If you want to succeed, you have to be passionate【C1】______your work. It has to be true. 【C2】______speakers around the globe say so. The prestigious consulting firm Deloitte quantified it in a report that said, "Up to 87. 7 percent of America's workforce is not able to contribute【C3】______their full potential because they don't have enthusiasm for their work. " Enthusiasm for your work intensifies focus, provides the drive to persist when challenges【C4】______, and enables creativity. It is also important to remember【C5】______passion can fade and relationships with too much of it early on can result【C6】______disillusionment. You see this at work when a formerly "passionate" employee becomes jaded and cynical because things just aren't as they used to be in the past. If you are fortunate to work every day at a career or job about which you are passionate,【C7】______yourself lucky. The reality is, according to the Deloitte study, there【C8】______that many people who are enthusiastic about what they do. You can't easily toss the dispassionate masses aside and hire all new people who are in love with what you do. 【C9】______, some jobs and industries just don't elicit passion. Many companies need people to perform jobs that never appear on anyone's most desirable list. They are often physically challenging, somewhat monotonous, and provide low wages. They may have limited【C10】______for advancement, and they exist in industries that are profitable but not sexy. One of my manufacturing clients perfectly【C11】______this description, and despite the difficult environment , people show【C12】______and do a great job every day. They aren't particularly crazy about their jobs, but they are driven by an immense pride in their performance. A positive【C13】______of pride is grounded in humility. It establishes and maintains a reputation for excellence. Pride doesn't【C14】______shortcuts, and most important, it maintains high standards when passion for the job has diminished. At the【C15】______of the day, you can't ignore the impact of passion. Virtually【C16】______raises their hands when I ask seminar participants if they would do their ideal jobs for less than one percent of what they make today. We should, however, pay more attention【C17】______pride. Pride speaks to character, and character is an excellent indicator of the quality and commitment of the work. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said: "If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets【C18】______as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will【C19】______to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well. " Most assume that Dr. King was talking about the importance of passion【C20】______of the status of your position. Perhaps, however, we missed the real message about having personal pride in your performance.
单选题 【C1】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:搭配题。和passionate搭配的介词只有about,表示“喜欢;对……有激情”。
单选题 【C2】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:词汇辨析题。此处缺形容词,motivate为动词,排除[D]。motivating为动词现在分词形式,作定语时一般接force,合起来意为“驱动力”。而motivational意为“激发积极性的”,如motivational speeches;a motivational speaker等。
单选题 【C3】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:搭配题。根据contribute的用法可知,contribute一般只跟to或者towards搭配,并且有不同含义。contribute sth.to/towards sth.“为……奉献出……”;contribute to sth.“对某事起促进作用”,此处的意思为“为……做出贡献”。
单选题 【C4】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:词汇辨析题。[A]rise意为“(数量、价值等)增加”;[C]raise意为“(将数量、价格等人为)提升(到一定水平)”。[B]arise意为“(问题、困难、挑战等)出现”。该时间状语从句的主语为challenges,所以动词应当选arise,意为“挑战出现”。
单选题 【C5】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:语义关系题。此处为主语从句,it为形式主语,that后的内容为remember的宾语,to remember that+宾语从句(真正的宾语),主要用来陈述事实。该句的意思是“同样重要的是,请记住激情会消退,而一段感情的初期如果充满了太多的激情,可能会以失望而收场。”
单选题 【C6】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:搭配题。考查动词result的短语结构和用法。含有result的动词短语只有两个,result in意为“导致……的结果”,而result from…则是“由……而引起”的意思。原文中disillusionment指早期激情过剩导致的“幻想破灭”,因而答案是result in。
单选题 【C7】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:搭配题。consider yourself+adj.是动词+宾语+补语的固定搭配,原文意思是“自认为是幸运的”,而其他选项均没有类似用法,regard sb as+adj. ,这里的as为副词;think of+sb+as+adj.;believe sb to be+adj.。
单选题 【C8】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:逻辑关系题。首先是that作为程度副词,常用于否定句,含义是“那么”。这句话是说,在现实生活中,有激情的人并没有那么多,从逻辑关系上分析,后文是You can't easily toss the dispassionate masses aside,整段时态都是现在时。从句意上讲也没有过去的含义,因此选择aren't。
单选题 【C9】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:词汇辨析题。此处句首缺副词。[A]Likely虽可用作形容词“可能的;可能会发生的;可能是真的”,但也可作副词“很有可能地”,相当于probably,与上下文逻辑关系不太吻合。[B]Likeless在英语中是不存在的;[C]Likeable为形容词,意思是“可爱的,讨人喜欢的”;[D]Likewise是副词,意为“同样地;同样的道理”,符合文意,为正确答案。
单选题 【C10】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:词汇辨析题。和for搭配的只有room,原文意为“进步空间有限”。
单选题 【C11】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:词汇辨析题。此句承接上一段,用作者的一位客户作为例子,说明有激情的员工应该是什么样的(fits this description)。选项中四个单词都可以和description搭配,但是[A]gives指“提供了这一描述”,而[C]和[D]defy/beggar description为固定词组,意为“无法形容”,虽然语法基本正确,但含义与上下文不符。
单选题 【C12】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:搭配题。[A]show off意为“炫耀”; [B]show somebody out意为“把某人送出去”,[C]show somebody over something为英式动词短语,意为“(正式)带某人参观……”。从上下文判断,人们上班出勤,然后完成一天的工作,因而答案选[D]show up“露面;出现”。
单选题 【C13】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:词义辨析题。a sense of…是非常常见的短语,意为“一种……的感觉”。此句话的意思为:积极的自豪感根植于谦逊。matter要和of搭配时应该是as/be a matter of,意为“事关……,作为/是个……的问题”;a source of…意为“……的来源”,这两个短语在句中含义牵强。[D]swelling“肿胀”不能和of搭配。
单选题 【C14】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:搭配题。一般用短语take/know a shortcut to…来表示“走/知道一条到……的捷径”,其他选项的表述是中式英语。
单选题 【C15】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:搭配题。at the end of the day是英式英语电的一个惯用语,意思是“总而言之;归根结底”。其他表示一天中的什么时候,和文意不符,均为错误答案。
单选题 【C16】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:词义辨析题。[A]all作为不定代词,其后的谓语动词形式有单复数之分,需视具体情况而定。[B]everybody代词,指每个人,即所有人。[C]none常用于none of…结构,一般代指什么(一个)都没有;而[D]someone“某人”不合逻辑、语义混乱。
单选题 【C17】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:搭配题。[D]pay attention to…“关注……”是固定搭配,其余选项均错误。
单选题 【C18】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:词汇辨析题。even是起到强调作用的副词,在此句中意为“甚至像……一样做事”。[B]so as后不可接句子,只能接带to的动词不定式。[C]such as“比如……”只接短语,不能接句子。[D]like as在英语中,没有这样的搭配。
单选题 【C19】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:词汇辨析题。此句缺少动词,而[A]happy是形容词;[C]must是情态动词,不可接to。根据文中句子的意思,此处应该是pause to say“停下来说”的意思,而非hate to say“讨厌说”。
单选题 【C20】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:词汇辨析题。[A]despite直接跟名词或者动名词,不与of连用,相当于in spite of。[B]dismiss“不予考虑;清除”,是及物动词。四个选项中,能与of搭配的只有[C]regardless,短语含义为“无论”。regarding为介词,意为“与……有关”,句意不符、词法有误。