Question

【题目】阅读下面短文,根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息,每空一词。

It seems that self-help books are topping best-seller lists more often these days. More people are turning to self-help books for advice on how to live their lives. Last year, sales of these books in the UK rose 20 percent, reaching a record high of 3 million, the Guardian reported.

Famous people or psychologists( 心理学家) wrote many of the self-help books. They teach you how to deal with problems in your life—for example, how to get along with your classmates, how to manage your time well and how to find happiness in your daily life.

But can these books really help us with our lives? People have lots of different opinions about this.

Julie Hall from London is a big fan of self-help books. After she read more than 300 of them, she set up her own self-help website. Her site helps women succeed in the business world. “They(self-help books) can give you the courage to do whatever you want to do,” she told the Independent.

However, recent research by the University of Montreal in Canada might not agree with that. Researchers surveyed two groups of people—one of the group had read many self-help books, while the other hadn’t. They found that people in the group who had read more self-help books have more stress.

There is no single “quick fix” that can make our lives better. However, it’s always good to know that help is at hand when we need it.

Self-help books help us learn to live 【1】
Introduction	【2】people are turning to self-help books for advice on how to live their lives. Many of the self-help books were 【3】by famous people or psychologists. They teach you what to 【4】with problems.
Opinions	After 【5】more than 300 of them, Julie Hall set up her own website. Her site helps women have 【6】in the business world. Self-help books can give you the courage to do whatever you 【7】to do.
	【8】research by the University of Montreal in Canada might not agree with that. A survey shows that people who had read more self-help books were more 【9】
Conclusion	There is no single “quick fix” that can 【10】our lives, but having help at hand is good.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】well

【2】More

【3】written

【4】do

【5】reading

【6】success

【7】want

【8】Recent

【9】stressed

【10】improve

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了最近励志类书籍似乎经常登上畅销书排行榜的榜首。越来越多的人向励志类书籍寻求如何生活的建议。但是这些书真的能帮助我们的生活吗？人们对此有很多不同的看法。

【1】根据文章第一段第二句“More people are turning to self-help books for advice on how to live their lives.”可知此处指的是励志书籍帮助我们如何生活的更好。故答案为well。

【2】根据文章第一段第二句“More people are turning to self-help books for advice on how to live their lives.”可知答案为More。

【3】根据文章第二段第一句“Famous people or psychologists wrote many of the self-help books.”可知此处应用“wrote”的被动式written。故答案为written。

【4】根据文章第二段第二句“They teach you how to deal with problems in your life”可知此处应填do与“what”连用，表示“处理”，等于how to deal。故答案为do。

【5】根据文章第四段第二句“After she read more than 300 of them, she set up her own self-help website.”可知此处应用动名词reading，因为放在介词“after”之后。故答案为reading。

【6】根据文章第四段中间“Her site helps women succeed in the business world.”可知此处应用名词 success。have success表示取得成功。故答案为success。

【7】根据文章倒数第三段最后一句They (self-help books) can give you the courage to do whatever you want to do可知填want。故答案为want。

【8】根据文章倒数第二段第一句“However, recent research by the University Of Montreal in Canada might not agree with that.”可知答案为Recent。

【9】根据文章倒数第二段最后“They found that people in the group who had read more self-help books have more stress.”可知填形容词stressed，放在be动词“were”之后。故答案为stressed。

【10】根据文章最后一段第一句“There is no single 'quick fix' that can make our lives better.”可知此处指的是改善生活。故答案为improve。