Question

A Leap（跳跃）to Honor. Leaping on a narrow balance beam（平衡木） is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it.

To perfect her skills, Lola ________  for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls.

That’s especially impressive, ________  she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double and can’t ______ how far away things are.

When she was little, her mom __________ that even though she couldn’t see ___________  , she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the _________  right away and gymnastics became her favorite.

Though learning gymnastics has been more __________  for her than for some of her tournaments, she has never quit. She doesn’t let her __________ stop her from doing anything that she wants to.

She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest __________ is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. “You have to ________ your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go,” says Lola.

To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most ___________ for anyone because it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t fall ___________ the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10---- her highest score yet.

Lola doesn’t want to be _____________  differently from the other girls on her team. At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision ____________. She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her __________ attitude.

Lola never thinks about ____________. She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her  __________ is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids _____________ she grew up.

Lola is __________ of all her hard work and success. She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics, too. Her _________ for others is “just believe yourself”.

1.A. work at    B. work on    C. work out    D. work off

2.A. since    B. unless    C. after    D. though

3.A. tell    B. guess    C. assume    D. predict

4.A. suspected    B. remembered    C. imagined    D. noticed

5.A. deeply    B. well    C. ahead    D. closely

6.A. task    B. sport    C. event    D. show

7.A. boring    B. enjoyable    C. difficult    D. unsatisfactory

8.A. talent    B. quality    C. nature    D. condition

9.A. doubt    B. advantage    C. challenge    D. program

10.A. examine    B. express    C. open    D. trust

11.A. fearful    B. harmful    C. unfair    D. inconvenient

12.A. to    B. on    C. off    D. against

13.A. greeted    B. treated    C. served    D. paid

14.A. pains    B. stresses    C. injuries    D. problems

15.A. positive    B. friendly    C. flexible    D. caution

16.A. defending    B. quitting    C. winning    D. bargaining

17.A. standard    B. range    C. view    D. goal

18.A. until    B. as    C. when    D. before

19.A. proud    B. tired    C. ashamed    D. confident

20.A. plan    B. advice    C. reward    D. responsibility

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】

文章讲述的是主人公Lola虽然天生存在视力方面的问题，但是仍然坚持体操训练，以积极的态度和顽强的毅力，取得了大家的尊重和体操方面的成功，她的事迹也在向大家传达一个信息，那就是相信自己，决不放弃！

1.考查动词短语词义辨析。A. work at从事；B. work on对 ... 起作用；C. work out锻炼；D. work off渐渐消除。根据上一句中的 a 13-year-old gymnast可知，Lola是一个体操运动员，因此，To perfect her skills为了练习她的体操技巧，她每天训练四个小时。故选C。

2.考查连词词义辨析。A. since自从；B. unless除非；C. after在……之后；D. though尽管。根据she is legally blind可知，这是她取得的成绩给人留下深刻印象的原因，因此选择A，意为因为。句意为，她在16个女孩中取得了第七名的成绩。这给人们留下了深刻的印象，因为她在法定上讲是盲人。故选A。

3.考查动词词义辨析。A. tell告诉，辨别，断定；B. guess猜测；C. assume假定；D. predict预测。根据前一句She often sees double可知，她看到的是双重影像，因此无法辨别出物体离她有多远。故选A。

4.考查动词词义辨析。A. suspected怀疑；B. remembered记得；C. imagined想象；D. noticed 注意到。句意为，在她小的时候，她的妈妈注意到她尽管看不清东西，但是她不害怕。故选D。

5.考查副词词义辨析。A. deeply在深处，深深地；B. well好；C. ahead在前面；D. closely接近地，靠近地。根据上文的“born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double”可知，她是能看到东西的，只不过看到的是双重影像，看不清楚，故选B。

6.考查名词词义辨析。A. task任务；B. sport 运动；C. event事件或者比赛项目；D. show演秀。根据上文的“So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three”可知，她的妈妈在她三岁的时候，给她报名参加体操训练，因此，此处指的是她立刻喜欢上了这项运动。故选B。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。boring无聊；B. enjoyable令人愉快的；C. difficult困难的；D. unsatisfactory令人不满意的。根据该句的though（尽管），和后文的she has never quit可知，此处句意为，尽管学习体操对她来说比其他比赛更加困难，但是她从没有放弃过。故选C。

8.考查名词词义辨析。A. talent才能；B. quality品质；C. nature自然本性；D. condition（健康）状况。根据上文的“she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly”可知，此处指的是她视力差的这种不利状况（情况）。句意为，她没有让她的这种身体状况阻止她做任何她想做的事情。故选D。

9.考查名词词义辨析。A. doubt怀疑；B. advantage优点；C. challenge挑战；D. program程序，计划。根据下文的“Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams”可知，因为她有双重影像，因此她经常看到两个横梁，因此平衡木对她来说是最大的一个挑战，故选C。

10.考查动词词义辨析。A. examine检查；B. express表达； C. open打开；D. trust信任，相信。根据上文的“She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine”可知，她视力不好，只能依靠自己的感觉，因此，她说“你不得不相信/信任（trust) 你的内心，它可以带你去任何你想去的地方”。故选D。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。A. fearful令人害怕的；B. harmful有害的；C. unfair不公平的；D. inconvenient不方便的。根据上文的“To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave”要想成为一个顶尖的体操运动员，运动员必须要勇敢，可知，要求体操运动员勇敢，需要勇气，就说明这项运动会让人害怕，即fearful 。故选A。

12.考查介词词义辨析。A. to到；B. on在…….上；C. off离开；D. against 反对。fall off 意为跌落，此处意为，在州比赛中，Lola没有从平衡木上跌落下来。故选C。

13.考查动词词义辨析。A. greeted致意；B. treated对待；C. served服务；D. paid付钱。根据下文的“At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision ______14______. She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know”可知，她在比赛的时候没有告诉裁判关于她视力方面的问题，因为她认为裁判不需要知道，因为她不想让裁判做出有别于其他选手的对待。故选B。

14.考查名词词义辨析。A. pains痛苦，疼痛；B. stresses压力；C. injuries受伤；D. problems问题。vision problems意为视力上的问题。她在比赛的时候没有告诉裁判关于她视力方面的问题。故选D。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。A. positive积极的；B. friendly友好的；C. flexible灵活的；D. caution小心，谨慎。根据上文的“She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know.”Lola没有告诉裁判关于她眼睛的问题，因为她认为裁判不需要知道，她想和其他人一样比赛。这说明她没有因为眼睛视力的问题而沮丧，相反她保持这积极的态度，认为自己和其他人一样好。因此，她的母亲对她的这种积极、乐观的态度感到很惊讶。故选A。

16.考查动词词义辨析。A. defending保卫；B. quitting放弃；C. winning赢；D. bargaining讨价还价。根据上文她积极、乐观的态度，和下文的“Her  _____17_____ is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach”她的目标是要达到九级，她说她要成为一名体操教练，因此，她从没想过要放弃（quit)。故选B。

17.考查名词词义辨析。A. standard标准；B. range范围；C. view观点视野；D. goal目标。上文讲到现在她达到了七级水平，而此处to reach level 9则指的是她的目标，即goal。故选D。

18.考查连词词义辨析。A. until直到；B. as因为，随着；C. when当……时候；D. before在……之前。该句句意为，她说她想要成为一名体操教练，把她所学到的传给其他的孩子，当她长大成人的时候(when)。故选C。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。be proud of 以……为骄傲；be tired of 对……感到厌倦；be ashamed of 对……感到羞耻；be confident of对……感到自信、确信。句意为，Lola以她的努力和成功为傲。故选A。

20.考查名词词义辨析。A. plan计划；B. advice 建议；C. reward报酬；D. responsibility责任。句意为，她通过自己的亲身经历，想告诉人们一个道理，或者说她通过自己的亲身经历，给人们一个善意的建议，就是“相信自己”！故选B。