Question

I always remembered the first time I took part in an English composition competition. “Right! Dean would be the      of our class to participate in the English composition competition,” my classmates said. (Applauding)

I was too     to speak when I heard what my classmates said. In order not to     short of my classmates’     I trained myself very hard for the hope of being the     of the competition, which would take place a month later. I     a lot of vocabulary, sentence structures and      rules and read many good or renowned articles. Not having I       pretty well, the day came. Every candidate     me looked so well –prepared and      . “Only 1.5 hours. Start,” a supervisor suddenly said. Seeing the        “What do most teenagers concern nowadays?” I was nervous and got      block. What’s worse, other candidates had begun writing. Moments later, I       myself, took a deep breath, and began brainstorming ideas     the topic. I quickly wrote down the composition structure, central theme, and     necessary elements. As the finishing time was      , I tried my best to accelerate my writing. Unfortunately,     my failure of time management, I left my composition incomplete. My final draft looked like a robot     legs were broken.

The result came out two weeks later. To my surprise, I got the second prize! All my classmates cheered for me. This encouraged me a lot.           I was not the first prize winner, I could still      the scent of pride and happiness spreading around me.

1.A．playerB．choice C．representativeD．person

2.A．proudB．delightedC．nervousD．surprised

3.A．getB．beC．loseD．fall

4.A．promisesB．expectationsC．dreamsD．words

5.A．successB．beaterC．winnerD．victory

6.A．memorizedB．copiedC．readD．wrote

7.A．grammarB．phraseC．patternD．term

8.A．rememberedB．preparedC．startedD．completed

9.A．besidesB．exceptC．except forD．as well as

10.A．easyB．nervousC．interestedD．unconfident

11.A．problemB．ideaC．topicD．theme

12.A．writer’sB．teacher’sC．thinker’sD．composer’s

13.A．persuadedB．toldC．encouragedD．c almed

14.A．withB．towardsC．atD．for

15.A．another B．the otherC．otherD．others

16.A．approachingB．accessingC．finishingD．ending

17.A．thanks forB．due toC．as a resultD．on account

18.A．of whichB．whichC．whoseD．that

19.A．HoweverB．As a resultC．Worse stillD．Although

20.A．smellB．touchC．senseD．realize

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.A

8.B

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：作者被选作班级代表，参加一个月以后的英语作文竞赛。知道这个消息之后，作者感到非常惊讶。为了不辜负同学们的期望，作者付出了很多努力进行准备。竞赛当天，作者没有计划好时间，导致作文没有来得及写完。但出乎意料的是，作者获得了第二名，这让他很满意。

1.C考查名词辨析A．player球员；B．choice选择；C．representative代表；D．person人；根据“I took part in an English composition competition”可知，作者代表所在班级参加英语作文竞赛，故选C项。

2.2】D考查形容词辨析A．proud骄傲的；B．delighted高兴的；C．nervous紧张的；D．surprised吃惊的；。I was too     to speak when I heard what my classmates said.听到自己将代表班级参赛的消息，作者吃惊得说不出话来，故选D项。

3.3】D考查动词辨析A．get得到；B．be是；C．lose失去；D．fall落下；作者不想辜负同学的期望，fall short of达不到，辜负，故选D。

4.4】B考查动词辨析A．promises许诺；B．expectations期望；C．dreams梦想；D．words单词，话语；同学们都很支持作者，作者不想辜负他们的期望，故选B。

5.5】C考查名词辨析A．success成功；B．beater敲打者；C．winner胜利者；D．victory胜利；作者努力训练，希望夺得竞赛的胜利，根据句意 故选C

6.6】A考查动词辨析A．memorized背诵；B．copied复制 ；C．read读；D．wrote写；句意：作者背诵了很多词汇和句子结构，故选A。

7.7】A考查名词辨析A．grammar语法；B．phrase短语；C．pattern方式；D．term学期；vocabulary, sentence structures and    rules词汇、句子结构和语法规则，故选A。

8.8】B考查动词辨析A．remembered记得；B．prepared准备；C．started开始；D．completed完成；Not having I   pretty well, the day came.还没有准备得非常充分，比赛那天就来了，故选B。

9.9】B考查介词辨析A．besides除。。之外还有 ；B．except除了。。；C．except for除了。。；D．as well as也，和；句意：每一个参赛者除了作者，看起来都是做足了准备，except 表示除了。。之外就没有了，故选B项。

10.0】A考查形容词辨析A．easy容易；B．nervous紧张；C．interested感兴趣；D．unconfident不自信；所填词与well – prepared相近，B、D是消极词汇，不能判断作者对比赛没兴趣，排除C；故选A。

11.1】C考查名词辨析A．problem问题；B．idea想法；C．topic话题；D．theme主题；“What do most teenagers concern nowadays?”是作文的话题，故选C。

12.2】A考查名词辨析A．writer’s作家的；B．teacher’s老师的；C．thinker’s思考者的D．composer’s 作曲家的；句意：作者很紧张并且大脑一片空白，got the writer’s block写作障碍，故选A。

13.3】D考查动词辨析A．persuaded说服；B．told告诉；C．encouraged鼓励；D．calmed冷静；根据“took a deep breath”可知，作者冷静了下来，故选D

14.4】D考查介词辨析A．with和；B．towards对于；C．at在；D．for为了，对于；began brainstorming ideas   the topic开始就所给话题进行头脑风暴，故选D。

15.5】C考查代词辨析A．another另外一个；B．the other两个中的另一个；C．other其它的；D．others有的人；elements要素，other后跟名词复数，根据词性选C项。

16.6】A考查动词辨析A．approaching靠近；B．accessing接近，使用；C．finishing完成；D．ending结束；句意：随着结束时间的临近，根据固定搭配，表示随着时间的临近，故选A。

17.7】B考查短语辨析A．thanks for谢谢；B．due to由于；C．as a result结果；D．on account由于，但缺少of；句意：由于时间安排不合理，作文没有写完，考查固定搭配， 故选B。

18.18】C考查定语从句。A．of which某人的；B．which修饰物，做主语或宾语；C．whose某人的；相当于the 名词 of which ; D．that修饰物或人，做主语或宾语；根据legs可知，定语从句的主语不完整，用whose作legs的定语，whose legs相当于of which the legs，故选C。

19.9】D考查副词辨析A．However然而；B．As a result结果；C．Worse still更糟糕的是；D．Although虽然；根据句意：尽管不是第一名，作者依然能够......，这里表示让步关系，故选D

20.20】C考查动词辨析A．smell闻；B．touch抚摸；C．sense感到；D．realize意识到；作者依然能够觉察到周围弥漫的自豪和开心的气息。故选C

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