Question

Cloze 7(2014 镇江) 

      Recently,! felt like I reached a very low point in life.My rela?tionships weren’t good,I wasn’t enjoying my classes,and 1 felt like I had nothing to 1 . My life seemed to be full of endless homework,tests and loneliness.Nothing anyone said seemed 2 to me.I wasn’t sure what to do about myself.Ail I wanted was to be happy again,but I didn’t know who or what would 3 that.

     During these days,I had trouble sleeping.I had to take sleeping pills but still woke up in the midnight. I had no 4 but to tell my dad.He 5 the book The Secret. I immediately bought the ebook online and read the whole thing that night. Fm 6 quite a stubborn person,but the effect on my mood after finishing the book was 7 .

Suddenly,I felt like life was beautiful again.I had never felt such a deep and quick 8 in my life before.

     In fact,the book’s message was very simple—think positively (积极地) .The book had many success stories about how people were able to 9 money,soul mates (心灵伙伴) and old friends back into their lives.I started learning to thank everything in my life like them. Little by little,I realized that The Secret could only work 10 I believed these people’s success stories. Now I'm sure 1 can bring myself happiness.

   1.A. take care of   B. come up with

    C. look down on   D. look forward to

   2..A. helpful   B. colourful   C. peaceful   D. powerful

   3.A. serve   B. offer   C. answer   D. prevent

   4.A. problem   B. idea   C. need   D. doubt

   5.A. borrowed   B. collected   C. returned   D. recommended

   6.A. normally   B. mainly   C. finally   D. probably

   7.A. realistic   B. common   C. obvious   D. serious

   8.A. breath   B. notice   C. surprise   D. change

   9.A. attract   B. control   C. imagine   D. mention

   10.A. until   B. when   C. unless   D. before

Answer 1

1. D 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. B

Cloze 7

[语篇解读]本文是记叙文。讲述了苦恼的“我”在人生的低谷阶段读到了一本叫《The Secret》的书。“我”被书中人物的成功故事所感染，重新找到生活的乐趣，走出人生的低谷。

1. D由上下文可知“我处于人生的低谷，觉得没什么可以期待的”。

take care of 照看，照顾;come up with 想出(主意) ；look down on 看不 起，轻视;look forward to盼望，期待。故选D.

2. A由上下文可知，任何人说的话对我都似乎没有帮助。helpful有 帮助的;colourful多彩的;peaceful和平的;powerful有力量的。故 选A.

3. B由上下文可知，我想重新快乐起来，但不知道谁或者什么东西能 给我提供快乐。serve服务;offer给予，提供;answer回答;prevent阻 止。故选B.

4. B由上下文可知，我不知道怎么办，只好和我父亲讲。have no idea 不知道，符合题意。

5. D由上下文可知，父亲向我推荐了《The Secret》这本书。

borrow借; collect 收集;return 归还;recommend 推荐。故选 D.

6. A由上下文可知，我通常是一个十分顽固的人，但读了这本书后， 我很快被改变了。normally通常;mainly主要地;finally最后; probably很可能。故选A.

7. C由上下文可知，读了这本书后，我的变化是显而易见的。

realistic 现实的;common普通的;obvious显而易见的;serious严重的。故 选C.

8. D由上下文可知，我以前没有感觉到如此大、如此快速的变化。

breath 呼吸;notice 注意;surprise 惊讶;change 改变。故选 D.

9. A由上下文可知，《The Secret》这本书是关于许多成功人士如何吸 引钱、心灵伙伴和老朋友回归生活等故事的书。attract吸引;control 控制;imagine想象;mention提及，说到。故选A.

10. B由上下文可知，只有当我相信书中这些人的成功故事的时候，这本书才起作用。until直到 为止;when当 时候;unless除非;before在 之前。故选B.

[长难句]Little by little,I realized that The Secref could only work when I believed these people’s success stories.渐渐地，我意识到当我相信这些人的成功故事的时候，《The Secret》这本书才会起作用。that引导宾语从句，同时宾语从句中又包含一个由when引导的时间状语从句。