06 2012全國新課標(biāo)2卷

Around twenty years ago I was living in York.(21)__________ I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree, I could not find(22)__________ work.

I was(23)__________ a school bus to make ends meet and(24)__________ with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had(25)__________ five interviews（面試）with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not(26)__________ the job. “Why has my life become so(27)__________?” I thought painfully.

As I pulled the bus over to(28)_________ a little girl, she handed me an earring(29)_________ I should keep it(30)__________ somebody claimed（認(rèn)領(lǐng)）it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.

At first I got angry. Then it(31)__________ me—I had been giving all of my(32)__________ to what was going wrong with my(33)__________ rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a(34)__________ of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to(35)__________ more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for(36)__________ from a lady who was a director at a large(37)__________. She asked me if I would(38)__________ a one-day lecture on stress（壓力）management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.

My(39)__________ there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of(40)__________ that I completely changed my life.

21. A. As B. Though C. If D. When

22. A. successful B. extra C. satisfying D. convenient

23. A. driving B. repairing C. taking D. designing

24. A. working B. travelling C. discussing D. living

25. A. prepared for B. attended C. asked for D. held

26. A. lose B. like C. find D. get

27. A. hard B. busy C. serious D. short

28. A. wave at B. drop off C. call on D. look for

29. A. ordering B. promising C. saying D. showing

30. A. in case B. or else C. as if D. now that

31. A. hurt B. hit C. caught D. moved

32. A. feelings B. attention C. strength D. interests

33. A. opinions B. education C. experiences D. life

34. A. list B. book C. check D. copy

35. A. connect B. turn C. keep D. add

36. A. her B. a passenger C. me D. my friend

37. A. hospital B. factory C. restaurant D. hotel

38. A. listen to B. review C. give D. talk about

39. A. plan B. choice C. day D. tour

40. A. operation B. speaking C. employment D. thinking

必背單詞

 1  degree★ n. 度，度數(shù)；學(xué)位

例句 Applicants must have a degree in Engine-ering.

申請人必須要有工程學(xué)學(xué)位。

 2  flat n. 公寓

 3  promise v. 許諾，答應(yīng)

 4  claim★ v. 聲稱，斷言；認(rèn)領(lǐng)；索取

例句 Now they are returning to claim what was theirs.

如今他們回來索取本屬于他們的東西。

 5  strength n. 力量

 6  review v. 復(fù)習(xí)

 7  lecture n. 講座

 8  operation n. 手術(shù)；經(jīng)營；操作

詞組搭配

 1  make ends meet★ 使收支相抵；勉強(qiáng)維持生計

例句 Many families struggle to make ends meet.

許多家庭只能勉強(qiáng)維持生計。

 2  pull sb./sth. over★ 路邊停車

例句 The policeman signalled to him to pull over.

警察示意他把車停到路邊。

 3  drop sb./sth. off★ 讓某人下車；把某物卸下

例句 I’ll drop you off on my way home.

我回家路上順道送你吧。

 4  call on★ 要求；號召

例句 Frequently he was called on to resolve conflicts.

不斷有人要求他出面解決沖突。

 5  in case★ 如果；以防…

例句 [2011安徽] I put it there just now in case you needed it.

我把它放在那兒以防你需要它。

 6  or else★ 否則，要不然

例句 Be careful or else you will make a mistake.

仔細(xì)點，否則你會犯錯誤。

 7  now that★ 既然

例句 [2008北京] Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them.

既然現(xiàn)在我們意識到節(jié)食產(chǎn)品對我們的影響，是時候?qū)徺I它們加以認(rèn)真考慮了。

 8  sth./it occurs to sb. that★ 某人突然想起某事

例句 It had never occurred to him that he might be falling in love with her.

他從未想到自己可能會愛上她。

 9  then and there( = there and then)★ 立即，當(dāng)場

例句 He wasn’t prepared to wait—he wanted the money then and there.

他不打算等——他想立即拿到錢。

掃清困惑

Around twenty years ago I was living in York.(21)Though I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree, I could not find(22)satisfying work.

困惑：易錯題（22題）

分析：本題易錯選項是A項，屬于“忽略選擇前提”的錯誤類型。選A項的同學(xué)通常會認(rèn)為A項successful（成功的）和C項satisfying（令人滿意的）意思差不多，甚至A項還更好一些。但是，“成功的”強(qiáng)調(diào)的是“達(dá)到目的，如愿以償”，而“滿意的”強(qiáng)調(diào)的是“讓我高興”。對比之后大家會發(fā)現(xiàn)，選“成功的”的前提是作者要有一個“目的或愿望”，并且這個愿望被這份工作“實現(xiàn)”了。而這些在文章里完全沒有提到，因此A項錯誤。C項“滿意的”只需要讓作者“高興”就好，填進(jìn)去既符合詞義又符合語境，因此正確。

To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of(40)thinking that I completely changed my life.

困惑：長難句

分析：這句話主要難點在于know之后的賓語從句較長，且其中包含了強(qiáng)調(diào)句型it was...that...，強(qiáng)調(diào)的是原因狀語because I changed my way of thinking，因此翻譯時要注重強(qiáng)調(diào)，加上“正是，就是”這樣的字眼。

全文翻譯

大約二十年前我住在紐約。（21）盡管那時我有豐富的經(jīng)驗和碩士學(xué)位，但是我沒找到（22）滿意的工作。

當(dāng)時我在學(xué)校靠（23）開校車勉強(qiáng)維持生計，并且與一個朋友（24）住在一起，因為當(dāng)時我失去了自己的公寓。我（25）參加了一家公司的五輪面試，有一天在公交車往返中途他們打電話告訴我，我沒有（26）得到這份工作。“為什么我的生活變得如此（27）艱難？”我痛苦地思索著。

當(dāng)我把車停靠在路邊（28）讓一個小女孩下車的時候，她遞給我一個耳環(huán)，（29）說我應(yīng)該好好保存這個耳環(huán)（30）以防有人來認(rèn)領(lǐng)。這個耳環(huán)被涂成了黑色，并且上面寫著“要開心”。

一開始我生氣了。后來（31）我突然想到——我一直以來都把我所有的（32）注意力放在了（33）生活中錯誤的事情上，而不是那些正確的事情上！我當(dāng)時立即決定列出一份讓自己高興的50件事情的（34）清單。之后，我決定在那個清單上再（35）增加更多的內(nèi)容。那天晚上（36）我接到一位女士的電話，她是一家大（37）醫(yī)院的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。她問我是否愿意給200名醫(yī)務(wù)工作者（38）做一次為期一天的壓力管理講座。

我的（39）那一天進(jìn)展得十分順利，并且不久之后我就得到了一份高薪的工作。直到今天我才知道，正是因為我改變了（40）思維方式才徹底改變了我的生活。