1、Chapter 4No. 1（2020 湖北省华中师范大学第一附属中学高三阶段检测）In my 40s, as a new solo（独自的）traveller, I spent endless time looking around souvenir shops in tourist areas. It never _1_ me that in shops where merchants werent _2_ big rents, I could save more money. Besides. I didnt give much _3_ for the size of what I wa
2、s buying, nor did I care that I would have to take the _4_ to carry it around for the duration of my holidays.I learned and _5_. But I also found that over time, the objects that were _6_ to me changed too. As my tastes matured, my bags got _7_, and so did the time I spent buying cheap goods.In my 5
3、0s I _8_ boxes from around the world, not ordinary boxes but ones _9_ made by artists. These were small so they _10_ easily into every place of my backpack. The _11_ was delightful the silver from South Korea, the painted camel bone from Egypt and dozens more took up their _12_ in my house.Then a _1
4、3_ thing happened. My interest in the collection _14_ while my grand childrens interest in it grew, so a wonderful and new _15_ began. Each time a child came to visit, he or she was _16_ to pick a box. My popularity _17_ increased among the children, and pretty soon my collection had been _18_ among
5、 the little people in family. Each gift was _19_ by a mini travel story explaining where the _20_ was found, who had made it and what that country was like.1. A. counted on B. dawned on C. called on D. concentrated on2. A. lending B. investing C. purchasing D. paying3. A. advice B. anxiety C. concer
6、n D. support4. A. trouble B. way C. chance D. lead5. A. applied B. adjusted C. judged D. checked6. A. accessible B. appealing C. shiny D. disappointing7. A. smaller B. bigger C. heavier D. smarter8. A. designed B. discovered C. collected D. received9. A. lovingly B. intentionally C. carelessly D. am
7、bitiously10. A. cut B. got C. set D. fitted11. A. value B. pattern C. fashion D. variety12. A. role B. position C. duty D. time13. A. strange B. vital C. terrible D. funny14. A. grew B. changed C. faded D. rose15. A. routine B. hobby C. journey D. principle16. A. forbidden B. allowed C. advocated D.
8、 promoted17. A. normally B. casually C. fortunately D. delightfully18. A. exposed B. awarded C. divided D. exchanged19. A. accompanied B. clarified C. described D. confirmed20. A. collection B. story C. box D. backpack【答案解析】 1-5 BDCAB 6-10 BACAD 11-15 DBDCA 16-20 BDCAC 本文是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了自己对旅游纪念品的兴趣变化，间接
9、地描述了自己生活的变化。【1题详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：我从来没有想到，在那些商人不用支付大额租金的商店里（买纪念品），我可以省更多的钱。A. counted on指望；B. dawned on开始被理解；C. called on访问；D. concentrated on集中。根据句意可知，it dawned on me that是固定句型，意为“我渐渐明白了”，never在句中表示否定，意为“我从未想过”，而其他词组不能构成该句型，且语义和原文不符，故选B。【2题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：我从来没有想到，在那些商人不用支付大额租金的商店里（买纪念品），我可以省更多的钱。A. lend
10、ing借出；B. investing投资；C. purchasing购买；D. paying付款。根据空后的I could save more money和常识可知，作者能在这些店铺里省更多的钱，可见店主无需支付大额租金，再根据句意可知，pay the rent意为“支付租金”，故选D。【3题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：此外，我并不太在意我所买的东西的大小，我也不在乎要在整个旅游期间费力带着所买的东西周游。A. advice建议；B. anxiety焦虑；C. concern关心；D. support支持。根据下文的nor did I care that，notnor是一个表示否定的并列结构
11、，其中care意为“关心”，concern与care意义相近，故选C。【4题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：此外，我并不太在意我所买的东西的大小，我也不在乎要在整个旅游期间费力带着所买的东西周游。A. trouble麻烦；B. way方法；C. chance机会；D. lead引领。根据第一段的I spent endless time looking around souvenir shops in tourist areas可知，作者喜欢收集那些纪念品，所以不在意这些东西的大小，也不在意到处带着它们，take the trouble to do sth.是固定搭配，意为“费力做某事”，故选A。
12、【5题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：在不断学习和调整。A. applied应用；B. adjusted调整；C. judged判断；D. checked检查。文章第一段写到作者原先买东西总是不假思索，不计代价。但是后来成熟了，购物的品味也发生了变化。由此可知，作者在不断学习和调整（adjusted）。故选B。【6题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但我也发现，随着时间的推移，吸引我的东西也变了。A. accessible可进入的；B. appealing吸引人的；C. shiny光滑的；D. disappointing令人失望的。根据空前的But I also found that over t
13、ime和空后的As my tastes matured以及常识可知，随着时间的推移，作者越来越成熟，吸引自己的（appealing）东西也变了，故选B。【7题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：随着我品味的成熟，我的背包越来越小了，我花在购买廉价商品上的时间也越来越少了。A. smaller较小的；B. bigger较大的；C. heavier较重的；D. smarter较聪明的。根据空后的and so did the time I spent buying cheap goods可知，作者买的东西越来越少了，背包也越来越小了。故选A。【8题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：在我50多岁的时候，我收集
14、了来自世界各地的盒子，不是普通的盒子，而是艺术家们精心制作的盒子。A. designed设计；B. discovered发现；C. collected收集；D. received收到。根据下一段中的My interest in the collection可知，此处表示收集（collected）盒子，故选C。【9题详解】考查副词词义辨析。句意：在我50多岁的时候，我收集了来自世界各地的盒子，不是普通的盒子，而是艺术家们精心制作的盒子。A. lovingly钟爱地；B. intentionally故意地；C. carelessly粗心地；D. ambitiously有雄心地。本空与ordinar
15、y对应，既然不是普通的，那么就是“艺术家精心制作的”， lovingly在本句中翻译成了“精心地”故选A。【10题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：这些盒子小巧玲珑，所以很容易装进我背包的任意一个地方。A. cut剪切；B. got得到；C. set设置；D. fitted使适应。根据空前的These were small可知 ，这里指的是盒子都很小巧，很容易就放在背包的任意一个地方。在这里动词fit表示（大小、样式、数量、适合）可容纳、装进。故选D。【11题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：品种是可喜的来自韩国的银器，来自埃及的彩绘骆驼骨，还有其他一些东西，它们在家中都占有一席之地。A. value
16、价值；B. pattern模式；C. fashion时尚；D. variety种类。根据空后的the silver from South Korea, the painted camel bone from Egypt and dozens more可知，盒子的种类（variety）非常多，故选D。【12题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：品种是可喜的来自韩国的银器，来自埃及的彩绘骆驼骨，还有其他一些东西，它们在家中都占有一席之地。A. role角色；B. position位置；C. duty职责；D. time时光。根据语境可知，作者对这些纪念品非常喜欢，尽管种类繁多，但是它们在家中都占有一席之
17、地，take up ones position意为“占据一席之地”，故选B。【13题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然后有趣的事情发生了。A. strange奇怪的；B. vital至关重要的；C. terrible糟糕的；D. funny有趣的。根据空后的语境可知，作者不断描述对收藏品的兴趣逐渐消失，而作者的孙辈们对作者的收藏品德兴趣越来越浓，所以这算是一件有趣（funny）的事。故选D。【14题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：我对收藏的兴趣消退了，而我的孙子孙女们对它的兴趣却在增长，于是一种奇妙的、新的日常生活开始了。A. grew成长；B. changed改变；C. faded褪色；D.
18、rose升起。根据本段内容以及连词while表转折关系可知，空出应与grew形成强烈对比，故选C。【15题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：我对这些收藏品的兴趣逐渐消失，而我的孙子们对它们的兴趣却越来越浓厚，于是我开始了一段美妙的新生活。A. routine日常生活；B. hobby爱好；C. journey旅程；D. principle原则。根据上文提到孙辈们对作者的收藏品越来越感兴趣和下文的Each time a child came to visit, he or she allowed to pick a box可知，一个美妙的新生活开始了。故选A。【16题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：每
19、次有孩子来访，他或她都被允许挑选一个盒子。A. forbidden禁止；B. allowed允许；C. advocated提倡；D. promoted促进。根据下文的pretty soon my collection had been _18_ among the little people in family可知，家里一有孩子来访，它们被允许（allowed）挑选一个盒子，故选B。【17题详解】考查副词词义辨析。句意：我在孩子们中间越来越受欢迎，很快我的收藏就分给了家里的孩子们。A. normally正常地；B. casually平常地；C. fortunately幸运地；D. deligh
20、tfully高兴地。根据上文Each time a child came to visit, he or she was _16_ to pick a box可知，每个孩子都能得到盒子作为礼物，作者也越来越受欢迎，作者也感到非常欣喜。故选D。【18题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：我在孩子们中间越来越受欢迎，很快我的收藏就分给了家里的孩子们。A. exposed揭露；B. awarded奖励；C. divided分配；D. exchange交换。根据前文的Each time a child came to visit, he or she was _16_ to pick a box可知，作者这
21、些收藏很快就分给（divided）了家里的孩子们，故选C。【19题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：每件礼物都附有一个旅游小故事，解释了盒子是在哪里找到的，是谁制作的，以及这个国家是什么样的。A. accompanied陪伴；B. clarified澄清；C. described描述；D. confirmed确认。根据根据第一段的In my 40s, as a new solo（独自的）traveller可知，作者作为一个旅行者，每到一个城市，收集的每一个小盒子都附带着一段旅游小故事，解释了它被发现的地方和制作者以及那个国家的情况，故选A。【20题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：每件礼物都附有一个旅
22、游小故事，解释盒子是在哪里找到的，是谁制作的，以及这个国家是什么样的。A. collection收集；B. story故事；C. box盒子；D. backpack背包。根据语境可知，全文在讲作者收集盒子，通过盒子（box）的收集，也展现了作者的心态变化。每一个盒子都可以解释盒子是在哪里找到的，是谁制作的，以及这个国家是什么样的。故选C。No.2(2020. 安徽省黄山市高三质量检测)Once a circle missed a part. The circle wanted to be _1_,so it went around_2_its missing piece. But becaus
23、e it was_3_ and could roll only very slowly,it_4_all kinds of beautiful scenery. Then one day the circle found a piece that_5_perfectly. It was so_6_it could roll very fast. Now it rolled too fast to _7_flowers or to talk to the worms. When it_8_how different the world seemed as it rolled so quickly
24、, it _9_, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled _10_away.The lesson of the story is that in some strange_11_, we are _12_ whole when we are missing something. The man who has everything is in some ways a poor man. He will never know the_13_ of having someone who loves him give him
25、something he has always wanted or never had. There is a wholeness about the person who has come to terms with his limitations, who has been _14_ enough to let go of his unrealistic dreams and not feel like a _15_for doing so. When we accept that_16_is part of being human, and when we can continue ro
26、lling through life and _17_it,we will have achieved a wholeness that others can only_18_ to. If we are brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, generous enough to feel_19_by another s happiness, then we can achieve great _20_ that no other living creature will ever know.1. A. part B. broad C.
27、 whole D. large2. A. appealing for B. looking for C. pulling for D. leaving for3. A. inaccurate B. inconvenient C. incomplete D. inactive4. A. abandoned B. enjoyed C. imagined D. looked5. A. suited B. stuck C. folded D. fit6. A. happy B. sad C. shocked D. interested7. A. ignore B. take C. pick D. no
28、tice8. A. realized B. agreed C. introduced D. doubted9. A. stopped B. began C. continued D. kept10. A. quickly B. slowly C. madly D. freely11. A. direction B. case C. sense D. detail12. A. less B. more C. most D. least13. A. experience B. impression C. reason D. intention14. A. amazed B. excited C.
29、humorous D. brave15. A. success B. failure C. judgment D. pleasure16. A. impatience B. independence C. imperfection D. influence17. A. appreciate B. observe C. disturb D. miss18. A. object B. adapt C. apply D. desire19. A. upset B. brilliant C. delighted D. annoyed20. A. encouragement B. embarrassme
30、nt C. disappointment D. satisfaction【答案解析】 1-5 CBCBD 6-10 ADAAB 11-15 CBADB 16-20CADCA 这是一篇夹叙夹议文。本文通过一个圆从追求完美到享受自己的不完美我们看到，人无完人，世界上没有十全十美的东西，只有不断完善自我，有目标有追求的人才会拥有完美的人生。【1题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：从前，有一个圆圈缺了一部分。圆圈想要成为一个完整的圆圈，所以它四处寻找遗失的那一块。A. part部分的；B. broad宽的；C. whole完整的；D. large巨大的。根据第2空后的its missing piece可
31、知，这个圆想成为完整的，因此它四处去寻找它丢失的那一块。故选C。【2题详解】考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：从前，有一个圆圈缺了一部分。圆圈想要成为一个完整的圆圈，所以它四处寻找遗失的那块楔子。A. appealing for请求；B. looking for寻找；C. pulling for划向，鼓劲；D. leaving for去某地。根据第2空后的its missing piece.可知，此处指找到“丢失的部分”。故选B。【3题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但因为它是不完整的，只能滚动非常缓慢，它享受着各种美丽的风景。A. inaccurate不精确的；B. inconvenient不方便
32、的；C. incomplete不完全的；D. inactive不活跃的。根据上文Once a circle missed a part.可知，它是“不完整的”。故选C。【4题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：但因为它是不完整的，只能滚动非常缓慢，它享受着各种美丽的风景。A. abandoned抛弃；B. enjoyed喜爱；C. imagined想象；D. looked看。根据第4空后的all kinds of beautiful scenery.可知，此处指“欣赏”风景。故选B。【5题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：有一天，圆圈找到了一件非常合适的它的配件。A. suited适合；B. stuck
33、卡住；C. folded折叠；D. fit适合。根据第5空后的perfectly以及It was so6it could roll very fas，可知，此处指配件“合适”。故选D。【6题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：它很高兴，它可以滚得很快。A. happy 幸福的；B. sad伤心的；C. shocked感到震惊的；D. interested感到有趣的。根据第6空后的could roll very fast.可知，比以前滚动快了，所以很“高兴”。故选A。【7题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：现在它滚得太快了，顾不上注意花儿，也顾不上和虫子说话。A. ignore忽视；B. take拿走；
34、C. pick拾起，挑选；D. notice注意。根据第7空前后的内容Now it rolled too fast to和flowers or to talk to the worms.可知，它顾不上“注意”花和虫子。故选D。【8题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：当圆意识到由于它快速地滚动，世界变得如此不同时，它停了下来，把找到的配件留在路旁，又开始慢慢地滚动。A. realized意识到；B. agreed同意；C. introduced介绍；D. doubted怀疑。根据第8空后的how different the world seemed as it rolled so quickly可知
35、，它“意识到”滚动快不能欣赏风景，而滚动的慢能欣赏到风景。故选A。【9题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：当圆意识到由于它快速地滚动，世界变得如此不同时，它停了下来，把找到的配件留在路旁，又开始慢慢地滚动。A. stopped停止；B. began开始；C. continued继续；D. kept保持。它“意识到”快不能欣赏风景，而滚动的慢能欣赏到风景，所以它“停下来”。故选A。【10题详解】考查副词词义辨析。句意：当圆意识到由于它快速地滚动，世界变得如此不同时，它停了下来，把找到的配件留在路旁，又开始慢慢地滚动。 A. quickly讯速地；B. slowly慢慢地；C. madly疯狂地；D.
36、 freely自由地。根据第10空前的left its found piece by the side of the road可知，拆下配件，开始“慢慢”滚动。故选B。【11题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：这个故事告诉我们，在某种奇怪的意义上，当我们失去一些东西的时候，我们会变得更加完整。A. direction方向；B. case情况；C. sense感觉；D. detail细节。通过圆圈从不完整到完整的故事，启示我们“在某种意义上，失去意味着更完美”。故选C。【12题详解】考查形容词比较级辨析。句意：这个故事告诉我们，在某种奇怪的意义上，当我们失去一些东西的时候，我们会变得更加完整。A.
37、less更少；B. more更多；C. most 最多；D. least最少。通过圆圈从不完整到完整的故事，启示我们“在某种意义上，失去意味着更完美”。故选B。【13题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：他永远不会有这样的经历:一个爱他的人送给他一些他一直想要或从未拥有过的东西。A. experience经历，经验；B. impression印象；C. reason理由；D. intention打算。根据第13空后的having someone who loves him give him something he has always wanted or never had.再根据上句The ma
38、n who has everything is in some ways a poor man.“拥有一切的人在某些方面是个穷人。”可知，此处指这个可怜的人从未有过的“经历”。故选A。【14题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：人生的完整性还在于一个人知道如何面对他的缺陷，如何勇敢地摒弃那些不现实的幻想而又不以此为失败。A. amazed感到惊讶的；B. excited感到兴奋的；C. humorous幽默的；D. brave勇敢的。根据第14空后的enough to let go of his unrealistic dreams可知，“勇敢”地摒弃那些不现实的幻想。故选D。【15题详解】考查名
39、词词义辨析。句意：人生的完整性还在于一个人知道如何面对他的缺陷，如何勇敢地摒弃那些不现实的幻想而又不以此为失败。A. success成功；B. failure失败；C. judgment判断；D. pleasure快乐。抽象名词具体化：a failure“一个失败的人，意见失败的事”。此处指并不感觉自己是一个“失败的人”。故选B。【16题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我们接受不完美是人类本性的一部分，当我们能继续在生活中滚动并欣赏它时，我们就会获得别人只能渴望的完整。A. impatience无耐心；B. independence 独立；C. imperfection不完美的；D. infl
40、uence影响。根据 not feel like a failure可知，此处指接受“不完美”。故选C。【17题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我们接受不完美是人类本性的一部分，当我们能继续在生活中滚动并欣赏它时，我们就会获得别人只能渴望的完整。A. appreciate欣赏，感激；B. observe观察，遵守；C. disturb干扰；D. miss想念，错过。此处指学会欣赏自己的“不完美”。故选A。【18题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我们接受不完美是人类本性的一部分，当我们能继续在生活中滚动并欣赏它时，我们就会获得别人只能渴望的完整。A. object反对；B. adapt 使适应；
41、C. apply申请；D. desire渴望，想要，要求。根据 achieved a wholeness可知，此处指“获得别人只能渴望的完整”。故选D。【19题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：如果我们有足够的勇气去爱，足够的坚强去原谅他人，足够的慷慨去为别人的幸福而感到高兴，那么我们就能获得其他生物所无法获得的巨大满足感。A. upset 心烦的；B. brilliant杰出的；C. delighted高兴的；D. annoyed烦恼的。根据第19空后的by another s happiness可知，此处指为别人的幸福而“感到高兴”。故选C。【20题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：如果我们有足
42、够的勇气去爱，足够的坚强去原谅他人，足够的慷慨去为别人的幸福而感到高兴，那么我们就能获得其他生物所无法获得的巨大满足感。A. encouragement鼓励；B. embarrassment尴尬；C. disappointment失望；D. satisfaction满意。我们有足够的勇气去爱，足够的坚强去原谅他人，足够的慷慨去为别人的幸福而感到高兴，就能获得“满足感”。故选D。No. 3(2020. 吉林省长春市普通高中高三质量监测)Tim Mas parents came to the United States from Taiwan in the 1970s. They opened a
43、 _1_ . It was a failure. However, they found _2_ in computers and engineering in America. In part because of their own _3_ Mas parents hoped he would study to become an engineer.They wanted _4_ security for their child.Growing up, Ma considered many _5_, like writer, fireman, even president. But he
44、had a sense early on. He didnt want to be a(n) _6_.Ma did well in math and science classes in high school. And he _7_ choosing to study electrical engineering in college. Several engineering jobs later, though, Ma had a(n) _8_ of heart.His parents could not understand why he would want to _9_ such a
45、 good job to open a restaurant. They had worked long hours _10_ their own restaurant still failed. But Ma remained _11_. He was going to do things differently from his parents. He was able to learn from their one major _12_ as restaurant owners - they knew very little about the art of cooking. Their
46、 chef _13_ and opened a Chinese restaurant across the street which really put them in a bad situation.So, at age 30, Ma left engineering and returned to school - cooking school. He received training in _14_ cooking. In 2009, Ma opened his first restaurant, Maple Avenue, in Virginia. The restaurant _
47、15_ excellent cuisine.At Maple Avenue, Ma worked long hours, seven days a week. His long hours _16_.Ma opened his fourth restaurant last year, Kyirisan in Washington, D.C. He _17_ his training in French cooking with his Chinese heritage (传承)to create _18_ dishes.“Kyirisans success is due to the _19_
48、 menu and food”, Ma says. But a lot of it just comes from “pure hard _20_ ” .1. A. company B. school C. hospital D. restaurant2. A. interest B. help C. success D. progress3. A. feelings B. manners C. predictions D. experiences4. A. financial B. personal C. physical D. psychological5. A. plans B. ide
49、as C. measures D. professions6. A. doctor B. chef C. engineer D. teacher7. A. ended up B. gave up C. set about D. carried on8. A. operation B. change C. peace D. attack9. A. choose B. win C. quit D. get10. A. though B. but C. if D. so11. A. certain B. silent C. calm D. anxious12. A. habit B. practic
50、e C. point D. mistake13. A. came B. left C. escaped D. cheated14. A. Chinese B. American C. French D. Mexican15. A. serves B. studies C. promotes D. develops16. A. took off B. paid off C. ran out D. worked out17. A. mixed B. improved C. simplified D. ignored18. A. local B. new C. strange D. traditio
51、nal19. A. abundant B. main C. simple D. creative20. A. life B. challenge C. work D. status【答案解析】 1-5 DCDAD 6-10 CABCB 11-15 ADBCA 16-20 BABDC 这是一篇记叙文。厨师Tim Ma的父母均为台湾到美国的移民，因餐馆经营失败，但在计算机和工程行业取得了成功，希望儿子能够成为移民工程师或者是医生，以确保经济上的保障。然而，几经波折之后，Tim Ma发现自己对经营餐馆更感兴趣，于是不顾父母的反对，辞职学习餐饮，并经过不懈的努力，成功的开了第四家餐馆。【1题详解】考查
52、名词词义辨析。句意：他们开了一家餐馆。A. company公司；B. school学校；C. hospital医院；D. restaurant餐厅。根据第四段中their own restaurant still failed可知马的父母开了一家餐厅。故选D。【2题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：然而，他们在美国的计算机和工程领域取得了成功。A. interest兴趣；B. help帮助；C. success成功；D. progress进步。根据后文Mas parents hoped he would study to become an engineer.可知马的父母在美国的计算机和工程领域取
53、得了成功。故选C。【3题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：部分是由于他们自己的经历，马的父母希望他能学习成为一名工程师。A. feelings感觉；B. manners礼貌；C. predictions预测；D. experiences经历。此处指上文提到的Ma的父母开餐厅失败的经历，让马的父母希望马成为一名工程师。故选D。【4题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他们希望孩子有经济保障。A. financial经济的，财政的；B. personal个人的；C. physical身体的；D. psychological心理的。上文提到了马的父母开餐厅失败了，但是他们发现从事计算机和工程领域更有可能取得
54、成功，这也是出于希望孩子有经济保障考虑的。故选A。【5题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：从小到大，马考虑过很多职业作家、消防员，甚至总统。A. plans计划；B. ideas想法；C. measures措施；D. professions职业。根据后文writer, fireman, even president可知马考虑过很多职业。故选D。【6题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：他不想成为一名工程师。A. doctor医生；B. chef主厨；C. engineer工程师；D. professor教授。成为工程师是马父母的想法，后来马辞去了工程师的工作也说明马并不想成为工程师。故选C。【7题详解】
55、考查动词短语辨析。句意：最后他选择在大学学习电气工程。A. ended up结束；B. gave up放弃；C. turned out结果是；D. carried on继续。根据后文choosing to study electrical engineering in college可知他最后选择在大学学习电气工程。此处end up表示“以结束”，其它选项不符合语境。故选A。【8题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：然而，几次工程工作之后，马改变了主意。A. operation手术；B. change改变；C. trouble麻烦；D. attack攻击。根据下一段第一句中he would want
56、 to leave such a good job to open a restaurant.可知，几次工程工作之后，马改变了主意。故选B。【9题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：他的父母不明白他为什么要离开这么好的工作去开餐馆。A. colleagues同事；B. friends朋友；C. parents父母；D. s亲戚。根据后文their own restaurant still failed.可知此处是指马的父母，他们不明白马为什么要离开这么好的工作去开餐馆。故选C。【10题详解】考查连词辨析。句意：他们工作了很长时间，但是他们自己的餐馆还是失败了。A. though虽然；B. but但是
57、；C. if如果；D. so所以。结合上下文语境可知为转折关系，应用连词but。故选B。【11题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但是马仍然很确定。A. certain确定的；B. silent沉默的；C. calm平静的；D. anxious焦虑的。根据后文He was going to do things differently than his parents.可知马对自己的决定是很确定的。故选A。【12题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：他能够从他们作为餐馆老板的一个重大错误中吸取教训他们对烹饪艺术知之甚少。A. habit习惯；B. practice练习；C. point要点；D. mis
58、take错误。此处指马从父母开餐厅失败的错误中吸取教训。故选D。【13题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们的厨师走了，在街对面开了一家中餐馆，这可真把他们给难住了。A. came来到；B. left离开；C. escaped逃跑；D. cheated欺骗。根据后文opened a Chinese restaurant across the street which really put them in a bad situation.可知他们餐厅原来的厨师离开了他们餐厅，在街对面开了一家中餐馆。故选B。【14题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他接受过法式烹饪的培训。A. Chinese中国的；
59、B. American美国的；C. French法国的；D. Mexican墨西哥的。根据倒数第二段中his training in French cooking可知他接受过法式烹饪的培训。故选C。【15题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：这家餐馆供应美味的菜肴。A. serves供应，服务；B. studies学习；C. promotes促进；D. benefits福利。结合后文的宾语excellent cuisine，可知此处指餐馆供应美味的菜肴。故选A。【16题详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：他的长时间工作得到了回报。A. took off起飞；B. paid off得到了回报，支付；C. r
60、an out耗尽；D. worked out计算。根据后文Ma opened his fourth restaurant last year可知去年，马开了自己第四家餐厅，说明他的努力得到了回报。故选B。【17题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：他将自己在法国烹饪方面的训练与中国传统相结合，创造出了新的菜肴。A. mixed使相结合，混合；B. improved改进；C. simplified简化；D. ignored忽视。根据后文his training in French cooking with his Chinese heritage可知他将自己在法国烹饪方面的训练与中国传统相结合。故选A
61、。【18题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：他将自己在法国烹饪方面的训练与中国传统相结合，创造出了新的菜肴。A. regional地区的；B. new新的；C. side旁的；D. traditional传统的。马将在法国烹饪方面的训练与中国传统相结合，是为了创造新的菜肴。故选B。【19题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：马说，Kyirisan的成功要归功于其创意十足的菜单和食物。A. fixed固定的；B. main主要的；C. simple简单的；D. creative有创造性的。此处呼应上一段中to create，Kyirisan的成功要归功于其创意十足的菜单和食物。故选D。【20题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：但很多都是来自于“纯粹的努力工作”。A. life生活；B. challenge挑战；C. work工作；D. status地位。根据上一段中Ma worked long hours, seven days a week.可知马尽心经营自己的餐厅，他的成功很多来自他“纯粹的努力工作”。故选C。