There were times when I wanted to be a fashion designer, a model or a rock star but I gave up on all of them halfway. The only thing I stuck with was ____16____ .
That’s why this"100 Days of Self Love" project was both such a(n) ___17___and a challenge.
The___18___ I set for myself were simple: one self-portrait(自画像）a day for 100 days. _____19_____my own advice, I wanted to achieve something ____20____of my day job.____21____ did I get a sketchbook（素描本） to keep forever out of this project，but I also got a little better with my work ethic（道德标准），_____22_____ my skills and learned some _____23_____ lessons. Besides ,I _____24_____ to myself that I could do it .I learned to look at myself.
In our self－obsessed（沉迷于自我的）______25______，we take pictures of our face_____26_____ without a second thought. I wanted to find out the _____27_____of "self” and see what I could learn . I quickly______28______ that I never looked at my face so ______29______ .
By about day 20,I got a good sense of what I looked like. I could draw myself pretty well. My face was _____30_____to me ----instead of just being the image in the mirror.
Drawing my face every day for 100 days was difficult. But I _____31_____it! I now have a sketchbook that I could keep for years. Although things are not_____32_____, I' m still proud that I finished this project.
This project was a good _____33_____ that if I set my _____34_____ on something ----and if I' m actually crazy about it ---I can do it.
And ______35______ I can do this, what else can't I achieve?
16. A. dancing B. playing C. singing D. drawing
17. A. joy B. hobby C. adventure D. devotion
18. A. limits B. rules C. pressures D. schedules
19. A. Including B. Considering C. Following D. Directing
20. A. besides B. part C. instead D. outside
21. A. Not until B. Not only C. Never D. Seldom
22. A. reserved B. explored C. recognized D. improved
23. A. valuable B. colorful C. original D. academic
24. A. persuaded B. promoted C. proved D. announced
25. A. society B. scene C. culture D. air
26. A. in no time B. all the time C. at no time D. by the time
27. A. wisdom B. tradition C. judgement D. meaning
28. A. thought B. imagined C. agreed D. realized
29. A. carefully B. curiously C. joyfully D. obviously
30. A. similar B. familiar C. attractive D. obvious
31. A. reached B. liked C. spread D. made
32. A. wonderful B. successful C. perfect D. official
33. A. preparation B. reminder C. discovery D. comparison
34. A. mind B. dream C. brain D. determination
35. A. unless B. if C. though D. as
【答案】16. D 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. D 21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. D 29. A 30. B 31. D 32. C 33. B 34. A 35. B
【解析】
本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，讲述了作者通过百日自画像项目认识到下定决心做某件事时，如果真的为之疯狂，就能成功。
【16题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. dancing跳舞；B. playing玩耍；C. singing唱歌；D. drawing绘画。根据下文情节可知，我唯一坚持下来的事情就是画画，故D项正确。
【17题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. joy快乐；B. hobby爱好；C. adventure冒险；D. devotion献身。“百日自画像”项目对我来说既是快乐也是挑战，故A项正确。
【18题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. limits限制；B. rules规则；C. pressures压力；D. schedules日程安排。我给自己定的规则是每天画一张自画像，坚持100天，故B项正确。
【19题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. Including包括；B. Considering考虑；C. Following跟随、服从；D. Directing指挥。遵照我自己的建议，我想在日常工作之外取得一些成就，故C项正确。
【20题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。A. besides况且；B. part部分；C. instead相反；D. outside在……外。我想在日常工作之外取得一些成就，故D项正确。
【21题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。A. Not until直到……才；B. Not only不仅； C. Never从不；D. Seldom很少。我不仅完成了这个项目，而且我的道德标准也提高了，not only…but also表示“不但……而且……”，故B项正确。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. reserved保留；B. explored探索；C. recognized认出；D. improved改进。我的绘画技巧也有了改进，故D项正确。
【23题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. valuable有价值的；B. colorful多彩的；C. original最初的；D. academic学术的。我还学到了有价值的教训，故A项正确。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. persuaded劝说；B. promoted提升；C. proved证明；D. announced宣布。我向自己证明了我能做到，我学会了审视自己，故C项正确。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. society社会；B. scene情景；C. culture文化；D. air空气。在这个沉迷于自我的社会里，我们总是毫不犹豫地拍下自己的照片，故A项正确。
【26题详解】
考查介词短语辨析。A. in no time立即；B. all the time一直；C. at no time决不、从不；D. by the time到……时。我们总是毫不犹豫地拍下自己的照片，故B项正确。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. wisdom智慧；B. tradition传统；C. judgement判断；D. meaning意义。我想找出自我的意义，故D项正确。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. thought认为：B. imagined想象；C. agreed同意；D. realized意识到。我很快意识到我从未如此认真地看过自己的脸，故D项正确。
【29题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。A. carefully认真地；B. curiously好奇地；C. joyfully快乐地；D. obviously明显地。我从来没有认真地看过自己的脸，故A项正确。
【30题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. similar相似的；B. familiar熟悉的；C. attractive吸引人的；D. obvious明显的。我对自己的脸很熟悉，而不仅仅是镜子里的自己，故B项正确。
【31题详解】
考查固定搭配。连续100天画自己的脸是很困难的，但我做到了，make it表示“成功”，故D项正确。
【32题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. wonderful美好的；B. successful成功的；C. perfect完美的；D. official官方的。虽然事情并不完美，但我仍然为完成了这个项目而自豪，故C项正确。
【33题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. preparation准备；B. reminder提醒；C. discovery发现；D. comparison比较。这个项目是一个很好的提醒：当我下定决心做某件事时，如果我真的为之疯狂，我就能做到，故B项正确。
【34题详解】
考查固定搭配。此处是说当我下定决心做某件事的时候，set one’s mind to do表示“下定决心做某事”，故A项正确。
【35题详解】
考查连词词义辨析。A. unless除非；B. if如果；C. though尽管；D. as因为。如果我能做到这一点，我还有什么做不到的呢？故B项正确。
