I once had a teacher whose husband died suddenly of heart attack．About a week after his death, she    some of her thoughts with a classroom of students．As the late afternoon sunlight shone    the classroom windows, and when the class was nearly over, she    a few things aside on the edge of her desk and sat down.

    With a    look on her face，she paused and said，“   class is over，I’d like to share with all of you a deep    which I feel is very important．Each of us is put here on    to learn，share，love，appreciate and give of ourselves．   of us knows when this fantastic experience will   ．It can be taken away at any moment．Perhaps this is the God’s    of telling us that we must make the     of every single day.”

Her eyes were beginning to   ，but she went on，“So I would like you all to make me a   ：From now on，on your way to school，or on your way home，find something beautiful to   ．It doesn't have to be something you see．It could be a    of freshly baked  bread  floating  out  of  someone’s house，  or  it  could  be  the  sound  of  the soft    rustling(沙沙作響)the leaves in the trees…．Please look for these things， and     them，for at anytime it can all be taken away．’’

The class was completely   ．We all picked up our books and went out of the room silently．That   ，I observed many more beautiful things on my way home from school than usual．

Remember：Life is not    by the number of breaths we take，but by the moments that take our breath away．

1.A．learned        B．shared             C．a(chǎn)rgued                D．discussed

2.A．onto              B．into                   C．a(chǎn)cross                D．through

3.A．moved          B．brushed            C．swept                  D．pulled

4.A．surprised              B．worried            C．gentle                 D．strange

5.A．After             B．Unless      C．Before                D．If

6.A．feeling          B．understanding    C．love                     D．memory

7.A．business       B．time                 C．duty                     D．earth

8.A．None            B．All                     C．Each                    D．Neither

9.A．happen        B．begin     C．end            D．gain

10.A．way                      B．signal     C．plan                     D．joke

11.A．least           B．worst     C．lowest                 D．most

12.A．a(chǎn)che           B．water     C．shine                   D．dry

13.A．promise              B．choice              C．wish                     D．rule

14.A．buy                      B．enjoy     C．take                     D．learn

15.A．smell          B．gift                    C．taste                    D．sight

16.A．wind           B．hand       C．light                     D．color

17.A．get                       B．a(chǎn)ppreciate         C．hide                     D．follow’

18.A．puzzled     B．excited            C．quiet                   D．a(chǎn)nxious

19.A．morning              B．night                  C．noon                   D．a(chǎn)fternoon

20.A．wasted       B．measured          C．saved                  D．lost

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.A

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：

【文章大意】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文章。文章講述了通過支付突然去世使作者對(duì)生活有了新的感悟。故事告訴我們要學(xué)會(huì)珍惜、欣賞我們周圍的美好事物，我們誰也不知道，不知什么時(shí)候上帝會(huì)把這些東西帶走。

1.B考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析及語境理解。此處learned得知；shared分享；argued 爭(zhēng)吵；discussed討論。一個(gè)很特別的高中英語老師的丈夫死于突發(fā)性心臟病。在他死后大約一周，她便把她的一些所思所想與全班學(xué)生分享。

2.D考查介詞的用法。此處onto 到……上；into到……里；across橫穿；through穿過，指立體空間。下午的晚些時(shí)候，陽光從教室的門窗照進(jìn)教室，當(dāng)快下課的時(shí)候，她他把一些東西收拾到桌子一邊，然后坐下。

3.A考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析及語境理解。此處moved 移動(dòng)；brushed 刷；swept 掃；pulled拉。當(dāng)快下課的時(shí)候，她他把一些東西收拾到桌子一邊，然后坐下。

4.C考查形容詞詞義辨析及語境理解。此處surprised驚訝的；worried擔(dān)心的；gentle溫柔的；strange奇怪的。她臉上帶著溫柔的表情，稍稍停頓了一下，便開始講話。

5.C考查狀語從句的連接詞。此處After 在……之后；Unless除非；Before在……之前；If如果。在放學(xué)前，我想跟你們大家分享一種我認(rèn)為很重要的想法。

6.B考查名詞詞義辨析及語境理解。此處feeling 感覺；understanding理解；love愛；memory記憶。我想和你們分享我感覺很重要的一種理解。

7.D考查名詞詞義辨析及語境理解。此處business生意；time 時(shí)間；duty 責(zé)任；earth地球。我們每個(gè)人被放到地球上學(xué)習(xí)、分享、愛、感激和給予。

8.A考查代詞的用法。此處None沒有人；All 所有的；Each每一個(gè)；Neither兩者都不。沒有人知道這種美好的體驗(yàn)會(huì)結(jié)束。

9.C考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析及語境理解。此處happen發(fā)生；begin開始；end結(jié)束；gain贏得。沒有人知道這種美好的體驗(yàn)會(huì)結(jié)束。

10.A考查名詞詞義辨析及語境理解。此處way 方法；signal信號(hào)；plan計(jì)劃；joke笑話。這也許是上帝告訴我們要充分利用每一天的方法吧。

11.D考查副詞的用法。此處make the most of意為：充分利用……。這也許是上帝告訴我們要充分利用每一天的方法吧。

12.B考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。此處ache 疼痛；water流淚；shine 發(fā)光；dry使干。她的眼睛開始流淚，但她還是繼續(xù)說。

13.A考查名詞詞義辨析及語境理解。此處promise承諾；choice 選擇；wish希望；rule規(guī)則。因此我想讓你們每個(gè)人答應(yīng)我。從今以后，在你上學(xué)或者放學(xué)的路上，要發(fā)現(xiàn)一些美麗的事物來欣賞。

14.B考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析及語境理解。此處buy買；enjoy欣賞；take拿；learn學(xué)習(xí)。從今以后，在你上學(xué)或者放學(xué)的路上，要發(fā)現(xiàn)一些美麗的事物來欣賞。

15.A考查名詞詞義辨析及語境理解。此處smell 味道；gift禮物；taste 品嘗；sight視野。它可以是從某家飄出來的烤面包的味道。

16.A考查名詞詞義辨析及語境理解。此處wind風(fēng)；hand手；light 光；color顏色。它可以是風(fēng)吹樹葉的沙沙聲。

17.B考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析及語境理解。此處get 得到；appreciate欣賞；hide藏；follow跟隨。請(qǐng)尋找它們并欣賞它們，因?yàn)樗鼈冸S時(shí)都可能被帶走。

18.C考查形容詞詞義辨析及語境理解。此處puzzled迷惑的；excited興奮的；quiet安靜的；anxious焦急的。整個(gè)班級(jí)一片寂靜。

19.D考查名詞詞義辨析及語境理解。此處morning早上；night晚上；noon中午；afternoon下午。根據(jù)文章的第一段可知，是下午。故選D。

20.B考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析及語境理解。此處wasted 浪費(fèi)；measured 衡量；saved挽救；lost失去。記住：生活不是按我們呼吸的次數(shù)來衡量，而是由美好時(shí)刻來衡量。

考點(diǎn)：考查人生百味故事類閱讀。

 

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