The power of encouragement is great. You may draw some inspiration from the following story.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a famous 19th-century poet and artist, was once ______ by an elderly man. The old man had some sketches (素描) and drawings that he ______ Rossetti to look at and tell him if they were any good, or if they at least showed_____ talent.
Rossetti looked them____carefully. After the first few, he knew that they were worthless, showing not the least ____of artistic talent. But Rossetti was a_____ man, and he told the elderly man as gently as possible that the pictures were of little ______ and showed little talent. He was sorry, but he could not ____ to the man.
The visitor was ____, but seemed to expect Rossetti’s ____. He then apologized for ______ Rossetti’s time, but would he just ____a few more drawings—these done by a(n) ____ art student? Rossetti looked over the____ batch (一批) of sketches and immediately became enthusiastic over the talent they_____. “These,” he said, “oh, these are good. This young student has great talent. He should be given every____and encouragement in his career as an artist. He has a____future if he will work and stick to it.”
Rossetti could see that the old man was ______ moved. “Who is this fine young artist?” he asked. “Your son?” “No.” said the old man sadly. “It was I who painted the pictures 40 years ago. ____ I had heard your praise then! For you see, I got discouraged and___ drawing—too soon.”
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解析试题分析：文章通过一个画家的故事给我们讲述了一个人生道理--通往成功的路没有捷径，任何时候都要相信自己，要经受住挫折的打击，不能轻言放弃。老人拿着画作去请教著名的画家，画家觉得他的画一文不值。但是，画家很看好他40年前的画作，对它们的评价很高。老人很后悔自己过早放弃了绘画。
【小题1】考查动词辨析。根据后面一句可知，老人拿着素描和画作让罗塞蒂鉴赏，那个老人是来拜访罗塞蒂的。A帮助；B参观，拜访；C检查，视察；D要求。故选B。
【小题2】考查动词辨析。hope to do sth希望做某事，其后不能跟不定式作宾补，make/have sb do sth让某人做某事，want sb to do sth想要某人做某事，A希望；B制造，做；C有；D想要。故选D。
【小题3】考查形容词辨析。and tell him if they were any good, or if they at least showed ______ talent老人想让罗塞蒂看看自己的画作好不好，是不是能够展现他的潜在的才能。A潜在的；B商业的；C官方的；D精神上的。故选A。
【小题4】考查介词辨析。look up向上看，查找（生词）；look on呈现，雇佣；look over仔细审视；look down向下看。罗塞蒂仔细地看老人的画作。A向上；B在......上面；C在......上方；D向下。故选C。
【小题5】考查名词辨析。showing not the least ____of artistic talent这些画作一文不值，毫无一点艺术才能的迹象，A记号，手势，迹象，征兆；B标记；C机会；D观点，风景。故选A。
【小题6】考查形容词辨析。根据后面的“as gently as possible”可知，罗塞蒂是一个善良的人，他尽量委婉地告诉老人实情。A粗鲁的；B友好的；C有才能的；D有创造力的。故选B。
【小题7】考查名词辨析。the pictures were of little___根据本段第一句可知，这些画几乎没有价值，be of+抽象名词（use, value, help）等，相当于对应的形容词（useful, valuable, helpful）。A帮助；B价格；C价值；D质量。故选C。
【小题8】考查动词辨析。He was sorry, but he could not ____ to the man.罗塞蒂觉得很遗憾，但他不想对老人撒谎。根据前面可知，罗塞蒂告诉了老人实情。lie to sb对某人撒谎。A说；B道歉；C听；D撒谎。故选D。
【小题9】考查动词辨析。The visitor was ____,这个来访的老人听到罗塞蒂说自己的画作一文不值，感到很失望。A使失望；B使恼怒；C使高兴；D使困惑。故选A。
【小题10】考查名词辨析。but seemed to expect Rossetti’s ____.老人虽然失望，但他料到了罗塞蒂会作出这样的判断，A成就；B调整；C陈述，声明；D判断。故选D。
【小题11】考查短语辨析。He then apologized for ___ Rossetti’s time老人为占用罗塞蒂的时间而道歉，A占据，从事；B调高，出现；C组成，编造，化装；D向上看，查找。故选A。
【小题12】考查短语辨析。根据“these done by a(n) __48__ art student?”可知，老人在想，罗塞蒂会不会看一下老人的学生的画作，A旨在；B怒视；C看；D盯着看。故选C。
【小题13】考查形容词辨析。根据下面的“This young student...”可知，这是一个年轻学生的画作，A年老的；B年轻的；C著名的；D有才能的。故选B。
【小题14】考查序数词辨析。Rossetti looked over the____ batch (一批) of sketches罗塞蒂仔细看了第二批素描，第一批是那个老人的。A第一；B第二；C第三；D最后的。故选B。
【小题15】考查动词辨析。and immediately became enthusiastic over the talent they___.罗塞蒂立刻变得热情高涨起来，因为年轻学生的画作显示出很高的绘画才能。A复习，详查；B暴露；C展示；D拒绝。故选C。
【小题16】考查名词辨析。He should be given every____and encouragement in his career as an artist.罗塞蒂说，在成为艺术家的生涯中，这个年轻学生应该得到最多的帮助和鼓励。A帮助；B时间；C机会；D工作。故选A。
【小题17】考查形容词辨析。He has a____future if he will work and stick to it.罗塞蒂认为，这个年轻学生如果坚持下去，他将大有前途。A有魅力的；B急速发展的；C有前途的；D感人的。故选C。
【小题18】考查副词辨析。Rossetti could see that the old man was ___ moved.看得出，老人被罗塞蒂的话深深打动了。A稍微；B顺利地；C简直；D深深地。故选D。
【小题19】考查连接词辨析。根据“It was I who painted the pictures 40 years ago.”可知，这是老人40年前画的，他认为要是当时有人给他说这一番话就好了。A要是......就好了；B只有；C既然；D只要。故选A。
【小题20】考查短语辨析。I got discouraged and___ drawing老人泄气后放弃了画画。A坚持；B放弃；C前往；D导致，通往。故选B。
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Two weeks before Christmas, Mother told me we were going to my grandmother's house for the holiday. Grandma and Uncle Henry lived on a farm some 15 miles out of town They had no electricity or running water and _ what I considered the "good things" in life. They made no plans for Christmas When Christmas Eve arrived, Mom told me in her best "I-mean-it" voice to _ all the decorations from our tree. She packed those up all the materials for a _ turkey dinner.
Christmas morning perfectly with the sun shining brightly across a fresh blanket of snow. _ I was angry silently in the backseat of the car as we made our _ to grandma's. This was going to be the _ Christmas ever! Grandma was _ to see us as we walked up to her door. "What on earth are you doing here?" she said." We weren't expecting . It's Christmas, and I don't even have a turkey to cook for you." "I knew ." Mom said as we set boxes of goodies(好吃的) on the kitchen table. "That's _ we brought all with us." "We _ have a tree" Mom insisted. " what will we do with all these decorations?" Uncle Henry quickly caught Mom's spirit. He called me to join him, and we found a perfect Christmas tree in the woods. Soon the house _ fresh and piney as we decorated the pine tree, and the day a festive air . The turkey dinner was very good, too. I was actually beginning to enjoy this unusual Christmas day!
Dessert was almost forgotten _ Mom came out with the final surprise-a flaming (色彩鲜明的)pudding! "Merry Christmas, mother," Mom said. "Dear me!" Grandma said with her mouth wide open. "I haven't seen a flaming pudding since I left England before I was married." Tears of filled her eyes. I could not keep the tears . my eyes, either. I knew then that Mom had also given me the best Christmas present ever.
She had taught me what a beautiful thing it is to give.
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The night was dark, though sometimes the moving clouds allowed a star or two to be seen in the sky.The poor men held on to any bit of ____ they could find. They called to the Marie for but she was far the reach of the human voice. At one o’clock in the morning suddenly some were seen in the distance: another ship! The shouts of the were heard on board, and willing hands pulled them out of the water. The of the ship that had arrived at the scene to save their lives was Ellen. What had her to the exact spot the darkness and the pathless sea? Her captain had known of the wreck and had, indeed, to sail away from it. But let him speak for himself.
“ I was forced by the wind to change my course, a small bird flew across the ship once or twice and then flew at my face. I of this until exactly the same thing happened a second time, caused me to think it rather . While I was this , the same bird, for the third time, made its appearance and flew in the same way as before. I was then to change my course back to the original one. I had not gone far I heard a strange voice; and when I tried to where they came from, I found I was in the middle of people who had been shipwrecked. I immediately did my best to save them.”
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I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents the necessities of life they couldn’t give much more. If I asked my father a pair of jeans, he would say, “If you want them, make the money and buy them .” He wasn’t being mean; he just couldn’t them. From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school.
When I from high school, I joined the navy. Soon I was in a boot camp(新兵训练营) at Parris Island, S. C., where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily . These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock(模拟的) battles. Completing these tasks successfully discipline, team-work and responsibility. It didn’t whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the of the company.
I went to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I most was the consulting(咨询) meetings I with the family members of the men and women in my , trying to help them deal with the long periods of . These proved popular and word of them spread. I was being asked to give encouraging to business groups, educators and kids across the country.
But I consider the boot camp my first real , and my life is still guided by the lessons I learned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to it.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
A few months ago, I was picking up the children at school. Emily, another mother that I knew well, rushed up to me. She was full of ____.
“Do you know ____ you and I are?” she asked. ____ I could answer, she gave out the reason for her question. She had just returned from renewing her driver’s license at a government office. The woman ____ desk asked her what her “occupation” was. Emily hesitated, ____ how to answer it. “What I mean is,” explained the woman, “do you have a job, or are you just a ...?” “Of course I have a job,” answered Emily. “I’m a (an) ____.” “We don’t ____ ‘mother’ as an occupation ... ‘housewife’ covers it,” she said.
I forgot all about her story ____ one day I found myself in the same situation. This time it was at our own Town Hall. The clerk was a woman.
“And what is your occupation?” she asked. What ____ me say it, I do not know. The words simply jumped out. “I’m ... a (an) ______ in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”
The clerk stopped, her ball-point pen _____ in mid-air. She looked up ____ she had not heard right. I repeated the title slowly.
“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “just what you do in your _____?” Coolly, I heard myself _____, “I have a continuing program of research in the laboratory and in the field. I’m working for my masters (the whole family) and already have ____ credits (令人增光的人或事物) (all daughters). I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). The job is more challenging than most jobs and the ____ are in satisfaction rather than just money.”
There was an increasing note of ____ in the clerk’s voice as she ____ in the form. As I drove into our driveway(私家车道), I was ____ by my lab assistants — ages 13, 7, and 3. Inside the house I could hear our new experimental model (six months) in the child-development program.
I felt successful. Motherhood...what a great ____.
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(2013·高考江西卷)Diane Ray was completely selfcentred and very spoilt.Her parents gave her____she wanted，knowing that she would throw a temper tantrum(耍小孩脾气)if they did not.She would scream and kick and____on the floor drumming her heels.Her parents always____.
That was why she was alone on the____，wearing an expensive swimsuit.It had taken a massive tantrum to___her parents to buy it.They were back at the beachhouse，____from the tantrum she had thrown when they told her that it was too dangerous to go diving____.“Dangerous ？”she had said.“You just don’t want me to have____.I’m going and if you try to stop me，I’ll scream.”
“What are you doing ？”a voice asked.Diane jumped.She did not know that the man was there____he spoke.
“I’m going diving，”she answered.
“You shouldn’t swim today，” the man____.“There is a storm coming up.”
“You should mind your own____！”Diane replied and walked into the gentle waves.
“If you go out there you’ll be____，”the man called after her.She did not bother to reply.
Diane slipped into the water and dived____until white caps began rolling in and it became harder to___against the current (水流)．Saltwater hit against her face，making it____to breathe.Oh，why had she not listened to advice?
Panicking，she began to____.Then，just as it seemed as if she would slip beneath the surface，she heard a____voice.“Hold on! I’m coming.”With____，she saw the old man rowing an ancientlooking boat towards her.“I hope you’ve learned a lesson.You put us both in____，”he shouted angrily，as he dragged her over the side of the____.Gratefully，Diane thanked him and ran towards the beachhouse.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
One cold afternoon a postman was slowly pushing his mail cart (邮车)____the hill that led out of the small town of lane.He was walking very____because there was a lot of ice on the____.He had only one more letter to deliver(传递), and this was for an old lady who lived at the____.Everybody____her “grandma”．
She had lived alone____her daughter had____to Hawaii many years before.She used to invite the postman____for coffee whenever he____her letter, and she would tell him about her two grandchildren in Hawaii，whom she had____seen.However, she had lots of____of them, which she used to____him.
Just as the____came near her gate，a small boy came____down the hill.Suddenly the boy slipped on the ice and fell.The postman stopped his mail cart and hurried____the street to help the boy.After a quick____，he saw that he had hurt his leg very badly.In fact, he was____that the boy's leg had been broken. He knew that “grandma” did not have a____，so he stopped a____driver and asked him to____the boy to Lance Hospital.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
I was told just now in the hospital that I was having a Bell's palsy attack, a condition in which the face muscles tighten because of stress. During the long car ride home, all I could think about was my coming interview. But now I could not even myself in the mirror and my lips was unable to open normally, surely all the other applicants would have the I concluded.
However, I wouldn't let my own self-consciousness me. Not now, not when I had so hard for so long to be given this opportunity. This was the kind of position I'd dreamed of for all these years. “Mom, me off on Jacob Street. I'm going to the .”
“Honey, I don't think you should. You look... ，” she said, ever so gently.
I knew she was . But if I didn't, I'd always if I could have gotten my dream job.
“No, Mom, take me there.”
， she took me where I wanted to go.
“Hello，” a grayhaired man sitting behind the large desk me. “Miss Jenkins？”
“Yes. Please excuse me. I'm having a Bell's palsy attack. My doctor explained to me that it would last a few days. I came right from the .”
“You're very to come when you're in such a state，” he ，after a pause.
He spent a few minutes looking through my .“Is everything on here ？” he asked.
“Yes, but I to mention I type seventy five words per minute.”
“Well, you have an impressive background with related experience, you are _ qualified. When are you ？” he asked.
I took a deep breath and asked，“You're hiring me？”
“Not only have you got the skills I'm looking for, you also have the .” He gave me a big smile.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
The moon had gone behind a cloud and there weren’t many stars in the sky. I saw a flame (火焰) in my neighbour’s . I thought he was having a midnight fast food so I went back to my .
Soon, there was a smell in the air and I guessed something was wrong. , I jumped out of bed and went downstairs to . I saw fire coming out of my neighbour’s kitchen. Right away, I “Fire! Fire!” But there was no one nearby to my shouts for help.
I into my house, called the Fire Department and went back to my neighbour’s house. I rang the doorbell, hit on the door and my neighbour’s name but there was no . I managed to the house and rescued a cat and a rabbit.
I tried to throw water through the kitchen window it was no use; the fire was too strong. , a fire engine arrived and soon the firemen put out the fire. They arrived just as the fire was going to to the other rooms in the house.
When my neighbour came back, he was because his kitchen was burnt down, but he thanked me for calling the Fire Department and for saving his . He wanted to give me some money in return but I did not it.
Weeks later, my neighbour repaired and restored his kitchen. He me to his new kitchen and there he gave me a medal that he had ordered from a factory. It made me very happy.
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