泽熙美文Cloze Test
Directions: In the following passage, there are 50 blanks representing the words that are missing from the contexts. You are to read the passage through before providing the missing word of each blank without looking at the Answer. Then, compare your Answers with the Answers provided and learn from the possible differences.
About Spiritual Intelligence
Spiritual intelligence is the capacity to sense, understand and tap in to the highest part of ourselves, of others and of the world around us. This source of inner serenity may be our best 1 against hassles that barrage us everyday.
Our spiritual intelligence quotient, or SQ, helps us 2 ourselves, and live fuller, happier lives. While we’re all born with 3 , most of us aren’t aware that we have it. Fortunately, you don’t have to 4 up for classes to learn how to enhance your SQ. Here are some simple 5 that you can lead you to this new level of understanding:
Sit quietly. The process of 6 spiritual intelligence begins in solitude and silence. Most spiritual traditions 7 an inner wisdom. To tune in to its whispers, you have to turn down the 8 in your busy, noisy, complicated life and force yourself to do 9 at all. Start small by creating islands of silence in your day. In the car, instead of 10 for the radio dial, use the time to reflect. At work, shut the 11 to your office between meetings, take a few deep breaths and 12 them out very, very slowly. Savor the stillness in your home after the kids are 13 in bed.
Step outside. For many people, nature sets their spirit free. It 14 the hassles of daily living into perspective. Go outside to 15 a beautiful sunset. If you’re walking the dog, take the time to 16 an azalea bush in bloom. Follow the flight of a bird; watch clouds float 17 . Gaze into the night sky and think of the stars as holes in the darkness letting 18 shine through.
Find an activity you enjoy. It’s important to find a 19 that helps you tune it to your spirit. Garden, walk or jog, 20 flowers. Listen to music that touches your soul.
Ask questions of yourself. Some people use their 21 time to focus on a line of scripture. Others ask open-minded questions, 22 as “What am I feeling? What are my choices? Where am I heading?” But don’t 23 an answer to arrive via some supernatural form of e-mail. “Rarely do I get an 24 answer to my questions,” says Reverend Joan Carter, a Presbyterian 25 in Sausalito, California. “But later that day I suddenly find myself thinking about a problem from a perspective I never considered before.”
Trust your spirit. While most of us rely on gut feelings to alert us to danger, spiritual intelligence usually nudges us, not away from, but toward some action that will lead to a greater good.
1.
正确答案：
defense
[解析] 根据空后介词against及介词宾语hassles that barrage us everyday的判断，确定漏掉的是defense并非很难。
2.
正确答案：
understand
[解析] 从空后的宾语基本可以区定该空漏掉的是understand。
3.
正确答案：
SQ
[解析] 此空漏掉的明显是该文讨论的一个主题：SQ。
4.
正确答案：
sign
[解析] 从空后的up一词可以确定该空漏掉的是个动词，而其后的classes to learn又暗示和上学有关。但是，能想到漏掉的是sign略有困难。解决这类的问题就靠知识面了。
5.
正确答案：
steps
[解析] 从空后的lead you to…我们基本可以确定只有road，path，way和steps等词为可能的选择。
6.
正确答案：
cultivating
[解析] 首先，通过语法分析并根据空前的The process of，我们完全可以确定这里漏掉的是一个现在分词，再看看其后的宾语spiritual intelligence，填写出cultivating一词是轻而易举的。
7.
正确答案：
involve
[解析] 该空前后的主语和宾语无疑暗示该空漏掉的或是involve，或是consists of，或是include。
8.
正确答案：
volume
[解析] 空前的动词turn down已明显暗示出其宾语的基本内容：volume。
9.
正确答案：
nothing
[解析] 该空之后的语句是确定该空选择的最好语境。
10.
正确答案：
reaching
11.
正确答案：
door
12.
正确答案：
let
13.
正确答案：
finally
[解析] 从语法角度来分析，该空漏掉的词性有二：一是动词的过去分词，二是个副词。但从语义角度及之后的语境来判断，确定填写finally也是轻而易举的。
14.
正确答案：
puts
15.
正确答案：
watch
16.
正确答案：
admire
17.
正确答案：
overhead
[解析] 要watch clouds，当然就得向上看，所以，再根据动词watch的提示，确定副词overhead或above也就顺理成章了。
18.
正确答案：
heaven
19.
正确答案：
hobby
20.
正确答案：
arrange
