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【题目】When we compare ourselves with great people, we may feel very ordinary (平凡的）unimportant. 【1】, we must remember that those great people were extraordinary (卓越的) The world has more than 6 billion people, 【2】 it is difficult for all of us to be extraordinary. What can we do? We can try to be the 【3】 (good) people that we can possibly be.

This means that we Deed to be honest and hardworking. We also need to be open-minded and kind to other people. Most 【4】 (importance), we need to be ambitious (有雄心的). We need to always set goals for 【5】 (we) and work hard to achieve these goals.

Madam Curie and Thomas Edison were hard-working, kind and ambitious, and they 【6】 (work) hard to achieve their goals. Curie gave her life to “ease (减轻）human suffering”. Edison spent his life as an inventor. He invented a camera 【7】 showed movement. Later people used cameras to make modem films.

A famous writer from Ireland once wrote, "We are all in the gutter (社会底层）but some of us are looking at 【8】 stars.” I often come up with this when I am unable to achieve something. It reminds me that we are all at a lower level 【9】 that we all have a 【10】 (high) goal to work towards.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】However

【2】so

【3】best

【4】importantly

【5】ourselves

【6】worked

【7】that/which

【8】the

【9】and

【10】higher

【解析】本文讲述了一些比较有成就的人通过他们的刻苦和努力给我们的世界带来了很大的积极影响，并强调我们每一个人虽身处低位，但都可以有更高的目标。

【1】考查连词。根据前后句的意思可知是转折关系，故填转折连词However。

【2】考查连词。前一句说这个世界有60多亿人，后一句说让每一个人都卓越很困难，中间用因此连接，故填so。

【3】考查形容词最高级。我们可以尝试着成为最好的人，用最高级best。

【4】考查副词。此处为副词做状语，意为最重要的是，故填 importantly。

【5】考查代词。我们需要为我们自己设定目标。根据意思可知用反身代词，ourselves。

【6】考查时态。此处描述居里夫人和爱迪生，属于过去的事情，用过去式，故填worked。

【7】考查关系代词。此处为定语从句，先行词是camera，从句缺少主语，且指代先行词的意思，故填that/which。

【8】考查定冠词。此处为特指，故用定冠词the。

【9】考查连接词。Remind后接两个宾语从句，且表并列关系，用and连接。

【10】考查比较级。根据前一个宾语从句中lower的提示可知用比较级，意思正好相对，故后一句用higher，更高的目标。