Question

When I was a young boy of six, I lived with my grandparents in the country and my grandfather had a bicycle. Because of my grandfather's worry about my possible hurt by riding the bicycle, I wasn't____to ride it. However, the big bicycle interested me greatly.

One day, I got on it and rode away. Back then, I was_____enough —I didn't know what fear was—and loved to try new things.

Slowly I rode the bicycle along a road up the small hill behind our village. When I got to the top, I stopped. And then I decided to ride down the hill. In my opinion, it would be very exciting riding down the hill. Back then I had no idea of____and all I knew was the accident I would have.

I turned around. As I was going down the hill, the pedals(脚踏板）were ____faster and faster and I could no longer keep up with the round moving of them. I was beaten each time the pedals passed my feet. Soon I was getting near the end of my ride and I knew I must ____ the bike. I thought first I must stop the pedals from turning. But how? I made a failed try to stop the pedals by putting my leg straight. When the end was coming nearer, I ____ stopped the pedals and was thrown away from the bicycle. What a terrible way to stop! I did stop the bicycle. However, I paid the cost—I had to be in the hospital for a month. Then was told that bicycles had brakes(刹车）.

Now I still ______ the excitement the riding brought me. Thanks to this experience, I learned the ____ of "easy bravery". That is a lesson that can never be replaced(取代)by those got from other people.

1.A.followed B.invited C.noticed D.allowed

2.A.brave B.clever C.strong D.busy

3.A.duty B.reason C.skill D.hope

4.A.jumping B.shaking C.driving D.turning

5.A.repair B.stop C.examine D.change

6.A.naturally B.carefully C.finally D.properly

7.A.imagine B.remember C.research D.expect

8.A.cost B.secret C.attitude D.benefit

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.A

【解析】

文章通过讲述小时候不听爷爷的劝阻，自己骑自行车最终付出代价的事情，明白了“简单勇敢”要付出代价。

1.

句意：由于爷爷担心骑自行车可能会伤害我，所以不允许我骑自行车。

followed跟随；invited邀请；noticed 注意；allowed允许；由题意可知，我不被允许骑，故用allowed，故选D。

2.

句意：那时，我足够勇敢——我不知道恐惧是什么——并且喜欢尝试新事物。

brave勇敢；clever聪明；strong 强壮；busy忙碌；由题意可知，我不知道恐惧是什么，故用勇敢brave，故选A。

3.

句意：那时我还不懂技巧，而我所知道的只是我可能要发生的事故。

duty职责；reason原因；skill 技巧，技能；hope希望；由题意可知，我可能要发生事故，故上文应用不懂技巧skill，故选C。

4.

句意：当我下山时，脚踏板的旋转速度变得越来越快，我无法跟上它们转圈的速度。

jumping跳；shaking摇晃；driving 开车；turning变得；由题意可知，我跟不上它们的速度，故上文应用变得turning越来越快，故选D。

5.

句意：很快，我快要结束骑行了，我知道我必须停下自行车。

repair修理；stop停止；examine 检测；change改变；由题意可知，我要结束骑行，故下文应用停下stop自行车，故选B。

6.

句意：当终点越来越近时，我终于停下了脚踏板，被甩开了自行车。

naturally自然地；carefully认真地；finally终于，最终；properly合理地；由题意可知，我被甩出自行车，故上文应用终于finally停下了自行车，故选C。

7.

句意：现在我仍然记得骑行带给我的兴奋。

imagine想象；remember记得；research 调查；expect期待；由题意可知，我体会到过骑行的快感，故上文应用记得remember骑行的兴奋，故选B。

8.

句意：由于这次经历，我学会了“简单勇敢”要付出代价。

cost成本，代价；secret秘密；attitude 态度；benefit获益；由题意可知，我付出了代价，故应用代价cost，故选A。