完形填空專題模擬訓練

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21～30各題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項。

(1)

Imagine someone holding a glass full of clean， fresh water and complaining about thirst. Likely you’d suggest they first take a sip from the glass in their 21 .

22 is similar. Everyone wants to be happy， but not everyone knows how to 23 and stay with it; they’re always looking for 24 . The search for happiness is lost when it becomes an insatiable pursuit for getting more.

The difference between the two is like the difference between tasting with pleasure the sweetness and flavor of a mango， and 25 eating it up before taking the next sweet. The pursuit becomes the focus， rather than the experience or the 26 that comes from what we do have.

This 27 pursuit for happiness can 28 us for all of our lives. We may think that once we have more 29 ， a relationship， or a perfect job we’ll be happy， yet when we get there we find it’s not what we’d hoped for， or we don’t take the time to really 30 it.

21. A. mind B. heart

C. hand D. mouth

22. A. Happiness B. Sweetness

C. KindnessD. Forgiveness

23. A. createB. achieve

C. recognizeD. remember

24. A. someB. much

C. more D. it

25. A. slowlyB. unwillingly

C. delightedlyD. quickly

26. A. imaginationB. satisfaction

C. relaxation D. celebration

27. A. endlessB. careless

C. useless D. harmless

28. A. assumeB. consume

C. surviveD. complain

29. A. timeB. water

C. mongo D. money

30. A. eat B. pursue

C. concentrate D. enjoy

(2)

A stream extending itself too far into a desert will go dry. Man too 21 up inside， spiritually and emotionally， when he extends himself too 22 in his search for outward pleasures. The wellspring of enjoyment lies in his 23 self. The more truly he lives in himself， the more rewarding will his outer life be.

Mans inner self is the 24 that feeds all his knowing， all that he can enjoy on earth. If he 25 it， all his perceptions must wither and die. If one neglects a spring， it may block up and stop flowing. It is only by making friends with his inner self first that he can ever make friends with the 26 .

Will it cut you off from an 27 of others if you seek truly to understand yourself ？Not at all !You can understand others 28 to the extent that you have understood yourself. But will it make you less sensitive to their needs， less 29 ， less outgoing and eager to help them ? Again， No. For it is only as one becomes 30 of his own weaknesses and overcomes them that he develops compassion for others in their sorrows.

21. A. digsB. blocks C. dries D. eats

22. A. more B. much C. oftenD. far

23. A. inner B. outwardC. own D. first

24. A. mother B. springC. stream D. desert

25. A. admits B. extendsC. neglectsD. develops

26. A. world B. otherC. relative D. enemy

27. A. receivingB. memorizing

C. understanding D. misunderstanding

28. A. only B. everC. even D. hardly

29. A. braveB. sympathetic

C. independentD. friendly

30. A. careful B. afraidC. aware D. sensitive

(3)

Nothing can be selfless unless it springs directly from the heart， from our true self. That is why great saints and sages (圣賢) have said you should know your own self before you can love and serve others 21 .

There is a story of an old man planting mango trees. When his neighbor saw what he was doing， he said， “Do you think you will 22 long enough to taste the mangoes from those trees?”

“No， I doubt it”， replied the old man. “Then why are you 23 your time?” asked the neighbor. The old man smiled and said， “All my life I have 24 eating mangoes from trees planted by others. This is my way of expressing my 25 to the people who planted those trees.”

Selflessness can be the 26 force in all your actions. Learn to be thankful to everyone， to all of creation， even to your 27 ， and to those who insult you and get angry with you， because they help you 28 .

They are 29 ， images of your own mind. If you know how to read and interpret the images properly， you can get rid of your mind and its 30 .

21. A. selfishly B. selflessly

C. carelessly D. helplessly

22. A. live B. spend

C. wait D. stay

23. A. takingB. saving

C. spending D. wasting

24. A. hated B. practiced

C. suggested D. enjoyed

25. A. thought B. gratitude

C. habitD. satisfactory

26. A. thinking B. wasting

C. fighting D. driving

27. A. friend B. neighbor

C. saint D. enemy

28. A. plant B. grow

C. sowD. water

29. A. mangoes B. experiences

C. actions D. mirrors

30. A. happiness B. weaknesses

C. forgiveness D. kindnesses

答案與解析：

(1)本文闡述了該怎樣獲得幸福：珍惜并享受目前所擁有的幸福，不要讓追求幸福的過程吞噬我們短暫的一生。

21. C 由前面的holding可知，此處是建議先喝“手中”的那杯水。

22. A 由后文中的wants to be happy和search for happiness等可知，此處是指“幸?！备鲜銮闆r相似。

23. C 每個人想得到幸福，卻沒有“認清，認識到(recognize)”自己已經擁有的幸福。

24. C 因不能認識到手中已有的幸福，所以老是在尋找“另外的(more)”幸福。

25. D 把享受快樂和追求快樂與吃芒果進行對比：是品嘗還是囫圇吞棗后去吃下一個。

26. B 人的精力就集中在追尋芒果了，而不是去體驗去感受來自于現有芒果的“滿足感（satisfaction）”。

27. A 指這種“沒完沒了的(endless)”追求。

28. B 沒完沒了的追求會“耗費，吞噬(consume)”我們的一生。

29. D 根據常識，與幸福有關的除與之并列的更好的人際關系，更好的工作外，可能是更多的“錢(money)”。

30. D 根據上文，當我們擁有更多的錢，更好的關系，更好的工作之時，我們卻沒有時間去“享用(enjoy)”。

(2)本文講述了認識自我，與自己交朋友的重要性。

21. C 由本句中的too可知，如果人們過于追求外界的快樂，就會與前句所述“延伸到沙漠深處的河流變得干涸”一樣，他自己在精神上和情感上也會變得“干涸(dries)”。

22. D 在結構上與前句中的extending itself too far相同，指延伸得太“遠(far)”。

23. A 由下句的in himself與下段第一句中的inner self可知，快樂的源泉在于他的“內部(inner)”自我。

24. B 人的內部自我是人的知識和快樂的“源泉(spring)”。

25. C 如果“忽視(neglects)”這一點，所有對萬物的感知都會萎縮和干枯。

26. A 先與自我交朋友，然后才能與世人交朋友。此處的world 意為“世界的人”。

27. C 由下文Not at all! You can understand others...可知，此處是填understanding。

28. Ａ 由上下文的語氣可知，“只有(only)”在某個程度上理解了自己，才能理解他人。

29. Ｂ 由最后一句中的compassion(同情心)可知，此處填表示“同情的”sympathetic。

30. C 因表示“知道，理解”是become aware of 。

(3)本文以一個小故事說明了什么是真正的心底無私。心底無私有助于我們健康成長。

21. B 根據文章首句：發自內心的才是真正的無私。本句的意思是：真正認識自我，才能無私地(selflessly)愛他人和服務他人。

22. A 因種芒果樹的人是an old man，所以鄰居才不解地問：你認為你能活(live)足夠長的時間來品嘗這些芒果樹結出的芒果嗎？

23. D 既然不能品嘗自己種的芒果樹結的果，那又何必浪費(wasting)時間呢？

24. D 我的一生都在享用(enjoy)別人種的芒果樹結的芒果。

25. B 由前句享用了別人種的果，老人自然向種芒果樹的人表達感激之情。另外，由下文“Learn to be thankful to everyone(學會對人感恩)也可推斷出此處應選B。

26. D 無私是所有行為的驅動力(driving force)。

27. D 由表示遞進的even和后文中的insult you and get angry with you可知，此處選enemy。

28. B 你的敵人、侮辱你的人、使你生氣的人，他們都有助于你成長(grow)。

29. D 他們是你的鏡子(mirror)。

30. B 有了他們作你的鏡子，你又能讀懂的話，就能夠去除自己的弱點(weaknesses)。

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