A

Directions:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A，B，C，and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Why is setting goals important?Because goals can help you do，be， and experience everything you want in life.___1___just letting life happen to you，goals allow you to make your life happen.

Successful people___2___how their life should be and set lots of goals. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It’s like having a___3___ to show you where you want to go. Think of it this way. There are___4 ___drivers. One has a destination (目的地) in mind (her goal) which can be found on a map. She can drive straight there without any___5___time or wrong turns. The other driver has no goal or destination or map. She starts off at the same time from the same place as the first driver，___6___ she drives aimlessly around，never getting anywhere，just using up gas. Which driver do you want to be?

Winners in life set goals and follow through on them. They decide what they want in life and then get there by making___7___ and setting goals.___8___people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren’t difficult to set—and they aren’t difficult to reach. It’s up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are the one who must___9___what to achieve and in what direction to aim your life.

Research tells us that when we write a goal down we are more ___10___ to achieve it. Written goals can be___11___regularly，and have more power. Like a contract (合同)with yourself，they are harder to neglect or forget. Also___ 12___ you write your goals in a particular way you are able to make yourself continuously aware of situations that will bring you nearer to your goal.

1. A. Because ofB. Instead of C. In spite ofD. In addition to

2. A. imagine B. discussC. experience D. show

3. A. guide B. friendC. map D. sign

4. A. two B. such C. someD. good

5. A. free B. dullC. fixedD. wasted

6. A. or B. for C. butD. so

7. A. plans B. moneyC. friends D. maps

8. A. Lucky B. Young C. Ordinary D. Unsuccessful

9. A. practice B. changeC. admit D. decide

10. A. willing B. anxiouslyC. likely D. clever

11. A. improved B. reviewedC. set D. reached

12. A. although B. untilC. whenD. unless

B

Directions:Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

Great heroes，who have followed their ideas and sacrificed something to realize them，are admired___1___their selflessness，courage，and perseverance(堅(jiān)持不懈). No one better represents these qualities___2___Lee Hee?鄄Ah，a Korean pianist in her 20s，born with severe disabilities，including only two fingers present on each hand，short legs，and mild brain damage. Later at three she had to get the legs below the knees___3___ (remove).

When she was 7，her mother started her on the piano to train her hands， which at the time couldn’t even hold a pencil. It is not hard ___4___ (imagine)how diligent and persevered she had to be.

Her efforts have paid off. She has played in many solo-concerts___ 5___(success) and has won many contests. She has even released an album.

___6___ an incredible girl she is—a living and wonderful example to the rest of us who may not be so physically challenged! It is because of her contribution through her very existence___7___our world has become a better place. Lee Hee-Ah’s music convinces us again that art is not a body or brain but the ___8___(express)of a soul.

[答案與解析]

A

本文通過(guò)對(duì)兩種司機(jī)的對(duì)比分析，論述了人只有先確定目標(biāo)后，才能夠更容易取得成功這一道理。

1. B根據(jù)后文“goals allow you to make your life happen”，可以得出答案。instead of，而不是……，替代……

2. Aimagine，“想象，認(rèn)為某事物可能發(fā)生或存在”;discuss，“討論”;experience，“經(jīng)歷”;show，“顯示，表明”。根據(jù)文章意思，成功人士對(duì)于他們的生活都有想法并且定了許多目標(biāo)。

3. C文章在這里用類(lèi)比的方法說(shuō)明確定目標(biāo)的重要性，故選map。

4. A這里比較兩個(gè)司機(jī)，一個(gè)有明確的目標(biāo)，另一個(gè)則沒(méi)有，看結(jié)果如何。

5. D根據(jù)文章意思及文中的wrong turns， 可以確定選wasted。

6. C前文提到“she starts off at the same time from the same place as the first driver”， 后文提到“she drives aimlessly”，可知此處表示轉(zhuǎn)折，故用but。

7. A根據(jù)文中的setting goals (確定目標(biāo))，可知答案選making plans (制定計(jì)劃)。

8. D同前文的winners in life 相比較，應(yīng)選D。unsuccessful people 指不成功人士。

9. D根據(jù)文章意思，你必須自己決定(decide)目標(biāo)及生活方向。

10. Cbe likely to 指“很可能發(fā)生……”此句意為“研究表明當(dāng)我們將目標(biāo)寫(xiě)下來(lái)時(shí)，我們更有可能獲得成功”。

11. B此題考查動(dòng)詞詞義。

12. C此處選when，用作時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句，其他項(xiàng)明顯不合題意。

B

1. for考查“admire sb for sth.”，此處以被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)的形式出現(xiàn)。

2. than與前面的“better”相呼應(yīng)。

3. removed此動(dòng)詞用過(guò)去分詞作賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)，與“the knees”構(gòu)成被動(dòng)關(guān)系。get sth.done=have sth.done使……被別人做。

4. to imagine此句的It是形式主語(yǔ)，真正的主語(yǔ)則是要填入的動(dòng)詞不定式，因此須填to。

5. successfully修飾動(dòng)詞“played”，要用副詞形式。

6. What考查感嘆句的用法，“what”后接名詞“girl”。

7. that這是一個(gè)強(qiáng)調(diào)結(jié)構(gòu)的句子。“because of her contribution through her very existence”是被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分。

8. expression冠詞后面應(yīng)該用名詞。

編輯/梁宇清