Question

阅读下面短文并回答问题。

[1] The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet without it we could not survive more than a few minutes. For the most part, the same air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it. Some people use the air to sustain them while they sit around and feel sorry for themselves. Others breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make a magnificent life for themselves.

[2] Opportunity is just the same. It is everywhere. Opportunity is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success. Opportunity must be seized and acted upon in order to have value. So many people are so anxious to “get in” on a “ground floor opportunity”, as if the opportunity will do all the work. That’s impossible.

[3] Just as ????????????????????????????????? , you need opportunity to succeed. It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity, however. You must make use of that opportunity.’’ That’s not up to the opportunity. That’s up to you. It doesn’t matter what “floor” the opportunity is on. What matters is what you do with it.???

1.What is the main idea of the passage? ( no more than 8 words)

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2.Complete the following statement with proper words. (no more than 6 words)

There are persons who live aimlessly breathing in air and????????????? ????? ????????????????????? .

3.Fill in the blank in the third Paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. ( no more than 6 words)

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4.According to the author, how should we use the air? ( no more than 15words)

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5. What does the word “It” (Line 5, Paragraph 3) probably refer to? ( no more than3 words)

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Answer 1

【答案】

1.We must make use of opportunities.

2.feel sorry for themselves

3.you need air to breathe

4.We should use the energy it provides to make a magnificent life.

5.The opportunity.

【解析】

试题分析：文章阐述了要充分利用机会这样一个道理。空气无处不在且容易获得，这让我们往往会忽视空气的存在。机会就像空气一样无处不在，我们应该充分利用机会来获得成功。

1.根据第二段“Opportunity must be seized and acted upon in order to have value.”和第三段“You must make use of that opportunity”可知，机会就像空气一样无处不在，但是我们要抓住机会并充分利用它们，才能获得成功。故填We must make use of opportunities.

2.根据第一段“Some people use the air to sustain them while they sit around and feel sorry for themselves.”可知，应填feel sorry for themselves

3.根据第一段和第二段可知，作者把机会比作了空气，人们需要呼吸空气才能生存；同样，人们需要机会才能成功。故填you need air to breathe。

4.根据第一段“Others breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make a magnificent life for themselves.”可知，我们应该利用空气提供给我们的能量去创造生命的奇迹，而不应该虚度光阴。故填We should use the energy it provides to make a magnificent life.

5.根据最后一段“It doesn’t matter what “floor” the opportunity is on. What matters is what you do with it.”可知，机会在什么地方不重要，重要的是你是否利用了机会。故填The opportunity.

考点：哲理类短文阅读