综合阅读训练（十五）

一、完形填空
  “What’s the meaning of life?” This is a question we all ask    21   at one point or another. The best answer that I came across was written by the great psychologist Viktor Frankl. He wrote that “The meaning of life is to give life meaning.”
When I was a young boy, I gave my life meaning by   22   playing, running, jumping, swimming, laughing and riding my bike.
When I went to school, I gave my life meaning by learning, studying hard, getting good grades and trying to make my mom and dad   23   .
When I was a teenager, I found meaning in playing sports,   24   out with my friends and trying to impress girls.
In college, I found my life meaning by deciding what I wanted to study and what career (职业) I would   25    for.
When I was working as a teacher, I found meaning in helping to open young minds to new  26    and old wisdom.
When I married and had kids, I found meaning in protecting and watching over those I loved. When I found out   27   of my sons were mentally handicapped (智障), I found meaning in loving them,   28   them and learning so much from them about life, love, patience, faith and joy.
  29   I grew older, I began to understand meaning isn’t something that comes and goes. We can give meaning to every moment of our life. We can bring meaning to the thoughts we have. We can bring meaning to the things we do. We can bring meaning to the hearts we   30    . All we have to do is to love.
It is love that makes life worth living. It is love that gives life meaning.

1. A. ourselves       B. ours              C. us
2. A. exactly         B. simply            C. widely
3. A. wise           B. serious            C. proud

24. A. hanging       B. bringing          C. giving
25. A. provide         B. prepare           C. cheer
26. A. ideas          B. advice           C. promises
27. A. neither          B. either            C. both
28. A. growing up   B. caring for         C. taking after
29. A. As             B. Unless            C. Since
30. A. feel          B. touch            C. beat

【主旨大意】
本文是一篇议论文。作者通过引用著名心理学家维克多·弗兰克尔给出的名言“活着的意义在于让生活变得有意义”来揭示生活的真谛，并通过自己各个人生阶段的生活经历来加以说明，是爱赋予生活意义。
21. A 考查代词辨析。根据语法可知所填词作宾语，又与主语意义一致，应用反身代词，故选A。
22. B 考查副词辨析。exactly确切地；simply仅仅，只不过是；widely广泛地。根据空后的名词列举可知，小的时候“仅仅”是通过玩、跑、跳...等赋予生活意义，故选B。
23. C 考查形容词辨析。wise明智的；serious严肃的；proud骄傲的，自豪的。根据上文的描述“努力学习，获得好的分数”可知是为了让父母“自豪”，故选C。
24. A 考查固定搭配。“hang out with sb.”意为“与某人闲逛”。故选A。
25. B 考查动词辨析。provide提供；prepare准备；cheer 欢呼，使...高兴。由句意：大学时，我觉得生活的意义在于决定该学什么，该为将来的职业“准备”什么，可知选B。
26. A 句意：当我作为老师时，生活的意义在于帮助年轻人接纳新的观点和古老的的智慧。idea意为“观点；看法”；advice“建议”；promise“承诺”。根据句意故选A。
27. C 考查不定代词的辨析。neither表“（两者）都不”，either表“（两者）中的一个”谓语动词均用单数；由设空句的谓语动词为复数可知，应用both表示“两者都...”，故选C。
28. B 考查动词短语的辨析。grow up 长大；care for关心，在乎；take after 照看，照顾。由句意：对于智障的儿子，我会爱他，照顾他，并从中体会到生活中的爱，耐心，忠诚，快乐。故选B。
29. A 考查连词的用法辨析。as意为“当……的时候”；unless“除非”句；since“自从……以来”。句意：当我年老了的时候，我发现生活的意义并不是一些来了又走了的东西。根据句意可知要用as 引导时间状语从句。故选A。
30. B 考查动词的词义辨析。feel意为“感觉”；touch“触摸”；beat“敲打”。句意：我们可以让那些触碰我们心弦的东西让生活有意义。由句中的“hearts”可知：应该用touch。故选B。