Question

(2013·高考北京卷)Leaping on a narrow balance beam(平衡木) is not easy.But Lola Walter，a 13?year?old gymnast，is an expert at it.

To perfect her skills，Lola____for four hours a day，five days a week.At the state championships in March，she finished seventh out of 16 girls.

That’s especially impressive，____she is legally blind，born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift(移動)constantly.She often sees double and can’t____how far away things are.

When she was little，her mom____that even though she couldn’t see____，she was fearless.So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three.She loved the____right away and gymnastics became her favorite.

Though learning gymnastics has been more____for her than for some of her teammates，she has never quit.She doesn’t let her____stop her from doing anything that she wants to.

She likes the determination it takes to do the sport.Her biggest____is the balance beam.Because she has double vision，she often sees to beams.She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine.Sometimes she even closes her eyes.“You have to____your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go，”says Lola.

To be a top?level gymnast，one must be brave.The beam is probably the most____for anyone because it’s four inches wide.At the state competition，Lola didn’t fall____the beam.In fact，she got an 8.1 out of 10—her highest score yet.

Lola doesn’t want to be____differently from the other girls on her team.At competitions，the judges don’t know about her vision____.She doesn’t tell them，because she doesn’t think they need to know.Her mom is amazed by her____attitude.

Lola never thinks about____.She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics.Her____is to reach level 9.She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids____she grows up.

Lola is____of all her hard work and success.She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics too.Her____for others is “just believe in yourself.”

1.A.runsB．teaches

C．trains? D.dances

2.A.since? B.unless

C．after? D.though

3.A.tell? B.guess

C.assume? D.predict

4.A.suspected? B remembered

C．imaginedD．noticed

5.A.deeply? B.well

C.aheadD．closely

6.A.task? B.sport

C.eventD．show

7.A.boringB．enjoyable

C．difficult? D.satisfactory

8.A.talentB． quality

C.nature? D.condition

9.A.doubt? B.advantage

C．challenge? D．progress

10.．A.examine? B．express

C．openD．trust

11.A.fearful? B．harmful

C．unfair? D．inconvenient

12.A.toB．on

C．off? D.against

13.．A.greetedB．treated

C．served? D.paid

14.A.pains? B.stresses

C．injuriesD．problems

15.A.positive? B.friendly

C.flexibleD．cautious

16.A.defendingB．quitting

C.winningD．bargaining

17.A.standardB．range

C．viewD．goal

18.A.untilB．as

C.when? D.before

19.A.proudB．tired

C．ashamed? D.confident

20.A.planB．advice

C.reward? D.responsibility

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】　本文為夾敘夾議的文章。全文講述了一個身殘志堅的女體操運動員——Lola Walter。她雖然視力有問題，但是卻克服自身條件的不足和常人所不能克服的困難，努力練習體操，希望將來能把自己的所學傳授給別的孩子。她建議我們要相信自己。

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2.2】解析：選A。“That’s especially impressive...”的原因是“she is legally blind”，前后是因果關系，因此，此處用since引導原因狀語從句。

3.3】解析：選A。前文提到她的眼睛有毛病，因此，此處指“她看不出/不知道東西離她有多遠”，要用tell一詞，can’t tell意為“不知道，看不出”。guess猜；assume假定，假設；predict預測，均與語境不符。

4.4】解析：選D。她媽媽無意當中注意到她即使看不清東西，她也不害怕，因此，此處要選D項，指“無意中注意到”。suspect懷疑；remember記�。�imagine想象，均不符合語境。

5.5】解析：選B。文章第三段就提到了，她視力有問題，看物體時出現(xiàn)疊影，看不清物體離她有多遠，因此，此處要選well。

6.6】解析：選B。通篇都在敘述Lola練習體操，此處用the sport指代gymnastics。

7.7】解析：選C。因為她視力有問題，很明顯她學習體操比其他隊友要困難(difficult)。

8.8】解析：選D。她是一個很有決心的女孩，她不會讓她自身的狀況阻止她做她想做的事情。由文章內容可知，此處是指“她視力有問題”這一自身狀況，因此選用condition一詞，意為“條件”。talent才能；quality品質；nature本性，均不符合語境。

9.9】解析：選C。由本段后面的內容可知，由于她在看物體時有疊影，常�？吹絻蓚�平衡木，所以平衡木是她最大的挑戰(zhàn)(challenge)。

10.10】解析：選D。她閉上眼睛是因為她相信(trust)她的感覺，相信它能帶她去她想去的地方。

11.1】解析：選A。因為平衡木只有四英寸寬，因此我們可以說它是最令人害怕的。此處選用fearful，指“令人恐懼的，令人害怕的”。harmful有害的；unfair不公平的；inconvenient不方便的，均不符合語境。

12.2】．解析：選C。fall off從……上掉下來，此處指“她在國家級的比賽中沒有從平衡木上掉下來”。后面提到“她得到8.1分——她的最高分”。

13.3】解析：選B。她不想受到與隊里別的女孩不一樣的對待，指“她希望教練能把她當正常的女孩來看待”。因此，此處要選treated，有“對待”之意。

14.4】解析：選D。上文已提到她有視力方面的問題。

15.5】．解析：選A。在隊里時她不希望受到特別的優(yōu)待，在打比賽時不想讓裁判知道她視力有問題，這是因為她把自己當成一個正常人，媽媽對她這種樂觀的生活態(tài)度感到很吃驚。positive積極的，樂觀的，符合語境。friendly友好的；flexible靈活的；cautious小心翼翼的，均不符合語境。

16.6】解析：選B。整篇文章提到她是個很有決心的女孩，她是永遠不會放棄的。quit退出，放棄。文中第五段提到never quit(永不放棄)，這也是關鍵提示。

17.7】解析：選D。達到9級是她的目標，因此此處選用goal，表示“目標”。后面提到她想成為體操教練，也說明她是一個有明確目標的人。

18.8】解析：選C。當她長大后，她要當一名體操教練，把她的所學傳授給別的孩子。when she grows up為when引導的時間狀語從句。

19.9】解析：選A。be proud of對……自豪；be tired of對……厭倦；be ashamed of對……羞愧；be confident of對……有信心。她對她所有的努力和成功當然是很自豪的。

20.20】解析：選B。“just believe in yourself”是她給別人的建議，因此advice(建議，勸告)為最佳選擇。