Question

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出一个最佳选项。

When I was 13 years old, my only dream was to become the star on our school football team. That meant beating out Miller King, who was the best_______ at our school. He was also my hero, and he is now.

Football season always started in September, and so all ______ long vacation I worked out, I carried my football everywhere I went for ______. Just for September, Miller was hit by a car and lost his right ______. I went to see him after he had come back from hospital. He looked very ______, but he didn’t cry at all.

That season, I ______ all of Miller’s records while he watched the games from the bench at home. We beat the other team 10-1 in the final match and I was named the most valuable player, ______ I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame(指责) for Miller’s accident.

One afternoon, while I was crossing the field to go home, I was Miller saw stuck going over a fence—which wasn’t ______ to climb if you had both arms. I’m sure I was the ______ person in the world he wanted to accept help from. But even that challenge he accepted. I ______ him move slowly over the fence. When we were ______ safe on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season, but you did fine. Thank you for filling in for ______.”

His words ______ me from my terribly crazy dreams. I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated(击败), he was still ______ me. I was right to have admired (敬慕) him. From that day on, I grew ______ and a little more real.

1.A. coach    B. student    C. teacher    D. player

2.A. spring    B. summer    C. autumn    D. winter

3.A. practice    B. show    C. joy    D. help

4.A. leg    B. foot    C. arm    D. hand

5.A. pale    B. calm    C. relaxed    D. ashamed

6.A. held    B. broke    C. set    D. tried

7.A. and    B. then    C. but    D. so

8.A. easy    B. hard    C. fun    D. fit

9.A. first    B. second    C. next    D. last

10.A. let    B. helped    C. had    D. noticed

11.A. finally    B. normally    C. slowly    D. usually

12.A. us    B. you    C. me    D. them

13.A. pushed    B. freed    C. carried    D. pulled

14.A. ahead of    B. because of    C. instead of    D. back of

15.A. taller    B. bigger    C. cleverer    D. cooler

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.B

【解析】本文作者主要讲述当他13岁的时候，作者唯一的梦想就是成为学校足球队的明星。这意味着击败米勒金，米勒是他们学校最好的球员。但是在比赛前，米勒被一辆汽车撞了，失去了右臂。那个赛季，作者打破了米勒的所有的记录，在决赛中作者所在的队以10-1击败对手。作者被评为最有价值球员。但作者经常做离奇的梦，在梦中作者认为该为米勒的事故责任。

一天下午，当作者穿过田野回家的时候，他看见米勒被困在一个篱笆上，如果你有两只胳膊，爬上去不难。作者认为米勒不会接受他的帮助。但是米勒接受了作者的帮助。当他们安全地到达另一边时，米勒对作者说：“你知道，在赛季中我没有告诉你，但是你做得很好。谢谢你给我加油。”米勒的话使作者从离奇的梦中解脱出来。作者认为米勒即使没有手臂，他也更像一个领导者。在作者的面前他仍然不可以打败，钦佩他。从那天起，作者变得更强大，更现实一点了。

1.句意：这意味着击败米勒金，他是我们学校最好的球员。A. coach教练；B. student学生；C. teacher老师；D. player运动员。结合句意和语境可知选D。

2.句意：足球赛季总是在九月开始的，所以整个暑假我都在踢足球，我到哪里都带着足球练习。A. spring春天；B. summer夏天；C. autumn秋天；D. winter冬天。结合句意和语境可知选B。

3.句意：足球赛季总是在九月开始的，所以整个暑假我都在踢足球，我到哪里带着足球练习。A. practice练习；B. show展览，说明；C. joy高兴；D. help帮助。结合句意和语境可知选A。

4.句意：就在九月，米勒被一辆汽车撞了，失去了右臂。A. leg腿；B. foot脚；C. arm胳膊，臂；D. hand手。根据下文I was Miller saw stuck going over a fence—which wasn’t ___8___ to climb if you had both arms.结合句意和语境可知选C。

5.句意：他看上去脸色苍白，但一点也不哭。A. pale苍白的；B. calm平静的；C. relaxed轻松的；D. ashamed惭愧的。结合句意和语境可知选A。

6.句意：那个赛季，当我在家里的坐在长凳上观看比赛时，我打破了米勒所有的记录。A. held举行，拿，保持；B. broke打破，违反，打碎；C. set设置；D. tried试图，尝试。结合句意和语境可知选B。

7.句意：我们在决赛中10-1击败对手，我被评为最有价值球员，但我经常做离奇的梦，在梦里我为米勒的事故责任。A. and和，而且；B. then那么；C. but但是；D. so因此。结合句意和语境可知选C。

8.句意：一天下午，当我穿过田野回家的时候，我看见米勒被困在一个篱笆上，如果你有两只胳膊，爬过去不难。A. easy容易的；B. hard难的，困难的；C. fun有趣的，有意思；D. fit健康的。结合句意和语境可知选B。

9.句意：我敢肯定我是世界上他最不愿意接受我帮助的人。A. first第一的；B. second第二的；C. next下一个的，接下来的；D. last最后的，最不愿意的。结合句意和语境可知选D。

10.句意：我帮助他慢慢地越过篱笆。A. let让；B. helped帮助；C. had有；D. noticed注意。结合句意和语境可知选B。

11.句意：当我们终于安全到另一边时，他对我说：“你知道，我这个赛季没有告诉你，但是你做得很好。”A. finally最终，最后，终于；B. normally正常地；通常地；C. slowly缓慢地；D. usually通常地。结合句意和语境可知选A。

12.句意：谢谢你替我加油。A. us我们；B. you你；C. me我；D. them他们。结合句意和语境可知选C。

13.句意：他的话使我从极其离奇的梦境中解脱出来。A. pushed推动；B. freed释放；免除；使自由；C. carried携带，搬；D. pulled拉。free from：（把…）从…释放出来， 使摆脱；结合句意和语境可知选B。

14.句意：他在我的前面，虽然受损坏但仍然不可以被打败。A. ahead of在…之前；B. because of因为，由于；C. instead of代替…， 而不是…， 而不用…；D. back of在…后边。结合句意和语境可知选A。

15.句意：从那天起，我变得更强大了，更真实一点了。A. taller更高的；B. bigger更大的；C. cleverer更聪明的；D. cooler更凉的，更酷的。结合句意和语境可知选B。