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【題目】Choose the best answer and complete the passage （選擇最恰當?shù)倪x項完成短文）

A Simple Act of Gratitude tells a story of one man’s journey to change his life. The book begins one December when the future looks __________ for John Kralik. His small law business is struggling（艱難的）. He’s in the process of divorcing（離婚）his second wife. He doesn’t have much of a relationship with his two sons. He’s living in a small, cheap flat, roasting in the summer and freezing in the winter. His ideal dreams for his law business and his ______________to become a judge are out of reach.

On New Year’s Day, John goes hiking in the mountains near his California home. He gets lost and is stepping around in the wilderness when he hears a voice say, “ ______________you learn to be thankful for the things you have, you will not receive the things you want.” After thinking a while, he comes up with an idea. He decides to find one person to thank each day and write them a thank - you note. By the end of the year, he will have written 365 notes. They would be the way out of his disappointment.

At first, John has trouble finding things to be thankful for. But day by day, he________people to thank for large and small things. He writes thank-yous for gifts and kindnesses. He writes notes to his sons. Writing thank-yous makes him realize he needs to change the way he views life and the people in it. He writes to college friends and doctors, Starbucks clerks, his daughter’s teacher and his apartment manager. He writes to anyone who __________ his life in even the smallest way. Almost immediately, surprising things begin to happen. He begins to have the benefit of a changed attitude. By the end of the book, his life isn’t______________ , and he still doesn’t have everything he wants.

But he realizes that writing thank-you notes is a good thing to do and makes the world a better place.

【1】A.beautifulB.darkC.attractiveD.primary

【2】A.decisionB.talentC.choiceD.desire

【3】A.IfB.ThoughC.UntilD.When

【4】A.takes upB.turns outC.breaks downD.thinks of

【5】A.touchesB.widensC.providesD.beats

【6】A.perfectB.meaningfulC.toughD.strange

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】D

【5】A

【6】A

【解析】

文章大意：本文介紹了一本書的故事梗概，主人公John Kralik一個簡單的感激之舉改變了他的生活的旅程。

【1】句意：那時John Kralik的未來一片黑暗。

考查形容詞及語境理解。beautiful美麗的；dark黑暗的；attractive吸引人的；primary主要的。根據(jù)下文的描述“His small law business is struggling. He’s in the process of divorcing his second wife….”，可知那時John Kralik的未來應是一片黑暗，故答案選B。

【2】句意：他對法律事業(yè)的理想和當法官的愿望是遙不可及的。

考查名詞及語境理解。decision決定、決心；talent才能、天才；choice選擇；desire愿望、渴望。根據(jù)前半句“His ideal dreams for his law business”以及后面的“to become a judge”，可知當法官應是他的愿望，故答案選D。

【3】句意：直到你學會對你所擁有的東西心存感激，你才會得到你想要的東西。

考查連詞及語境理解。If如果，引導條件從句；Though雖然，引導讓步狀語從句；Until直到…才，引導時間狀語從句；When當…時候，引導時間狀語從句。根據(jù)“__3__you learn to be thankful for the things you have, you will not receive the things you want.”可知本句為until引導的時間狀語從句，not…until直到…才，故答案選C。

【4】句意：但日復一日，他想到要感謝人們大大小小的事情。

考查動詞短語及語境理解。takes up占去、開始從事；turns out發(fā)生、生產(chǎn)；breaks down損壞；thinks of想起、想到。根據(jù)上文“At first, John has trouble finding things to be thankful for.以及下文He writes thank-yous for gifts and kindnesses. He writes notes to his sons….”可知是他想到了要感謝人們大大小小的事情，故答案選D。

【5】句意：他寫信給任何觸及他生活的人，哪怕是最微小的接觸。

考查動詞及語境理解。touches接觸、觸及；widens變寬；provides提供；beats敲擊、打敗。根據(jù)上文“He writes to college friends and doctors, Starbucks clerks, his daughter’s teacher and his apartment manager. ”他寫信給大學的朋友和醫(yī)生，星巴克的職員，他女兒的老師和他的公寓經(jīng)理。結(jié)合“He writes to anyone who __5__ his life in even the smallest way.”可知是他寫信給任何觸及他生活的人，哪怕是最微小的接觸。所以touches符合題意，故答案選A。

【6】句意：在書的結(jié)尾，他的生活并不完美，他仍然沒有得到他想要的一切。

考查形容詞及語境理解。perfect完美的；meaningful有意義的；tough艱苦的、堅韌的；strange奇怪的。根據(jù)下文“he still doesn’t have everything he wants.”可知他是生活并不是完美的，故答案選A。

解答完形填空首先要通讀全文，掌握大意。結(jié)合選項初步弄清短文寫了些什么內(nèi)容。在理解全文意思的基礎上，結(jié)合文章內(nèi)容對空缺句子作合乎邏輯的推理。必須弄清空缺詞句的確切含義，空缺詞句與其前后句的意義銜接必須自然、合理，最后根據(jù)語境，結(jié)合選項，選出正確答案。如，第1小題，根據(jù)下文的描述'His small law business is struggling. He’s in the process of divorcing his second wife…."，可知那時John Kralik的未來應是一片黑暗，故答案選B。第6小題，根據(jù)下文"he still doesn’t have everything he wants."可知他是生活并不是完美的，故答案選A。