5.考查名词辨析。A. ability能力；B. expectations期望；C. belief信念；D. experiences经历。句意：如果你自责犯了一个错误或辜负了自己的期望，你将很可能在你成功和失败之间竖起一道屏障。此处指自己的期望，故选B.

6.考查名词辨析。A. mistakes错误；B. victories胜利；C. experiments实验；D. fantasies梦想。句意：然而，把过去的行为看成错误意味着内疚和责备，当你在责备的时候，你不可能学到任何有意义的东西。表示把过去的行为看成错误，故选A.

7.考查副词辨析。A. Still仍旧；B. Therefore因此；C. Instead代替；D. However然而。上句：当你在责备的时候，你不可能学到任何有意义的东西。下句：当你苛刻要求自己的时候，宽恕是必要的。上下句是因果关系，故选B.

8.考查形容词辨析。A. abnormal反常的；B. original原始的；C. emotional情绪的；D. unusual不寻常的。此处指宽恕是一种消除情感负担的行为，表示情感负担，故选C.

9.考查形容词辨析。A. ordinary普通的；B. advanced高级的，先进的；C. alternative供选择的；D. certain确定的。此处指第三种宽恕是对自己的高级宽恕，表示“高级的”，故选B.

10.考查名词辨析。A. wisdom智慧；B. mercy仁慈；C. injury伤害；D. shame羞耻。此处指对自己的高级宽恕是最重要的，是随时记住的，当你深深地感到羞耻，违反了自己的价值观和伦理之间的鸿沟时，这是你自己的标准，你的实际行为，故选D.

11.考查名词辨析。A. thought思想；B. approach方法；C. behavior行为；D. purpose目的。此处指当你深深地感到羞耻，违反了自己的价值观和伦理之间的鸿沟时，这是你自己的标准，你的实际行为。表示实际的行为，故选C.

12.考查动词辨析。A. punishing惩罚；B. forgiving原谅；C. blaming责备；D. praising赞扬。句意：在这种情况下，你要努力的原谅自己的行为以至于你能填满与最好的自己的鸿沟。指原谅自己，故选B.

13.考查动词辨析。A. mean意味着；B. prove证明；C. reflect反映；D. represent代表。这并不意味着你应该急于原谅自己而不感到后悔或自责，表示意味着，故选A.

14.考查连词辨析。A. and和；B. or或者；C. but但是；D. so所以。句意：这并不意味着你应该急于原谅自己而不感到后悔或自责，但是很长一段时间总沉溺于这些感觉是没有意义的，惩罚自己过度只会给你和你的道德制造更大的隔阂。前后句表转折，故选C.

15.考查形容词辨析。A. uncertain不确定的；B. previous以前的；C. next下一个的；D. last最后的。句意：最后，比较难得就是再次被人原谅，故选D.

16.考查形容词辨析。A. unbelievable难以置信的；B. unavoidable不可避免的；C. impossible不可能的；D. valuable有价值的。有时候在我的生活中，你可能受到另一个人的严重伤害，这种伤害似乎是不可原谅的。指原谅是不可能的，故选C.

17.考查动词辨析。A. trapped使……陷入困境；B. located处于；C. lost失去的；D. occupied已占用的。怀着怨恨和复仇幻想只让你一直成为受害者，指陷入受害状态，故选A.

18.考查动词辨析。A. drive开车；B. drag拖；C. put放；D. shift转移。通过这样做你必须强迫自己看到更大的图景，你可以转移你的注意力，不至于沉溺于怒火和仇恨之中。表示转移注意力，故选D.

19.考查动词辨析。A. keep保持；B. refresh更新；C. weaken削弱；D. clean清理。只有通过宽恕，你才能忘却过错，清理那些不堪的记忆。表示清理记忆，故选D.

20.考查副词辨析。A. naturally自然地；B. finally最后地；C. definitely清楚地；D. initially最初。当你终于可以释放时，你会认为这是你成长的必要的一部分。表示最后释放，故选B.