【正文】 6 negative thoughts, attitudes, and expectations 7 themselves。 they bee a selffulfilling prophecy(預(yù)言). Pessimism creates a dark place where no one wants to live. Years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me, “ How do you feel?” That seemed like a(n) 8 question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You don39。t look well,” he replied. This 9 me pletely by surprise. A little 10 confidently, I told him that I had 11 felt better. Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared yellow. By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little 12 About a block away, I 13 over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I affected with jaundice(黃疸)? Was every all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little nauseous(惡心). Did I have a bad liver? Had I 14 some rare disease? On another beautiful day, when I went into that gas station, feeling 15 again, Ifigured out what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright, distasteful 16 and the light reflecting 17 the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis(肝炎)! I wondered how many other folks had 18 the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total 19 change my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single 20 observation had a great effect on the way I felt and acted. The only thing more powerful than negativism is a word of optimism and hope. When a whole culture adopts an upward look, incredible things can be acplished. 1. A. shapeB. decideC. previewD. transform2. A. forgiveB. curseC. praiseD. regret3. A. vainB. angerC. actionD. hope4. A. highlightB. analyzeC. evaluateD. introduce5. A. necessityB. opportunityC. qualityD. identity6. A. ActuallyB. ConsequentlyC. SimilarlyD. Contrarily7. A. rely onB. feed onC. go onD. take on8. A. familiarB. ordinaryC. oddD. easy9. A. gotB. tookC. stoppedD. made10. A. moreB. lessC. quiteD. too11. A. neverB. everC. onceD. always12. A. uneasyB. unconcernedC. unsatisfiedD. unaffected13. A. gotB. cameC. tookD. pulled14. A. e upB. brought upC. picked upD. put up15. A. fineB. upsetC. sickD. calm16. A. grayB. blueC. yellowD. red17. A. inB. overC. offD. through18. A. quitB. adaptedC. answeredD. reacted19. A. liarB. onlookerC. attendantD. stranger20. A. positiveB. negativeC. carefulD. rigid【答案】（1）A；（2）B；（3）D；（4）A；（5）A；（6）D；（7）B；（8）C；（9）B；（10）B；（11）A；（12）A；（13）D；（14）C；（15）A；（16）C；（17）C；（18）D；（19）D；（20）B； 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者通過(guò)講述自己的親身經(jīng)歷，告訴讀者：我們應(yīng)該用什么樣的眼光去看待生活——是昂首去尋找希望抑還是垂頭在絕望中逡巡。(1)考查動(dòng)詞。A. shape “塑造“；B. decide“決定“；C. preview“預(yù)習(xí)“；D. transform“改變“。根據(jù)下文“We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or .“可知從而給我們都必須選擇來(lái)塑造對(duì)未來(lái)的展望和預(yù)期，故答案選 A。(2)考查動(dòng)詞。A. forgive“原諒“；B. curse “咒罵“；C. praise“表?yè)P(yáng)“；D. regret“后悔“。我們可以選擇哭或是笑，祝?；蚴窃{咒。和bless對(duì)應(yīng)的是curse，選B。(3)考查名詞。A. vain“徒勞“；B. anger“生氣“；C. action“行動(dòng)“；D. hope“希望“。我們可以選擇用什么樣的眼光去看待生活——是昂首去尋找希望抑或垂頭在絕望中逡巡。和desperation對(duì)應(yīng)的是hope，故答案選D。(4)考查動(dòng)詞。A. highlight“強(qiáng)調(diào)，突出，把……照亮“；B. analyze“分析“；C. evaluate“評(píng)價(jià)，評(píng)估“；D. introduce“介紹“。我喜歡向上看。我會(huì)突出生活中光明的一面，忽略那些陰暗的角落，故答案選A。(5)考查名詞。A. necessity“必需品“；B. opportunity“機(jī)會(huì)“；C. quality“質(zhì)量“；D. identity “身份“。樂(lè)觀的態(tài)度不是一種奢侈品。它是我們生活的必需。和luxury對(duì)應(yīng)的是necessity，選A。(6)考查副詞。A. Actually“事實(shí)上“；B. Consequently“因此“；C. Accordingly“因此，有根據(jù)的“；D. Contrarily“反之，相反地，反對(duì)地“。反過(guò)來(lái)，悲觀的想法、態(tài)度和預(yù)期也會(huì)自食其果：這句話和上文是相反的關(guān)系，選D。(7)考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。A. rely on“依賴“；B. feed on“以......為主食“；C. go on“繼續(xù)“；D. take on“承擔(dān)“。feed on oneself固定短語(yǔ)，“自食其果“，選B。(8)考查形容詞。A. familiar“熟悉的“；B. ordinary“普通的“；C. odd“古怪的，奇數(shù)的，剩余的，零散的“；D. easy“容易的“。根據(jù)下文“but I felt fine and told him so.“可知這看起來(lái)象古怪的問(wèn)題，選C。(9)考查動(dòng)詞。A. got “得到“；B. took“拿“；C. stopped“停止“；D. made“制作“。根據(jù)上文“You don39。t look well,”可知作者大吃一驚。take sb. by surprise固定短語(yǔ)，“讓某人非常驚訝“，選B。(10)考查形容詞。A. more“更多“；B. less“更少“；C. quite“相當(dāng)多的“；D. too“也“。根據(jù)下文“I told him that I had felt better.“可知作者不怎么自信了，選B。(11)考查副詞。A. never“從不“；B. ever“曾經(jīng)“；C. once“一次“；D. always“總是“。我告訴他我從沒(méi)有感覺(jué)更好，這里用否定詞和比較級(jí)連用，表示最高級(jí)，選A。(12)考查形容詞。A. uneasy“不容易的，不輕松“；B. unconcerned“不關(guān)心的“；C. unsatisfied“不滿意的“；D. unaffected“沒(méi)有影響的“。根據(jù)下文“About a block away, I over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror.“可知作者感覺(jué)很不輕松，選A。(13)考查動(dòng)詞。A. got“得到“；B. came“來(lái)“；C. took“拿“；D. pulled“拉“。我將車?？吭诼愤?，選D。(14)考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。A. e up“被提出“；B. brought up“養(yǎng)育“；C. picked up“撿起，習(xí)得，恢復(fù)，接送“；D. put up“搭建“。根據(jù)上文“I was beginning to feel a little nauseous(惡心). Did I have a bad liver?“可知作者懷疑自己得了罕見(jiàn)的疾病，選C。(15)考查形容詞。A. fine“好的“；B. upset“不安的“；C. sick“生病的“；D. calm“冷靜的“。根據(jù)下文“I figured out what had happened.“可知作者明白了發(fā)生的事情，感覺(jué)好了，選A。(16)考查形容詞。A. gray“灰白的“；B. blue“藍(lán)色的“；C. yellow“黃色的“；D. red“紅色的“。根據(jù)上文“Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared yellow.“可知加油站的墻上粉刷了黃色，發(fā)射到人的臉上都是黃色，選C。(17)考查介詞。A. in“在......里面“；B. over“越過(guò)“；C. off“離開(kāi)“；D. through“通過(guò)“。光線從墻上反折過(guò)來(lái)使每個(gè)人都好像得了黃疸肝炎，選C。(18)考查動(dòng)詞。 A. quit“放棄“；B. adapted“適應(yīng)“；C. answered“回答“；D. reacted“反應(yīng)“。我想知道多少其他的人反應(yīng)和我一樣，選D。(19)考查名詞A. liar “撒謊者“；B. onlooker“旁觀者“；C. attendant“服務(wù)人員“；D. stranger“陌生人“。根據(jù)上文和作者對(duì)話的服務(wù)員是完全的陌生人，選D。(20)考查形容詞。A. positive“ 積極的“；B. negative“消極的“；C. careful “仔細(xì)的“；D. rigid“嚴(yán)格的，僵硬的“。這一個(gè)負(fù)面的觀察對(duì)我感覺(jué)和反應(yīng)的方式都產(chǎn)生了變化。所以選B?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及動(dòng)詞，名詞，形容詞，副詞，介詞，固定短語(yǔ)等多個(gè)知識(shí)點(diǎn)的考查，要求考生在理解細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析推理，從而選出正確答案。6．閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 When I first met my new parrot, Chico, his wings had been cut short and he was stuck on the earth just like us humans. When the weather turned nice, I would take Chico outside. I 1 him on a branch of a tree, hoping to make him happier