Question

 In 1982,Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He got in?to a lifeboat,but his supplies were 28       . His chances of surviving were small. 29       when three fishermen found him 76 days later,he was alive―much 30       than he was when he started. But his 31        of how he survived was fascinating. His cleverness―how he 32        to catch fish,how he evaporated (蒸發(fā)) sea water to 33        fresh water―was very interesting.

  But the thing that 34        my eye was how he man?aged to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost,and there seemed no 35        in continuing the struggle. He was starved and 36        worn out. Giving up would have seemed the only possible choice.

  When people 37        these kinds of circumstances? they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in 38        desperate circumstances 39        in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on 40        difficulties.

  "I tell myself I can 41        it," wrote Callahan in his book. Compared to what others have been through,I'm fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over,42 up courage. I wrote that down after I read it. It 43       me as something important. And I've told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed 44        off or when my problems seemed too terrible. And every time I've said it,I have always come back to my 45       . The truth is,our circumstances are only bad 46        to something better. But others have been through the much worse,that is,in comparison with what others have been through,you're fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over again,and it will help you 47        through the rough situations with a little more courage.

28,A. full   B. rich

   C. few   D. enough

29. A. And   B. Yet

   C. Still   D. Thus

30. A. thinner   B. stronger   C. worse   D. healthier

31. A. attitude   B. assumption   C. instruction   D. account

32. A. assisted   B. tended   C. managed   D. intended

33. A. make   B. absorb   C. select   D. replace

34. A. attacked   B. caught   C. froze   D. cheated

35. A. operation   B. taste   C. message   D. point

36. A. firmly   B. completely   C. hardly   D. generally

37. A. deal   B. defend   C. survive   D. observe

38. A. similarly   B. differently   C. gradually   D. commonly

39. A. pull   B. take   C. break   ,                              D. give

40. A. for the lack of   B. in the face of   C. in exchange for   D. as a result of

41. A. handle   B. carry   C. follow   D. inspect

42. A. rolling   B. using   C. building   D. making

43. A. defeated   B. recommended   C. introduced   D. struck

44. A. far   B. long   C. ever   D. even

45. A. feelings   B. senses

   C. ideas   D. influences

46. A. related   B. measured   C. contributed   D. compared

47. A. see   B. cut   C. get   D. think

Answer 1

[文章大意]作者通過講述Steven Callahan在海上漂流76 天后仍奇跡般存活的故事來告訴讀者，要勇敢面對生活，不輕言放棄。

28. C后句的意思是"他能活下來的幾率很小"，所以此處是說他的補給品很少。

29. B前句說他活下來的幾率很小，本句說他在被漁民發(fā)現(xiàn)時還活著，故此處應用表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的連詞yet。

30. A當發(fā)現(xiàn)他時，他一定是比他出航前瘦多了。故選A.

31. D此處意思是"他對他是如何生存下來的描述讓許多人都非常感興趣"。account of"對……的描述或說明"，符合文意。故選 D.

32. C此處意思是"他是如何抓到魚的"。manage to do sth"做成某事"，符合文意。故選 C.

33. A此處意思是"如何將海水蒸發(fā)后制成淡水"。make"制成或制作",符合文意。故選A.

34. B catch one's eye引起某人的注意。catch符合文意，故選 B.

35. D There's no point in doing sth.意為"做... 毫無意義。"此處意思是"繼續(xù)抱著求生的希望已經(jīng)沒有意義了"。故選 D.

36. B他饑腸轆轆，已經(jīng)完全精疲力竭了。故選 B.

37. C此處意思是"當人們在經(jīng)歷這樣的災難后，他們就侖冇勇氣堅持做事而不輕言放棄"。

38. A此處意思是"許多人在遭遇類似的困境時會選擇放棄或發(fā)瘋"。

similarly相似地;differently不同地;gradually漸漸地;commonly常見地，普通地。故選A.

39. D pull in拉進來;take in吸收，欺騙;break in闖人;give in 放棄，屈服。句意見上。故選D。

40. B此處意思是"在面對困難的時候他們也會堅持"。故選 B.

41. A handle應付，對付;carry攜帶;follow跟隨;inspect檢查。此處意思是"故事主人公告訴自己他能應對困境"。故選A.

42. C buUd up courage"增強勇氣"，符合文意。故選C。

43. D It struck me…我突然意識到••••••。此處是說"'我'突然意識到勇氣是多么重要"。

44. A當"我"覺得自己的目標似乎遙不可及或者當"我"遇到似乎無法解決的問題時，"我"就用這些故事來鼓勵己。far off符合句意，故選A.

45. B Iflf每每當"我"讀到它時，"我"總能有所醒悟。come back to one's senses"對..... 有所醒悟"。故選 B.

46. D事實上，不幸都是相對而言的。有些人比我們更不幸。be compared to與... 比較。故選 D.

47. C要經(jīng)常用勇氣來鼓勵自己，這種信念將會讓你有勇氣渡過難關(guān)。get through順利通過。故選C.