Question

    I remember clearly the last time I cried. I was twelve years old, in the seventh grade, and I had tried out for the junior high school basketball team. I walked into the gym. There was a piece of paper on the wall.

It was a cut list. The boys whose names were on the list were welcome to keep on practicing. The boys whose names were not on the list had been cut. Their presence was no longer desired.

I had not known the cut was coming that day. I stood and stared at the list. The list had not been made with a great deal of consideration. The names of the best players were at the top, and the other members of the team were listed in what appeared to be a descending (下降的) order of basketball skills. I kept looking at the bottom of the list, hoping that my name would appear if I looked hard enough.

I held myself together as I walked out, bat when I got home I began to cry. For the first time in my life, I had been told officially that I wasn't good enough. Sports meant everything to boys of that age. If you were on the team, it put you in the desirable group. If you were not, you might as well not be alive.

All these years later, I remember it as if 1 were still standing right there in the gym. I don't know how the mind works in matters like this. I don't know what went on in my head following that day of cut. But I know that my determination has been so strong ever since then. I have known that for all my life since that day. I have done more work than I had to be doing and pat in more hours than I had to be spending, I don't know if all of that came from a determination never to allow myself to be cut again—never to allow someone to tell me that I'm not good enough again—but I know it is there. And clearly it's there in a lot of other successful men too.

1.From the text we learn that the cut list had names of pupils __________.

A.who were cut out B.who were still on the team

C.who were the old players D.who were not good enough

2.Why did the author react so strongly to the cut?

A.It hurt his pride deeply. B.It was open to the public.

C.It listed his name at the bottom. D.It forced him to change the team.

3.We can infer from the text that the author __________.

A.has made friends with many other men

B.has never learned the truth of the cut

C.has become quite successful in life

D.has learned to play basketball very well

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

【解析】

本文是记叙文。作者由于一次被淘汰的经历，开始下定决心，并且此决心非常强烈，以至于在他的一生中他做过的工作比需要做的更多，他为之投入的时间比需要的更多。虽然他不知道他所做的这些是不是都来自于这个决心，但是他不能允许自己再被淘汰，不能允许再有人告诉自己自己不够好。

1.

细节理解题。根据第二段第二句The boys whose names were on the list were welcome to keep on coming to practices.可知，名字在名单上的男孩能继续来参加训练。这就意味着名单上有名字的学生仍会留在队里。故选B项。

2.

推理推断题。根据第四段的二、三、四句可知，这是作者生命中第一次被正式告知自己不够好。而且对于那个年龄的男孩来说，运动意味着一切。如果你在队里，你就是有价值的；如果你不在队里，那还不如死去。由此可以推测，作者对自己是否能留在球队这件事很在意，之所以对被淘汰的反应如此强烈是因为这件事伤害了他的自尊。故选A项。

3.

推理判断题。根据最后一段的But I know that my determination has been so strong ever since then. I have known that for all my life since that day. I have done more work than I had to be doing and pat in more hours than I had to be spending, I don't know if all of that came from a determination never to allow myself to be cut again—never to allow someone to tell me that I'm not good enough again—but I know it is there.可知，从遭到淘汰那天开始作者的决心变得十分强烈，他付出了很多努力，花费了大量的时间，目的就是不能允许自己再被淘汰。而许多成功人士也都有这个决心。由此可以推测，作者通过自己的努力取得了成功。故选C项。