Question

(2013·高考北京卷)Leaping on a narrow balance beam(平衡木) is not easy.But Lola Walter，a 13­year­old gymnast，is an expert at it.

To perfect her skills，Lola____for four hours a day，five days a week.At the state championships in March，she finished seventh out of 16 girls.

That’s especially impressive，____she is legally blind，born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift(移动)constantly.She often sees double and can’t____how far away things are.

When she was little，her mom____that even though she couldn’t see____，she was fearless.So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three.She loved the____right away and gymnastics became her favorite.

Though learning gymnastics has been more____for her than for some of her teammates，she has never quit.She doesn’t let her____stop her from doing anything that she wants to.

She likes the determination it takes to do the sport.Her biggest____is the balance beam.Because she has double vision，she often sees to beams.She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine.Sometimes she even closes her eyes.“You have to____your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go，”says Lola.

To be a top­level gymnast，one must be brave.The beam is probably the most____for anyone because it’s four inches wide.At the state competition，Lola didn’t fall____the beam.In fact，she got an 8.1 out of 10—her highest score yet.

Lola doesn’t want to be____differently from the other girls on her team.At competitions，the judges don’t know about her vision____.She doesn’t tell them，because she doesn’t think they need to know.Her mom is amazed by her____attitude.

Lola never thinks about____.She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics.Her____is to reach level 9.She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids____she grows up.

Lola is____of all her hard work and success.She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics too.Her____for others is “just believe in yourself.”

1.A.runsB．teaches

C．trains  D.dances

2.A.since  B.unless

C．after  D.though

3.A.tell  B.guess

C.assume  D.predict

4.A.suspected  B remembered

C．imaginedD．noticed

5.A.deeply  B.well

C.aheadD．closely

6.A.task  B.sport

C.eventD．show

7.A.boringB．enjoyable

C．difficult  D.satisfactory

8.A.talentB． quality

C.nature  D.condition

9.A.doubt  B.advantage

C．challenge  D．progress

10.．A.examine  B．express

C．openD．trust

11.A.fearful  B．harmful

C．unfair  D．inconvenient

12.A.toB．on

C．off  D.against

13.．A.greetedB．treated

C．served  D.paid

14.A.pains  B.stresses

C．injuriesD．problems

15.A.positive  B.friendly

C.flexibleD．cautious

16.A.defendingB．quitting

C.winningD．bargaining

17.A.standardB．range

C．viewD．goal

18.A.untilB．as

C.when  D.before

19.A.proudB．tired

C．ashamed  D.confident

20.A.planB．advice

C.reward  D.responsibility

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】 本文为夹叙夹议的文章。全文讲述了一个身残志坚的女体操运动员——Lola Walter。她虽然视力有问题，但是却克服自身条件的不足和常人所不能克服的困难，努力练习体操，希望将来能把自己的所学传授给别的孩子。她建议我们要相信自己。

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2.2】解析：选A。“That’s especially impressive...”的原因是“she is legally blind”，前后是因果关系，因此，此处用since引导原因状语从句。

3.3】解析：选A。前文提到她的眼睛有毛病，因此，此处指“她看不出/不知道东西离她有多远”，要用tell一词，can’t tell意为“不知道，看不出”。guess猜；assume假定，假设；predict预测，均与语境不符。

4.4】解析：选D。她妈妈无意当中注意到她即使看不清东西，她也不害怕，因此，此处要选D项，指“无意中注意到”。suspect怀疑；remember记住；imagine想象，均不符合语境。

5.5】解析：选B。文章第三段就提到了，她视力有问题，看物体时出现叠影，看不清物体离她有多远，因此，此处要选well。

6.6】解析：选B。通篇都在叙述Lola练习体操，此处用the sport指代gymnastics。

7.7】解析：选C。因为她视力有问题，很明显她学习体操比其他队友要困难(difficult)。

8.8】解析：选D。她是一个很有决心的女孩，她不会让她自身的状况阻止她做她想做的事情。由文章内容可知，此处是指“她视力有问题”这一自身状况，因此选用condition一词，意为“条件”。talent才能；quality品质；nature本性，均不符合语境。

9.9】解析：选C。由本段后面的内容可知，由于她在看物体时有叠影，常常看到两个平衡木，所以平衡木是她最大的挑战(challenge)。

10.10】解析：选D。她闭上眼睛是因为她相信(trust)她的感觉，相信它能带她去她想去的地方。

11.1】解析：选A。因为平衡木只有四英寸宽，因此我们可以说它是最令人害怕的。此处选用fearful，指“令人恐惧的，令人害怕的”。harmful有害的；unfair不公平的；inconvenient不方便的，均不符合语境。

12.2】．解析：选C。fall off从……上掉下来，此处指“她在国家级的比赛中没有从平衡木上掉下来”。后面提到“她得到8.1分——她的最高分”。

13.3】解析：选B。她不想受到与队里别的女孩不一样的对待，指“她希望教练能把她当正常的女孩来看待”。因此，此处要选treated，有“对待”之意。

14.4】解析：选D。上文已提到她有视力方面的问题。

15.5】．解析：选A。在队里时她不希望受到特别的优待，在打比赛时不想让裁判知道她视力有问题，这是因为她把自己当成一个正常人，妈妈对她这种乐观的生活态度感到很吃惊。positive积极的，乐观的，符合语境。friendly友好的；flexible灵活的；cautious小心翼翼的，均不符合语境。

16.6】解析：选B。整篇文章提到她是个很有决心的女孩，她是永远不会放弃的。quit退出，放弃。文中第五段提到never quit(永不放弃)，这也是关键提示。

17.7】解析：选D。达到9级是她的目标，因此此处选用goal，表示“目标”。后面提到她想成为体操教练，也说明她是一个有明确目标的人。

18.8】解析：选C。当她长大后，她要当一名体操教练，把她的所学传授给别的孩子。when she grows up为when引导的时间状语从句。

19.9】解析：选A。be proud of对……自豪；be tired of对……厌倦；be ashamed of对……羞愧；be confident of对……有信心。她对她所有的努力和成功当然是很自豪的。

20.20】解析：选B。“just believe in yourself”是她给别人的建议，因此advice(建议，劝告)为最佳选择。