来源：文都四级系列图书 作者：郭崇兴
模拟练习八
It is easy to understand the prejudice against thinking.
One problem is that most of us, thinking looks1.
suspiciously like doing nothing. A human being in deep
thought is an inspiring sight. He leans back in his chair,2.
props up his feet, puffs in the pipe and stares into space.
He gives every appearances of wasting time. Besides,3.
he is leaving all the hard work for us! We wish he
gets up and do something useful—clean the house,4.
maybe, or mow the lawn. Our resentment is nature.5.
But thinking is far more different from laziness. Thinking is6.
one of the most productive activities a human being
can undertake. Every beautiful and useful thing we
have created existing because somebody took the time7.
and effort to think of it. But thinking does require8.
time and effort. It is a common misconception that
though a person is “gifted” or “bright” or “talented”,9.
wonderful ideas will flash spontaneously into his mind.
Unfortunately, the intellect doesnt work this way. Even
Einstein had to study and think for months before he could
formulate his theory on relativity. Those of us who are less
intelligent find it a struggle to conceive even a
moderate good idea, let alone a brilliant one.10.
【答案及解析】
1.【答案】most前加to
【解析】本题考查语义逻辑及固定搭配。本句意为“问题在于对大多数人而言，思考似乎是无所事事。”从句意判断，“most”之前应加“to”。
2.【答案】inspiring改为uninspiring
【解析】本题考查语义逻辑。上文提到，“思考会给人无所事事的假象”，因此本句中说到“一个沉思中的人”应该用“uninspiring”而不是“inspiring”来评价。
3.【答案】appearances改为appearance
【解析】本题考查词汇用法。名词“appearance”应该用单数而不是复数形式。
4.【答案】gets改为would get
【解析】本题考查语法规则。句意为“我们希望他站起身来做一些有用的事”，这是作者的期望而非现实，应使用“would加动词原型”的结构，“would”可省略。同时结合后文与“get up”并列的动词如“clean”, “mow”也可判断出此处不应该使用第三人称单数而应用动词原型。
5.【答案】nature改为natural
【解析】本题考查词汇用法及语义理解。此句意为“我们的愤怒是自然的。”应使用形容词作表语。本题比较容易错在对句子理解错误。联系前后文可知，本句表达的意思不是“憎恨是我们的本性。”因此不可使用名词“nature”。
6.【答案】去掉more
【解析】本题考查语义逻辑及词汇用法。句意为“思考和犯懒大不相同。”表达此意无需使用比较级“more different”。易错之处在于考生容易把“far”当作比较级的标志，其实“far”只表示程度，故应去掉“more”。
7.【答案】existing改为exists
【解析】本题考查语法规则。通过对句子成分进行分析可知，本句的主语是“every beautiful and useful thing”,而“we have created”是其后的定语从句。可见“have created”不是句子的谓语部分，而“because”之后是解释原因的从句，故“存在”应为句子的谓语，因此应将非谓语形式“existing”改为“exists”。
8.【答案】but改为and
【解析】本题考查语义逻辑。“思考让我们拥有美的、实用的东西”，这层意思与“思考需要时间、精力”并不构成转折关系，二者应为顺承关系，故应将“but”改为“and”。
9.【答案】though改为if
【解析】本题考查语义理解及语法规则。联系整句可知，句意为“有一种常见的错误观念是如果一个人聪明或有天赋，好主意就会自动飞入他的脑子。”“聪明或有天赋”在这里是一种条件而并不表示“尽管”之意，所以应把“though”改为“if”。看后文的时态，根据if条件句“主将从现”的要求也能得出同样答案。
10.【答案】moderate改为moderately
【解析】本题考查词汇用法及语法规则。句中“moderate”修饰的不是名词“idea”而是形容词“good”,故应将“moderate”变为副词“moderately”。
