Question

Growing up, I always dreamed of being a professional figure skater. After years of hard work, I am living proof that dreams can come true.

When I was born, my parents immediately noticed something  36  and the doctor said I couldn't skate. I, however,  37  trying skating in an ice rink (溜冰场), where local skaters   38  perform ice shows. I started taking group skating lessons, and performing on ice came naturally, but I have always been  39  to speak in group settings. One thing I've never been afraid of is  40  , though. I get nervous, but never  41  . For me, skating has been about being my personal best  42  beating others on the ice. 1 progressed through various  43 rapidly and gave my first ice performance at seven. Soon I started winning local and regional competitions. That's  44  being on the ice has always been the one place where I can  45   express my own emotions. The ice is like home.

When I was nine years old I began training  46 . I would wake up at four o'clock in the morning six days a week and skate for five hours. Then I'd go to school. Since  47  has always been important in my family, I had no  48  but to find creative ways to fit in school studies throughout my  49  career.

After graduating from high school, I moved to Canada and set out to train full-time to give my dreams a chance at reality. In 1992 I went to compete in the Olympic Games.  50 , not my coach or even my family, ever talked to me about winning a gold medal. In fact, I wouldn't even  51  myself to think about it. I thought that would disturb me.  52 , I went with the attitude that I wanted to enjoy the Olympic spirit.  53  the expectation of all the people, I won the gold medal and words couldn't describe the overwhelming mixture of emotions I felt. Then I truly understood what  54  most in achieving a dream is nor to  55  it when you 1ace difficulties, but strive to make it come true.

1.A. unique         B. wrong            C. unbelievable         D. attractive

2.A. directed to        B. led to          C. insisted on          D. fixed on

3.A. could          B. should               C. might           D. would

4.A. doubtful           B. brave           C. shy             D. disabled

5.A. competition        B. expression           C. exchange        D. display

6. A. annoyed           B. disappointed         C. sad                  D. fearful

7. A. rather than       B. other than           C. except for           D. as for

8. A. positions         B. levels               C. points               D. ways

9.A. where          B. why                  C. when             D. because

10.A, easily            B. immediately     C. truly                D. slowly

11.A. freely            B. comfortably     C. seriously            D. quickly

12.A. education         B. wealth          C. reputation           D. health

13.A. chance        B. choice               C. goal                 D. freedom

14.A. boring       B. aimless         C. amateur              D. normal

15. A. Somebody    B. Everybody       C. Anybody         D. Nobody

16.A. allow         B. promise         C. force                D. discourage

17. A. However          B. Therefore            C. Besides         D. Naturally

18. A. Beyond           B. Within          C. Despite              D. Without

19.A. stresses          B. applies              C. matters              D. acts

20.A. ruin            B. ignore             C. change          D. abandon

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

1.根据下文医生说我不能滑冰可判断我生下来身体就有残疾，选wrong。

2.根据下文我参加了滑冰课程和训练可知“我”坚持要练习滑冰。

3.句意：在那里当地的滑冰者经常进行滑冰表演。would此处表示过去常常做某事。

4.根据上文的连词“but”和下文的副词“though”，可知当时我羞于在参加滑冰训练的小组中讲话。

5.根据下文我很快通过了不同级别的考核可知我不惧怕竞争和比赛。competition竞争，比赛，竞赛。

6.由上文“I’ve never been afraid of is 40, though. ”可知。annoyed恼怒的，烦闷的；disappointed失望的，沮丧的；fearful可怕的，担心的。

7.句意：对我而言，滑冰已成为我生活中最好的一部分而不是在冰上击败别人。rather than非，而不是；other than除了，不同于；except for除了以外；as for关于。

8.通过训练我的滑冰水平提高很快。position位置，职位；level水平，标准；point要点，得分；way方法，方式。

9.句意：那是因为冰上进行表演是我唯一能表达我真实情感的方式。

10.easily容易地；immediately立即、立刻；truly真实地、真诚地 ;slowly缓慢地；由句意可知选C。

11.根据下文对“I would wake up at four o’clock in the morning six days a week and skate for five hours. ”可知我开始了艰苦的训练。

12.根据下文我在训练的同时还要上学接受教育可判断在我的家庭中教育是非常重要的。

13.have no choice but to do固定句型，意为“不得不做某事，只能做某事”。

14.根据下文“我”高中毕业之后才进行专业的训练可知以前的训练都是业余的。amateur:业余的。

15.句意：没有人，包括我的教练甚至我的家人都没有向我谈起拿金牌的事。

16.句意：事实上，我也不允许我自己想这件事。allow允许，许可。

17.上下文构成因果关系。选therefore。

18.句意：超出每个人的预料，我赢得了金牌。beyond超过，越过，在那一边。

19.句意：后来我真正意识到：一个人在实现梦想的过程中最重要的是面对困难不要放弃而要竭尽全力直至梦想成真。matter有关系，要紧；apply申请，应用；stress强调，施压于；act行动，表现。

20.ruin毁灭；ignore忽视，不理睬； abandon放弃，遗弃。参见54题解析，由句意可知选D。