Question

    My family and I belonged to a country club located across the street from the Long Island Sound. Each summer, the big _______ for us was the pool. I learned how to swim and _______the swimming team. However, swimming in my _______ days was a way to keep cool, and swimming on a team gave me identity and a sense of _______. It also became _______ many years later.

Fast-forward (快进) to 1973 — I was _______, pregnant and had a home. What made our little home even more _______ was that I discovered that four _______ away was Rath Park Pool! For the next 30 years, most of our summer days were _______ around that pool. Each of my five kids took swimming lessons and learned all the __________ swimming strokes (姿势).

As much as I would have liked to have life stand __________, it doesn’t. My children outgrew their pool days and moved on with their own life. But the pool was still four blocks from my home, so I began to __________ swimming again. I got so much out of it that I joined the local pool, so I could swim year-round. Whenever I swam, I would __________ come out feeling physically and mentally__________. I often felt that if I looked hard enough, I would be able to see all of the __________and problems I’ve had in life, sitting at the bottom of the pool!

What has swimming __________ me? I’ve learned that __________ is the key to being a good__________. If you are balanced in the water, you have no resistance. Working on staying balanced made me realize the __________ between life in and out of the swim lane. If you work on keeping yourself balanced, you will be able to swim right __________ the stress and problems life throws at you.

1.A.attraction B.activity C.holiday D.building

2.A.refused B.managed C.founded D.joined

3.A.busier B.younger C.tiring D.exciting

4.A.belonging B.duty C.beauty D.loss

5.A.impressive B.difficult C.invaluable D.boring

6.A.employed B.worn C.dismissed D.married

7.A.disappointing B.encouraging C.wonderful D.hopeful

8.A.blocks B.miles C.hours D.meters

9.A.wasted B.spent C.stopped D.remembered

10.A.clumsy B.strange C.funny D.different

11.A.straight B.still C.away D.high

12.A.take up B.give up C.learn from D.worry about

13.A.yet B.never C.always D.sometimes

14.A.sensitive B.refreshed C.nervous D.weakened

15.A.days B.children C.worries D.dreams

16.A.helped B.taught C.encouraged D.made

17.A.experience B.challenge C.training D.balance

18.A.family B.mother C.kid D.swimmer

19.A.similarities B.activities C.exercises D.skills

20.A.with B.over C.through D.to

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.C

16.B

17.D

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过多年的游泳经历明白了平衡是游好泳的关键，这也让她认识到生活与游泳的相似之处——如果你努力让自己保持平衡，你将能够处理好生活中的压力和问题。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：每年夏天，最吸引我们的是游泳池。A. attraction吸引力，吸引人的事物；B. activity活动；C. holiday假期；D. building建筑物。根据空后的“for us was the pool”及下文讲述的我们游泳的情节可知，每年夏天，最吸引我们的是游泳池，故A项正确。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我学会了游泳，并加入了游泳队。A. refused拒绝；B. managed管理；C. founded 建立；D. joined加入。根据空前的“I learned how to swim”可知，我学会了游泳，并加入了游泳队，故D项正确。

3.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，在我年纪稍小的时候游泳是保持凉爽的一种方式，在游泳队里游泳给了我身份和归属感。A. busier忙碌的；B. younger年轻的，年纪小的；C. tiring累人的；D. exciting令人兴奋的。根据空后的“was a way to keep cool”可知，在我年纪稍小的时候游泳是为了凉快，故B项正确。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. belonging归属感；B. duty责任；C. beauty美丽；D. loss损失。根据空前的“and swimming on a team gave me identity”可知，在游泳队里游泳给了我身份和归属感，故A项正确。

5.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：许多年后，它也变得非常宝贵。A. impressive给人以深刻印象的；B. difficult困难的；C. invaluable无价的，非常宝贵的；D. boring无聊的。空前一句说在游泳队里游泳给了我身份和归属感，再结合下文讲述的我和孩子们一起游泳以及后来我通过游泳明白的道理可知，多年后，游泳对我来说也是非常宝贵的，故C项正确。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我结婚生子，有了一个幸福的家庭。A. employed雇佣；B. worn磨损；C. dismissed 解散；D. married结婚。根据空后的“pregnant and had a home.”可知，我结婚了，故D项正确。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：让我们的小家更美好的是，我发现四个街区之外就是拉斯公园游泳池!A. disappointing令人失望的；B. encouraging令人鼓舞的；C. wonderful美好的；D. hopeful有希望的。根据空后的“was that I discovered that four ___8___ away was Rath Park Pool!”可知，我发现四个街区之外就是拉斯公园游泳池，这让我们的小家更美好，故C项正确。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. blocks街区；B. miles英里；C. hours小时；D. meters米。根据下文中的“But the pool was still four blocks from my home”可知，游泳池离我家只有四个街区的距离，故A项正确。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在接下来的30年里，我们大部分的夏天都是在这个游泳池里度过的。A. wasted浪费；B. spent花费，度过；C. stopped停止；D. remembered记得。根据空前的“For the next 30 years, most of our summer days were”可知，在接下来的30年里，我们大部分的夏天都是在这个游泳池里度过的，故B项正确。

10.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我的五个孩子都上了游泳课，学会了所有不同的游泳姿势。A. clumsy笨拙的；B. strange奇怪的；C. funny好笑的；D. different不同的。根据空前的“Each of my five kids took swimming lessons and learned all the”可知，我的五个孩子都上了游泳课，学会了所有不同的游泳姿势，故D项正确。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：尽管我非常希望生活静止不动，但事实并非如此。A. straight直的；B. still静止的；C. away在远处；D. high高的。空后一句说我的孩子们长大了，不再是在游泳池游泳的孩子了，而他们开始了自己的生活，因此此处是说我非常希望生活静止不动，但事实并非如此，故B项正确。

12.考查动词短语辨析。句意：但游泳池还是离我家只有四个街区，所以我又开始游泳了。A. take up开始从事；B. give up放弃；C. learn from向……学习；D. worry about担心。根据空前的“But the pool was still four blocks from my home,”可知，游泳池还是离我家只有四个街区，所以我又开始游泳了，故A项正确。

13.考查副词词义辨析。句意：每当我游泳的时候，我总是会感到身心舒畅。A. yet还；B. never从不；C. always总是；D. sometimes有时。根据空后的“come out feeling physically and mentally___14___.”可知，每当我游泳的时候，我总是会感到身心舒畅，故C项正确。

14.考查形容词词义辨析。句意同上。A. sensitive敏感的；B. refreshed精神焕发的，神清气爽的；C. nervous紧张的；D. weakened削弱的。根据上文内容可知，我一直非常喜欢游泳，自然是因为游泳会让我感到身心舒畅，故B项正确。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我常常觉得，如果我坐在池底仔细看，我就能看透生活中所有的烦恼和问题！A. days日子；B. children孩子；C. worries烦恼；D. dreams梦想。根据空后的“problems I’ve had in life”可知此处指“生活中的烦恼和问题”，故C项正确。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：游泳教会了我什么？A. helped帮助；B. taught教会；C. encouraged鼓励；D. made使得。根据空后的“I’ve learned”可知此处是说游泳教会了我什么？故B项正确。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我明白了平衡是成为一名优秀的泳者的关键。A. experience经历；B. challenge挑战；C. training训练；D. balance平衡。空后一句说如果你在水中保持平衡，你就没有阻力，因此平衡是成为一名优秀的泳者的关键，故D项正确。

18.考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. family家庭；B. mother母亲；C. kid孩子；D. swimmer游泳者。根据上文中的“swimming”可知，此处指“泳者”，故D项正确。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：努力保持平衡让我意识到生活和游泳的相似之处，如果（在生活中）你努力让自己保持平衡，你将能够游过（处理好）生活中的压力和问题。A. similarities类似、相似之处；B. activities活动；C. exercises运动；D. skills技能。空后一句说如果（在生活中）你努力保持自己的平衡，你将能够游过（处理好）生活中的压力和问题，这是生活和游泳的相似之处，故A项正确。

20.考查介词词义辨析。句意同上。A. with和；B. over在……之上；C. through通过、穿过；D. to到，朝。根据空前的“If you work on keeping yourself balanced,”可知，如果在生活中你努力让自己保持平衡，你将能够游过（处理好）生活中的压力和问题，故C项正确。