Question

完形填空：从A、B、C中，选择一个最佳答案，使短文意思完整。

At my primary school, I was one of the smartest kids there. I never   , but always got near perfect scores on all my tests. I was a child genius (天才), at least in my mind. I was also    music and sports. I was pretty sure that once I got to seventh grade, everyone including my teachers would be     by me.

But actually, they weren’t.

When I arrived at my new class, it seemed that there was always someone else who could do     than I. My grades got worse and I needed to actually be studying for my tests. I believed I wasn’t smart. I believed I wasn’t talented. I believed I     .

Over the next two years, I had to work very hard for everything I did. Grades were still very low but gradually   . I worked really hard but was still never the best at everything.

But do I really have to be the best at everything? All the pressure I was feeling, all that   when I did wrong, that was me! I was being too hard on myself. In fact, when I did badly on a test, my classmates would never   me.

No one is perfect. There will probably always be someone better than me at something. I will never be the number one at everything, and it’s really Okay.

1.A. forgot       B. studied     C. regretted

2.A. busy with        B. tired of      C. good at

3.A. amazed      B. scared       C. fooled

4.A. better      B. easier       C. slower

5.A. passed     B. failed      C. relaxed

6.A. improving        B. fighting        C. reporting

7.A. development    B. excitement     C. embarrassment

8.A. help with           B. laugh at          C. learn from

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了作者到了新班级学习成绩下降的故事。他上小学时，不怎么学习，考试都考得很好。但是到了七年级，其他人比他更好。于是他认为自己没有天赋，失败了。后来，他努力学习，成绩逐渐提高。他认识到没有人是完美的，他不可能擅长所有的事。

1.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. forgot忘记；B. studied 学习；C. regretted后悔；句意：我从不学习，但是我所有的考试获得接近完美的分数。根据but表示转折，but之后表示得到的分数好，因此but之前表示不学习，故选B。

2.C考查形容词短语及语境的理解。A. busy with 忙于； B. tired of 对……感到厌倦；C. good at擅长；句意：我也擅长音乐和体育。根据I was a child genius (天才),可知我是小天才，因此擅长音乐和体育，故选C。

3.A考查形容词及语境的理解。A. amazed 惊讶的；B. scared害怕的；C. fooled愚蠢的；句意：我相当确信一旦我上了七年级，包括老师在内的所有人会对我感到惊讶。根据I was a child genius (天才), at least in my mind.可知作者认为自己是个天才，因此确信人人对他感到惊讶。故选A。

4.A考查形容词及语境的理解。A. better更好的；B. easier更容易的；C. slower更慢的；句意：当我到了新班级，似乎总有其他人比我做得更好。根据后文的My grades got worse可知我的分数更差了，因此别人比我更好了，故选A。

5.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. passed通过；B. failed失败；C. relaxed放松；句意：我认为我失败了。根据前文的I believed I wasn’t talented. 可知作者认为自己没有天赋了，因此是失败了，故选B。

6.A考查动词及语境的理解。A. improving 提高；B. fighting打架；C. reporting作报告；句意：分数仍然非常低，但是逐渐提高。根据前文的I had to work very hard for everything I did可知我努力学习，因此分数提高了，故选A。

7.C考查名词及语境的理解。A. development发展；B. excitement激动；C. embarrassment尴尬；句意：我感觉到的所有压力，我做错时的所有尴尬，那是都是因为我！根据后文的when I did wrong, 可知做错事应感到尴尬，故选C。

8.……学习；句意：事实上，当我考试糟糕时，我的同学从没有嘲笑我。根据前文的when I did badly on a test,可知当我考得不好时，猜测同学会嘲笑他，但是同学们没有嘲笑他，故选B。

考点：人生百味类短文。