Question

根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。

One day the employees（雇员）of a large company returned from their lunch b 1. and were greeted with a sign on the front door. The sign said, “Yesterday the person who has been stopping your growth in this company p 2. away. We invite you to join the funeral(葬礼) that has been p 3. in the gym(体育馆).”

At first everyone was sad to hear that one of their workmates had died, but after a while they started getting c 4. about who this person might be. The excitement grew a 5. the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last respects. Everyone wondered, “Who is this person that was stopping my progress? Well, at least he’s no longer here!”

One by one the employees got c 6. to the coffin(棺材) and when then they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless. They stood over the coffin, shocked and in s 7. , as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul(灵魂). There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see h 8. . There was also a sign next to the mirror that said, “There is only one that is able to set limits to your growth: it is YOU.”

You are the only person that can a 9. your happiness, your realization and your success. You are the only person that can help yourself. Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your company changes. Your life changes when YOU change, when you go b 10. your beliefs(信念), when you realize that you are the only one responsible(负责) for your life.

 

Answer 1

1.break

2.passed

3.prepared

4.curious

5.as

6.close/closer

7.silence

8.himself

9.affect

10.beyond

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是在我们的生活中，能够妨碍我们自身发展的人其实是我们自己。你的生活不会因为你的老板变了而改变，不会因为你的朋友变了而改变，也不会因为你的公司变了而改变。只有当你自己改变的时候，你的生活才会改变。

1.一天，一个大公司的职员从午饭的休息时间回来工作时，发现前门上有一个告示。break 在这里是一个名词，意思是休息。lunch break 指的是午饭的休息时间。

2.告示上写着：昨天在这个公司里一直阻碍你们成长的人去世了。pass away 是一个固定的短语，意思是去世。根据下文invite you to join the funeral邀请参加葬礼，可知这里是去世了。

3.我们邀请你参加在体育馆里准备的葬礼。prepare 准备，是一个动词。这里要用它的过去分词的形式，has been prepared 是现在完成时的被动语态，that 引导的是定语从句，修饰the funeral。

4.刚开始时，听说他们的一个同事去世了，大家都很伤心，但是过了一会，他们开始好奇，这个人可能是谁。curious 是一个形容词，意思是好奇的。因为不知道这个人是谁，所以大家都很好奇。

5.当职员们来到体育馆参加葬礼的时候，这个好奇心更厉害了。as 当……时候，随着，引导一个时间状语从句。随着参加葬礼这一天的到来，人们的好奇心越来越重。

6.职员们一个一个地走近棺材。close 近的，在这里是一个副词，get close to 接近……。根据句意也可以用closer ，即比较级的形式。

7.他们站在棺材旁边，非常的震惊，都变得沉默了，就好像有个人触摸到了他们的灵魂深处。in silence 是一个固定短语，沉默地。

8.棺材里有一个镜子，往里面看的人都能在镜子里看到自己。himself 他自己，是一个反身代词，在这里代指往镜子里看的人。

9.你自己就是那个可以影响你的快乐、你的意识和你的成功的人。affect 是一个动词，意思是影响。这里作者告诉我们，影响自己发展的人其实就是我们自己。

10.当你自己改变的时候，当你自己超越了你的信念，当你意识到你就是那个为自己的生活负责的人的时候，你的生活才会改变。beyond 超越，是一个介词。

考点：阅读填空。