Question

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)蕎，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空A處的最佳選項。選項中冇兩項為多余選項。

Make the right choices

What is life’s greatest gift? 1______ 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? It transforms us from dumb animals into artists. Each 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. 2______ The reward is happiness.

Life is not still. It is a flow. 3______ We constantly need to monitor where we are on

our journey. We need to ask questions: Am I moving closer to my goals? If not, what corrective measures can I take? What 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.

4______ And 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. 5______

A． It is free will or choice.

B． You have to make choices every day.

C． Make the best moves you can under the circumstances.

D． But when we accept and carry it out, we get a great return.

E.    Every choice we make leads us closer to or farther from our goals.

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.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 A

 D

 E

 B

 C

【解析】

試題分析：

 本空前有問句，空后出現(xiàn)choice這一關(guān)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A。

 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(zé)任，但是同時又會給我們帶來巨大的回報，故選D。

 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(yīng)，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E。

 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B。

 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(guān)系，故選C。

考點：考查信息匹配

點評：在答題中，應(yīng)首先略讀一下短文，了解一下短文的大致意思，然后把幾個選項含義理解透，尤其注意意思相近，表達有交叉的選項之間的區(qū)別。然后再細(xì)讀短文，把答案填入合適位置。答題時可以把含義相近的幾個選項輪流填入同一處位置，反復(fù)閱讀，反復(fù)體會，找出最佳選項，對于實在沒有把握的小題可以留待最后完成。完成短文后，再認(rèn)真通讀一遍全文，看看上下語意是否通順，是否符合邏輯關(guān)系。