Question

    When I was 13, my only purpose was to become the star on our football team.

That meant beating out Miller King, who was the best ________________  at our school.

Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for_____________. Just before September, Miller was hit by a car and lost his right________________. I went to see him after he came back from hospital. He looked very ________________,  but he didn’t cry. That season, I _________________ all of Miller’s records while he watched the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player,_____________I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for (为  负责) Miller’s accident.

One afternoon, I was crossing the field and saw Miller stuck (卡在) going over a fence — which wasn’t ________________ to climb with both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to________________ help from. But even that challenge he accepted. I helped him move slowly over the fence. When we were finally________________ on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season,  but you did_________________Thank you for filling in for me.”

His words freed me from my bad dreams. I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was still ahead of me. I was right to have admired him. From that day on, I grew bigger and a little more real.

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

2.A.practice B.show C.fun D.pleasure

3.A.leg B.foot C.shoulder D.arm

4.A.calm B.pale C.angry D.worried

5.A.held B.tried C.set D.broke

6.A.so B.but C.as a result D.and

7.A.easy B.hard C.interesting D.comfortable

8.A.accept B.refuse C.welcome D.invite

9.A.dropped B.ready C.trapped D.safe

10.A.badly B.slowly C.fine D.fast

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

【解析】

本文讲述了作者在十三岁的时候想成为学校的足球明星的事。他整个暑假都在努力训练，目的是要打败Miller King，然而Miller King却出了车祸，从此作者就成了学校足球队的佼佼者。可是作者的内心很不安，认为是自己的原因让Miller King出车祸，后来在帮助Miller King爬过篱笆后，Miller King却很感激他顶替了他的位置，从此作者放下了不安。

1.句意：这就意味着要打败米勒·金，他是我们学校最优秀的运动员。

player运动员；student学生；teacher老师；coach教练；根据“my only purpose was to become the star on our football team.”可知作者是想成为足球明星，因此他要打败的是学校的最棒的运动员。故选A。

2.句意：为了练习，我去哪都带着我的足球。

practice练习；show展示；fun乐趣；pleasure快乐；根据“Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out.”可知他整个夏天都在练习，用practice。故选A。

3.句意：米勒被车撞了，失去了他的右胳膊。

leg腿；foot脚；shoulder肩膀；arm手臂；根据“how even without an arm he was more of a leader.”可知他是在事故中失去了手臂。故选D。

4.句意：他看起来很苍白，但是他没有哭。

calm冷静的；pale苍白的；angry生气的；worried担心的；根据“I went to see him after he came back from hospital”可知他因为车祸刚从医院回来，身体肯定是不太好的，因此看起来很苍白，故此处填pale。故选B。

5.句意：那个赛季，当米勒坐在替补席上观看主场比赛时，我打破了他所有的记录。

held握住；tried尝试；set设置；broke打破；根据“We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player”可知作者打破了米勒的记录，成为了最有价值的球员，故此处填broke。故选D。

6.句意：我们的比分是10-1，我被评为最有价值球员，但我经常做一些疯狂的梦，梦见米勒出了事故，我应该受到责备。

so因此；but但是；as a result结果；and和；根据“I was named most valuable player和I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for (为 负责) Miller’s accident.”可知作者在足球上获胜了，但是心里却很煎熬，这是个转折的语境，用but。故选B。

7.句意：一天下午，我正穿过田野，看见米勒卡在一个篱笆上，这个篱笆用两只手爬上去并不难。

easy容易的； hard艰难的；interesting有趣的；comfortable舒适的；根据“how even without an arm ”可知米勒只有一只手臂所以才卡在篱笆那里，如果他有两只手臂就不那么难了，故此处填艰难的hard。故选B。

8.句意：我敢肯定，我是这个世界上他最不愿意接受帮助的人。

accept接受；refuse拒绝；welcome欢迎；invite邀请；根据“But even that challenge he accepted.”可知前面作者认为米勒不会接受他的帮助，但是事实是他接受了，故此处填accept。故选A。

9.句意：当我们最终安全到达另一边时，他对我说，你知道，我在赛季中没有告诉你这些，但你做得很好。

dropped下降；ready准备；trapped陷入困境的；safe安全的；根据“saw Miller stuck (卡在) going over a fence”可知作者看见米勒卡在篱笆那里，然后他就帮他出来了，所以是到了安全的地方，故此处填安全的。故选D。

10.句意：当我们最终安全到达另一边时，他对我说，你知道，我在赛季中没有告诉你这些，但你做得很好。

badly严重地；slowly缓慢地；fine好的；fast快速的；根据“who was the best player at our school.和Thank you for filling in for me.”可知作者应该是做得很好，才能顶替最优秀的运动员米勒，故此处填fine。故选C。