信念的力量

左步青

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阅读理解

1.What did the guidance counselor mean by saying“you will never amount to anything”？

A.Mike and I will never make any achievements.

B.Mike and I will never climb to the top of the mountain.

C.Mike and I will never become leaders of the senior class.

D.Mike and I will never become class clowns with good grades.

2.What did Mike and I think of the counselor's words？

A.Her inspiring words hurt them deeply.

B.Her stinging words inspired them.

C.Her encouraging words helped them through bad times.

D.Her bitter words discouraged them from working harder.

3.At the school reunion，the author found________.

A.their former classmates didn't recognize him

B.it was boring to see their former classmates

C.most of the class clowns turned out successful

D.most of the senior leaders didn't become successful

4.The underlined word“whiz”in Paragraph 5 means“________________”.

A.know-nothing B.slow C.idiot D.genius

5.According to the author，which kind of following people can achieve financial success？

A.Those who have natural God-given gifts.

B.Those who have faith in themselves.

C.Those who did not do well in school.

D.Those who are doubtful about their abilities.

答案與解析

文章大意：本文为记叙文。“我”和麦克在高中因学业不精受到老师和同学的讽刺、嘲笑，但“我”俩却将此作为激励，始终相信自己，最终获得成功。

1.A。细节理解题。根据第一、二段描述，老师当着好学生的面数落“我”和麦克不成器，从她的话语中可推断出来。

2.B。推理判断题。根据第三段以及第五段的最后一句可以判断老师刺耳的话反而激励了“我”和麦克。

3.D。细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句可知。

4.D。词义猜测题。根据后两句可推测出，这里是指“我”和麦克都不是学习天才儿童。

5.B。作者观点题。根据最后一段，特别是第二句可知作者认为，人们要相信自己当下就具备要取得财务成功的所有条件。B项正确。

难句解析

1.While what she said was true in many ways and her words hurt us deeply，her words also inspired both of us to work even harder.虽然从很多方面来讲她的话是实话而且很伤人，但是她的话也促使我们两人更加努力。

本句为主从复合句，由while引导一个让步状语从句While what she said was true in many ways and her words hurt us deeply，while的意思是“虽然，尽管”，这时while引导的从句通常放在主句前。例如：While it was late，he went on working.虽然很晚了，但他还在继续工作。

本句while引导的让步状语从句，也比较复杂，首先是一个并列句，由and连接两个句子（what she said was true in many ways和her words hurt us deeply），第一个句子是“主系表”结构的主从复合句，名词性从句what she said为主语。

2.Yet it was our guidance counselor's stinging words and the snickering from our classmates that gave us the fire to plod along，to learn from our mistakes and to keep doing in both good times and bad times.然而正是我们辅导员刺耳的话以及同学的窃笑给了我们奋力前行的动力，从错误中学习，在顺境或是逆境中坚持下去。

本句It was...that...是强调句型。完整的原句为Our guidance counselor's stinging words and the snickering from our classmates gave us the fire to plod along，to learn from our mistakes and to keep doing in both good times and bad times.本句强调的是原句的主语部分。

3.All it takes to bring out your natural God-given gifts is your desire，determination and a deep faith that you have a genius and a gift that is unique.所有的能激发出你与生俱来的天赋就是你的欲望、决心和深深的信念，相信你有才能和独特的天赋。

本句是“主系表”结构的主从复合句，主语部分（All it takes to bring out your natural God-given gifts）的中心词all后面接一个定语从句；表语部分为三个并列名词（组），其中最后一个词组a deep faith后面接一个同位语从句，说明faith的内容。endprint