Question

A Small Red Ribbon

Everyone wants to win a first-place blue ribbon, to be the best in something.

Even little children in kindergartens(幼儿园) want that blue ribbon. In _________, I was never a blue-ribbon person. In a running ribbon competition, I was always the last. In baseball, I usually dropped the ball. During the spring of my kindergarten year, our class had a field trip to a park in a _________ about twenty miles away. Making that drive now very easy to do but when you’re six and you’ve lived in a town of 300 people all your life, going to a big town of a few thousand people is really something.

I don’t remember too much about it. But there was one that I will never forget — the three-legged competition. The parents tied(捆绑) our feet together. I was in pair with a little boy. He was very _________ at sports in our class. He usually won at everything but I didn’t. I knew that our pair didn’t have a chance to _________, and I’m sure he knew he was in trouble. The gun sounded(枪响了) and we were off. Some pairs were stumbling(绊脚) and falling all around, but we stayed on our feet and made it to the other side. _________, when we turned around and headed back, we were in the lead. There was another pair a few metres behind us. But only one pair had a chance to win.

A few metres from the finish line, something terrible happened: I stumbled and fell. We were so _________ to the finish line that my partner could have easily pulled me across the finish line and won. But he didn’t. He stopped, _______ down and helped me up — just as the other pair crossed the finish line. As a result, we received a small red ribbon for coming in second.

I still remember that moment when the young boy decided that helping a friend get on her feet was more important than winning a blue ribbon. And 13 years later, I still have that little ribbon because it tells me that a friend like this boy is the one who really _________ a lot.

1.A.sports B.music C.art D.courses

2.A.country B.city C.town D.village

3.A.bad B.angry C.good D.surprised

4.A.win B.fall C.wait D.run

5.A.Worriedly B.Unbelievably C.Secretly D.Unluckily

6.A.strong B.brave C.clever D.close

7.A.broke B.lay C.moved D.reached

8.A.depends B.means C.expects D.thanks

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.D

8.B

【解析】

文章介绍了作者在比赛中从没有获得过蓝丝带，一次比赛中，和小伙伴共同努力，马上就要获得蓝丝带的时候，但作者意外摔倒了，她的小伙伴并没有把她拖过终点，而是把作者扶起来，这给了作者启示，这样的朋友才是真正的朋友。

1.句意：在运动上，我从来不是一个拥有蓝丝带的人。

sports运动；music音乐；art美术；courses课程。由下文“In a running ribbon competition, I was always the last.”可知，跑步总是最后一名，我在运动方面不擅长，故选A。

2.句意：在我上幼儿园的一个春天，我们班到20英里外的一个镇上的一个公园进行了户外教学。

country国家；city城市；town城镇；village乡村。由下文“going to a big town”可知，他们是去一个大城镇，故选C。

3.句意：他在我们班级非常擅长运动。

bad坏的；angry生气的；good好的；surprised吃惊。由下文“He usually won at everything”可知，他通常赢，他体育很好。固定搭配“在……擅长be good at”，故选C。

4.句意：我知道我们这一组没有机会赢了，我确信他知道他有麻烦了。

win赢；fall降落；wait等待；run跑步。由上文“He usually won at everything but I didn’t.”可知，他经常赢，但是我不是，我们两个组合到一起，没有赢的机会，故选A。

5.句意：令人难以置信地是，当我们转回来往回走的时候，我们处于领先地位。

Worriedly令人担忧地；Unbelievably令人难以置信地；Secretly秘密地；Unluckily不幸地。由上文“I'm sure he knew he was in trouble.”可知，我们没有机会赢，但是现在处于领先地位，所以是令人难以置信地。故选B。

6.句意：我们距离终点如此的近，以至于我的小伙伴本可以轻易地把我拉过去，然后赢得比赛。

strong强壮；brave勇敢；clever聪明；close近的。由“easily pulled me across the finish line and won”可知，我们离终点线是近的，故选D。

7.句意：他停下来，伸过来手，帮助我起来，这时，另一组过了这个终点线。

broke打破；lay放置；moved移动；reached伸手。由“helped me up”可知，他将我扶了起来，故选D。

8.句意：13年过去了，我仍然还留有这个丝带，因为它告诉我，像这个男孩这样的朋友才是真正有意义的朋友。

depends依赖；means意味着；expects期待；thanks感谢。由上文“helping a friend get on her feet was more important than winning a blue ribbon”可知，这个小男孩做的事情，意味着很多，很有价值，故选B。