2．解析：该空与后面的negative形成对比关系，因此选B，当周围的人和事都很消极的

时候，怎样才能变得积极呢？A项有一定干扰性，但 “自信的”，与后文构不成对

比关系。

答案：B

[解题导语] 本文是记叙文。作者和妻子经历了很多困难，但他们一直试图摆脱困境，

积极面对未来。儿子随口说的一句话 “BE NICE” 也成为了他们生活态度的写照。

[重点词语链接] (1)struggle可以用作不及物动词，也可以用作名词。当 “奋斗，斗

争” 讲，多搭配介词for/against/with，也可与不定式搭配，如：

The old man has been struggling with illness.

这位老人一直在与病魔作斗争。

She struggled to keep back the tears.

她努力忍住泪水。

The struggle between the two teams was hard.

这两个队之间的斗争很艰苦。

(2)respond一般用作不及物动词，当 “回应，反应” 讲，如：

Has she responded to your letter?

她有没有回过你的信？

respond作 “作出反应，响应” 讲时，后常接介词to/by/with，如：

The government has responded to pressure and dropped the proposal.

政府回应压力并放弃了这一提议。

1．解析：从文章第一句可知，作者遇到了困难，因此在困难中 “挣扎”。本题干扰性

比较强的是B、C两项，从后文看，作者并没有消极，因此选项B “抱怨” 不合逻辑；C项的意思是 “准备”，也不合适。

答案：A

A

Over the past year my family and I have had some very tough times.It also seems as if when you’re __1__，you think of people who are in similar situations.How do you become __2__ when everything and everyone around you is negative(消极的)?

My wife and I were __3__.We wanted to change our lives and ultimately became __4__ for our family and friends to show them that life is truly what you make it in any given situation.

I was at work and my wife __5__me in a panic(惊慌)over car trouble.I comforted her with words like “be strong” “everything will be alright” etc.

That evening she made a joke that when I was comforting her earlier I sounded repetitive and that is why the words __6__ with her throughout the day.__7__，my son (19 months old) was stretching to reach a cup of milk she made for him but left high up on the table.Out of __8__，he fell to the floor and yelled with a little baby lisp “BE NICE”．We both looked at each other and couldn’t stop laughing.It stuck with us and we decided to put it on a T­shirt for him.

My wife was going on a trip to New York with my mother.I printed a __9__ for her with a custom design I made.It read “BE NICE” with a little bee picture.I wanted to see if people would __10__ to the shirt.

Wouldn’t you know，it __11__.At the customer service desk my wife encountered a woman that smiled and said，“I like your shirt.I wish everyone around here had that __12__.” The customer service gave my wife a better seat than the one she booked.

1．A.struggling　 B．complaining　 C．preparing　 D．failing

2．fident　 B．positive　 C．healthy　 D．successful

3．A.left over　 B．tested out　 C．mixed up　 D．fed up

4．A.a support　 B．a source

C．an example　 D．an achievement

5．A.visited　 B．found　 C．reported　 D．called

6．A.grew　 B．came　 C．stuck　 D．played

7．A.Unfortunately　 B．Coincidentally

C．Accidentally　 D．Consequently

8．A.pain　 B．anger　 C．frustration　 D．curiosity

9．A.shirt　 B．skirt　 C．cap　 D．scarf

10．A.sign　 B．approach　 C．respond　 D．wave

11．ged　 B．worked　 C．won　 D．lasted

12．A.design　 B．style 　C．sense　 D．attitude

B

You have probably heard about the threat the carbon dioxide poses to the

environment.But you may not have heard about the biggest threat __13__ the Himalayan：soot(黑烟)clouds.These soot clouds contain __14__ is known as “black carbon”，__15__ comes from wood fires.The soot is settling on the glaciers(冰川)，absorbing sunlight and causing the ice to melt at a faster __16__.　

“This is a huge problem which we are ignoring，”Syed Hasnain of the Energy and Resources Institute in Delhi，India，told the Guardian.About 30 percent of the world’s black carbon __17__ from China and India，but until recently not even the UN officially recognized it __18__ an environmental threat.This month，the UN environment program has called for reduction in black carbon output.The solution for cutting black carbon emissions is very __19__：Simply replace the old wood stoves used by many people in the Himalayan region.That would go a long way toward __20__ soot from settling on the “world’s roof”-one of Earth’s most precious treasures.

5．解析：细节理解题。根据最后一句的Using the computer moderately gives us time for

gentleness，play and communication，第一段段末的In a home there is love，sharing and

appreciation 及全文第二句的A　 home is a place of companionship with people in it可

知A、B、C正确；文章并没有提及selflessness。

答案：D

4．解析：细节理解题。由最后一段Control of the computer and the Internet is also important

to make a house into a home.可知合理使用电脑对家庭也是很重要的。与C选项不符。

答案：C

3．解析：推理判断题。根据下一句的Parents are unaware，too busy making money outside

the home that they don’t live in.可以判断这一类人是很少和家庭成员呆在一起的。

答案：C

2．解析：推理判断题。文章第一段作者提出了心中家的概念作为论点。

答案：C

[解题导语] 本文论述了如何才能使我们的房子成为家这个命题。

1．解析：主旨大意题。文章主要围绕房子和家这个话题展开，即什么使我们的房子成为

家。

答案：B

20．解析：根据 “shivering and looking around” 可判断该空用saw。

答案：saw