Question

    When our daughter was born, the doctor pointed out that her feet were turned inward (向内).“Left ________, it would be a problem,” he told us.

We ________ to do anything we could do to help our baby. ________ she was growing, I had to take her back to the doctor every two weeks to have each foot recast (重塑). ________ the casting was finished and it was time for corrective ________. Jim and I watched with hope and concern as she ________ to walk. Those first, awkward steps made us so ________. By the time she entered preschool, her steps appeared quite ________. Encouraged by her progress, we looked for something else to help strengthen her ________ body.

As it turned out, she loved the ________! When she turned six, we helped her join in skating lessons and soon she was skating ________ a swan (天鹅). She kept working hard at every new ________, and her efforts ________. At fifteen, she competed in both pairs-skating and the ladies’ singles at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Australia, winning both ________!

I thought back to the early years of ________ for Kristi — the years of fear for us as her parents, and the same years of frustration (挫折) for her as a child who ________ wanted to walk. During those years, we didn’t expect gold medals and a good professional career ________ her. We admired Kristi, ________ her strength and efforts, and how far she had come on two tiny feet that had ________ been bound (束缚) in heavy casts. In our eyes, Kristi had always walked with the ________ of a true champion.

1.A.uncorrected B.undecided C.unconsidered D.undoubted

2.A.aimed B.promised C.stopped D.refused

3.A.So B.If C.As D.But

4.A.Hopelessly B.Immediately C.Usually D.Eventually

5.A.shoes B.books C.bags D.hats

6.A.failed B.struggled C.wanted D.continued

7.A.lucky B.upset C.proud D.helpless

8.A.hard B.special C.common D.normal

9.A.lower B.healthy C.strong D.small

10.A.school B.ice C.toys D.animals

11.A.around B.with C.like D.after

12.A.subject B.game C.text D.movement

13.A.ended in failure B.paid off C.were praised D.broke down

14.A.events B.practices C.chances D.tasks

15.A.happiness B.hope C.challenge D.misunderstanding

16.A.seldom B.almost C.easily D.simply

17.A.in need of B.in spite of C.ahead of D.instead of

18.A.doubting B.respecting C.limiting D.controlling

19.A.once B.still C.never D.seldom

20.A.appearance B.job C.interest D.grace

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了奥运冠军Kristi背后的故事。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他告诉我们：“如果不加以纠正，就会出现问题。”A. uncorrected未修正；B. undecided未决定；C. unconsidered未考虑；D. undoubted未怀疑。此句是一个虚拟语气句，后面有would be，所以前面应该是if it were left...的省略形式。故选A。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们答应尽我们所能来帮助我们的孩子。A. aimed瞄准；B. promised许诺；C. stopped停止；D. refused拒绝。固定搭配：aim to do sth.“旨在做某事”；promise to do sth.“许诺做某事”；stop to do sth.“停下来开始做某事”；refuse to do sth.“拒绝做某事”。此处指“许诺”要帮助孩子。故选B。

3.考查条件状语从句。句意：随着她的成长，我不得不每两周带她去看一次医生，给她做脚部整形。根据I had to take her back to the doctor every two weeks to have each foot recast可知，孩子在一天天长大。此处是as引导的时间状语从句。故选C。

4.考查副词词义辨析。句意：最后铸件完成了，是时候做矫正鞋了。A. Hopelessly没有希望地；B. Immediately立刻，马上；C. Usually通常；D. Eventually最后。eventually意为"最终，最后"。在此处表示"最后，这一种治疗方法结束了 "。故选D。

5.考查名词词义辨析。句意：最后铸件完成了，是时候做矫正鞋了。A. shoes鞋；B. books书；C. bags包；D. hats帽子。根据casting was finished and it was time for corrective可知，矫正脚首先要做矫正“鞋”。故选A。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我和吉姆满怀希望和关心地看着她艰难地走着。A. failed失败；B. struggled挣扎，奋斗；C. wanted想要；D. continued继续。固定搭配：fail to do sth.“失败做某事”；struggle to do sth.“努力做某事”；want to do sth.“想要做某事”；continue to do sth.“继续做某事”。此处struggle to do sth.符合题意，故选B。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：刚开始的那些笨拙的步伐让我们很自豪。A. lucky幸运的；B. upset心烦的；C. proud自豪的；D. helpless无助的。根据第一段第一句When our daughter was born, the doctor pointed out that her feet were turned inward可知，孩子能笨拙地走也让父母感到“自豪”。故选C。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当她进入学前班时，她的步伐看起来很正常。A. hard艰苦的；B. special特殊的；C. common共同的，普遍的；D. normal正常的。经过一段时间的恢复练习，应该是指步伐“正常”。故选D。

9.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在她进步的鼓舞下，我们找了些别的东西来帮助她增强下身的力量。A. lower低的；B. healthy健康的；C. strong强壮的；D. small小的。根据上文的have each foot recast可知，要增加身体“下部的”力量。故选A。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：事实证明，她喜欢冰! A. school学校；B. ice冰；C. toys 玩具；D. animals动物。根据空格10后的we helped her join in skating lessons可知，她喜欢“冰”。故选B。

11.考查介词词义辨析。句意：当她六岁时，我们帮助她参加滑冰课程，很快她就能像天鹅一样滑冰了。A. around围绕；B. with和……在一起，具有；C. like像……一样；D. after在……之后。根据she was skating ____11____ a swan可知，她在冰上像天鹅一样滑动。故选C。

12.考查名词词义辨析。句意：她在每一个新动作上都很努力，她的努力得到了回报。A. subject科目；B. game游戏；C. text 课文；D. movement运动，活动。学滑冰就要学新“动作”。故选D。

13.考查动词短语辨析。句意：她在每一个新动作上都很努力，她的努力得到了回报。A. ended in failure以失败而告终；B. paid off付清，得到回报；C. were praised被称赞；D. broke down坏了，精神拖垮。根据本段最后一句she competed in both pairs-skating and the ladies’ singles at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Australia, winning both ____14____!可知，她的努力“得到回报”。故选B。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：15岁时，她参加了1988年澳大利亚世界青年锦标赛的双人滑冰和女子单打比赛，赢得了两个项目! A. events活动；B. practices练习；C. chances机会；D. tasks任务。根据winning both可知，她参加比赛获得两个“项目”的冠军。故选A。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我回想起克丽丝蒂早年面临的挑战——那些年我们作为她的父母感到恐惧，而她作为一个只想走路的孩子感到沮丧。A. happiness幸福；B. hope希望；C. challenge挑战；D. misunderstanding误解。根据第二段中take her back to the doctor every two weeks to have each foot recast可知，此处指早年女儿遇到很多“挑战”。故选C。

16.考查副词词义辨析。句意：我回想起克丽丝蒂早年面临的挑战——那些年我们作为她的父母感到恐惧，而她作为一个只想走路的孩子感到沮丧。A. seldom很少，难得；B. almost几乎；C. easily容易地；D. simply简单地。根据空格后的wanted to walk. During those years, we didn’t expect gold medals and a good professional career可知，“只是”希望孩子会走路。故选D。

17.考查介词短语辨析。句意：在那些年里，我们没有想到她会获得金牌，也没有想到她会有一个好的职业生涯。A. in need of需要；B. in spite of尽管；C. ahead of在……之前；D. instead of代替。根据During those years, we didn’t expect gold medals and a good professional career可知，在过去的那些年并没想到在孩子“前面”有一个好的职业。故选C。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们钦佩克丽丝蒂，尊重她的力量和努力，以及她曾经用沉重的石膏包裹着的两只小脚走了多远。A. doubting怀疑；B. respecting尊重；C. limiting限制；D. controlling控制。根据admired Kristi可知，此处指“尊重”她的付出。故选B。

19.考查副词词义辨析。句意：我们钦佩克丽丝蒂，尊重她的力量和努力，以及她曾经用沉重的石膏包裹着的两只小脚走了多远。A. once曾经；B. still 仍然；C. never从来没有；D. seldom很少，难得。根据how far she had come on two tiny feet可知，这是“曾经”发生在Kristi身上的事。故选A。

20.考查名词词义辨析。句意：在我们眼中，克丽丝蒂走路时总是带着真正冠军的风度。A. appearance外貌，出现；B. job工作；C. interest兴趣；D. grace优雅。根据空格20后的a true champion可知，此处指冠军“风度”。故选D。