Question

    As the saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining. Nikki Christou, a young girl from London, has an abnormal connection between the arteries (动脉) and veins (静脉). It has resulted in a _____abnormality. But Nikki, who’s a huge makeup enthusiast, doesn't let anything or anyone _____her style. She makes makeup lessons for her YouTube page _____and has become a star. Through the videos, she hopes to _____others who may also have rare illnesses or _____. Nikki wants to inspire anyone with a rare illnesses and show them that _____lies within. Being different should not mean being _____or feeling there is no real place for you in this world and that you don't have a(n) _____role to play.

In her videos, she shares looks for different _____like a dance, a birthday party, a conference and so on. In addition to showing viewers _____looks, she also records other videos that give you a _____at her life, such as baking lessons, Q&As.

____getting hurtful comments from people criticizing her appearance, Nikki says that she _____focuses on the good side. “I don’t let them _____me. Focus on the happy things _____the sad things, because if you focus on the negative, you are not going to _____life,” she said. “Just know if you believe in yourself, really try hard and _____all the negativity in your life, you will lead a happy life. You only live once, and you cannot be _____hardworking.”

As if being a YouTube star wasn't enough of an achievement, she is also the _____behind The Butterfly AVM Charity, a charity set up by her parents to fundraise for research into the illness. She has also helped _____more than 55,525,65 British pounds for the foundation through a crowd-funding campaign.

1.A.visual B.psychological C.facial D.emotional

2.A.limit B.copy C.admire D.break

3.A.painfully B.regularly C.hopefully D.rapidly

4.A.take up B.pick up C.make up D.lift up

5.A.appearances B.difficulties C.conditions D.impressions

6.A.beauty B.happiness C.success D.truth

7.A.established B.ignored C.commented D.defeated

8.A.leading B.special C.intellectual D.positive

9.A.reasons B.occasions C.purposes D.graduates

10.A.popular B.unique C.various D.typical

11.A.photo B.glance C.mission D.symbol

12.A.Regardless of B.In consequence of C.Instead of D.In spite of

13.A.even B.still C.only D.yet

14.A.upset B.impress C.endanger D.interrupt

15.A.other than B.or rather C.rather than D.less than

16.A.change B.waste C.guarantee D.enjoy

17.A.block out B.wipe out C.bring out D.leave out

18.A.such B.so C.enough D.too

19.A.founder B.inspiration C.sponsor D.leader

20.A.collect B.distribute C.spread D.earn

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。Nikki由于疾病导致面部畸形，但她不在意这些负面事情，而是关注好的一面，并制作视频鼓励那些和她一样的人以积极的心态去享受生活。

1.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这导致了面部畸形。A. visual视觉的；B. psychological心理的；C. facial面部的；D. emotional情感上的。根据下文的___12___getting hurtful comments from people criticizing her appearance,可知，疾病导致“面部”变形。故选C。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是Nikki是一个化妆的狂热爱好者，她不会让任何事情或任何人限制她的风格。A. limit限制；B. copy复制；C. admire赞美；D. break打破。根据中的But表示转折，尽管面瘫，也不会“限制”她的风格。故选A。

3.考查副词词义辨析。句意：她定期为自己的YouTube主页上化妆课，已经成为了一名明星。A. painfully 费力地；B. regularly有规律地；C. hopefully 充满希望地；D. rapidly快速地。根据makes makeup lessons 和 has become a star.可知，要“定期”为自己化妆。故选B。

4.考查动词词组。句意：通过这些视频，她希望鼓舞那些可能也患有罕见疾病或病症的人。A. take up拿起，从事；B. pick up拾起，接收，偶然学到；C. make up组成，编造；D. lift up升起，激励。根据Through the videos和others who may also have rare illnesses可知，此处指通过视频“激励”像她一样的人。故选D。

5.考查名词词义辨析。句意：通过这些视频，她希望鼓舞那些可能也患有罕见疾病或病症的人。A. appearances出现；B. difficulties 困难；C. conditions条件；D. impressions印象。根据第5空前的rare illnesses可知，此处指相同“病症”的人。故选C。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：Nikki想要鼓舞那些患有罕见疾病的人，让他们知道美丽就在内心。A. beauty美；B. happiness幸福；C. success 成功；D. truth事实。根据第6空后lies within可知，此处指“美”在内心。故选A。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：与众不同不应该意味着被忽视，或者觉得在这个世界上你没有真正的位置，你没有一个积极的角色可以扮演。A. established建立；B. ignored忽视；C. commented评论；D. defeated打败，战胜。根据第7空后的or feeling there is no real place for you in this world可知，与众不同并不意味着“被忽视”。故选B。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：与众不同不应该意味着被忽视，或者觉得在这个世界上你没有真正的位置，你没有一个积极的角色可以扮演。A. leading领导的，主要的；B. special特殊的，专门的；C. intellectual智力的，聪明的；D. positive积极的，肯定的。根据第8空前的feeling there is no real place for you in this world可知，此处指没有扮演“积极的”角色。故选D。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：在她的视频中，她分享了不同场合的着装，比如舞会、生日派对、会议等等。A. reasons理由；B. occasions场合，机会；C. purposes目的；D. graduates毕业生。根据第9空后的like a dance, a birthday party, a conference and so on可知，此处指不同的“场合”。故选B。

10.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：除了向观众展示各种造型，她还录制了其他视频，让你了解她的生活，比如烘焙课、Q&As。A. popular受欢迎的；B. unique 独一无二的；C. various各种各样的；D. typical典型的。第10空后的looks指的是“外貌”，此空表示向观众展示“不同的”造型。故选C。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：除了向观众展示各种造型，她还录制了其他视频，让你了解她的生活，比如烘焙课、Q&As。A. photo照片；B. glance浏览，扫视；C. mission使命，任命；D. symbol象征。根据第11空后的her life, such as baking lessons, Q&As.可知，此处指观看者“了解”她的生活。故选B。

12.考查词组。句意：尽管人们批评她的外表，说她受到了伤害，但妮基说她只关注好的一面。A. Regardless of不管，不顾；B. In consequence of由于……的缘故；C. Instead of代替；D. In spite of尽管，虽然。根据hurtful comments from people criticizing her appearance和focuses on the good side可知，此处指“尽管”别人批评她的外表。故选D。

13.考查副词词义辨析。句意：尽管人们批评她的外表，说她受到了伤害，但妮基说她只关注好的一面。A. even甚至；B. still仍然；C. only仅仅；D. yet还。根据第13空后的focuses on the good side可知，此处指她“仅仅”关注好的一面。故选C。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我不让他们让我心烦。A. upset使心烦；B. impress给予某人深刻印象；C. endanger 使受到危险；D. interrupt中断，打断。根据下文because if you focus on the negative, you are not going to ___16___life,可知，她不会让不好的一面“烦恼”自己。故选A。

15.考查词组。句意：关注快乐的事情而不是悲伤的事情，因为如果你关注消极的事情，你就不会享受生活A. other than除了，不同于；B. or rather更确切地说；C. rather than 而不是；D. less than少于。根据Focus on the happy things和the sad things可知，“不关注”消极的事情。故选C。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：关注快乐的事情而不是悲伤的事情，因为如果你关注消极的事情，你就不会享受生活。A. change改变；B. waste浪费；C. guarantee确保；D. enjoy喜爱。根据第16空后的life可知，此处指关注消极事情，就不会“享受”生活。故选D。

17.考查动词词组。句意：只要你相信自己，真的很努力，排除生活中的所有消极因素，你就会过上幸福的生活。A. block out封闭，阻挡；B. wipe out擦净；C. bring out出版，生产；D. leave out遗漏，省去。根据第17空后的all the negativity in your life, you will lead a happy life可知，“排除”生活中的消极面。故选A。

18.考查副词词义辨析。句意：你只能活一次，你再怎么努力也不过分。 A. such这样的；B. so如此；C. enough足够；D. too也，太。固定句型：cannot be +too +形容词，表示“再怎样做也不为过，越……越好……”。故选D。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：似乎成为一名YouTube明星还不足以成为一项成就，她也是Butterfly AVM慈善机构的灵感来源。该慈善机构由她的父母建立，旨在为这种疾病的研究筹集资金。A. founder创立者；B. inspiration灵感，鼓舞；C. sponsor赞助者，主办者；D. leader领导者。根据19空后的behind The Butterfly AVM Charity, a charity set up by her parents to fundraise for research into the illness.可知，她受到了The Butterfly AVM Charity的“鼓舞”。故选B。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：她还通过众筹活动为该基金会募集了55,525,65英镑的捐款。A. collect收集；B. distribute分配，散步；C. spread传播，散布；D. earn赚得。根据第20空后的more than 55,525,65 British pounds for the foundation through a crowd-funding campaign.可知，她帮助“募捐”钱。故选A。