Question

【題目】 At the age of 16, Einstein failed in several exams because he often played with some bad kids. One weekend morning, Einstein carried a fishing net and prepared to go fishing with those kids, his father stopped him and said to him calmly, “Einstein, you were spending too much time____________, so you failed in the exams. I'm____________about your future with your mother.”

“What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also failed, but they went fishing as usuall.” “My boy, you can't think so,” Looking at Einstein, his father said lovingly, “There is a____________in our hometown. I hope you can listen to it carefully.”

There were two cats playing on the roof.____________, they fell into the chimney(煙囪). When they climbed out of the chimney, one cat's face was dirty____________the other's face was clean. Seeing the dirty-faced cat, the clean-faced one thought its own face was also dirty, so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its face. The dirty-faced cat saw the clean-faced one, thinking its own face was clean as well, so it walked happily in the street.”

“Einstein,___________can be your mirror(鏡子). Only you are your own mirror. Some of the kids are not strict with themselves. If you take them to be your mirror, even a____________person may become stupid.” Hearing this, Einstein's face turned red. He put down his fishing net and returned to his small room.

After that, Einstein often took himself as a mirror to be strict with himself and kept telling himself.

“I am special, so I needn't be as common as others.” This was why Einstein__________in his career. 1,000 people have 1, 000 kinds of wishes in life. Different wishes will produce different ideas about life. You can learn from other people, but you can___________follow others completely.

You must see yourself clearly, and know what you want to get. You future doesn’t____________how others act, but on what you are going to act.

【1】A.playingB.workingC.readingD.studying

【2】A.excitedB.curiousC.worriedD.crazy

【3】A.songB.storyC.speechD.saying

【4】A.LuckilyB.HopefullyC.SuddenlyD.Naturally

【5】A.whileB.orC.soD.for

【6】A.somebodyB.nobodyC.anybodyD.everybody

【7】A.poorB.richC.lazyD.clever

【8】A.regrettedB.graduatedC.succeededD.survived

【9】A.sometimesB.oftenC.alwaysD.never

【10】A.try onB.depend onC.live onD.insist on

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】C

【5】A

【6】B

【7】D

【8】C

【9】D

【10】B

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要介紹了愛因斯坦小時(shí)候，經(jīng)常和小孩去釣魚，耽誤了學(xué)習(xí)，爸爸給他講了一個(gè)故事，從此愛因斯坦嚴(yán)格要求自己，最終獲得了成功。

【1】句意：你花了太多的時(shí)間玩，所以你考試不及格。

playing玩；working工作；reading讀；studying學(xué)習(xí)。根據(jù)上文he often played with some bad kids. 他經(jīng)常和一些壞孩子一起玩，可知這句話的句意為：你花了太多的時(shí)間玩，所以你考試不及格。spend time（in）doing sth.花費(fèi)時(shí)間做某事，固定短語(yǔ)，故答案選A。

【2】句意：我和你媽媽在擔(dān)心你的將來(lái)。

excited興奮的；curious好奇的；worried擔(dān)心的；crazy瘋狂的。根據(jù)下文What are you worrying about? 你們?cè)趽?dān)心什么?可知這句話的句意為：我和你媽媽在擔(dān)心你的將來(lái)。故答案選C。

【3】句意：我們家鄉(xiāng)有一個(gè)故事。

song歌曲；story故事；speech演講；saying諺語(yǔ)。根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容，可知是他爸爸給他講了一個(gè)故事，因此這句話的句意為：我們家鄉(xiāng)有一個(gè)故事。故答案選B。

【4】句意：突然，他們掉進(jìn)了煙囪里。

Luckily幸運(yùn)地；Hopefully有希望地；Suddenly突然；Naturally自然地。根據(jù)上文There were two cats playing on the roof. 有兩只貓?jiān)谖蓓斏贤嫠�。以及下�?/span>they fell into the chimney. 可知這句話的句意為：突然，它們掉進(jìn)了煙囪里。故答案選C.

【5】句意：一只貓的臉是臟的，而另一只的臉是干凈的。

while而；or或者；so因此；for為了。根據(jù)one cat's face was dirty__5__the other's face was clean. 分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，兩個(gè)分句存在對(duì)比關(guān)系，所以要用while來(lái)填空，因此可知這句話的句意為：一只貓的臉是臟的，而另一只的臉是干凈的。故答案選A。

【6】句意：愛因斯坦，沒有人能成為你的鏡子。

somebody某人；nobody沒有人；anybody任何人；everybody每個(gè)人。根據(jù)下文Only you are your own mirror. 只有你是你自己的鏡子�？芍�這句話的句意為：愛因斯坦，沒有人能成為你的鏡子。故答案選B。

【7】句意：即使是一個(gè)聰明的人也會(huì)變得愚蠢。

poor貧窮的；rich富有的；lazy懶惰的；clever聰明的。根據(jù)下文may become stupid，可知這句話的句意為：即使是一個(gè)聰明的人也會(huì)變得愚蠢。故答案選D。

【8】句意：這就是愛因斯坦事業(yè)成功的原因。

regretted后悔；graduated畢業(yè)；succeeded成功；survived幸存。根據(jù)后面的介詞in，可知考查這里考查短語(yǔ)succeed in，意思是“在……方面成功”，因此這句話的句意為：這就是愛因斯坦事業(yè)成功的原因。故答案選C。

【9】句意：你可以向別人學(xué)習(xí)，但你不可能完全跟隨別人。

sometimes有時(shí)；often經(jīng)常；always總是；never從不。由轉(zhuǎn)折詞but，可知這句話的句意為：你可以向別人學(xué)習(xí)，但你不可能完全跟隨別人。故答案選D。

【10】句意：你的未來(lái)不取決于別人如何做，而是取決于你打算這么做。

try on試穿；depend on 取決于、依賴；live on 靠……生活；insist on堅(jiān)持。根據(jù)下文but on what you are going to act.結(jié)合You future doesn’t__10__how others act,可知這句話的意思為：你的未來(lái)不取決于別人如何做，而是取決于你打算怎么做。這里考查固定短語(yǔ)depend on，故答案選B。

解答完形填空首先要通讀全文，掌握大意。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)初步弄清短文寫了些什么內(nèi)容。在理解全文意思的基礎(chǔ)上，結(jié)合文章內(nèi)容對(duì)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(yǔ)境，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，選出正確答案。如，第2小題，根據(jù)下文What are you worrying about? 你們?cè)趽?dān)心什么?可知這句話的句意為：我和你媽媽在擔(dān)心你的將來(lái)。故答案選C。第6小題，根據(jù)下文Only you are your own mirror. 只有你是你自己的鏡子�？芍�這句話的句意為：愛因斯坦，沒有人能成為你的鏡子。故答案選B。