第一节 完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
We have all heard how time is more valuable than money, but is it ___36___ to have too much?
I___37___back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also ___38___a team sport. By the time I got home, I only had a few hours to do my homework, and I had to do it ____39____
When I got into college, things ___40___ I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time. Because of all this ____41____ there was no sense of ____42____ to do my school work immediately. I was performing this action of waiting until it later became ___43___. Once that happened, I just kept___44___my studying further and further back in my day. Then I got to the point where I was____45____really late at night to get my work alone.
One day I ____46____a former classmate of mine who was ____47____ a lot of money running a sideline(副业).Since his regular job was ____48____, I asked him why he just didn't do his sideline full-time. He said without the job, he would ____49____ have too much time and would just do what I did back in____50____.He said that if he ____51____the job, he would lose his ____52____ to work and succeed.
So, try ____53____ your time with other work. This is why there is a ____54____ that if you want something done, ask a ____55____person to do it.
36. A. true B. fair C. strange D. possible
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37. A. remember B. admit C. understand D. expect
38. A. watched B. loved. C. coached D. played
39. A. at last B. right away C. of course D. mattered
40. A. happend B. repeated C. changed D. mattered
41. A. extra B. difficult C. valuable D. limited
42. A. duty B. achievement C. urgency D. direction
43. A. burden B. relief C. risk D. habit
44. A. pushing B. taking C. setting D. calling
45. A. hanging out B. staying up C. jogging round D. showing off
46. A. met B. helped C. treated D. hired
47. A. raising B. wasting C. demanding D. making
48. A. safe B. important C. boring D. rewarding
49. A. luckily B. hardly C. hopefully D. simply
50. A. childhood B. college C. town D. business
51. A. quit B. found C. accepted D. kept
52. A. heart B. chance C. drive D. way
53. A. saving B. filling up C. giving up D. trading
54. A. message B. story C. saying D. fact
55. A. careful B. busy C. reliable D. kind
【答案】36. D 37. A 38. D 39. B 40. C 41. A 42. C 43. D 44. A 45. B 46. A 47. D 48. C 49. D 50. B 51. A 52. C 53. B 54. C 55. B
【解析】作者通过亲身经历告诉我们：拥有太多时间就会拖延做事情，时间紧迫反而能合理安排时间把事情做好。
36. 考查形容词。A. true真实的;B. fair公平的;C. strange奇怪的;D. possible可能的。句意：我们都听说过时间比金钱更有价值，但是拥有的时间太多可能会把事情做好吗?表示“可能的”，表示作者的疑问，故选D。
38. 考查动词。A. watched观察;B. loved热爱;C. coached训练;D. played玩。此处指自从我进行团体体育锻炼后多数时间在学校，表示“进行体育锻炼”是play sport，故选D。
39. 考查固定短语。A.at last最后;B. right away立刻，马上;C. of course当然;D. mattered因为在校时间多，在家做作业的时间就少了，所以在家时必须马上写作业。下文do my school work immediately给了提示，故选B。
40. 考查动词。A. happened发生;B. repeated重复;C. changed改变;D. mattered要紧。大学生活和高中生活不一样，所以说发生了改变。根据常识选C。
41. 考查形容词。A. extra额外的;B .difficult.困难的;C. valuable有价值的; D. limited有限的。此处指大学里有许多额外的时间，故选A。
42. 考查名词。A. duty责任;B. achievement成就;C .urgency紧急;D. direction方向。大学里没有马上做作业的紧迫感，与高中时抓紧时间做作业形成对比，故选C。
43. 考查名词。A. burden负担;B. relief救济;C. risk冒险;D. habit习惯。由于不急着写作业，所以后来就形成了等的习惯。故选D。
44. 考查动词。A. pushing推;B. taking拿;C. setting放置;D. calling呼唤。与上文的waiting呼应，指形成等的习惯后，我就不断地把学习往后推，越推越远。根据常识也可知答案，故选A。
45. 考查动词短语。A. hanging out挂出，常去某处;B. staying up熬夜; C. jogging round慢跑;D. showing off炫耀。根据late at night可知是熬夜，此处指作业等到最后熬夜完成，故选B。
46. 考查动词。A. met遇见;B. helped帮助;C. treated治疗;D. hired雇用。此处指遇到了以前的同学，根据句意选A。
47. 考查动词。A. raising举起;B. wasting浪费;C. demanding要求;D. making获得。此处指经营副业挣了许多钱，“挣钱”是make money,故选D。
48. 考查形容词。A. safe安全的;B. important重要的;C. boring无聊的;D. rewarding有益的。因为他的常规工作是无聊的，所以作者建议他把副业作为全职工作。故选C。
49. 考查副词。A. luckily幸运地;B. hardly几乎不;C. hopefully有希望地;D. simply简单地。朋友说如果没有这个工作，很简单他就会有太多无聊的时间。根据句意可知选D。
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50. 考查名词。A. childhood童年时期;B. college大学;C. town城镇;D. business商业。他就会像我大学时一样因为有太多的时间而不忙着做事，与上文内容呼应，故选B。
51. 考查动词。A. quit放弃;B. found发现; C. accepted接受; D. kept保持。如果他放弃工作，就会失去工作和成功的动力。与作者的建议呼应，故选A。
52. 考查名词。A. heart心脏;B. chance机会;C. drive驱动力;D. way方法。此处指如果他放弃工作，就失去了紧迫感，就会失去工作和成功的动力。表示“动力”，故选C。
53. 考查动词。A. saving节约;B. filling up装满;C. giving up放弃;D. trading交易。句意：试着用其他工作装满你的时间，使自己忙起来。故选B。
54. 考查名词。A. message消息;B. story故事;C. saying谚语;D. fact事实。此处指if you want something done, ask a 55 person to do it.这句谚语，故选C。
55. 考查形容词。A. careful小心的;B. busy忙碌的;C. reliable可靠的; D. kind善良的。此处指如果你想做某事，请忙碌的人去做。忙碌的人会抓紧时间完成，不忙的人只会拖延时间。故选B。
【点睛】
完形填空的解题技巧之一就是要根据上下文来学会“推理”出最佳选项。同学们要遵循“上下求索”的原则来查找信息。例如小题4因为在校时间多，在家做作业的时间就少了，所以在家时必须马上写作业。下文do my school work immediately给了提示，故选B. 小题10根据句中late at night可知是熬夜，此处指作业等到最后熬夜才完成。