A.again B.absolutely C.successful A. you are not【T1】______ safe B. you can take quick and【T2】______ action to avoid the danger C. a child would burn itself again and【T3】______ Fear and its companion pain are two of the most useful things that men and animals possess, if they are properly used. If fire did not hurt when it burnt, children would play it until their hands were burnt away. Similarly, if pain existed but fear did not,【T4】______, because fear would not warn it to keep away from the fire that had burnt it before. A really fearless soldier—and some do exist—is not a good soldier because he is soon killed; and a dead soldier is of no use to his army. Fear and pain are therefore two guards without which men and animals might soon die out. In our first sentence we suggested that fear ought to be properly used. If, for example, you never go out of your house because of the danger of being knocked down and killed in the street by a car, you are letting fear rule you too much. Even in your house【T5】______: an airplane may crash on your house, or ants may eat away some of the beams in your roof so that the latter falls on you, or you may get cancer. The important thing is not to let fear rule you, but instead to use fear as your servant and guide. Fear will warn you of dangers; then you have to decide what action to take. In many cases, 【T6】______ . For example, you see a car coming straight towards you; fear warns you, you jump out of the way, and all is well.
单选题 【T1】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:根据空格前的谓语动词are not和空格后的形容词safe可知,空格处应填入一个副词修饰形容词safe,absolutely符合题意。所以,答案是absolutely。
单选题 【T2】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:因为and连接并列成分,由前面的形容词quick可知,空格处也应填入一个形容词和quick一起修饰名词action,故successful符合题意。所以,答案是successful。
单选题 【T3】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:本题主要考查固定搭配。“again and again”为固定搭配,是“再次,又一次”的意思,符合题意。所以,答案是again。
单选题 【T4】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:空格前一句的意思为:如果孩子们没有疼痛感,他们会一直玩火直到烧掉双手。空格后一句的意思为:一个真正无畏的士兵——的确存在一些这样的人——不是一个好士兵,因为他很快就会被杀死,而一个死掉的士兵对他的军队没有任何用处。故空格所在句的意思应为:相同的道理,如果只有痛苦而没有恐惧,一个孩子会一次又一次地用火烧自己,因为恐惧不会警告他远离曾经烧到他自己的火。所以,C项符合题意。
单选题 【T5】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:根据语境可知,空格所在句的意思为:即便在家中你也不是完全安全的:一架飞机可能会撞到你的房子,或者蚂蚁吃光了你家房顶大梁的某一部分,结果木头掉下来砸到你身上,或者你有可能得癌症!所以,A项符合题意。
单选题 【T6】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:空格前一句的意思为:恐惧会警告你危险,接下来你必须决定采取何种行动。空格后一句的意思为:比如,你看到一辆车向你直接开过来:恐惧警告你,你跳开了,则一切平安无事。空格所在句的意思为:你在多数情况下能够采取快速而又成功的行动,避免危险发生。所以,B项符合题意。