Question

    Mary, Shirley and Ben are high school students in New York. They wrote their own book. They noticed that boys and girls are sometimes given ______ messages by family, friends and other people. It's OK for girls to cry and be open about their feelings. Boys are often told to ______ these feelings. They are expected to be strong and silent _______ The three teens saw this happening around them. It happened to younger brothers. It happened to ______friends. They decided to write a book about the problem.

Man Up! ______ in November. Shout Mouse Press made the book. Shout Mouse is a company that shares stories written by local teens. Mary noted that one of the ______ challenges was to create a main character who seemed real. The book needed to be fun but also teach a ______, she said. The three writers got their start as after-school teachers to help younger students ______ their reading skills. Then last summer they joined a ______ workshop. That's where they learned to write a children's book. Cathy Taylor leads Shout Mouse. She began helping teens put out their books in 2013. She said teen writers ______ younger kids. Shout Mouse lets them share  ______ they have learned growing up.

"It needed to be talked about in the open, " said Shirley. "Young boys ______ not be shamed for their feelings. " Man Up! is about a boy named Aron. Someone laughs at him because he likes crying. He cries ______ he’s upset by a hurt dog or friends who cheat at video games. Aron is lucky, though. He has an older, understanding brother he can turn to. He learns that talking about his feelings is a good thing.

Ben hopes the story will help readers to understand other people's feelings. "Maybe they will put themselves in Aron's ______ and ask, "How would I feel?''    he said. The three writers said they would like to make ______ book.

Now Mary wants to write about social problems so that things might be able to change.

1.A.similar B.different C.healthy D.difficult

2.A.speak B.explain C.hide D.trust

3.A.again B.instead C.together D.once

4.A.their B.his C.her D.our

5.A.cut out B.sold out C.ran out D.came out

6.A.easiest B.biggest C.busiest D.safest

7.A.lesson B.song C.poem D.plan

8.A.at B.for C.with D.into

9.A.running B.writing C.reading D.dancing

10.A.examine B.protect C.forget D.understand

11.A.what B.how C.why D.where

12.A.should B.may C.must D.can

13.A.before B.though. C.when D.unless

14.A.skirts B.scarfs C.shirts D.shoes

15.A.other B.the other C.another D.the others

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了三个年轻作家发现了他们周边年轻孩子的问题，写了一本名叫《男士们崛起吧！》的书，鼓励男孩子们也要敢于表达自己的情感。现在他们打算再写一本书。

1.

句意：他们注意到男孩和女孩有时会被家人、朋友和其他人传递不同的信息。

similar相似的；different不同的；healthy健康的；difficult困难的。根据后句“It's OK for girls to cry and be open about their feelings. Boys are often told to…these feelings.”可知女孩哭着敞开心扉说自己的感受是可以的。男孩们经常被告知要隐藏这些感情。可见同一种感情，男孩和女孩表达的形式不一样。故选B。

2.

句意：男孩们经常被告知要隐藏这些感情。

speak说，讲；explain解释；hide隐藏；trust信任。根据后句“They are expected to be strong and silent instead.”可知男孩子们被认为是坚强而沉默。可见他们需要隐藏情感。故选C。

3.

句意：反而，他们被期望变得坚强而沉默。

again再次；instead反而；together一起；once一旦，一次。根据前句“Boys are often told to hide these feelings.”可知男孩子经常被告知要隐藏这些情感，所以坚强和沉默就取代了这些情感。故选B。

4.

句意：这发生在他们的朋友身上。

their他（她/它）们的；his他的；her她的；our我们的。根据前句“The three teens saw this happening around them.”可知三个十几岁的孩子在他们周围看到了这种情况。可见在他们朋友身上也出现这样的问题。故选A。

5.

句意：《男士们崛起吧！》在11月份出版。

cut out切断；sold out售完，满座；ran out用完，耗尽；came out出现，出版。根据后文“Shout Mouse Press made the book.”可知Shout Mouse出版社制作了这本书。所以这本书是已经出版了。故选D。

6.

句意：玛丽指出，最大的挑战之一是塑造一个看起来真实的主人公。

easiest最简单的；biggest最大的；busiest最忙的，safest最安全的。根据后文“…create a main character who seemed real.”可知他们想创造一个看起来真实的主角。可见这是他们最大的挑战。故选B。

7.

句意：这本书既要有趣，也要给人一个教训。

lesson课；song歌曲；poem诗歌；plan计划。根据固定搭配“teach a lesson”给以教训，且符合句意。故选A。

8.

句意：这三位作家从课后教师做起，帮助年轻学生提高阅读技能。

at在……，for为了，给；with和……一起，带有；into进入，到……里面。根据固定搭配“help sb. with sth.”帮助某人做某事。故选C。

9.

句意：去年夏天他们参加了一个写作班。

running奔跑；writing写作；reading阅读；dancing跳舞。根据后文“That's where they learned to write a children's book.”可知在补习班那里，他们学会了写儿童读物。可见他们加入了写作补习班。故选B。

10.

句意：她说青少年作家理解年轻的孩子。

examine检查，考查；protect保护；forget忘记；understand理解，明白。根据“teen writers…younger kids.”可知作家是青少年，写作的内容是关于青少年的问题。所以说青少年作家理解年轻的孩子。故选D。

11.

句意：Shout Mouse让他们分享他们成长过程中所学到的东西。

what什么；how怎样；why为什么；where哪里。根据固定搭配“let sb. do sth.”可知“…they have learned growing up.”作“share”的宾语补足语，而“they have learned growing up.”句子缺少宾语；结合选项，只有what符合句意。故选A。

12.

句意：年轻的男孩不应该为他们的感情感到羞耻。

should应该；may可能；must一定；can可以，会。根据后文“Man Up!...He learns that talking about his feelings is a good thing.”可知文章举例说明故事中的Aron知道谈论自己的感受是件好事。可见男孩子不应该为他们的感情感到羞耻。故选A。

13.

句意：当他被一只受伤的狗或玩电子游戏作弊的朋友弄得心烦意乱时，他会哭。

before在…..之前；though尽管，即使；when何时，在……时候；unless除非，如果不。根据所给空前句“he cries…”可知男孩哭了，后句“he’s upset by a hurt dog or friends who cheat at video games.”可知他被一只受伤的狗或在电子游戏中作弊的朋友弄得心烦意乱。可见此处需填连词。可推测出当他心烦意乱时才会哭泣。when符合句意和语境。故选C。

14.

句意：也许他们会设身处地的问Aron，“我感觉怎么样？”

skirts裙子；scarfs围巾；shirts衬衣；shoes鞋子，根据固定搭配“put oneself in ones shoes”设身处地，换位思考。故选D。

15.

句意：三位作家说他们想再写一本书。

other另外，其他，后接名词复数；the other另一个，与one搭配使用；another又一，再一；others其他人员，other的复数形式。根据后文“Now Mary wants to write about social problems so that things might be able to change.”可知现在玛丽想写一些关于社会问题的文章，这样事情就可以改变了。由前文可知玛丽写了一本关于青年感情问题的一本书。所以他们是打算再写一本书。故选C。