Question

    Jayce Crowder began noticing when he was in kindergarten that he looked different from his classmates. They had two hands. He had one. It started when one boy laughed at him, says his mother, Cortney Lewis. He would return to their home with questions: Why am I ______? Why me? Why? Lewis didn't know what to do at that time. How could she ______ answers to her son's questions when she had never found those answers herself?

A few weeks later, Lewis came home from her job and ______ the TV to a news story about a six-foot-three eighth grader from Washington, Trashaun Willis, then 14, had become famous after posting videos of his slam dunks, and, ______ Jayce, he was missing most of his left arm. Lewis called Jayce in. He was fascinated. At the time, it seemed that ______ Trashaun would simply be an inspiring moment for Jayce—he'd see a role model with a similar birth defect (缺陷). A family friend asked the newspaper to help set up a meeting with Trashaun to build Jayce's ______.

The boys met at Washington Middle School on a Saturday afternoon two months later: They rode bikes around the school's hallways; took photos, played hide-and-seek, and shot baskets (投篮). At one point, Trashaun did get ______ with Jayce. He talked about their left arms. He told Jayce he was perfect. He said not to let anyone's words ______ his confidence.

Since that meeting, Lewis has seen a big difference in her son, who is now seven and in second grade. He _______started wrestling (摔跤) and loves it. Lewis believes it is Trashaun's ______. As for Trashaun, his relationship with Jayce made him look forward to helping more kids.

1.A.weak B.sick C.terrible D.different

2.A.avoid B.choose C.provide D.prepare

3.A.opened up B.turned on C.looked at D.picked up

4.A.near B.with C.like D.from

5.A.watching B.meeting C.copying D.joining

6.A.friendship B.support C.relationship D.confidence

7.A.mad B.serious C.angry D.funny

8.A.shake B.show C.save D.shape

9.A.certainly B.recently C.rapidly D.secretly

10.A.decision B.experience C.position D.influence

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了杰斯天生只有一只手，在学校遭受同学们嘲笑，于是他的母亲露易丝想办法开导他。几周后，母亲在看新闻时发现了跟杰斯有类似缺陷但积极乐观的特肖恩，于是她的亲友请求报社安排两人见面。见面后，两人成为朋友，并且在特肖恩的影响下，杰斯建立起了自信，开始积极生活。经过帮助杰斯后，特肖恩也希望自己以后能帮助更多像杰斯这样的孩子。

1.

句意：我为什么是不一样的？

weak弱的；sick生病的；terrible糟糕的；different不同的。根据“Jayce Crowder began noticing when he was in kindergarten that he looked different from his classmates.”可知杰斯在他读幼儿园时就意识到自己和别人不同，所以才会有“自己为何会与别人不同”的疑问。故选D。

2.

句意：当她自己从未找到这些答案时，她怎么能为她儿子的问题提供答案呢？

avoid避免；choose选择；provide提供；prepare准备。根据“He would return to their home with questions: Why am I different? Why me? Why?”可知，杰斯对自己有天生缺陷的事存有疑惑，身为母亲的露易丝当然希望自己能为儿子提供答案。故选C。

3.

句意：几周后，露易丝下班回家，打开电视看了一个关于一名来自华盛顿的六英尺三英寸八年级学生的新闻故事，14岁的特肖恩·威利斯在上传了他的扣篮视频后成名，就像杰茜一样，他的左臂大部分都不见了。

opened up打开；turned on打开（水龙头、电视、收音机、灯等）；looked at看；picked up捡起。本题考查动词短语的辨析，露易丝是打开并且看电视了才会知道关于特肖恩的新闻故事，所以从意思搭配上就可以排除D；“看电视”的动词搭配通常使用“watch”，而不用“look at”，排除C；“open up”的打开是指瓶子，盒子，包裹，信封等的打开，而“turn on”是指水龙头，电视，收音机等的打开，本题是电视机的打开，应用“turn on”。故选B。

4.

句意：几周后，露易丝下班回家，打开电视看了一个关于一名来自华盛顿的六英尺三英寸八年级学生的新闻故事，14岁的特肖恩·威利斯在上传了他的扣篮视频后成名，就像杰茜一样，他的左臂大部分都不见了。

near接近，靠近；with和……一起，用；like像；from来自。根据“…he was missing most of his left arm.”可知，特肖恩也丧失了大部分的左臂，所以他和杰斯独臂的缺陷很像。故选C。

5.

句意：当时，看到特肖恩对杰斯来说似乎会是一个鼓舞人心的时刻——他会看到一个和他一样具有类似出生缺陷的榜样。

watching看；meeting遇见，见面；copying复制；joining参加。根据“Lewis called Jayce in. He was fascinated”可知，露易丝让杰斯进来看新闻故事时他就被特肖恩迷住了，而杰斯是收到鼓舞才被迷住的，所以看到特肖恩对杰斯来说会是令他受鼓舞的时刻。故选A。

6.

句意：一位亲友请求报社的帮忙，安排一场和特肖恩的见面来帮助杰斯建立自信。

friendship友谊；support支持；relationship关系；confidence自信。根据倒数第二段“He told Jayce he was perfect. He said not to let anyone's words…his confidence.”可知，特肖恩告诉杰斯他很完美，不要让其他人的话语动摇他的自信心，所以安排和特肖恩见面就是为了要重建杰斯的自信心。故选D。

7.

句意：特肖恩一度非常认真对待杰斯。

mad疯狂的，生气的；serious认真的，严肃的；funny有趣的，好笑的。根据“They rode bikes around the school's hallways…”和“He told Jayce he was perfect. He said not to let anyone's words … his confidence.”可知，特肖恩和杰斯见面后，他们先是一起玩游戏，然后特肖恩再和杰斯谈话，让他重建信心。与前面一起玩耍相比，后面的谈话特肖恩是比较“认真的”。故选B。

8.

句意：他说不要让任何人的话语动摇的你自信心。

shake动摇，摇头；show展示；save拯救，节约；shape塑造。根据“He told Jayce he was perfect.”可知，特肖恩告诉杰斯他是完美的，就是要让他自信并且不要受他人影响而动摇自信心。故选A。

9.

句意：他最近开始摔跤并且爱上这项运动。

certainly肯定地，当然；recently最近；rapidly快速地；secretly秘密地，私下地。根据“Since that meeting, Lewis has seen a big difference in her son…”可知，与特肖恩见面后杰斯才有了大转变，所以参加并且爱上摔跤这项运动是最近开始的。故选B。

10.

句意：露易丝认为这是受特肖恩的影响。

decision决定；experience经验，经历；position位置；influence影响。根据“Since that meeting, Lewis has seen a big difference in her son…”可知，在与特肖恩见面后杰斯有了大转变，所以露易丝认为是受特肖恩的影响。故选D。