Question

    I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And unless otherwise assigned a seat by the teacher, I always _________ to sit at the back of the classroom.

All this _________ after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher _________ I should try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy idea because I didn’t have a good sense of _________, nor did I have the team ability to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “going for it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try.

Taking the _________ to go to the tryouts was only the half of it! When I first started attending the practice sessions, I didn’t even know the rules of the game. Sometimes I’d get _________ and take a shot at the wrong direction—which made me feel really stupid. _________, I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to _________ learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t know “just yet”.

I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the _________ and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and exciting. Very soon the competitive part in me was winning over my __________ confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the process— friends who __________ my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!

With my improved self-confidence comes more __________ from teachers and classmates. I have gone from “__________” in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call __________ to myself, to raising my hand—even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent __________ I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.

1.A.admitted B.chose C.forbidden D.affected

2.A.reflected B.remained C.changed D.ruined

3.A.admitted B.objected C.suggested D.considered

4.A.balance B.exercise C.angle D.expression

5.A.signal B.impression C.courage D.hesitation

6.A.confused B.bored C.assisted D.frightened

7.A.Effectively B.Regularly C.Historically D.Luckily

8.A.glance at B.concentrate on C.apply for D.have access to

9.A.rules B.structures C.remarks D.gestures

10.A.preference to B.overuse of C.lack of D.expert in

11.A.maintained B.included C.preferred D.respected

12.A.stress B.praise C.wonder D.sigh

13.A.sealing B.lasting C.attracting D.hiding

14.A.attention B.authority C.hostility D.damage

15.A.rude B.normal C.likely D.sure

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。作者从前因为没有自信总是坐在教室后面，目的是避免别人的关注。后来他在老师的鼓励下，参加了篮球队的选拔赛，在此过程中他不仅学会了篮球，还获得了自信，并且交到了尊重他付出的朋友。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：除非被老师指定了座位，否则我总是选择坐在教室的后面。A. admitted承认；B. chose选择；C. forbidden禁止；D. affected影响。结合前文的And unless otherwise assigned a seat by the teacher可推出，如果老师没有安排座位，作者就可以自己选择座位。故选B项。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：所有这些，在我参加一个体育队之后改变了。A. reflected反映；B. remained依然；C. changed改变；D. ruined摧毁。根据下文叙述的内容可知，作者参加体育队之后慢慢变得自信起来，愿意交朋友了，所以此处用“改变”符合语境。故选C项。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：事情始于一位老师建议我去参加篮球队选拔赛。A. admitted承认；B. objected反对；C. suggested建议；D. considered考虑。根据下文的At first I thought it was a crazy idea可推出，老师建议他参加选拔赛。故选C项。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：一开始，我认为这是个不理智的想法，因为我平衡感不好，而且我也没有能跟上别人的团队能力，他们会嘲笑我。A. balance平衡；B. exercise运动；C. angle角度；D. expression表达。结合实际，好的平衡感是参加运动的基础，作者认为老师的建议不理智，是因为他连最基础的平衡感都没有。故选A项。

5.考查名词词义辨析。句意：鼓起勇气去参加选拔只是一半。A. signal信号；B. impression印象；C. courage勇气；D. hesitation犹豫。结合前文的I didn’t like attention drawn to myself可知，作者的性格比较内向，所以他去参加选拔需要勇气。故选C项。

6.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：有时我会变糊涂，然后在错误的方向投球，这让我觉得自己很蠢。A. confused糊涂的，混乱的；B. bored无聊的；C. assisted辅助的；D. frightened恐惧的。根据前文的I didn’t even know the rules of the game.可知，作者不清楚规则，故此处用“混乱/糊涂”符合语境。故选A项。

7.考查副词词义辨析。句意：幸运的是，我不是唯一一个对比赛不了解的人，所以我决定集中精力学习比赛的相关知识，在每一个练习板块都尽自己的全力，对自己还不知道的事情不那么苛求。A. Effectively有效地；B. Regularly有规律地；C. Historically从历史上地；D. Luckily幸运地。根据下文的I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game可知，作者不是唯一一个不了解比赛的，故此处用“幸运地”符合语境。故选D项。

8.考查短语辨析。句意：同上。A. glance at瞥见；B. concentrate on集中精力；C. apply for申请；D. have access to接近，可以利用。根据下文的do my best at each practice session可知，作者会尽全力学习，故此处用“集中精力学习比赛相关知识”符合语境。故选B项。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：很快我知道了规则和运球、过球。A. rules规则；B. structures结构；C. remarks言论；D. gestures手势。根据上文的I didn’t even know the rules of the game可知，作者之前不知道规则，经过学习和练习现在知道“规则”了。故选A项。

10.考查短语辨析。句意：很快，我的竞争意识战胜了我的缺少自信。A. preference to偏好；B. overuse of过度使用；C. lack of缺少；D. expert in擅长。根据上文的I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself.可知，作者不希望在班级面前被叫，也害怕引起关注，故推测他缺乏自信，且下文的With my improved self-confidence也有暗示。故选C项。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：随着时间的流逝，在此过程中我学会了如何打篮球并结交了一些朋友，他们尊重我努力工作和成为一名队员而付出的努力。A. maintained维持；B. included包括；C. preferred更喜欢；D. respected尊重。结合上下文，此处指作者在学习篮球的过程中找到了尊重自己的朋友，且上文的they would tease me也有暗示，respect和tease是反义词复现。故选D项。

12.考查名词词义辨析。句意：随着我自信心的提高，我从老师和同学那儿得到了更多的表扬。A. stress压力；B. praise表扬；C. wonder奇迹；D. sigh叹息。结合句意，自信提高后变成了更好的自己，得到老师同学的表扬，符合逻辑和语境。故选B项。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我已经从躲在教室后面不想引起关注变成了举手回答问题，即使有时我对自己的答案没有百分之百的把握，我也会举手。A. sealing密封；B. lasting持续；C. attracting吸引；D. hiding躲藏，隐藏。结合上下文可知，作者坐在教室后面是为了躲起来，以免引起别人的注意。故选D项。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上A. attention关注；B. authority权威；C. hostility敌意；D. damage损害。根据前文的because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself.可知，作者不想引起关注，故此处用“关注”符合语境。故选A项。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. rude粗鲁的；B. normal正常的；C. likely可能的；D. sure确定的。此处是指作者变得有自信了，有时对自己答案的正确性不确定，也敢举手了，故此处用“确定的”符合语境。故选D项。