Question

One spring afternoon five years ago,Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei's Sherwood Hotel. Life seemed1   . The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their 2    for granted, just as he 3    himself. Now,however, he felt 4   and he couldn't even show his disappointment in his 5    .

Seeking more personally satisfying 6   ，he had just left a successful job as a commercial artist when it seemed that fate(命運)played a cruel 7    on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was 8    to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to 9    the fact that there is no such a thing as fate,only 10    . Since then,he has published several imaginative, illustrated(帶插圖的)books.

According to Jimmy，you are11.   you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy realized that,while the world 12    seems unfair,your choice can change your life.

This idea can be 13    in Jimmy' s books，where his characters show the powerlessness they feel 14    making their choices. The message that goes with Jimmy, s drawings，however，is 15   . Though the world may make us feel small，we must be 16   . Everything will be all right for us―as it is for the "small people" in Jimmy，s books if we make choices that are 17   for us.

In spite of his new 18   and wealth, Jimmy prefers working 19   at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing. To Jimmy, living a life as he chooses means much

more than money and fame could 20   .

(   ) 1. A. unhappy    B. unusual C. unfair    D. uneasy

(   ) 2.A. health    B. wealth C. happiness    D. illness

(   ) 3. A. ought to    B. had to C. needed to    D. used to

(   ) 4. A. ashamed    B. disappointed C. helpless    D. endless

(   ) 5. A. crying    B. painting C. imagination    D. consideration

(   ) 6. A. home    B. condition C. situation    D. work

(   ) 7. A. game    B. trick C. role    D. part

(   ) 8. A. unable    B. impossible C. unfit    D. difficult

(   ) 9. A. understand    B. face C. refuse    D. recognize

(   ) 10. A. failures    B. efforts C. choices    D. interests

(   ) 11. A. that    B. what C. which    D. whoever

(   ) 12. A. always    B. seldom C. sometimes    D. usually

(   ) 13. A. found    B. drawn C. written    D. accepted

(   ) 14. A. after    B. about C. with    D. before

(   ) 15. A. powerful    B. hopeful C. useful    D. successful

(   ) 16. A.-great B. strong    C. brave D. equal

(   ) 17. A. scientific    B. basic C. right    D. simple

(   ) 18. A. product    B. fame C. name    D. job

(   ) 19. A. rapidly    B. separately C. slowly    D. quietly

(   ) 20. A. offer    B. gain C. gather    D. earn

Answer 1

本文介紹了畫家?guī)酌椎墓适�。幾米在得知自己患了癌癥之后有過短暫的痛苦，但他選擇了勇敢地面對現(xiàn)實，對生命重新充滿了希望，這個故事告訴我們，即使我們感到這個世界對我們不公平，也要做出正確的選擇，積極地生活，因為過自己想過的生活比金錢和榮耀所能提供的東西有意義得多。

1. C根據(jù)下一段內(nèi)容可知，幾米這位著名的畫家哭泣的原因是他得了癌癥，生命似乎對他不公平。

2. A此處是拿平常人對待健康的態(tài)度與幾米現(xiàn)在的情況形成對比。take... for granted認(rèn)為……是理所當(dāng)然的。

3. D本句為一個省略句，used to do...過去常常……。其后省略了take his health for granted,意為"就像他過去認(rèn)為健康是理所當(dāng)然的事情那樣"。

4. C根據(jù)后面的一句解釋可知答案。

5. B下文提到幾米是一位畫家，畫家能通過自己的繪畫來表達(dá)自己的思想。

6. D work著作，作品。

7. B play a trick on somebody捉弄,戲弄某人。

8. A根據(jù)句意可知，幾米這時得了癌癥，不能繼續(xù)工作

9. A本句為一個同位語從句，結(jié)合前面一句可知，幾米得了癌癥，但他在賓館里哭泣的一刻也明白了人生并沒有命運，而是看你如何做出選擇。

10. C下文提到雖然生命對你不公，但你的選擇可以改變你的生活。因此，人生沒有命運，只看你如何選擇。

11. B本句為表語從句，從從句中所缺成分可排除A項;才艮據(jù)后一句話，你可以放棄，也可以繼續(xù)工作成為一個快樂的人可知本句意思是，你選擇什么樣的生活，你就能成為什么樣的人。

12. C盡管這個世界有時看起來不公平，但你的選擇可以改變你的生活。

13. A根據(jù)幾米在書中所表達(dá)的觀點可知他的這種看法可以在他的書中找到。

14. D人遇到困難，在做出選擇前都會感到茫然無助。

15. B幾米對待癌癥，選擇了繼續(xù)工作來充實自己。因此，他對生命充滿了希望，這一點在他的繪畫中也可表現(xiàn)出來。

16. C盡管世界讓我們感到自己很渺小，但我們也應(yīng)該勇敢，堅強.，幾米在面對疾病時所表現(xiàn)出的正是這個特征。

17. C上文提到在面對疾病時，你可以放棄也可以繼續(xù)工作，關(guān)鍵看你選擇什么。本句是回答這個問題：只要你做出正確的選擇，生命就會充滿希望。

18. B幾米原本是一名成功的畫家，得病之后繼續(xù)工作，又贏得了新的名譽和財富。

19. D根據(jù)幾來所患疾病可排除A項;slowly只強調(diào)動作，不符合語意；separately與下文with his wife and daughter矛盾。

20. A過自己想過的生活比金錢和榮耀所能提供的東西有意義得多。