Question

【題目】During an experiment, a biologist put a shark into a large tank and then put several small fish into it, too.

As you would_____, the shark quickly swam around the tank（容器）. When it found the smaller fish, it _____ began to attack and eat them. The biologist then placed a strong piece of _____ glass into the tank, creating two separate parts. She then put the shark in one part of the tank and a new group of fish in _____.

Again, the shark quickly attacked. This time, however, the shark knocked into _____ glass divider and bounced off(彈回). The shark kept repeating this behavior every few minutes but it _____. Meanwhile, the small fish swam around _____ in the other part. About an hour later, the shark_____ up. This experiment was repeated several _____ over the next few weeks. Each time, the shark got less aggressive(攻擊性) and didn’t want to ______ attacking the small fish, until the shark got ______ of hitting the glass divider and simply stopped attacking.

The biologist then removed the glass divider, ______ the shark didn’t attack. The shark was trained to believe there was a barrier(障礙) between itself and the small fish, so the fish swam wherever they wished, without ______.

In fact, many of us, after experiencing setbacks and failures, emotionally give up and stop trying. Like the ______ in the story, we believe that because we were unsuccessful in the past, we will always be unsuccessful. In other words, we continue to see a barrier in our heads, even when there is no “real” barrier ______ where we are and where we want to go.

【1】A. worry B. fear C. expect D. remember

【2】A. heavily B. quickly C. carefully D. busily

【3】A. dirty B. dark C. light D. clear

【4】A. another B. other C. the other D. others

【5】A. a B. an C. the D. (不填)

【6】A. wanted B. failed C. left D. hit

【7】A. happily B. quietly C. safely D. politely

【8】A. took B. gave C. put D. cut

【9】A. minutes B. months C. groups D. times

【10】A. allow B. stop C. forget D. try

【11】A. tired B. excited C. used D. surprised

【12】A. and B. so C. or D. but

【13】A. death B. danger C. interest D. hope

【14】A. shark B. fish C. glass D. tank

【15】A. among B. from C. through D. between

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】C

【6】B

【7】C

【8】B

【9】D

【10】D

【11】A

【12】D

【13】B

【14】A

【15】D

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文。講述了一位生物學家把鯊魚放在一個容器里，并為它設置了障礙，在屢次受阻后，鯊魚放棄了嘗試。雖然之后障礙物被拿掉，但鯊魚已經形成了定式思維，一個無形的障礙已經深藏于它的腦海中。這個故事告訴我們，在經歷挫折和失敗后，一定不要選擇放棄，因為那些阻礙你成功和進步的東西很可能會被你的堅持所克服掉。

【1】考查動詞詞義辨析。worry擔心；fear害怕；expect期望；remember記得。把鯊魚和小魚放在一起，結果正如大家所預料的那樣。故選C。

【2】考查副詞詞義辨析。heavily重地；quickly迅速地；carefully仔細地；busily忙碌地。根據(jù)常識可知，鯊魚看到獵物肯定是迅速去捕食，故選B。

【3】考查形容詞詞義辨析。dirty臟的；dark黑暗的；light輕的；clear清晰的。根據(jù)常識可知玻璃是透明的，而且鯊魚沒有看到直接撞了上去，說明玻璃很干凈。故選D。

【4】考查代詞詞義辨析。another三者或三者以上中的另一個；other另外一個（兩個人或事物中的第二個）；the other兩者中的另一個；others其他的人或物。生物學家把這個容器分成了兩部分，所以應該是兩者中的另一個。故選C。

【5】考查冠詞的用法。根據(jù)前文生物學家在容器里放了一塊干凈的玻璃可知，此處表示特指，應用定冠詞the。故選C。

【6】考查動詞詞義辨析。wanted想要；failed失敗；left離開；hit打。根據(jù)語境以及最后一段中的“setbacks and failures”可知選B。

【7】考查副詞詞義辨析。happily愉快地；quietly安靜地；safely安全地；politely禮貌地。鯊魚不能來捕食它們了，所以它們肯定是很安全地在游行。故選C。

【8】考查動詞詞義辨析。took帶走；gave給；put放；cut切割。根據(jù)最后一段的“emotionally give up”可知選B。

【9】考查名詞詞義辨析。minutes分鐘；months月；groups組；times次數(shù)。根據(jù)常理可知應該是嘗試了幾次然后放棄了。故選D。

【10】考查動詞詞義辨析。allow允許；stop停止；forget忘記；try嘗試。根據(jù)最后一段的“stop trying”可知選D。

【11】考查形容詞詞義辨析。tired疲憊的，厭倦的；excited激動的；used用過的；surprised驚訝的。get tired of對……厭倦，為固定搭配。故選A。

【12】考查連詞詞義辨析。and和；so因此；or或者，否則；but但是。根據(jù)語境可知，雖然生物學家去掉了玻璃擋板，但是鯊魚依然不攻擊了。故選D。

【13】考查名詞詞義辨析。death死亡；danger危險；interest興趣；hope希望。鯊魚不能來捕食它們了，所以它們的處境是安全的，也就是沒有危險。故選B。

【14】考查名詞詞義辨析。shark鯊魚；fish魚；glass玻璃；tank容器。根據(jù)后文的描述，可知作者把人們比作實驗中的鯊魚。故選A。

【15】考查介詞詞義辨析。among在三者及三者以上之間；from從，來自；through穿過；between在兩者之間。between…and…在……和……兩者之間。故選D。