In a world where comparisons happen non-stop, it is difficult to look outside yourself and to ever be   36   with who you are. There’s always someone who’s a bit   37  . The only solution is to reach   38   and measure against what Warren Buffett calls your own inner yardstick. There is no more   39   measure for comparison than who your were yesterday, last week or last decade, when you were at your   40  .

Nothing useful ever comes from comparison to others. Either you see yourself as better than someone and you get   41  , or you see someone else as better than you and you feel like all your hard work is for   42  . It is a fool’s game. Not one of us is exactly   43  . The only direct and honest comparison is   44   yourself. Everything else is apples to oranges.

My opinion is that you are only   45   to compare yourself to someone else if their life   46   is the same as your own. Good luck finding that   47  . And one thing is for sure. No matter how hard you work and how dedicated you are, there will always be someone who can run a little faster, jump a little higher, score a little better or look a little nicer in a swimsuit. And if there’s not, you can   48   someone is coming up fast   49   you. So how can you always win in life? Become your best   50  .

Having an image of your most recent past limits is the perfect thing to   51   you to the next level. If you ran 7 flights of stairs yesterday, then do 8 today. Who   52   if the guy next to you did 15? It doesn’t make a bit of   53  . You are a more   54   person today than you were yesterday. Your own   55   is all you need.

1.A. patient                                   B. strict                                 C. content                   D. concerned

2.A. stronger                                 B. better                               C. lazier                       D. wiser

3.A. inside                                     B. out                                    C. for                            D. up

4.A. accurate                       B. useful                               C. careful                    D. powerful

5.A. end                                B. best                                   C. convenience          D. side

6.A. satisfied                        B. busy                                  C. inspired                  D. lazy

7.A. nothing                                  B. fun                                    C. sure                         D. success

8.A. equal                             B. unique                              C. alike                         D. common

9.A. within                                     B. by                             C. for                            D. of

10.A. instructed                           B. allowed                            C. directed                  D. suggested

11.A. situation                     B. position                            C. occasion                 D. accommodation

12.A. game                                    B. match                               C. friend                      D. enemy

13.A. conclude                    B. bet                                    C. announce               D. declare

14.A. before                                 B. beside                              C. below                      D. behind

15.A. assistant                     B. competitor                      C. coach                      D. teacher

16.A. contribute                           B. expose                             C. push                        D. devote

17.A. cares                                    B. says                                   C. wonders                 D. asks

18.A. effort                                   B. sense                           C. difference               D. change

19.A. successful                           B. happy                               C. lucky                        D. fit

20.A. benefit                     B. progress                           C. habit                        D. result

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.B

14.D

15.B

16.C

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：這是一篇議論文。我們總是拿自己與別人進(jìn)行比較，這樣一來就會(huì)使自己總不滿意，而正確辦法是拿自己的現(xiàn)在與自己的過去進(jìn)行比較，我們自己才是自己最好的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者。

1.考查形容詞：A. patient耐心的，B. strict嚴(yán)格的，C. content滿意的，D. concerned關(guān)心的，關(guān)注的，從前面的句子：In a world where comparisons happen non-stop,可知現(xiàn)在到處都在比較，很難對(duì)自己滿意的，選C

2.考查形容詞：A. stronger更強(qiáng)，B. better更好，C. lazier更懶，D. wiser更聰明，根據(jù)上文在和別人比較的時(shí)候，總是有人更好，選B

3.考查副詞：A. inside內(nèi)在的，B. out在外，C. for為了，D. up向上，從后面的句子：measure against what Warren Buffett calls your own inner yardstick.可知唯一的解決辦法是看自己的內(nèi)在，和自己比，選A

4.考查形容詞：A. accurate精確的，B. useful有用的，C. careful仔細(xì)的，D. powerful強(qiáng)大的，有力的，沒有比和你昨天上星期，幾年前相比更準(zhǔn)確的比較了，選A

5.考查名詞：A. end結(jié)束，B. best   最好的，C. convenience方便，D. side邊，when引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句，修飾yesterday, last week or last decade,說明那時(shí)你是最好的，選B

6.考查形容詞：A. satisfied滿意的，B. busy忙的，C. inspired受到激勵(lì)的，D. lazy懶惰的，從前面的句子：Either you see yourself as better than someone可知看見你比別人好，你就會(huì)懶惰下來，選D

7.考查代詞：A. nothing   沒有什么，B. fun快樂，C. sure確保，D. success成功，你看見別人比你好，認(rèn)為自己的努力徒勞，for nothing“徒勞”，選A

8.考查形容詞：A. equal   平等的，B. unique   獨(dú)特的，C. alike相像的，D. common共同的，普遍的，選我們沒有一個(gè)人是相像的，選C

9.考查介詞：A. within在…里面，B. by通過，C. for為了，D. of…的，從前面的句子：The only solution is to reach     and measure against what Warren Buffett calls your own inner yardstick.可知唯一直接的，誠(chéng)實(shí)的比較是和自己比較，選A

10.考查動(dòng)詞：A. instructed指導(dǎo)，B. allowed允許，C. directed指導(dǎo)，D. suggested建議，我的意見是你只被允許和別人相比，當(dāng)他們的情況和你的一樣，選B

11.考查名詞：A. Situation形勢(shì)，情況，B. Position位置，C. Occasion機(jī)會(huì)，場(chǎng)合，D. Accommodation食宿，這里指別人的生活情況，選A

12.考查名詞： A. game   游戲，比賽，B. match匹配，C. friend朋友，D. Enemy敵人，這里是說，要找到和你一樣的人要非常幸運(yùn)，選B

13.考查動(dòng)詞：A. conclude下結(jié)論，B. bet打賭，C. announce宣布，D. declare宣稱，從前面的句子：there will always be someone who can run a little faster, jump a little higher, score a little better or look a little nicer in a swimsuit.可知總是有人做的比你好，如果沒有，那你可以肯定的說，有人在你后面很快的趕上你，選B

14.考查介詞：A. before在…前面，B. Beside在...旁邊，C. Below在..下面，D. behind在....后面，有人在你后面很快的趕上你，選D

15.考查名詞：A. Assistant助手，B. Competitor競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者，C. Coach教練，D. Teacher老師，從前面的句子：So how can you always win in life?可知這句話是成為自己最好的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者，選B

16.考查動(dòng)詞：A. Contribute貢獻(xiàn)，B. Expose暴露，C. Push推動(dòng)，D. Devote奉獻(xiàn)，想象你最近的極限是最好的推動(dòng)通向下個(gè)水平的方式，選C

17.考查動(dòng)詞：A. care關(guān)心，在乎，B. says說話，C. wonders奇怪，想知道，D. Asks問，如果下一個(gè)人能爬15層樓梯誰在乎？選A

18.考查名詞：A. effort努力，B. sense感覺，C. difference    不同，D. change改變，make a difference有影響，選C

19.考查形容詞：A. successful成功的，B. happy快樂的，C. lucky幸運(yùn)的，D. Fit適合的，你今天比昨天是更加勝任的人，選D

20.考查名詞： A. benefit利益，B. progress進(jìn)步，C. habit習(xí)慣，D. result結(jié)果，從前面的句子：You are a more          person today than you were yesterday.可知你的進(jìn)步是你最需要的，選B

考點(diǎn)：考查人生百味類短文

 

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