Question

    The day I received my letter of acceptance to New York University, I was extremely excited. It was my dream university, and my _______ were pleased for me. But they also hadn’t _______ me to get into such a competitive school. In fact, the best thing they ever did for me was to _______ me from doing things _______ —indeed, when I was in elementary school, they offered to buy me a present _______ I got a C.

It _______ when I was in third grade. An only child in an Asian family, I had just _______ with my family from Taiwan to Los Angeles. Months into third grade, I developed a strong feeling of _______ about getting bad grades. Seeing my anxiety, Dad said, “Kate, tell you what. If you get a C or _______, I’ll buy you a present. If you score higher than that, I won’t buy you anything, because you won’t ________ it.”

Clearly my dad wasn’t the ________ Asian tiger parent, pressuring me to work tirelessly for the best ________, and neither was my mom. They didn’t want to push me. They wanted me to be ________ and healthy. Dad’s ________ of a “failing grade” gift amazingly ________ my worries and pressure. What’s more，I ________ getting A’s and B’s throughout high school, but without the added stress and fear of failing. I think it was my parents’ lack of stress on grades that gave me ________ to encourage my own desire for achievements.

I now realize I was ________ when I thought I didn’t receive a present from my dad that day. He gave me two invaluable ________: the space to develop my own desire for excellence, and the healthy mind to ________ it.

1.A.friends B.classmates C.parents D.relatives

2.A.convinced B.pushed C.recommended D.helped

3.A.discourage B.keep C.inspire D.protect

4.A.perfectly B.positively C.passively D.proudly

5.A.though B.if C.unless D.before

6.A.came B.appeared C.remained D.happened

7.A.travelled B.moved C.returned D.left

8.A.worry B.embarrassment C.guilt D.anger

9.A.higher B.less C.more D.lower

10.A.accept B.receive C.need D.make

11.A.normal B.typical C.general D.common

12.A.reputations B.subjects C.majors D.grades

13.A.energetic B.smart C.outstanding D.happy

14.A.offer B.supply C.purchase D.persuasion

15.A.piled on B.removed C.gave off D.solved

16.A.held on B.turned out C.ended up D.set about

17.A.hope B.time C.room D.choice

18.A.shocked B.unfortunate C.puzzled D.mistaken

19.A.gifts B.suggestions C.tools D.experiences

20.A.track B.catch C.achieve D.act

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

本文为记叙文。作者的父母不像那种典型的亚裔式的虎爸虎妈，给孩子施压，迫使孩子努力取得好成绩，而是给他宽容的教育，希望他快乐健康。正是这种教育给了作者自行培养进取心的空间，以及实现它的健康心理。这也是爸爸给作者两件最宝贵的礼物。

1.考查名词辨析。A. friends朋友；B. classmates同学；C. parents父母；D. relatives亲戚。根据下文“Clearly dad wasn't the __11__Asian tiger parent”可知，显然，爸爸并不是典型的亚洲虎父，说明父母（parents）对作者非常满意，故选C。

2.考查语境及动词辨析。A. convinced说服；B. pushed对……施加压力，逼迫；C. recommended推荐；D. helped帮助。根据下文“They didn't want to push”可知，他们不想逼迫（push）我那样做，故选B。

3.考查动词辨析。A. discourage使泄气；B. keep保持；C. inspire激励；D. protect保护。本句句意：事实上，他们为我做的最好的事情是不鼓励我做到完美（perfectly）（即阻止我追求完美）。discourage…from为固定搭配，意为“使某人泄气，阻止某人做某事”。故选A。

4.考查副词辨析。A. perfectly完美地，理想地； B. positively积极地；C. passively被动地；D. proudly自豪地。句意：事实上，他们为我做的最好的事情是不鼓励我做到完美（perfectly）。根据下文内容及文章最后the space to develop my own desire for excellence提示可知，这里用与excellence意义相近的单词，故选A。

5.考查连词辨析。A. though但是；B. if如果；C. unless除非；D. before在……之前。根据下文的内容可知，此处是指“事实上，爸爸在我念小学那会儿曾答应我，如果（if）我得到“C”，他就给我买礼物”。故选B。

6.考查动词辨析。A. came到来；B. appeared出现；C. remained仍旧；D. happened发生。本句是指“这事发生（happen）在我三年级的时候”，故选D。

7.动词辨析。A. travelled旅行；B. moved搬家；C. returned返回；D. left离开。根据“An only child in an Asian family”可知，作者是亚洲人。因此本句句意是我刚从台湾搬（move）到洛杉矶，故选B。

8.考查名词辨析。A. worry担心；B. embarrassment窘迫，难看；C. guilt内疚；D. anger生气。根据空后的“getting bad grades. Seeing my anxiety”以及下文第15题后的“my worries and pressure”可知，我有担心和压力，说明我刚搬到洛杉矶，有所担心（worry），故选A。

9.考查形容词辨析。A. higher高的；B. less低的，少的；C. more较多的；D. lower较低的。根据“If you get a C or _9__, I’ll buy you a present. If you score higher than that, I won’t buy you anything”后一句可知，如果成绩比C好的话就不买礼物，可知如果你得到C或更低（lower），我会给你买礼物。故选D。

10.考查动词辨析。A. accept接受；B. receive收到；C. need需要；D. make制造。本句是说，如果你考的不好，我要买礼物来安慰你，如果你考的比较好，我什么都不会买给你的，因为你不需要（need）它（来安慰你），故选C。

11.考查形容词辨析。A. normal正常的；B. typical典型的；C. general一般的；D. common共同的。通过上文爸爸的话可知，显然，爸爸并不是典型的（typical）亚洲虎父，迫使我不知疲倦地为最好的成绩工作，故选B。

12.考查名词辨析。A. reputations名声，声誉；B. subjects科目，主题；C. majors专业；D. grades成绩。上文第7小题至第10小题多次提到成绩（grade），可推断出此处是指“显然，爸爸并不是典型的亚洲虎父，迫使我不知疲倦地为最好的成绩（grade）努力学习”，故选D。

13.考查形容词辨析。A. energetic精力充沛的；B. smart聪明的；C. outstanding杰出的；D. happy快乐的。本小题的词义要与healthy并列关系，分析选项可知，D项（快乐的）与health是并列的。此处是指“他们希望我快乐（happy）、健康”。故选D。

14.考查名词辨析。A. offer提议；B. supply供应；C. purchase购买；D. persuasion劝说。根据前文爸爸的许诺可知，“爸爸许诺的“不及格”礼物的提议（offer）带来了奇迹，我的焦虑得到了缓解，压力烟消云散了。”分析选项可知A符合题意，故选A。

15.考查动词辨析。A. piled on堆积；B. removed消除，移除；C. gave off发出，放出；D. solved解决。此处是指爸爸的提议惊人地消除（remove）了我的担忧和压力。故选B。

16.考查动词辨析。A. held on坚持，等一等；B. turned out结果是，证明是；C. ended up最终；D. set about着手做。此处是指“更重要的是，我最终（end up）在高中时一直都是A和B的成绩”，故选C。

17.考查名词辨析。A. hope希望；B. time时间；C. room空间，房间；D. choice选择；句意：正是因为我父母不那么强调分数，才让我有了自行培养进取心的空间（room）。故选C。

18.考查形容词辨析。A. shocked震惊的；B. unfortunate不幸的；C. puzzled迷惑的；D. mistaken弄错的。根据空后的内容可知，是说爸爸给了我两样无价之宝。故此处是指“我当初以为自己没从爸爸那里得到礼物，现在才意识到我错了（mistake）”，故选D。

19.考查名词辨析。A. gifts礼物；B. suggestions建议；C. tools工具；D. experiences经历。本句He gave me two invaluable（19）： the space to develop my own desire for excellence， and the healthy mind to （20）it．可知，他给了我两件宝贵的礼物（gift），故选A。

20.考查动词辨析。A.track追踪；B. catch赶上，看见；C. achieve实现；D. act行动。根据语境可知，爸爸给了我两样无价的礼物：一样是自行培养追求卓越的精神的空间，另一样是实现（achieve）卓越所需要的健康心理。分析选项可知C符合题意，故选C。