Question

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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

What does taking a risk mean? It means trying     things even if（即使）they make you feel uncomfortable or afraid. One of the greatest risk I’d ever taken was playing a role in my high school’s fall play. I was not only a person who had     performance（表演）experience, but also I stuttered（口吃）.

Then     of performing in front of people made me worried. The reason why I     to perform was that I wanted to take part in my school theatre program.

On the day of the audition（试演）,there were also some acting exercises to warm us up. We were divided into pairs to     parts of the play. I felt very worried. After I said some of the lines（台词），my partner said, “I     you are stuttering. Is that for dramatic effect or do you really stutter?” I was speechless.

When my     to audition came, my heart was beating fast. Across from me sat the director and his assistants（助手）. Needless to say. I was really     my performance. I played the role of a man painter who pretended（假装）to be a woman. My partner was playing a businessman who wanted to marry me（the woman）. We said our lines and,     , I didn’t stutter. We went through it several times, and finally it was over. I was so     ,

The next Monday I was told that I had made the play. How excited I was! It was a lot of fun doing the play, and it was clear to me that my stuttering couldn’t     me doing what I wanted to do, and taking risks was well worth the time and     .

1.A. interesting       B. exciting       C. tiring        D. challenging

2.A. enough          B. some         C. little         D. much

3.A. experience       B. thought       C. memory      D. purpose

4.A. failed           B. decided       C. afforded      D. refused

5.A. compare         B. understand    C. describe      D. prepare

6.A. promise         B. realize        C. notice        D. imagine

7.A. turn            B. hope          C. dream        D. plan

8.A. amazed at        B. worried about  C. used to       D. curious about

9.A. surprisingly      B. finally         C. probably     D. certainly

10.A. bored          B. interested      C. touched      D. relaxed

11.A. stop           B. get            C. have        D. find

12.A. attention        B. power         C. effort       D. feeling

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是作者竞争参加学校的话剧演出的故事。因为口吃，经验少，所以他很担心自己的表演，但是出乎意料的是，他最后试演成功了。作者深深地感到自己付出的努力和花费的时间是值得的。

1.D考查形容词及语境理解。句意：什么是冒险？它意味着尝试挑战性的事情，即使它们使你感到不舒服或害怕。A. interesting有趣的；B. exciting令人激动的；C. tiring累人的；D. challenging挑战性的。冒险者常做一些挑战性的事情。故选D。

2.C考查形容词及语境理解。句意：我不但是一位没什么经验的人，而且我口吃。A. enough足够的，充足的；B. some一些；C. little很少，几乎没有；D. much许多。描述自己的劣势，经验少。故选C。

3.B考查名词及语境理解。句意：然后，要在人们前面表演的想法使我担忧。A. experience经验；B. thought想法；C. memory记忆；D. purpose目的。一想起就担忧，要在人前表演的想法令人担忧。故选B。

4.B考查动词及语境理解。句意：我决定参加表演的原因是我想要参加学校的戏剧节目。A. failed失败；B. decided决定；C. afforded负担得起；D. refused拒绝。口吃、无经验的我决定参加的原因，故选B。

5.D考查动词及语境理解。句意：我们被分成小组，准备话剧的部分。A. compare比较；B. understand懂得，理解；C. describe形容，描述；D. prepare准备。排练，为表演作准备。故选D。

6.C考查动词及语境理解。句意：我注意到你口吃。A. promise承诺，许诺；B. realize 记得，想起；C. notice注意到，察觉到；D. imagine想像，设想。伙伴在一起排练中注意到作者口吃。故选C。

7.A考查名词及语境理解。句意：当我试音的轮次到来时，我的心跳得飞快。A. turn轮流，轮次；B. hope希望；C. dream梦想；D. plan计划。轮到我时，我紧张得心跳加速。故选A。

8.B考查形容词短语及语境理解。句意：不必说，我真的担忧我的表演。A. amazed at惊异；B. worried about担忧；C. used to过去常常；D. curious about对……好奇。对面坐着导演，不必说，表演者很担忧、紧张。故选B。

9.A考查副词及语境理解。句意：我们讲着台词，令人惊异的是，我不口吃。A. surprisingly令人惊异地；B. finally最后地；C. probably可能地；D. certainly当然。本来口吃的我，在演出中不口吃了，令人惊异。故选A。

10.D考查形容词及语境理解。句意：我是如此的放松。A. bored无聊的；B. interested感兴趣的；C. touched感动的；D. relaxed轻松的。通过了试音，非常轻松。故选D。

11.A考查动词及语境理解。句意：作演出很有趣，而且对称来讲，很清楚，口吃不能阻止我做我想要做的事情。A. stop停止，阻止；B. get得到，获得；C. have拥有；D. find找到，发现。口吃的毛病不能成为我做想做的事的障碍，不能阻止我做想做的事。故选A。

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考点：考查故事类短文阅读。