Question

    During my second year in high school, I got sick and missed a few days. When I ______, I was greeted with two essays，three days of math and history homework, plus several tests. ________ I went home from school that day exhausted, I had to stay up really late to finish them all.

The next day at school, I got a shock: I’d totally forgotten to prepare for the ________ on Romeo and Juliet, which I’d take ________ my lunch hour! Worse still, I had ________ the in-class discussion and all the notes. When lunch came, I went to the English room to face my certain doom(厄运). All I could do was try to ________ on the questions I didn’t know.

As it turned out, I didn’t know the majority of the questions. I was just about to give ______ when my pencil accidentally fell and broke. Standing by the blackboard sharpening my pencil, I ________ down and there in full view lay the answer sheet for the test! What good fortune! I can kiss good-bye to all my ________ of failing the test! My heart started beating, and my brain _________, Yes! Read over the answers — quickly! This was quickly followed by another voice, No! You’ll get caught! My mind turning back and forth, Yes! No! Yes! No! …This went on for ten of the ________ seconds in my entire life.

Finally, I decided to finish the test on my own, without ________! I was satisfied with my decision but pretty ________ I had failed the test.

The next day when I walked into the English room, my great joy of having been an ______ soul changed into a wave of doom as I saw my test paper lying face down on my desk. I knew what awaited me. I stared at it a few seconds before I took the _________ to turn it over.

You can only imagine my ________ when I learned that I had passed the test! I have never in my whole life been so happy to see my ________, a C-.

My mom says the victories that ________ the most courage are won within. Now I know ________ what she means. Now not only can my conscience (良心) rest easy, but I don’t have to worry about getting caught and meeting a sad ________ like Romeo and Juliet.

1.A.arrived B.appeared C.returned D.finished

2.A.Although B.Because C.Until D.If

3.A.lecture B.essay C.test D.play

4.A.by B.over C.upon D.toward

5.A.carried B.lost C.dropped D.missed

6.A.depend B.guess C.agree D.improve

7.A.in B.off C.out D.away

8.A.wrote B.settled C.looked D.calmed

9.A.boredom B.loneliness C.tiredness D.worries

10.A.warned B.persuaded C.chanted(唱歌) D.whispered

11.A.coldest B.saddest C.longest D.fastest

12.A.suffering B.cheating C.checking D.thinking

13.A.regretful B.glad C.certain D.relieved

14.A.honest B.open C.optimistic D.energetic

15.A.wisdom B.encouragement C.intention D.courage

16.A.anxiety B.shock C.fear D.appreciation

17.A.paper B.credit C.rate D.grade

18.A.take B.put C.find D.gain

19.A.gradually B.exactly C.willingly D.seemingly

20.A.ending B.film C.fact D.love

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.C

14.A

15.D

16.B

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议文。主要讲了作者生病后，错过了一些课程而担心不同通过考试，在考试过程中想作弊但最后放弃了。进而明白了母亲说的话：最需要勇气的胜利是战胜自己的内心。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我回来时，迎接我的是两篇要交的论文，三天的数学和历史作业，还有几次考试。A. arrived到达；B.appeared出现；C.returned返回；D.finished完成。作者因为生病缺席，所以回来时发现有考试。故选C项。

2.考查连词词义辨析。句意：虽然那天我放学回家时已经筋疲力尽，但是为了完成作业，我不得不熬夜到很晚。 A.Although虽然；B.Because因为；C.Until直到；D.If如果。结合下文，虽然作者累，但是还要完成作业，前后是转折关系。故选A项。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：第二天在学校，我猛然醒悟：我完全忘了准备午餐期间的《罗密欧和朱丽叶》的考试。 A. lecture讲座；B. essay论文；C. test测试；D. play戏剧。结合上下文，上文第一段出现了plus several tests，下文主要就是讲的测试中的心里挣扎，故选C项。

4.考查介词词义辨析。句意：第二天在学校，我猛然醒悟：我完全忘了准备午餐期间的《罗密欧和朱丽叶》的考试。A.by凭借；B.over在…期间；C. upon一……就；D. toward朝向。结合下文When lunch came, I went to the English room to face my certain doom(厄运).可知，午餐时分来临，我去英语教室直面自己的厄运。可见考试是午餐时分进行的。故选B项。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：更糟糕的是我错过了课堂讨论和所有的笔记。A. carried 携带；B. lost丢失；C. dropped掉落；D. missed错过。作者生病缺席，所以自然错过了课堂讨论。故选D项。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我能做的就是试着去猜那些我不知道的问题。 A. depend依靠；B. guess猜测；C. agree同意；D. improve改善。结合上文，作者生病缺课，病好后忙着补作业之类的忘记准备考试，所以很多题不会只能靠猜。故选B项。

7.考查动词短语辨析。句意：我正要妥协，这时候我的铅笔不小心掉地上摔断了。A.（give） in屈服，让步；B. （give） off 释放（气体）；C. （give）out 分发；D. （give）away赠送。结合上文，作者准备靠猜测来应对不会的题目，对不会的题目完全听天由命，即妥协，让步。故选A项。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我站在黑板旁削铅笔，低头一看，试卷答案就在眼前。 A. wrote写；B. settled解决；C. looked看；D. calmed镇定。作者站着削铅笔，低头看，刚好看到试卷答案。故选C项。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：太幸运了！我再也不用担心考试不及格了。 A. boredom厌倦；B. loneliness孤单；C. tiredness劳累；D. worries担心。结合上文，作者原本准备不足，担心自己的考试，现在看到了答案，无需担心了。故选D项。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的心脏开始（因紧张快速）跳动，我的大脑在低语：对！看一下答案——快点！ A. warned警告；B. persuaded说服；C.chanted(唱歌)；D. whispered低声说。这里是作者的心理活动，好像大脑里有声音在说一样。故选D项。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这是我一生中最长的十秒钟。 A. coldest最冷的；B. saddest最悲伤的；C. longest最长的；D. fastest最快的。这里作者在做思想斗争，可想而知，心理斗争的十秒中似乎是生命中看似短暂却最长的时间。故选C项。

12.考查动词词义辨析。句意：最后，我决定自己完成考试，不作弊。A. suffering遭受；B. cheating欺骗，作弊；C. checking检查；D. thinking思考。作者思想斗争后，决定放弃看试卷答案的行为，自己考试，不作弊。故选B项。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我对我的决定很满意，但是我确信我考试会不及格。A. regretful后悔的；B. glad高兴的；C. certain确定的；D. relieved感到宽慰的。作者不作弊，凭自己的能力考试，对于这样的决定作者很满意。但是由于作者没有什么准备，所以很确定考试肯定过不了。故选C项。

14.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：第二天，当我走进英语教室时，当我看到我的试卷面朝下躺在我桌上时，原本作为一个诚实的人的那种巨大的喜悦变成了一股厄运。 A. honest诚实的；B. open开放的；C. optimistic乐观的；D. energetic充满活力的。结合上文，作者考试没有作弊，所以是一个诚实的人。故选A项。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我盯着它看了几秒钟，才鼓起勇气把它翻过来。 A. wisdom智慧；B. encouragement鼓励；C. intention意图；D. courage勇气。结合上文，作者确信自己考试会不及格，所以要面对这种考试失利，需要勇气。故选D项。

16.考查名词词义辨析。句意：你可以想象当我得知自己考试通过的那种震惊。A. anxiety焦虑；B. shock震惊；C. fear害怕；D. appreciation感激。作者确信自己考试是过不了的，所以看到分数，发现自己过了后，只能用震惊来形容了。故选B项。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：看到我的成绩是C，我从来没这么高兴过。 A. paper纸；B. credit信用；C. rate比率；D. grade成绩。作者翻开试卷，看到的是自己的考试成绩，故选D项。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我妈妈说：最需要勇气的胜利是战胜内心。 A. take花费；B. put放置；C. find找到；D. gain获得。take the courage意为需要勇气，符合题意。故选A项。

19.考查副词词义辨析。句意：现在我确切地知道她的意思了。A. gradually逐渐；B. exactly确切地；C. willingly愿意地；D. seemingly似乎。通过自己的这次经历，作者是确切地知道母亲那句话的意思。故选B项。

20.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我不仅内心平静，而且也不用担心被抓，遇上像Romeo 和Juliet的结局。 A. ending结局；B. film电影；C. fact事实；D. love爱。作者经历了考试的思想斗争，战胜自我，内心得到安宁，不需要担心像《罗密欧和朱丽叶》那样的悲剧结局。故选A项。