Question

【题目】

When Jayce Crowder was in kindergarten, he was sad that he looked different from his classmates. They had two hands. He had one.

“It started when one boy teased him,” says his mother, Cortney Lewis. Jayce’s enthusiasm_______.He’d return to their home with questions: Why am I different? Why me?

Lewis admitted she didn’t know what to do at that point. How could she_______answers to her son’s questions when she had never found those answers herself?

A few weeks later, Lewis turned on the TV to a news story about an eighth grader from Washington, Iowa. Trashaun Willis, then 14, had become an Internet _______ after posting videos of his slam dunks (灌篮), and, like Jayce, he was______most of his left arm. Lewis called Jayce in. He was completely attracted, watching dunk after dunk.

At the time, it seemed that watching Trashaun would simply be a(n)_______moment for Jayce. _____little did Lewis know that a family friend had already reached out to the Des Moines Register， asking the newspaper to help set up a meeting with Trashaun to build Jayce’s_______

The boys met at Washington Middle School on a Saturday afternoon a couple of months later， and instantly bonded. The day was not spent wallowing (沉浸) in sell-pity—it was lull of______. They rode bikes around the school’s hallways， took photos, played hide-and-seek, and shot baskets. Trashaun______gave Jayce a shirt that says “Ten lingers are overrated.”

At one point， Trashaun did get serious with Jayce. He said not to let anyone drag him down and not to let words ____ his confidence. Since that meeting， Lewis has seen a visible______in her son， who is now seven and in second grade. He recently started wrestling and loves it. Lewis points to Trashaun’s ______. “Meeting him，” she said， “made Jayce______that there are others like him.”

As for Trashaun， his relationship with Jayce made him look forward to______more kids， perhaps as a youth coach with a nonprofit organization devoted to coaching kids with limb disabilities.

“Honestly， it means a lot to know that I changed Jayce’s______，” Trashaun says. Still， he never dreamed that his videos would have such an effect. “I just thought my friends would see my videos and be like， ‘Oh，he dunked it!’” Obviously， he did more than that!

【1】A.doubledB.returnedC.improvedD.disappeared

【2】A.discoverB.forgetC.provideD.inform

【3】A.hitB.winnerC.fanD.user

【4】A.givingB.makingC.missingD.having

【5】A.proudB.inspiringC.exactD.warning

【6】A.SoB.AndC.ThusD.But

【7】A.intelligenceB.confidenceC.strengthD.imagination

【8】A.funB.prideC.sadnessD.silence

【9】A.stillB.justC.evenD.again

【10】A./span>gainB.loseC.fixD.shake

【11】A.experienceB.differenceC.behaviorD.agreement

【12】A.influenceB.actionC.attitudeD.education

【13】A.expectB.promiseC.understandD.suggest

【14】A.helpingB.persuadingC.challengingD.calling

【15】A.loveB.wayC.habitD.life

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【6】D

【7】B

【8】A

【9】C

【10】D

【11】B

【12】A

【13】C

【14】A

【15】D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。Jayce Crowder左臂残缺，受到同学嘲笑，母亲不知如何向他解释，同样左臂残缺的Trashaun在网络上上传了自己扣篮的视频，很快受到欢迎，Jayce Crowder和他的母亲看完视频，信心大增。Trashaun和Jayce Crowder见面后很快成为朋友。Jayce Crowder意识到，世界上还有和他一样的人，他对自己的未来充满信心。

【1】考查动词词义辨析。句意：Jayce的热情消失了。A. doubled加倍；B. returned返回；C. improved提高；D. disappeared消失。由“when one boy teased him”可知，有个小男孩嘲笑了他，所以Jayce的热情消失了。故选D项。

【2】考查动词词义辨析。句意：她自己都没有找到答案，怎么能回答她儿子的问题呢?。A. discover发现；B. forget忘记；C. provide提供；D. inform告知。由“when she had never found those answers herself?”可知，Jayce Crowder的母亲自己都不知道答案，怎么能回答她儿子的问题呢。这里的provide“提供”指的是回答的意思。故选C项。

【3】考查名词词义辨析。句意：14岁的Trashaun Willis在网上晒出了自己扣篮的视频，成为了网络红人。A. hit热门人物；B. winner胜利者；C. fan 风扇；D. user用户。Trashaun 是一个失去左手臂的人，却能灌篮，所以视频一发布，他成为了网络红人。故选A项。

【4】考查动词词义辨析。句意：和 Jayce Crowder一样，他也失去了左臂的大部分。A. giving给予；B. making制作；C. missing缺失；D. having有。由“like Jayce”可知，Trashaun和 Jayce都失去了左臂的大部分。故选C项。

【5】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：那时看Trashaun的比赛对Jayce Crowder来说是一个鼓舞人心的时刻。A. proud自豪的；B. inspiring令人鼓舞的；C. exact确切的；D. warning警告的。 Trashaun网络灌篮的视频鼓舞了Jayce Crowder。因为他们有同样的身体缺陷。所以Jayce Crowder看到了希望。故选B项。

【6】考查连词词义辨析。句意：但刘易斯并不知道一个家族朋友已经联系到新闻报刊希望与Trashaun见面来帮助Jayce Crowder提升信心。A. So所以；B. And和；C. Thus因此；D. But但是。由“little did Lewis know ”可知，前后语意表示转折关系。故选D项。

【7】考查名词词义辨析。句意：但刘易斯并不知道一个家族朋友已经联系到新闻报刊希望与Trashaun见面来帮助Jayce Crowder提升信心。A. intelligence智力；B. confidence自信；C. strength力量；D. imagination现象。由下文“his confidence”可知，联系到新闻报刊希望与Trashaun见面就是来帮助Jayce Crowder提升信心的。故选B项。

【8】考查名词词义辨析。句意：这一天他们并不是沉湎在对自我的怜悯中，他们在一起很开心。A. fun趣事；B. pride自豪；C. sadness悲伤；D. silence沉默。由“they rode bikes around the school’s hallways， took photos, played hide-and-seek, and shot baskets”可知，他们在一起很开心。故选A项。

【9】考查副词词义辨析。句意：Trashaun甚至送了Jayce Crowder一件体恤衫。A. still仍然；B. just仅仅；C. even甚至；D. again又一次。除了玩的很开心，Trashaun甚至送了Jayce Crowder一件体恤衫。even“甚至”表示递进关系。故选C项。

【10】考查动词词义辨析。句意：他说不要让任何人让自己失去勇气，不要让任何话语动摇自己的信心。A. gain获得；B. lose丢失；C. fix安装；D. shake晃动。由“not to let anyone drag him down”可知，Trashaun对Jayce Crowder说不要让任何话语动摇Jayce Crowder的信心。故选D项。

【11】考查名词词义辨析。句意：自从那次会面以来，刘易斯看到了她儿子明显的变化，他儿子七岁，现在上二年级。A. experience经历；B. difference不同；C. behavior行为；D. agreement同意。由“He recently started wrestling and loves it.”可知，Jayce Crowder最近开始摔跤了，并喜欢上了摔跤。所以母亲看到了儿子明显地变化。故选B项。

【12】考查名词词义辨析。句意：刘易斯指出了Trashaun的影响。A. influence影响；B. action行动处；C. attitude态度；D. education教育。Trashaun对Jayce Crowder产生了重大的影响，所以Jayce Crowder有了很大的改变且明白了到了世界上还有很多像他一样的人。故选A项。

【13】考查动词词义辨析。句意：她说，见到Trashaun让Jayce Crowder明白这个世界上还有很多像他这样的人。A. expect期望；B. promise承诺； C. understand理解；D. suggest建议。Trashaun对Jayce Crowder产生了重大的影响，所以Jayce Crowder有了很大的改变且明白了世界上还有很多像他一样的人。故选C项。

【14】考查动词词义辨析。句意：对于Trashaun，他与Jayce Crowder的关系让他期待帮助更多的孩子，也许是成为一个非营利组织的青年教练，专门训练肢体残疾的孩子。A. helping帮助；B. persuading说服；C. challenging挑战；D. calling打电话。由下文“ perhaps as a youth coach with a nonprofit organization devoted to coaching kids with limb disabilities”可知，对于Trashaun，他与Jayce Crowder的关系让他期待帮助更多的孩子。故选A项。

【15】考查名词词义辨析。句意： Trashaun ，“老实说，我改变了Jayce Crowder的生活，这对我来说意义非凡。A. love爱；B. way方式；C. habit习惯；D. life生活。Trashaun所做的使Jayce Crowder更加自信了，使他积极地去改变了很多的东西，从而改变了自己的生活。故选D项。