Question

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

     When people talk about the Chinese women’s volleyball team, they don’t just talk about a sporting group. The term has come to mean an amazing team spirit (精神).

     The team won its fourth World Cup victory by ___________ team Japan 3-1 on September 6, 2015. This has been its first world title in 11 years since it won at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. __________, in the 1980s, the team was almost unbeatable and won two championships (锦标赛), two World Cups, and one Olympics.

After the team finished fifth at the 2012 London Games, Lang Ping took over as head __________ the following years. She had led the Chinese team to the 1981 and 1985 World Cup titles as a player. As head coach, she “ __________ in fresh air, using more young players.”

But things never go exactly as __________. Before going to Japan, some key __________ were injured (受伤的). She had to calm down (使冷静下来) her girls. Assistant coach Lai Yawen knew all about the __________ made by 54-year-old Lang, who slept less than four __________ every day during the World Cup. Her girls fought just as __________ as she did. Zhu Ting, 20, was asked to return to a game after South Korea took the lead. She had left because of an injury.

The title didn’t come easy but the team made it. “I believe chance only helps the __________ people,” Lang said.

1.A. beating    B. hurting    C. hitting    D. giving

2.A. Besides    B. Though    C. Unless    D. However

3.A. teacher    B. coach    C. master    D. player

4.A. brought    B. arrived    C. took    D. came

5.A. designed    B. discovered    C. planned    D. encouraged

6.A. workers    B. learners    C. managers    D. players

7.A. difference    B. money    C. effort    D. food

8.A. minutes    B. hours    C. months    D. weeks

9.A. hard    B. well    C. probably    D. proudly

10.A. clever    B. poor    C. difficult    D. prepared

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.D

【解析】本文介绍了中国女排成长的经历以及她们的拼搏精神。

1.A

考查动词及语境的理解。A. beating 击败； B. hurting 伤害； C. hitting 击中； D. giving给；句意：在2015年9月6日，这支球队通过3比1击败日本对，赢得了第四次世界杯的胜利。beat sb击败某人，故选A。

2.D

考查连词和介词及语境的理解。A. Besides 除了……之外，还有； B. Though 通过； C. Unless 除了…..之外，没有；D. However然而；句意：除了在20世界80年代，这支球队几乎是不可战胜的，赢得了两次锦标赛，两次世界杯和一次奥运会。故选D。

3.B

考查名词及语境的理解。A. teacher教师； B. coach 教练； C. master 大师； D. player运动员。句意：在2012年伦敦奥运会结束后，在接下来几年郎平接管，做了主教练。根据后文的As head coach,此处指作为排球队的主教练，故选B。

4.A

考查动词及语境的理解。A. brought 带来； B. arrived 到达； C. took 拿走； D. came来；句意：作为主教练，她引进新鲜空气，使用更多年轻的球员。bring in引进，故选A。

5.C

考查动词及语境的理解。A. designed 设计； B. discovered 发现； C. planned 计划；D. encouraged鼓励；句意：但是事情从不按计划来发展。as planned按计划，故选C。

6.D

考查名词及语境的理解。A. workers工人； B. learners 学习者； C. managers 经理； D. players运动员；句意：在去日本之前，一些重要的球员受伤。根据上文可知此处指的是排球队的球员，故选D。

7.C

考查名词及语境的理解。A. difference 差别； B. money 金钱； C. effort 努力；D. food食物；句意：助理教练赖亚文知道所有关于54岁郎平所做出的努力。make effort做出努力，故选C。

8.B

考查名词及语境的理解。A. minutes 分钟； B. hours 小时； C. months月； D. weeks周；句意：在世界杯期间每天她睡觉少于四个小时。根据slept……every day可知每天睡觉的时间，应是少于四个小时，故选B。

9.A

考查副词及语境的理解。A. hard 努力地； B. well 好地； C. probably 可能； D. proudly骄傲地；句意：她的女孩们正是和她一样努力地战斗。根据前文的who slept less than four _____8_____ every day during the World Cup.可知一天睡不到四小时，这是在努力奋斗，故用hard，故选A。

10.D

考查形容词及语境的理解。A. clever聪明的； B. poor 贫穷的；C. difficult 困难的； D. prepared准备好的。句意：郎平说，“我认为机会总是帮助那些有准备的人”。结合前文可知郎平她们赢得第一名是因为她们的努力，因此机会是留给有准备的人，故选D。

点睛：根据前后文的语境，结合词性，短语，句型，时态，语态，词义辨析和主谓一致，选出正确的选项。例如小题3，句意：在2012年伦敦奥运会结束后，在接下来几年郎平接管，做了主教练。根据后文的As head coach,此处指作为排球队的主教练，故选B。