Ⅴ.完形填空
What am I doing these years?
For many years I have been a proud ______ 1. I could get lost in the clouds for hours, dreaming of travelling to faraway countries and enjoying different cultures there. My dream ______ 2: a best-selling author, changing people's hearts with my words, or a reporter, serving the people and giving ______ 3 to those who have not been heard for centuries.
I spend most of my time dreaming. What's the problem with spending so much time dancing among sunset-painted cotton candy clouds? Well, the problem is that my bare feet ______ 4 kiss the earth, and by being lost in my dreams often, I become ______ 5 from my own real life and out of touch with the people I love.
"Stop dreaming. Be a doer not a dreamer," a famous television producer described in her speech. "You just have to keep doing something, catching the next chance, staying open to trying something new. It doesn't have to ______ 6 your imagination of the perfect job or the perfect life. Perfect is boring and dreams are not ______ 7. Just ... DO."
One of the hardest lessons a dreamer has to learn is that in order to cultivate(培养) the type of life we fictionalize(幻想) so often, we must match our dreams with ______ 8. Otherwise, as Shonda puts it, "Dreamers often end up living in the basement(地下室) of relatives."
Another hard truth that we dreamers must ______ 9 is that by being lost in dreaming, we overlook(忽视) ourselves. We usually dream of becoming ______ 10 else. We dream about the people who are not us, and this is a problem because it ______ 11 we would rather be others instead of ourselves.
So, this is me waving goodbye to my cotton candy clouds. I am ______ 12 myself to meet my dreams with action. It won't be ______ 13. Those light and soft clouds have been a great source of comfort through the endless thunderstorms that have disrupted(打扰) my life. It's comfortable.
However, ______ 14 my best friend often reminds me, good things don't always bring comfort. The ______ 15 thing for us is challenging. It is a lot more meaningful than those cotton candy clouds.
1. A. traveller
B. reporter
C. seller
D. dreamer
2. A. standard
B. career
C. achievement
D. situation
3. A. voice
B. ability
C. surprise
D. space
4. A. always
B. seldom
C. often
D. usually
5. A. absent
B. present
C. free
D. different
6. A. picture
B. satisfy
C. empty
D. guess
7. A. exciting
B. important
C. real
D. lovely
8. A. action
B. money
C. time
D. study
9. A. suggest
B. know
C. follow
D. change
10. A. everyone
B. someone
C. anyone
D. nobody
11. A. means
B. considers
C. explains
D. promises
12. A. controlling
B. satisfying
C. discovering
D. challenging
13. A. hard
B. easy
C. hurt
D. special
14. A. for
B. while
C. as
D. like
15. A. better
B. worse
C. best
D. worst
What am I doing these years?
For many years I have been a proud ______ 1. I could get lost in the clouds for hours, dreaming of travelling to faraway countries and enjoying different cultures there. My dream ______ 2: a best-selling author, changing people's hearts with my words, or a reporter, serving the people and giving ______ 3 to those who have not been heard for centuries.
I spend most of my time dreaming. What's the problem with spending so much time dancing among sunset-painted cotton candy clouds? Well, the problem is that my bare feet ______ 4 kiss the earth, and by being lost in my dreams often, I become ______ 5 from my own real life and out of touch with the people I love.
"Stop dreaming. Be a doer not a dreamer," a famous television producer described in her speech. "You just have to keep doing something, catching the next chance, staying open to trying something new. It doesn't have to ______ 6 your imagination of the perfect job or the perfect life. Perfect is boring and dreams are not ______ 7. Just ... DO."
One of the hardest lessons a dreamer has to learn is that in order to cultivate(培养) the type of life we fictionalize(幻想) so often, we must match our dreams with ______ 8. Otherwise, as Shonda puts it, "Dreamers often end up living in the basement(地下室) of relatives."
Another hard truth that we dreamers must ______ 9 is that by being lost in dreaming, we overlook(忽视) ourselves. We usually dream of becoming ______ 10 else. We dream about the people who are not us, and this is a problem because it ______ 11 we would rather be others instead of ourselves.
So, this is me waving goodbye to my cotton candy clouds. I am ______ 12 myself to meet my dreams with action. It won't be ______ 13. Those light and soft clouds have been a great source of comfort through the endless thunderstorms that have disrupted(打扰) my life. It's comfortable.
However, ______ 14 my best friend often reminds me, good things don't always bring comfort. The ______ 15 thing for us is challenging. It is a lot more meaningful than those cotton candy clouds.
1. A. traveller
B. reporter
C. seller
D. dreamer
2. A. standard
B. career
C. achievement
D. situation
3. A. voice
B. ability
C. surprise
D. space
4. A. always
B. seldom
C. often
D. usually
5. A. absent
B. present
C. free
D. different
6. A. picture
B. satisfy
C. empty
D. guess
7. A. exciting
B. important
C. real
D. lovely
8. A. action
B. money
C. time
D. study
9. A. suggest
B. know
C. follow
D. change
10. A. everyone
B. someone
C. anyone
D. nobody
11. A. means
B. considers
C. explains
D. promises
12. A. controlling
B. satisfying
C. discovering
D. challenging
13. A. hard
B. easy
C. hurt
D. special
14. A. for
B. while
C. as
D. like
15. A. better
B. worse
C. best
D. worst
答案
V. 1~5 DBABA 6~10 BCABB 11~15 ADBCC
【文章大意】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，作者通过反思得出结论：做白日梦不现实，要脚踏实地，梦想要与行动相匹配。
1. D 根据“I could get lost in the clouds for hours, dreaming of travelling to faraway countries and enjoying different cultures there.”可知作者之前一直梦想着去遥远的国家旅行，享受那里的不同文化，所以是梦想家。故选 D。
2. B 根据“a best - selling author”可知，此处说的是梦想中的职业。故选 B。
3. A 根据“to those who have not been heard for centuries”可知，能够听的应该是声音。故选 A。
4. B 根据“and by being lost in my dreams often”可知是经常幻想，很少脚踏实地。故选 B。
5. A 根据“out of touch with the people I love”可知是脱离了自己的现实生活，absent“缺席的”符合语境。故选 A。
6. B 根据“Perfect is boring”可知完美不重要，所以做实际的事情不需要去满足我们对完美工作或生活的幻想，重要的是去做。故选 B。
7. C 根据“Perfect is boring and dreams are not... Just... DO.”可知梦想是不真实的，要行动起来。故选 C。
8. A 根据“Just... DO.”可知，梦想要与行动匹配。故选 A。
9. B 根据“is that by being lost in dreaming, we overlook ourselves”可知，这是我们必须知道的。故选 B。
10. B 根据“We dream about the people who are not us”可知，此处说的是梦想着成为某个其他人，句子是肯定句，要用 someone。故选 B。
知识拓展 someone/somebody 还可以表示重要人物(an important person)。
11. A 根据“we would rather be others instead of ourselves”可知我们通常梦想成为另一个人，这意味着我们宁愿成为别人。故选 A。
12. D 根据“this is me waving goodbye to my cotton candy clouds”可知，此处是挑战自己，和幻想说再见，用行动来实现“我”的梦想。故选 D。
13. B 根据“the endless thunderstorms that have disrupted my life”可知，挑战自己用行动实现梦想是不容易的。故选 B。
14. C 根据“my best friend often reminds me”可知是正如朋友经常提醒的那样。故选 C。
15. C 根据“thing for us is challenging. It is a lot more meaningful than those cotton candy clouds”可知最好的事情就是挑战。故选 C。
【文章大意】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，作者通过反思得出结论：做白日梦不现实，要脚踏实地，梦想要与行动相匹配。
1. D 根据“I could get lost in the clouds for hours, dreaming of travelling to faraway countries and enjoying different cultures there.”可知作者之前一直梦想着去遥远的国家旅行，享受那里的不同文化，所以是梦想家。故选 D。
2. B 根据“a best - selling author”可知，此处说的是梦想中的职业。故选 B。
3. A 根据“to those who have not been heard for centuries”可知，能够听的应该是声音。故选 A。
4. B 根据“and by being lost in my dreams often”可知是经常幻想，很少脚踏实地。故选 B。
5. A 根据“out of touch with the people I love”可知是脱离了自己的现实生活，absent“缺席的”符合语境。故选 A。
6. B 根据“Perfect is boring”可知完美不重要，所以做实际的事情不需要去满足我们对完美工作或生活的幻想，重要的是去做。故选 B。
7. C 根据“Perfect is boring and dreams are not... Just... DO.”可知梦想是不真实的，要行动起来。故选 C。
8. A 根据“Just... DO.”可知，梦想要与行动匹配。故选 A。
9. B 根据“is that by being lost in dreaming, we overlook ourselves”可知，这是我们必须知道的。故选 B。
10. B 根据“We dream about the people who are not us”可知，此处说的是梦想着成为某个其他人，句子是肯定句，要用 someone。故选 B。
知识拓展 someone/somebody 还可以表示重要人物(an important person)。
11. A 根据“we would rather be others instead of ourselves”可知我们通常梦想成为另一个人，这意味着我们宁愿成为别人。故选 A。
12. D 根据“this is me waving goodbye to my cotton candy clouds”可知，此处是挑战自己，和幻想说再见，用行动来实现“我”的梦想。故选 D。
13. B 根据“the endless thunderstorms that have disrupted my life”可知，挑战自己用行动实现梦想是不容易的。故选 B。
14. C 根据“my best friend often reminds me”可知是正如朋友经常提醒的那样。故选 C。
15. C 根据“thing for us is challenging. It is a lot more meaningful than those cotton candy clouds”可知最好的事情就是挑战。故选 C。
