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【題目】 One day not too long ago the workers of a large company in St. Louis, Missouri returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door. The sign said: Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym.

At first everyone was sad to hear that one of their workmates had died, but after a while they started getting curious about who this person might be. The excitement grew as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last respects.

Everyone wondered: Who is this person? Who was hindering my progress? Well, at least he’s no longer here! One by one the workers got closer to the coffin and when they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless.

They stood over the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul. There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself.

There was also a sign next to the mirror that said: There is only one person who is able to set limits to your growth: it is YOU.

You are the only person who can control your life. You are the only person who can influence your happiness, your ambition and your success. You are the only person who can help yourself.

Stop thinking that the people around you make your life more difficult, stop complaining about the trouble life brings about, just be the master of your own life!

【1】The underlined word “hindering” in the passage probably means “________”.

A.getting down toB.getting away from

C.getting in the way ofD.getting ready for

【2】The workers seemed not sad when they got to the gym because ________.

A.someone died and they were still living

B.they found out actually no one died

C.there were many people in the gym and it was like a party

D.the death of the one hindering their growth was good for them

【3】People were speechless when they looked inside the coffin because ________.

A.they could see their own souls inside.B.there was nothing but a mirror inside.

C.their closest colleague lay inside.D.what was inside told a great truth.

【4】We can infer from the passage that the workers________.

A.were annoyed about the hoax in the end

B.understood the purpose of the company at last

C.were still happy that someone hindering their growth died

D.refused to look at themselves in the mirror

【5】We can learn from the passage that________.

A.No one can influence your happiness, ambition and success except you

B.There is somebody else responsible for your life and stop complaining

C.when the people around you change, your life changes too

D.you are not the only one responsible for your life

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

短文講述了一個(gè)令發(fā)人深省的故事。密蘇里州圣路易斯的一家大公司的員工午餐回來，發(fā)現(xiàn)門上有個(gè)告示牌，上面寫著：一位阻止你們成長(zhǎng)的人死了，請(qǐng)到家去參加他的葬禮。大家得知有同事去世，心情都很沉重。來到葬禮上，他們看到棺材里的不是人，而是一面鏡子，鏡子旁邊有一個(gè)牌子，上面寫著：能阻止你成長(zhǎng)的人是你自己。

【1】詞義猜測(cè)題，A. getting down to認(rèn)真對(duì)待；B. getting away from擺脫C. getting in the way of妨礙……；D. getting ready for做好準(zhǔn)備。根據(jù)“The excitement grew as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last respects. 當(dāng)員工們到達(dá)健身房致以最后的敬意時(shí)，興奮之情與日俱增。”可知死去的人應(yīng)該是對(duì)他們無益的人，而且他的死還會(huì)有好處，故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)“The sign said: Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away.告示牌上寫著：昨天，阻礙您在本公司發(fā)展的人去世了�！笨芍�因?yàn)樗廊サ氖亲璧K他們成長(zhǎng)的人，所以人們到體育館時(shí)似乎并不難過，故選D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)“There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself.棺材里有一面鏡子：每個(gè)往里面看的人都能看到自己�！彼�以人們往棺材里看時(shí)無言以對(duì)，故選B。

【4】推理判斷題，根據(jù)“They stood over the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul.他們站在棺材旁，震驚而沉默，仿佛有人觸及了他們靈魂的最深處�！笨赏浦�他們明白了只有一個(gè)人能限制你的成長(zhǎng)，那就是你自己，知道了公司這樣做的原因，故選B。

【5】主旨大意題，根據(jù)最后兩段“You are the only person who can control your life. ……stop complaining about the trouble life brings about, just be the master of your own life!”可知我們是唯一能影響自己的幸福、抱負(fù)和成功的人。不要認(rèn)為周圍的人會(huì)讓我們的生活變得更困難，不要抱怨生活帶來的麻煩，做自己生活的主人，故選A。

（一）主旨題

主旨題主要考查學(xué)生對(duì)短文中心思想或作者意圖的掌握。做此類題時(shí)，應(yīng)通讀全文，理解文章大意，充分理解主題句的意義。短文往往圍繞主題句展開，主題句通常出現(xiàn)在短文第一句或最后一句。本短文主要正在最后兩段體現(xiàn)主旨大意。

（二）細(xì)節(jié)題

細(xì)節(jié)題是用來進(jìn)一步表達(dá)主題，體現(xiàn)中心思想的，往往針對(duì)短文某個(gè)細(xì)節(jié)來設(shè)題。做此類題時(shí)，應(yīng)快速捕捉信息，可能是一些事例、數(shù)字等，閱讀時(shí)要有針對(duì)性。

（三）猜測(cè)詞義題

猜測(cè)詞義題主要考查學(xué)生根據(jù)上下文正確判斷靈活變化的詞義能力。一般情況下，推斷詞義的題目中所出現(xiàn)的單詞，大多數(shù)是學(xué)生未曾見過的生詞，學(xué)生需要在該詞出現(xiàn)的上下文中去尋找線索。通過閱讀上下文，斷定該詞的真正含義，然后將這個(gè)釋義代入文中，檢查是否貼切，仔細(xì)比較直到得出該詞的確切的含義。

1.通過因果關(guān)系猜詞

通過因果關(guān)系猜詞，首先是找出生詞與上下文之間的邏輯關(guān)系，然后才能猜詞。有時(shí)文章借助關(guān)聯(lián)詞(如because，as，since，for，so，thus，asaresult，ofcourse，therefore等等)表示前因后果

2.通過同義詞和反義詞的關(guān)系猜詞

通過同義詞猜詞，一是要看由and或or連接的同義詞詞組，二是看在進(jìn)一步解釋的過程中使用的同義詞，通過反義詞猜詞，一是看表轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的連詞或副詞，如but，while，however等；二是看與not搭配的或表示否定意義的詞語