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Passage 1
(2010·重庆调研)
I had a cigarette one morning as I walked along the wooded path toward my house deep in the forest.
I know smoking is bad for me, and __1__. I had tried to kick the habit, but __2__. Not even when my aunt Bernie got lung cancer. How many times had she begged me to give __3__ up After she died, I made up my mind to stop, and did so, but __4__ I started up again.
The house had been one of Aunt Bernie's favorite places to stay. Lately, I had earned some __5__ income by renting it out. New renters were __6__ to arrive that afternoon.
The house has no electricity, so I had to __7__ there was enough propane (丙烷) in the tank to __8__ the fridge and the stove (火炉). Seeing the house in the distance through the trees, I thought about __9__. I could still hear her __10__ telling me, “Give up smoking; it will __11__ you.”
As I was __12__ the house, the voice grew stronger, __13__ my aunt were standing right beside me. Finally, I couldn't __14__ it any longer. I smothered (闷熄) it. “Fine, Auntie, I __15__. See？”
I continued down the path, __16__ the urge to light up again. Reaching the house, I opened the door. Whoa! I stepped back. The __17__ was strong. Propane gases! I ran around to the back and found the problem. The previous __18__ had forgotten to turn off the propane tank before they left. The house had been __19__ up with gas for a week!
If I had still been smoking that cigarette... I thought now, __20__. My aunt Bernie was right. Smoking can kill me. The next day I started a quit smoking program, and I haven't lit up since.
1. A. helpless B. harmful
C. useless D. dangerous
2. A. hadn't B. shouldn't
C. mustn't D. couldn't
3. A. it B. her
C. this D. that
4. A. possibly B. naturally
C. shortly D. hardly
5. A. special B. extra
C. high D. low
6. A. able B. glad
C. due D. willing
7. A. take care B. find out
C. make out D. make sure
8. A. start B. manage
C. run D. stop
9. A. my cigarette B. my aunt
C. new renters D. the tank
10. A. sound B. voice
C. noise D. cry
11. A. harm B. damage
C. kill D. hurt
12. A. approaching B. passing
C. opening D. entering
13. A. even if B. as
C. because D. as if
14. A. see B. find
C. bear D. hear
15. A. put it out B. gave it up
C. put it away D. gave it way
16. A. stopping B. resisting
C. feeling D. keeping
17. A. desire B. house
C. voice D. smell
18. A. owners B. renters
C. neighbours D. guests
19. A. mixed B. covered
C. filled D. caught
20. A. frightened B. excited
C. surprised D. disappointed
答案与解析：
1．D　从文章最后的Smoking can kill me可知抽烟不但有害，而且还很危险(dangerous)。
2．D　作者尝试戒烟，但不能(couldn't)戒掉。
3．A　指请求作者戒烟，故用it指代抽烟。
4．C　作者下决心戒烟，但很快(shortly)又开始吸了。
5．B　作者继承了Aunt的房子，将它出租，当然可赚得些额外(extra)的钱。
6．C　be due to do sth.意为“预定要干某事”，符合语境。
7．D　这里指确保(make sure)有足够的丙烷，让冰箱和炉子运行。
8．C　从上题解析可知应用run。run此处意为“(使某物)运转，起作用”。
9．B　在远处透过树林看这个房子作者想起了Aunt。
10．B　从常识及下文的the voice grew stronger可知应该是voice。
11．C　从上文可知，作者的Aunt，就是因为吸烟患肺癌而死，再结合此处作者的Aunt告诫如果不戒烟，它会让作者丢掉性命。
12．A　随着作者靠近(approach)房子Aunt的声音变得越来越大。
13．D　好像Aunt就站在我身边一样，故用as if。
14．C　想起Aunt的话，终于作者不能再忍受(bear)，把烟熄灭了。
15．A　从前面的I smothered(弄熄)it可知是灭掉烟，故用put out。
16．B　把烟弄熄后，作者开始作思想斗争，抵制(resist)想抽烟的诱惑。
17．D　下文反复提到房子里丙烷泄漏了，这里指气味(smell)很强烈。
18．B　指以前的租客(renter)忘记关气罐了。
19．C　指整个房子里都弥漫着丙烷气体。fill up with意为“充满”。
20．A　作者想到如果自己还在抽烟的话，后果不堪设想，当然是害怕(frightened)了。
Passage 2
(2010·海淀期末练习)
The Pecan Thief
When I was six years old, I was visiting my grandfather's farm in Kansas. Grandpa had sent me into the __1__ to gather pecans for us to enjoy later.
Pecan picking was really __2__ work and my little basket was only half full. I wasn't about to __3__ Grandpa down. Just then something caught my __4__. A large brown squirrel was a few feet away. I watched as he picked up a pecan, hurried to a tree and __5__ in a large hole in the trunk. A moment later the squirrel __6__ out and climbed down to the ground to pick up another nut. Once again, he took the pecan back to his hiding place.
Not so __7__ anymore, I thought. I dashed over to the tree and looked into the hole. It was __8__ with pecans! Golden pecans were right there for taking. This was my __9__. Handful by handful, I scooped all of those pecans into my basket. Now it was full! I was so __10__ of myself. I couldn't wait to show Grandpa all the pecans. __11__， I ran back and shouted, “Look at all the pecans！” He looked into the basket and said, “Well, well, how did you find so many？” I told him how I'd __12__ the squirrel and taken the pecans from his hiding place.
Grandpa congratulated me on how smart I'd been in observing the squirrel and his habits. Then he did something that __13__ me. He handed the basket back to me and put his arm gently __14__ my shoulders.
“That squirrel worked very hard to gather his winter __15__ of food，” he said. “Now that all of his pecans are gone, don't you think that little squirrel will __16__ the cold winter？”
“I didn't think about that，” I said.
“I know，” Grandpa said. “But a good man should never take __17__ of someone else's hard work.”
Suddenly I felt a bit __18__. The image of the starving squirrel wouldn't __19__ my mind. There was only one thing I could do. I carried the basket back to the tree and poured all the nuts into the hole.
I didn't eat any pecans that night, but I had something much more filling—the __20__ of knowing I had done just the right thing.
1. A. rooms B. woods
C. holes D. roads
2. A. hard B. dirty
C. light D. easy
3. A. let B. settle
C. have D. keep
4. A. sweater B. basket
C. eye D. hand
5. A. joined B. lived
C. discovered D. disappeared
6. A. jumped B. held
C. stood D. found
7. A. strange B. secret
C. anxious D. patient
8. A. covered B. filled
C. rebuilt D. decorated
9. A. time B. choice
C. chance D. achievement
10. A. afraid B. ashamed
C. careful D. proud
11. A. Otherwise B. However
C. Besides D. Therefore
12. A. driven B. followed
C. protected D. caught
13. A. annoyed B. satisfied
C. surprised D. delighted
14. A. off B. beside
C. over D. around
15. A. supply B. cost
C. support D. preparation
16. A. escape B. spend
C. survive D. flee
17. A. place B. notice
C. advantage D. charge
18. A. guilty B. unconfident
C. embarrassed D. nervous
19. A. open B. leave
C. cross D. occupy
20. A. inspiration B. expectation
C. impression D. satisfaction
答案与解析：
1．B　从上下文知，我被爷爷派去捡山核桃，再结合第一句中的“farm”和选项可知我应该到树林(woods)里去，而不是房间(rooms)，洞里(holes)和路上(roads)。
2．A　从后面的我才捡半篮山核桃可知，捡山核桃对我来说是一项挺困难的(hard)活，其他选项都不符合语境。
3．A　从下文知，我不想让爷爷失望，此处let sb. down是固定词组，意为“令某人失望”。
4．C　就在此时，不远处的一只棕色大松鼠引起了我的注意。catch one's eye表示“引起某人的注意”。
5．D　那只松鼠捡起一颗山核桃向一棵树跑去，最后消失(disappear)在树干的大洞中。该句中的三个动作表承接：先picked up，然后hurried to，最后disappeared。join“加入”，live“生存”，discover“发现”都不符合语境。
6．A　该处表示：不久，那只松鼠又从洞中跳了出来(jump out)，故选A项。hold out“伸出，坚持”；stand out“突出”；find out“发现”都不符合语境。
7．B　从后文中dashed over to the tree可知，作者认为松鼠捡山核桃不再是秘密了。
8．B　我发现洞中到处都是山核桃，be filled with是固定词组，意为“充满着”，符合语境；be covered with“覆盖”；be decorated with“用……装饰”。
9．C　当看到洞中有这么多的山核桃，作者认为自己的机会来了。
10．D　作者拿了这么多的山核桃，心里非常高兴，当然很骄傲。be proud of“自豪，高兴”，符合语境。be afraid of表示“害怕，担忧”；he ashamed of表示“感到羞愧”；be careful of表示“小心”。
11．D　此处表示我迫不及待地想把捡到的山核桃让爷爷看，因此兴奋地大叫起来，前后句构成“因果关系”，用therefore。otherwise“否则”；however“然而”；besides“除此之外还……”。
12．B　我告诉了爷爷，我是如何跟踪(follow)松鼠，从而找到这些山核桃的。
13．C　此处表示爷爷虽然表扬了我，但他接下来做的事情让我很吃惊(surprise)。
14．D　爷爷用胳膊挽着我的肩膀，用介词around。
15．A　松鼠努力工作，收集了过冬食物，此处supply of food表示“食物储备”。
16．C　你把他的食物都拿走了，难道你没有想过他在寒冷的冬天还能活下去吗？survive“挺过”，符合语境。
17．C　好人不应该利用(take advantage of)别人的辛勤劳动。take place of“代替”；take notice of“注意到”；take charge of“负责”，都与语境不符。
18．A　爷爷说了这些话后，我突然有了一种负罪感(guilty)。
19．B　那只松鼠挨饿的场景在我心头挥之不去，所以用leave one's mind表示“离开……心头”。
20．D　此处表示作者为自己做了一件正确的事情而感到很满足(satisfaction)。
Passage 3
(2010·河南部分重点联考)
Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he __1__ up his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his __2__ expensive “school” fees. He always owes his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph. Degree, decided to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before __3__， he bought a Rolex watch with the __4__ made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the routine customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be __5__ down for inspection. Glen knew that carrying the __6__ goods out had to pay the tax. And he worried about paying __7__ for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a worthless __8__. When he was __9__ of his “smarts”， immediately, __10__ the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which __11__ nearly ￥100,000, into pieces at hearing Glen's words. Glen was amazed.
__12__ he understood why, he was taken to the office to be __13__ strictly. For many times of entry exit __14__ he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked out every thing carefully in the box, and warned him __15__ time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if __16__ reusing and carrying fake and shoddy (劣质的) goods, he would be charged according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after __17__ the plane for long.
After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep __18__ on him, because an additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of __19__， which he would __20__ as the secret of his success forever.
1. A. set B. came
C. went D. called
2. A. good B. bad
C. extra D. few
3. A. staying B. leaving
C. living D. coming
4. A. books B. things
C. saving D. pounds
5. A. put B. looked
C. taken D. lied
6. A. ordinary B. common
C. specific D. many
7. A. one B. it
C. them D. these
8. A. present B. trade
C. toy D. fake
9. A. afraid B. proud
C. well D. hard
10. A. in B. on
C. before D. after
11. A. paid B. spent
C. took D. cost
12. A. Before B. After
C. If D. Though
13. A. appreciated B. beaten
C. spoken D. examined
14. A. conditions B. experiences
C. experiments D. chances
15. A. no matter what B. no matter how
C. no matter when D. no matter why
16. A. came out B. found out
C. sent out D. set out
17. A. landing B. flying
C. catching D. boarding
18. A. expression B. idea
C. thought D. impression
19. A. honesty B. lies
C. goods D. things
20. A. remember B. learn
C. revise D. read
答案与解析：
俗话说“贪小便宜吃大亏”，在生活中诚信显得很重要。本文通过描述Mr. Glen的一段亲身经历说明了这一道理。这个故事比较老，但仍然具有极强的现实意义。随着我国国际地位的提升，每个公民都必须树立良好的自我形象。
1．A　考查固定搭配。set up“设立，成立”；come up“走近，出现”；go up“上升，增长”；call up“召唤，使想起”。由语境可知选A项，他成立了他的小公司。
2．C　根据全文可知，Mr. Glen把这次教训当做交了一次“额外的”学费。extra“额外的”，不包括在价目内的。文章最后一段中because an additional high “school” fee也有暗示。
3．B　根据前文decided to return to the homeland可知，此处表示“离开”。
4．C　空后的made through years of work after school and the scholarships可知，表是他用他的积蓄(课外工作所得和奖学金)买的。saving“存款，积蓄”。
5．C　考查固定搭配。take down“拿下，摘下”；put down“放下，拒绝”；lie down“躺下”；look down“俯视，跌价”。此处的意思是：手表也要摘下来进行检查，故选C项。
6．C　根据后文中nearly ￥100,000可排除A项和B项，从had to pay the tax可知，携带特定的物品出境需要缴税。
7．B　it代指前面的the tax。
8．D　根据后文中carrying fake and shoddy(劣质的)goods可知。
9．B　be proud of“以……自豪”。他以为自己的小聪明会得逞，正洋洋自得。
10．A　in the presence of Glen“当着Glen的面”。
11．D　定语从句的引导词which指代the watch，cost的主语为物，spend的主语为人。
12．A　根据Glen was amazed，可知答案。他还没有明白过来是怎么回事，就被带到了办公室。
13．D　根据后文“他知道只有黑名单上的人物才‘享受’这种特殊待遇，工作人员仔细检查了他的包”可以判断，应选D项。
14．B　此处指根据多次出入境的经历，他知道……。
15．A　句意：工作人员警告他无论什么时候出入境，他都必须接受检查。
16．B　这是一个省略的虚拟语气句。If (he was) found out reusing and carrying fake and shoddy (劣质的) goods, he would be charged according to law! find out“查明(真相)”。
17．D　board the plane“登机”。
18．D　固定短语make a deep impression on表示“对……留下深刻的印象”。
19．A　根据前文故事可知，他的经历让他懂得了诚实的重要性。
20．A　句意：他将永远牢记诚信——他成功的秘密。
Passage 4
(2010·江西六校联考)
The car, running along the well lit road now sank in darkness. I broke the __1__ on purpose, __2__ that the driver was too tired to drive. “When do you go back home in the evening？” “9 o'clock after this __3__.” “Then when do you come out in the morning？” I __4__ another question. “9 o'clock, too—just as if I worked at an office.” His __5__ surprised me, because every time I ride a taxi, what I __6__ from the driver are only complaints that they have to work from morning till night, it's hard to earn money, they're often __7__ by the police, or that their leaders are seated lazily, __8__ the fruits. But this driver told me, “I find it __9__ to be a section chief as I was before. I like driving just for __10__. It's fortunate that I hardly drive __11__ a passenger. So I earn two or three thousand yuan a month with ease. Yes, I never __12__ an empty taxi. If it goes southward, I go northward. If it goes along a __13__， I turn into a narrow street...”
His words showed his __14__ with his life and the pride he __15__ in his job. Such feelings are so rare among people nowadays as oxygen in high __16__. As an ancient saying goes, “Neither joy in material __17__ nor grieve (悲痛) over personal setbacks.” How many people nowadays can show high ideals by __18__ living and go far with a calm mind I couldn't help feeling __19__ when finding such a state of mind in a stranger on a cold __20__.
1. A. window B. stillness
C. silence D. quietness
2. A. on condition B. for fear
C. in belief D. in order
3. A. night B. trip
C. cycle D. process
4. A. threw out B. gave away
C. made up D. led to
5. A. character B. confidence
C. attitude D. easiness
6. A. suffer B. request
C. benefit D. hear
7. A. detected B. ordered
C. fined D. seized
8. A. keeping B. tasting
C. enjoying D. choosing
9. A. exciting B. disappointing
C. tiring D. amazing
10. A. freedom B. pleasure
C. hobby D. company
11. A. without B. with
C. behind D. beside
12. A. follow B. admire
C. envy D. meet
13. A. route B. path
C. railway D. highway
14. A. intelligence B. satisfaction
C. competition D. honesty
15. A. made B. held
C. caught D. took
16. A. buildings B. mountains
C. standard D. heaven
17. A. gains B. concerns
C. supports D. loss
18. A. special B. happy
C. simple D. original
19. A. angry B. content
C. dangerous D. curious
20. A. morning B. night
C. moment D. season
答案与解析：
作者在一个晚上坐出租车出行，这辆车的司机随遇而安的生活态度让作者感到诧异，作者由此想到一句老话，“不以物喜，不以己悲。”
1．C　too... to... 表示“太……而不能”，由此判断选C项，作者有意打破沉默，以免司机因为疲劳而出问题。
2．B　四个短语的含义：A“条件是”，B“害怕，唯恐”，C“相信”，D“以便”。语境表示害怕司机开车会太疲劳而有意和他攀谈，因此选B项。
3．B　这个故事发生在晚上，司机说他送完我这趟就回家，由此判断选B项，表示“出行”。A“夜晚”，C“循环”，D“过程”都不符合语境。
4．A　问了第一个问题之后，我接着对他发问。用throw out表示“随口说出”，如throw out one's suggestion“说出某人的建议”。B“赠送，泄露”，C“编造，虚构”，D“导致，造成”。
5．D　从这个司机的回答看，他不像别的出租车司机那样辛苦，他如此自在，这让“我”感到十分诧异。这里用easiness表示“自在，自如”。
6．D　我每次坐出租车的时候，从司机那儿听到的都是抱怨，说他们要从清早工作到深夜……这里用hear表示“听见，听到”。
7．C　赚钱很难，而且经常被警察罚款。从语境和选项看，出租车司机应是被警察“罚款”，所以选C项。
8．C　或者埋怨说，领导懒洋洋地坐在办公室里享受他们的劳动果实。
9．C　从下面的叙述可知，这个司机觉得他原先那种日子很无聊，让人觉得很厌烦，因此选C项。
10．B　从前面的叙述可推知，这个人觉得当出租车司机很惬意：他每天不用早起，不用晚归，而且自己每个月能赚到足够的钱。
11．A　这里用hardly... without的双重否定表示肯定的含义：很幸运，我几乎从来没有拉过空车。
12．A　从下文的叙述判断选A项，从来不跟在跑空车的出租车后面，这样的车向南开，他就开车往北去。
13．D　与下文的“狭窄的街道”呼应，这里选D项表示“公路”。
14．B　从前文这个司机的叙述看，他很满意自己开出租车的生活，因此选B项。
15．D　从搭配看，这里用take pride in表示“以……自豪”。
16．B　从生活常识可知，高山上的氧气稀薄，因此选B项。
17．A　就像一句老话所说的，“不以物喜，不以己悲”，不以物质的收获为喜，不以个人的挫折为痛苦。
18．C　就像这个司机这样的境界，过一种简单而有思想的生活。simple与前面的high相对，符合语境。
19．D　此情此景，不禁让我感到不寻常。A“愤怒的”，B“满意的”，C“危险的”都不符合语境。
20．B　文章开头就暗示了故事发生的时间是晚上。
Passage 5
(2010·成都检测)
“Today is the day I start the big diet (节食)，” I told my wife as I raised my hand and __1__， “No chocolate today！”
“Oh, has the hospital gift shop __2__ selling it？” she asked.
“No，” I said. “I'll just have to __3__ my strong determination.”
But when I arrived at the hospital, my little friend Benton had been there __4__. I knew my promise would __5__ disappear. Because if Benton had things his way, I'd always be eating a piece of candy from the __6__ bag he often shared with me.
Benton was an eight year old boy who was __7__ because of a kind of cancer, which caused him to live in the darkness, when he was fifteen __8__ old. For the next twenty six months, he was in and out of our hospital. For nearly four years, it seemed __9__ Benton could beat the disease, until one Friday afternoon in April 2009, when he __10__ a headache and lost __11__ on his right side. His mom __12__ him to the hospital.
Over the next several months, Benton came to our __13__ many more times. Each time he came, we __14__ say hello, while Benton answered the __15__ by holding out a candy from his bag.
So, on that first day of my diet, I went to his room and found Benton lying in his bed, his eyes __16__ but not looking into this world.
“We brought his candy bag with us. Would you like to have some？” his mother asked.
Without thinking of my diet, I __17__ into the bag and pulled out the first piece my fingers touched. It was my favorite as if Benton had saved one last piece __18__ me. At home that evening, I answered a phone about Benton's __19__. As I __20__ it up, I opened the candy and ate it.
1. A. shouted B. answered
C. stated D. promised
2. A. stopped B. continued
C. kept D. tried
3. A. base on B. depend on
C. insist on D. keep on
4. A. once B. yet
C. again D. early
5. A. suddenly B. quickly
C. quietly D. shortly
6. A. bottomless B. countless
C. endless D. beltless
7. A. ill B. injured
C. deaf D. blind
8. A. years B. seasons
C. months D. days
9. A. even though B. as though
C. if only D. as with
10. A. found B. developed
C. managed D. provided
11. A. movement B. touch
C. motion D. sight
12. A. hurried B. brought
C. rushed D. carried
13. A. home B. room
C. office D. hospital
14. A. would B. could
C. should D. must
15. A. meeting B. greeting
C. encouraging D. praising
16. A. closed B. glimpsed
C. glared D. opened
17. A. ran B. touched
C. reached D. felt
18. A. at B. for
C. with D. on
19. A. illness B. blindness
C. death D. sadness
20. A. put B. hung
C. set D. gave
答案与解析：
文章为记叙文，讲述了“我”与一位患癌症的小朋友的故事。节食不吃巧克力的“我”常吃这位小朋友赠送的糖。
1．D　promise“允诺，许诺”。我举起手向妻子保证今天不吃巧克力。下文信息I knew my promise would...也有暗示。
2．A　stop doing sth.“停止做某事”。听说我要节食，不再吃巧克力妻子诙谐地问是不是医院的礼品店不卖巧克力了。
3．B　depend on“依靠，依赖，取决于”。我依靠我强烈的决心节食。
4．C　当我到医院时那小孩儿又在那儿了。
5．B　quickly“快，迅速地，很快地”。这个小孩子在那儿，我明白我节食的承诺很快就会消失。注意，shortly“不久，不多时”，不符合文意。
6．A　bottomless“取之不尽的，无限的”。这里讲包中的糖似乎取之不尽。
7．D　blind“瞎的”。后文中的信息which caused him to live in the darkness有暗示。
8．C　首先应排除years，如果Benton 15岁时患病，就与本段开头的“an eight year old boy”矛盾了。下一句“For the next twenty six months, he was in and out of our hospital.”有暗示。
9．B　as though/as if“好像，似乎，仿佛”。看起来Benton似乎能击败病魔……。
10．B　develop“(开始)患(病)”。2009年4月的一个星期五的下午Benton开始头痛。
11．A　movement“行动，移动，行进，运动”。Benton右侧身体无法移动，失去知觉。注意：motion表示“(物体的)运动，移动，(天体的)运行；动作，姿态，手势；动机，意向”。如：The train was in motion.火车开动了。All her motions were graceful.她的一举一动都很优雅。He did that of his own motion.他出于自愿做了那件事。
12．C　rush此处用作及物动词，意为“快速运输，速送”。
13．D　上文提到Benton的母亲将他送到医院，因此这里是说，在接下来的几个月里，他又多次来我们医院。
14．A　would用于表示习惯性动作，如：Sundays he would sleep late.每逢星期天他总睡懒觉。文中讲Benton来医院时，我们总向他问好。
15．B　greeting“问候，招呼”。我们向Benton问好，他则常给我们糖。
16．D　opened“开的，敞开的，不闭塞的”。后文信息but not looking into this world有暗示，注意句中信息词“but”。
17．C　reach“伸手(或脚等)够到，触及”。我的手伸进包，取出我手指接触到的那颗糖。
18．B　for“为了，为……目的”，此处表示对象或目的。这是一颗我最喜欢吃的糖，好像是Benton特意为我留下的。
19．C　不幸地是我那个晚上在家里接到了Benton死去的噩耗。
20．B　hang up“挂断电话”。我挂断电话，剥开那颗糖，吃掉了(暗示回味我和Benton的这段经历)。
Passage 6
(2010·南昌调研)
In the depths of my memory, many things! I did with my father still live. These things have come to represent, in fact, what I call __1__ and love.
I don't remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool. But he did __2__ the water. Any kind of __3__ ride seemed to give him pleasure. __4__ he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.
But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father __5__. I liked being at the water, moving through it, __6__ it all around me. I was not a strong __7__， or one who learned to swim early, for I had my __8__. But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father's office and __9__ those summer days with my father, who __10__ come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the __11__ person not in swimsuit.
After swimming, I would go __12__ his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me __13__ anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk __14__ he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn't be playing with his __15__. But my father always __16__ and said easily, “Oh, no, it's __17__.” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get __18__ an ice cream...
A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is __19__.” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, __20__ the person who, in that childhood, looks at us.
1. A. desire B. joy
C. anger D. worry
2. A. avoid B. refuse
C. praise D. love
3. A. boat B. bus
C. train D. bike
4. A. But B. Then
C. And D. Still
5. A. expected B. desired
C. wished D. did
6. A. having B. leaving
C. making D. getting
7. A. swimmer B. rider
C. walker D. runner
8. A. hopes B. faiths
C. fights D. fears
9. A. spending B. saving
C. wasting D. ruining
10. A. should B. would
C. had to D. ought to
11. A. next B. only
C. other D. last
12. A. away from B. out of
C. by D. inside
13. A. put up B. break down
C. play with D. work out
14. A. the moment B. the first time
C. while D. before
15. A. fishing net B. office things
C. wooden chair D. lab equipment
16. A. stood up B. set out
C. showed up D. turned out
17. A. fine B. strange
C. terrible D. funny
18. A. the student B. the assistant
C. myself D. himself
19. A. memory B. wealth
C. experience D. practice
20. A. as B. but
C. or D. and
答案与解析：
本文讲述了作者在孩提时代与父亲之间的一些故事。浓浓的父爱使作者对童年有着美好的回忆。
1．B　并列连接词“and”暗示空格处的词语应与后面的“love”同属褒义词，所以可先排除C项和D项；再结合文章开头和下文可知文章讲的是美好的回忆，所以答案为B项。
2．D　下文“Any kind of __3__ ride seemed to give him pleasure.”和“he loved to fish”暗示父亲非常喜欢水上活动，故选love。
3．A　根据上文可知应选A项，与水有关的活动是乘船。
4．C　上句提到乘船能给父亲带来乐趣，后面提到父亲喜欢钓鱼，所以用and表示递进关系。
5．D　前文谈到父亲喜欢水上活动，the way my father did相当于my father liked being on the water。“我”喜欢在水中嬉戏而父亲喜欢水上活动。
6．A　句子的主干是I liked being at the water，后面的moving through it和having it all around me为现在分词短语作状语，表示伴随。have后带介词短语作宾语补足语，表示使某人或某物处于某种状态。
7．A　由语境可知，这里指“我”并不十分擅长游泳，故选A项。
8．D　前文提到“我”没有很早地学游泳，根据常理推测小孩子心中害怕水。
9．A　语意为：“我”喜欢在离父亲办公室很近的那个游泳池里游泳，与父亲一起度过夏日。
10．B　这里would表示“过去常常(做某事)”。should意为“应该”，had to“不得不”，ought to“应该”。
11．B　通常出现在游泳池里的人都穿着泳装，而“我”父亲则穿着西服，因此他是唯一(only)不穿泳装的人。
12．D　由下文“我”在父亲办公室里玩耍可知应选D项。游泳结束后，“我”总是到父亲的办公室里玩耍。
13．C　put up意为“张贴，搭建，为某人提供食宿”；break down“机器出故障，身体垮掉，感情失去控制，分解”；work out“计算出，想出”；play with“与……一起玩，玩弄”。由下文“...I shouldn't be playing with his...”可知此处应选C项。
14．C　the moment意为“一……就……”；the first time意为“第一次……”；while意为“在……期间”；before意为“在……之前”。在父亲去实验室工作期间，“我”就一个人呆在他办公桌旁。
15．B　上文提到“我”从父亲的办公室抽屉里找东西玩，故选B项。
16．C　stand up意为“站起来”；set out意为“出发，开始”；turn out意为“结果是，被证明是”；show up“出现，到场”。只有C项符合语境。
17．A　“Oh，no，it's fine.”表示“没关系”，由句首的But可知父亲允许“我”玩他办公室的东西。
18．C　此处指父亲给“我”钱，让“我”给自己买冰淇淋吃。
19．A　文章开头的“my memory”和下文的“our memories”暗示这里应填memory。
20．B　此处构成not only... but (also)结构，且最后一句为强调句。
Passage 7
(2010·唐山模拟)
Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room, holding Brett's jeans and shirt full of burn holes.
Tired and defeated, I __1__ to the floor. The clothes were just one more thing Brett had __2__. He often got almost everything in the house out of __3__. Many windows in our house needed repair due to his breaking __4__ to steal money when he chose to live on the street. Yet none of this could compare to the emotional __5__ Brett had done to our once quiet home.
Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. During the next few years I had dealt with Brett as __6__ as possible, but inside I was shouting, “I don't want him in my house another day, Lord! I just can't __7__ him！” Having wiped my tears, I continued __8__ him as before.
When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall (少管所). After that, my husband and I had to send Brett to a boarding school for helping __9__ teens.
At the __10__ ceremony, each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had __11__ the most to him or her.
Brett spoke __12__ to his parents and then spoke to me, “You did so much. You were always there, no matter __13__. My mom and dad, I am their kid. But you, __14__ troubled enough by me, always __15__ me such love. And I want you to know I love you for it.”
__16__， I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me __17__. At that moment, tears __18__ in my eyes again, this time not for disappointment but for __19__. Although I had struggled with silent __20__ toward my step son, Brett had seen only my actions. Love is action. We may not always have positive feelings about certain people in our life, but we can love them.
1. A. sat B. bent
C. sank D. dropped
2. A. lost B. ruined
C. torn D. broken
3. A. order B. place
C. trouble D. danger
4. A. off B. in
C. up D. away
5. A. pain B. injury
C. harm D. damage
6. A. patiently B. willingly
C. strictly D. rudely
7. A. forgive B. stand
C. educate D. control
8. A. feeding B. pardoning
C. comforting D. parenting
9. A. lazy B. disappointing
C. troublesome D. careless
10. A. opening B. official
C. graduation D. victory
11. A. afforded B. meant
C. supplied D. owed
12. A. sadly B. lovingly
C. proudly D. nervously
13. A. where B. how
C. who D. what
14. A. although B. unless
C. because D. when
15. A. cost B. lent
C. showed D. taught
16. A. Astonished B. Puzzled
C. Encouraged D. Interested
17. A. surely B. tightly
C. roughly D. fiercely
18. A. fell B. flowed
C. moved D. gathered
19. A. pity B. luck
C. happiness D. success
20. A. love B. anxiety
C. care D. anger
答案与解析：
孩子的行为给作者带来了无尽的折磨，作者常常以泪洗面，但是她把愤怒无声地埋在心底，一如既往地履行母亲的责任。毕业典礼上，当孩子把玫瑰送给她时，她情不能己，流出了幸福的眼泪。
1．C　第一段中提到作者在洗手间泪流满面，再结合本句前半句中的内容可知作者“倒”在了地上。sink to the floor表示“倒在地上”。
2．B　上一段的后半部分中提到他的牛仔裤和衬衫上到处都是烧的洞，由此可知Brett经常“毁坏，糟蹋”东西。C项表示“撕毁”，D项表示“打破”，都与第一段后半部分中的内容不符。
3．A　根据Brett烧毁衣服的这种行为和第二段第三句可推知他经常把房间中几乎所有的东西搞得乱七八糟。此处out of order表示“出故障，不整洁”。out of place表示“不合适，不协调，格格不入”；out of trouble表示“脱离困境”；out of danger表示“脱离危险”，都不符合语境。
4．B　房子的很多窗户需要修理，因为他从窗户“闯入”房子去偷钱。break in表示“闯入”。break off表示“(使)分离，停止”；break up表示“(使)破碎，(使)破裂”；break away表示“突然离开，放弃”，都与所给语境不符。
5．D　然而，所有这一切都不能和Brett对我们曾经安静的家造成的感情“伤害”相比。emotional damage表示“感情伤害”。
6．A　根据本句后半句中的内容可推测在随后的几年中，作者尽可能“耐心地”对待他。
7．B　本句中的but表示的是转折意义，且从I don't want him in my house another day可知，作者在内心深处无法“忍受”他。
8．D　作者把满腹心酸和愤怒埋在心底，擦干眼泪，像昔日一样一如既往地对他尽到父母的责任。此处的parent用作动词。
9．C　他再次进入少管所表明他经常招惹是非，作者和丈夫把他送往帮助这些“令人烦恼的”青少年的寄宿学校。
10．C　上一段后半部分提到Brett被送到寄宿学校，可知这里是在“毕业”典礼上。
11．B　每一个毕业生都把一支白色的玫瑰送给对自己来说最重要的人。此处mean表示“意味着，表示……的意思”。
12．B　根据下文中他所说的话可知他“深情地”与亲生父母和作者说话。
13．D　他所要表达的意思是无论发生什么事，你总是在我身边。后半句可理解为“no matter what happened”。
14．A　“虽然”我给你添了许多麻烦，可是你总是无微不至地关怀着我。此处是“although you were troubled enough by me”的省略形式。
15．C　Brett认为自己给养母添了不少麻烦，可是她始终对他“表现出”至诚的关爱。
16．A　作者完全没有想到他竟然把玫瑰送给了自己，并且说出了这样的话，所以感到无比“震惊”。
17．B　Brett是在表达自己内心的感激，发自肺腑，所以“紧紧地”拥抱作者。D项表示“猛烈地”，语意不恰当。
18．D　在那一时刻，作者非常感动，眼中的泪水越来越多。gather表示“聚集”。
19．C　此时此刻，作者流出的不是失望的泪水，而是因为“幸福”而流泪。
20．D　此处与第三段中间部分的内容相呼应，表明作者过去在心里对他表示过无声的“愤怒”。
Passage 8
(2010·湖北八校联考)
I can still remember when I met my best friend. She had just moved into the neighborhood and her grandmother brought her down to __1__ me. I hid behind my mother and she hid behind her grandmother, __2__ to look at each other. Soon we lost the __3__ and started playing with each other.
In the 7th grade, I first lost touch with her. She was __4__ family problems and I deserted her to be with the __5__ people. None of my new friends liked her as much as I did because they knew she had __6__. However, every summer we __7__ always sit at each other's house, watch soap operas, and talk about all the boys we liked.
It was last year when I noticed the problem. I guess I was __8__ devoted in high school to __9__ she needed some one there. Anyway, she made a new best friend and so did I. Then I didn't know why, __10__ she started cutting herself!
She then was diagnosed (诊断) with clinical depression. At first, I was very __11__， but we still stayed in __12__. I wanted to be there with her since her new best friend basically __13__ her and people were calling her __14__.
Yesterday she came to me and said, “I never knew what a best friend was __15__ you, the only person, would stop me cutting. I __16__ your help so much, and you didn't even know you were __17__ me.”
We both cried. And I guess a kind of __18__ from my life so far is never to give up on your friends. Even if they aren't as cool as others, or people think they are crazy, they need __19__ there. If you desert them, you will only be __20__ yourself.
1. A. follow B. meet
C. join D. support
2. A. scared B. annoyed
C. worried D. delighted
3. A. temper B. interest
C. confidence D. shyness
4. A. taking up B. getting through
C. going through D. making up
5. A. happier B. cooler
C. stronger D. cleverer
6. A. problems B. shortcomings
C. partners D. disabilities
7. A. should B. could
C. would D. might
8. A. much B. too
C. only D. just
9. A. admit B. accept
C. consider D. realize
10. A. but B. for
C. or D. so
11. A. calm B. considerate
C. upset D. helpful
12. A. place B. touch
C. control D. mood
13. A. confused B. bothered
C. reminded D. deserted
14. A. crazy B. stubborn
C. clumsy D. stupid
15. A. unless B. as
C. until D. that
16. A. expect B. influence
C. appreciate D. demand
17. A. urging B. blaming
C. helping D. hurting
18. A. honour B. favour
C. pleasure D. lesson
19. A. someone B. something
C. anyone D. everything
20. A. innocent B. successful
C. guilty D. reliable
答案与解析：
我和朋友从小一起玩儿，中间分开了一段时间。在朋友遇到问题时，我又与她站在了一起。
1．B　她刚刚搬到附近，她奶奶带她来见我。follow“跟随”；meet“遇见，相识，结识，被引见/介绍(给某人)(无被动式)”；join“加入”；support“支持”。
2．A　我藏在我母亲后面，她藏在她奶奶后面，相互不敢看对方。scared“害怕的”；annoyed“烦恼的”；worried“着急的”；delighted“高兴的”。
3．D　不久我们就不再害羞，一起玩了起来。temper“脾气”；interest“兴趣”；confidence“信心”；shyness“害羞”。
4．C　她正在遭受家庭问题。take up“从事”；get through“完成”；go through“遭受，经历”；make up“编造”。
5．B　从后文Even if they aren't as cool as others可知：我拒绝了她，并且和一些“酷人”玩。
6．A　从下文It was last year when I noticed the problem.可知：因为他们知道她有问题。
7．C　would表示过去常常发生的事情。
8．B　我想我太专心了以至于没意识到她需要一个人。too... to结构表示“太……而不能”。
9．D　admit“承认”；accept“接受”；consider“考虑”；realize“意识到”。
10．A　我不知道为什么，但她开始自残了。cut herself“自残”。
11．C　起初，我很伤心。calm“平静的”；considerate“体贴的”；upset“难过的”；helpful“有帮助的”。
12．B　但是我们还是保持联系。stay in touch“保持联系”。
13．D　联系上文I deserted her...可知：因为她的新朋友基本上抛弃了她。
14．A　从下文or people think they are crazy可知：并且人们说她疯了。crazy“疯狂的”；stubborn“顽固的”；clumsy“笨拙的”；stupid“愚蠢的”。
15．C　“我”从来不知道好朋友是什么样的，直到你叫“我”不要伤害我自己。
16．C　“我”非常感激你的帮助。appreciate“感激”。
17．C　你甚至不知道你在帮“我”。由上下文可知应选C项。
18．D　我想我在生活中得到的教训就是不要放弃朋友。honour“荣誉”；favour“帮忙”；pleasure“高兴”；lesson“教训”。
19．A　他们需要有一个人在那里(帮助他)。
20．C　如果你抛弃了他们，你自己会感到内疚的。
Passage 9
(2010·湖北部分重点中学联考)
As waiters, we deal with customers every day and when something goes wrong, somehow we have the ability to keep on going. It's our responsibility to __1__ the customer.
I remember my first __2__ job was at a fine restaurant. One afternoon，the manager informed all the cooks and waiters that a VIP __3__ were coming for lunch. The group were __4__ VIPs in the city's fashion industry.
After the group arrived and got __5__ comfortably, drinks were __6__. Normally, the head waiter would be in charge of wine service. __7__， the manager asked me to serve that afternoon. I had __8__ done wine service, nor had I ever served a group of twelve.
I arranged 12 wine glasses on the tray and went to the table. As I __9__ one of the glasses in front of the first customer，somehow I had __10__ my grip (抓，握) and six glasses fell on top of a young woman, and then to the floor and __11__ in pieces. I felt frightened and my face turned red. I apologized many times to the __12__ and to the rest of the group.
Quickly, the manager __13__ my aid and helped in the clean up, and sent out their drinks right away. I didn't understand why, but the group were forgiving me and the young woman __14__ informed me it was OK.
My manager pulled me to the side and said, “If you know why an accident happened, __15__ from it and move on. You still have a table to serve and you can't show your __16__ or your disappointment. Mistakes and accidents do happen. Keep your __17__ up and be confident. The glasses are replaceable.”
I understood why he was truly a well __18__ restaurant manager within the neighborhood. His __19__ relationship with the group made the situation __20__ and the group forgave me for that.
1. A. welcome B. feed
C. invite D. please
2. A. waiter B. cook
C. servant D. director
3. A. group B. number
C. family D. class
4. A. let in as B. made up of
C. added up to D. recognized as
5. A. introduced B. satisfied
C. seated D. dressed
6. A. bought B. sold
C. ordered D. got
7. A. Therefore B. However
C. Besides D. Though
8. A. often B. once
C. never D. little
9. A. set B. broke
C. cleaned D. shook
10. A. got B. caught
C. forgot D. lost
11. A. stood B. lay
C. kept D. stayed
12. A. manager B. guest
C. man D. woman
13. A. took over B. came to
C. gave up D. rushed against
14. A. repeatedly B. regretfully
C. impatiently D. angrily
15. A. hear B. tell
C. change D. learn
16. A. apology B. excitement
C. nervousness D. carelessness
17. A. nose B. face
C. head D. hand
18. A. behaved B. respected
C. visited D. understood
19. A. new B. famous
C. terrible D. close
20. A. calm B. comfortable
C. special D. possible
答案与解析：
作者在饭店中给贵宾服务时不慎失手，经理在处理完僵局后非但没有指责，反而悉心传授服务秘诀。作者赢得了客人的谅解，对经理的敬佩之情油然而生。
1．D　上一句提到服务员每天都与顾客打交道，出现问题时，服务员有能力用某种方式让事态顺利进行，由此可知让顾客满意是服务员的职责。please“使满意”。
2．A　第一段的开头部分明确提到作者是“服务员”，此处选A项与之相呼应。
3．A　根据下一句的开头部分以及下一段的开头部分可知前来就餐的是一个非常重要的“团体”。
4．B　be made up of表示“由……组成”，本句的意思是“这个团体是由本市时尚界的重要人物组成的”。
5．C　上一段提到这个团体来到饭店是为了吃午餐，所以此处表示的是他们舒服地“就座”后。A项在文章中没有信息支持；B项与本句中的comfortably搭配不合理。
6．C　这个团体来到饭店舒适地就座后，“点”好了饮料。此处的order表示“点(饭菜)”。前两项都不符合常识；根据下文可知他们当时还没有得到饮料，所以D项错误。
7．B　上一句提到正常情况下，领班负责酒类服务，本句提到经理让作者在那天下午为客人服务，由此可推断此处表示的是转折关系。
8．C　本句后半部分提到作者也从未给12个人的团体提供过服务，而且本句后半句又是倒装结构，由此可知前半部分表示的同样是否定意义，所以作者“从未”进行过酒类服务。
9．A　上一句提到作者把12个酒杯放在托盘上并朝餐桌走去，所以是把其中一个酒杯“摆放”在第一位顾客的面前。打破酒杯是后来发生的事情，因此B项错误；C、D两项不符合常识。
10．D　本句后半部分提到6个酒杯掉在了地上，由此可知作者当时没有握紧，所以使用lost，表示“失去”。
11．B　根据常识可知酒杯打破后应该是“躺”在地上，碎片遍地。如果选择C项，需要使用被动形式；D项表示“停留”，语意不恰当。
12．D　本段中间部分提到6个酒杯掉在了一位年轻女士的头上，所以作者多次向这位“女士”道歉。
13．B　经理闻讯迅速“赶来”帮助作者进行清理。take over表示“接管”，give up表示“放弃”，rush against表示“与……碰撞”，都不符合语境。
14．A　上一段最后一句提到作者多次向那位女士和团体中其他的人道歉。本句叙述的是这个团体宽恕了作者，由此可知 女士“重复地”告诉作者没有关系。
15．D　此处是经理在向作者传授经验，显然是让作者从中吸取教训，“学”到新的知识。
16．C　经理告诫作者不要有“紧张”和失望的表现，失误和事故时有发生。作者的过失已经发生，因此D项不正确。
17．C　根据本句中的confident一词可知经理鼓励作者昂“首”挺胸。
18．B　虽然作者一时失手打破了几个酒杯，并冒犯了其中的一位重要顾客，可是经理并没有指责，而是迅速控制了局面，并向作者面授经验，由此可推断这位经理非常受人“尊重”。
19．D　上文中提到女士和这个团体的其他人员宽恕了作者的失误，本段中提到饭店经理在附近地区颇受尊重，由此可推断经理和这个团体的关系十分“密切”。B项在文章中没有信息支持。
20．A　经理的声望以及同团体之间的密切关系让事态“平静”下来，并为此赢得了团体对作者的宽恕。
Passage 10
(2010·郑州预测)
A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown. As it was the rush hour and she was in a __1__ to catch a train, she __2__ a quick way to reach it. “I have been a taxi driver for 15 years！” the driver said __3__. “You don't think I know the best way to go？”
The woman tried to explain that she hadn't __4__ to annoy him, but the driver kept __5__. She finally realized that he was too annoyed to be __6__， so she changed her __7__. “You know, you are right，” she told him. “It must seem __8__ for me not to think you know the best way __9__ the city.”
__10__， the driver glanced at his __11__ in the rearview mirror, turned down the street she wanted and got her to the train on time. “He didn't say another word the rest of the ride，” she said. “__12__ I got out and paid him. Then he thanked me.”
When you find yourself __13__ with people like the taxi driver, you will always try to __14__ your idea. It can lead to longer arguments, lose job chances or __15__ marriages. I have discovered one simple __16__ extremely unlikely method that can prevent the disagreement or other difficult situations from __17__ in a disaster.
The __18__ is to put yourself in the other person's shoes and look for the __19__ in what that person is saying. Find a way to __20__， and the result may surprise you.
1. A. hurry B. rush
C. moment D. way
2. A. chose B. made
C. found D. suggested
3. A. jokingly B. angrily
C. anxiously D. curiously
4. A. supposed B. expected
C. meant D. decided
5. A. apologizing B. driving
C. asking D. shouting
6. A. reasonable B. thoughtful
C. normal D. practical
7. A. road B. mind
C. direction D. manner
8. A. strange B. wrong
C. terrible D. stupid
9. A. across B. in
C. through D. along
10. A. Surprised B. Worried
C. Annoyed D. Disappointed
11. A. rider B. speaker
C. helper D. comer
12. A. until B. after
C. because D. since
13. A. satisfied B. concerned
C. crowded D. faced
14. A. give up B. turn down
C. stick to D. point out
15. A. combine B. destroy
C. suffer D. divide
16. A. and B. that
C. but D. though
17. A. lying B. resulting
C. setting D. leading
18. A. problem B. importance
C. key D. reply
19. A. fact B. meaning
C. expression D. truth
20. A. agree B. argue
C. explain D. escape
答案与解析：
一位女商人要到市中心去，打车时建议司机走某条路，引起了司机的强烈反应。于是，女商人认错，承认司机更熟悉城市道路，最终及时到达了目的地。由此可知，换位思考，先设法认可对方意见，你可能得到意想不到的结果。
1．A　考查对上下文语境的理解。因为是交通高峰期，她急于赶火车，于是向司机建议了一条能最快到达目的地的路。in a hurry to do sth.“急于做某事”。
2．D　考查对下文语境的理解。此题易误选A项，但从下文来看，此处并未选定走哪条路，只是建议而已。
3．B　考查对上下文语境的理解。从司机所说的话来判断，他一定是“很生气”的。下文中的annoyed一词也是暗示。
4．C　女商人试图向司机解释，她并不是想要惹司机生气的，因此本题选meant。
5．D　结合上下文语境可知，司机不断大喊大叫。
6．A　考查形容词辨析。她意识到他恼怒得已经不讲道理了。reasonable“讲道理的，有理性的”符合语境。thoughtful“沉思的，思考的”；normal“正常的，平常的”；practical“实际的，实践的，实用的”。
7．B　考查词组搭配。change one's mind“改变主意/想法”。女商人见此情景，她改变了想法。
8．B　考查形容词辨析。女商人对司机说自己似乎犯错误了，居然认为司机不是对城市道路最熟悉的人。可知答案为B项，stupid语气太重。
9．C　考查介词辨析。through“从……的一端到另一端，穿过，贯穿”，符合题意。
10．A　考查对上下文语境的理解。对女商人的突然转变，司机自然是感到“惊奇”的，他不再跟她争论，居然开车送她了。
11．A　坐在出租车上的自然应是rider“乘客”。
12．A　考查句型。直到女商人下车付车费，司机一句话也没有再讲。本句考查了句型：not...until...“直到……才……”。
13．D　考查词组搭配。be faced with“面临”。此处意为：当你发现自己面对像这位出租车司机那样的人时……。
14．C　考查动词短语辨析。结合下文内容可知，此处意为：当你遇上像上面那位出租车司机那样的人时，你常常试图坚持己见，但是这样只能引起更多的争执，由此可知应选C项，stick to“遵守，坚持”。
15．B　考查动词辨析。此处指固执己见的后果之一是破坏婚姻。destroy指“毁坏，毁灭，破坏”。
16．D　易误选C。but强调的是but后面的内容，但本句强调的是one simple method，固可将其排除。而选though则可，指我发现一种简单的方法，虽然不是特别容易做到，但能阻止导致危机。
17．B　考查词组搭配。result in“引起，导致，以……为结局”，符合题意。
18．C　考查名词辨析。此处意为：关键是要站在别人的立场上。key“关键”，符合题意。
19．D　考查名词辨析。truth指“真理，正确的因素”。此处意为：关键是要换位思考，要承认对方话语中的某些合理成分。
20．A　考查动词辨析。先设法认可对方(的意见)，你可能会得到意想不到的结果。