Question

    Justin knew there was only one way out of his neighborhood—basketball. So he _______ hard, running with the ball like the _______ dogs were chasing (追逐)him. He could defeat any of the guys at the _______， and he saw his way out and he ran for it.

One day when Justin was playing basketball，he _______ his right knee badly. The doctor said he might never play _______. Justin was extremely sad. Every day Justin just _______ in bed，watching TV and eating potato chips. When he _______ like a balloon，his sister came home from the university on holiday，bringing exciting _______ of a faraway land called college.

Justin was _______ by the dorm stories and campus(校园)________ that she told，but he could ________ believe any of them. It was as if she were telling him about some ________ land high above the clouds.

Justin was a pretty ________ guy, but his sister had a way of ________ him to do things that nobody else could. So while she was home during the ________， they studied together, and they talked，and they worked, and Justin felt ________ than he ever had before.

After spending those ________ with his sister，Justin realized that he didn’t want to feel bad for himself any more, and he didn’t want to quit. Basketball ________ be his thing, but now there was only ________. Using the study skills Justin had acquired from his sister, he scored ________ in every exam. The university that he applied to accepted him.

1.A.hit B.studied C.practised D.breathed

2.A.pet B.guide C.cute D.wild

3.A.top B.court C.back D.beginning

4.A.injured B.hugged C.bent D.raised

5.A.alone B.again C.around D.well

6.A.played B.lay C.jumped D.trained

7.A.stayed up B.looked up C.grew up D.blew up

8.A.tales B.challenges C.discoveries D.possibilities

9.A.amazed B.satisfied C.annoyed D.scared

10.A.stress B.canteens C.craziness D.networks

11.A.firmly B.honestly C.really D.hardly

12.A.foreign B.rich C.fantasy D.freedom

13.A.lazy B.stubborn C.regular D.wise

14.A.getting B.promising C.permitting D.warning

15.A.duty B.trial C.break D.strike

16.A.weaker B.healthier C.worse D.better

17.A.years B.hours C.decades D.weeks

18.A.used to B.ought to C.had to D.got to

19.A.vacation B.victory C.school D.strength

20.A.much B.high C.little D.low

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.D

18.A

19.C

20.B

【解析】

本文是人物故事类记叙文。Justin为了有更好的发展努力练习打篮球，但一次练习中他右膝受伤严重只能躺在床上。在难过的时候姐姐给予了他很大鼓励，帮助他学习最终考上了理想大学。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以他刻苦练习，带着球奔跑，就像野狗追他一样。A. hit打击； B. studied学习；C. practised练习；D. breathed呼吸。根据第一段第一句“Justin knew there was only one way out of his neighborhood—basketball”可知，篮球是Justin走出去的唯一出路，所以他努力练习打篮球。故选C。

2.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：所以他刻苦练习，带着球奔跑，就像野狗追他一样。A. pet最喜爱的；B. guide指导；C. cute可爱的；D. wild野生的。他刻苦练习打篮球，带着球跑，就像是野狗在追赶他一样。wild野生的符合语境。故选D。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他可以在球场上击败任何一个人，他看到了自己的出路，于是他继续努力。A. top顶部 ；B. court球场；C. back背面；D. beginning开始。根据下一句“he saw his way out” 他看到了自己的出路，可以判断他能在篮球场上打败所有的人。故选B。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：有一天，Justin在打篮球时，右膝严重受伤。A. injured使受伤； B. hugged拥抱；C. bent压弯；D. raised抬起。根据下一句“The doctor said he might never play... Justin was extremely sad.” 医生说他可能永远不能再打球了，Justin十分难过，可以判断他右膝受伤严重。故选A。

5.考查介词词义辨析。句意：医生说他可能永远不能打篮球。Justin非常难过。A. alone独自；B. again再一次；C. around在……周围；D. well好地。根据下文“Justin was extremely sad.” Justin十分难过，可知，他可能再也不能打篮球了。故选B。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Justin每天躺在床上，看电视，吃薯片。A. played玩；B. lay躺；C. jumped跳；D. trained训练。根据前文说Justin打篮球时，右膝严重受伤，可以判断应该是躺在床上。故选B。

7.考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：当他胖成气球一样的时候，他的姐姐从大学回家来度假。A. stayed up熬夜；B. looked up向上看，改善；C. grew up长大；D. blew up给(某物)充气。“blow up like a balloon”此处是其引申含义，Justin每天躺在床上，看电视，吃薯片越来越胖。故选D。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他的姐姐从大学回来休假，给他带来了遥远的大学里那些令人兴奋的故事。A. tales故事 B. challenges挑战 C. discoveries发D.possibilities可能性。下文中的dorm stories是其信息提示，是词义重现用法。故选A。

9.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：贾斯汀对宿舍的故事感到惊讶。A. amazed大为惊奇的；B. satisfied满足的；C. annoyed恼怒的；D. scared害怕的，恐惧。根据下文中的“但是他几乎不相信任何一个故事。”可知，Justin对于姐姐给他讲的那些大学宿舍里的故事以及校园里疯狂的事情感到很惊讶。故选A。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：Justin对于姐姐给他讲的那些大学宿舍里的故事以及校园里疯狂的事情感到很惊讶。A. stress压力；B. canteens食堂；C. craziness疯狂；D. networks网络。根据前文Justin很惊讶，可知是校园里疯狂的事情。故选C。

11.考查副词词义辨析。句意：但是他几乎不相信任何一个故事。A. firmly坚定地；B. honestly诚实地；C. really真正地；D. hardly几乎不。根据下文中的“It was as if. . . high above the clouds”可知，好像是云层之上看不见摸不着的东西，所以他几乎不相信任何一个故事。故选D。

12.考查形容词和名词词义辨析。句意：就好像她在告诉他云端之上有一个梦幻般的地方。A. foreign外国的；B. rich富裕的；C. fantasy幻想，想象；D. freedom自由。“high above the clouds”是云层之上指虚无缥缈的，所以推断是梦幻陆地。故选C。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Justin是个很固执的人，但他的姐姐有办法让他去做其他人无法让他做的事情。A. lazy懒惰的；B. stubborn固执的 ；C. regular定时的，经常的；D. wise明智的。根据空后的“but his sister. . . that nobody else could”可知，Justin是一个很固执的人。故选B。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Justin是个很固执的人，但他的姐姐有办法让他去做其他人无法让他做的事情。A. getting 让...；B. promising承诺；C. permitting允许；D. warning警告。根据下文内容可知，此处应指Justin的姐姐有办法让他去做其他人无法让他做的事情。get sb to do sth“让某人做某事”，符合语境。故选A。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：当她休假在家时，他们一起学习。A. duty义务，职责；B. trial试验，审判；C. break休假，休息；D. strike罢工。根据第二段倒数第一句中的“his sister came home from the university on holiday”可知，此处指她在回家休假期间。故选C。

16.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他们一起学习，交谈，一起努力，Justin感觉比以往任何时候都更好。A. weaker更虚弱的；B. healthier更健康的；C. worse更糟糕的；D. better更好的。根据下一段第一句“After spending those ...with his sister，Justin realized that he didn’t want to feel bad for himself any more” 可知，Justin和姐姐一起学习、交谈后，他从未感到这么好过。故选D。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：与姐姐呆了几个星期后，Justin意识到自己不想再感到难过了。A. years年；B. hours小时；C. decades十年；D. weeks周。根据第二段倒数第一句中的“his sister came home from the university on holiday”可知，学校假期也就是几周，此处指Justin与姐姐度过了数周(weeks)的假期。故选D。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：篮球曾经是他的爱好，但现在只有学校了。A. used to过去常常，曾经；B. ought to应该；C. had to不得不，必须；D. got to到达。根据第一段可以推断以前篮球曾经就是他的一切。故选A。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：篮球曾经是他的爱好，但现在只有学校了。A. vacation假期；B. victory胜利；C. school学校；D. strength力量。根据最后一段最后一句“The university that he applied to accepted him.”可知，此处应指Justin现在心里只有上学了。故选C。

20.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Justin利用从姐姐那里获得的学习技能，他在每次考试中得分都很高。A. much多的；B. high高的；C. little少的，小的；D. low低的。

根据最后一段最后一句“The university that he applied to accepted him.”可知，此处应指Justin在每门考试中都得分很高。故选B。