【正文】 you are trying new things, you are growing. If you never have a try, you will never make progress. Look around you, and 4 you see is the result of someone trying new things. I remember 5 what my life was like in 2012. I was 17 years old and in a really bad place. In a chemistry lab, I was doing an experiment. I tried twenty times, but I couldn39。t 6 . So I decided to stop doing the experiment. I felt a little 7 . Mr. Smith seemed to know my 8 . He touched my head with a smile, Young man, you have done a lot and you39。ve got a lot. 9 you know that there are twenty ways you can39。t use to do this experiment. After 10 the words, I became excited again. I kept doing the experiment and at last I succeeded.1. A. noiseB. mealsC. choicesD. faces2. A. oldB. newC. monD. brave3. A. BeforeB. UnlessC. ThoughD. While4. A. everythingB. nothingC. somebodyD. anybody5. A. hardlyB. clearlyC. quicklyD. slowly6. A. failB. appearC. succeedD. jump7. A. surprisedB. proudC. fullD. unhappy8. A. hobbyB. feelingC. dreamD. answer9. A. At leastB. At onceC. At mostD. At times10. A. tellingB. sayingC. readingD. hearing【答案】 （1）C；（2）B；（3）D；（4）A；（5）B；（6）C；（7）D；（8）B；（9）A；（10）D； 【解析】【分析】短文大意；犯錯(cuò)很正常，正因?yàn)槿藗冊(cè)敢鈬L試新事物，使得社會(huì)進(jìn)步，作者結(jié)合自己親身經(jīng)歷，體會(huì)到失敗是成功之母。 （1）句意：有時(shí)候明智的人做出愚蠢的選擇。，。根據(jù)上文提到 Everyone makes mistakes in life 可知，空缺的意義為選擇，填入choices，故選C。 （2）句意：有時(shí)候犯錯(cuò)誤意味著你嘗試新的事物。，。根據(jù)后文提到It39。s good to try new things，可知此處填入new，故選B。 （3）句意：當(dāng)你在嘗試新事物的時(shí)候，你在成長(zhǎng)。……之前，，……時(shí)。根據(jù)此處描述的是當(dāng)你在嘗試新的事物的時(shí)候，可知空缺的意義為當(dāng)……時(shí)，填入while，故選D。 （4）句意；看你周?chē)?，你看?jiàn)的一切東西都是一些人嘗試新東西的結(jié)果。，。根據(jù)上文提到 If you never have a try, you will never make progress 可知，你所看到的一切事物，都是嘗試的結(jié)果，空缺的意義為一切事物，填入everything，故選A。 （5）句意：我清晰地記得2012年我的生活是什么樣子。，。根據(jù)后文提到作者的親身經(jīng)歷，可知空缺的意義為清晰的，填入clearly，故選B。 （6）句意；我嘗試了20次，但是我不能成功。，。根據(jù)句子用了but，表示轉(zhuǎn)折，可知空缺的意義為成功，填入succeed，故選C。 （7）句意；我感到一點(diǎn)不高興。，。根據(jù)文章提到 So I decided to stop doing the experiment 可知，作者的情緒是不高興的，填入unhappy，故選D。 （8）句意：史密斯先生似乎知道我的感覺(jué)。，。根據(jù)上文提到我感到不高興，可知此處的意義為感覺(jué)，填入feeling，故選B。 （9）句意：至少你知道有20種方法是不可以用來(lái)做這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)的。 least至少， once立刻， most至多， times有時(shí)。根據(jù)句子提到20種方法不可以做實(shí)驗(yàn)，可知空缺的意義為至少，填入at least，故選A。 （10）句意：在聽(tīng)說(shuō)了這些話(huà)后，我開(kāi)始再一次變得興奮。，。根據(jù)前文提到史密斯先生對(duì)他說(shuō)的話(huà)，可知空缺的意義為聽(tīng)說(shuō)，填入hearing，故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查詞匯在篇章中的運(yùn)用能力， 答題時(shí)首先要跳過(guò)空格通讀文章掌握其大意，然后細(xì)讀文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考慮句型、語(yǔ)法、搭配、語(yǔ)境等因素。最后通讀一遍檢查驗(yàn)證。9．閱讀下面短文，理解其大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. A taxi driver lived in a house with a large 1 across the road. He39。s a single parent with two schoolage children. At the end of the day, he would 2 his taxi on the road. Why not in the garage？I asked myself. Then one day I learned that he had another 3 . In the afternoon he would e home from work, leave his taxi and go out 4 his personal business in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was 5 . I really want to see his personal car but did not make it. Two weeks later, I 6 to be outside one evening, when the garage door was 7 and he drove out in his own car: a RollsRoyce（勞斯萊斯）! It 8 me pletely when I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. 9 deep inside, he saw himself as something else：a RollsRoyce owner and a（n） 10 . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his RollsRoyce. The world looked at his taxi and called him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was 11 something he drove for a living. RollsRoyce was something he drove for a（n） 12 . We go to bed every night and 13 every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a party as close friends or go for a vacation as a family. We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our happiness and 14 on how high we climb the social ladder（階梯）—how much bigger and better a taxi we have. And we fail to notice RollsRoyce, keeping it dusty in our garage. We should pay more attention to 15 we are than what we do！Isn39。t it the true meaning of life？1. A. windowB. garageC. yardD. door2. A. parkB. driveC. checkD. repair3. A. houseB. carC. garageD. job4. A. ofB. fromC. forD. without5. A. usefulB. meaningfulC. wastefulD. painful6. A. appearedB. happenedC. refusedD. expected7. A. brokenB. shutC. paintedD. open8. A. frightenedB. encouragedC. shockedD. hurt9. A. ButB. BecauseC. SoD. Though10. A. fatherB. sonC. driverD. engineer11. A. yetB. neverC. justD. still12. A. experienceB. lifeC. positionD. fame13. A. stay upB. wake upC. take upD. warm up14. A. successB. planC. beautyD. wishes15. A. whoB. whatC. howD. where【答案】 （1）B；（2）A；（3）B；（4）C；（5）C；（6）B；（7）D；（8）C；（9）A；（10）A；（11）C；（12）B；（13）B；（14）A；（15）A； 【解析】【分析】 文章講述的是作者通過(guò)鄰居的工作生活方式，意識(shí)到了我們?cè)趯?duì)待工作和家庭生活時(shí)候應(yīng)當(dāng)采取的態(tài)度。 （1）句意：一個(gè)出租車(chē)司機(jī)住在一個(gè)有大車(chē)庫(kù)的放在里。A窗戶(hù)，B車(chē)庫(kù)，C院子，D門(mén)，根據(jù)后文的 he did not park it in the garage可知，他家里有一個(gè)大的車(chē)庫(kù)，故選B。 （2）句意：在一天結(jié)束的時(shí)候，他會(huì)把他的出租車(chē)停在路上。A停放，B開(kāi)車(chē)，C檢查，D修理，根據(jù)下文he did not park it in the ，故選A。 （3）句意：后來(lái)有一天，我獲悉他又買(mǎi)了一輛汽車(chē)。A房子，B汽車(chē)，C車(chē)庫(kù)，D工作。根據(jù) He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his RollsRoyce 可知是車(chē)，故選B。 （4）句意：下午他下班回家，離開(kāi)出租車(chē)，坐他的另一輛車(chē)，而不是坐他的出租車(chē)出去干他的私事。A......的，B來(lái)自，C為了，D沒(méi)有，此處表示目的為了，故選C。 （5）句意：我覺(jué)得那是浪費(fèi)。A有用的，B有意義的，C浪費(fèi)的，D痛苦的，作者認(rèn)為有兩臺(tái)車(chē)很浪費(fèi)，故選C。 （6）句意：兩周后的一個(gè)晚上，我碰巧在外面，車(chē)庫(kù)門(mén)開(kāi)著，他開(kāi)著他的“自己的”車(chē)：一輛勞斯萊斯！A出現(xiàn)，B發(fā)生，C拒絕，D預(yù)期，碰巧，happen to do，固定搭配，故選B。 （7）句意：兩周后的一個(gè)晚上，我碰巧在外面，車(chē)庫(kù)門(mén)開(kāi)著，他開(kāi)著他的“自己的”車(chē)：一輛勞斯萊斯！A破碎的，B關(guān)著的，C著色的，D敞開(kāi)的，門(mén)開(kāi)著才能看到勞斯萊斯，故選D。 （8）句意：當(dāng)我意識(shí)到這意味著什么時(shí)，我完全震驚了。A害怕的，B鼓勵(lì)，C震驚的，D受傷的，根據(jù) he drove out in his own car: a RollsRoyce 可知是震驚了，故選C。 （9）句意：但在內(nèi)心深處，他認(rèn)為自己是另一回事：勞斯萊斯的主人和一名父親。A但是，B因?yàn)?，C所以，D盡管，根據(jù) he was a taxi driver 和 a RollsRoyce owner可知是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故填but ， 故選A。 （10）句意：但在內(nèi)心深處，他認(rèn)為自己是另一回事：勞斯萊斯的主人和一名父親。A父親，B兒子，C司機(jī)，D工程師，根據(jù) he saw himself as可知此處指代的是父親 ， 故選A。 （11）句意：但對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)，坐出租車(chē)只是他的謀生手段。A還，B從未，C只是，D仍然，此處表示只不過(guò)的語(yǔ)氣，故選C。 （1