Question

What is life's greatest gift?   小题1:  Choice is the ability to select one course of action from a set of alternatives to achieve a goal. What is so great about choice? It transform us from dumb animals into artist. Each of us becomes another Michelangelo. Choice becomes nothing other than the tool we use to sculpt(雕刻) our life. The tool doesn’t come free, however, for the price of choice is responsibility.  小题2:   The reward is happiness.
Life is not still. It is a flow.   小题3:  We constantly need to monitor where we are on our journey. We need to ask questions: Am I moving closer to my goals? If not, what corrective measures can I take? What action will I take now to readjust(再调整) myself to my goals? Choice is power. Choice is at the heart of life. It is the creative power of life.
 小题4: And your life becomes more convenient or comfortable because of them. For example. you decide which stores to shop at and which gas station to go to. But the decisions that we make to sculpt our life are far mote important than deciding where to shop. The more we appreciate the difference between minor and major decisions, the greater the probability that we will experience happiness and fulfillment.
All chess lovers realize that it isn’t necessary to win to enjoy the game. The pleasure is in the playing. Life is like a chess game.  小题5:  

A．It is free will or choice.

B．You have to make choices every day.

C．Make the best moves you can under the circumstances.

D．But when we accept and carry it out, we get a great return.

E. Every choice we make leads us closer to or farther from our goals.
F. Life is full of hard choices, and the bigger they are, the harder they get.
G. Choose to carry out responsibilities not because you have to, but because you want to.

Answer 1

小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:E
小题4:B
小题5:C

试题分析：文章大意：每个人每天都要面临各种各样的选择。正确的选择究竟会给我们的人生带来些什么呢？
小题1:本空前有问句，空后出现choice这一关键词，A选项既回答上文问题又引出了下文choice的概念，随后下文承接该话题继续展开。故选A。
小题2:其一，该项中carry out it中it指代的是上句中的responsibility；其二，虽然选择意味着责任，但是同时又会给我们带来巨大的回报，故选D。
小题3:E选项是对上文的not still 和 a flow的进一步解释。另外，其中leads us与下文monitor 相呼应，且E选项中的closer to or farther from our  goals与下文的Am I moving closer to my goal? to readjust myself with my goals吻合。故选E。
小题4:其一，“因为每天都在选择，而使生活变得更加舒适和方便”。其二， 该空的后文举例说明前文的观点，故该空具有概括意义。故选B。
小题5:上文叙述“生活就像下棋”，下文“要走出特定环境下最好的一步棋”，前后为顺接关系，故选C。考点：