Question

    One day, my father and I were watching a dance reality show. For some reasons, I disliked one of the dancers from the very beginning of the show.

Unknowingly, I kept finding his _______ and criticizing（批评）his dance moves. _______, my father was watching the _______ with a smile all the time. When the performance ended, he looked at me and asked softly, "How much do you _______ about the dance competition, Martha?” "No, Dad, not at all," I said. "Then how do you know that he is a _______ dancer?" he asked still with a smile. "Just _______ the other dancers! He is not as good as them," I said. "But he is among the final 10 competitors who were carefully ________ How can he be bad? Maybe his dance is of no _______ to you, but that doesn't mean you can _______ or even criticize his creativity. " "Why not?" I asked carelessly. "Because criticizing someone or something ________ nothing but negativity around you. " "Instead of criticizing something you don't like, you should spend your time ________ something you like, which will spread ________thoughts," my father added.

So choose ________! Never criticize anyone or anything unless you have a good ________ of it. This is the most ________ advice my father has ever given me.

1.A.secrets B.tricks C.mistakes D.strengths

2.A.Besides B.However C.Finally D.Immediately

3.A.movie B.action C.performance D.sign

4.A.know B.debate C.inquire D.complain

5.A.representative B.bad C.common D.silly

6.A.call on B.spy on C.glare at D.look at

7.A.treated B.raised C.suspected D.selected

8.A.benefit B.use C.interest D.importance

9.A.ignore B.limit C.prevent D.forget

10.A.affects B.gets C.contains D.solves

11.A.awarding B.appreciating C.recording D.remembering

12.A.positive B.fresh C.original D.unique

13.A.freely B.confidently C.wisely D.independently

14.A.defence B.luck C.deal D.knowledge

15.A.valuable B.ambitious C.elegant D.embarrassing

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.A

【解析】

本文是记叙文。作者和父亲在观看舞蹈真人秀时，因为从一开始就不喜欢一位舞者，就批评他的舞蹈。父亲告诉作者一个道理：批评只会给你带来消极影响，而欣赏可以传播积极的思想。

1.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：在不知情的情况下，我不断地发现他的错误，并批评他的舞步。 A. secrets秘密；B. tricks技巧；C. mistakes错误；D. strengths长处。根据“criticize”可知，作者是发现了舞者的错误，就批评他。故选C项。

2.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，我的父亲一直在微笑着看表演。A. Besides除此之外，而且；B. However然而；C. Finally最后；D. Immediately立刻。上文提到“criticizing （批评）his dance moves”作者批评那位舞者，下文“with a smile all the time”父亲一直面带微笑观看，上下文之间句意转折，however表示转折关系。故选B项。

3.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：然而，我的父亲一直在微笑着看表演。A. movie电影；B. action动作；C. performance表演；D. sign标志。根据下文 “When the performance ended”可知，作者和父亲是在观看表演。故选C项。

4.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：表演结束时，他看着我，轻声问：“玛莎，你对舞蹈比赛了解多少?”A. know知道；B. debate辩论；C. inquire询问；D. complain抱怨。根据下文父亲的问话“Then how do you know that he is a 5 dancer?”可知，父亲是问作者对舞蹈比赛知道多少。“"How much do you ___4___ about…”与“how do you know that…”句式并列。故选A项。

5.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：“那你怎么知道他跳舞跳得不好呢? ”他仍然微笑着问。A. representative代表；B. bad不好的；C. common普遍的；D. silly愚蠢的。根据下文回答父亲的话“He is not as good as them”可知，作者觉得那位舞者很差。故选B项。

6.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：“看看其他的舞者!他不如他们好。”我说。A. call on号召，拜访；B. spy on暗中监视；C. glare at怒目而视；D. look at看。作者让父亲看其他的舞蹈演员，这样可以有所比较。故选D项。

7.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：“但他是经过精心挑选的最后10名选手之一，他怎么可能差呢? 也许你对他的舞蹈不感兴趣，但这并不意味着你可以忽视甚至批评他的创造力。”A. treated治疗，对待；B. raised举起；C. suspected怀疑；D. selected选择。根据“the final 10 competitors”可知，这位舞者也是最后经过精心挑选出来的选手。故选D项。

8.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：“但他是经过精心挑选的最后10名选手之一，他怎么可能差呢?也许你对他的舞蹈不感兴趣，但这并不意味着你可以无视甚至批评他的创造力。”A. be of no benefit没好处的；B. be of no use没用的；C. be of no interest没兴趣的；D. be of no importance不重要的。此处是“be of no+名词”短语的辨析。根据上文“I disliked one of the dancers from the very beginning of the show.”可知，作者从一开始就不喜欢其中一个舞者，对他的舞蹈不感兴趣。故选C项。

9.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：“但他是经过精心挑选的最后10名选手之一，他怎么可能差呢?也许你对他的舞蹈不感兴趣，但这并不意味着你可以无视甚至批评他的创造力。” A.ignore忽视；B. limit限制；C. prevent阻止，防止；D. forget忘记。父亲认为即使作者不感兴趣，但是也不应该忽视那位演员的创造力。故选A项。

10.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：“因为批评一个人或一件事只会给你带来消极的影响。”

A. affects影响；B. gets获取，得到；C. contains包含；D. solves解决。短语get nothing“一无所获”；父亲认为，一味指责批评只会给作者带来消极的思想。故选B项。

11.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：“与其批评你不喜欢的东西，不如花时间欣赏你喜欢的东西，这样可以传播积极的思想。”父亲补充道。A. awarding授予，奖励；B. appreciating欣赏；C. recording记录，录音；D. remembering记得。根据上文的“Instead of criticizing something you don't like”可知，父亲是让作者不要批评不喜欢的东西，而要欣赏喜欢的东西。“appreciating something you like”与“criticizing something you don't like”相对。故选B项。

12.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：“与其批评你不喜欢的东西，不如花时间欣赏你喜欢的东西，这样可以传播积极的思想。”父亲补充道。 A. positive积极的；B. fresh新鲜的；C. original起初的，原本的；D. unique独一无二的。上文提到 “criticizing someone or something 10 nothing but negativity around you.”，父亲认为批评只会给作者带来消极影响，而欣赏会带来积极的思想。“positive thoughts”与“negativity”相对。故选A项。

13.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：所以做出明智的选择! A. freely自由地；B. confidently有信心地；C. wisely明智地；D. independently独立地。根据下文“Never criticize anyone or anything unless you have a good 14 of it.”作者意识到不了解就不要批评任何人或任何事，要明智地选择。故选C项。

14.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：不要批评任何人或任何事，直到你对它有很好的了解。 A. defence防御；B. luck运气；C. deal交易；D. knowledge知识，了解，知道。此处是短语have a good knowledge of “对……有很好的了解，通晓”。故选D项。

15.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这是我父亲给我的最有价值的建议。A. valuable有价值的；B. ambitious雄心勃勃的；C. elegant优雅的；D. embarrassing令人尴尬的。作者体会到父亲的建议是对的，很有价值。故选A项。