Question

Rush for the Gold is a great book.If you like swimming, then it is really a good book for you.The ______ shows how agents are trying to make money and control an swimmer's life.It also provides many details about sports, which makes ______ possible to picture what is happening.

This story ______ a few months before the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.The two main ______ in the book are a 15­year­old swimmer, Susan Carol Anderson, and her boyfriend, Stevie Thomas.Susan and Stevie are teen sports ______ for different newspapers.After winning the World ______ Championships in Shanghai, Susan becomes a top American swimmer and she becomes the most famous swimmer in the country, which is ______ a good thing and a bad thing.She had to have an agent work with ______．

Susan Carol is six feet ______ at the age of 15.However，as a swimmer, Susan Carol is basically an ordinary girl.Like many teenagers, she loves to text and ______ Internet.Stevie is an ordinary sports teenager.Susan Carol's father, Anderson, is a very kind person.Also he is a man who is interested in making money by hard work.

1.A. play    B. book    C. movie

2.A. her    B. him    C. it

3.A. happened    B. took    C. came

4.A. men    B. persons    C. girls

5.A. teachers    B. reporters    C. students

6.A. Running    B. Football    C. Swimming

7.A. both    B. all    C. neither

8.A. him    B. them    C. her

9.A. high    B. tall    C. short

10.A. use    B. play    C. come

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.A

【解析】短文向我们介绍了《淘金记》这本书，它是一本非常不错的书，书中展示了经纪人是如何努力赚钱和控制游泳者的生活的。它也提供了许多关于运动的细节。书中的两个主要人物是游泳运动员，苏珊·卡罗尔·安德森和她的男朋友史蒂夫·托马斯。

1.句意：这本书展示了经纪人是如何努力赚钱和控制游泳者的生活的。A. play玩；B. book书； C. movie电影。根据短文开头的句子“Rush for the Gold is a great book.”，此处是指这个书，故答案为B。

2.句意：它也提供了许多关于运动的细节，使我们能够想象发生了什么。A. her她；B. him 他；C. it它。it用作形式宾语，后面的动词不定式是真正的宾语，故答案为C。

3.句意：这个故事发生在伦敦2012夏季奥运会前几个月。A. happened发生；B. took拿，采取；C. came来。结合句意可知，答案为A。

4.句意：书中的两个主要人物是一个15岁的游泳运动员，苏珊·卡罗尔·安德森和她的男朋友史蒂夫·托马斯。A. men男人；B. persons 人；C. girls女孩。后面介绍的两个人物一男一女，只有B答案符合题意。

5.句意：苏珊和史蒂夫是不同报纸的青少年体育记者。A. teachers老师；B. reporters 记者；C. students学生。根据“for different newspapers”判断，两个人是体育记者，故答案为B。

6.句意：在上海夺得世界游泳锦标赛冠军后。A. Running跑；B. Football 足球；C. Swimming游泳。根据后面的句子“Susan becomes a top American swimmer”判断，苏珊参加的是游泳锦标赛，故答案为C。

7.句意：苏珊成为美国游泳健将，成为美国最著名的游泳运动员，这既是好事又是坏事。A. both两者都；B. all都；C. neither两者都不。both…and…两者都，结合句意可知，答案为A。

8.句意：她必须有一个经纪人和她一起工作。A. him他；B. them他们；C. her她。主语是she，with是介词，要用she的宾格her，故答案为C。

9.句意：苏珊卡罗尔15岁时身高六英尺。A. high高的；B. tall高的；C. short矮，短。指人的身高只能用tall，不能用high，故答案为B。

10.句意：她喜欢发短信和上网。A. use使用；B. play玩；C. come来。use Internet上网，故答案为A。

点睛：完形填空题与单项选择题不同，它给出的是一篇意思较为完整的短文。做该题型试题时，首先应跳过空格通读全文，以全文为背景，联系句子的上下文进行推理和判断，从4个选项中选出一项进行试填。考生可以从词义用法、固定搭配、逻辑推理和上下文的联系等方面去考虑。最后应再把全文通览一遍，细心检查所选答案能否使短文上下连贯，前后呼应，词句通顺，使短文意思完整。检查时还应从语法、惯用法、逻辑推理和事情发生的情节等方面进行考虑，以达到准确无误之目的。