【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。 As a young boy, Britain39。s great Prime Minister(首相), Sir Winston Churchill attended a public school called Harrow. He was not a good student and nearly 1 from the school for breaking the rules. 2 , he did finish his schoolwork and his mistakes there did not 3 him from going on to a university. He even really had an army experience, for which he was later elected 4 . He achieved it for his wisdom and 5 . Because he once refused to 6 during the painful days of World War II. His amazing determination helped inspire his entire nation and was an 7 worldwide. Towards the end of his period as prime minister, he was 8 to make a speech to the students at his old school. When the great day 9 , Sir Winston Churchill gave his short, clearcut speech: Young man, never give up. Never give up! Never give up! Never, never, never, never! Another 10 example is Sandra Day O39。Connor who fought to achieve her best education. Graduating at the top of her class, she worked her 11 into Stanford Law school, where she graduated with 12 . Though working hard, she was 13 a woman in the 1950s. She was refused by many law firms 14 they preferred to hire less qualified(有資格的) man 15 a great woman lawyer. Yet she refused to give up on her dreams. With great efforts her dream 16 came true. Just like Churchill and Sandra, they stand for those who never give up. 17 , many people in our daily life simply say they want something but without making efforts. Instead, they let the fear of 18 stop them from trying. As a wise saying goes: It39。s not how many times you fall down that 19 . It39。s how many times you get back up that makes success! With hard work, 20 and preparation, you can overe any difficulty and achieve success.1. A. removedB. replacedC. returnedD. refused2. A. ThankfullyB. BrieflyC. PersonallyD. Carefully3. A. performB. protectC. preventD. pretend4. A. doctorB. ministerC. workerD. teacher5. A. energyB. expressionC. excuseD. courage6. A. give outB. give offC. give inD. give away7. A. inspirationB. informationC. introductionD. interview8. A. requiredB. succeededC. invitedD. ordered9. A. aroseB. formedC. survivedD. arrived10. A. familiarB. similarC. practicalD. different11. A. routeB. powerC. wayD. path12. A. heightB. harvestC. humorD. honors13. A. stillB. neverC. onceD. hardly14. A. whenB. asC. althoughD. if15. A. other thanB. more thanC. rather thanD. less than16. A. finallyB. regularlyC. graduallyD. hardly17. A. ThereforeB. HoweverC. BesidesD. Again18. A. shameB. failureC. sadnessD. concern19. A. deservesB. affectsC. amazesD. matters20. A. imaginationB. creativityC. interestD. determination【答案】 （1）A；（2）A；（3）C；（4）B；（5）D；（6）C；（7）A；（8）C；（9）D；（10）B；（11）C；（12）D；（13）A；（14）B；（15）C；（16）A；（17）B；（18）B；（19）D；（20）D； 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，通過丘吉爾和桑德拉戴奧康納的例子向我們證明了成功需要有決心，并且付出努力。 （1）考查動詞。句意：他不是一名好學生，差點因為違反學校紀律被學校開除。A. removed“移除，開除”；B. replaced“取代”；C. returned“返回，歸還”；D. refused“拒絕”。根據(jù)“ breaking the rules.”可知違反學校紀律要被開除，所以選A。 （2）考查副詞。句意：謝天謝地，他完成了自己的學業(yè)，他的錯誤沒有阻止他進入大學。A. Thankfully“感激地”；B. Briefly“簡潔地”；C. Personally“個人地”；D. Carefully“小心地”。根據(jù)下文“he did finish his schoolwork and his mistakes there did not ___3___ him from going on to a university.”可知他最終還是上了大學，所以對此他充滿感激，故選A。 （3）考查動詞。句意：謝天謝地，他完成了自己的學業(yè)，他的錯誤沒有阻止他進入大學。A. perform“表現(xiàn)”；B. protect“保護”；C. prevent“ 阻止”；D. pretend“假裝”。根據(jù)句意可知他最終上了大學，所以他的錯誤沒有阻止他進入大學，故選C。 （4）考查名詞。句意：他甚至有一段軍旅生涯，因此他后來被選為英國首相。A. doctor“醫(yī)生”；B. minister“首相”；C. worker“工人”；D. teacher“老師”。根據(jù)句意和丘吉爾的背景可知他被選為了英國首相，所以選B。 （5）考查名詞。句意：因為他的智慧和勇氣，他取得了巨大的成就。A. energy“精力，能量”；B. expression“表達，表情”；C. excuse“理由，借口”；D. courage“勇氣”。根據(jù)下文“Because he once refused to ___6___ during the painful days of World War II.”可知他在二戰(zhàn)中拒絕投降，這說明他很有勇氣，所以選D。 （6）考查動詞短語。句意：因為他曾經(jīng)在二戰(zhàn)的痛苦時期拒絕投降。A. give out“分發(fā)，用光”；B. give off“發(fā)出”；C. give in“屈服”；D. give away“贈送”。根據(jù)“His amazing determination”可知他拒絕投降，勇氣可嘉，所以選C。 （7）考查名詞。句意：他的決心幫助鼓舞了整個民族，還鼓舞了世界。A. inspiration“靈感，鼓舞”；B. information“信息”；C. introduction“介紹”；D. interview“采訪”。根據(jù)上文“His amazing determination helped inspire his entire nation”，故選A。 （8）考查動詞。句意：在他首相即將結(jié)束時，他應約前往母校做演講。A. required“需要”；B. succeeded“成功”；C. invited“邀請”；D. ordered“命令”。根據(jù)句意可知他是被邀請做演講，故選C。 （9）考查動詞。句意：那個激動人心的日子到來了。A. arose“出現(xiàn)”；B. formed“形成”；C. survived“幸存”；D. arrived“到達”。根據(jù)下文“Sir Winston Churchill gave his short, clearcut speech”他做演講，可知這一天終于到來了，故選D。 （10）考查形容詞。句意：另一個相似的例子是Sandra Day O39。Connor 。A. familiar“熟悉的”；B. similar“相似的”；C. practical“切實可用的”；D. different“不同的”。根據(jù)下文“Just like Churchill and Sandra, they stand for those who never give up.”可知她跟丘吉爾有相似的品質(zhì)，故選B。 （11）考查名詞。句意：以班里第一的成績畢業(yè)，她努力地考入了Stanford Law school。A. route“路線”；B. power“權(quán)利”；C. way“方法，道路”；D. path“小路”。work one39。s way to固定短語，“努力進入”，故選C。 （12）考查名詞。句意：在Stanford Law school 她以優(yōu)異的成績和榮譽畢業(yè)。A. height“高度”；B. harvest“收獲”；C. humor“幽默”；D. honors“榮譽”。根據(jù)下文“a great woman lawyer”可知她取得了成就，所以選D。 （13）考查副詞。句意：盡管她很努力，但她仍然是個女士。A. still “仍然”；B. never“從不”；C. once“曾經(jīng)”；D. hardly“幾乎不”。根據(jù)下文“She was refused by many law firms ___14___ they preferred to hire less qualified(有資格的) man ___15___ a great woman lawyer.”可知那時很多工作拒絕女性，故選A。 （14）考查連詞。句意：她被很多法律公司拒絕因為他們更喜歡雇傭不太有資格的男士。A. when“當.....時”；B. as“因為”；C. although“盡管”；D. if“如果”。根據(jù)語境可知前后句表因果關(guān)系，故選B。 （15）考查固定短語。句意：她被很多法律公司拒絕，因為他們更喜歡雇傭不太有資格的男士而不是偉大的女士。A. other than“除了”；B. more than“不僅僅是”；C. rather than“而不是”；D. less than“少于”。根據(jù)語境可知她被拒絕了，他們選擇男士而不是女士，所以選C。 （16）考查副詞。句意：最終，通過努力，她的夢想最終實現(xiàn)了。A. finally“最后，終于”；B. regularly“規(guī)律地，定期地”； C. gradually“逐漸地”；D. hardly“幾乎不”。根據(jù)語境可知最終夢想實現(xiàn)，故選A。 （17）考查副詞。句意：然而，很多人在我們的日常生活中僅僅說他們想要…，卻不付出努力。A. Therefore“因此”；B. However“然而”；C. Besides“另外”；D. Again“再一次”。根據(jù)上文可知丘吉爾他們是為夢想付出了努力，而后句中很多人不