Question

    It was a dark day, one of depression(沮丧) and anger. As I climbed out of the pool, after seeing my time in the 100 yard freestyle(自由泳), I did not feel like speaking to anyone. I saw the bright smiles of swimmers who had just _______ a best time. However, I had failed. Or at least that was what I thought at the time.

I was lying on my cool bed when an idea came to my head. Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without _______ your enthusiasm(热情). At practice the next day, I told my swimming teammates about my goal time and they all either laughed or replied, "You can't do it" or " _______ not". Believe it or not, these are the responses(反应) that made my goal achievable.

Finally came the day when I had to _______ to myself and others that with belief there is no limit to your achievements. With the starting gun going off, I dived(跳入，潜入) with perfect form into the pool. I _______ the cool water running across my back. I swam like a fish, bouncing off(弹离) each turn at the wall as if it was a spring board. On the last turn, I came back to the wall with every piece of strength I had. I touched the final wall with my fingertips and knew that I had swum the _______ race.

I had done it! I had achieved my best time! Joy filled my heart like water does a cup. I saw the_______ on all of my friends' faces as I climbed out of the pool; their jaws(下巴) dropped to the ground. I began to laugh and gave them thumbs up.

I have learned in life that having _______ in yourself opens all gates. Never forget that anything the mind can imagine and believe it can achieve.

1.A.finished B.achieved C.remained D.realized

2.A.losing B.leaving C.having D.keeping

3.A.Awfully B.Especially C.Probably D.Impossibly

4.A.promise B.provide C.present D.prove

5.A.smelt B.felt C.touched D.tasted

6.A.primary B.comfortable C.perfect D.complete

7.A.replies B.actions C.feelings D.expressions

8.A.belief B.pleasure C.love D.sunshine

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文，文章讲述作者在一次游泳成绩不怎么理想之后，觉得成功是一次又一次失败仍不能失去自己的热情；然后在下一次的游泳中努力做到最好，最终成功的故事。启发读者心中要有信念，相信一定能成功，才能打开所有的大门，实现自己的目标。

1.

句意：我看到刚完成了最佳时刻的游泳者们的明亮微笑。

finished完成；achieved达到，完成；remained保持；realized意识到。感觉“the bright smiles”可知此处用动词achieve表示完成，成功。故选B。

2.

句意：成功是一种从失败到失败不失去热情的能力。

losing失去；leaving离开；having有；keeping保持。根据“when an idea came to my head. Success is the ability”可知此处作者的想法是积极的，失败了也没有失去热情，用动词lose的动名词形式。故选A。

3.

句意：“你不能做到”或者“可能不会”。

awfully糟糕地；especially特别；probably可能；impossibly不可能。根据“responses(反应) that made my goal achievable”可知别人的反应不是否定我的想法，此处用副词probably修饰否定词not。故选C。

4.

句意：最后证明我自己的那一天到来了，其他人都相信我的成就没有限制。

promise保证；provide提供；present展示，提出；prove证明。根据“made my goal achievable”以及“there is no limit to your achievements”可知此处用prove oneself表示“证明自己”。故选D。

5.

句意：我感觉到冷水从我的背上流过。

smelt闻起来；felt感觉到；touched触摸；tasted品尝。根据“cool water running across my back”可知是作者背部感觉到，用感官动词felt。故选B。

6.

句意：我用手指碰触到最后的墙壁，知道我游地很完美。

primary初级的；comfortable舒服的；perfect完美的；complete完整的。根据“I had done it! I had achieved my best time!”可知此处用形容词perfect表示“完美的”，故选C。

7.

句意：当我从游泳池里爬出来的时候，我看到我朋友脸上的表情。

replies回复；actions行为；feelings感觉；expressions表情。根据“their jaws(下巴) dropped to the ground”他们下巴都要掉到地上了说明很震惊，此处表示“看到了脸上的表情”，用名词expressions。故选D。

8.

句意：我学到自己有信念就能打开所有的大门。

belief信念；pleasure乐趣；love爱；sunshine阳光。根据“anything the mind can imagine”可知此处用名词belief表示“自己的信念”。故选A。