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【題目】One morning I wasted nearly an hour watching a tiny ant carry a huge feather. Several times，it ____ several obstacles in its path. And after a momentary pause it would make the necessary detour. At one point, the ant had to cross a crack about 10 mm wide. After some ____ thoughts，the ant laid the feather over the crack，walked across it and picked the feather up on the other side，then continued on its way. I was ____ by the cleverness of this ant. It was only a small insect，lacking ___ yet _______with a brain to reason，explore, discover and overcome. But this ant, like the other twolegged creatures ____ on the earth, also shares human failings.

After some time the ant finally reached its destination—a flower bed and a small hole that was the entrance to its ____ home. It was there that the ant met its __ How could that large feather possibly fit such a small hole? ____, it couldn't. So the ant, after all this ____ and using great brightness, overcoming problems all along the way, just gave up the feather and went home. The ant had not thought the problem through before it began its journey and in the end the feather was nothing more than a____. Isn't our ____ like that?

We worry about our families; we worry about the ____ of money and we worry about all kinds of things. These are all unfavorable heavy weights—the things we pick up along life's path，and drag them around the obstacles and over the cracks that life will bring, only to ____ that at the destination they are ____ and we can't take them with us.

【1】A. brought about B．got over C．came across D．dealt with

【2】A. brave B．tiring C．magic D．short

【3】A. frightened B．a(chǎn)ttracted C．a(chǎn)nnoyed D．satisfied

【4】A. size B．height C． depth D．length

【5】A. filled B．provided C. equipped D．given

【6】A. working B．sleeping C．existing D．walking

【7】A .underground B．lonely C．comfortable D．small

【8】A. partner B．match C．parent D．friend

【9】A. Doubtfully B．Definitely C．Suspiciously D. Deliberately

【10】A. decision B．pleasure C．trouble D．matter

【11】A. loan B．gift C．burden D．harvest

【12】A. life B．a(chǎn)im C．dream D．study

【13】A. waste B. lack C．worth D．danger

【14】A. assume B. illustrate C．imagine D． find

【15】A. priceless B. worthless C．practical D．splendid

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【6】C

【7】A

【8】B

【9】B

【10】C

【11】C

【12】A

【13】B

【14】D

【15】B

【解析】

試題分析：到達(dá)人生目的地時(shí)，我們會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)：人生當(dāng)中我們所費(fèi)盡心力一直追求和負(fù)擔(dān)的，都毫無(wú)價(jià)值，因?yàn)橐磺卸忌�不帶�?lái)死不帶去。

【1】C考查動(dòng)詞詞組辨析。A. brought about“導(dǎo)致；引起”；B．got over“越過(guò)；克服”；C．came across “碰到；遇到”；D．dealt with“處理”，根據(jù)下句“And after a momentary pause it would make the necessary detour.”在瞬間的停頓之后，這只螞蟻總會(huì)繞道而行�？芍�，該句句意應(yīng)為：“它在路上，好幾次都‘遇到’了障礙物。”，故該題正確答案為C.

【2】D考查形容詞辨析。A. brave“勇敢的”；B．tiring“累人的”；C．magic“有魔力的；不可思議的”；D．short“短暫的；短的；矮的”，根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，該處語(yǔ)意應(yīng)為：“經(jīng)過(guò)一陣‘短暫的’思考之后，”故該題正確答案為D.

【3】B考查形容詞辨析。A. frightened“受驚的”；B．a(chǎn)ttracted“被吸引的”；C．a(chǎn)nnoyed“惱怒的；氣惱的”；D．satisfied“感到滿(mǎn)意的”，上文敘述了小螞蟻遇到障礙物會(huì)繞道而行，而遇到10毫米的裂縫時(shí)，它又把自己帶著的羽毛放在那條裂紋之上，然后從羽毛上走了過(guò)去，到了對(duì)面又拾起羽毛，然后繼續(xù)它的行程。這些顯然體現(xiàn)出這只小螞蟻的智慧。所以該句句意應(yīng)為“我被這只螞蟻的聰明‘吸引了’。”，故該題正確答案為B.

【4】A考查名詞辨析。A. size“大�。怀叽�”；B．height“高度”；C．depth“深度”；D．length“長(zhǎng)度”,該處意指小螞蟻的很小，故正確答案為A.

【5】C考查非謂語(yǔ)（過(guò)去分詞）辨析。A. filled“填充；裝滿(mǎn)”；B．provided“提供”；C. equipped“配備；裝備”；D．given“給予”，根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，該句句意應(yīng)為：“螞蟻只是個(gè)小小的昆蟲(chóng)，但它卻‘（配）有’用以推理、探索、發(fā)現(xiàn)和獲勝的大腦”，故該題正確答案為C.

【6】C 考查非謂語(yǔ)辨析。A. working“工作”；B．sleeping“睡覺(jué)”；C．existing“存在vi.”；D．walking“走”，該處為非謂語(yǔ)作定語(yǔ)修飾creatures，根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，該句句意應(yīng)為：“但是螞蟻也像‘存在于’地球上的兩條腿的生物——人一樣，也有著人類(lèi)的確定。”，故該題正確答案為C.

【7】A考查形容詞辨析。A .underground“地下的”；B．lonely“孤單的；荒涼的”；C．comfortable“舒服的”；D．small“小”，該定語(yǔ)從句修飾其先行詞“花壇里的一個(gè)小洞”，這個(gè)洞是通向他的“地下的”家的入口。該處并不強(qiáng)調(diào)螞蟻窩的舒適度和其大小，只是說(shuō)明蟻穴的常識(shí)性特點(diǎn)：在地下。故該題正確答案為A.

【8】B考查名詞辨析。A. partner“伙伴；搭檔”；B．match“比賽；火柴；對(duì)手”；C．parent“父母”；D．friend“朋友”，且meet one's match：1. 棋逢敵手，遇到對(duì)手 2. 碰到棘手的事。而根據(jù)下一句“How could that large feather possibly fit such a small hole?”可知，大羽毛和小洞穴讓螞蟻“遇到棘手的事”。故該題正確答案為B.

【9】B考查副詞辨析。A. Doubtfully“懷疑地；含糊地”；B．Definitely“當(dāng)然；肯定；確實(shí)；明確地；清楚地”；C．Suspiciously“猜疑地”；D. Deliberately“故意，蓄意，存心；不慌不忙地，小心翼翼地”，“當(dāng)然”大羽毛是無(wú)法和小洞穴相適合的，故該處應(yīng)選副詞B. Definitely.

【10】C考查名詞辨析。A. decision“決定”；B．pleasure“高興”；C．trouble“麻煩；困難”；D．matter“物質(zhì)；事情”，根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，該句句意應(yīng)為：“在一路上所有的‘困難’，動(dòng)腦筋和解決問(wèn)題之后，這只螞蟻放棄了羽毛，回去了。”，故該題正確答案為C.

【11】C考查名詞辨析。A. loan“貸款”；B．gift“禮物”；C．burden“負(fù)擔(dān)；擔(dān)子”；D．harvest“收獲”，根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，該句句意應(yīng)為：“這只螞蟻在它開(kāi)始它的旅行之前，并沒(méi)有徹底得想清楚這個(gè)問(wèn)題，而在最后，羽毛也僅僅是個(gè)‘負(fù)擔(dān)’而已。”，故該題正確答案為C.

【12】A考查名詞辨析。A. life“生活；生命”；B．a(chǎn)im“目標(biāo)”；C．dream“夢(mèng)；夢(mèng)想”；D．study“學(xué)習(xí)”，根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，該句為作者感慨人生亦是如此。故該題正確答案為A.

【13】B考查名詞辨析。A. waste“浪費(fèi)；廢物”；B. lack“不足；缺乏”；C．worth“價(jià)值”；D．danger“危險(xiǎn)”，在日常生活中，我們往往擔(dān)心的是“缺錢(qián)”，故該題正確答案為B.

【14】D考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A. assume“假定；設(shè)想；以為”；B. illustrate“說(shuō)明；闡明”；C．imagine “想象；認(rèn)為”；D． find“發(fā)現(xiàn)”，根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，該句句意為：“這些所有我們?cè)谏�活的旅途中不斷�?fù)擔(dān)起的重?fù)?dān)，帶著它們我們跨過(guò)生活的溝溝坎坎，但最終在到達(dá)人生的目的地時(shí)卻‘發(fā)現(xiàn)’它們…”，故該題正確答案為D.

【15】B考查形容詞辨析。A. priceless“極貴重的”；B. worthless“毫無(wú)價(jià)值的”；C．practicalspan>“實(shí)用的”；D．splendid“絕妙的；華麗的”，根據(jù)最后“we can't take them with us.”可知，我們?cè)诘竭_(dá)人生的目的地時(shí)會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)這些都是“毫無(wú)價(jià)值的”，（因?yàn)椋┪覀儙Р蛔鏊麄�。故該題正確答案為B.