Question

【题目】Directions:Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

Life is not easy when you are looking for something worthwhile and ready to learn from the best experiences. 【1】 Here are some life lessons which people will learn the hard way in majority of cases.

【2】However, 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 and you have to take the stairs.

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 from anyone else’s out there in the world. 【3】

You don’t have to live your life in a way society wants you to.【4】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.

A. It takes continuous time and effort to be successful in any area.

B. The general rule goes that the harder you try, the greater results you get.

C. Many old beliefs are being performed these days and are followed blindly.

D. It always takes tests and then fails us to learn anything worthwhile.

E. However, in most circumstances your effort and attempt go well alongside with your desired achievement.

F. But the price we pay to realize this is high because it takes a great amount of courage to follow your own path.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】F

【4】C

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了几个人生教训。

【1】空前说当你想追寻值得做的事情并准备学习最好的经验时，生活并不总是容易的，此处解释不容易的原因，故D项（它总是考验我们，让我们通过失败来学习有价值的东西）符合语境。故选D项。

【2】空后说然而，当人们花的时间比他们预想的长时，他们就会感到沮丧，此处讲的还是关于时间的话题，并与下文形成转折，故A项（在任何领域取得成功都需要持续的时间和努力）符合语境。故选A项。

【3】空前说但当你对生活感到厌倦时，你就会意识到你并不是要做每个人都做的事，你的命运和世界上其他人的命运是不同的，此处承接这一话题，F项中的your own path与前面的“your destiny is different from anyone else’s”相呼应，故F项（但我们为实现这一点所付出的代价是巨大的，因为走自己的路需要极大的勇气）符合语境。故选F项。

【4】空后说父母有时会强迫孩子选择自己不喜欢的专业就因为别的孩子选择了那个专业，这是对盲目跟风的举例说明，故C项（许多旧习最近又开始风行，人们盲目地跟风）符合语境。故选C项。

在六选四的解题过程中，空处上下文出现的hut, yet, however等表示转折关系的词语往往是重要线索，例如本篇第2空，根据空后的“However, people usually get discouraged when it takes more time than they thought it would. ”可知，然而，当人们花的时间比他们预想的长时，他们就会感到沮丧，此处讲的还是关于花费时间的话题，“However表明空处与下文是转折关系，故A项（在任何领域取得成功都需要持续的时间和努力）符合语境。