精编优选练(二十四) 阅读七选五4
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I don't know what that dream that you have is. I don't care how disappointing it might be as you're working toward that dream. But that dream you're holding in your mind is possible. Some of you already know that it's hard. It's hard to change your life. In the process of achieving your dreams, 1 inner.
There will be moments when you are going to doubt yourlf. You'll say, “Why? Why is this happening to me？” For tho of you who have experienced some hardships, don't give up on your dreams. 2 ，but they will not stay, they will come to pass.
Many of you fail to ek your purpo in life. You dream and then follow it up with a list of all the reasons why the dream is unachievable. 3 . Things like the are the true limits you experience in life and they are what you create or what you allow others to lay upon you.
4 .Acting on the dream is harder.Recognize that a dream is a journey. On the simplest level, it takes commitment, time and courage. But rarely is something great easily realized. Dreaming is recognizing the potential for greatness and eking it in all areas of your life. Believe in your dreams and your ability to accomplish them. I'm here to challenge you to reach for your dreams. Do not be afraid to dream. 5 ！
A．Your dreams never walk away
B．The rough times are going to come
C．You fill your life with excus and “I can't”
D．You must spend more time achieving it
E．Dreaming is the easy part
F．If you can dream it, you can do it
G．you are going to suffer a lot of disappointment, failure and pain
[语篇解读] 本文主要论述了“dial要勇于心怀梦想，并努力实现梦想”struggle这一主题。
1．解析：toeic 根据空前的“Some of you already know that it's hard.It's hard to change your life.”可知，有人已经知道了实现梦想、改变生活的困难；据此可以判断，空处具体介绍实现梦想的困难：你将承受失望、失败和痛苦，故G项正确。
答案：G
2．解析：根据空后的“but they will not stay, they will come to pass”可知，但是，这些困难终将过去；据此可以判断，空处陈述的是与此相反的情况，即会有困难时刻，故B项符合语境。the dirty dozen
答案：B
3．解析：根据空前的“You dream and then follow it up with a list of all the reasons why the dream is unachievable.”可知，你把自己无法实现梦想的原因列成了一个清单；据此可以判断，空处说明此举的结果：你的生活充斥着各种借口和“我不能”，故C项正确。
答案：C
4．解析：根据空处后一句“Acting on the dream is harder”可知，努力实现梦想更难，空处与该句形成对比；据此可知，空处表示“(设定)梦想是容易的”，故E项正确。
答案：E
5．解析：根据空处前一句“Do not be afraid to dream.”可知，不要畏惧梦想；据此可以判断，空处应进一步表示要相信自己，你能实现梦想。故F项正确。
答案：F
B
China has been the birthplace of many of the world's greatest inventions. It was, for example, the first country to produce paper money. Before the invention of paper money and coins, people ud many different kinds of things for buying and lling. 1 This exchange of goods and rvices for other goods and rvices is called bartering.
2 In 1200 BC, people in China began to u shells (贝壳)as money. Usually the shell
s ud as money were very small. This made it easier for people to carry money over long distances, and allowed for trade to develop between different parts of the country.
In the years which followed this invention，many other countries around the world began to do the same. 3matter of fact
The next development was in 1000 BC, when China started making bronze and copper shells. It wasn't long before the Chine made round coins out of metal. 4 By 500 BC, metal coins had begun to appear in countries like Persia and Greece, and later in the Roman Empire.
About 1,000 years later, leather was ud as money in China, and in 806 AD, the first paper banknotes were produced by the Chine people. 5
A．People also began collecting foreign coins as souvenirs.
B．However, as economies developed, such exchanges became impractical.
ekbarC．It was still many years before paper currency appeared in Europe.
D．They also ud tiny shells as money for buying and lling.
E．As time went by, trade between countries incread.
F．During that time, for example, buying a chicken might cost veral potatoes.
nuaaG．The very first coins often had holes in them so that people could string them together.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇说明文，主要按照时间顺序讲述了中国和世界上其他国家货币发展的历史。
1．解析：根据空前的“people ud many different kinds of things for buying and lling”及空后的“This exchange of goods and rvices for other goods and rvices is called bartering”可知，此处主要讲的是“物物交换”，F项中的“buying a chicken might cost veral potatoes”是联系方式英文“物物交换”的一个例子，符合上下文文意，故选F项。
答案：F
2．解析：本文第一段讲的是porpoi“物物交换”；根据空后的“In 1200 BC，people in China began
to u shells (贝壳)as money. Usually the shells ud as money were very small.”可知，第二段讲的是“贝壳作为货币使用”，故此空的作用是承上启下。B项中的“such exchanges”与第一段最后一句中的“This exchange”相呼应，且B项中的“However”以及“impractical”表明“物物交换”有局限性，所以出现了更加方便携带的贝壳货币，符合上下文文意，故选B项。
