根据短文内荞，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空A处的最佳选项。选项中冇两项为多余选项。MaketherightchoicesWhatislife’sgreatestgift?小题1Choiceistheabilitytoselectonecourseofa

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根据短文内荞，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空A处的最佳选项。选项中冇两项为多余选项。
Make the right choices
What is life’s greatest gift? 【小题1】______ Choice is the ability to select one course of action from a set of alternatives to achieve a goal. What is so great about choice? It transforms us from dumb animals into artists. Each of us becomes another Michelangelo. Choice becomes nothing other than the tool we use to sculpt (雕刻）our life. The tool doesn’t come free however for the price of choice is responsibility. 【小题2】______ The reward is happiness.
Life is not still. It is a flow. 【小题3】______ We constantly need to monitor where we are on
our journey. We need to ask questions: Am I moving closer to my goals? If not what corrective measures can I take? What action will I take now to readjust myself to my goals? Choice is power. Choice is at the heart of life. It is the creative power of life.
【小题4】______ And your life becomes more convenient or comfortable because of them. For example you decide which stores to shop at and which gas station to go to. But the decisions that we make to sculpt our lives are far more important than deciding where to shop. The more we appreciate the difference between minor and major decisions the greater the probability that we will experience happiness and fulfillment.
All chess lovers realize that it isn’t necessary to win to enjoy the game. The pleasure is in the playing. Life is like a chess game. 【小题5】______

A．It is free will or choice.

B．You have to make choices every day.

C．Make the best moves you can under the circumstances.

D．But when we accept and carry it out we get a great return.

E. Every choice we make leads us closer to or farther from our goals.
F. Life is full of hard choices and the bigger they are the harder they get.
G. Choose to carry out responsibilities not because you have to but because you want to.

Answer 1

【小题1】A

【小题2】D

【小题3】E

【小题4】B

【小题5】C

解析
分 析：


【小题1】本空前有问句，空后出现choice这一关键词，A选项既回答上文问题又引出了下文choice的概念，随后下文承接该话题继续展开。故选A。

【小题2】其一，该项中carry out it中it指代的是上句中的responsibility；其二，虽然选择意味着责任，但是同时又会给我们带来巨大的回报，故选D。

【小题3】E选项是对上文的not still 和 a flow的进一步解释。另外，其中leads us与下文monitor 相呼应，且E选项中的closer to or farther from our  goals与下文的Am I moving closer to my goal? to readjust myself with my goals吻合。故选E。

【小题4】其一，“因为每天都在选择，而使生活变得更加舒适和方便”。其二， 该空的后文举例说明前文的观点，故该空具有概括意义。故选B。

【小题5】上文叙述“生活就像下棋”，下文“要走出特定环境下最好的一步棋”，前后为顺接关系，故选C。

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点评：
在答题中，应首先略读一下短文，了解一下短文的大致意思，然后把几个选项含义理解透，尤其注意意思相近，表达有交叉的选项之间的区别。然后再细读短文，把答案填入合适位置。答题时可以把含义相近的几个选项轮流填入同一处位置，反复阅读，反复体会，找出最佳选项，对于实在没有把握的小题可以留待最后完成。完成短文后，再认真通读一遍全文，看看上下语意是否通顺，是否符合逻辑关系。