Question

A Leap (跳躍) to Honor

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 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 (放棄). 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 two 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 the 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 grew up.

Lola is ______ of all her hard work and success. She says it has helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics, too. Her ______ for others is “just believe yourself”.

1.A. runs            B. teaches                   C. trains                       D. dances

2.A. as                B. unless            C. after                                  D. though

3.A. tell              B. guess              C. assume                    D. predict

4.A. suspected  B. remembered         C. imagined                          D. noticed

5.A. deeply                 B. well                          C. ahead                      D. closely

6.A. task             B. sport              C. event                       D. show

7.A. boring                  B. enjoyable               C. difficult          D. unsatisfactory

8.A. talent                   B. quality            C. nature            D. condition

9.A. doubt                   B. advantage               C. challenge                D. program

10.A. examine  B. express                   C. open              D. trust

11.A. fearful               B. harmful                   C. unfair             D. inconvenient

12.A. to              B. on                            C. off                            D. against

13.A. greeted             B. treated          C. served                     D. paid

14.A. pains                  B. stresses                   C. injuries          D. problems

15.A. positive             B. friendly                   C. flexible                    D. caution

16.A. defending         B. quitting          C. winning                   D. bargaining

17.A. standard  B. range             C. view                         D. goal

18.A. until                   B. as                    C. when                       D. before

19.A. proud                B. tired                        C. ashamed                 D. confident

20.A. plan          B. 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】試題分析：本文講述的是一個弱視的13歲少年，憑借積極向上的心態(tài)和艱苦的努力，在體操方面達到較高水平。她的故事激勵人們：相信自己能創(chuàng)造奇跡，即使沒有很好的先天條件。

1.考查動詞詞義辨析。聯(lián)系前半句“為了完美她的技術”，我們知道，她要每周五天，每天訓練四小時，因此此處要用train(訓練)一詞。故選C

2.名詞辨析。“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。故選A

3.句的連接詞。 Lola 在 16 個女孩中獲得第七，成績已經(jīng)讓人印象深刻，因為她視力不佳。這里 since引導原因狀語從句。故選A

4.考查動詞詞義辨析。 tell 辨別，判定； guess 猜想； assume 假定，設想； predict 預測。這里講她天生弱視，根本無法判斷事物的遠近。故選D

5.考查副詞詞義辨析。文章第三段就提到了，她視力有問題，看不清物體，疊影，分辨不清物體離她有多遠，因此此處要選well。故選B

6.考查名詞詞義辨析。根據(jù)上文談到的 gymnastics(體操 )，可知她喜歡上了這 個 “ 運動 ” 。另外，后面的文段也說明了這是種運動。故選B

7.考查形容詞詞義辨析。這里說的是相對于其他隊友而言， Lola 學習體操更困難些。故用形容詞成difficult。

8.考查名詞詞義辨析。她不讓自己的狀況 (弱視 )影響自己的愛好，所以選 condition“ 情況，狀況 ” 。

9.考查名詞詞義辨析。由后文 “Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams.”可知，由于她的視力問題，對她來說這是個最大的挑戰(zhàn)。

10.考查動詞詞義辨析。因為眼睛無法看清，所以只有相信自己的感覺。 trust相信。她閉上眼睛是因為她相信(trust)她的能力，相信它能帶你想去的地方。故選D

11.考查形容詞詞義辨析。因為平衡木只有四英寸寬，因此我們可以說它是令任何人最害怕的，因此我們此處選用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，均不合語境。

12.考查介詞詞義辨析。每個人都恐懼，但 Lola 沒有從平衡木上面跌落，反而獲得了高分。 fall off(從……上 )跌落。故選C

13.考查動詞詞義辨析。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女孩”。因此此處我們要選treat，對待之意。故選B

14.考查名詞詞義辨析。上文就提到她有視力方面的問題(problem)。在比賽的時候，裁判們都不知道她的眼睛有問 題。故選D

15.考查形容詞詞義辨析。她憑自己的實力比賽，而不是獲得裁判的憐憫， 這種積極的態(tài)度讓媽媽也為之驚奇。 positive 積極的； friendly 友好的； flexible 靈活的； cautious 小心的，謹慎的。故選A

16.考查動詞詞義辨析。她從沒想過放棄，她想取得最好的成績。 defend 保 衛(wèi)，捍衛(wèi)； quit 放棄，退出； win 贏，獲取； bargain 討價還價。故選B

17.考查名詞詞義辨析。她目前的水平是 7 級，最高是 10 級，她的目標是達 到 9 級。 goal 目標。故選D.

18.考查狀語從句的連接詞。當她長大后，她要當個體操教練把她所學的傳給別的孩子。when she grows up為when引導的時間狀語從句。故選C

19.考查形容詞詞義辨析。be proud of 對……自豪；be tried of 對……厭倦；be ashamed of 對……羞愧；be confident of對……有信心。她為自己付出的努力和獲得的成功感到驕傲。考查形容詞詞義辨析。她為自己付出的努力和獲得的成功感到驕傲。故選A

20.考查名詞詞義辨析�！癑ust believe in yourself”是她給別人的建議，因此advice(建議，勸告)為最佳之選。她給他人的建議 (或啟示 )就是 “ 要相信自己 ” 。故選B.

考點：故事類記敘文