(4)根据本段小标题Embrace the natural pathways可知,natural pathways是关键词;再根据文中介绍的systems也是关键词,故G项“事实上,这个系统不过是一种有人用他们的思想创造的自然的思维方式。”符合本文内容。故答案为G。
(5)根据下文内容“你可以在附近公园散步。你可以走出办公室去喝杯咖啡。或者如果你在家里,你可以去一个不同的房间。”推知,当你陷入困境时,要走出困境的方法之一仅仅是改变你的环境。故答案为D。
【点评】做此类题时,可以快速浏览备选答案,先确定哪个选项适合在文章中的什么位置,标题,段首,段中,段尾。不同的位置的句子有不同特征,有时候有的答案表述上就是错误。
二、书面表达(共2题;共10分)
11.任务型阅读
Make the right choices
What is life's greatest gift?________Choice is the ability to select one course of action from a set of alternatives to achieve a goal. What is so great about choice? It transforms us from dumb animals into artists. Each of us becomes another Michelangelo. Choice becomes nothing other than the tool we use to sculpt (雕刻)our life. The tool doesn't come free, however, for the price of choice is responsibility.________The reward is happiness.
Life is not still. It is a flow.________We constantly need to monitor where we are on our journey. We need to ask questions: Am I moving closer to my goals? If not, what corrective measures can I take? What action will I take now to readjust myself to my goals? Choice is power. Choice is at the heart of life. It is the creative power of life.
________And your life becomes more convenient or comfortable because of them. For example, you decide which stores to shop at and which gas station to go to. But the decisions that we make to sculpt our lives are far more important than deciding where to shop. The more we appreciate the difference between minor and major decisions, the greater the probability that we will experience happiness and fulfillment.
All chess lovers realize that it isn't necessary to win to enjoy the game. The pleasure is in the playing. Life is like a chess game.________
A. It is free will or choice
B. You have to make choices every day
C. Make the best moves you can under the circumstances
D. But when we accept and carry it out, we get a great return
E. Every choice we make leads us closer to or farther from our goals
F. Life is full of hard choices, and the bigger they are, the harder they get
G. Choose to carry out responsibilities not because you have to, but because you want to
【答案】A;D;E;B;C
【解析】【分析】本文主要讲述了每个人每天都要面临各种各样的选择。正确的选择究竟会给我们的人生带来些什么呢?
(1)本空前有问句,空后出现choice这一关键词,A选项既回答上文问题又引出了下文