第六组
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Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
(2017·长春监测二)
A few years ago, I__felt__like__I__was__stuck__in__a__rut(车辙),so I decided to follow in the footsteps of a great American philosopher, Morgan Spurlock,and try something new for 30 days.The idea is actually pretty simple.Think about something you’ve always wanted to add to your life and try it for the next 30 days.It turns out 30 days is just the right amount of time.
There’re a few things I learned while doing these 30day challenges.The first was the time was much more memorable.This was part of a challenge I did to take a picture every day.I also noticed that as I started to do more and harder 30day challenges,my selfrecognition grew.I went from a deskdwelling computer nerd(电脑迷)to the kind of guy who biked to work.
Even last year,I ended up hiking up Mt.Kilimanjaro.I would never have been that adventurous before I started my 30day challenges.
I also figured out that if you really want something badly enough, you can do anything for 30 days.Have you ever wanted to write a novel?Tens of thousands of people try to write their own 50,000word novel in 30 days.It turns out that all you have to do is write 1,667 words a day for a month.So I did.
So here’s my question to you:What are you waiting for?The next 30 days are going to pass whether you like it or not,so why not think about something you have always wanted to try and give it a shot!
1.The underlined sentence in Para. 1 means ________.
A.I felt my life was unchanged and boring
B.I didn’t like following others’ footsteps
C.I thought that I was in trouble
D.it seemed that my car broke down
2.The author did all the following things every day to change EXCEPT ________.
A.take a photo
B.cycle to work
C.write over 1,000 words
D.stick to computer games
3.The author of the passage aims to ________.
A.talk about his own experiences
B.encourage people to try something new
C.introduce a new philosophy
D.show people the challenges in life
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A.Would You Like to Change Yourself?
B.Fed up With Your Life
C.Ways to Challenge Yourself
D.Try Something New for 30 Days
B
(2017·江西南昌高三一模)
People who possess high selfesteem are able to commit better and produce a greater bond in relationships with others. Dr. Douglas feels that most people do not value themselves, but with love and selfrespect anyone can be above normality and grasp success with the family, the office, or others.
We have become too reliant on intelligence, beauty, and money for our own selfesteem. The loss of esteem reduces the will and ability to set and reach goals. In a series of reading Douglas teaches how to avoid negative statements, how to change them into selffacing behavior, and how to take charge of your mental attitude. Where other motivational and selfhelp work stops with the theoretical plan for success, Douglas takes everyday examples and puts them into his books. From raising children who believe in themselves to using selfesteem to help bridge the gap in the workplace, he gives readers concrete solutions to the problems that might ruin their interpersonal relations.
Selfesteem building comes from filling your thoughts with positive affirmations(肯定) and learning to react to failures with motivation instead of selfdestruction. These lessons are valuable for anyone who feels that life is even slightly out of control. People who feel they have adequate esteem can learn to use it to make their success grander, faster, and more beneficial for others. Douglas
approaches this process of selfdevelopment as a means of more than creating good things for the individual but also for setting up keys for influencing good things for others.
For more than thirty years, Dr. Douglas has addressed more than two million people on topics from time management to speaking effectively to raising drugfree children. He is the author of fifteen books, including How to Make a Habit of Succeeding.
5.What can we infer from Paragraph 1?
A.Most people behave well enough.
B.Selfrespect means being above normality.
C.Selfesteem matters much.
D.Committing better equals greater success.
6.Why does Douglas put everyday examples into his books?
A.To be reliant on selfesteem.
B.To set and reach goals.
C.To avoid negative thoughts.
D.To offer concrete solutions.
7.What does the author advise those whose life is slightly out of control to do?
A.Learn to be positive.
B.Face it unmotivatedly.
C.Admit selfdestruction.
D.Ask for help.
8.What’s the most important to be selfdevelopment?
A.Influencing the individual.
B.Influencing more people.
C.Gaining more benefits.
D.Speaking more effectively.
Ⅱ.完形填空
(2017·江西师大附中临川一中联考)
For years I have had no idea what I have been doing with my life.I was a 30yearold lawyer in New York.__1____being a lawyer was never my dream or goal in life.I honestly wanted to be a writer.I have a great __2____ and would write amazing stories in my head.But I always knew that being a writer was __3____ possible for me because it was a better__4____ decision to stay a lawyer.
Recently,I couldn’t fall asleep__5____ my usual time of 10 p.m., and when I did fall asleep I had the same dream__6__. The dream started with me in the ocean __7____ to go for a swim and I was searching for something,but I started to __8____and had no control over my __9__. Then a light shone through the water and when I looked up all I could __10____was myself in a bright white room writing a __11__.Then I heard a voice said __12__, “Now is the time to try something new;now is the time to try something new...”
It wasn’t just a dream;it was my __13____ to make something good out of my life.That afternoon I __14____my job at the law firm and I couldn’t have been any __15__.My life started at 30, and every day __16____ that point I haven’t stopped enjoying life.I started to __17____ and have been on the bestsellers list for the last two months.Things have definitely __18__.
__19____ is a good thing;it gives us an opportunity to take a chance.So my two favorite words I live by and so __20____ you are “change and chance”.
1.A.Because B.So
C.But D.While
2.A.imagination B.determination
C.identification D.information
3.A.almost B.never
C.always D.later
4.A.crucial B.essential
C.financial D.initial
5.A.in B.on
C.at D.by
6.A.on a large scale B.all of a sudden
C.in the long run D.over and over again
7.A.attempted B.trying
C.agreeing D.struggled
8.A.drown B.float
C.flee D.scream
9.A.body B.head
C.hands D.life
10.A.hear B.see
C.feel D.imagine
11.A.novel B.letter
C.journal D.report
12.A.sadly B.violently
C.repeatedly D.reluctantly
13.A.hobby B. opportunity
C.duty D.honor
14.A.landed B.lost
C.got D.quit
15.A.happier B.sadder
C.worse D.luckier
16.A.before B.after
C.since D.until
17.A.work B.write
C.smile D.read
18.A.turned back B.turned up
C.turned out D.turned around
19.A.Chance B.Writing
C.Dreaming D.Change
20.A.should B.will
C.must D.need
第六组
Ⅰ.阅读理解
[导学号:65294058]
【解题导语】 本文讲述了作者的亲身经历,告诉读者30天刚好是一段合适的时间去养成一个新的习惯或改掉一个旧的习惯。
1.A 解析:句意理解题。根据so I decided to follow in the footsteps of a great American philosopher,Morgan Spurlock,and try something new for 30 days 可知,作者认为固有的生活轨迹禁锢了自己,让自己的生活变得乏味。因此决定追随伟大的哲学家摩根·斯珀洛克的思想,用30天的时间去尝试新事物。故选A项。
2.D 解析:细节理解题。根据第二段中的关键信息take a picture 和biked to work以及第四段中的It turns out that all you have to do is write 1,667 words a day for a month.So I did.可知作者在尝试改变的过程中没有沉溺于网络游戏。故选D项。
3.B 解析:推理判断题。根据全文内容,特别是最后一段中的What are you waiting for?可知,作者的写作目的是鼓励人们去尝试自己想做的事情,尝试新事物。故选B项。
4.D 解析:标题归纳题。作者强调的是用30天尝试一些新的事情,做出改变。故D项符合文章主旨。
5-8.CDAB
Ⅱ.完形填空
[导学号:65294059]
【解题导语】 作者为了追随自己的梦想,辞去了律师的工作,最终成为一名作家。作者通过此事告诉我们:改变可以带给我们机遇,使我们成为想成为的人。
1.C 解析:空前一句I was a 30yearold lawyer in New York.介绍了作者的职业,与本句中being a lawyer was never my dream or goal in life 为转折关系,故选C项。
2.A 解析:根据空后的would write amazing stories in my head可知,作者有丰富的想象力(imagination),常常在脑海里想出很棒的故事。故选A项。determination意为“决心”;identification意为“鉴定;识别”;information意为“信息”。
3.B 解析:根据下文可知,考虑到经济方面的原因,作者认为当律师是一个比较好的职业,所以成为作家是决不(never)可能的。故选B项。
4.C 解析:根据常识,律师的收入通常比普通作家高。因此,考虑到经济(financial)原因,当律师是一个更好的决定。故选C项。crucial 意为“至关重要的;关键性的”;essential意为“极其重要的;必不可少的”;initial意为“最初的;开始的”。
5.C 解析:此处指作者最近在(at)晚上十点睡不着。表示“在几点”应用介词at。
6.D 解析:根据the same dream可推断,作者反复做了同样的梦。on a large scale 意为“大规模地”;all of a sudden 意为“突然地”; in the long run 意为“长远来看”;over and over again 意为“反复地”。根据语境可知选D项。
7.B 解析:句意为:梦的开始,我在海里面试着(trying)游泳并且在找东西……分析句子结构可知,本句谓语动词为started,故此空应填不定式或现在分词,故排除A、D两项;再根据语境可知选B项。
8.A 解析:根据空后的had no control 及下句中的Then a light shone through the water可推断出,作者的身体在水下,因此是开始溺水(drown)。故选A项。
9.A 解析:根据I started to 可推断出,作者的身体失控了,故选A项。
10.B 解析:根据空前的a light shone through the water 可推断出,光线能够让人看到东西,故B 项符合语境。句意为:然后一道光线透过水面,当我抬头看时,我能够看到的是自己正坐在一个明亮的白色的房间里写小说。
11.A 解析:根据文章第2空所在句子可知,作者想象力丰富,善于构思故事,一直想成为一个作家。由此可推测,作者此时在梦里看到自己在写小说(novel)。故选A项。letter意为“书信”;journal 意为“日记”;report意为“报告”。
12.C 解析:根据空后的Now is the time to try something new;now is the time to
try something new...可知,作者听到一个声音在重复地(repeatedly)说话。故选C项。sadly 意为“悲伤地”;violently意为“暴力地”;reluctantly意为“不情愿地”。
13.B 解析:本空是文章最后一段中it gives us an opportunity to take a chance 中opportunity 的复现。故选B项。句意为:这不仅仅是一个梦,这是我创造美好生活的机遇。
14.D 解析:根据下文中的My life started at 30及17空所在句子可知,作者开启了新的人生,即开始写作。因此,此处指作者辞去了(quit)律师事务所的工作。故选D项。land a job和get a job 意为“获得工作”。
15.A 解析:根据下文可知,作者辞去工作开始写作,追随自己的内心开始真正地享受生活,作者感觉从来没有那样开心过(happier)。故选A项。
16.C 解析:根据I haven’t stopped enjoying life 可知,时态为现在完成时,表示作者从辞职后一直到现在的生活状态,故选C项,表示“从那个时间点开始”。
17. B 解析:根据空后的and have been on the bestsellers list for the last two months 可知,在过去的两个月一直在畅销书榜单上,因此,他在辞去律师工作后便开始写作(write)。故选B项。
18.D 解析:句意为:一切都发生了转变(turned around)。turn back意为“(使)往回走”;turn up 意为“出现;开大(热度、音量等)”;turn out 意为“证明是;结果是”。根据前文,作者辞了工作,开始写作,成为畅销书作家,一切都发生了改变,因此D项正确。
19.D 解析:根据下句中的change and chance 可知,改变(Change)是一件好事。故选D项。
20.A 解析:本题需结合句子结构和语境,主体部分为So my two favorite words are “change and chance”,(that) I live by and so you为定语从句,修饰words,本句总结了作者对生活的感受以及对于读者的启发,表示 “你也应该(should)如此”,故选A项。句意为:所以我最喜欢的并且赖以生存的两个词就是“改变和机遇”,你也应该如此。