Question

When I was in high school, I wasn't good at my schoolwork at the beginning. ______ I really wanted to go college. I went to talk with my teacher. He told ______ that there might be no chance for me to go to college. It made me very ______ .

But I still did my best. I might not be able to get into ______ , but I wouldn't stop ______ . Then I found that my problem in the past was spending too much time ______ science. I was not good at my schoolwork, because I wasn't working hard on all ______ .

So in the next term I ______ my plan. I spent more time in studying English, geography and other subjects. I worked hard by listening to the teachers _____in class and doing more exercises after class. Now I am studying at college.

If you are not good at schoolwork at the moment, don't ______ . Forget the past years and restart now! I believe all your dreams can come true.

1.A. Or    B. And    C. But    D. So

2.A. I    B. me    C. my    D. mine

3.A. upset    B. tired    C. glad    D. relaxed

4.A. hospital    B. college    C. trouble    D. water

5.A. speaking    B. spending    C. paying    D. trying

6.A. on    B. in    C. at    D. by

7.A. sports    B. subjects    C. dreams    D. chances

8.A. changed    B. kept    C. followed    D. realized

9.A. careful    B. carefully    C. careless    D. carelessly

10.A. keep up    B. pick up    C. look up    D. give up

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.D

【解析】

本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述我在高中时成绩不好，老师断定我没有机会上大学，但我没有放弃，最后取得成功，并告诉我们遇到困难不要放弃，坚持就是胜利。

1.句意“但是我真的想上大学”。本题考查连词辨析。A.否则；B.和；C.但是；D.所以。根据When I was in high school, I wasn't good at my schoolwork at the beginning可知，我上高中时，成绩并不好，但是我想考上大学，表示转折，故选C。

2.句意“他告诉我对于我来说，可能没有机会上大学”。本题考查代词辨析。A.我（主格）；B.我（宾格）；C.我的（形容词性物主代词）；D.我的（名词性物主代词）。此处做tell的宾语，表示“我”，故选B。

3.句意“这让我很沮丧”。本题考查形容词辨析。A.沮丧的；B.疲惫的；C.高兴的；D.放松的。根据He told ___2___ that there might be no chance for me to go to college可知，老师告诉我没有机会上大学，所以我很沮丧，故选A。

4.句意“我可能上不了大学，但我不能停止尝试”。本题考查名词辨析。A.医院；B.大学；C.麻烦；D.水。根据He told ___2___ that there might be no chance for me to go to college可知，老师告诉我没有机会上大学，故选B。

5.句意“我可能上不了大学，但我不能停止尝试”。本题考查动词辨析。A.说；B.花费；C.支付；D.尝试。根据句意可知，我不能停止尝试，故选D。

6.句意“然后我发现我过去的问题是在科学上花费太多的时间”。本题考查介词辨析。spend+时间/钱+on sth“在某物上花费时间”，故选A。

7.句意“我不擅长学习，因为我对所有学科的努力都不够”。本题考查名词辨析。A.体育；B.学科；C.梦想；D.机会。学校与课程有关，故选B。

8.句意“所以接下来的几个星期我改变了我的计划”。本题考查动词辨析。A.改变；B.保持；C.跟随；D.意识到。根据Then I found that my problem in the past was spending too much time ___6___ science以及I spent more time in studying English, geography and other subjects可知，以前我把时间放在科学上，现在我把更多的时间放在英语、地理以及其他学科上，所以方法改变了，故选A。

9.句意“我努力学习，上课认真听讲，下课多加练习”。本题考查形容词和副词的辨析。A.细心的，形容词；B.细心地，副词；C.粗心的，形容词；D.粗心地，副词。空处修饰动词listen，用副词，排除A和C，且根据句意可知，表示“细心地听”，故选B。

10.句意“如果你现在不擅长功课，不要放弃”。本题考查动词短语辨析。A.保持；B.捡起；C.查阅；D.放弃。根据Forget the past years and restart now! I believe all your dreams can come true可知，指的是“不要放弃”，故选D。