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If we redouble our efforts, our dreams will come true. Chen Zhuobin had __1__ for 13 years already. Finally, he decided to become a __2__ again. Born in a mountain village in Anhui Province, Chen Zhuobin walked out of the __3__ for study when he was 19. Though he had a __4__ life as a creative director of an international agency in Shanghai, he couldn't __5__ the anxiety reflected in his dreams.
“I dreamed about __6__ branch roads several times a year. I didn't know which one leads to __7__. It made me feel terrible.” One day, Chen Zhuobin said to his wife, “I want to go home.” __8__ being surprised, his wife said, “__9__ your heart. Don't worry about me.”
The young couple returned to their hometown and __10__ the Real Food Farm just to lead a real and simple life. Chen Zhuobin shook off the __11__ and tiredness from too much __12__ in the city. Only in the mountains can they enjoy the __13__ air. There isn't the smell of tail gas, but the smell of __14__ when it shines over the woods. They live a life of “eating healthily and __15__ well.”
In a time when eating __16__ becomes luxury (奢侈) in the __17__ life, it's truly a right way to return to the __18__. “Life is a journey of __19__ the proper way,” said Chen Zhuobin.
Those dreams about branch roads have __20__ because he has found his own path.
语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了陈卓彬虽然在大城市有成功的事业,但他却重回大山做起了农民的故事。
1.A.dreamed B.lived
C.struggled D.hesitated
解析:选C 根据前一句可知,如果我们加倍努力,我们的梦想将会实现;结合该句中的“Chen Zhuobin had ________ for 13 years”可推知,陈卓彬已经奋斗(struggled)了十三年,故选C。
2.A.villager B.worker
C.manager D.farmer
解析:选D 根据该空后的“again”,并结合下文叙述的陈卓彬是从安徽山村中出来求学的和第三段第一句中的“Real Food Farm”可推知,他决定再次成为一个农民(farmer),故选D。
3.A.mountains B.deserts
C.nation D.city
解析:选A 根据该句中的“a mountain village”可知,此处表示他在19岁那年走出了大山(mountains)求学,故A项正确。
4.A.hard B.successful
C.simple D.cozy
解析:选B 参见下题解析。
5.A.remove B.remember
C.expose D.imagine
解析:选A 根据语境可知,尽管他是上海某国际机构的一位创意总监,拥有了成功的(successful)生活,但是从来没有消除(remove)反映在他的梦中的焦虑,故A项正确。
6.A.muddy B.vague
C.countless D.straight
解析:选C 根据下文中的“I didn't know which one leads to ________.”可推知,一年以来,他多次梦见无数(countless)条通向家乡(home)的分岔路,故C项正确。
7.A.Rome B.home
C.future D.destinations
解析:选B 参见上题解析。
8.A.In terms of B.In spite of
C.In place of D.Instead of
解析:选D 根据下文中的“Don't worry about me.”可推知,在他告诉妻子想要回到家乡时,他的妻子并不惊讶,相反(Instead of),她告诉他跟随(Follow)他自己的内心,故D项正确。
9.A.Concern B.Observe
C.Follow D.Open
解析:选C 参见上题解析。
10.A.left B.sold
C.built D.ruined
解析:选C 根据语境以及该句中的“Real Food Farm”可推知,这对年轻的夫妻回到家乡,建造(built)了农场,过上了真实而又简单的生活,故C项正确。
11.A.anxiety B.loneliness
C.sadness D.joy
解析:选A 根据该句中的“and tiredness”和“in the city”,并结合常识可推知,陈卓彬摆脱了城市中太多的工作量(workload)带来的焦虑(anxiety)和疲劳,故A项正确。
12.A.desire B.workload
C.relation D.money
解析:选B 参见上题解析。
13.A.warm B.thin
C.smelly D.fresh
解析:选D 根据语境可推知,只有在大山里他们才能享受到新鲜的(fresh)空气,故D项正确。
14.A.water B.dust
C.sunlight D.smog
解析:选C 根据该句中的“shines”可推知,这是阳光(sunlight)照射森林的味道,故C项正确。
15.A.playing B.sleeping
C.dressing D.studying
解析:选B 根据该句中的“eating healthily and ________ well”并结合常识可推知,他们过着吃得健康、睡(sleeping)得好的生活,故B项正确。
16.A.carefully B.quickly
C.properly D.happily
解析:选C 根据下文中的“proper way”并结合常识可推知,在城市(urban)生活中,饮食得当(properly)一度成为奢侈(的事情),故C项正确。
17.A.urban B.real
C.country D.family
解析:选A 参见上题解析。
18.A.nature B.simplicity
C.wildness D.beginning
解析:选B 根据上文描述的陈卓彬放弃了都市生活回归大山可推知,他想过一种简单的生活,回归简单(simplicity)是正确的方式。
19.A.changing B.directing
C.leading D.finding
解析:选D 根据语境可知,生活就是找到(finding)合适的生活方式的旅程,故D项正确。
20.A.faded away B.passed away
C.put away D.run away
解析:选A 根据该句中的“because he has found his own path”可知,因为他已经找到了自己的路,所以那些关于分岔路的梦逐渐消失(faded away)了,故A项正确。