Question

【题目】请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。 注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

A person might have a great job, a nice house, and a great group of friends. They might feel they have everything they need, and so, they just settle, stop moving and pushing themselves. After all, their life seems to be going fine. You might have seen this with friends or acquaintances. This is fine for a time; but the problem is, when people stop moving or pushing themselves, the world keeps spinning. Time moves forward. Staying in the same place and not seeking self-improvement has the exact same effect as moving backwards.

We’re living in a period of technological and social advancement never before seen. Technology has moved and developed more over the past one hundred years than it had in the previous thousand. With this speed of advancement, it’s easy to fall behind. Even if a person’s life seems to be going well now, and they don’t seek improvement, several years down the line, they may find that their lack of advancement and development in important skills may cause big problems in their lives. A person today who is comfortable in a job may be replaced by a machine tomorrow. Many people might soon find themselves out of a job.

Basically, no matter how hard we try, it’s impossible to predict how things will change over the next few years. We don’t know what skills will or won’t be needed. Nor do we know how our lives may change over the next few years. Something as simple as a new piece of technology can have an incredible impact on our lives. Because of this, you need to be ready to adapt and not fall into the trap of brief contentment.

A careful equation of things in your life and your skills is extremely useful. Pick one of your skills or an area of your life, and then critically evaluate it. Ask yourself how useful it is going to remain and how it is going to adapt to changing circumstances. After reviewing your skills and knowledge you’ll be able to decide which should be abandoned and which should be improved. It’s like throwing away old tools and devices that don’t work or are no longer useful, and replacing them with new better ones.

Staying ahead
Consequences of stopping moving ahead	Many people choose to stay in the same place and not to seek self-improvement, because they feel 【1】 with what they have, which is as 【2】 as moving backwards.
【3】for continuous learning	The fest advancement of technology makes it difficult for people to keep 【4】 with the present society, and people might even become unemployed if they stop learning or mastering new skills. Things are changing in a(n) 【5】 manner, and no one knows what new things will make a 【6】 to our lives.
【7】to staying ahead	Carefully 【8】 your skills and knowledge. 【9】 the outdated things with the better ones.
Conclusion	By considering our skills and 【10】 ourselves to the changing circumstances, we'll stay ahead in the changing world.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】content / satisfied / pleased / happy

【2】harmful / bad / terrible /awful

【3】Reasons

【4】pace / up

【5】unpredictable

【6】difference

【7】Approaches / Solutions

【8】review / revise / evaluate

【9】Replace

【10】adapting / adjusting

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。我们生活在一个技术和社会都高速发展的时代，满足现状不追求自我提高就等同于落后。我们要认真审视自己和自己的技能，努力跟上时代的发展。

【1】考察固定搭配。定位到第一段第二句they might feel they have everything they need...可知，他们觉得自己所求都得到了，也就是对生活满意，be content/satisfied/pleased/happy with四组 搭配都有这个含义，故填content/satisfied/pleased/happy。

【2】同义替换。第一段最后一句...has the exact same effect as moving backwards.可知，停滞不前和倒退的不良影响是一样的，也就是停滞不前和倒退一样糟糕有害，故填harmful/bad/terrible/awful。

【3】总结概括题。第二段在讨论为何我们要不断的学习，也就是不断学习的原因，结合题干中的for，得出Reasons，故填Reasons。

【4】同义替换。定位到第二段第三行with this speed of advancement, it’s easy to fall behind.可知，现代社会人们容易落后于发展的速度，也就是说学习使人跟上现代社会的步伐速度，keep pace/up with...与……保持一致的速度，故填pace/up。

【5】同义替换。第三段第一句...it’s impossible to predict how things will change over the next few years.可知，事物如何变化已经无法预测，故填unpredictable。

【6】考查固定搭配。结合第三段和上一题，无法预测未来事物的发展以及会带给我们怎样的影响，make a difference to ...给……带来影响/改变。故填difference。

【7】总结概括题。第四段在讨论提高的方法，故填Approaches/Solutions。

【8】原词复现。第四段第二、四句pick one of your skills or an area of your life, and then critically evaluate it.可知，拾起你的技能，用批判的眼光考量它。After reviewing your skills...温习技巧。答案原词重现，review/revise/evaluate都可以，故填review/revise/evaluate。

【9】考查固定搭配。第四段倒数第二行...and replacing them with new, better one.与题干的固定搭配原词重现，故填Replace。

【10】考查固定搭配。结合最后一段，我们最终可以适应这个变化莫测的世界，adjust/adapt sb to...使……适应，注意题干中的by，故填adapting/adjusting。