Question

    One afternoon many years ago, I parked my car by the street, waiting to_______ my mother from work. 

As I looked outside the car window to my right, there was a small park where I saw a little boy, around two years old, running freely on the grass as his mother _______ from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been _______ from some sort of prison. The boy would then fall to the grass, get up, and without hesitation or without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could, again, still with a smile on his face, _______ nothing had happened.

Actually, with kids, when they fall down, they don’t think of their falling down as failure; _______, they treat it as a learning experience. They _______ try and try again until they succeed. While I was _______ by the boy’s persistence, I was equally touched by the manner in which he ran. With each _______, he looked so confident and so natural. No _______ of fear, nervousness, or of being discouraged — as if he didn’t give a care about the world around him.

His only aim was to run freely and to do it as effectively as he could. He was just being a child — being just himself completely in the moment. He was not looking for approval or was not worrying about ________ someone was watching or not. He wasn’t ________ about being judged. He didn’t seem to be ________ by the fact that maybe someone would see him fall and that it would be ________ if he did fall. No, all that ________ to him was to accomplish the task or activity at hand to the best of his ability — to run and to feel the experience of running fully and freely. I learned a lot from that ________ and experience, and have successfully brought that lesson with me in my many pursuits in life.

________, I’ve always believed that in each of us is a little child with absolute courage, a child that has the ability to run freely without a care for anything external（外在的）. I believe that courageous part of us — that courageous child ________ us all, will always be with us ________ we live. We only need to allow it to emerge more fully. We only need to once again ________ that child within us — and give that child permission to run freely, just like that boy in the ________.

1.A.pick out B.look for C.pick up D.look after

2.A.smiled B.watched C.waved D.shouted

3.A.set on B.set down C.set free D.set up

4.A.as if B.even if C.only if D.if only

5.A.meanwhile B.moreover C.though D.rather

6.A.will B.must C.should D.might

7.A.disappointed B.discouraged C.touched D.treasured

8.A.attempt B.failure C.adventure D.mistake

9.A.signals B.signs C.marks D.symbols

10.A.why B.how C.while D.whether

11.A.concerned B.serious C.curious D.upset

12.A.accused B.bothered C.interrupted D.impressed

13.A.appealing B.surprising C.embarrassing D.exciting

14.A.happened B.attracted C.worked D.mattered

15.A.observation B.exposure C.evolution D.procedure

16.A.Until then B.During that C.Since then D.After that

17.A.for B.within C.beyond D.by

18.A.as well as B.as soon as C.as far as D.as long as

19.A.conclude with B.compare with C.connect with D.compromise with

20.A.car B.open C.wild D.park

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.C

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.D

【解析】

本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章主要讲述了作者在等妈妈下班时看到一个小男孩在公园里自由奔跑的故事，旨在告诉我们要勇敢地尝试，不要在意旁人的指责或判断。

1.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：多年前的一个下午，我把车停在路边，等着接妈妈下班。A. pick out挑选出；B. look for寻找；C. pick up开车接（某人），捡起；D. look after照顾。由上文的“I parked my car by the street”可知，此处指作者开车去接妈妈下班。故选C项。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我往车窗外看的时候，我看到一个小公园里有一个大约两岁的小男孩，在草地上自由地奔跑，而他的妈妈则在不远处看着他。A. smiled微笑；B. watched看守，观察；C. waved挥手；D. shouted喊叫。由下文的“from a short distance”并结合语境可知，此处指他的妈妈则在不远处看着他。故选B项。

3.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：那男孩脸上挂着灿烂的笑容，好像刚从某种监狱里释放出来似的。A. set on开始，攻击；B. set down放下，记下；C. set free释放，使获得自由；D. set up建立。由下文的“from some sort of prison”并结合上文语境可知，此处指好像刚从某种监狱里释放出来似的。故选C项。

4.

考查连词辨析。句意：然后，男孩会倒在草地上，站起来，毫不犹豫地且不回头看他的母亲，尽可能快地跑，再次，脸上仍然带着微笑，好像什么事都没有发生。A. as if好像；B. even if虽然；C. only if只要……就……；D. if only要是……多好。根据nothing had happened可知，此处指脸上仍然带着微笑，好像什么事都没有发生。故选A项。

5.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：事实上，对于孩子来说，当他们摔倒的时候，他们并不认为自己摔倒是失败的；相反，他们把它当作一种学习经验。A. meanwhile同时；B. moreover而且，此外；C. though虽然，尽管；D. rather相反，相当。空格前后句之间是转折关系，所以此处应用rather，表示“相反，他们把它当作一种学习经验”。故选D项。

6.

考查情态动词辨析。句意：他们会不断尝试直到成功。A. will将，愿意；B. must必须，一定；C. should应该；D. might可能，也许。由下文的“until they succeed”并结合语境可知，此处表示他们将会不断尝试直到成功。故选A项。

7.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我被那男孩的坚持所感动时，我同样被他奔跑的方式所感动。A. disappointed失望的；B. discouraged灰心的；C. touched感动的；D. treasured重视的。由下文的“I was equally touched”可知，两个分句之间是并列关系，所以此处也用touched，表示当我被那男孩的坚持所感动时。故选C项。

8.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：每次尝试，他都显得那么自信，那么自然。A. attempt尝试；B. failure失败；C. adventure冒险；D. mistake错误。由上文的“try and try again until they succeed”可知，此处指每次尝试。故选A项。

9.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：他没有恐惧、紧张或气馁的迹象，好像他不关心周围的世界。A. signals信号；B. signs迹象，记号；C. marks标志；D. symbols象征。由下文的“of fear, nervousness, or of being discouraged”可知，此处指他没有恐惧、紧张或气馁的迹象。故选B项。

10.

考查连接词辨析。句意：他不是在寻求批准，也不是在担心是否有人在观看。A. why为什么；B. how如何；C. while与……同时，虽然；D. whether是否，不论。由下文的“or not”可知，此处是固定短语whether…or not…意为“是否”。故选D项。

11.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他不在乎被判断。A. concerned关心的；B. serious严肃的；C. curious好奇的；D. upset心烦的。由下文的“without a care for anything external”可知，此处指他不在乎被判断。故选A项。

12.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他似乎并不会被看到他摔倒以及如果他真的摔倒了会很尴尬这样的事实而烦扰。A. accused指责，控告；B. bothered烦扰；C. interrupted打断，插嘴；D. impressed给予某人深刻印象。由上文的“was not worrying about ______ someone was watching or not”并结合语境可知，此处指他似乎并不会被看到他摔倒以及如果他真的摔倒了会很尴尬这样的事实而烦扰。故选B项。

13.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他似乎并不会被看到他摔倒以及如果他真的摔倒了会很尴尬这样的事实而烦扰。A. appealing吸引人的；B. surprising令人惊讶的；C. embarrassing使人尴尬的；D. exciting令人兴奋的。由下文的“if he did fall”并结合常识可知，摔倒了会感到尴尬。故选C项。

14.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：不，对他来说最重要的是尽其所能完成手头的任务或活动——跑步，并感受到充分和自由的跑步体验。A. happened发生；B. attracted吸引；C. worked工作，起作用；D. mattered要紧。由上下文语境可知，all that matter to sb.是固定用法，意为“对某人来说最重要的是”，此处指对他来说最重要的是。故选D项。

15.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我从那次观察和经历中学到了很多东西，并成功地把这一课带到了我人生的许多追求中。A. observation观察；B. exposure面临，遭受；C. evolution发展，演变；D. procedure程序，步骤。由上文的“As I looked outside the car window to my right, there was a small park where I saw a little boy”可知，此处指我从那次观察和经历中学到了很多东西。故选A项。

16.

考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：从那以后，我一直相信我们每个人都是一个有绝对勇气的孩子，一个能够自由奔跑的孩子。A. Until then直到那时；B. During that在那期间；C. Since then从那时起，从那以后；D. After that以后。由上下文语境可知，此处指从那以后。故选C项。

17.

考查介词词义辨析。句意：我相信我们勇敢的一部分——我们所有人内心的那个勇敢的孩子，只要我们活着，就会永远和我们在一起。A. for为了，关于；B. within在……之内；C. beyond超出；D. by靠近，通过……方式。由下文的“that child within us”可知，此处指我们所有人内心的那个勇敢的孩子。故选B项。

18.

考查连词词义辨析。句意：我相信我们勇敢的一部分——我们所有人内心的那个勇敢的孩子，只要我们活着，就会永远和我们在一起。A. as well as既……又……，此外；B. as soon as立刻，一……就……；C. as far as据……，直到……为止；D. as long as只要。由上下文的“will always be with us ______ we live”可知，此处指只要我们活着，就会永远和我们在一起。故选D项。

19.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：我们只需要再一次与我们内心的那个孩子建立联系——允许那个孩子像公园里的那个男孩一样自由地奔跑。A. conclude with以……结束；B. compare with与……比较；C. connect with与……连接；D. compromise with向（某人）妥协。根据“We only need to allow it to emerge more fully.”可知，此处指我们只需要再一次与我们内心的那个孩子建立联系。故选C项。

20.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们只需要再一次与我们内心的那个孩子建立联系——允许那个孩子像公园里的那个男孩一样自由地奔跑。A. car汽车；B. open野外；C. wild自然环境，偏远地区；D. park公园。由上文的“there was a small park where I saw a little boy”可知，此处指像公园里的那个男孩一样自由地奔跑。故选D项。