One of my father’s favorite sayings as I was growing up was “Try it!” I couldn’t say I didn’t like something, whatever it might be, until after I tried it. Over the years I’ve come to how much of my success I owe to my of those words as one of my values. My job was just one I decided to try for a couple of years until I what I want to do as a career. I believed I would work for a few years, get married, stay home and raise a family, so I didn’t think the job I took that much. I couldn’t have been more . I mastered the skills of that beginning level position and I was given the opportunity to move up through the company into different . I accepted each new opportunity with the thought, “Well, I’ll try it; if I don’t like it I can always go back to my position. ” But I was with the same company for the past 28 years, and I’ve every career change I’ve made. I’ve discovered I a large number of different talents and skills that I never would have thought were within me had it not been for my being open to trying new opportunities. I’ve also discovered that if I what I’m doing and work hard at achieving my . I will succeed. That’s why I’m so to be a part of CareerFables. com. I think has come and I am determined to make it a success.

1.A. Consider B. Argue C. include D. realize

2.A. suggestion B. explanation C. acceptance D. discussion

3.A. hard B. best C. extra D. first

4.A. determined B. examined C. experienced D. introduced

5.A. Actually B. Gradually C. Finally D. Usually

6.A. helped B. required C. expressed D. mattered

7.A. careful B. mistaken C. interested D. prepared

8.A. situations B. choices C. directions D. positions

9.A. easier B. newer C. earlier D. higher

10.A. permitted B. counted C. organized D. enjoyed

11.A. show B. possess C. need D. gather

12.A. think of B. give away C. believe in D. turn into

13.A. business B. goal C. fortune D. growth

14.A. excited B. curious C. surprised D. helpful

15.A. dream B. time C. power D. honor

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇敘述文，作者自述一條“Try it”的諺語對自己的人生影響，通過在工作中不斷嘗試，把握機(jī)會，發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的潛能，最后等待時(shí)機(jī)去成就自己的成功的故事。

1. B.argue爭論，辯論 C.include包含，包括 D.realize實(shí)現(xiàn)；認(rèn)識到 come to realize為固定搭配，意為“認(rèn)識到”，結(jié)合語境故選D。

2. B.explanation說明，解釋C.acceptance接受：贊同 D.discussion討論，議論 由語境可知應(yīng)選C。句意為：數(shù)年來我才認(rèn)識到我的成功多么歸功于我接受（acceptance）那些話作為我的一種價(jià)值觀。

3.

4. D.introduced介紹；引進(jìn) 由語境知：直到我決定（determine）我要做什么作為我的職業(yè)。故選A。

5. A.actually實(shí)際上；事實(shí)上B.gradually逐步地；漸漸地 C.finally最后；終于 D.usually通常 由語境知：實(shí)際上（actually）我認(rèn)為我的第一份工作只會工作幾年而已。故選A。

6. B.required需要；要求C.expressed表達(dá)；快遞 D.mattered有關(guān)系；要緊 根據(jù)語法規(guī)則，只有matter為不及物動詞，其他三個(gè)選項(xiàng)單詞為及物動詞，需要接賓語，而空格欄中缺少的是不及物動詞，故選D。句意為：所以我認(rèn)為我接受的工作并不是很重要。

7. B.mistaken錯(cuò)誤的；弄錯(cuò)的；被誤解的 C.interested感興趣的 D.prepared準(zhǔn)備好的 由后文提示及語境可知：第一份工作對我是重要的，所以I didn’t think the job I took mattered that much是再錯(cuò)誤（mistaken）不過了。故選B。

8. B.choices選擇 C.directions方向；指導(dǎo)；用法說明 D.positions位置；職位，工作 由后文提示及語境可知：我向上提拔到公司不同的職位（postion）。故選D。

9.

10. B.counted計(jì)算；認(rèn)為 C.organized組織D.enjoyed欣賞，享受；喜愛 注意這一句中的but轉(zhuǎn)折，表明我在同一家公司工作了28年，我對我做的每一個(gè)職業(yè)改變是持肯定態(tài)度的，是贊許和喜愛的（enjoyed）。故選D。

11. B.possess擁有；控制；使掌握 C.need需要 D.gather收集;使…聚集 由語境知：我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己擁有（possess）許多不同的天賦，掌握（possess）了許多不同的技能。故選B。

12. of想起；考慮 B.give away分發(fā)；泄露 C.belive in信仰，信任 D.turn into變成；進(jìn)入 由語境可知選C。句意：我也發(fā)現(xiàn)如果我信仰我正在做的然后努力實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的目標(biāo)。

13. B.goal目標(biāo)；球門 C.fortune財(cái)富；命運(yùn)；運(yùn)氣 D.growth增長；發(fā)展；生長 achieve goal固定搭配，意為“實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)”。故選B。

14. B.curious好奇的；古怪的C.surprised感到驚訝的，出人意料的 D.helpful有益的 由語境知：我成為這家公司的一員是興奮激動的（excited）。故選A。

15. B.time時(shí)間，時(shí)代 C.power力量；功率；能力D.honor榮譽(yù)；信用 由語境知：我認(rèn)為時(shí)候(time)已經(jīng)到了，自己去成就自己的成功。故選B。

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