Question

    On a sunny afternoon, we went to a park to have fun. Some people were painting pictures, some were writing calligraphy, some were dancing on the square, and _________ were shooting arrows (射箭). I decided to try shooting arrows myself — it looked fun and_________.

I saw one woman_________ an arrow and shoot it after taking a moment to aim. The arrow curved (飞出弧线)   _________the air beautifully. But it finally fell to the ground and missed the target (目标).

It seemed that she didn’t put enough power into her shot. While I was thinking about what I should do, it was my turn to shoot. I focused my eyes on the target and shot the arrow with all my strength. But the arrow missed the target, and _________stuck straight in the grass. I shot three more times, but ended up missing all of them.

Feeling_________I walked away without saying a word. Angela stopped me, and said while patting my shoulder, “Hey, don’t worry about it! Just try one more time, OK? You can do it!” Her bright smile_________ me. After hearing this, I decided to take one more shot. I took a deep breath and put one foot forward to keep the_________ . I focused hard on the target and shot the arrow. This time, I hit the target!

As I went to get my arrows, I_________ that there are many things in life, big and small, that are not as simple as we imagine. There are challenges everywhere. But if we focus on one thing at a time and learn from our __________ , we can succeed in the end.

1.A.the other B.others C.other

2.A.interesting B.surprising C.challenging

3.A.pick up B.take up C.set up

4.A.across B.through C.onto

5.A.instead B.still C.even

6.A.regretful B.nervous C.upset

7.A.attracted B.encouraged C.praised

8.A.position B.promise C.strength

9.A.heard B.noticed C.realized

10.A.mistakes B.failures C.accidents

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.B

【解析】

文章介绍的是作者射箭的一次经历。刚开始以为射箭很容易，但是自己尝试了几次之后，发现并不容易，但作者明白了一个道理：如果我们一次只专注于一件事，从失败中吸取教训，我们最终会成功的。

1.

句意：还有人在射箭。

the other两者中的另一个；others其余的，指代剩余的一部分；other其他的，后接复数名词；根据句意理解及前句中的some可知，这里表达的是“另一些”，构成some… others的结构，对应空格后的系动词were，故选B。

2.

句意：我决定自己去射箭，看起来既有趣又有挑战性。

Interesting有趣的；surprising令人奇怪的；challenging具有挑战性的；根据句意理解及后文There are challenges everywhere.可知，这里说的是“射箭很有挑战性”，故选C。

3.

句意：我看到一个女人拿起一支箭，瞄了一会儿后就射出了。

pick up捡起；take up开始从事；set up建立；根据句意理解及后句and shoot it after taking a moment to aim.可知，这里表达的是“捡起”，英语是pick up，故选A。

4.

句意：箭在空中飞出的弧线很漂亮。

across穿过；through穿过；onto到……之上；根据句意理解可知，箭是在空中划过，相当于在空气内部穿过，所以应该用through，故选B。

5.

句意：但是箭没有射中目标，相反的是，直直地扎在草地上。

instead而是，反而；still仍然；even甚至；根据句意理解及空格后面stuck straight in the grass可知，这里表达的是没有射中目标，却扎在了草地上，故选A。

6.

句意：我很沮丧，一句话也没说就走了。

regretful后悔的；nervous紧张的；upset沮丧的；根据句意理解“三次都没射中目标”及前文I decided to try shooting arrows myself — it looked fun and ____2____.可知，这里表达的是“沮丧的”，故选C。

7.

句意：她灿烂的笑容鼓励了我。

attracted吸引；encouraged鼓励；praised表扬；根据句意理解及前句“Hey, don’t worry about it! Just try one more time, OK? You can do it!”可知，这里表达的是“鼓励”，故选B。

8.

句意：我深吸一口气，把一只脚向前伸，保持这个姿势。

position位置，状态；promise承诺；strength力量；根据句意理解及前句put one foot forward可知，这里表达的是“保持这个姿势”，故选A。

9.

句意：当我去拿箭的时候，我意识到生活中有很多事情，无论大小，都不像我们想象的那么简单。

heard听；noticed注意；realized意识到；根据句意理解及后句there are many things in life, big and small, that are not as simple as we imagine.可知，这里表达的是“意识到”，故选C。

10.

句意：但如果我们一次只专注于一件事，从失败中吸取教训，我们最终会成功的。

mistakes错误；failures失败；accidents事故；根据句意理解及前文Feeling ____6____ I walked away without saying a word. Angela stopped me, and said while patting my shoulder, “Hey, don’t worry about it! Just try one more time, OK? You can do it!”可知，这里表达的是“从失败中吸取教训”，故选B。