Question

    Last weekend, I took Lucy to a park, where she discovered a track with large bumps and sharp turns. At first, I thought Lucy was able to _______ her bike along the track. But she quickly found that her bike was too _______ to the ground and _______ getting stuck on top of the bumps.

Lucy looked at me with_______ because she was still a biking newbie. I tried to encourage her too, but really, I was thinking—this is going to be a disaster. Not because I thought she would get _______. More because I thought she wouldn't be able to pick up enough speed to balance. Then she would get really discouraged, and _______ quickly. I imagined her throwing her bicycle to the ground and then _______ all the way home.

But I was_______ half right. Lucy did have a lot of trouble riding the bike. She couldn't find her _______. She fell many times. At one point, she almost started crying ________ younger kids were getting angry that she was slowing everyone else down. But she did not lose heart. She kept picking herself up and trying again. She even took the bike off the track and into the main park to ________ pushing off and picking up speed on a flat ground. When she felt more ________, she came back. Then she did it over and over again until she ________ reached her goal of going around the whole track without falling once. Then she didn't want to leave and ________ was cheering her on.

This was not a day ________ ended in a disaster. It was a day when Lucy learned that perseverance pays off.

Word Bank

track小路  bump凸块   disaster灾难   perseverance毅力

1.A.take B.bring C.ride D.send

2.A.low B.high C.long D.short

3.A.needed B.kept C.enjoyed D.finished

4.A.smile B.joy C.care D.fear

5.A.lost B.tired C.hurt D.discouraged

6.A.turned around B.set off C.came out D.gave up

7.A.crying B.singing C.running D.flying

8.A.even B.only C.ever D.already

9.A.balance B.way C.friend D.bike

10.A.unless B.because C.until D.if

11.A.risk B.consider C.imagine D.practice

12.A.confident B.careful C.helpless D.worried

13.A.quickly B.finally C.quietly D.hardly

14.A.nobody B.somebody C.anybody D.everybody

15.A.where B.what C.that D.when

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.D

15.C

【解析】

【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。作者带女儿露西骑自行车去公园。露西是骑车新手，在路上遇到了很多困难，但最终的坚持得到了回报。

1.考查动词词义辨析。take 带走； bring带来；ride骑；send发送。根据句意并结合上下文语境可知，露西在这条小路上骑自行车，故选C。

2.考查形容词词义辨析。low 低；high高；long 长；short短。根据下文“getting stuck on top of the bumps”可知，她的车太低了，所以卡在凸块顶部了，故选A。

3.考查动词词义辨析。needed需要； kept保持，一直；enjoyed喜欢；finished完成。根据上文“where she discovered a track with large bumps and sharp turns.”以及上文可知，她的车总是卡在凸块顶部。

4.考查名词词义辨析。 smile 微笑； joy快乐；care关心，小心； fear害怕。根据句义，结合下文“I tried to encourage her too”可知，露西是个新手，这时候很害怕，所以我鼓励她，故选D。

5.考查形容词词义辨析。 lost迷路；tired累；hurt受伤；discouraged泄气。根据上文“this is going to be a disaster”和下文“More because I thought she wouldn't be able to pick up enough speed to balance.”可知，不是因为我认为她会受伤，而是更多地因为她不能够加速保持平衡，故选C。

6.考查动词短语辨析。turned around转过身；set off出发；came out 出来； gave up放弃。根据句意，结合下文“I imagined her throwing her bicycle to the ground ”可知她会很快放弃，故选D。

7.考查动词词义辨析。crying 哭；singing唱； running跑； flying飞。根据句意可知，她会把车摔在地上，然后一直哭着回家，故选A。

8.考查副词词义辨析。 even 甚至；only仅仅；ever 曾经； already已经。结合上下文语境可知，作者仅仅对了一半，露西并没有放弃，故选B。

9.考查名词词义辨析。balance平衡；way路；friend朋友； bike自行车。根据上文“I thought she wouldn't be able to pick up enough speed to balance.” 和下文“She fell many times”可知，她找不到平衡，摔了很多次。故选A。

10.考查连词词义辨析。unless除非；because因为；until直到； if如果。根据句意可知，她几乎要哭了，因为别的小孩生气她让别人都慢了下来，两句话之间是因果关系，故选B。

11.考查动词词义辨析。risk冒险；consider考虑； imagine想象；practice练习。根据下文“Then she did it over and over again until...”可知，她不断地练习，故选D。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。 confident 有信心的；careful小心的；helpless无助的；worried担心。根据句意可知，她练习推和提速，等她有信心时，再回去骑，故选A。

13.考查副词词义辨析。 quickly 很快； finally最后，终于； quietly 安静地；hardly几乎不。结合下文“It was a day when Lucy learned that perseverance pays off.”可知，露西终于达到她的目标了，故选B。

14.考查代词词义辨析。 nobody没有人；somebody某人；anybody任何人；everybody每个人。根据语境可知，她终于达到目标了，每个人都为她鼓舞喝彩，故选D。

15.考查引导词词义辨析。分析句子结构可知，空格处引导定语从句，修饰名词a day，且从句缺主语，应用关系代词引导，先行词是day，应用that引导，故选C。