Question

I am discovering that many people want, above all else, to live life fully. But sometimes the past prohibits our living and enjoying life to the utmost in the present.

A school teacher (1)______ his room a few minutes early and (2)______ a mealworm laboriously crawling along the floor. It had somehow been (3)______. The back part of the worm was dead and dried up, but still attached to the (4)______, living part by just a thin thread.

As the teacher (5)______ the strange sight of a poor worm (6)______ its dead half across the floor, a little girl ran in and noticed it there. Picking it up, she said, oh, Oscar, when are you going to (7)______ that dead part so you can really live?

What a marvelous (8)______ for all of us! When are we going to lose that dead part so we can really live? When are we going to let go of past pain so we can live (9)______? When are we going to drop the baggage of needless guilt so we can (10)______ life? When are we going to let go of that past resentment so we can know peace?

Have you been dragging something that is dead and gone around with you? Are you ready to lose that dead part so you can really live?

1. A. entered                 B. left                           C. rushed                     D. slipped

2. A. saw               B. searched                   C. noticed                     D. found

3. A. killed                    B. injured               C. hurt                         D. damage

4. A. behind                  B. middle               C. head                        D. front

5. A. studied                 B. researched              C. took                         D. learned

6. A. pushing         B. taking                C. pulling               D. bringing

7. A. lose               B. miss                         C. cut                          D. place

8. A. problem         B. question                   C. doubt                       D. puzzle

9. A. happily                 B. sadly                        C. joyfully                    D. fully

10. A. live                     B. enjoy                        C. experience         D. treasure

Answer 1

【解题导语】本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章，主要通过分析生活中的一个现象，得出一个人生哲理：生活中我们要善于放弃包袱，轻装上阵，这样我们才能生活得精彩、充实。

【新词链接】  above all   首先，尤其是，最重要的是

              let go of sb. / sth.  把某人(某物)放开，松开手

【试题解析】

1. A   老师在提前进入(enter)教室时发现了一条米虫在吃力地爬行，拖着已经死去的残躯。

2. C   老师此时是不经意地注意到，所以用notice。

3. B   米虫还在爬，所以不能用dead，只是受伤了，要用injured; 而hurt通常指心灵上的伤害。

4. D   虫的后半个部位已经死了，干了，依附在它身体的前部（front）。

5. A   老师在观察这个现象，这个观察带有一定的研究（study）性。

6. C   与前文相呼应，这个虫子拖着（pulling）死去的身体部分在爬行。

7. A   “要活命就得放弃死去的部分。”因此这个死去的部分就成了累赘，loss这里带有放弃的意思。miss“错过”，cut“切下”，place“放置”，均与句子意思不符。

8. B   这个问题恰恰也是值得我们思考的问题，需要回答的问题通常用question表示。

9. D   我们把过去的痛苦忘掉，才能生活得精彩、充实（full）。

10. C  只有我们把不必要的负疚的包袱放掉，才能更好地体验（experience）生活。