Question

    I looked out at the smiling faces in the school auditorium. The applause filled my ears. I had really done it!

Just a few months earlier I would never have ______ myself acting in a play in front of two hundred people. But when the time came, I got up on stage and ______ one of my greatest fears. I found a new person inside me, a much more ______, outgoing person who had been hidden all along, just waiting for the opportunity to come. If not for my teacher, Mrs. Sather, I might never have found that ______.

I was extremely ______. I had friends, but it just wasn’t in my personality to be very outgoing, even when I knew someone well. I was even ______ with strangers.

One day, Mrs. Sather ______ that our class was going to perform a play. “I need someone to play the lead part of Dorothy,” she said. “Anybody want to try?” A few ____ hands shot up—mine, of course, was not one of them.

After class Mrs. Sather came to join me. “Dallas, I was thinking you would be the person for Dorothy. But I was ______ you didn’t raise your hand.”

Was she ______? Me, the lead? I was ______ just thinking of standing on stage in front of a lot of people.

“Dallas, you’re great at ______ things, so you won’t worry about lines. And you have such a sweet personality. Perfect for Dorothy!” She said.

Mrs. Sather stared into my eyes as if seeing my inner self locked away inside. “I’d love you to give this a ______ for me. But if you really don’t want to, I won’t make you. It’s your ____.” Mrs. Sather wanted me in this role. She ______ me. I realized it was time to ____ my shy cloak (披风).

Fast-forward through five months of practicing, we were ready. ______, I was as nervous as I had ever been. I proved to myself that I could do it in practice, ______ could I prove it to everyone else when it really mattered?

“It doesn’t matter how you do tonight,” said Mrs. Sather, ______ reading my thoughts when she came backstage for a final check. “You have already shown yourself how wonderful you are.”

At the end of the play, when the audience stood and applauded, I knew they were not just cheering for my performance that night, but for the performances they knew would come in later years because of my newfound ______.

1.A.praised B.agreed C.pictured D.remembered

2.A.expressed B.faced C.discussed D.shared

3.A.energetic B.daring C.generous D.sincere

4.A.story B.method C.solution D.opportunity

5.A.shy B.slow C.curious D.patient

6.A.colder B.calmer C.quieter D.happier

7.A.realized B.repeated C.found D.announced

8.A.firm B.excited C.powerful D.friendly

9.A.surprised B.annoyed C.amused D.embarrassed

10.A.objective B.crazy C.reliable D.nervous

11.A.ashamed B.regretful C.doubtful D.terrified

12.A.analyzing B.observing C.memorizing D.predicting

13.A.plan B.try C.guess D.promise

14.A.choice B.destination C.suggestion D.interest

15.A.reminded B.challenged C.trusted D.shocked

16.A.throw off B.keep off C.knock off D.call off

17.A.Therefore B.Otherwise C.Instead D.Still

18.A.but B.so C.or D.and

19.A.in case B.ever since C.as if D.even though

20.A.popularity B.ambition C.advantage D.confidence

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.A

17.D

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。作者原是个内向的人，在老师的鼓励和帮助下成功地在200人面前演了戏，出演了主角，获得了大家的掌声，使作者重拾信心。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：就在几个月前，我还从未想过自己会在200人面前演戏。A. praised赞扬；B. agreed同意；C. pictured描述，描写，用图片显示；D. remembered记得。文章是倒叙，下文详细描写了作者是怎样站上舞台的，原来作者极度害羞，所以他的脑海里从来没有出现过这种站在舞台上被大家鼓掌受欢迎的画面，选项C切题，故选C。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：但到了时候，我走上舞台，面对我最害怕的事情。A. expressed表示；B. faced面对；C. discussed讨论；D. shared共享，分享。作者生性害羞，即使面对熟悉的人都不怎么敢表达自己，在陌生人面前更加害羞，所以站在舞台上是作者害怕面对的事情之一。选项B切题，故选B。

3.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我在我的内心发现了一个新的人，一个更大胆，外向的人，一直被隐藏起来，只是等待机会的来临。A. energetic精力充沛的，充满活力的；B. daring 勇敢的，敢于冒险的；C. generous慷慨的，大方的；D. sincere真诚的，诚挚的。作者最终在老师的鼓励和帮助下站上了舞台，克服了害羞和紧张，表现出了一个大胆的自我，所以作者内心有的是勇敢，选项B切题，故选B。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：如果不是我的老师，Mrs. Sather，我可能永远也找不到机会。A. story故事，经历；B. method方法；C. solution方法；D. opportunity机会。作者内心的勇敢是需要机会来激发出来的，老师给作者创造了这样一个时机，选项D切题，故选D。

5.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我非常害羞。A. shy害羞的； B. slow缓慢的；C. curious好奇的； D. patient耐心的。下文中的outgoing是重要提示，在下文中用的是否定句，not outgoing就是害羞，选项A切题，故选A。

6.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我对陌生人甚至更安静些。A. colder较冷的；B. calmer更平静的，更冷静的；C. quieter更安静的；D. happier更快乐的。上文出现了not outgoing，是作者在熟悉的人面前的表现，设空句是在陌生人面前，所以是和上文相比较，更加害羞，害羞的表现是不善言辞，所以不是平静，而是不说话，安静，选项C切题，故选C。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：一天，Mrs. Sather通知我们要表演一个话剧。A. realized意识到，理解； B. repeated重复； C. found发现；D. announced通知，宣布。通过下文可知，老师告诉学生要开展的一项活动，所以是通知，宣布，选项D切题，故选D。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：好多手兴奋地举了起来，当然，我的手不在其中。A. firm 坚定的，牢固的；B. excited兴奋的；C. powerful有权势的，强有力的；D. friendly有好的。老师通知班级排演话剧，要选主演，孩子们都想演主演，所以举手报名，这件事是孩子们想做的，所以应该是兴奋地，选项B切题，故选B。

9.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但是我很吃惊，你没有举手。A. surprised 使惊奇，使诧异， 使感到意外；B. annoyed使恼怒，有生气；C. amused逗乐，消遣；D. embarrassed使窘迫，使尴尬，使困惑。老师来和作者说话，告诉作者他是老师心目中主演的人选，而作者因为害羞没有举手，和老师所想不同，所以老师说吃惊，意外，选项A切题，故选A。

10.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她疯了吗？A. objective 客观的；B. crazy疯狂的，着迷的；C. reliable可靠的，可信赖的；D. nervous焦虑的，担忧的。作者在学校的一贯表现是不善言辞，安静害羞，现在老师却认为他能当主演，所以作者不敢相信自己听到的，认为老师疯了，选项B切题，故选B。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一想到要在那么人面前站在舞台上我就害怕。A. ashamed 惭愧，羞愧；B. regretful后悔的，失望的；C. doubtful不确定的，怀疑的；D. terrified恐惧的，害怕的。上文给出了作者的性格和在人面前的表现，所以可以推理出作者是害怕站上舞台，选项D切题，故选D。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Dallas 你在记忆方面很棒，所以不用担心台词。A. analyzing分析；B. observing观察，评论；C. memorizing记忆，记住；D. predicting预测。句中出现了lines台词，台词是需要记忆的，老师在鼓励作者，打消他的顾虑，所以是说他在记忆方面优秀，选项C切题，故选C。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我非常想要你为我而尝试一下。 A. plan 计划；B. try尝试，努力；C. guess猜测；D. promise承诺，许诺。老师在鼓励作者，希望他去尝试做他以前没做过的事，所以选项B尝试切题，故选 B。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这次是你的一个机会。A. choice选择，机会；B. destination 目的地，终点；C. suggestion建议；D. interest乐趣，兴趣。克服害羞上台表演，老师只是对作者给出建议，希望作者考虑她的意见，对作者来说是一个选择和机会，选项A切题，故选A。

15.考查动词词义辨析。句意：她相信我。A. reminded提醒，使想起；B. challenged 挑战；C. trusted相信，信任；D. shocked使震惊，使惊愕。作者自己都没敢想的事，老师给出了建议，所以老师对作者信任，选项C切题，故选C。

16.考查动词短语辨析。句意：我意识到是时候抛掉我害羞的披风了。A. throw off摆脱，抛掉；B. keep off使离开，使不接近；C. knock off使减少，使降低；D. call off取消。原来作者是害羞的，所以好像披了件披风把自己包裹在里面，现在老师的鼓励使作者想去尝试一下，所以要把原来的害羞的披风抛掉，选项A切题，故选A。

17.考查副词词义辨析。句意：我还是和我以前一样紧张。A. Therefore因此；B. Otherwise否则，不然；C. Instead相反，取而代之；D. Still仍然，还。作者以前很害羞，所以在同级比较句中，现在是仍然害羞紧张，符合逻辑关系，选项D切题，故选D。

18.考查连词辨析。句意：但是，当它真的重要的时候，我能向其他人证明吗？A. but然而，但是；B. so那么；C. or或，或者，还是；D. and和，而且。上句中作者还是紧张，但是他又想证明自己能通过练习来改变自己，作者的内心在做激烈的斗争，设空句与上句的逻辑关系是转折，选项A切题，故选A。

19.考查连词辨析。句意：当Mrs. Sather来后台作最后的检查时，她说不管你今晚表现怎样都没关系，她似乎明白我在想什么。A. in case以防，以免；B. ever since自从；C. as if似乎，仿佛；D. even though即使。根据设空句意可以知道，老师说出的话正是作者在担心的事情，作者怕因为自己的表现而使话剧不成功，老师的话打消了他的顾虑，叫他只要做好自己就行了，所以是好像读懂了他在想什么，选项C切题，故选C。

20.考查名词词义辨析。句意：在话剧的最后，当观众起立鼓掌时，我知道他们不仅仅是在为我当晚的表演喝彩，而是因为我重拾信心，他们知道以后会有更多的表演。A. popularity普及，流行；B. ambition抱负，野心；C. advantage优点，便利之处；D. confidence信心。根据文章可以了解到作者的心路历程，从没有自信到成功完成演出，所以是新发现的是信心，选项D切题，故选D。