Question

 I used to abandon myself to despair. Last year my mother 1        from a stroke (中風(fēng)) and had had an operation on her brain. I felt my whole world turn upside down and I had no 2        what I could do to help her to relieve her 3       . Tears welled up in my eyes whenever I was alone.

  Last month I 4       a precious watch,which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt 5        about the loss.

  There have been many 6        like these in my life. I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things 7      I read If You Have a Lemon,Make Lemon?ade by American writer Dale Carnegie.

"When the wise man is handed a lemon,he says,What 8        can I get from this? How can I 9        my situation? How can I turn this lemon into lemonade?'" he wrote.

  I suddenly 10        that life is full of ups and downs,so I need to stay 11        all the time. Now when I think of my past,I wish I could have handled things 12       . When my mother was fighting for 13       ,I should have held her hands in mine,telling her things would get better instead of 14 and crying.

Several weeks ago,I took part in a campus singing competition. I didn't 15       a prize. If I had not 16        this article,I would definitely have felt 17        again. But instead,I smiled after the competition. I was happy that at least I had got some stage 18       .

  Life is not a bed of roses. There are throns (刺) as well,but these thorns help us become 19        and strong. When life 20        us a lemon,let's try to make lem?onade.

1. A. resulted   B. suffered   C. survived   D. escaped. .

2. A. hope   B. wonder   C. idea   D. doubt

3. A. pain   B. anxiety   C. fear   D. pressure

4. A. received   B. sold   C. fixed   D. lost

5. A. unbelievable   B. shameful   C. angry   D. terrible

6. A. diseases   B. memories   C. incidents   D. difficulties

7. A. when   B. until   C. though   D. since

8. A. lesson   B. lemonade   C. decision   D. challenge

9. A. control   B. accept   C. improve   D. avoid

10. A. realized   B. thought   C. discovered   D. predicted

11. A. healthy   B. independent   C. serious   D. positive

12. A. exactly   B. differently   C. easily   D. practically

13. A. recovery   B. life   C. freedom   D. happiness

14. A. shouting   B. hiding   C. quarrelling   D. regretting

15. A. expect   B. miss   C. win   D. refuse

16. A. figured out   B. written down   C. found out   D. come out

17. A. embarrassed   B. discouraged   C. excited   D. concerned

18. A. performance   B. experience   C. progress   D. effect

19. A. brave   B. calm   C. great   D. clever

20. A. shows   B. makes   C. gives   D. sends

Answer 1

[文章大意]本文是篇夾敘夾議文。作者對生活充滿了絕望和抱怨，但看到戴爾，卡耐基的"給你一個(gè)酸檸檬，你得把它變成甜檸檬汁"這句名言之后，作者便開始用積極的心態(tài)來面對生活。

1. B根據(jù)下文可知母親得的是腦中風(fēng)，應(yīng)是suffer from,

2. C   "have no idea十從句"表示"不知道. "。

3. A根據(jù)前文可知，母親生病了，所以這里是"減輕痛苦"的盲、思、。

4. D與下文的loss對應(yīng)，所以此處應(yīng)是"丟掉"。

5. D丟了寶貴的東西后心情應(yīng)該是很糟糕的。

6. C句意："我"的生活中有許多這樣的事情。

7. B此處表示"直到讀了'如果你有檸檬，就要制成檸檬汁'這句名言后'我'才知道如何面對這些棘手的事情"。

8. A get a lesson from從.... 中得到啟示。

9. C語境："我"如何才能改善"我"的處境呢？

10. A此處指作者突然意識到了……。realize實(shí)現(xiàn)，意識; think認(rèn)為;discover發(fā)現(xiàn);predict預(yù)計(jì)。

11. D healthy健康的;independent獨(dú)立的;serious嚴(yán)肅的，認(rèn)真的；positive積極的。從前文可知，生活充滿坎坷，所以應(yīng)始終保持積極的心態(tài)。

12. B exactly準(zhǔn)確地;differently不同地;easily容易地;practi?cally實(shí)際上。這里是虛擬語氣，作者希望用一種不同的方式來處理以前的事情。

13. A recovery恢復(fù);life生活;freedom自由;happiness幸福。此處是說母親在為健康而抗?fàn)帯?/p>

14. B shout叫喊;hide躲避;quarrel爭吵;regret遺憾。此處是說"我"不應(yīng)該躲避和哭泣。

15. C expect期望;miss錯(cuò)過;win贏得;refuse拒絕。從后句意思可知，這里是說"我"沒有獲獎。

16. C figure out估算;write down寫下;find out發(fā)現(xiàn)，查明; come out出來。此處意思是：如果"我"沒看到這篇文章， "我"肯定會再次遭受打擊。故選 C.

17. B embarrassed感到尷尬的;discouraged感到泄氣的;excit?ed感到興奮的;concerned擔(dān)心的。此處是與過去事實(shí)相反的假設(shè)，如果沒有讀到這篇文章的話，"我"必定會再次遭受打擊。

18. B此處意思是：雖然"我"沒能在歌唱比賽中獲獎，但至少

"我"獲得了一些參賽經(jīng)驗(yàn)。

19. A此處意思是"生活中的荊棘能讓我們變得更勇敢和堅(jiān)強(qiáng)"。

20. C此處是說"當(dāng)生活給我們一個(gè)酸檸檬，我們就應(yīng)該把它做成甜檸檬汁"。