Question

When Tom was young, he played ______. He was good at it. But then he went and worked in a town and there was no team for him there, so he stopped ________. Then he began to get rather ______, so he thought, “I’ve stopped playing football and now I’m getting fat. What can I do?” He ______ it about for a few days and then he _____ to himself, “I know I will play tennis.” He had a few lessons and then played for ______ days. He met a nice girl at the tennis club one day and they played a game of tennis against another young man _____ woman. Tom played very badly and was very angry with  _______, “I’ve never played as ______ as this before.” He said to the girl. “Oh, you have played before,  ______ you?” she said.

1.A. basketball    B. football    C. volleyball    D. ping-pong

2.A. play    B. plays    C. to play    D. playing

3.A. short    B. tall    C. fat    D. thin

4.A. talk    B. told    C. thought    D. bought

5.A. said    B. spoke    C. told    D. talked

6.A. few    B. little    C. a few    D. a little

7.A. and    B. but    C. or    D. with

8.A. herself    B. himself    C. themselves    D. them

9.A. well    B. badly    C. better    D. worse

10.A. do    B. don’t    C. had    D. haven’t

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.B

10.D

【解析】试题分析：短文讲述了曾经喜欢踢足球的汤姆，停止踢球后变胖了，学打网球却打得很糟的经历。

1.句意：当汤姆年轻的时候，他踢足球。考查名词辨析题。根据下文I’ve stopped playing football and now I’m getting fat.，可知汤姆踢过足球，故选B。

2.句意：于是他停止了踢足球。考查动词形式辨析题。stop to do停下来做某事（另一件事），stop doing停止做某事（正在做的事）。根据上文But then he went and worked in a town and there was no team for him there，可知小镇上没有球队，汤姆停止了踢球，故选D。

3.句意：然后他开始发胖了。考查形容词辨析题。根据下文汤姆想的下文I’ve stopped playing football and now I’m getting fat.，可知他变胖了，故选C。

4.句意：他想了几天。考查动词辨析题。A. talk说，与to连用；B. told告诉；C. thought想/思考；D. bought买。think about考虑；根据句意和语境，可知ABD三项意思都与句意不合，故选C。

5.句意：他想了几天，然后自言自语地说。考查动词辨析题。A. said说（话）；B. spoke说（语言）；C. told告诉；D. talked谈论。say to oneself暗想/对自己说，固定短语；根据句意和语境，可知选A。

6.句意：他上了几节课，然后玩了几天。考查形容词短语辨析题。little和a little表数量少，修饰不可数名词；few和a few表数量少，修饰复数名词。days是复数名词，可排除BD选项。few表否定意义，a few表肯定意义。and then用于并列结构，根据前面的He had a few lessons，结合句意和语境，可知选C。

7.句意：他们和另一对年轻男女打网球。考查连词辨析题。A. and和，表并列；B. but但是，表转折；C. or或者，表选择；D. with和……一起，介词，可排除。句中的man和 woman都由形容词young（年轻的）修饰，是并列关系，需用and连接。根据句意和语境，可知选A。

8.句意：汤姆打得很差，对自己很生气。考查反身代词辨析题。A. herself她自己；B. himself他自己；C. themselves他们自己；D. them他们，宾格代词。根据Tom played very badly，结合句意和语境，可知汤姆因网球打得差而生自己的气；汤姆是男生，故选B。

9.句意：我从来没有打过这么差的比赛。考查副词辨析题。as+形容词/副词as，意思是“与……一样”，是同级比较，可排除CD两项。根据上文Tom played very badly and was very angry with himself，结合句意和语境，可知选B。

10.句意：哦，你以前玩过，不是吗？考查反义疑问句。反义疑问句的结构是“陈述部分+简短问句”，前肯定后否定，或者前否定后肯定。本句you have played before,是肯定式，可知疑问部分需用否定式，故选D。