单选题
Look on The Bright Side

Do you ever wish you were more 1 , someone who always expected to be successful? Having someone around who always fears the 2 isn"t really a lot of fun. We all know someone who sees a single 3 on a sunny day and says, "It looks like rain." But if you 4 yourself thinking such things, it"s important to do something 5 it.
You can change your view of life, according to psychologists. It only takes a little 6 , and you"ll find life more rewarding as a 7 . Optimism, they say, is partly about self-respect and confidence, but it"s also a more positive way of looking at life and all it has to 8 . Optimists are more likely to start new projects and are generally more prepared to take 9 .
Upbringing is obviously very important in forming your 10 to the world. Some people are brought up to depend too much 11 others and grow up forever 12 other people when anything goes wrong. Most optimists, on the 13 hand, have been 14 not to regard failure as the end of the world—they just 15 with their lives.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 从句义理解来看,此处应为一个积极的词,A选项为“开心”,表心情,B选项为“乐观积极”表心态,故应选B。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 根据下文例子可推断这里说的是总往坏处想的人,D选项符合句意。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 悲观的人在晴天只因为看到了……就推测可能要下雨,应该是云彩,选B。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] catch someone doing意为“发现某人在做某事”;discover意为“发掘,有刻意的寻找过程”,C符合题意。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 此句意思为“对此采取一些措施是重要的”,A、D搭配不当,直接被排除,而对这个问题不应用against这种表“对抗”的词,应选C。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] work、task、job都表示具体任务、工作等,这里应选C,effort表示“付出努力”,但不确指。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] as a result为固定搭配,意为“最后,结果”,选A。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 选项中只有A和C符合句意,但supply需与with搭配使用,因而选C。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] take advantages意为“利用”;take tours/trips意为“去旅行”,均不合题意,D选项take risks意为“爱冒险、有冲劲”,更符合句意,选D。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 要表达“对……的看法”可以用短语:opinion about,view of或者attitude to,根据管用说法,A选项最为合适。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] depend on为固定搭配,表“依赖依靠”,故选C。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为“事情出错了总是怪到别人头上”,因而选B更为合适。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 固定搭配on the other hand,意为“另一方面”,选B。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 对应上文,此处应为“抚养长大”,选C,grow up也有“成长”的意思,但不用于被动语态。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题涉及两个固定搭配,get on with意为“继续……”;get over with意为“完成……”,因而选项B为正确答案。