Question

I’m sitting in a quiet room at the Millcroft Hotel, a peaceful place hidden back among pine trees about an hour out of Toronto. It’s just past noon, late July, and I’m ?? the desperate (絕望的) sounds of a life-and-death ?? going on a few feet away.

? There’s a small? ?? ?? burning out the last of its short life’s energies in a (an) ? ? to fly through the glasses of the window. ? ?? ? , it’s not working. The great effort offers no hope for survival. Ironically (諷刺地), the struggle is part of the trap. It is ?? ?? for the fly to try hard enough to succeed in? ?? ?? through the glass. This fly is doomed (注定失敗). It will ? ?? ? there on the windowsill.

? Across the room, ten steps? ? , the door is open. Ten seconds of flying time and this small creature could reach the outside world it? ?? ? . With only a small effort now being ?? ? , it could be free of this self-set ?? ? . The breakthrough possibility is there. It would be so? ?? ? .

? Why doesn’t the fly try another approach, ? ?? ?? dramatically different? How did it get so locked in on the idea? ?? ? this particular route and determined effort offer the most promise for success?

? No doubt this way makes? ?? to the fly. Regrettably, it is an idea that will kill it.

? Trying hard isn’t necessarily the solution? ? ? achieving your goal. It may not offer any real ??? for getting what you want out of life. Sometimes, in fact, it is a big part of the problem.

? If you? ?? ?? your hopes like the fly for a break-through, you may? ?? ?? your chances for success.

1.A. seeing?????????? B. crying out????????? C. watching?????????? D. listening to?

2.A. struggle????????? B. cry?????????????? C. yell??????????????? D. test

3.A. bird???????????? B. fly??????????????? C. insect????????????? D. worm

4.A. experience??????? B. direction????????? C. force?????????????? D. attempt

5.A. Thus??????????? B. So??????????????? C. Although??????????? D. However

6.A. usual??????????? B. likely???????????? C. impossible?????????? D. uncommon

7.A. digging????????? B. breaking?????????? C. pushing???????????? D. jumping

8.A. kill????? ?????? B. die??????????????? C. lie???????????????? D. stick

9.A. away??????????? B. far??????????????? C. near?????????????? D. distant

10.A. dreams to??????? B. thinks of?????????? C. looks after?????????? D. longs for

11.A. done??????????? B. owned???????????? C. wasted????????????? D. planned

12.A. tunnel?????????? B. trap?????????????? C. cave??????????????? D. goal

13.A. easy??????????? B. necessary?????????? C. hard??????????????? D. obvious?

14.A. attempt????????? B. anything??? ??????? C. struggle??????????? D. something

15.A. that???????????? B. what?????????????? C. which????????????? D. where

16.A. sense??????????? B. trouble???????????? C. room?????????????? D. effort

17.A. of????????????? B. from?????????????? C. off???????????????? D. to

18.A. advice?????????? B. support??????????? C. hope??????????????? D. power

19.A. risk???????????? B. get??????????????? C. make?????????????? D. take

20.A. fail???????????? B. kill??????????????? C. overlook?????????? ? D. fulfill

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.A

16.A

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了一只蒼蠅掙扎著想穿過玻璃的故事。一只蒼蠅在拼死掙扎，它試圖撞破玻璃到外面的世界去。然而，就在不遠處，有一扇開著的門，它其實可以很輕易地飛出去。不過，它卻選擇了那條沒有好結果的方法。辛苦的付出如果沒有正確的方法做前提，也只能是徒勞的。有時候，打破常規，進行換位思考，也能獲得成功。

1.考查動詞辨析。A看到；B執行；C觀察；D聽。根據sounds可知，作者是在聽著某種聲音，故選D。

2.考查名詞辨析。A掙扎；B大哭，喊叫；C叫喊，吼叫；D測驗。根據第二段“the struggle is part of the trap”可知，這里應該填struggle一詞，故選A。

3.考查名詞辨析。A鳥；B蒼蠅；C昆蟲；D幼蟲。根據第二段“It is ? ?? for the fly to try hard enough”可知，有一只蒼蠅在試圖飛出窗戶，故選B。

4.考查名詞辨析。A經歷，經驗；B方向；C力量；D試圖。in an attempt to do sth試圖做某事，故選D。

5.考查副詞辨析。A因此；B所以；C雖然；D然而。? ? ? , it’s not working然而，蒼蠅的企圖以失敗告終，這里是轉折含義，故選D。

6.考查形容詞辨析。A通常的；B可能的；C不可能的；D不尋常的。It is ? ?? for the fly to try hard enough to succeed in? ? ? through the glass.蒼蠅憑借努力想飛出窗戶是不可能的，故選C。

7.考查動詞辨析。A挖掘；B打破；C推；D跳。succeed in? ? ?? through the glass成功穿過玻璃，break through沖破，突破，故選B。

8.考查動詞辨析。A殺死；B死亡；C躺，位于；D敲擊。This fly is doomed (注定失敗). It will ? ? ? there on the windowsill.這只蒼蠅命中注定要死在窗臺上，故選B。

9.考查副詞辨析。A遠離；B遠地；C在附近；D遙遠的。Across the room, ten steps? ? ,ten steps away十步遠的地方，故選A。

10.考查動詞短語辨析。A；B考慮，認為；C照顧；D渴望。this small creature could reach the outside world it? 這個小生物就能到達它渴望的那個外面世界，故選D。

11.考查過去分詞辨析。A做完；B擁有的；C浪費的；D計劃好的。With only a small effort now being ? ? ,用現在正在被浪費的努力中的一點，根據前文可知，蒼蠅撞玻璃是在做無用功，故選C。

12.考查名詞辨析。A隧道；B陷阱，圈套；C洞穴；D目標，球門。根據第二段“the struggle is part of the trap”可知，蒼蠅沒有從門飛出去而是選擇了撞玻璃，它自己給自己設置了一個陷阱，故選B。

13.考查形容詞辨析。A容易的；B必要的；C困難的；D明顯的。The breakthrough possibility is there. It would be so? ? ? .突出重圍的可能性就在那里(從門縫飛出去)，而且會很容易突出重圍，故選A。

14.考查名詞辨析。A試圖；B任何事情；C努力，正在；D某事，某物。Why doesn’t the fly try another approach, ? ? ?? dramatically different?蒼蠅為什么沒有選擇另一條路，有什么截然不同的事情（導致的嗎？），故選D。

15.考查連接詞辨析。that引導同位語從句，對idea進行補充說明，A定語從句中作主語或賓語，名詞性從句中無意義；B名詞性從句中作主語或賓語；C定語從句中作主語或賓語，名詞性從句中作定語；D作地點狀語。故選A。

16.考查名詞辨析。A感覺，意義；B麻煩；C房間，空間；D努力。No doubt this way makes? to the fly.毫無疑問的是，這種方法對蒼蠅有意義，make sense有意義，說得通，故選A。

17.考查介詞辨析。A......的；B來自.....；C離開；D到/向/朝......。the solution to achieving your goal達到目的的方案，solution常與介詞to連用，故選D。

18.考查名詞辨析。A建議；B支持；C希望；D權力。It may not offer any real ? for getting what you want out of life.辛苦的付出可能不會帶來任何你想得到想要的東西的希望，故選C。

19.考查動詞辨析。A冒險；B得到；C使得，制造；D帶走，花費。If you? ?? your hopes like the fly for a break-through如果你想這只蒼蠅那樣，拿希望來冒險，故選A。

20.考查動詞辨析。A失敗，未能；B殺死；C忽視，俯視；D履行，完成。you may? ?? your chances for success你可能會把獲得成功的機會給扼殺掉，根據倒數第三段“Regrettably, it is an idea that will kill it.”可知，使用kill最合適，故選B。

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