Question

The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a promising business career and study music. My parents, although sharing my love of music, didn’t __36__ it as a profession. My grandfather, having taught music for years at college and, though much __37__, earned merely enough to support his family. As a result of this _38___in the family, I went to college -----quite __39__, for although I loved my violin and spent most of my spare time practicing, I had many other _40___. Before my graduation from Columbia, I felt _41___my duty to leave college and take a job. Aside from the satisfaction of being able to ___42__the family, money is all I got out of it. My only ambition was to save enough to _43___ the job and go to Europe to study __44___. I used to get up at dawn to practice_45__ I left for “downtown “to work. . I continued to make money, and _46__, bit by bit, accumulated enough to enable me to ___47_.

The situation of my family improved, and my help was _48___necessary, so I resigned from my __49__and, feeling like a man released from jail, sailed for _50___. I stayed four years, worked harder than I had ever dreamed of working before and _51___every minute of it. I was a _52__man and I was doing what I__53__ to do and what I was meant to do. If I had stayed in business, I might be a quite wealthy man today, __54__ I wouldn’t have made a success of living . I would have _55__all those that money can never buy.

Money is a wonderful thing, but it is possible to pay too high price on it.

1.                A．receive         B．accept          C．refuse    D．keep

 

2.                A．respected       B．hated          C．doubted  D．scolded

 

3.                A．excuse         B．chance         C．promise  D．example

 

4.                A．happily         B．sadly           C．hopelessly D．nervously

 

5.                A．interests        B．pities           C．experiments   D．problems

 

6.                A．this            B．that            C．it    D．one

 

7.                A．question        B．help           C．warn D．visit

 

8.                A．give up         B．give in          C．go on D．throw away

 

9.                A．computer       B．law            C．history   D．music

 

10.               A．after           B．in case         C．before    D．the moment

 

11.               A．firstly          B．finally          C．generally  D．lately

 

12.               A．go back        B．go home        C．go abroad  D．go down

 

13.               A．no longer       B．of course       C．in fact D．much too

 

14.               A．position        B．college         C．home D．friends

 

15.               A．Asia           B．Europe         C．Africa D．North America

 

16.               A．wasted         B．lost            C．forgot D．enjoyed

 

17.               A．native          B．free           C．wise  D．weak

 

18.               A．repeated       B．offered         C．loved D．signed

 

19.               A．so             B．and            C．but   D．for

 

20.               A．missed         B．gained         C．achieved  D．won

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.C

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文從自己的親身經歷告訴我們錢很重要，但是做自己喜歡的事情更重要，要在金錢和心中真正的追求之間取得平衡，要去做能自己喜歡做的事情。

1.B 動詞辨析。A受到B接受C拒絕D保持；我的不能接受我把音樂當成事業(yè)。

2.A 動詞辨析。A被尊重B被恨C被懷疑D被責備；盡管我爺爺受人尊重但掙的錢不夠養(yǎng)家。

3.D 名詞辨析。A借口B機會C諾言D例子；爺爺就是學習音樂的例子。

4.A 副詞辨析。A開心地B悲哀地C絕望地D緊張地；我上大學時候很開心，我有別的興趣。

5.A 名詞辨析。A興趣B遺憾C實驗D問題；我上大學時候很開心，我有別的興趣。

6.C 語法分析。It是形式賓語，真正的賓語是后面的不定式短語。

7.B 動詞辨析。A詢問B幫助C警告D參觀；除了能夠幫助家里以外，我還能掙到錢。

8.A 動詞辨析。A放棄B屈服C繼續(xù)D扔掉；我唯一的愿望就是放棄這份工作去歐洲學音樂。

9.D 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)句意：我唯一的愿望就是放棄這份工作去歐洲學音樂。

10.C 連詞辨析。A在…后B以防C在…前D一…就；我在上班之前，練習音樂。

11.B 副詞辨析。A首先B最后C逐漸D最近；最后我積累了足夠地錢出國了。

12.C 短語辨析。A返回B回家C出國D下降；指積累了足夠多的錢可以出國去歐洲學音樂。

13.A 副詞辨析。A不再B當然C實際上D太…；指家庭情況好轉，我的幫助也不再有必要。

14.A 名詞辨析。A職位B大學C家庭D朋友；我辭職了，離開了那份工作。

15.B 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文提及要去歐洲學習音樂，說明要去歐洲。

16.D 動詞辨析。A浪費B失去C忘記D享受；指我享受在歐洲的每一分鐘。

17.C 形容詞辨析。A本地的B自由的C聰明的D虛弱的；指我是一個自由的人了。

18.C 動詞辨析。A重復B提供C愛D示意；指我在做我所喜歡的事情。

19.A 上下文串聯(lián)。如果我不辭職，我會是一個很富有的人，但是我的生活就不會如此成功。

20.A 動詞辨析。A錯過B得到C實現(xiàn)D贏得；指錯過這些錢難以買到的東西。

考點：考查哲理類短文

點評：本文通過自己的一個故事向我們闡述了一個哲理，錢和個人興趣哪個更重要？錢很重要，但是我們不能為了錢而失去自己的追求和愛好。本文主要是測試學生綜合運用語言的能力，即從語篇的角度綜合測試閱讀理解能力、詞匯的掌握和對英語習慣用語的熟悉程度、以及語法規(guī)則的靈活運用。考生做題時必須時刻從上下文考慮，部應該只看到所添的詞在短語或句子內是否可行。因此，在做題時最好將全文通讀一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。