【正文】 f and see ‘Faith’．”The 36 I learned from this is simple—faith is a living thing and in the same way we’re all 37 given 24 hours a day and we’re all given the same measure of keeps us going when things get 38 ！ Why is some people’s faith stronger than that of others? Exercise! If we choose to exercise our faith，it will 39 ； but if we choose not to，it remains people might 40 that they don’t have faith，but we all practice faith every day even if we don’t 41 it was 42 ，such as studying，investing or reaching for a dream，take faith.Faith 43 hearing and ，I made a decision yesterday—to 44 reading the newspaper full of too much sad and 45 ? Because I 46 there was a drop of my mental state after reading the newspapers.Faith，when put to 47 ，bees a beautiful 48 your mental state to a higher place that causes you to raise yourself up and declare，“Yes，we can.” So make the decision today to strengthen your faith by 49 it.30． B．brieflyC．finally D．mostly答案　D解析　根據(jù)上文，此處表示“一個年輕人正在社區(qū)里為自己拉票，而人們大多(mostly)都想知道他有什么理由可以讓他們支持他”。31． B．supportC．hardship D．information答案　B解析　根據(jù)上文“...seeking his munity votes...”可知，人們想知道為什么要支持他。32． B．pictureC．mirror D．figure答案　C解析　根據(jù)下文提到“the word was pasted on his mirrors”可知。33． B．a(chǎn)roseC．raised D．a(chǎn)roused答案　C解析　根據(jù)下文“why the word was pasted on his mirrors”，可知，此處表示人們提出(raise)問題想了解原因。rise升起；arise出現(xiàn)，發(fā)生；arouse喚起。34． B．permitsC．forces D．promises答案　A解析　這里是說男子的父親教導他人生的道理。teach do 。35． B．breathC．fitness D．stress答案　B解析　根據(jù)上下文可知，把faith這個詞貼在鏡子上是為了每一次照鏡子時都能看到它，這說明父親讓他相信信念非常重要，只要活著，我們就要有信仰。have breath表示“活著”。36． B．viewC．lesson D．experience答案　C解析　破折號后的內(nèi)容是作者從這一電視劇情節(jié)中學到的教訓(lesson)。37． B．freelyC．extremely D．frequently答案　A解析　根據(jù)下文24 hours a day 判斷，我們每個人的一天同樣(equally)都是24小時。38． B．differentC．stressed D．tough答案　D解析　根據(jù)常識可知，當事情變得艱難時(get tough)，更能顯出信念的作用。39． B．growC．transform D．return答案　B解析　本句對比了兩種情況：選擇經(jīng)受磨煉，信念就會增強(grow)；選擇逃避磨煉，信念就會仍然薄弱。40． B．realizeC．understand D．predict答案　A解析　作者認為有些人可能會有不同意見，他們也許會爭辯(argue)說，他們沒有信念。41． B．a(chǎn)ppreciateC．a(chǎn)dmit D．a(chǎn)dopt答案　C解析　聯(lián)系上文可知，作者對這些人的駁斥是：我們每天都在踐行它，即使我們不承認(admit)那就是信念。42． B．stepsC．techniques D．experiment答案　A解析　此空后列舉的內(nèi)容都是我們的日?；顒?task)。43． of B．es fromC．feels like D．keeps up答案　B解析　此空表示信念來自于(e from)你所聽和所做的事。44． B．delayC．quit D．risk答案　C解析　根據(jù)空后內(nèi)容可知，看了那些報紙后，作者總會情緒低落。因此，要樹立信念，作者應(yīng)該是決定以后停止(quit)看那些有負面影響的報紙了。45． B．distinctC．latest D．negative答案　D解析　聯(lián)系上下文可知，此處所需詞匯應(yīng)與sad同義，表示“負面影響的消息”。46． B．heardC．declared D．explained答案　A解析　因為作者注意到(notice)看完報紙后自己的情緒變得低落。47． B．listC．work D．dream答案　C解析　信念如果被付諸實施，就會變成美好的東西。put...to work表示“踐行，把……付諸實施”。48． B．conveysC．a(chǎn)ffects D．forbids答案　A解析　聯(lián)系后文可知，信念能把你的精神狀態(tài)提升到(lift)更高的高度，促使你振奮，并宣稱：“是的，我們能行?！?9． B．exercisingC．raising D．thinking答案　B解析　根據(jù)第二段中的“If we choose to exercise our faith，it will...”可知此處應(yīng)選exercise。Ⅶ.語法填空(2018福建永安一中等高二聯(lián)考)The story happened in ancient king was so clever that he thought of a good way to test whether his men were (rely)．One day，he had a huge rock (place) on a roadway at he hid himself nearby and 52. watched(watch) carefully to see if anyone would remove the big (wealth) businessmen and high officials came by，but they simply walked around of them even loudly blamed the king for not keeping the road clear, none of them would bother to get the big rock out of the way.Then a villager came along carrying a load of (approach) the big rock，he stopped and laid down his burden，trying hard to move the rock to the side of the much pushing，he (final) the villager picked up his load of vegetables，he noticed a purse lying in the road where the rock 57. had been(be)．The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king，saying that the gold coins were for the person The villager learned a valuable lesson that many others would never understand: Every obstacle presents opportunity to improve one’s condition.16