Question

Maybe you know the saying, “When you point one finger, there are three fingers pointing back to you.” One wise man had a version of this       when he said, “Don't focus on the dust in your brother's eye while       the dirt in your own eye.” Why do we do this? Because criticisms are always        ourselves. When we criticize others, we do not expose them, but expose ourselves. We       our own weakness and smallness.

A story in the old tales       the difference in wisdom between the good and the bad. Once a king        both Nelson and Dick. The king asks Nelson to go out into the kingdom and       after finding someone less qualified than himself. Then he asks Dick to go out into the kingdom and return after finding someone       than himself.

When Fool Dick returns, he tells the king that he couldn't find anyone better than himself.       Wise Nelson says that he was       to find anyone less qualified than himself on his return.

Moral of the story is something about human      . Good people always look at their own       and faults and consider themselves less qualified than others. Whereas bad people always look at the shortcomings and faults of others and       themselves more qualified than others.

1.A. problem                       B. wisdom                   C. idea                                   D. action

2.A. dropping                      B. holding                    C. ignoring                            D. neglecting

3.A. centered on                B. put up with             C. dealt with                         D. moved out

4.A. forget                            B. kill                                     C. broadcast                         D. express

5.A. cancels                         B. explains                            C. doubts                     D. illustrates

6.A. meets with                   B. questions about    C. worries about                 D. looks after

7.A. leave                    B. return                     C. wait                                   D. stay

8.A. better                           B. faster                                C. higher                     D. shorter

9.A. But                                 B. Although                          C. Moreover                        D. Therefore

10.A. happy                         B. quick                                 C. disabled                           D. unable

11.A. side                    B. life                                     C. thought                            D. psychology

12.A. shortcomings   B. excuses                            C. worries                   D. advantages

13.A. consider           B. take                                   C. have                                  D. keep

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.A

10.D

11.D

12.A

13.A

【解析】

試題分析：“When you point one finger, there are three fingers pointing back to you.”是一句諺語(yǔ)，直譯意思為“當(dāng)你用一根手指指著別人的時(shí)候，還有三根手指指著自己。”我們可以意譯為“指責(zé)別人的時(shí)候，更得找找自己的不是�！北酒�文章就是對(duì)這句英語(yǔ)用事例進(jìn)行了詮釋。有則小故事有助于你更好地理解：有個(gè)研究生有一次在工作上遭受重大挫折，分別向兩位導(dǎo)師訴苦。他解釋并抱怨說并非自己不努力，也不是遇到了神一般的強(qiáng)大對(duì)手，而是被豬一般的隊(duì)友搞砸了，連累了他。他那說英文的導(dǎo)師用他一貫的睿智和委婉回復(fù)道：“Always remember when you point one finger，there are three fingers pointing back to you.”。而說中文的導(dǎo)師則更加直接一些，說：“小子，你是解釋系主任還是借口院院長(zhǎng)？怎么凈想著找別人的岔，把自己摘干凈？為什么不反思自己哪里做得不夠好呢？！”。

1.B problem問題；wisdom智慧，古訓(xùn)；idea主意；action行動(dòng)，行為。本句話的意思講的是對(duì)上述所提的諺語(yǔ)的另一種版本。這兒“wisdom”就是“saying”的同義詞。

2.C dropping丟下，落下；holding舉，抓�。籭gnoring忽視，忽略，視而不見；neglecting

漏做，疏忽，忽略。跟上文“focus on”相對(duì)應(yīng)的有兩個(gè)詞“ignoring”和“neglecting”，但是這兩

個(gè)詞有質(zhì)的區(qū)別。前者表示：故意不理睬，故意忽視，而后者則為：漏做，疏忽，忽略，不含“故

意”的意思。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境應(yīng)該選C項(xiàng)為最佳。句意：不要老是盯著兄弟眼中的灰塵不放而忽視你自己

眼中的污垢。

3.A  (be) centered on集中注意力于，聚焦于；put up with忍受，容忍，容受，忍得住，將

就；deal with處理，處置；move out遷出，搬出，出發(fā)。此句意思是說：我們?yōu)槭裁匆�這么做(不要老是盯著兄弟眼中的灰塵不放而忽視你自己眼中的污垢)？因?yàn)閯e人的評(píng)論/批評(píng)老是盯著咱們那。揭露他人的同時(shí)，也暴露了我們自己。

4.C forget忘記；kill抹殺，消磨(時(shí)間)；broadcast廣播，播放，使廣為人知；express表達(dá)。本句是對(duì)上文“expose ourselves”的進(jìn)一步解釋，所以這兒要用“broadcast”與“expose”屬于同一范疇意義的詞。句意：我們使我們自己的弱點(diǎn)和渺小暴露無疑(即讓我們自己的弱點(diǎn)和渺小廣為人知)。

5.D cancel取消，注銷，抵消；explain解釋；doubt懷疑；illustrate說明，表明，給……加插圖；(用示例、圖畫等)說明。一則古老傳說中的故事說明了在評(píng)判“好”于“壞”上的差異。下文正是用示例來加以說明的，故用“illustrates”，而不用“explains(解釋)”。

6.A meet with偶然遇到，碰到，遭受，和……會(huì)面 ；question about詢問，盤問；worry about

         為……而擔(dān)憂/擔(dān)心；looks after照看，照顧。從下文看本句是指：皇帝召見尼爾森和迪克(即與他們會(huì)面)。

7.B leave離開；return返回；wait等待；stay待在，呆在。原詞重現(xiàn)。下文“Then he asks Dick to go out into the kingdom and return after finding someone       than himself.”已經(jīng)給出了答案。

8.A better更好；faster更快；higher更高；shorter更矮，更短。同義詞復(fù)現(xiàn)。這兒的“better”與上文中的“qualified”為同義詞。下文“When Fool Dick returns, he tells the king that he couldn't find anyone better than himself.”也證實(shí)這個(gè)答案。

9.A But但是，表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系；Although雖然，盡管，表示讓步關(guān)系；Moreover再者，此外，而且，表示遞進(jìn)關(guān)系；Therefore所以，表示因果關(guān)系。這兒上文“Dick”說的話正好與“Nelson”所說的話相反，故上下文為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。

10.D happy快樂；quick快捷；disabled殘廢，殘疾；unable不能。因?yàn)樗麄兯�說的正好相反，故用“unable”。本段的意思是：愚蠢的迪克返回來告訴皇上他沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)比他更優(yōu)秀的人。但是聰明的尼爾森返回來卻說他沒能發(fā)現(xiàn)比他更差的人。

11.D side一邊，一方；life生命，生活；thought思想；psychology心理學(xué)，心理特點(diǎn)，心理狀態(tài)，心理影響。從上文的故事中我們可以看出為什么“迪克”和“尼爾森”的發(fā)現(xiàn)不同，其實(shí)就是人的“心理作用驅(qū)使”而已。

12.A shortcomings缺點(diǎn)；excuses  原諒，借口；worries擔(dān)憂，擔(dān)心；advantages優(yōu)點(diǎn)。跟下文“faults”形成并列意義的就是“shortcomings”。優(yōu)秀的人總是看到自己的缺點(diǎn)和錯(cuò)誤，認(rèn)為他們不比別人優(yōu)秀到哪里去。

13.A consider認(rèn)為；take(...as)把……當(dāng)作；have(...as)把……當(dāng)作；keep保持。然而差勁的人總是看到別人的缺點(diǎn)和錯(cuò)誤，認(rèn)為他們比別人優(yōu)秀。

 考點(diǎn)：議論文類完形填空