Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后面各题的四个选项(A、B、C 和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And ________ otherwise assigned (指定) a seat by the teacher, I always ________ to sit at the back of the classroom.

All this ________ after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy ________ because I didn’t have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the ________ to keep pace (跟上) with the others on the team and they would make fun of me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “________ for it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try.

Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the ________ of it! When I first started ________ the practice sessions, I didn’t even know the rules of the game, much ________ what I was doing. Sometimes I’d get ________ and take a shot at the wrong direction — which made me feel really stupid. ________, I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to ________ on learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t ________ “just yet”.

I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the ________ and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive ________ in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the ________ — friends who respect my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!

With my ________ self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from ________ in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself, ________ raising my hand — even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent ________ I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.

1.A. asB. untilC. unlessD. though

2.A. hopedB. agreedC. meantD. chose

3.A. continuedB. changedC. settledD. started

4.A. ideaB. planC. beliefD. saying

5.A. rightB. chanceC. abilityD. patience

6.A. goingB. lookingC. cheeringD. applying

7.A. pointB. halfC. restD. basis

8.A. enjoyingB. preparingC. attendingD. watching

9.A. lessB. laterC. worseD. further

10.A. committedB. motivatedC. embarrassedD. confused

11.A. InterestinglyB. Fortunately

C. ObviouslyD. Hopefully

12.A. focusB. actC. relyD. try

13.A. wantB. doC. supportD. know

14.A. stepsB. ordersC. rulesD. games

15.A. rolesB. partC. mindD. value

16.A. processB. operationC. movementD. situation

17.A. expressedB. improvedC. preservedD. recognized

18.A. dreamingB. playingC. relaxingD. hiding

19.A. byB. forC. withD. to

20.A. luckyB. happyC. sureD. satisfied

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.C

15.B

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述自己过去不喜欢引起别人重视，到后来在老师建议下参加了篮球队，在从比赛中学会了如何交友，并最终变得积极乐观的故事。

1. 考查连词。A. as由于；B. until直到……时；C. unless除非；D. though尽管。从前文得知“我”过去常常很讨厌在班级上被人点名，因为“我”不喜欢引起别人的注意。除非老师给我指定了座位，否则“我”总是坐在教室的后排。故选C。

2. 考查动词。A. hoped希望；B. agreed同意；C. meant意味；D. chose选择。根据前文，应该是“我”选择坐在教室后排。故选D。

3. 考查动词。根据后面作者的描述，所有的这一切在“我”加了一个篮球队以后发生了改变。A. continued继续；B. changed改变；C. settled解决；D. started开始，故选B。

4. 考查名词。A. idea想法；B. plan计划；C. belief信念；D. saying谚语。句意：起先，“我”认为老师的这个建议是一个疯狂的想法（idea），因为“我”没有好的平衡感。故选A。

5. 考查名词。A. right右边，权利；B. chance机会；C. ability能力；D. patience耐心。根据句意，应该是“我”也没有能力与别的队员保持步调一致，他们会取笑“我”的。故选C。have the ability to do sth.“有能力做某事”。

6.是固定短语，意为“努力去做吧！”。句意：要不是老师坚持让我去努力的话，“我”不会再去尝试的。look for寻找；cheer for为…欢呼；apply for申请。故选A。

7. 考查名词。A. point观点；B. half半；C. rest休息；D. basis基础。句意：鼓起勇气去参加选拔赛仅仅只是这个想法的开始，即只完成了事情的一半。故选B。

8. 考查动词。A. enjoying喜爱；B. preparing准备；C. attending参加；D. watching观看。当“我”第一次参加练习赛时，我甚至连比赛规则都不知道。故选C。

9. 考查固定搭配。much less意为“更不用说”，而别的答案均没有此意思。句意：更不用说，“我”要做什么了。故选A。

10. 考查形容词。get confused变得困惑。committed坚定的；motivated积极的；embarrassed尴尬的；confused困惑的。有时候“我”变得很困惑，在错误的一边进行了投篮，这使我感到非常愚蠢。故选D。

11. 考查副词。A. Interestingly有趣地；B. Fortunately幸运地；C. Obviously显而易见地；D. Hopefully充满，充满希望地。根据上下文意思，作者说自己是幸运的，因为他不是唯一一个新手。B项符合语境。

12. 考查动词短语。句意：我决定集中精力来学习这项运动。focus on 集中精力于；act on 作用于…；rely on 依赖；try on试穿。故选A。

13. 考查动词。A. want想要；B. do做；C. support支持；D. know知道。作者并没有对自己现在不知道的东西要求过于苛刻。答案选D

14. 考查名词。A. steps台阶；B. orders命令；C. rules规则；D. games游戏。根据句意，作者不断的练习，不久就知道了规则和动作。前文提到过作者连对规则都不懂，所以这里应该选rule（规则）。故选C。

15. 考查名词。A. roles角色；B. part部分；C. mind思想；D. value价值。作者参加的这些比赛使他战胜了缺乏自信的毛病。故选B。

16. 考查名词。A. process过程；B. operation运营；C. movement运动；D. situation情形。作者学会了如何打球，如何在此过程中交朋友。故选A。

17. 考查动词。A. express表达；B. improved提高的，改进过；C. preserve保存；D. recognize识别。作者不断提高的自信，得到了老师和同学的赞扬。故选B。

18. 考查动词。A. dreaming梦想；B. playing玩；C. relaxing放松；D. hiding躲藏。作者从老是躲在教室后排的学生，不愿引起注意的学生变成了爱举手回答问题的学生。故选D。

19. 考查介词。form... to... 从……到……，从老是躲在教室后排的学生，不愿引起注意的学生道爱举手回答问题的学生。故选D。

20. 考查形容词。A. lucky幸运的；B. happy高兴的；C. sure确信的；D. satisfied满意的。作者现在经常举手回答问题，甚至有时候自己并不是100%确定答案是正确，也积极回答问题。故选C。

【名师点评】本文讲述自己过去不喜欢引起别人重视，到后来在老师建议下参加了篮球队，而从比赛中学会了如何交友，并最终变得积极乐观的故事。答题时首先花1-2分钟整体将文章扫读一遍，弄清楚大意，再逐一作答，答题中着重上下文的意思理解，将自己设身处地的放在作者的角度思考问题，答案就会迎刃而解了。

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