Question

    JAYCE began noticing when he was 5 in kindergarten that others had two hands but he had one.

When one boy _______ him, Jayce felt very sad. He returned home with _______ : Why am I different? Why?

"He _______ told us he was mad at God for making him that way, " Lewis, his mother  says. "That was a huge knife to the _______."

Lewis _______ she didn't know what to do at that point. One day, when Jayce was 12, Lewis _______ the TV to a news story about Trashaun, an eighth grader from Washington, Trashaun, then 14, two years older than Jayce, had become an Internet sensation after _______ videos of his slam dunks(灌篮). Like Jayce, he was _______ most o£ his left arm. Lewis called Jayce in. He watched _______ dunk after mazing dunk.

It seemed that watching Trashaun would simply be a(n) ________ moment for Jayce—he'd see a surprising role model with a similar  ________. Had it stayed just that; Lewis would have been ________. Little did she know that a family friend had already ________ the newspaper to help set up a meeting with Trashaun to build Jayce's ________.

The boys met on a Saturday afternoon two months later, in April 2017.

The day was not spent being buried in self-pity—it was devoted to ________ , They rode bikes around, took photos, played hide-and-seek, and ________ baskets.

Trashaun ________ their left arms. He told Jayce not to let words ________ his confidence or anyone dray him down,________ that he was perfect the way God made him.

Since that meeting, Lewis has seen a pronounced ________ in her son.

1.A.hit B.teased C.praised D.attacked

2.A.questions B.anxiety C.requirements D.surprise

3.A.hardly B.casually C.gradually D.actually

4.A.head B.hand C.heart D.back

5.A.admits B.agrees C.notices D.accuses

6.A.got to B.came to C.looked at D.turned on

7.A.purchasing B.posting C.attracting D.donating

8.A.considering B.using C.missing D.observing

9.A.hopefully B.thankfully C.carefully D.excitedly

10.A.interesting B.boring C.thrilling D.inspiring

11.A.disability B.height C.strength D.idea

12.A.tired B.worried C.happy D.hopeful

13.A.ordered B.entered C.asked D.left

14.A.ambition B.confidence C.business D.house

15.A.fun B.talk C.work D.study

16.A.shot B.grasp C.caught D.took

17.A.put up B.waved down C.lay down D.talked about

18.A.increase B.shake C.build D.lose

19.A.but B.so C.because D.or

20.A.achievement B.difficulty C.difference D.help

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.A

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。天生只有一只手的男孩Jayce因为受到伙伴的戏弄而非常伤心，妈妈也不知道该如何安慰这个孩子。Jayce12岁那年，在电视上看到左臂残疾而擅长篮球的Trashaun，他把Trashaun当成自己的榜样。在报社的安排下他有机会和Trashaun见面，Trashaun鼓励他要对自己有信心。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当一个男孩戏弄他时，他很伤心。A. hit打；B. teased戏弄；C. praised表扬；D. attacked袭击。根据上文的JAYCE began noticing when he was 5 in kindergarten that others had two hands but he had one.可知Jayce只有一只手，故推测因为这件事，其他孩子嘲笑和戏弄他，故选B项。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他带着问题回到家：“为什么我不一样呢？为什么？”A. questions问题；B. anxiety焦虑；C. requirements要求；D. surprise惊讶。根据下文的Why am I different? Why?可知Jayce是带着问题回家的，故选A项。

3.考查副词词义辨析。句意：他的妈妈Lewis说：“事实上，他告诉我，因为上帝让他成为那样他很生上帝的气。这对我来说就像是心脏上的一把刀。”A. hardly几乎；B. casually随意地；C. gradually 逐渐地；D. actually事实上。结合上下文可知，此处是指Jayce告诉了家人他的真实想法，故用“事实上”符合语境，故选D项。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. head头；B. hand手；C. heart心脏； D. back背部。结合语境可知，此处用“心脏上的一把刀”来表达Jayce母亲的悲痛，故选C项。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Lewis承认那个时候她不知道该做什么。A. admits承认；B. agrees同意；C. notices 注意；D. accuses指控。结合句意可知，此处是指Jayce的妈妈承认对于儿子的话她不知该作何反应，故选A项。

6.考查动词短语辨析。句意：Jayce12岁的一天，Lewis打开电视看到了一则关于Trashaun的新闻故事，他是来自华盛顿8年级的孩子。A. got to到达；B. came to来到；C. looked at看着；D. turned on打开。根据下文的a news story about Trashaun可知此处是指Lewis打开电视收看节目，故选D项。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Trashaun14岁，比Jayce大两岁，在把自己灌篮的视频发布到网上后成为了一个网红。A. purchasing购买；B. posting发布；C. attracting吸引；D. donating捐赠。根据上文的an Internet sensation可知此处用“发布”符合语境，故选B项。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：就像Jayce，他也失去了左手的大部分。A. considering考虑；B. using使用；C. missing失去；D. observing观察。根据上文的JAYCE began noticing when he was 5 in kindergarten that others had two hands but he had one.可知Jayce只有一只手，而Trashaun和Jayce很像，故推测他失去了左手的大部分，故选C项。

9.考查副词词义辨析。句意：Lewis把Jayce叫进来，他反复兴奋地观看灌篮。A. hopefully有希望地；B. thankfully感激地；C. carefully仔细地；D. excitedly兴奋地。根据下文的dunk after mazing dunk可知他反复观看这些令人震惊的灌篮，故推测他的情绪是高涨的、兴奋的，故选D项。

10.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：似乎看着Trashaun对于Jayce来说是一个令人鼓舞的时刻。A. interesting有趣的；B. boring无聊的；C. thrilling恐惧的；D. inspiring令人鼓舞的。根据上文的dunk after mazing dunk可知他反复观看这些令人震惊的灌篮，故推测他把Trashaun当成他精神上的鼓励，故选D项。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他看到了一个和他有相似残疾，但令人吃惊的榜样。A. disability残疾；B. height高度；C. strength力量；D. idea主意。根据上文的JAYCE began noticing when he was 5 in kindergarten that others had two hands but he had one.和Like Jayce, he was ___8___ most of his left arm.可知这两个孩子的手部都有残疾，故选A项。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：如果Jayce可以那样，Lewis就会很开心的。A. tired劳累的；B. worried担心的；C. happy开心的；D. hopeful有希望的。此处是虚拟语气，结合语境可知，Lewis认为如果Jayce一直保持良好的心态，她就会很开心，故选C项。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：她不知道一个家里的朋友已经请求报纸帮助安排和Trashaun的见面，以此来建立Jayce的信心。A. ordered命令；B. entered进入；C. asked请求；D. left留下。结合句意可知，此处用“请求”符合语境，故选C项。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. ambition 抱负；B. confidence信心；C. business生意，事务；D. house家。根据下文的He told Jayce not to let words ___18___ his confidence or anyone dray him down,可知此处用“信心”符合语境，confidence是原词复现，故选B项。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：那一天并没有花在自怜上，而是过的很开心。A. fun开心； B. talk谈话；C. work工作；D. study学习。根据下文的They rode bikes around, took photos, played hide-and-seek, and ___16___ baskets.可知他们在一起玩了一天，故此处用“开心”符合语境，故选A项。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们骑车逛，拍照片，玩捉迷藏，和投篮。A. shot发射；B. grasp抓；C. caught抓；D. took拿。结合句意可知，此处是指他们玩投篮，shoot basket投篮，故选A项

17.考查动词短语辨析。句意：Trashaun谈到了他们的左臂。A. put up举起；B. waved down挥手…示意停下；C. lay down躺下；D. talked about谈论。根据下文的He told Jayce not to let words ___18___ his confidence or anyone dray him down,可知此处用“谈论”符合语境，tell和talk about是同义词复现，故选D项。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他告诉Jayce不要让任何话动摇他的信心，或者让任何人打消他的积极性，他是上帝所造的完美的人。A. increase增加；B. shake动摇；C. build建立；D. lose丢失。结合句意可知，此处是指Trashaun告诉Jayce不要因为他人难听的话就动摇信心，故选B项。

19.考查连词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. but但是；B. so因此；C. because因为；D. or或者。结合句意可知，此处考查短语not…but…不是…而是…，故选A项。

20.考查名词词义辨析。句意：自从那次见面后，Lewis看到了儿子明显的不同。A. achievement成就；B. difficulty困难；C. difference不同；D. help帮助。结合上下文可知，此处是指在那次见面后，Jayce变得自信了，和以前不一样了，故选C项。