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Many people are constantly waiting for their life to start. “When I'm older I'll do this.” and “In a few years I'll do that.” are words they always say. They think the life they are __1__ is boring and meaningless.
Who has never __2__ himself or herself as worthless and unattractive?
In others' eyes, you are always “the funny one” and become loud and overconfident to mask what you are truly feeling, __3__ few people know about the way you feel.
All of us may __4__ from depression and frustration, lose guidance, and thus need __5__ physically, or spiritually.
Just think like this way: __6__ feelings I am feeling will eventually go away.
I need to stop feeling so sorry for myself and __7__ want to change. I am an incredibly lucky person who has come from a family where there is full of love and __8__ .
I have to be the one to make the __9__ to change my way of thinking.
All the good things and all the wonderful people in my life would pass eventually too. __10__ I am feeling miserable, my life is still going on and I am missing out on __11__ those precious moments.
We all have terrible things which happen to us and they will __12__ each of us differently.
The most valuable thing to remember is that our __13__ aren't what define us. What defines us is how we __14__ what has happened to us and how we change the way we think about it.
We can either let it become us or we can use our newlyfound __15__ to change the world around us all a little bit.
There's something much bigger than us and our problems. It is __16__ to always remember that there is always someone who is in a(n) __17__ much worse than our own.
Nevertheless, I am well on the __18__ to becoming the person I want to be and I have goals and expectations of myself. I am now __19__ that my life has started.
It started years ago and it's not __20__ over yet. It's happening right now. Yours is too.
1. A. making B. predicting
C. experiencing D. expecting
2. A. elected B. viewed
C. appointed D. addressed
3. A. and B. or
C. so D. but
4. A. suffer B. escape
C. differ D. result
5. A. growth B. service
C. aid D. sacrifice
6. A. Pleasant B. Horrible
C. Sensitive D. Complicated
7. A. suddenly B. exactly
C. continuously D. actually
8. A. support B. relaxation
C. comfort D. pride
9．A. mistake B. guess
C. decision D. comment
10. A. Because B. While
C. Unless D. Once
11. A. calculating B. recommending
C. forgetting D. appreciating
12. A. attract B. treat
C. affect D. benefit
13. A. characters B. problems
C. advantages D. backgrounds
14. A. care about B. make up
C. deal with D. account for
15. A. wisdom B. energy
C. chance D. patience
16. A. difficult B. unnecessary
C. impossible D. important
17. A. occupation B. relation
C. position D. distance
18. A. turn B. way
C. corner D. direction
19. A. aware B. surprised
C. afraid D. worried
20. A. particularly B. nearly
C. deliberately D. necessarily
【語篇解讀】 人生有兩種選擇：要麼接受現實，要麼接受改變現狀的責任。作者在本文中告訴我們應該如何面對人生。
1．解析：根據上下文語境可知，此處指很多人認爲他們現在的生活枯燥無味。experience在此意爲“經歷”，符合語境。
答案：C
2．解析：誰不曾把自己看作無用和沒有魅力的人呢？view... as...意爲“把……看作……”，符合語境。
答案：B
3．解析：根據語境可知，前後句之間存在語義上的轉折，故用but，指但是很少人瞭解你內心的真實感受。
答案：D
4．解析：根據下文中的“depression and frustration, lose guidance”可知，此處指我們每個人可能都會遭受(suffer)挫折和沮喪，失去指引，因此，我們在身體上或精神上需要幫助(aid)。
答案：A
5．解析：參見上題解析。
答案：C
6．解析：根據上下文可知，此處作者告訴我們要這樣想，可怕的(Horrible)感受最終都會消失。
答案：B
7．解析：根據空前的“stop feeling so sorry for myself”和空後的“want to change”可知，此處指實際上(actually)我要改變。
答案：D
8．解析：我是一個十分幸運的人，我來自一個充滿愛和支持(support)的家庭。
答案：A
9．解析：我必須做出決定來改變自己的思維方式。make a decision意爲“決定”，符合上下文語境。
答案：C
10．解析：我生活中所有的好人好事終將離去。當我感到痛苦的時候，我的生活還在繼續，我也正錯過體會那些寶貴的時光的機會。根據語境可知，此處應用While引導時間狀語從句。
答案：B
11．解析：參見上題解析。appreciate意爲“體會，領會”，符合語境。
答案：D
12．解析：我們都會遇到一些可怕的事情，並且它們會以不同的方式影響着(affect)我們每個人。
答案：C
13．解析：要記得，界定我們的不是我們(遇到)的問題(problems)，而是我們如何去應對(deal with)發生在我們身上的事情以及我們如何改變我們看待這些事情的方式。下文中的“our problems”亦是提示。
答案：B
14．解析：參見上題解析。
答案：C
15．解析：我們要麼接受現實，要麼運用剛剛獲得的智慧(wisdom)去稍稍改變周圍的世界。這裏指改變看待問題的方式，知道應該如何去面對生活中的逆境。
答案：A
16．解析：重要的(important)是，我們要常常記得，在這個世界上總有人的處境(position)比我們的更糟糕。
答案：D
17．解析：參見上題解析。
答案：C
18．解析：我現在正在變成我想要成爲的人的路上，而且我有自己的目標和期望。on the way to...“在……的路上”。
答案：B
19．解析：現在我意識到(aware)我的生活已經開始了。
答案：A
20．解析：我的生活在幾年前開始了，但它還遠遠沒有結束。not nearly是固定短語，意爲“遠非，根本不”，符合語境。
答案：B
B
When I was quite young, my family had the first telephone. I was too little to __1__ the telephone on the wall, but I used to listen with __2__ when my mother talked to it. __3__ she lifted me up to speak to my father, who was away on business.
Then I discovered that __4__ inside that wonderful device lived an amazing person－her name was “Information Please”， and there was nothing that she didn't know. My first __5__ experience with her came one day __6__ my mother was visiting a neighbor. I hurt my finger with a hammer. The pain was __7__ , but there was no one home to offer __8__ . Quickly I ran to the telephone. Climbing up, I held the __9__ to my ear. “Information Please，” I said into the phone.
A click or two, and a small, clear voice __10__ into my ear, “Information. ”
“I hurt my finger, and nobody's home. ” The tears came __11__ enough, now that I had a(n) __12__.
“Can you open your icebox？” she asked. “Then __13__ off a little piece of ice, and hold it on your finger. That will stop the hurt. Be __14__ when you use the ice pick(碎冰錐). And don't cry. You'll be all right. ”
After that, I called Information Please for everything. I asked her for __15__ with my geography, and she told me the romantic river that I was going to __16__ when I grew up.
And there was the time that nay pet bird __17__ . I called Information Please and told her the sad story. She listened, and then said the usual things that grownups say to __18__ a child. She must have __19__ my deep concern, and she said quietly, “Paul, always remember that there are other __20__ to sing in. ”
Somehow I felt better.
1. A. consider B. reach
C. observe D. notice
2. A. sincerity B. love
C. interest D. respect
3. A. Once B. Later
C. Again D. Still
4. A. somewhere B. something
C. anywhere D. everything
5. A. distant B. pleasant
C. personal D. curious
6. A. since B. until
C. before D. while
7. A. unique B. terrible
C. familiar D. bearable
8. A. services B. plans
C. hope D. sympathy
9. A. receiver B. line
C. stair D. recorder
10. A. poured B. crowded
C. spoke D. put
11. A. suddenly B. readily
C. surprisingly D. properly
12. A. neighbor B. audience
C. relative D. assistant
13. A. get B. take
C. break D. cut
14. A. quiet B. patient
C. careful D. serious
15．A. help B. secret
C. discussion D. progress
16．A. develop B. discover
C. expand D. explore
17．A. escaped B. slept
C. died D. flew
18．A. comfort B. protect
C. support D. encourage
19．A. remembered B. doubted
C. removed D. sensed
20．A. pets B. worlds
C. things D. songs
【語篇解讀】 本文是一篇記敘文。作者講述了兒時的自己與家裏的第一部電話之間的美好回憶。
1．解析：根據語境可知，此處指作者個子太矮，夠不着牆上的電話，因此用reach表示“能伸到，夠得着”。
答案：B
2．解析：根據轉折連詞“but”可知，這裏表示作者雖然夠不着電話，但是每次媽媽打電話的時候，作者總是很感興趣地聽着。故用interest“興趣”，with interest“有興趣地”，爲固定用法。
答案：C
3．解析：有一次，作者的父親出差去了，作者的媽媽把作者抱起來和父親通電話。因此選A表示“曾經，有一次”。
答案：A
4．解析：此處指在電話裏的某個地方住着一個很了不起的人。故用somewhere表示“某個地方”。
答案：A
5．解析：這裏說的是作者終於有機會能親自跟電話裏的那個了不起的人說話，故用personal表示“個人的，親自的”。
答案：C
6．解析：根據語境，這裏指當母親去鄰居家串門的時候，故用while引導時間狀語從句表示“當……的時候”。
答案：D
7．解析：用鐵錘把手指頭砸傷了，當然疼痛難忍了，因此選B表示“可怕的`，很糟糕的”。
答案：B
8．解析：手指頭被砸傷了，家裏卻沒有人，沒人來表示同情。結合故事的發展和選項看，這裏應用sympathy表示“同情”。
答案：D
9．解析：根據空後的“to my ear”可知，這裏說的是作者把電話的聽筒貼着耳朵，因此選A。
答案：A
10．解析：此處指電話裏的聲音傳人作者的耳朵，用動詞speak表示“說，說話”。
答案：C
11．解析：作者終於有了一個可以傾訴的聽衆，於是淚水就輕易地流了下來，因此用readily表示“輕易地，輕而易舉地”。
答案：B
12．解析：參見上題解析。
答案：B
13．解析：由前面的“Can you open your icebox”並結合常識可知，此處指接線員要作者切下來一點冰塊對受傷部位進行冰敷。cut off“切掉”。
答案：D
14．解析：根據語境可知，此處指接線員告訴作者用碎冰錐切冰塊時要小心，故用careful表示“小心的”。
答案：C
15．解析：這裏表示打電話向接線員尋求幫助，故用help表示“幫助”。
答案：A
16．解析：從語境和四個選項看，這裏表示作者長大之後要到這條河裏去探險，因此選D。
答案：D
17．解析：從後面的“sad story”和選項可判斷選C，作者養的寵物鳥死了，作者很傷心，就打電話給接線員。
答案：C
18．解析：上文說作者很傷心，故此處指的應是安慰(comfort)作者，因此選A。
答案：A
19．解析：這裏指她一定已經覺察到了作者內心深處的擔憂，故用sense表示“覺察到”。
答案：D
20．解析：前面說作者的寵物鳥死了，於是，接線員就告訴作者，寵物鳥去了另外一個世界，在那個世界裏，它依然會唱歌的，故選B表示“世界”。
答案：B
C
I have always loved the beautiful sound of the cello(大提琴). I would go to __1__ and wonder what it would feel like to __2__ a cello and make such glorious music. But as a young journalist in the late 1970s, I never __3__ that I could play one.
One day, while dashing between assignments, I __4__ knocked on the wrong door in an office building. A(n) __5__ man with white hair opened the door, and there was a dark cello on a wooden chair
For a moment, I __6__ what I was looking for. I asked, “Do you play the cello？”
“Yes，” he said. “Do you want to become one of my __7__ ？”
“Yes，” I __8__， almost without thinking.
Mr. J assured me that with practice and __9__ to the instrument, I could become a musician.
I bought a cello and began my weekly lessons. Much to my __10__ , the lessons began with a cup of tea. Mr. J wanted to know about my job, my interests, and my __11__ .
Once we got to the cello, “Embrace(擁抱) your cello like you would a beautiful __12__ ，” he told me. “Now play，” he said. “Don't just listen to the sound. __13__ the sound in your heart.”
Under the guidance of Mr. J, I made __14__ progress. “Don't play for me，” Mr. J would always say. “Play for the people across the street.”
Mr. J was born in Germany in 1910. He studied music in Berlin but __15__ made his way to New York. I studied with him for seven years __16__ I got married. I stopped the lessons, but we stayed in __17__ . When Mr. J died in 2002, I remained __18__ to his children.
Mr. J's eldest son, Andrew, died in 2014. Shortly after, I got a call from Andrew's wife, who said she had a(n) __19__ gift for me. A large box __20__ a few days later at my house, and inside was Mr. J's “cello chair”， the wooden one I had originally seen.
1. A. concerts B. parties
C. plays D. ceremonies
2. A. experience B. strike
C. hold D. perform
3. A. predicted B. concluded
C. doubted D. imagined
4. A. purposefully B. hurriedly
C. merrily D. mistakenly
5. A. elegant B. elderly
C. cheerful D. strange
6. A. remembered B. reflected
C. forgot D. found
7. A. fans B. instructors
C. students D. audience
8. A. responded B. explained
C. complained D. added
9. A. adaptation B. reaction
C. devotion D. contribution
10. A. regret B. joy
C. relief D. surprise
11．A. salaries B. ambitions
C. preferences D. backgrounds
12．A. scenery B. woman
C. instrument D. teacher
13．A. Guess B. Play
C. Feel D. Make
14．A. steady B. little
C. hopeful D. average
15．A. strangely B. urgently
C. suddenly D. eventually
16．A. since B. when
C. until D. once
17．A. touch B. charge
C. shape D. love
18．A. devoted B. related
C. familiar D. close
19．A. special B. expensive
C. rare D. unusual
20．A. existed B. arrived
C. spread D. dropped
【語篇解讀】 這是一篇記敘文，講述的是作者與自己的大提琴老師之間的師生情緣。
1．解析：前文提到作者喜歡大提琴演奏出來的美妙音樂，再結合後文中的“wonder what it would such glorious music”可知，這裏應是作者會去聽音樂會，因此選A。concert“音樂會，演奏會”。
答案：A
2．解析：作者想知道拿起一把大提琴彈奏出極好的音樂的感覺是什麼樣子的。故選hold表示“拿起”。
答案：C
3．解析：這裏表示作者從來都沒想過自己有朝一日會演奏大提琴。imagine表示“想象”，符合語境。
答案：D
4．解析：根據後面的“the wrong door”可知選D，mistakenly“錯誤地”，指作者敲錯了門。
答案：D
5．解析：根據空後的“with white hair”和下文中的“Mr.J was born in Germany in 1910”可知，一位白髮的老人打開了門，因此選B。
答案：B
6．解析：看到房間裏的大提琴，作者就忘記了自己是來找什麼的，因此選C表示“忘記，遺忘”。
答案：C
7．解析：從後面的內容可知老人邀請作者當他的學生，跟着他學大提琴，因此選C。
答案：C
8．解析：結合上下文語境可知，此處是作者不假思索地回答道，故用respond表示“回答”。
答案：A
9．解析：Mr.J向作者保證，憑藉對樂器的練習和專心，作者可以成爲一名音樂家，這裏應用devotion表示“專心，奉獻”。
答案：C
10．解析：結合後文內容可知，Mr. J開始給作者上大提琴課時，不是教作者怎樣拉大提琴，而是和作者一起喝茶聊天，這讓作者感到很驚訝，故選surprise“吃驚，驚訝”。
答案：D
11．解析：由前文中的“my job，my interests”可知，此處應用ambition“追求，夙願”，指Mr. J想知道作者的工作、作者的興趣和作者的追求。
答案：B
12．解析：Mr.J對作者說，要像擁抱漂亮的女子一樣擁抱大提琴。
答案：B
13．解析：根據後文中的“in your heart”可知，應選C，表示用心去感受內心的聲音。
答案：C
14．解析：這裏說的是作者在Mr. J的指導下取得了持續的進步，因此選A表示“穩步的，持續的”。
答案：A
15．解析：這裏用eventually表示“最後，最終”，指Mr. J出生在德國，在柏林學音樂，最後卻去了紐約。
答案：D
16．解析：根據語境，這裏應用until表示“直到”，指作者跟着Mr.J學了七年的大提琴，一直到作者結婚成家。
答案：C
17．解析：由前文的“but”可知，這裏應用stay in touch表示“保持聯繫”，指雖然作者不再學習大提琴課程了，但作者和Mr. J卻一直保持聯繫。
答案：A
18．解析：根據語境可知，這裏應用close表示“密切的”，指Mr. J去世之後，作者和Mr. J的孩子們的關係很密切。
答案：D
19．解析：作者接到Andrew的妻子的電話，她告訴作者她要給作者一件特別的禮物。special表示“特別的”，符合語境。
答案：A
20．解析：根據語境，這裏應用arrive表示“到達”，指幾天後，一個大盒子到了作者家，裏面裝的是之前作者看到的放置大提琴的那把椅子。
答案：B
