高考英语一轮复习Unit5Meetingyourancestors练习Word格式文档下载.docx

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Toacertaindegreethisistrue．Focusedintentioncombinedwithactionisapowerfulforce．Butthestatementismisleadingbecauseitfailstomentionthedifficultyandnecessityoffocusingyourmindonaspecialgoal．

Mostofusdon’tknowwhatwewant．Wethinkwedo,butwereallydon’t．weonlyknowwhatwedon’twant．Wedon’twantaboringjob．Wedon’twanttobepoor．Wedon’twanttodisappointourlovedones．

Knowingspeciallywhatyouwantismuchdifferentfromknowingwhatyoudon’twant．Whenyouonlyknowwhatyoudon’t,yourintentionsaren’tfocused．Considerthisexample．

Petedoesn’twanttobepoor．He’ssickofearninglessthanhisfriends,andhe’sdeterminedtoraisehisposition．Toaccomplishthisgoal,Petecouldtakemanydifferentpaths．Hecouldtrainforahighpayingprofession．Hecouldstarthisowncompany,gointorealestate,ordomanyotherthingsthatwouldleadtoacquiringwealth．

ButPeteisn’tsurewhathewantstodo．Hedoesn’tknowwhichpathbestfitshisskillsandpersonally,sohedoesn’tmakeadecisiontofollowanyparticularpath．

Hopingtoanswerthisquestion,heinvestigatesadozenpossibilities,butassoonasherunsintoadversity（困难）,hedecidesthatpathisn’tforhimandmovesontoanewsolution．

Pete’sactionsaren’tfocused．Althoughheworksveryhard,hiseffortsdon’tbuildoneachotherratherthanbuildingonegiantimpenetrable（不可进入的）sandcastle,Petehasbuilttwentysmallonesthatareeasilytoppled（倒塌）．Heendsupconfusedanddiscouraged．What’sworse,Pete’slackoffocusleadstofailure．

WhatifPetehadchosenaspecificpath?

Asetofspecificgoalsismucheasiertoachievethanavagueultimategoallikebecomingwealthy．BeingfocusedonapathgivesPetealogicalsetofactionstofollow．Eachaccomplishmentisonestepclosertothefinalgoal．

Ithinkwecanallagreethatcommittingtoaclearlydefinedpath,regardlessofwhichone,givesPetethebestchanceofbecomingwealthy．

Buthowcanhechooseapathifhedoesn’tknowwhathewants?

Maybemoneyisn’thisonlygoal．Maybehewantstodosomethinghelovesatthesametime．Maybehecan’taffordtogobacktoschool．Realityiscomplicated,andPetedoesn’twanttocommittoosoon．

Andthat’swhyhefailed．

1．powerful2．necessary3．Not

4．though/although5．rich/wealthy

6．efforts7．Failure

8．achieve/accomplish/reach9．vague/unclear

10．Besides

一、单句语法填空

1．Thisdictionaryis________（specific）intendedforEnglishlearners.

2．Thepolice____________（arrest）almosteverybodywhoisinvolvedinthemurder.

3．Thewaywasblocked，sowewentbyan________（alternative）road.

4．Theprojectwaspredicatedonthe________（assume）thattheeconomywasexpanding.

5．Hisonlymeansof________（identify）washispassport.

6．Sciencemeans________（system）knowledgepossessedasaresultofpracticeandstudy.

7．Tomy________（relieve），mysonsucceededinapplyingforagoodjob.

8．Herushedtothestation，only____________（tell）thetrainhadleft.

9．Thegirlhasagreatinterestinsportand____________（take）badmintonclassestwiceaweekoverthelastthreeyears.

10．MorehighwayshavebeenbuiltinChina，____________（make）itmucheasierforpeopletotravelfromoneplacetoanother.

答案　

1.specifically　2.havearrested　3.alternative　4.assumption　5.identification　

6.systematic　7.relief8．tobetold　9.hasbeentaking　10.making

二、完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

Peopleincommunitieshaveslowlybeenpushedapartthroughtheyears,mostlybecause

peoplesimplyaren’ttakingthetimetosayasimple“hello.”Afterconsideringthisphenomenon,IdecidedIwasgoingto1thewayIwasdoingthings.

My2cameonemorningwhenIwasinthecommunitylibrary.Ipassedbyagirlwho3herbooksoutofherlocker.Thinkinglikemostthatsomeoneelsewouldhelpherpickthemup,Icontinuedmyway.However,whenIhadto4becauseIstupidlyforgotmybook,Inoticedshehadjustfinishedpackingthemupbyherself.Noonehadstoppedto5her.

“OK,”Ithoughttomyself,“thisiswhereIshouldhavechanged.”

MybestopportunitycameafewdayslaterwhenIsawaman6byhimselfwaitingforthelibrarytoopen,soIsatdownnexttohimandbegana7.Itwasdifficulttogetstarted,andevenwhenIhadtosaygoodbye,almostevery8frommynewfriendhadatone（语气）ofdoubtinit.Andwhocouldblamehim?

Peoplearen’tusedtomakingan9chatwithastranger.Butachange,nomatterhow10itisneeded,doesn’tjusthappen.Ittakespeoplelikeustomakeitpossible.I11youtotakeasmallstepoutofyourcomfortzoneandtrytomakesomeone’sd