Question

Travis laughed as he tore at the wrapping paper on his birthday present．He was so    16 ! Finally, he would have the coolest pair of name-brand basketball shoes．

All the guys on his team were wearing the name-brand shoes of a popular basketball   17  , Chuck Hart．    18   Hart was criticized for his poor sportsmanship（运动员风范） and infamous（臭名远扬的）   19 , he was a great player．In fact, Travis wasn't thinking about Hart' s behavior; he had only expected to see Hart' s  20  on the side of the box．The first indication that something was   21  came as he tore away the last piece of paper．Not Hart' s．The new shoes were the name-brand of another player, Robert Ryann, who was   22   for his amazing work in the community．

Travis's hands   23  ; his heart stopped．It wasn't that the Ryann shoes weren't nice, but what would his friends think ?

They were the wrong shoes and Travis would be   24  by the other players． When he looked up into his dad' s eyes, however, Travis knew  he  25  tell him． "'Thanks, Dad．I was really hoping for shoes," Travis said as he pulled the shoes out of the box．

Next morning his dad drove him to school．When they   26  in front of his destination, Travis slowly opened the car door．Just then, his dad stopped him．

"Hey, Travis, wait a minute, look"…" his dad said  27   "Travis, I know those aren' t the shoes you had hoped for, but I saw the names of the two guys and made a（n）   28   The guy whose name is on those shoes," he said, pointing down at Travis’s feet, "is someone I   29   .Do you know how often Ryann has found himself in   30 ?"

"No," Travis said．

" Never．He' s never talked back to his coach or started a fight, and he' s a team player．You could have acted like a   31  when you didn't get the shoes you wanted, Travis,   32  you were polite and made the best of it．You have    33  , like the guy whose name is on these shoes．I' m hoping that someday, your name will be on the coolest pair of shoes I' 11 ever see．"

When Travis looked down at his feet, he saw the shoes   34   . His dad had used his mind and heart to give the son a thoughtful   35   .

1.                A．surprised       B．ashamed        C．excited   D．worried

2.                A．team           B．player          C．coach    D．game

3.                A．Unless         B．If              C．Because  D．Although

4.                A．skill            B．performance     C．behavior  D．action

5.                A．name          B．photo          C．sign  D．model

6.                A．strange         B．wrong          C．true D．funny

7.                A．known         B．encouraged     C．adopted  D．influenced

8.                A．fell            B．froze           C．shook    D．folded

9.                A．questioned      B．noticed         C．teased   D．attacked

10.               A．mustn't         B．needn't        C．wouldn't   D．couldn't

11.               A．pulled up       B．put up         C．took up   D．turned up

12.               A．peacefully      B．hesitantly       C．delightedly D．naturally

13.               A．choice         B．effort          C．comment  D．mistake

14.               A．believe         B．miss           C．admire    D．remember

15.               A．danger         B．anger          C．sorrow    D．trouble

16.               A．teammate       B．adult           C．kid   D．student

17.               A．so             B．and            C．but   D．or

18.               A．honor          B．courage        C．dream D．belief

19.               A．clearly         B．carefully        C．patiently   D．differently

20.               A．gift            B．look           C．hope D．lesson

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.C

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：讲述一位父亲通过给孩子买球鞋，买的是品行良好的的篮球运动员Ryann品牌而不是球技好但运动员风范差篮球运动员Hart名牌篮球运动鞋，从而教育应成为一个什么样的人。

1.下文提到他将会拥有一双最酷的名牌篮球运动鞋，所以Travis在扯开生日礼物的包装纸时很兴奋。

2.从下文可知Chuck Hart是一个很受欢迎的篮球运动员，Travis队里所有人都穿Chuck Hart的品牌运动鞋。下文又说他因为运动员风范差及臭名远扬，故使用although，表让步关系。

3. Hart球技很好，故排除ＡＢ，根据上文提及的运动员风范差说明是行为不检点，但却是一个很受欢迎的篮球运动员，说明是让步关系。Although尽管，符合题意。

4.从下一句Travis 不去考虑Chuck Hart的行为（behavior），可以判定Chuck Hart行为（behavior）臭名远扬，故选C

5.他只是想礼物盒里有一双印有Chuck Hart名字的鞋子。Travis队里所有人都穿Chuck Hart的品牌运动鞋。

6.从下文Not Hart' s可知Travis剥开最后一层后他的第一反应就是出问题了，不是Hart品牌。

7.be known for因为。。。而出名，Ryann因为出色的工作在社区出名。

8.同后文 his heart stopped并列，描述Travis当时的失落心情：他的手僵住了，心不跳了。

9.从上文可知，Travis队里所有人都穿Chuck Hart的品牌运动鞋，而Travis的却是Ryann的牌子，他怕被队友嘲笑。

10.他无法说出“这正是我期盼的鞋子”，couldn’t不能够

11.pull up 停下（住),put up 举起，张贴 take up从事，占据；turn up把声音调大，出现，句意，当他们在目的地停下的时候，Travis慢慢的打开车门。

12.从上文 look"…"，父亲说的话可知，父亲欲言又止，很犹豫地说。

13.make a choice做选择，父亲买鞋时要在Hart和Ryann这两个人中选择。

14.父亲买鞋选择了他钦佩的那个人Ryann的品牌鞋子。Admire敬佩，钦佩

15.从下文“他从来不跟教练顶嘴，不打架”可看出他不自己惹事，in trouble

16.根据常识，小孩没有得到自己想要的鞋子就会有明显的不高兴的表现。

17.转折关系。但你得有礼貌，充分的利用好这双鞋子。

18.我希望终有一天，你有这个荣耀你自己的名字出现在鞋子上。

19.经过父亲的一番教诲，Travis再看这双鞋时有了不同的态度。

20.父亲运用他的智慧给了他的孩子发人深思的礼物。

考点：教育性记叙文