完形填空
(2015·南京模拟)
My brother and I were in Orlando Florida to witness our first Space Shuttle Launch. The Discovery was 1 to soar at 10: 14 AM on a blue sky September day. I’d seen it 2 so many times on television, 3 now I was only minutes away from seeing it launch. And it’s the final demonstration of the 4 of success: Success Takes Off Like a Rocket.
Witnessing the Take Off:
Standing close to the Space Shuttle 5 home one unforgettable point—the Shuttle is the height of a 15-story building—it 6 4. 5 million pounds—and NASA is trying to lift it 200 miles off the ground. On TV the accomplishments look so much 7 , so much easier. Crowds of people are standing around with you to watch the Shuttle go. The countdown begins through the small 8 of hundreds of portable radios all tuned to the NASA station. It’s enough to get your heart beating 9 .
When time is up, the side booster rockets are lit up and the eight explosive bolts 10 . The first things you see are large white 11 clouds exploding away. Through the steam, you see the fire power. Then the Space Shuttle begins to inch off the pad and climb its way 12 . Thousands upon millions of pounds of 13 can hardly lift the shuttle at all. But with ever increasing ease, the shuttle picks up and roars into the sky, headed into space attaining a 14 of over 17, 000 mph.
It is within the first two minutes to launch the Space Shuttle that the great success lesson is 15 . Fact: 85% of the shuttle’s fuel is consumed within the first 2 minutes just to get the 15-story super structure to its orbital 16 .
And that’s exactly how success 17 : The first steps you take towards launching a successful career are the 18 and will require an enormous consumption of energy—a great big push. However, 19 you persist through the launch period, which can seem almost 20 for quite some time, everything gets easier and easier and your results get bigger and bigger.
【文章大意】本文介绍的是作者和弟弟近距离观看航天飞机成功发射的故事, 通过这次经历, 作者意识到事业上的成功也与此相似, 坚持走过困难的第一阶段之后, 事情就会越来越顺利。
1. A. advised B. hoped C. scheduled D. reminded
【解析】选C。固定搭配题。“发现号”航天飞机计划在上午10: 14升空。be scheduled to do sth. 计划做……。
2. A. rise up B. come upC. step up D. go up
【解析】选D。短语辨析题。我已在电视上看到它升空好几次。rise up耸立, 起来造反, 起义; come up提出, 想出; step up加紧; go up上升。
3. A. but B. and C. as D. therefore
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。但是现在离看见它发射只有几分钟了。前后这两句话之间是转折关系。
4. A. universe B. world C. nature D. air
【解析】选C。前后照应题。这是成功本质的最终的诠释: 成功就像火箭腾飞一样。nature自然, 本质。
5. A. gets B. drives C. runs D. jumps
【解析】选B。前后照应题。位置靠近航天飞机可以彻底明白一个难忘的观点。固定表达drive home彻底明白, 弄清楚。
6. A. costs B. weighs C. measures D. sells
【解析】选B。背景常识题。航天飞机有15层楼高, 重达450万磅。weigh重达。
7. A. smaller B. greater C. bigger D. smoother
【解析】选A。前后照应题。根据下文的so much easier. 可知, 把这个庞然大物送入太空, 在电视上这一成果看起来更小, 也更容易。这里是和现场观看相比较。
8. A. rockets B. workers
C. speakers D. actors
【解析】选C。前后照应题。通过小的扬声器开始倒计时。
9. A. off your mouth B. out of your stomach
C. off your mind D. out of your chest
【解析】选D。背景常识题。这足够让你的心从胸口跳出来。
10. A. blow B. follow C. glow D. flow
【解析】选A。前后照应题。当时间到了, 助推火箭点燃, 八个爆炸螺栓爆开。blow爆炸。
11. A. gas B. smoke C. mist D. steam
【解析】选D。词汇复现题。根据下文的Through the steam, you see the fire power. 可知, 你首先看见的是巨大的白色蒸汽云爆开。
12. A. downward B. upward
C. forward D. outward
【解析】选B。前后照应题。然后航天飞机开始离开发射台, 向上攀爬。
13. A. pull B. lift C. push D. pressure
【解析】选C。前后照应题。数百万磅的推力很难提升航天飞机。
14. A. distance B. degree
C. height D. speed
【解析】选D。前后照应题。但随着重量日益减轻, 航天飞机冲向天空, 达到超过每小时17, 000英里的速度。
15. A. ordinary B. absolute
C. apparent D. present
【解析】选D。前后照应题。就是在发射航天飞机的前两分钟, 成功的道理出现了。ordinary普通的; absolute绝对的; apparent表面的; present现在的, 在场的。
16. A. attitude B. altitude
C. route D. rail
【解析】选B。前后照应题。在第一个两分钟内航天飞机消耗85%的燃料, 达到它的轨道高度。
17. A. puts off B. pays off
C. takes off D. drops off
【解析】选C。短语辨析题。put off推迟; pay off还清, 有回报; take off脱下, 起飞; drop off减少, 落下, 送下车。
18. A. hardest B. easiest C. simplest D. biggest
【解析】选A。前后照应题。根据下文的and will require an enormous consumption of energy—a great big push. 可知, 你开始事业成功的第一步是最难的。
19. A. while B. if C. unless D. until
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。如果你在开始阶段坚持下来……。
20. A. useless B. careless
C. wireless D. priceless
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据下文的everything gets easier and easier and your results get bigger and bigger. 可知, 看起来几乎是无用的, 但坚持下来就会越来越容易。
