Years ago,when I started looking for my first job,wise advisers advised,“Barbara,be enthusiastic(热情的)!Enthusiasm will take you 1 than any amount of experience.” How right they were!Enthusiastic people can turn a(n) 2 drive into an adventure,extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends.
“Nothing great was ever 3 without enthusiasm,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson.It is the inner voice that 4 ,“I can do it!” when others shout,“No,you can’t!”
It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock,a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine,to be 5 accepted.Yet she didn’t stop working on her experiments.Work was such a deep 6 for her that she never thought of stopping.
We are all born with wide-eyed,enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder 7 gives enthusiastic people such a youthful air, 8 their age.At 90,cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing the cello.As the music 9 his fingers,his shoulders would 10 and joy would reappear in his eyes.Music,for Casals,was what made life a never ending 11 .Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville,Kan,was 68 12 she began to draw.This activity 13 the depression that she has suffered from for 30 years and the 14 of her work led one critic to say,“I have to call Layton a genius.Elizabeth had rediscovered her 15 .”
How do you rediscover the enthusiasm of your childhood?The answer,I believe, 16 the word itself.“Enthusiasm” comes from the Greek and means “God within”.And “God within” is 17 else but a sense of love—a proper love of self,that is self-acceptance,and the love of others 18 .
Enthusiastic people also love what they do, 19 money or title or power.If we can’t do what we love as a full-time career,we can do it as a part-time 20 .
【语篇解读】本文是一篇议论文。作者在文章中以科学家、音乐家、画家等为例来论证热情在人们成长和发展过程中的重要性。正如爱默生所言:“没有热情你就会一无所获。”
1.A.further B.less C.better D.farther
答案:A
解析:句意:跟大量的经验相比,热情会让你走得更远。than前面的形容词用比较级。further“更远的,深一层的”,形容抽象意义上的远;less“更少”;better“更好”;farther“更远”,指具体距离上的远。根据句意和语境可知选A项。
2.A.interesting B.long C.boring D.short
答案:C
解析:interesting“有趣的”;long“长的”;boring“令人厌烦的”;short“矮的,短的”。句意:热情的人可以把沉闷的车程变成探险,把加班变成机会,把陌生人变成朋友。故选C项。
3.A.discovered B.achieved C.sought D.described
答案:B
解析:discover“发现”;achieve“完成,取得”;seek“寻找,寻求”;describe“描述”。句意:无热情成就不了伟业。故选B项。
4.A.tells B.talks C.quarrels D.whispers
答案:D
解析:句意:这是在别人说你不行的时候,内心的声音告诉你你能行。tell“讲述”;talk“谈话”;quarrel“争吵”;whisper“低语”。根据句意和语境可知应选D项。
5.A.frankly B.generally C.honestly D.warmly
答案:B
解析:句意:获得1983年诺贝尔医学奖的遗传学家芭芭拉·麦克林托克的科研成果数年后才被大家普遍接受。frankly“坦白地,直率地”;generally“一般地,通常地”;honestly“诚实地”;warmly“热情地”。故选B项。
6.A.pleasure B.success C.feeling D.love
答案:A
解析:句意:工作对她来说是一种如此巨大的快乐,她从未想过要停止。pleasure“快乐”;success“成功”;feeling“感情”;love“爱情”。故选A项。
7.A.which B.what C.since D.that
答案:D
解析:句意:……正是这种天真烂漫的好奇心给了热情的人们这种年轻的气息。由句意可知此处为强调句型。故选D项。
8.A.whenever B.whichever C.whatever D.wherever
答案:C
解析:whenever“无论什么时候”;whichever“无论哪一个”;whatever“无论什么”;wherever“无论哪里”。此处意为“无论他们的年龄是多少”。根据句意可知选C项。
9.A.went through B.pulled through
C.got through D.flowed through
答案:D
解析:gothrough“通过”;pullthrough“渡过难关”;getthrough“通过(考试)”;flowthrough“流过”。此处意为“随着音乐流淌过他的手指”。故选D项。
10.A.strengthen B.widen C.lighten D.straighten
答案:D
解析:句意:……他的肩膀将会挺起,快乐会重新浮现在他的眼中。strengthen“加强”;widen“变宽”;lighten“缓和”;straighten“挺直,端正(身体)”。根据句意可知选D项。
11.A.routine B.adventure C.trip D.travel
答案:B
解析:句意:对于卡萨尔斯来说,音乐让生活成为一场永不停息的冒险之旅。routine“常规”;adventure“冒险”;trip“短途旅行”;travel“旅游”。故选B项。
12.A.after B.while C.until D.when
答案:D
解析:此处意为“当她开始画画的时候”。after“在……之后”;while“当……时”,所接句子谓语动词必须是延续的;until“直到……”;when“当……时候”,所接句子的谓语动词可以是延续的,也可以是非延续的。故选D项。
13.A.ended B.completed C.began D.started
答案:A
解析:句意:这个活动结束了她30年来的抑郁。end“结束”;complete“完成”;begin“开始”;start“开始”。故选A项。
14.A.amount B.quality C.beauty D.atmosphere
答案:B
解析:句意:她的作品的质量使一位评论家说……amount“数量”;quality“品质”;beauty“美丽”;atmosphere“气氛”。根据句意可知选B项。
15.A.enthusiasm B.strength C.advantage D.power
答案:A
解析:句意:伊丽莎白再次发现了她的热情。enthusiasm“热情”;strength“力气”;advantage“好处”;power“能量”。根据句意和语境可知选A项。
16.A.consists of B.dies from C.lies in D.belongs to
答案:C
解析:句意:我相信答案在于词本身。consistof“由……组成”;diefrom“死于”;liein“在于,位于”;belongto“属于”。故选C项。
17.A.something B.anything C.nothing D.none
答案:C
解析:something“某事”;anything“任何事情”;nothing“没什么”;none“没有人,没有任何东西”。nothingelsebut“只有,只不过”。根据语境可知选C项。
18.A.follows B.runs C.goes D.accompanies
答案:A
解析:句意:……并且对其他人的爱也跟随着而来。follow“跟随,接着”;run“跑”;go“去”;accompany“伴随,伴奏”。故选A项。
19.A.in spite of B.regardless of
C.because of D.or rather
答案:B
解析:句意:热情的人们同样热爱他们所做的一切,无关金钱或头衔或权力。inspiteof“虽然,尽管”;regardlessof“不管……;不顾……”,后接名词或代词;becauseof“因为”;orrather“更精确地说,倒不如说”。故选B项。
20.A.goal B.task C.interest D.assignment
答案:C
解析:句意:如果我们不能全职做我们喜欢的工作,我们可以把它作为一个兼职的兴趣来做。goal“目标”;task“任务”;interest“兴趣,爱好”;assignment“分配,任务”。故选C项。
