Question

    Three years ago, I participated in Model United Nations (MUN) held by the Education Department, which was a mock (模拟的)UN activity. During the two days, students are separated in different groups which _____ different countries to debate and try to solve problems. MUN has ____ awards: best delegates (代表)，honorary mentions, and verbal mentions.

Each time I participate in MUN, I made good ____ and undoubtedly got a few awards. But I often felt as if I'd _____ because I had never won the best delegate award. I _____ those who didn't deserve to win the award but won it various times, and I was just filled with ____ at their success. I thought about why they shouldn't have won and why I should have. This ____ me to ask the director. ____ the director, he helped me patiently and _____my weakness. Later I realized that it was also _____not to get the award because I could actually ______ something, and that I shouldn't _________the best delegate award until I was the best delegate I could be. It made me ____ that if I had won the best delegate award easily, I wouldn't have learned how to become a better delegate and I wouldn't have _____ my short- comings and turned failures into victories.

Failures are completely subjective-we can look at a result as a failure or a ____ Any failure can be regarded as a(n) ____ because you can always learn something from it and do _____ next time. This is supported by John Locke's theory that we are born with blank views ; knowledge and ability are learned from our _______. That's true. If I make a mistake in the life practice, then I probably won't _______ that next time. I believe this is __ the best way to become better.

1.A.strengthen B.condemn C.inspire D.represent

2.A.various B.temporary C.identical D.false

3.A.appointments B.preparations C.predictions D.explanations

4.A.accelerated B.exited C.failed D.succeeded

5.A.approached B.trained C.expected D.witnessed

6.A.relief B.envy C.satisfaction D.delight

7.A.stopped B.refused C.invited D.led

8.A.Thanks to B.Next to C.In honor of D.In spite of

9.A.lost sight of B.pointed out C.gave up D.looked down on

10.A.annoyed B.ashamed C.good D.terrible

11.A.learn B.desert C.delete D.display

12.A.miss B.win C.deliver D.value

13.A.regret B.misguide C.doubt D.understand

14.A.overcome B.judged C.neglected D.forgotten

15.A.bond B.bet C.victory D.loss

16.A.aim B.benefit C.burden D.limit

17.A.funnier B.worse C.better D.slower

18.A.decisions B.attitudes C.positions D.experiences

19.A.repeat B.admit C.accept D.notice

20.A.wrongly B.scarcely C.truly D.narrowly

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

本文为夹叙夹议文。作者参加了由教育部举办的模拟联合国活动，每次参加都做了充分的准备，仍旧没有获得最佳代表奖。这些经历让作者意识到，尽管没有获奖但学到了许多东西。失败是很主观的，你可以把失败的结果看作是失败也可以看作是胜利。我们的知识来源于我们的经历，想要变得更好的方法是不再重复犯错。

1.考查动词辨析。句意：在为期两天的会议里，与会的学生们被分成不同的小组，代表不同的国家进行辩论，试图解决问题。A. strengthen加强；B. condemn谴责；C. inspire激励；D. represent代表。根据常识，联合国会议上的与会者代表不同的国家。故选D。

2.考查形容词辨析。句意：模拟有各种各样的奖项：最佳代表奖、荣誉奖和口头奖。A. various各种各样的；B. temporary暂时的；C. identical相同的；D. false错误的。根据“best delegates (代表)，honorary mentions, and verbal mentions.”可知，有各种各样的（various）奖项。故选A。

3.考查名词辨析。句意：每一次参加MUN，我都做了很好的准备，毫无疑问获得了一些奖项。A. appointments约定；B. preparations准备；C. predictions预测；D. explanations解释。根据下文“undoubtedly got a few awards”作者获得了一些。可知作者是做了充分的准备（preparations）。故选B。

4.考查动词辨析。句意：但是我经常觉得我失败了，因为我没有获得最佳代表奖。A. accelerated加速；B. exited退出；C. failed失败；D. succeeded成功。根据下文“because I had never won the best delegate award.”没有获得最佳代表奖，，可知作者经常觉得似乎自己失败（failed）了。故选C。

5.考查动词辨析。句意：我见过那些没有资格赢得这个奖项却多次获奖的人。A. approached接近；B. trained训练；C. expected期望；D. witnessed见证，亲眼目睹。根据上文可知，作者从未得到最佳代表奖，但见过（witnessed）那些没有资格赢得这个奖项却多次获奖的人。故选D。

6.考查名词辨析。句意：，我对他们的成功充满了羡慕。A. relief宽慰；B. envy，羡慕，嫉妒；C. satisfaction满意；D. delight喜悦，高兴。根据上文“ I had never won the best delegate award.”我从未获得过最佳代表奖而经常感觉失败，才会对于成功者充满羡慕（envy）。故选B。

7.考查动词辨析。句意：这导致我去问导演。A. stopped停止；B. refused拒绝；C. invited 邀请；D. led导致 。lead sb. to do...为固定搭配，意为导致某人做某事。故选D。

8.考查短语辨析。句意：多亏了导演，他耐心地帮助了我，......。A. Thanks to多亏了；B. Next to次于；C. In honor of为了纪念；D. In spite of尽管。根据后面的“he helped me patiently”耐心地帮助了我，可知此处是指多亏（thanks to）了导演，故选A。

9.考查动词短语辨析。句意：他耐心地帮我，指出了我的弱点。A. lost sight of看不见；B. pointed out提出；C. gave up放弃；D. looked down on瞧不起。根据语境可知，此处是导演耐心地帮我，指出（pointed out）了缺点。故选B。

10.考查形容词辨析。句意：后来我意识到没有获奖也是件好事。A. annoyed恼羞成怒的；B. ashamed羞愧的；C. good好的；D. terrible可怕的。根据“because I could actually ___11___ something,”可知，作者从中学到了东西，所以意识到这可能是好（good）事，故选C。

11.考查动词辨析。句意：没有获奖也是好事，因为我确实可以学到一些东西。A. learn学到，学会；B. desert抛弃；C. delete删除；D. display展示。根据上下文的语境可知此处是因果关系，是说作者没有葱头，是因为确实可以学到（learn）一些好东西。故选A。

12.考查动词辨析。句意：直到我成为最好的代表，我才能获得最佳代表奖。A. miss错过；B. win赢得；C. deliver邮寄；D. value珍惜。根据下文“not... until I was the best delegate I could be.”可知，直到成为最好的代表，才能赢得（win）最佳代表奖。故选B。

13.考查动词辨析。句意：它让我懂得，如果我轻松地获得了最佳代表奖，我就不可能学会如何成为一名更好的代表。A. regret遗憾，后悔；B. misguide误导； C.doubt怀疑；D. understand懂得，明白。根据语境可知，此处是这让我明白（understand）一些道理。故选D。

14.考查动词辨析。句意：如果我轻松地获得了最佳代表奖，我就不可能学会如何成为一名更好的代表，也不可能克服自己的缺点，把失败变成胜利。A. overcome克服；B. judged判断；C. neglected忽略；D. forgotten忘记。根据前面的第9小题可知，导演帮我指出缺点，要成为一名更好的代表，要克服（overcome）这个缺点，故选A.

15.考查名词辨析。句意：失败完全是主观的——我们可以把结果看作是失败或者是胜利。A. bond纽带；B. bet打赌；C. victory胜利；D. loss损失。Or表示选择，根据上文“failure into victories”以及“Failures are completely subjective-”失败变成胜利，失败完全是主观的，可推断出此处是指我们既可以把失败的结果看作是失败或成功（victory），故选C。

16.考查名词辨析。句意：任何失败都可以被看作是一种益处，因为你总能从中学到一些东西。A. aim目标；B. benefit利益，好处；C. burden负担；D. limit极限。根据“because you can always learn something from it（因为你可从中受益）”，可知，任何失败都可被看作是一种受益(benefit)。故选B。

17.考查形容词比较级。句意：因为你总能从失败中学到东西，下次会做的更好。A. funnier更有趣的；B. worse 更糟糕的；C. better更好；D. slower更慢。分析句子可知，从失败中受益，下次就能做的更好（better）。故选C

18.考查名词辨析。句意：我们生来就是一块白板，知识和能力是从我们的经验中获得的。A. decisions 决定；B. attitudes态度；C. positions立场；D. experiences经验，体验。根据上文“Any failure can be regarded as a(n) benefit because you can always learn something from it and do better next time. 任何失败都可以被看作是一个好处，因为你总是可以从中学到一些东西，下一次能做的更好。可知，我们的知识和能力是从经验（experiences）中获得。故选D。

19.考查动词辨析。句意：如果我在生活实践中犯了一个错误，那么下次我可能就不会再犯了。A. repeat重复；B. admit承认；C. accept接受；D. notice注意。根据下一句可知，如果作者犯了一个错误，那么下次他就不会（repeat）重犯了。故选A。

20.考查副词辨析。句意：我相信这是变得更好的最好方法。A. wrongly错误地；B. scarcely秘密地；C. truly真正地；D. narrowly勉强地。此处是对上文的总结。从经验中学习，不重复犯错误，这才是真正（truly）变得更好的最好的方法。故选C。