Question

    Ekaterina is a famous skater. She ____ the activity of skating at the age of 4. Since then, she has been devoted to one career that drives her life and ____ beauty, and romance into lives of millions of others.

When she was 11, she found a ____ partner, Sergei Grinkov, 15 years old then, with whom she could perform that activity in the most expressive, most elegant way. They were the most winning pair skaters on the ice in every way: The tiny fragile Ekaterina, in the ____ of her tall, strong, handsome partner, lovingly launched into the ____, tenderly caught, and beautifully skated around the ice.

Gradually, the two of them ____ together into a dream couple and the most beautiful kind of loving relationship. When she was 19, she married him. They had a daughter, a charming girl they both loved and protected. And then, ____ in 1995, during a routine practice session, her mate, her love, her partner, Sergei Grinkov, stopped, fell and died of a heart attack at 28.

Ekaterina’s world seemed to end. It was her mum who lit her ____ to start remaking her life by saying “Little Dasha, having lost a father, needs at least a healthy mother.” This reminded her to ask a friend to send her ____ which had been left in the corner for a long time. Later she said in her book ‘‘____ is the only thing that can help people recover.’’ In February 1996, Ekaterina skated a moving tribute (悼念) to Sergei, which she ____ to the music of Mahler’s Symphony No.5, the couple’s favorite. She was ____ at the beginning, because it had been a long time since she had skated alone. And she was afraid of the ____ the piece would recall. But that night, she did it. She filled up the ____ with her courage.

No one who saw Ekaterina’s that night would forget her performance, just as she would never forget Sergei. But everyone was already learning, as she already learned, that ____ “goodbye” was the beginning of her new life.

1.A.started B.learned C.marked D.watched

2.A.drags B.brings C.pulls D.attracts

3.A.quiet B.brave C.lovely D.perfect

4.A.palms B.memory C.arms D.dream

5.A.earth B.sky C.air D.space

6.A.broke B.talked C.grew D.studied

7.A.naturally B.suddenly C.immediately D.obviously

8.A.determination B.imagination C.curiosity D.career

9.A.gifts B.pictures C.books D.skates

10.A.Interest B.Work C.Medicine D.Ambition

11.A.sang B.applied C.adjusted D.performed

12.A.nervous B.relieved C.happy D.disappointed

13.A.words B.ideas C.emotions D.moves

14.A.ice B.match C.chance D.gap

15.A.crazy B.sad C.long D.favorite

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.C

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.B

【解析】

这是一篇人物传记类文章，主要讲述了Ekaterina的滑冰生涯和经历不如意后重拾滑冰的信念的故事。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Ekaterina 是一名著名的滑冰运动员。她从4岁起就开始了这项活动。A. started开始；B. learned学习；C. marked标记；D. watched观看。分析句子结构并翻译语境可知，此处使用started“开始”切合题意。故选A项。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：从那时起，她就一直致力于这项给生活带来动力，把美好和浪漫以现场表演的方式带到人们的面前的事业。A. drags拽；B. brings带来；C. pulls拉；D. attracts吸引。分析句子结构并翻译语境可知，B项brings“带来”符合题意。故选B项。

3.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：11岁的时候她找到了一个完美的搭档，Sergei Grinkov 那是15岁，Ekaterina和他一起可以表现出最动人、最优雅的表演。A. quiet安静的；B. brave勇敢的；C. lovely可爱的；D. perfect完美的。结合后句“The tiny fragile Ekaterina, in the arms of her tall, strong, handsome partner”语境可知，她的搭档高大、强壮又英俊，此处使用D项perfect“完美的”符合题意。故选D项。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：较小玲珑的Ekaterina在她魁梧英俊的搭档臂膀下，优雅的跃向空中、被温柔的接举，最后漂亮的落地。A. palms手掌；B. memory记忆；C. arms胳臂；D. dream梦想。翻译语境可知，后文表述为“her tall, strong, handsome partner”她的搭档身材高大强壮，意在表明此处意为用arms“胳臂”托举，C项切合题意。故选C项。

5.考查名词词义辨析。句意：优雅的跃向空中、被温柔的接举，最后漂亮的落地。A. earth地面；B. sky天空；C. air 空气、空中；D. space宇宙。结合常识可知，先腾空、再接举最后落地，此处使用C 项air“空气、空中”符合题意。故选C项。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：渐渐地这两个人成为了一对梦想的夫妇，是那种最美的爱情。A. broke打破；B. talked谈论；C. grew成长；D. studied学习。分析句子结构并翻译语境可知，此处使用C项grew“成长”切合题意。故选C项。

7.考查副词词义辨析。句意：后来在1995年一次常规的练习过程中，她的挚友、他的爱人、他的搭档Sergei Grinkov摔倒了，死于心脏病。A. naturally自然而然地；B. suddenly突然地；C. immediately立刻地；D. obviously明显地。结合后句“Sergei Grinkov, stopped, fell and died of a heart attack at 28.”可知Sergei Grinkov死于心脏病是突发事件，此处使用B项suddenly“突然地”切题。故选B项。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：是她妈妈给了她重新生活的决心。A. determination决心；B. imagination想象；C. curiosity好奇心；D. career事业。根据下文“to start remaking her life by saying “Little Dasha, having lost a father, needs at least a healthy mother.(说“小达莎，失去了父亲，至少需要一个健康的母亲"重新开始她的生活。)”可推断，她的妈妈激发了她重新开始生活的决心。A项determination“决心”符合题意。故选A项。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这提醒了她让朋友把放在角落里很久的冰鞋送了过来，A. gifts礼物；B. pictures图片；C. books书籍；D. skates滑冰鞋。通过下文“it had been a long time since she had skated alone.”可知，她已经很久没有单独滑冰了，因此她又重新开始滑冰，所以此处使用D项skates“滑冰鞋”切题。故选D项。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：后来她在书中写道，工作是唯一能让人重新恢复过来的东西。A. Interest兴趣；B. Work工作；C. Medicine药品；D. Ambition雄心壮志。结合后句“She was ___12___ at the beginning, because it had been a long time since she had skated alone.”可知，刚开始的时候她有点紧张，因为她已经很久没有单独滑冰了。意在表明她重新拾起了滑冰事业，此处使用B项Work“工作”切题。故选B项。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Ekaterina 用滑冰的舞步悼念Sergei ，伴着他俩最喜欢的Mahler 5号交响曲进行表演。A. sang唱；B. applied应用；C. adjusted调整；D. performed表演。根据语境可知，Ekaterina伴随着她与丈夫最喜欢的曲子表演滑冰来悼念Sergei。D项performed“表演”符合题意。故选D项。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：刚开始的时候她有点紧张，因为她已经很久没有单独滑冰了。A. nervous紧张的；B. relieved放松的；C. happy开心的；D. disappointed失望的。根据because it had been a long time since she had skated alone.可知，她很久没有单独滑冰了，此处使用nervous“紧张的”切题。故选A项。

13.考查名词词义辨析。句意：而且她很担心这首曲子唤起的感情。A. words单词；B. ideas想法；C. emotions感情；D. moves移动。根据上文可知，这首曲子是她和丈夫最喜欢的，因此她担心曲子会让她回忆起他们之间的感情，C项emotions感情切合题意。故选C项。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：但那晚她做到了，她在冰面上满怀勇气。A. ice冰；B. match比赛；C. chance机会；D. gap沟。由前文“it had been a long time since she had skated alone.”可知她正在滑冰，所以次数使用ice“冰”符合语境。故选A项。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但每个人都知道，正如她已经知道的：悲伤的再见是新生活的开始。A. crazy疯狂的；B. sad悲伤的；C. long长的；D. favorite最喜欢的。通过前文Ekaterina skated a moving tribute (悼念) to Sergei“ Ekaterina 用滑冰的舞步悼念Sergei”可知，她用悲伤的再见重新开始了新的滑冰生涯，因此此处使用B项sad“伤感的”符合文意。故选B项。