Question

    When I was a child, my mother didn't force me to eat everything in my dish. She said I had to______every food three times. Her ____ was the first time to try it, the second time to get over the fact that you had just tried it, and the third to ______that you don't like it. After that, if I still______the taste, she would ____make me eat it again. Her reasonable approach _______almost every time----except with bananas, which I still don't eat now.

As I grew older, I brought that simple _____ into my life. I had been _____the diving(跳水) board at the pool, but I had______ to make the first jump off the board. When I breathed in water, my mother jumped in to ____ me. Before she could even reach me, I was up and out of the pool, heading back to that diving board. I jumped off______．More coughing followed, but I was determined to get over the fear. When I ______the pool the second time, my mom tried to cover me with a towel._____, I threw off the towel and_______trying. The third time there was no _____ and no water in my nose. In fact, there were_____ from the others at the pool. At that point, I fell in love with the pool.

In my mid-thirties, I ____ a successful job that didn't satisfy me in order to achieve my dream of being a writer. Having been ____ twice, I tried for a third time. I have been happily living the life of a writer ever since. We are all afraid of something _____. But how can we be sure that something won't be ____ unless we give it a try.

1.A.smell B.cook C.try D.share

2.A.reason B.decision C.dream D.order

3.A.point out B.make sure C.agree D.imagine

4.A.remembered B.required C.missed D.hated

5.A.even B.never C.still D.ever

6.A.worked B.changed C.formed D.developed

7.A.answer B.plan C.game D.rule

8.A.excited about B.afraid of C.bored with D.proud of

9.A.hoped B.waited C.managed D.continued

10.A.help B.watch C.warn D.praise

11.A.as usual B.by chance C.just now D.once again

12.A.fell into B.looked at C.got out of D.ran away from

13.A.Instead B.Besides C.Therefore D.Moreover

14.A.began B.regretted C.avoided D.kept

15.A.fear B.sadness C.surprise D.anger

16.A.invitations B.cheers C.replies         D.thanks

17.A.left B.needed C.took D.offered

18.A.forgotten B.punished C.refused D.caught

19.A.dangerous B.unknown C.difficult D.strange

20.A.important B.special C.enjoyable D.similar

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.B

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要通过作者的亲身经历讲述了一个道理：如果我们不去尝试，我们怎么能确定某件事不会令人愉快呢?

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：她说每种食物我都要试三次。A. smell闻；B. cook烹饪；C. try尝试；D. share分享。根据句意和语境可知，妈妈要求对于食物，我需要尝试三次再决定“喜恶”，且对应后文提及的“you had just tried it (你已经试过了)”。故选C项。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：她的理由是第一次是尝试，第二次是为了克服你刚试过的事实，第三次是为了确定你不喜欢它。A. reason理由；B. decision决定；C. dream梦想；D. order命令。根据句意和语境可知，后文是在解释为什么要求我尝试三次，为原因（reason）。故选A项。

3.考查动词及短语词义辨析。句意：她的理由是第一次是尝试，第二次是为了克服你刚试过的事实，第三次是为了确定你不喜欢它。 A. point out指出；B. make sure确保；确定；C. agree同意；D. imagine想象。根据句意和语境可知，第三次尝试是为了确定（make sure）我不喜欢这道食物。故选B项。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：从那以后，如果我仍然讨厌它的味道，她就不会再让我吃它了。A. remembered记得；B. required 要求；C. missed思念；错过；D. hated讨厌。根据句意和语境可知，所选词应与前文“don’t like”表达含义一致。故选D项。

5.考查副词词义辨析。句意：从那以后，如果我仍然讨厌它的味道，她就不会再让我吃它了。 A. even甚至；B. never绝不；从不；C. still仍然；还；D. ever曾经。根据句意和语境可知，妈妈不强迫我吃掉盘子里所有的东西，因此，不喜欢的话，就不会再让我吃掉。故选B项。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：她的合理方法几乎每次都奏效——除了香蕉，我现在还不吃香蕉。A. worked工作；起作用； B. changed改变；C. formed 形成； D. developed发展。根据句意和语境可知，句子主语为“approach（方法）”，对应动作应是“有效果/有作用（work）”。故选A项。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意：随着年龄的增长，我把这个简单的规则带进了我的生活。A. answer答案；B. plan计划；C. game游戏；D. rule方法；规则。根据句意和语境可知，此处的名词之前有that限定词，因此，所选词应与前文提及的approach为同义词，rule 可以理解为“方法；原则”。故选D项。

8.考查形容词短语辨析。句意：我一直害怕游泳池里的跳板，但我成功地从跳板上做了第一跳。 A. excited about对……兴奋; B. afraid of害怕; C. bored with对……厌倦; D. proud of为……而感到骄傲。根据后文提及“At that point, I fell in love with the pool. (就在那时，我爱上了游泳池)”可知，作者刚开始对于跳水是恐惧的（be afraid of）。故选B项。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意： 我一直害怕游泳池里的跳板，但我成功地从跳板上做了第一跳。A. hoped希望；B. waited等待；C. managed设法（做成某事）；D. continued继续。根据后文“When I breathed in water (当我在水里呼吸)”可知，作者第一次跳水做到了。故选C项。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我在水里呼吸的时候，我的母亲跳进来帮助我。 A. help帮助；B. watch观看；C. warn警告；D. praise表扬。根据句意和语境可知，妈妈下水来帮助我（help）。故选A项。

11.考查副词短语辨析。句意： 还没等她来接我，我已经从游泳池里出来了，又回到了跳板上。A. as usual像往常一样；B. by chance偶然；意外地；C. just now刚刚；D. once again再一次。根据后文“When I ___12___the pool the second time”提及the second time可知，作者又一次跳入水中（once again）。故选D项。

12.考查动词短语辨析。句意：当我第二次走出游泳池时，我妈妈想用毛巾盖住我。A. fell into落入；掉入；B. looked at看着；C. got out of从……出来；D. ran away from逃离。对应前文提及“out of the pool”，所填空应是从泳池中出来（got out of the pool）。故选C项。

13.考查副词词义辨析。句意：相反，我扔掉毛巾，继续努力。 A. Instead然而；B. Besides除……之外；而且；C. Therefore因此；D. Moreover而且；此外。根据句意和语境可知，前文“my mom tried to cover me with a towel (妈妈想用毛巾将我裹上)”，后文提及“I threw off the towel (我将毛巾扔到一边)”，前后为转折关系。故选A项。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：相反，我扔掉毛巾，继续努力 A. began开始；B. regretted后悔；遗憾；C. avoided避免；D. kept坚持。根据句意和语境，我坚持（kept）尝试。故选D项。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：第三次，我不再害怕，鼻子里也没有水了。 A. fear害怕；恐惧；B. sadness伤心；难过；C. surprise惊讶；惊喜；D. anger气愤。根据句意和语境可知，所填空对应前文提及的“be afraid of ”，作者不再害怕（fear）。故选A项。

16.考查名词词义辨析。句意：事实上，泳池边的其他人都在欢呼。A. invitations邀请；B. cheers欢呼；C. replies答复；D. thanks感谢。根据句意和语境可知，作者克服了跳水的恐惧，其他人也为之欢呼（cheer）。故选B项。

17.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在我35岁的时候，为了实现我成为一名作家的梦想，我放弃了一份并不令我满意的成功工作。A. left离开； B. needed需要；C. took带走；D. offered提供。根据后文“in order to achieve my dream of being a writer.”可知，作者为了实现自己的梦想而辞去（left）了一份自己不满意的工作。故选A项。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我被拒绝了两次，又试了一次。A. forgotten忘记；B. punished惩罚；C. refused拒绝；D. caught抓住。根据后文“I tried for a third time (我又试了一次)”可知，作者的前两次尝试并不成功，遭到拒绝（refuse）。故选C项。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们都害怕未知的东西。A. dangerous危险的；B. unknown未知的；C. difficult困难的；D. strange奇怪的。根据句意和语境可知，我们对于未知的（unknown）事物感到害怕。故选B项。

20.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但是，如果我们不去尝试，我们怎么能确定某件事不会令人愉快呢? A. important重要的；B. special特别的；C. enjoyable喜爱的；D. similar相似的。根据句意和语境可知，此处应是双重否定表肯定：只有尝试过才知道是否喜爱，即对应前文提及的“fell in love with”。故选C项。