Question

    One day when I was 15 years old, I had some friends over to hang out. While we were making food in the kitchen, my brother came in. He placed his beef next to my ______ one and said, “Courtney, your beef is bigger than mine. You don’t need to ______; you’re already fat enough.” Then he walked out laughing.

Unpleasant ______ on my physical appearance were nothing new. Something inside me gave in to his idea that my legs were ______, and that became the last day that I ever willingly wore ______ until I was 30 years old. For the next 15 years, I spent summer after summer ______ in long pants.

But then I met Ragen Chastain, and she ______ everything. I couldn’t believe that this woman who, like myself, weighed almost 300 pounds was so ______ and happy in her own skin. I ______ as she shared her own journey to recovery and self-love. She talked about how amazing our ______ are, simply because of the things they do every day—like breathing, ______ blood to every cell, blinking and walking.

Walking! I was suddenly ______ how foolish I’d been for so long. There’re people who are born without legs, or who lack ______ working legs, or who lose their legs, and I’d been hiding my perfectly strong, healthy, beautiful legs ______ because I had ______ someone to convince me that they weren’t good enough. The next day, I bought three pairs of shorts and a sundress and spent the entire summer letting my legs ______ the sun and feel the breeze.

The next time anyone comments on your body in a ______ way, look them straight in the eye, smile and say, “If what you see ______ you so much, feel free to practice the ancient art of looking ______ else.” That’s Ragen’s own  ______, but I don’t think she’ll mind if you use it.

1.A. small B. plain C. thick D. slim

2.A. walk B. eat C. talk D. cry

3.A. reports B. suggestion C. reflections D. comments

4.A. unnecessary B. unacceptable C. unique D. pants

5.A. shorts B. T-shirts C. socks D. pants

6.A. sleeping B. roasting C. driving D. running

7.A. changed B. solved C. believed D. explained

8.A. sensitive B. generous C. tiresome D. energetic

9.A. laughed B. expected C. waited D. listened

10.A. legs B. weights C. bodies D. images

11.A. pulling B. putting C. preventing D. pumping

12.A. afraid of B. absorbed in C. aware of D. anxious about

13.A. properly B. regularly C. accidentally D. possibly

14.A. in shame B. in panic C. in pride D. in delight

15.A. begged B. allowed C. refused D. invited

16.A. avoid B. see C. cover D. kick

17.A. normal B. special C. different D. negative

18.A. amuses B. excites C. bothers D. hurts

19.A. somewhere B. anywhere C. nowhere D. everywhere

20.A. decision B. question C. creation D. requirement

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.D

10.C

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.B

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。文章作者通过自己的亲身经历，说明了不要在意别人对自己身体的负面评价，每个人都应该充满活力而又快乐地去生活。

1.考查形容词辨析。根据your beef is bigger than mine.可知这里意思是他把他的牛肉放在我的厚牛肉旁边。A. small小的；B. plain平的；C. thick厚的；D. slim苗条的，故选C。

2.考查动词辨析。根据you’re already fat enough.可知这里意思是你不需要吃。A. walk步行；B. eat吃；C. talk说话；D. cry哭，故选B。

3.考查名词辨析。根据The next time anyone comments on your body in a ___17___ way可知作者的哥哥在对作者的外貌做评论。A. reports报告；B. suggestion建议；C. reflections反光；D. comments评论，故选D。

4.考查形容词辨析。根据and that became the last day that I ever willingly wore ___5___ until I was 30 years old. 可知这里意思是我的内心向他妥协了，他认为我的腿是不可接受的。A. unnecessary不必要的；B. unacceptable不能接受的；C. unique独特的；D. pants裤子，故选B。

5.考查名词辨析。根据I bought three pairs of shorts可知我直到三十岁都不愿意穿短裤。A. shorts短裤；B. T-shirts圆领汗衫；C. socks袜子；D. pants裤子，故选A。

6.考查动词辨析。夏天，穿着长裤，自然是感觉炙烤般的热。A. sleeping睡觉；B. roasting炙烤；C. driving驾驶；D. running跑，故选B。

7.考查动词辨析。根据下文内容，可知我遇到了Ragen Chastain ，她改变了一切。A. changed改变；B. solved解决； C. believed相信；D. explained解释，故选A。

8.考查形容词辨析。根据I ___9___ as she shared her own journey to recovery and self-love.可知这里意思是我简直不敢相信，这个和我一样体重近300磅的女人竟然如此精力充沛，对自己的皮肤感到满意。A. sensitive敏感的； B. generous慷慨的；C. tiresome无聊的；D. energetic精力充沛的，故选D。

9.考查动词辨析。下文说她分享了自己的康复和自爱之旅，所以我是在倾听她的讲述。A. laughed笑；B. expected盼望；C. waited等待；D. listened听，故选D。

10.考查名词辨析。根据simply because of the things they do every day—like breathing, ___11___ blood to every cell, blinking and walking.可知这里意思是她说我们的身体有多令人吃惊。

A. legs腿；B. weights体重；C. bodies身体；D. images影像，故选C。

11.考查动词辨析。根据下文blood to every cell 可知这里意思是泵血到每个细胞。A. pulling拉；B. putting放；C. preventing阻止；D. pumping泵，故选D。

12.考查固定短语辨析。句意：我突然意识到自己这么长时间以来是多么愚蠢。A. afraid of害怕；B. absorbed in全神贯注于……；C. aware of意识到；D. anxious about为……担心，故选C。

13.考查副词辨析。句意：有些人生来就没有腿，或者没有适当地工作的腿，或者失去了腿。A. properly适当地；B. regularly定期地；C. accidentally偶然地；D. possibly可能地，故选A。

14.考查固定短语辨析。句意：我一直羞愧地隐藏着自己强壮、健康、美丽的双腿，因为我允许别人说服我，它们不够好。A. in shame因为羞愧；B. in panic惊慌的；C. in pride骄傲；D. in delight兴高采烈地，故选A。

15.考查动词辨析。句意：我一直羞愧地隐藏着自己强壮、健康、美丽的双腿，因为我允许别人说服我，它们不够好。A. begged乞求；B. allowed允许；C. refused拒绝；D. invited邀请，故选B。

16.考查动词辨析。句意：第二天，我买了三条短裤和一件太阳裙，整个夏天都让我的腿看到阳光，感受微风。A. avoid避免；B. see看到；C. cover包括； D. kick踢，故选B。

17.考查形容词辨析。句意：下次有人用负面的方式评论你的身体时，直视他们的眼睛，微笑着说:“如果你看到的东西让你如此烦恼，那就试试看别的地方的古老艺术吧。”A. normal 正常的；B. special特别的；C. different 不同的；D. negative负面的，故选D。

18.考查动词辨析。句意：下次有人用负面的方式评论你的身体时，直视他们的眼睛，微笑着说:“如果你看到的东西让你如此烦恼，那就试试看别的地方的古老艺术吧。”A. amuses使愉快；B. excites使…兴奋；C. bothers烦恼；D. hurts伤害，故选C。

19.考查副词辨析。句意：下次有人用负面的方式评论你的身体时，直视他们的眼睛，微笑着说:“如果你看到的东西让你如此烦恼，那就试试看别的地方这种古老艺术吧。”A. somewhere别的地方；B. anywhere任何地方；C. nowhere 无处；D. everywhere到处，故选A。

20.考查名词辨析。句意：那是Ragen自己创造的，但我不认为她会介意你用它。A. decision决定；B. question问题；C. creation创造；D. requirement要求，故选C。