Question

    I played a badminton game against my cousin Charlie last week. It was one of the most ____   and tiring games I’ve ever had. When Charlie first phoned and ______ we play, I laughed quietly, figuring on an easy victory. After all, Charlie’s idea of ______ has always been nothing more ____ than lifting a fork to his mouth. As long as I can remember, Charlie’s been the least physically fit member in the family, and ______ proud of himself. His big stomach has always ballooned out between his T-shirt and trousers. Although the family often ______ about that, Charlie refused to buy a larger T-shirt or to lose weight. So when Charlie ______ for our game not only with the bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly ______, I was so surprised that I was ______. My cousin must have made an effort to get himself into shape. As a result, at the point in our game when I predicted the score to be about 21 to 5 in my favor, it was ______ 7 to 9 —and Charlie was ______. Suddenly, Charlie slipped and fell. I thought he would lose his temper as he used to, but he ______ his tears and kept playing! To make matters worse, it seemed that he could ______ my mind and predict what I would do next. Little by little, my patience ______.

I was about to give up when suddenly there was a ______ failure, which gave me time to calm down. When everything was back to normal, we ______ to play like two mad men. When the score was 18-18, I finally ______ my confidence. In the end, I survived in the game, but it was only a ________victory. After the game, both of us were lying flat on our backs, too tired to   ______. In a way, I think we both won: I the game, but cousin Charlie my ______.

1.A.regular B.hopeless C.encouraging D.surprising

2.A.suggested B.declared C.persuaded D.mentioned

3.A.joy B.preparation C.exercise D.fitness

4.A.time-saving B.effort-making C.suitable D.comfortable

5.A.reasonably B.personally C.strangely D.eagerly

6.A.joked B.forgot C.quarreled D.cared

7.A.left B.sent C.returned D.arrived

8.A.notice B.measure C.admire D.believe

9.A.nervous B.speechless C.careless D.sceptical

10.A.then B.naturally C.instead D.mistakenly

11.A.waiting B.leading C.coming D.counting

12.A.break out B.put up C.burst into D.held back

13.A.read B.see C.understand D.watch

14.A.settled down B.used up C.gave out D.break down

15.A.strength B.power C.force D.energy

16.A.decided B.stopped C.pretended D.continued

17.A.lost B.gained C.controlled D.took

18.A.narrow B.terrible C.tough D.simple

19.A.sleep B.play C.move D.start

20.A.support B.favor C.friendship D.respect

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者和堂兄Charlie打球，通过打球这件事作者改变了对Charlie的印象。

1.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这是我曾经经历过最令人惊喜和疲惫的游戏。A. regular有规则的；B. hopeless没有希望的；C. encouraging鼓励；D. surprising令人惊奇的。根据下文“In a way, I think we both won: I the game, but cousin Charlie my 20 .”可知比赛的过程和结果令人惊奇和疲惫的。故选D项。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：当Charlie打电话给我建议我们来场比赛的时候，我微笑，想象着一场轻松的比赛。A. suggested建议；B. declared宣称；C. persuaded劝慰；D. mentioned提及。根据下文“we play”，可知此处谓语为动词原形，而suggest译为“建议”后的宾语从句使用虚拟语气，谓语为should+ 动词原型，should可以省略。故选A项。

3.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：毕竟，对于Charlie来说，运动就像叉了食物努力往嘴里送一样。A. joy快乐；B. preparation准备；C. exercise锻炼，运动；D. fitness健康。根据文章第一段可知作者要和Charlie打羽毛球，所以这里表述的是Charlie关于运动的想法。故选C项。

4.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：毕竟，对于Charlie来说，运动就像叉了食物努力往嘴里送一样。A. time-saving节约时间的；B. effort-making努力，需要付出努力的；C. suitable适合的；D. comfortable舒适的。该句中nothing more than译为“和…一样”，这里将运动和用叉子将食物送到嘴里进行比较，它们是一样的需要付出努力。故选B项。

5.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：从我记事起，Charlie的身体是家里最弱的，但是很奇怪，他为自己感到骄傲。A. reasonably合理地；B. personally个人地；C. strangely奇怪地；D. eagerly渴望地。根据下文“Although the family often ___6___ about that, Charlie refused to buy a larger T-shirt or to lose weight. ”可知，尽管Charlie很胖，但是他拒绝买大T恤或者减肥，所以大家认为Charlie对自己感到骄傲这件事很奇怪。故选C项。

6.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：尽管家人经常就这件事情开他玩笑，但是他拒绝买大一号的T恤或是减肥。A. joked开玩笑；B. forgot忘记；C. quarreled吵架；D. cared关心。根据前文“His big stomach has always ballooned out between his T-shirt and trousers.”可知Charlie的肚子像气球一样鼓出来，所以家人对他的形象总是开玩笑。故选A项。

7.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以当Charlie到了的时候，他不仅是衬衣扎在裤子里，肚子也几乎看不见，简直令我惊讶的说不出话来。A. left离开；B. sent派送；C. returned返还；D. arrived抵达。根据下文“not only with the bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly ___8___,”可知Charlie的身材发生变化，所以是Charlie到了之后作者观察到的。故选D项。

8.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以当Charlie到了的时候，他不仅是衬衣扎在裤子里，肚子也几乎看不见，简直令我惊讶的说不出话来。A. notice引起注意；B. measure测量；C. admire钦佩；D. believe相信。根据下文“with the bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers”可知他的衬衫可以放进他的裤子里面，身材改变，所以他的肚子看不到了。故选A项。

9.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：所以当Charlie到了的时候，不仅是他的衬衣扎在裤子里，肚子几乎让人看不见，简直令我惊讶的说不出话来。A. nervous焦虑的，担忧的；B. speechless无语的；C. careless粗心的；D. sceptical怀疑的。根据上文“so surprised”可知，Charlie身材变化让我惊到说不出话来。故选B项。

10.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：我预计的比赛得分是21:5，结果是7:9，Charlie领先。A. then然后；B. naturally自然地；C. instead取而代之；D. mistakenly错误地。根据前文“I predicted the score to be about 21 to 5”，和后文“7 to 9”，可知我预测的对抗的结果是21:5，实际结果确被7:9取代，故选C项。

11.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我预计的比赛得分是21:5，结果是7:9，Charlie领先。A. waiting等待；B. leading领先；C. coming来；D. counting数。根据上文“7 to 9”可知，比赛结果是我输给了Charlie，Charlie领先于我。故选B项。

12.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：我认为他会像以前一样生气，但是他忍住眼泪并且继续打球。A. break out爆发，逃跑；B. put up建造，搭建；C. burst into突然…...起来；D. held back忍住。根据下文“kept playing”，可知Charlie没有生气，忍住眼泪，继续打球，而held back tears译为“忍住眼泪”。故选D项。

13.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：更糟糕的是，他似乎看出我的心思并且预测我接下来要做什么。A. read读取；B. see看见；C. understand理解；D. watch观看。此处read one’s mind译为“看出某人的心思”，为固定短语。故选A项。

14.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：渐渐地，我失去了耐心。A. settled down定居；B. used up用光；C. gave out精疲力尽；D. break down出毛病，损怀。根据下文“I was about to give up”可知我想要放弃了，因为我失去了耐心。故选C项。

15.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我就要放弃的时候，突然停电了，这给我冷静的时间。A. strength体力，力量；B. power能量；C. force武力，暴力；D. energy能源。此处power failure译为“停电”，故选B项。

16.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：当一切恢复正常，我们像两个疯子一样打球。A. decided决定；B. stopped停止；C. pretended假装；D. continued继续。根据上文“everything was back to normal”可知，电力恢复了，所以我们两个继续打球。故选D项。

17.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：当比分18:18时，我最后找回了自信。A. lost迷失，丢失；B. gained获得；C. controlled控制；D. took携带，拿走。根据下文“I survived in the game, but it was only a ____18____victory”，可知我最后险胜Charlie，因为这个结果让我重拾信心。故选B项。

18.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：最后我在比赛中赢了，但只是险胜。A. narrow勉强的；B. terrible可怕的；C. tough艰苦的，艰难的；D. simple简单的。根据“only 和I survived in the game”可知，此处a narrow victory译为“险胜”。故选A项。

19.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：比赛后，我们两个躺在地上，累的走不动了。A. sleep睡觉；B. play玩；C. move移动；D. start开始。根据上文“both of us were lying flat on our backs”，可知我和Charlie躺在地上，因为累的动不了。故选C项。

20.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：某种程度上，我认为我们都赢了，我赢了比赛，但是Charlie赢得了我的尊重。A. support支持；B. favor喜爱，偏爱；C. friendship友谊；D. respect尊敬。分析该句可知，这两个句子为省略句，完整形式为：I won the game, but cousin Charlie won my respect.结合全文可知，我之前对Charlie的印象是一个不愿减肥的小胖子，打球也会轻松赢他，但是当我见到他时，他已经改变以往的身材，而且球技也突飞猛进，这样的改变让我对Charlie刮目相看，他得到了作者的尊重。故选D项。