In my early childhood, my parents and teachers taught me to be persistent (执着) in every task I devoted myself to. I was ____ that persistence is the only way towards success. But a small ____ made me change my mind. One day my twoyearold son, ___ at a dozen of “stood” color markerpens, cheered excitedly，“Mummy, look! I did it.” Afterwards, he collected some ballpens, ____ to do the same. Hard though he tried, the ballpens just lay ____. He turned to me for help. Noticing they had either sharp or round ends, I said ____， “Mummy can't help you.” To my surprise, he wouldn't listen and continued trying... I was dumbfounded by his persistence. My son's behaviour reminded me of George who was always ____ in his work and rarely talked to anyone. To him, ____， there was no such thing called weekends or holidays. Our boss praised __ about him and ___ us to look up to him as a role model. One day I met George. “Gonna work late again tonight？” “Probably can't leave till midnight，” he said. “How many hours have you put in here each week, eighty or ninety？” “____.” “Don't you have time to be with your family at all？” He shook his head slowly and ____ a sigh. “It's not what I wanted. But I have worked on it for so long. It's much too ____ to even think about letting go.” A year later I resigned. The ____ thing I heard about him was that his wife divorced him. Since then I've never seen him. But occasionally his aged ____ would come to my mind. Until that day, ____ knowing why the ballpens couldn't stand up, the twoyearold had ____ the impossibility after many failures. He put aside all the ballpens and kept only those water markers for his “game”. ___， he already learned to let go of his previous ____ attempts. In our daily life, many headaches can be avoided if we know how to ____ them and then decisively let go of them immediately.
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:B
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:C
小题17:B
小题18:D
小题19:A
小题20:C
文章大意：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过自己儿子以及以前一位同事的例子说明了，当意识到目标无法实现时，应该学会接受失败，懂得放手的道理。
小题1:D 考察形容词辨析。A有信心的；B持续的；C神志清醒的；D确信的；句义：我相信执着是通向成功的唯一途径。根据句义说明D正确。
小题2:B 考察名词辨析。A重大事件；B小事件；C意外事件；D麻烦事；句义：但是一件小事让我改变了想法。根据下文的small可知B正确。
小题3:A 考察动词辨析。A指向；B叫喊；C尖叫；D大笑；句义：我两岁的儿子，指着几个站立的彩笔，激动地对我说。根据句义说明A正确。
小题4:C 考察动词辨析。句义：之后，他找了一些圆珠笔，也打算去那样做；A坚持；B要求；C打算；D强烈要求。根据句义说明C正确。
小题5:A考察形容词辨析。句义：尽管他努力尝试，圆珠笔还是站不起来；根据stood说明这里使用flat故A正确。
小题6:B 考察副词辨析。A故意地；B随便地；C并非故意地；D热情地；句义：他向我求助，我看到圆珠笔的头要么是尖的，要么是圆的。我就说妈妈也帮不了你。根据句义说明B正确。
小题7:D 考察形容词辨析。句义：儿子的行为让我想起了George，他总是埋头苦干，很少与人说话。A感兴趣的；B忠诚的，全心全意地；C项要和to连用；D项和in连用；根据后面的in说明D正确。
小题8:A 考察副词辨析。根据上文的always…in his work and rarely talked to anyone可知上下文是因果关系。故使用A正确。
小题9:答案：B 考查固定搭配。句意为：我们老板对他高度赞扬……praise highly about sb.意为“高度赞扬某人”，是固定搭配。故答案选B。
小题10:C 考察动词辨析。A承诺；B要求；C鼓励；D呼吁；appeal to sb to do sth呼吁某人做某事；故C正确。
小题11:D 考察介词短语辨析。A随便地；任意地；B有时候；C最多；D至少；最少；此处表示他每周最少工作80或者90小时。故D正确。
小题12:B 考察动词短语辨析。句义：那你岂不是根本没有时间和家人在一起吗？…他慢慢摇摇头，叹气说…;let out放出，发泄；let out a sigh叹气。故B正确。
小题13:答案：C 考查形容词辨析。A项意为“令人鼓舞的”；B项意为“舒适的”；C项意为“痛苦的”；D项意为“羞愧的”。根据句意和上下文语境可知，答案选C。
小题14:C 考察短语辨析。A两种中的后者；B时间上的以后；C最后的；D近来；根据下文的since then I’ve never seen him。可知last正确。
小题15:D 考察名词辨析。句义：从那以来，我再也没有见到过他，但偶尔会想起他年迈的形象。A图片，照片；B数字，人物；C反应，反射；D形象，影像；根据句义说明D正确。
小题16:C 考察介词辨析。句义：直到那天，一个两岁的孩子，虽然不知道为什么圆珠笔立不起来。但在经历了多次的失败以后，接受了失败的现实。根据句义可知C项正确。
小题17:B 考察动词辨析。A客观上收到；B主观上接受；C拒绝；D排斥；根据下文可知他接受了圆珠笔不能立起来的事实。故B正确。
小题18:D 考察副词辨析。句义：他把圆珠笔放在一边，只玩竖立彩笔的游戏。很显然，他已经学会去放手那些他以前无效的尝试。A一般说来；B最后；C而且；；D明显；根据句义说明D正确。
小题19:答案：A 考查形容词辨析。A项意为“无效的，无用的”；B项意为“无止境的”；C项意为“充满希望的”；D项意为“有意义的”。根据句意和上文内容可知，答案选A。
小题20:C 考察动词辨析。句义：在我们的日常生活中，如果我们最大如何去识别那些让人头疼的事情，果断放手，那么很多那样的事情是可以避免的。A澄清；B区别；C识别；D承认，答谢；根据句义说明C正确。