Question

【題目】 You may probably meet most of the powerful graduation speakers, here who are well-known people in their fields. I think the schools couldn’t have picked better speakers than them, because they set good examples, deeply inspiring us in our daily life.

Steve Jobs, Stanford University:

“Remembering you’re going to die, and the best way I know is to avoid the trap of thinking that you have something to lose. There is no reason not to follow your heart. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice...”

Oprah Winfrey, Stanford University:

“I consider the world, this Earth, to be like a school... And the secret I’ve learned to get ahead is being open to the lessons from the grandest universe of all. Don’t react against a bad situation. And the solution will arise from the challenge. So don’t give up easily, acting with responsibility... ”

Bono, University of Pennsylvania:

“For four years you’ve been buying, trading, and selling everything you’ve got in this marketplace of ideas. Your pockets are full, even if your parents’ are empty, and now you’ve got to figure out what to spend it on... The world is more flexible than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape...”

Michael Dell, University of Texas at Austin:F

“Now it’s time for you to move on to what’s next and obtain your desire. But you must not let anything prevent you from taking those first steps. Don’t spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity, or sometimes you’ll miss the right opportunity. Recognize that there will be failures and obstacles(障礙).But you will learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of others. ”

【1】Which of the following can best describe what Steve Jobs says?

A.Never give up.B.Don’t live your life in regret.

C.To go all out to achieve our goals.D.True knowledge comes from practice.

【2】Who is more in favor of lifelong learning according to the speech？

A.Michael Dell.B.Bono.

C.Steve Jobs.D.Oprah Winfrey.

【3】The underlined word “flexible” in paragraph 4 probably means “ ”.

A.acceptableB.reasonable

C.changeableD.suitable

【4】What can we learn from these speeches?

A.Some social skills.B.Some life lessons.

C.Some well-known people.D.Some effective solutions.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章主要說明了四位有影響力的畢業(yè)演講嘉賓的一些人生經(jīng)驗(yàn)。

【1】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段“Remembering you’re going to die, and the best way I know is to avoid the trap of thinking that you have something to lose. There is no reason not to follow your heart. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice...”可知“記住你就要死了，據(jù)我所知，最好的辦法就是避免陷入思考你會(huì)失去某些東西的陷阱�！睕]有理由不跟隨自己的心。你的時(shí)間有限，所以不要浪費(fèi)時(shí)間去過別人的生活。不要讓別人的觀點(diǎn)淹沒了你內(nèi)心的聲音……”由此可推知，B選項(xiàng)“不要在后悔中生活”最能描述Steve Jobs所說的話。故選B。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中I consider the world, this Earth, to be like a school... And the secret I’ve learned to get ahead is being open to the lessons from the grandest universe of all.可知我認(rèn)為這個(gè)世界，這個(gè)地球，就像一個(gè)學(xué)校……而我學(xué)到的成功的秘訣就是，敞開心扉，接受來自最偉大宇宙的經(jīng)驗(yàn)教訓(xùn)。由此可知，Oprah Winfrey更支持終身學(xué)習(xí)。故選D。

【3】

詞義猜測題。根據(jù)后文it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape可知Bono認(rèn)為世界正等著你去錘煉它的形狀，因?yàn)檫@個(gè)世界比你想象的更容易改變�？芍�由此可知，劃線單詞“flexible”的意思是“易變的，可改變的”。A. acceptable可接受的；B. reasonable合理的；C. changeable易變的，可改變的；D. suitable合適的。故選C。

【4】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段You may probably meet most of the powerful graduation speakers, here who are well-known people in their fields. I think the schools couldn’t have picked better speakers than them, because they set good examples, deeply inspiring us in our daily life.可知你可能會(huì)遇到很多有影響力的畢業(yè)演講嘉賓，他們都是各自領(lǐng)域的知名人士。我認(rèn)為學(xué)校不可能選出比他們更好的演講者，因?yàn)樗麄儤淞⒘肆己玫陌駱�，深深地激�?lì)著我們的日常生活。結(jié)合文章主要說明了四位著名人物的一些人生經(jīng)驗(yàn)，由此可推知，我們能從這些演講中學(xué)到一些人生經(jīng)驗(yàn)教訓(xùn)。故選B。