【正文】 d Bette made it to my first big signing. A day or two later, she was back in the 12 The day came when her brother called to let me know Bette had 15 . He asked me to write her obituary(訃告). I thought about how she39。d learned through her passing. She defined her purpose in life by simply living her life. That39。A. read“閱讀”；B. printed“印刷”；C. rejected“拒絕”；D. written“寫”。 （3）考查名詞。 D. silence“沉默”。根據(jù)上文“She was in a job she”可知，她正干著一份她討厭的工作，故選A。 （6）考查副詞。A. house“房子”；B. car“車”；C. paper“紙”；上文說我放棄工作去寫書，此處是說我售出了我寫的書，故選D。 （9）考查形容詞。A. plained“抱怨”；根據(jù)上文“She spent time with her family, went hiking”可知，她和家人在一起，一起遠(yuǎn)足、一起歡笑、一起生活，故選C。 （12）考查名詞。A. hollowed“成為空洞”；B. returned“返回”；C. escaped“逃跑”；D. recovered“恢復(fù)”。根據(jù)上文可知，等我回來的時(shí)候，Bette已經(jīng)快不行（接近死亡）了，故選B。 （16）考查名詞。A. Other than“除了”；B. Rather than“而不是”；C. Regardless of“不管”；D. In case of“萬(wàn)一”。d learned through her passing. She defined her purpose in life by simply living her life.”可知，在那時(shí)，我意識(shí)到我從她的離世中學(xué)到了什么：她以簡(jiǎn)單地過好自己的生活來定義她的生活目標(biāo)，故選D。 （20）考查名詞。5．完形填空 m a little sad today. Mark is leaving, and I39。re sincerely 3 for him. But that doesn39。that “to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” Kahlil Gibran urged his listeners to “l(fā)et today embrace the 8 A friend of mine reminds his fellow that “survivability depends upon 9 .” And a surfer summed up 10 I think life is a series of 11 —both good and bad. No matter how excellent your organizational skills, there will always be lifeinfluencing factors over which you have no 12 . The truly successful person is 13 That means when things 14 than the sudden death of a loved one. But the 17 Change, indeed, is painful, yet ever 18 . And if memory has its force and worth, so has 19 . We39。 （1）考查動(dòng)詞。 （2）考查形容詞。 C. medical“醫(yī)學(xué)的”；D. professional“職業(yè)的”。A. pleased“高興的”；B. pity“憐憫”；C. anxious“擔(dān)憂的”；D. numb“麻木的”。A. odder“奇怪的”；B. easier“更容易的”；C. ruder“粗糙的”；D. fairer“更公平的”。A. change“改變”；B. challenge“挑戰(zhàn)”；C. choice“選擇”；D. chance“機(jī)會(huì)”。根據(jù)下文可知哲學(xué)家們的答復(fù)多樣化。A. explaining“解釋”；B. remending“推薦”；C. remembering“記得”；D. anticipating“預(yù)期”。A. tomorrow“明天”；B. then“當(dāng)時(shí)”；C. now“現(xiàn)在”；D. past“過去”?！盇. petence“能力”；B. confidence“信心”；C. blessings“祝?！?；D. adaptability“適應(yīng)性”。A. attitude“態(tài)度”；B. health“健康”；C. life“生活”；D. security“安全”。A. stories“故事”；B. events“事件”；C. questions“問題”；D. memories“記憶”。A. right“正確”；B. control“控制”；C. advantage“優(yōu)勢(shì)”；D. priority“優(yōu)先”。A. forced“強(qiáng)迫”；B. prepared“準(zhǔn)備”；C. allowed“允許”；D. encouraged“鼓勵(lì)”。A. e up“出現(xiàn)”；B. put out“熄滅”；C. pull up“拔起”；D. take out“取出”。 （14）考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。 （13）考查動(dòng)詞。 （12）考查名詞。 （11）考查名詞。 （10）考查名詞。 （9）考查名詞。 （8）考查名詞。 （7）考查動(dòng)詞。 （6）考查動(dòng)詞。 （5）考查名詞。 （4）考查形容詞。故選D。s been the heart and soul of the office for a couple of years”可知這里意思是將專業(yè)技能與甜美的天性相結(jié)合。ll focus on our hopes for a brighter future for him, and for us. And then we39。t exactly in your plan， you work around them—and then you move on. Of course, some 15 determines happiness in life. But how do we do that? Philosophers39。to say goodbye to a dear friend and trusted colleague.s moving on to an exciting new 2 s been the heart and soul of the office for a couple of years, 1 professional skills with a sweet nature.根據(jù)上文可知，唯一重要的是，在我們活著的時(shí)候，我們要過好自己的生活，故選A。A. works“起作用”；B. matters“重要，要緊”；C. exists“存在”；D. changes“改變”。 D. realized“意識(shí)到”。 （18）考查動(dòng)詞。根據(jù)下文“ It was the story of a woman who lived ___17___ what life threw at her, she lived.”可知，這篇訃告不是一系列的成就，而是一個(gè)女人的故事，不管生活給了她什么，他都堅(jiān)強(qiáng)地活著，故選C。A. given up“放棄”；B. shown off“炫耀”；C. turned down“調(diào)低”；D. passed away“去世”。 （14）考查名詞。根據(jù)下文“as she was seriously ill.”可知，因?yàn)椴〉煤車?yán)重，Bette又回到了醫(yī)院，故選A。A. revised“修正”；B. published“出版”；C. reviewed“復(fù)習(xí)”；D. translated“翻譯”。根據(jù)上文“Bette kept on living as best as she could.”及下文和家人在一起的情節(jié)可知，Bette的生活過得比我們?nèi)魏我粋€(gè)人都充實(shí)，故選A。A. jobs“工作”；B. methods“方法”；C. topics“主題”；D. channels“渠道”。根據(jù)下文“she shook her head.”可知，然而，她也搖了搖頭，故選B。A. present“禮物”；B. answer“答案”；C. dream“夢(mèng)想”；D. excuse“借口”。 （4）考查動(dòng)詞。 C. envious“嫉妒的”；D. embarrassed“尷尬的”。 （2）考查形容詞。is that we breathe in our time here and fill it with 20 .1. A. readB. printedC. rejectedD. written2. A. excitedB. confidentC. enviousD. embarrassed3. A. darknessB. smokeC. dangerD. silence4. A. hatedB. lostC. foundD. created5. A. presentB. answerC. dreamD. excuse6. A. ThereforeB. HoweverC. BesidesD. otherwise7. A. houseB. carC. paperD. book8. A. jobsB. methodsC. topicsD. channels9. A. fullerB. poorerC. sadderD. simpler10. A. plainedB. shoutedC. laughedD. learned11. A. revisedB. publishedC. reviewedD. translated12. A. hospitalB. schoolC. gardenD. pany13. A. hollowedB. returnedC. escapedD. recovered14. A. successB. deathC. troubleD. wealth15. A. given upB. shown offC. turned downD. passed away16. A. requirementsB. suggestionsC. achievementsD. agreements17. A. Other thanB. Rather thanC. Regardless ofD. In case of18. A. guessedB. decidedC. expectedD. realized19. A. worksB. mattersC. existsD. changes20. A. lifeB. trustC. luckD. nature【答案】 （1）C；（2）D；（3）D；（4）A；（5）B；（6）B；（7）D；（8）A；（9）A；（10）C；（11）B；（12）A；（13）B；（14）B；（15）D；（16）C；（17）C；（18）D；（19）B；（20）A； 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者由與幾個(gè)朋友對(duì)生活目標(biāo)的討論入手，講述了幾個(gè)朋友的生活狀況，最后從一個(gè)因癌癥而去世的朋友那里認(rèn)識(shí)到在我們活著的時(shí)候，我們要過好自己的生活。 That was when I 18 t a list of 16 . It was the story of a woman who lived 17 My friend got together one day and I blurted out(脫口而出), I don39。repeatedly. Everybody was asking, How39。 故選A。t necessarily(一定地)B. special特別的。things that matter.（有時(shí)候真愛是一些重要的小事）都是陳述真愛的意義，兩句在句式結(jié)構(gòu)上相似，所以此處用意味著符合句型結(jié)構(gòu)和語(yǔ)境。聯(lián)系上下文可知，此句和它的下句Sometimes it is A. avoid避免。D. despite盡管。 （18）句意：愛讓我們的生活更美好更值得，沒有它生活會(huì)失去意義。C. if如果。 （17）句意：然后這位女士看了一眼她的聽眾說：約翰和我度過了精彩的一生。C. lost丟失。 （16）句意：然后這位女士看了一眼她的聽眾說：約翰和我度過了精彩的一生