20.What is life's gift?It is free will or choice.Choice is the ability to select one course of action from a set of alternatives to achieve a goal.What is so great about choice?(36)CEach of us becomes another Michelangelo.Choice becomes nothing other than the tool we use to sculpt(雕刻)our life.The tool doesn't come free,however,for the price of choice is responsibility.(37)EThe reward is happiness.
Life is not still.It is a flow.Every choice we make leads us closer to or farther from our goals.We constantly need to monitor where we are on our journey.We need to ask questions:Am I moving closer to my goals?(38)BWhat action will I take now to readjust myself to my goals?Choice is power.Choice is at the heart of life.It is the creative power of life.
(39)AAnd your life becomes more convenient or comfortable because of them.For example,you decide which stores to shop at and which gas station to go to.But the decisions that we make to sculpt our lives are far more important than deciding where to shop.The more we appreciate the difference between minor and major decisions,the greater the probability that we will experience happiness and fulfillment.
All chess lovers realize that it isn't necessary to win to enjoy the game.The pleasure is in the playing.Life is like a chess game.(40)D
A.You have to make choices every day.
B.If not,what corrective measures can I take?
C.It transforms us from dumb animals into artists.
D.Make the best moves you can under the circumstances.
E.But when we accept and carry it out,we get a great return.
F.Life is full of hard choices,and the bigger they are,the harder they get.
G.Choose to carry out responsibilities not because you have to,but because you want to.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了每個人每天都要面臨各種各樣的選擇.正確的選擇究竟會給我們的人生帶來些什么呢?
解答 36.C.推理判斷題.本空前有問句,空后出現(xiàn)choice這一關鍵詞,A選項既回答上文問題又引出了下文choice的概念,隨后下文承接該話題繼續(xù)展開.故選C.
37.E.推理判斷題.其一,該項中carry out it中it指代的是上句中的responsibility;其二,雖然選擇意味著責任,但是同時又會給我們帶來巨大的回報,故選E.
38.B.推理判斷題.E選項是對上文的not still 和 a flow的進一步解釋.另外,其中l(wèi)eads us與下文monitor 相呼應,且E選項中的closer to or farther from our goals與下文的Am I moving closer to my goal?to readjust myself with my goals吻合.故選B.
39.A.推理判斷題.其一,"因為每天都在選擇,而使生活變得更加舒適和方便".其二,該空的后文舉例說明前文的觀點,故該空具有概括意義.故選A.
40.D.推理判斷題.上文敘述"生活就像下棋",下文"要走出特定環(huán)境下最好的一步棋",前后為順接關系,故選D.
點評 七選五閱讀是完成性閱讀,和完形填空很類似,不同的是一個選詞,一個選句子.解題時,要注意上下文語境,充分考慮信息詞(選項中和空格前后句子中相同或相近的詞),選出最符合語境的句子.