Question

【题目】请阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。

Life is not easy when you are pursuing something worthwhile and ready to learn from the best experiences. It always takes tests and then fails us to learn anything worthwhile. Here are five life lessons which people will learn the hard way in majority of cases.

It takes consistent time and effort to be an expert in any area. People usually get discouraged when it takes more time than they thought it would. At this time, people refer only to people who have already achieved what they want to do. Look at any successful person and you’ll notice one thing common in all of them: they took time to learn and mastered their skill like no one else. There is no elevator to success; you have to take the stairs.

You don’t have to live your life in a way society wants you to. Many old beliefs are being performed these days and are followed blindly. Parents sometimes force their children to select a career they don’t want because other children have selected that career. Worst of all, people follow them without even asking. There is no harm in believing in old beliefs but when you pursue them before your interest, sooner or later you’ll realize that you should first do what you think is right.

We don’t care about the things we get easily. Take health for example. Very few people take their health seriously. They know that if their health is lost, they won’t be happy, but they still eat junk food and never exercise. Why? Because they don’t take their health seriously and the real reason behind that is they have got it for free. We spend thousands on cars and take care of them nicely. Imagine what would have been the price of human body if we had to pay for it?

Be brave to take the road less traveled. In our whole life, we always want to follow the same path that everyone suggests, do the same thing everyone does, take the same career path everyone takes, wear the same clothes everyone wears, and hang out with the same people we work with. Why? Because we are scared to fail. But when you get bored of life, you realize that you are not meant to do what everyone does and that your destiny is different than anyone else’s out there in the world. But the price we pay to realize this is high because it takes a great amount of courage to follow your own trail by listening to your heart.

Break the rules sometimes. We follow rules so that things are in order and no one is disturbed unnecessarily. This is true in case of traffic and other company rules but when it comes to your life, there are rules made by people who are scared to do something apart from their routine and therefore they made rules to prevent others doing so. But when time passes by and you think you are not being directed towards your goal and these so-called rules are your biggest obstacles, BREAK THEM. Sometimes, we need to be bold and act courageously.

5 life lessons you will learn the hard way
Be 【1】 to achieve success	●Time-consuming tasks often bring【2】 to people. ●What successful people have in 【3】 is that they took time to learn and mastered their skill.
Live your own life	●Old beliefs have their value, but their being followed【4】 sometimes may make people suffer. ●It is not a good idea to abandon what you are【5】 in for old beliefs.
Never ignore the things we get easily	Most people don’t【6】 what they get for nothing, like health.
Take the road by listening to your heart	●People are usually trying to be like someone else because they are afraid of 【7】 . ●You need to be 【8】 to listen to your heart before you pay a high price.
Break the rules sometimes	●People tend follow rules so that they can【9】 making things out of order. ●When rules become 【10】 to your goal, you should break them boldly and courageously.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】patient

【2】discouragement

【3】common

【4】blindly

【5】interested

【6】treasure/value

【7】failure

【8】courageous

【9】avoid

【10】obstacles

【解析】

【文章大意】本文是说明文。作者向我们介绍了需要费一番周折才能学会的5个生活教训。

【1】patient 信息概括题。根据第二段中的“It takes consistent time and effort to be an expert in any area. People usually get discouraged when it takes more time than they thought it would…they took time to learn and mastered their skill like no one else”可知，成为某一领域的专家是需要花费时间和精力的，而当事情需要花费的时间比他们想象的多时，人们通常会气馁，成功的人也都是花时间来学习和掌握技能的，故可推知此处表示成功需要耐心。故填patient。

【2】discouragement 信息转换题。根据第二段中的“People usually get discouraged when it takes more time”可知，费时的任务经常会给人们沮丧感。将句中的关键词“discouraged”转换成名词discouragement即可得知答案。

【3】common 信息概括题。根据第二段中的“Look at any successful person and you’ll notice one thing common in all of them: they took time to learn and mastered their skill like no one else”可知，成功的人有一个共同之处：他们都花时间来学习和掌握技能。have…in common“在……上有共同之处”。故填common。

【4】blindly 直接信息题。根据第三段中的“Many old beliefs are being performed these days and are followed blindly”可知，人们有时会盲目地跟从旧观念。故填blindly。

【5】interested 信息转换题。根据第三段中的“There is no harm in believing in old beliefs but when you pursue them before your interest…”可知，为了旧观念而放弃自己感兴趣的东西是不明智的。be interested in“对在……感兴趣”。

【6】treasure/value 信息转换题。根据第四段中的“We don’t care about the things we get easily. Take health for example. Very few people take their health seriously”及“the real reason behind that is they have got it for free”可知，因为健康是人们免费得来的，很多人认为健康是理所当然的事情，不珍惜、不重视自己的身体。故此处填treasure/value。

【7】failure 信息转换题。根据第五段中的“Why? Because we are scared to fail”可知，人们通常努力做到与别人相同是因为害怕失败。故填failure。

【8】courageous 信息转换题。根据第五段中的“But the price we pay to realize this is high because it takes a great amount of courage to follow your own trail by listening to your heart”可知，听从自己内心的声音，走自己的路是需要勇气的。故填courageous。

【9】avoid信息转换题。根据最后一段中的“We follow rules so that things are in order”可知，我们遵守规则是为了避免事情陷入混乱中。故填avoid。

【10】obstacles 直接信息题。根据最后一段中的“But when time passes by and you think you are not being directed towards your goal and these so-called rules are your biggest obstacles, BREAK THEM”可知，当规则成为你实现目标的最大障碍时，你应该勇敢地打破规则。故填obstacles。