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At the age of nine,I was taking swimming lessons at a pool. The day arrived when I was to be tested to see if I could __1__ to a higher level class.
Fifteen of us were to __2__ to swim from one side of the pool to the other and back. I watched as my __3__, one by one, tried and failed. Then it was my turn to __4__, I mean, my turn to attempt to pass the test. It was about halfway when I got __5__. I immediately stopped and __6__ the side of the pool, ending my test. Our instructor, a college student, was standing __7__ me. “Why did you stop?”he yelled, in a less than __8__ voice. “I got water in my nose,” I __9__.
That's when this college student __10__ me one of life's great lessons, __11__ he probably never realized that. Bending down, he shouted,“So?”
“So?” The __12__ shocked me. It had just seemed __13__ to me that the answer to pain was to remove the thing causing the __14__. My nineyearold brain had not understood the fact that a valuable __15__ is worth achieving, however difficult to get there. Recognizing that,I was __16__ nothing would keep me from completing the test. In fact, I did it rather __17__ on my next attempt. Seeing me __18__ the test,almost all the others did so as well.
Life is a journey, and the road won't __19__ be easy. We have to focus on the final destination, not the __20__ along the road.
文章大意:本文是人物故事类记叙文。作者讲述了自己九岁的时候参加游泳考试的一段经历。从这段经历中,作者认识到了一点:有价值的目标是值得一个人为之努力和奋斗的。怀着这样的信念,作者最后顺利通过了游泳考试。
1. A.skip B.refer
C.advance D.add
答案:C
解析:空处所在句子表示作者要参加游泳考试以便确认能否“升级到”更高一个层次的课程,advance“前进”符合语境。
2. A.take turns B.insist on C.take risksD.put off
答案:A
解析:根据后文的“one by one”可知,作者和同学们是“轮流”进行考试的,take turns to do sth.“轮流做某事”符合语境。insist on“坚持”;take risks“冒险”;put off“推迟”。
3. A.competitors B.classmatesC.studentsD.instructors
答案:B
解析:根据首段首句“At the age of nine, I was taking swimming lessons at a pool”可知,作者参加了一个游泳班,由此可知,作者观看的是“同班同学”轮流考试,所以答案是classmates。competitor“竞争者”;student“学生”;instructor“指导员”。
4. A.show B.leave C.failD.observe
答案:C
解析:上文讲到,作者眼看着他的同学们一个跟着一个进行游泳考试,但都失败了,接下来,应该轮到自己“失败”了,所以答案是fail。show“表演”;leave“离开”;observe“观察”。
5. A.injured B.blamed C.trapped D.choked
答案:D
解析:根据下文中的“I got water in my nose”可知,作者在游泳考试中被水“呛”着了,由此可知答案是choked。choke 意为“窒息”,get choked“被呛着了”。get injured“受伤”;get blamed “被责备”;get trapped“被困住”。
6. A.pushed B.pressed C.grabbed D.controlled
答案:C
解析:作者被水呛到后马上停止了游泳,“抓住”了泳池的边,结束了考试。grab“抓住”符合语境。push“推”;press“按,压”;control“控制”。
7. A.above B.below C.beside D.beyond
答案:A
解析:作者因为被水呛着停止了游泳考试,抓住了泳池的边,此时,他的教练——一个大学生,正站在他的“上方”。作者在泳池里,教练应是站在游泳池边上,所以要用above,表示“在……上方”。below“在……下面”;beside“在……旁边”;beyond“超出(某个数量、水平或限度)”。
8. A.surprisedB.sympathetic C.annoyed D.cold
答案:B
解析:作者被水呛着停止了考试,抓住了泳池的边,结合下文可知,此时,教练用毫不“同情的”声音对作者喊:“你为什么不游了?”所以答案是sympathetic“同情的”。surprised“吃惊的”;annoyed“烦恼的”;cold“冷淡的,不友好的”。
9. A.explainedB.reacted C.declined D.urged
答案:A
解析:当教练用毫不同情的声音质问作者为什么停止游泳的时候,作者“解释”说:“我的鼻子进水了。”所以答案是explained。 react“反应”;decline“拒绝,谢绝”;urge“敦促”。
10. A.delivered B.owed C.taught D.promised
答案:C
解析:teach sb.a lesson是固定短语,意思是“给某人一个教训”,符合语境,所以答案是taught。deliver“递送”;owe“欠”;promise“许诺”。
11. A.so that B.as if C.in case D.even if
答案:D
解析:作者感慨,这个大学生,也就是教练,给了他人生中一个很大的教训,“虽然”他(教练)很可能并没有意识到这一点。even if“虽然,即使”符合语境。so that“以便”;as if“好像”;in case“万一”。
12. A.problemB.excuse C.question D.voice
答案:C
解析:根据So可知,此处表示这个“问题”,使作者很吃惊,所以答案是question。problem“问题”,一般指须解决的问题,是就困难而言的;excuse“理由,借口”;voice“声音”。
13. A.logical B.illegal C.ridiculousD.impossible
答案:A
解析:在作者看来,解决痛苦的办法就是清除引起“不适”的事物,这似乎是“合乎逻辑的”,所以答案是logical“合乎逻辑的”。illegal“违法的”;ridiculous“荒谬的,可笑的”;impossible“不可能的”。
14. A.disasterB.discomfort C.damage D.fear
答案:B
解析:参见上题解析。disaster“灾难”;discomfort“不舒服,不适”;damage“破坏,毁坏”;fear“害怕”。
15. A.result B.advantage C.goal D.task
答案:C
解析:作者九岁的脑袋还不明白这个事实:一个有价值的“目标”是值得实现的,无论实现它有多么难。goal“目标”符合语境。result“结果”;advantage“优势,长处”;task“任务”。
16. A.concerned B.sensitive C.embarrassed D.sure
答案:D
解析:作者意识到无论多么难,一个有价值的目标是值得实现的之后,“确信”什么也阻挡不了自己完成这次考试。sure“确信的,有把握的”符合语境。concerned“担心的”;sensitive“敏感的”;embarrassed “难堪的”。
17. A.slowly B.easily C.clumsily D.eagerly
答案:B
解析:作者在坚定了信心之后,在下一次的尝试中,很“容易地”通过了考试,所以答案是easily“容易地,轻易地”。slowly“缓慢地”;clumsily“笨拙地”;eagerly“热切地,渴望地”。
18. A.attend B.take C.give D.pass
答案:D
解析:根据第二段中的“my turn to attempt to pass the test”及倒数第二段中的“I did it rather __17__ on my next attempt”可知选D。
19. A.always B.sometimes C.ever D.seldom
答案:A
解析:生活如同一次旅行,道路不会“总是”平坦的。always“总是”;sometimes“有时候”;ever“曾经”;seldom “很少”。
20. A.sights B.barriers C.surprises D.harvests
答案:B
解析:我们要关注最终的目的地,而不是沿途的“障碍”。sight“景象”;barrier“障碍”;surprise“令人惊奇的事物”;harvest“收获”。