(一),It was Friday afternoon and I was at my second job. I worked thirteen hours a day. Three tourists were passing by my 1 in Miami, Florida, when their car broke down. One of the tourists came and 2 on the door just as I was nearing the end of my shift. She asked if we could push the car to our parking lot so they could 3 it.,1.A. workplace B. garage C. home D. apartment 2.A. pushed B. knocked C. leaned D. stood 3.A. drive B. sell C. stop D. fix,When I 4 finished my work the two girls were still there. I went across and 5 them not to stay there because it was not a safe area. I also asked if I could help them with anything. They wanted to find a hotel near-by where they could 6 .,4. A. hardly B. smoothly C. finally D. gradually 5. A. encouraged B. requested C. ordered D. advised 6. A. work B. stay C. live D. visit,I asked one of the girls to come with me and I would take them to a 7 , but I was a stranger and they were 8 . “Oh, no,” one of them said. “My husband is on the way. We are fine.” Well, that was okay with me. I settled for suggesting a near-by place to stay. Then I gave them my cell number in case they needed any more 9 .,7. A. house B. station C. hotel D. company 8. A. afraid B. puzzled C. curious D. content 9. A. time B. advice C. help D. money,Again, they reassured me that they would be 10 , so I left. Just when I was parking in my drive-way my 11 rang. It was the tourists. They asked if I could help them by taking them to the 12 auto-parts shop. “Okay,” I said, “Im on my way!”,10.A. okay B. happy C. busy D. thankful 11.A. doorbell B. phone C. ear D. clock 12.A. cheapest B. closest C. best D. farthest,I 13 one of the girls to an auto-parts place that was about ten minutes away. I waited for her till she got what she needed, then I drove her back to their 14 where I said my good-bye and left. I hope they got to where they were going 15 .,13. A. walked B. led C. sent D. took 14. A. car B. office C. hotel D. shop 15. A. immediately B. quietly C. comfortably D. safely,(一)三名游客的汽車拋錨了，起初作者提出幫他們找賓館，因是陌生人，游客拒絕了作者的好意，后來游客還是給作者打來電話，請作者帶她們?nèi)プ罱钠嚺浼辍?1. A 邏輯推斷。由第一句I was at my second job可知，當(dāng)時作者正在上班，所以說游客的汽車經(jīng)過他工作的地方(workplace)。 2. B 邏輯推斷。其中一名游客來敲門(knock at the door)。 3. D 邏輯推斷。由第一段最后一句their car broke down可知，游客的車需要修理(fix)。 4.C 邏輯推斷?！爱?dāng)我終于完成工作的時候，兩個女孩還在那里”。與本句的still(仍然，還)語氣相呼應(yīng)，用finally。,5. D 邏輯推斷。由because it was not a safe area可知作者是善意地提出建議(advise)，而不是order(命令)、 request(請求)或 encourage(鼓勵)。 6. B 習(xí)慣搭配。在賓館暫住，用stay。live表示“居住”，排除C項。 7. C 原詞復(fù)現(xiàn)。由上句They wanted to find a hotel可知選C。 8. A 邏輯推斷。對這些游客來說，作者是陌生人，所以他們感到害怕。 9. C 原詞復(fù)現(xiàn)。由上下文可知，作者想幫助這些游客，所以選help。 10. A 近義復(fù)現(xiàn)。與上文fine是近義復(fù)現(xiàn)?！八麄冊俅蜗蛭冶ＷC沒事(okay)，于是我離開了”。,11. B 邏輯推斷。根據(jù)上段“I gave them my cell number”可知，此時游客向作者打來了求助電話。 12. B 邏輯推斷。游客想請作者幫忙，帶她們到最近的(closest)汽車配件店。 13. D 原詞復(fù)現(xiàn)。由上文的by taking them和下文I drove her back可知，作者是開車帶(take)游客去的，排除walk(陪同走路)、 lead (to show the way to by going in advance,即“帶領(lǐng)”) 和send(派遣)。 14. A 原詞復(fù)現(xiàn)。作者把該名游客送回她們的汽車那里。 15. D 邏輯推斷。“我希望他們安全(safely)到達要去的地方。”,“I wish I had never been born!” the Brahmin remarked. “Why so?” said I. “Because,” he replied, “I have been studying these forty years, and I find that it has been so much time 1 I believe that I am 2 of matter, but I have never been able to satisfy myself what it is that produces thought.,(二),1. A. lost B. gained C. known D. ignored 2. A. involved B. careful C. composed D. tired,I am even 3 whether my understanding is a simple 4 like that of walking or digesting, or if I think with my head in the same manner as I take hold of a thing with my 5 I talk a great deal, and when I have done speaking I 6 confounded and ashamed of what I have said.”,3. A. puzzled B. ignorant C. clear D. hesitated 4. A. matter B. faculty C. task D. action 5. A. heart B. power C. mind D. hands 6. A. find B. remain C. hold D. grow,The same day I had a conversation with an old woman, his 7 . I asked her if she had ever been unhappy for not 8 how her soul was made? She did not even comprehend my question. She had not, for the 9 moment in her life, had a thought about these subjects with which the good Brahmin himself had 10 a lot.,7. A. philosopher B. friend C. neighbor D. colleague 8. A. catching B. showing C. knowing D. understanding 9. A. briefest B. longest C. saddest D. best 10. A. hatred B. enjoyed C. suffered D. wished,She believed in the bottom of her heart in the metamorphoses(蛻變) of Vishnu(守護神), and provided she could get some of the sacred water of the Ganges(恒河) in which to 11 her ablutions (洗禮), she thought herself the happiest of women. Struck with the 12 of this poor creature, I returned to my philosopher, whom I thus addressed:,11. A. take B. make C. carry D. offer 12. A. sadness B. pleasure C. amazement D. happiness,“Are you not 13 to be thus miserable when, not fifty yards from you, there is an old automaton who thinks of nothing and lives 14 ?” “You are right,” he replied. “I have said to myself a thousand times that I should be happy if I were but as ignorant as my old neighbor; and yet it is a happiness which I do not 15 .” This reply of the Brahmin made a greater impression on me than anything that had passed.,13. A. ashamed B. afraid C. glad D. ignorant 14. A. lonely B. contented C. simple D. frightened 15. A. have B. ignore C. desire D. hold,（二）本文講述的不同的人對人生不同的認(rèn)知觀，是樂觀看待人生，還是悲觀看待人生。作者通過一個事例告訴讀者一個道理：樂觀看待生活是一種幸福。 1. A 篇章開頭交待Brahmin對待人生悲觀的認(rèn)識，認(rèn)為數(shù)十年的光陰浪費了，毫無成就之感。依據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)聯(lián)此處應(yīng)指“光陰的浪費”，所以唯有l(wèi)ost與句意吻合。 2. C 此句表明：我確信我已完全物質(zhì)化了。be careful of(對小心為是)和be tired of(對感到厭煩)句子原意不符，舍去；involved不與of連用，所以排除，不予考慮；而be composed of的意思為“由組成/構(gòu)成”，故與題意吻合。,3. B 這題難度較大。句意為：我甚至都無知到我是否具有想走路或消化的功能。puzzled(困惑，疑惑)，意思是不清楚，想得到明確答案，但此句與下文并無此意，故不符題意；clear(清楚的，清晰的) 和hesitated(猶豫不決的)明顯與題意不符；所以，只有ignorant(無知的；愚蠢的)符合句意。 4. B 從上下句看，此處指的是“人體功能”，而“功能”之意，唯有faculty符合，因為faculty指人體和思維功能，多指行動力和理解力。其他皆不符合題意。 5. D 從句意可知：拿著東西，自然是用手。所以最佳答案是hands。,6. B 本句句意是：我講了一大通，講完之后，我依舊疑惑不解或?qū)ψ约核f的話感到羞恥。find(發(fā)覺)后面須跟名詞作賓語，故不符題意；hold(持有)多指具體的“擁有”或“把持”的行為或“堅持”某種觀點，而此處表示是一種精神狀態(tài)，也不符題意；grow(變得)表示一種持續(xù)演變的過程，與本句原意相左；remain(保留)指的是“原先是什么狀態(tài)，現(xiàn)在依舊保持這種狀態(tài)”，故remain是最佳選項。 7. C 本題可從短文的倒數(shù)第二句中找到答案。,8. D 由句意判斷作者是問這位老婦人是否因為不明白靈魂是如何構(gòu)成的而感到不高興。catch(懂得)指對某個問題的“頓悟”；know(知道)指的是“大致曉得”，show(演示)，從下文來看，這三個選項不符合題意，因為作者在這兒指的是“理解”或“明白”的意思，所以本題最佳選項應(yīng)選understanding。 9. A 從下文可知，老太從沒感到過不幸福或不開心。再則與句中Brahmin形成鮮明對比，因為Brahmin為此suffered a lot所以此空的最佳選項為briefest(最簡短的)，其他三項與題意不符。 10. C 解釋同上,11. B 從句意可知：除非她能從恒河中獲得圣水進行洗禮。take(取)和carry(搬運)，offer(主動給予)與句意和上下文的意思相悖，故舍去不予考慮。唯有make her ablutions(進行洗禮)符合題意。 12. D 由前一句的意思可以獲得本題的最佳選項。 13. A 此處是作者以措辭激烈口吻表示對Brahmin的痛苦人生觀不滿，并以對比襯托生活在其附近的貧窮老太無憂無慮的充實生活。因此，唯有ashamed(羞愧)符合該題意。,14. B 解釋同上。故本題選項中的lonely(孤單地)，simple(簡樸的)和frightened(恐懼的)與句子原意有沖突，所以舍去；唯有 contented(充實的)切合題意。 15. C 由本句意思可知：哲學(xué)家Brahmin辯解的幸福觀完全不同于他的鄰居那位貧窮老太的幸福生活觀。所以，這題的最佳選項的意思應(yīng)該是“指望”，在四個選項中唯有desire符合題意。,