Question

    It seems that the great desire among the young is to be popular. And once they achieve ________, they want to keep it and ________ it. But the desire to be popular can________ you into looking and acting like everyone else. You can lose yourself in a sea of ________ hairstyles and thinking styles.

I was forced to ________ popularity long before in a talk I had with my daughter. Margy had to ________ schools when my busy work schedule made it ________ for me to move houses. I suppose that, for a girl in her teens, ________ a new school is as easy as spending a season alone in the tropical jungles. However, as the school year ________ to an end, one student after another came to her. They said they would have liked to be friends sooner.

I told Margy that I would have been more concerned if she had been a(n) ________ social success in her new school. That, to me, would have been the ________ that she had betrayed her ________ self in order to become popular. Sometimes young people try to force friendships into blossom by opening ________ their innermost thoughts to people they have just met. Such friendships are the least likely to ________.

I know that it has become harder and harder for a young person to stand up against the popularity wave and to ________ his or her own way. This leads to a great ________ for the young person who wants to find his or her own ________. But the barrier is worth climbing over. The road is worth ________. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. Well, come on! Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come with the people who ________ you for who you are. That’s the only kind of popularity that really ________.

1.A.permission B.popularity C.safety D.ambition

2.A.improve B.create C.abandon D.express

3.A.persuade B.cheat C.frighten D.force

4.A.personal B.childish C.similar D.ridiculous

5.A.think about B.speak out C.comment D.discuss

6.A.leave B.change C.arrange D.apply

7.A.famous B.important C.necessary D.impossible

8.A.believing B.finding C.entering D.handling

9.A.came B.developed C.finished D.spent

10.A.academic B.slim C.political D.instant

11.A.evidence B.means C.qualification D.purpose

12.A.innocent B.numb C.complex D.true

13.A.thoroughly B.exactly C.partly D.typically

14.A.form B.last C.break D.adjust

15.A.recall B.desert C.transfer D.seek

16.A.choices B.lessons C.barrier D.goals

17.A.motivation B.path C.hobby D.potential

18.A.destroying B.following C.preparing D.noticing

19.A.encourage B.sympathize C.respect D.remind

20.A.varies B.differs C.does D.counts

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.C

17.B

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。主要内容是年轻人最大愿望似乎是受欢迎，但衍生了许多负面的影响，作者从自己的角度阐述了什么才是“受欢迎”。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：年轻人的最大愿望似乎是受欢迎。一旦他们获得了知名度，他们想要保持并提高它。A. permission允许；B. popularity流行；C. safety 安全；D. ambition雄心。根据空前的to be popular可知，此处表示当年轻人一旦获得了知名度，故选B。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：一旦他们获得了知名度，他们想要保持并提高它。A. improve改进；B. create创造；C. abandon抛弃；D. express表达。根据句意可知，年轻人有了知名度之后并想保持和提高知名度，故选A。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是想要受欢迎的欲望会迫使你看起来和表现得像其他人一样。A. persuade劝说；B. cheat欺骗；C. frighten使惊吓；D. force强迫。根据句意和下文可知，想要受欢迎，就会迫使你和别人一样，比如弄一个和别人相似的发型，故选D。

4.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：你可能会在一大堆相似的发型和思维方式中迷失自己。A. personal私人的；B. childish孩子气的；C. similar相似的；D. ridiculous可笑的。根据上文可知，想要受欢迎的欲望会迫使你和别人看起来一样，故此处表示你会弄一个和别人相似的发型，故选C。

5.考查动词和词组辨析。句意：很久以前，在我和女儿的一次谈话中，我不得不考虑受欢迎程度。A. think about思考；B. speak out说出；C. comment评论；D. discuss讨论。根据下文可知，通过女儿在学校的一个小故事从而引发了个作者的思考，故选A。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：由于工作繁忙，我不得不搬家，玛姬不得不转学。A. leave离开；B. change改变；C. arrange安排；D. apply应用。根据下文可知，作者工作繁忙要搬家，Margy不得不转学，change school意为“转学”，故选B。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：由于工作繁忙，我不得不搬家，玛姬不得不转学。A. famous著名的；B. important重要的；C. necessary必要的；D. impossible不可能的。根据下文可知，因为作者工作繁忙，我不得不搬家，make it necessary to do…意为“使做某事是必要的”，故选C。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我想，对于一个十几岁的女孩来说，进入一所新学校就像独自在热带丛林里度过一个季节一样简单。A. believing相信；B. finding找到；C. entering进入；D. handling处理。根据前文可知，作者认为女儿入学是比较容易的，enter school意为“入学”，故选C。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，随着学年的结束，一个又一个学生来找她。他们说他们本想早点成为朋友的。A. came来；B. developed发展；C. finished完成；D. spent花费。根据句意可知，随着一个学年的结束，学生们都来找她，come to an end意为“结束”，故选A。

10.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我告诉玛姬，如果她在新学校里一举成名，我会更担心的。A. academic学术的；B. slim瘦小的；C. political政治上的；D. instant立即的。根据句意可知，作者担心，如果女儿在学校里一举成名，an instant social success意为“一举成名”，故选D。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：对我来说，这就是她为了出名而背叛真实自我的证据。A. evidence证据；B. means方式；C. qualification资格；D. purpose目的。根据下文可知，作者认为年轻人通过对刚认识的人敞开心扉对自己而言是背叛自己证据，故选A。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：对我来说，这就是她为了出名而背叛真实自我的证据。A. innocent无罪的；B. numb麻木的；C. complex复杂的；D. true真实的。根据下文可知，作者认为年轻人通过对刚认识的人敞开心扉对真实的自己而言是背叛自己证据，true self意为“真实的自我”，故选D。

13.考查副词词义辨析。句意：有时，年轻人试图通过向他们刚刚认识的人敞开内心深处的思想来促使友谊开花结果。A. thoroughly彻底地；B. exactly正确地；C. partly部分地；D. typically典型地。根据语境可知，年轻人对他们刚认识的人就彻底交换内心深处的思想，thoroughly意为“彻底地、完全地”，故选A。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这样的友谊是最不可能长久的。A. form形成；B. last 持续；C. break打破；D. adjust适应。根据前文可知，对刚认识的人就完全袒露心扉不能长久，last在此处用作动词，意为“持久”，故选B。

15.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我知道，对一个年轻人来说，要站起来反抗流行浪潮，并找到自己的路，已经变得越来越难了。A. recall召回；B. desert遗弃；C. transfer转移；D. seek寻求。根据上下文可知，为了保持和提高受欢迎度，迷失在共同的喜好中很难找到自己的路，故选D。

16.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这给想要找到自己道路的年轻人带来了巨大的障碍。A. choices选择；B. lessons课程；C. barrier障碍；D. goals目标。根据前文可知，找到自己的路是很难的，可以说这是最大的障碍，故选C。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这给想要找到自己道路的年轻人带来了巨大的障碍。A. motivation动机；B. path路径；C. hobby爱好；D. potential潜力。根据前文的his or her own way.可知此处his or her own path和前文对应，故选B。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：但这个障碍值得跨越。这条路值得走。A. destroying毁坏；B. following跟随；C. preparing准备；D. noticing注意到。根据语境可知，虽然这个障碍很难跨越，按照作者的观点，这条寻找自我的道路值得走，故选B。

19.考查动词词义辨析。句意：受欢迎的人会是那些真正尊重你的人。A. encourage鼓励；B. sympathize充满同情；C. respect尊重；D. remind提醒。根据语境可知，受欢迎的人往往是尊重你的人，故选C。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这是唯一一种真正重要的人气。A. varies种类；B. differs差异；C. does做；D. counts认为、看作。根据句意可知，受欢迎的人是那些尊重你的人才是一种真正需要的人气，count在此处做动词，意为“认为”

。故选D。