Question

    Amy, a popular girl from Hilltop Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new________in high school.

________, high school was different. In the first week, Amy went to tryouts (选拔赛) for cheer leaders. She was competing against very________girls, and she knew it would be difficult for her to be selected. Two hours later, the judge________a list of the girl for a second tryout. Her heart________as the list ended without her name. Feeling ________, she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was struggling. She moved on to English and history, and was pleased to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to________math.

The next day Amy went to see Mrs. Smith about being on the school ________. Mrs. Smith wasn’t as interested as Amy. “I’m sorry, but we have________writers for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then. ” Amy smiled ________ and left. “Why is high school so ________?” she sighed.

Later in ________class, Amy tried hard to work on the problems that had given her so much trouble. By the end of class, she understood how to get them________. As she gathered her books, Amy decided she’d continue to try to fit in at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to ________. High school was just as her mother had said, “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond (池塘) instead of a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the________fish you can be. ”

1.A.challenges B.decisions C.problems D.examinations

2.A.Therefore B.However C.Otherwise D.Besides

3.A.strong B.brave C.talented D.nice

4.A.brought B.showed C.wrote D.read

5.A.went down B.jumped down C.came down D.got down

6.A.strange B.tired C.awful D.nervous

7.A.take up B.pick up C.hold up D.give up

8.A.band B.newspaper C.radio D.team

9.A.no B.more C.few D.enough

10.A.happily B.weakly C.excitedly D.brightly

11.A.similar B.common C.different D.outstanding

12.A.math B.history C.English D.physics

13.A.wrong B.right C.easy D.perfect

14.A.manage B.try C.wait D.escape

15.A.thinnest B.smallest C.best D.heaviest

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.D

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.B

15.C

【解析】

短文讲述了Amy一个以全班第一的成绩刚从山顶中学毕业步入高中的女孩。她发现，高中和她想象中有些不同。先是和有天赋的女孩竞选啦啦队成员失败，回到家中发现一直擅长的数学学起来也有些艰难。然后去找到Mrs. Smith想要成为校报的作者，也被婉拒了。后来在数学课上，Amy努力做对了那些曾经给她带来麻烦的难题。她决定要继续努力适应新学校的生活。

1.句意：Amy是山顶中学（Hilltop Middle School）的一个受欢迎的女孩，她以班级第一的成绩毕业，并且已经准备好接受高中的新挑战。

challenges挑战；decisions决定；problems问题；examinations考试。结合全文Amy遭遇许多的挑战与困难以及文章最后一句“The challenge is to become the best fish you can be”，故选A。

2.句意：但是，高中不同。

Therefore因此；However 不过，然而；Otherwise否则；Besides除此以外。根据文章后面提到的一系列事情可以知道高中与初中有很大的不同，所以此处应该选择一个表示转折含义的副词。故选B。

3.句意：她正在与才华横溢的女孩竞争，她知道很难被选中。

strong强壮的；brave勇敢的；talented有才能的；nice好心的，友好的。根据后面“and she knew it would be difficult for her to be selected”Amy认为自己很难被选中，可知对手都是很厉害的，故选C。

4.句意：两小时后，裁判员宣读了入选复试的女孩的名单。

brought带来；showed展示，显示；wrote写；read阅读，朗读，根据题意裁判宣读朗读出名单，而在一个较大的选拔赛上展示名单显然不合理，故选D。

5.句意：她的心一落千丈，因为名单上没有她的名字

went down下降；平静下来；传下去；被接受；jumped down意为跳下；came down下来，降落；流传下来；倒塌；落魄，失势；got down悲伤，沮丧。结合上文，Amy没有被选上啦啦队，应该十分悲伤，沮丧，故选D。

6.句意：感觉很糟糕，她背着装满作业的书包回家。

strange奇怪的；tired疲倦的；awful糟糕的；nervous紧张的。结合上文Amy没有被选上啦啦队，心情应该十分糟糕，故选C。

7.句意：感觉好些了，她决定不放弃数学。

take up拿起；开始从事；占据(时间,地方)；pick up捡起；获得；收拾；（汽车；飞机）乘载；不费力地学；hold up举起；阻挡；拦截；give up放弃。根据“Feeling better”感觉好多了，可知Amy决定不放弃数学，对应下面在第二天数学课上努力学习。故选D。

8.句意：第二天，艾米去见史密斯夫人，关于成为学校报纸的写手。

band乐队；newspaper报纸；radio收音机；team团队。根据下文“I’m sorry, but we have enough writers for the newspaper already”可知应该与学校报纸有关，故选B。

9.句意：抱歉，我们已经有足够的报纸作者。

no没有；more更多；few不多，很少；enough足够的。根据“Come back next year and we’ll talk then”可知Amy没有被选上报纸作家，表明应该已经由足够的报纸作者了，故选D。

10.句意：艾米虚弱地笑了笑，离开了。

happily快乐地；weakly虚弱地，无生气地；excitedly兴奋地；brightly明亮地，欢快地。再一次遭到拒绝后，Amy应该是感到消极的，所以应该选择消极方面的副词，故选B。

11.句意：为什么高中如此不同？

similar相似的；common普遍的；different不同的；outstanding杰出的。由她后文的叹气可以知道她是在感叹高中和初中的不同，故选C。

12.句意：后来在数学课上，艾米努力解决那些给她带来很多麻烦的问题。

math数学；history历史；English英语；physics物理。根据“Amy tried hard to work on the problems that had given her so much trouble”可知Amy努力解决给她带来许多麻烦的问题。结合文章第三自然段数学给Amy带来了许多困难可推断出此处应该是选数学，故选A。

13.句意：到下课时，她知道如何把它们答对了。

wrong错误的；right正确的；easy简单的；perfect完美的。结合上文此处的代词them指代的math problems，因此应该是理解到了如何解决使得数学题正确，故选B。

14.句意：她不确定自己是否会成功，但她知道她必须试一试。

manage完成；try尝试；wait等待；escape逃跑。根据前句“Amy decided she’d continue to try to fit in at her new school”可推断出此处应该是try，故选B。

15.句意：挑战是成为你能成为的最好的鱼。

thinnest最瘦的；smallest最小的；best最好的；heaviest最重的。结合句意与全文，Amy最后以池鱼自比，表示自己尽管像是大池塘中小鱼，而不是小池塘中的大鱼，都要努力成为最棒的那条鱼。故选C。