Question

I have two really good friends. Nancy and Richard. They both believe in the 1 of positive thinking. However, though their personalities are 2 . They are totally different in other areas of their lives. The biggest differences are their 3 , career choices, and way of life.

Love and concern 4 Nancy’s childhood. She , along with her younger sister, was 5  by her mother and father. Nancy’ parents were 6  in her schoolwork, making her excellent at school. On the other hand, Richard’s childhood lacked love. His parents 7  him up to his grandparents when they failed to take care of him 8 . His grandmother took care of him most of his growing up years.9 , since his sister didn’t live with him, he never really got to10 her.

Another difference is their career choice. Nancy has always been a 11 and made a choice to work in a variety of different12 settings: doctor’s offices, hospitals, nursing homes and a visiting nurse. Her13 part was working with pediatrics(小兒科)。 However,  Richard14 to work in the business world. He prefers to work with15rather than with people.

A third difference is their16. Nancy is always on the go. She goes to yard sales, out to eat,and enjoys nature. She is17; has five children, thirteen grandchildren, several great-grandchildren. 18, Richard likes to stay home and do things alone. He is single and has no children.

I am very 19 for the fact I have two similar yet very different friends, Nancy and Richard. This has 20 me that anyone can be positive thinker. And it is also what makes my friendship with both of them very intriguing(有趣的) and challenging.

1.                A．energy         B．power          C．a(chǎn)bility    D．effort

 

2.                A．strong          B．special         C．impressive D．similar

 

3.                A．childhood       B．education       C．a(chǎn)ppearance   D．religion

 

4.                A．confirmed      B．filled           C．influenced D．controlled

 

5.                A．spoiled         B．moved         C．raised    D．deserted

 

6.                A．a(chǎn)bsorbed       B．interested       C．involved  D．stuck

 

7.                A．took           B．picked          C．called    D．gave

 

8.                A．carefully        B．properly        C．strictly   D．firmly

 

9.                A．Moreover       B．However        C．Instead   D．Therefore

 

10.               A．visit           B．touch          C．phone D．know

 

11.               A．follower        B．receiver        C．caretaker  D．leader

 

12.               A．medical        B．physical        C．political   D．chemical

 

13.               A．difficult         B．complete       C．favorite   D．natural

 

14.               A．a(chǎn)greed         B．refused        C．chose D．remembered

 

15.               A．machines       B．exhibitions      C．a(chǎn)greements    D．plays

 

16.               A．hobby         B．custom         C．habit D．lifestyle

 

17.               A．beautiful        B．independent    C．famous    D．married

 

18.               A．After all        B．in contrast      C．in a word  D．in the end

 

19.               A．a(chǎn)nxious        B．thankful        C．sorry D．ready

 

20.               A．reminded       B．persuaded      C．taught D．a(chǎn)cknowledged

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.C

15.A

16.D

17.D

18.B

19.B

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文的主要內(nèi)容是：我非常欣慰有這樣兩個(gè)性格相似但很多其他方面卻又不同的朋友Nancy 和 Richard。由于他們的童年生活不同，導(dǎo)致他們長大后在就業(yè)和生活方式的選擇上都不同。事實(shí)證明任何人都可以成為一個(gè)積極的思考者。

1. 這里想表達(dá)積極想法的力量，energy 能量 power 力量 ability 能力effort 努力，故選B。

2.根據(jù)They are totally different in other areas of their lives.故選D。

3.根據(jù)Love and concern filled Nancy’s childhood.以及On the other hand, Richard’s childhood lacked love，故選A。

4. 根據(jù)On the other hand, Richard’s childhood lacked love，故選B。

5. 這里想表達(dá)她和她的小妹妹都是由她的爸爸和媽媽撫養(yǎng)大的，spoiled被寵壞的 moved移動(dòng) raised養(yǎng)育deserted 被拋棄的，故選C

6.根據(jù)making her excellent at school.可知Nancy的父母經(jīng)常參與她的學(xué)校作業(yè)，absorbed全神貫注 interested感興趣的 involved參與 stuck堅(jiān)持，故選C。

7. 根據(jù)下文的when they failed to take care of him properly，可知他的父母把他拋棄給了他的祖父母，故選D。

8.這里想表達(dá)當(dāng)他們不能很適當(dāng)?shù)氐恼疹櫵麜r(shí)，carefully小心地 properly適當(dāng)?shù)?strictly嚴(yán)格地 firmly 堅(jiān)定地，故選B。

9.這里想此外，因?yàn)樗�的姐姐不和他生活在一起，所以他從來沒有真正的了解姐姐，Moreover此外 However然而 Instead 代替 Therefore因此，故選A。

10.這里想表達(dá)他從來沒有真正的了解姐，visit訪問touch 觸摸 phone 打電話 know 了解，故選D。

11.根據(jù)doctor’s offices, hospitals, nursing homes and a visiting nurse.這些職業(yè)有一個(gè)共同特點(diǎn)就是看護(hù)者，故選C。

12. 根據(jù)doctor’s offices, hospitals, nursing homes and a visiting nurse.可知這些職業(yè)都是以醫(yī)療為背景的，故選A。

13.這里想表達(dá)她最喜歡的工作是和小孩子在一起，difficult困難的 complete 完成的 favorite 最喜愛的 natural自然的，故選C。

14. 這里想表達(dá)Richard選擇工商界，agreed 同意refused拒絕 chose選擇 remembered記得，故選C。

15.根據(jù)However,  Richard chose to work in the business world.故選A。

16.根據(jù)Nancy is always on the go以及Richard likes to stay home and do things alone. He is single and has no children.可知第三個(gè)不同在于他們各自的生活方式，故選D。

17.根據(jù)has five children, thirteen grandchildren, several great-grandchildren.可知Nancy結(jié)婚了，故選D。

18. 根據(jù)Richard likes to stay home and do things alone. He is single and has no children.可知這里想表達(dá)正相反，After all畢竟in contrast相比之下in a word 總而言之 in the end最后，故選B。

19.這里想表達(dá)我非常欣慰有這樣兩個(gè)相似卻又不同的朋友，anxious焦慮thankful欣慰的 sorry對(duì)不起的 ready準(zhǔn)備好的，故選B。

20.根據(jù)that anyone can be positive thinker.可知這里想說這教會(huì)了我 ……，故選C。

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