题目内容
“Look, it’s Baldy!” A boy shouted in my direction across the playground. Even though I was used to regular insults (侮辱) because of the 11 on my head, it was 12 horrible to hear. I sighed as I was headed back to the class.
When I was just 20 months old, I suffered serious 13 after a bowl full hot oil fell on my head. I was 14 to hospital and had to stay there for weeks while the doctors 15 to save my life. “Holly’s very 16 to be alive,” they told Mum and Dad. “But she’ll be 17 with scars on her head, and of course her hair won’t grow there.”
As a child, I cared much about my scars, so I 18 wore a scarf to cover them up when I left home. 19 I didn’t, people would call me horrible names like Baldy. Although my friends were always comforting me, they never 20 understood how it felt.
Then through the hospital I was 21 to a children’s burns camp, where children like me can get any help. There, I 22 14-year-old Stephanie, whose burns are a lot more serious than mine. But she is so 23 that she never lets anyone put her down. “You shouldn’t 24 what people say about what you look like because we’re not different from anyone else, Holly,” she 25 me. “And you don’t need to wear a scarf because you look great 26 it!” For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who’d been through something 27 . So weeks later, at my 13th birthday party, 28 by her bravery, I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars. It felt amazing not having to 29 away behind my scarf.
Now, I am 30 of what I look like and much happier, because I have realized it is your personality (个性) that decides who you truly are.
11. | A. hat | B. scarf | C. scars | D. cuts |
12. | A. still | B. just | C. never | D. seldom |
13. | A. hunger | B. cold | C. defeats | D. burns |
14. | A. rushed | B. led | C. invited | D. forced |
15. | A. learned | B. fought | C. returned | D. decided |
16. | A. happy | B. lucky | C. lonely | D. poor |
17. | A. pressed | B. occupied | C. left | D. painted |
18. | A. possibly | B. usually | C. finally | D. nearly |
19. | A. Although | B. Since | C. If | D. Before |
20. | A. correctly | B. roughly | C. easily | D. really |
21. | A. promoted | B. introduced | C. reported | D. carried |
22. | A. met | B. recognized | C. remembered | D. caught |
23. | A. honest | B. strong | C. active | D. young |
24. | A. write sown | B. agree with | C. pass on | D. listen to |
25. | A. promised | B. encouraged | C. ordered | D. calmed |
26. | A. in | B. for | C. without | D. beyond |
27. | A. similar | B. strange | C. hard | D. important |
28. | A. allowed | B. required | C. guided | D. inspired |
29. | A. hide | B. give | C. keep | D. put |
30. | A. sick | B. aware | C. tired | D. proud |
[定文体抓主旨]:
本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。作者因儿时的一次意外事故,头部留下了大片的疤痕而且不能再长头发,成了光头。为了不被人嘲笑讥讽,她总是用头巾把头部遮盖起来。后来她遇到一位与自己有相似经历的一位女孩,在她的鼓励下她摘下了围巾,开始勇敢面对现实。作者通过自己的经历告诉我们,真正的你是由你的个性而不是外貌决定的。文章最后一段点出文章主旨大意。
本篇难度:中等。
[篇章结构]:
段落 | 关键词 | 大意推测 |
第一部分(para.1) | it’s Baldy; was used to regular insults; | 作者所面临的困境 |
第二部分(para.2--3) | a bowl full hot oil fell on my head; save my life; with scars on her head; hair won’t grow; people would call me horrible names like Baldy | 事故发生的原委及对作者后来的生活造成的影响 |
第三部分(para.5) | much happier; it is your personality that decides who you truly are. | 作者用自己的经历告诉我们:你的个性决定了你是什么样的人 |
[解析]:
11. C。根据首句baldy(秃头)和第二段with scars on her head可知作者头上能看到的应该是‘疤痕’,因此选项C正确。
12. A。根据句首的even though(即使),此处应为转折关系。 根据句意:‘即使已经习惯了被人这样侮辱,但听到时仍旧会感到伤心难过’,可推知A项正确。
13. D。根据a bowl full hot oil fell on my head,可知作者受的是‘烫伤’,因此D选项正确。
14. A。根据上句作者‘受了严重烫伤’,推断出应该被‘迅速’送往医院,因此A选项正确。
15. B。根据句中to save my life,可知‘挽救生命’如同一场‘战斗’,因此B选项正确。
16. B。根据上一句‘医生在全力抢救生命’可知,作者能够活下来应该是‘很幸运的’,因此B选项正确。
17. C。第二段提到‘一碗热汤倒在了头上’,那么肯定会‘留下’疤痕了,所以选项C正确。
18. B。因为‘在乎头上的疤痕’,所以应该‘总是’戴上头巾来遮掩,所以选项B正确。
19. C。根据前一句可知,作者出门总是会‘戴上头巾’,这里的didn’t显然是指‘不戴’,所以可知本句的意思应该是:‘如果’不戴,人们就……,因此选项C正确。
20. D。从第4段的For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who’d been through something similar(在我的生活中第一次可以和一个与我有相似经历的人交谈)可以得知之前没有人能够‘感同身受地、真正地’理解她。因此可知正确选项为D。
21. B。根据固定搭配。be introduced … to … 意思是‘把……介绍给……’,根据句意:通过医院,我被介绍参加了一个儿童烧伤营,可知选项B正确。
22. A。根据前句可知作者去了一个儿童烧伤营,所以,她在那里应该是‘遇到’了一个女孩,因此可知选项A正确。
23. B。根据句中she never lets anyone put her down (她从来不让任何人将她击败)可知她是个‘意志坚强’的女孩,因此选项B正确。
24. D。考察短语词义。根据what people say about(人们说什么),可知是不要‘听’,因此选项D正确。
25. B。根据上下文中的句子we’re not different from anyone else(我们同其他人没有任何不同)和you look great(你看上去棒极了)可知,Stephanie是在鼓励作者,因此选项B正确。
26. C。根据you don’t need to wear a scarf(你没有必要戴头巾)可知Stephanie要表达的是‘不戴’头巾看上去也很棒,因此选项C正确。
27. A。根据上下文可知作者是在儿童烧伤营,这里都是有着类似经历的孩子,因此可知选项A正确。
28. D。根据上下文可知作者受到了Stephanie的激励,下决心勇敢地接受自己,因此选项D正确。
29. A。根据前句show off the scars (亮出疤痕)和not having to … behind my scarf可知应该是‘不必再躲藏在围巾的后面’因此选项A正确。
30. D。考察短语词义。be proud of , 意思是‘为……感到骄傲、自豪’,根据上下文可知作者不再为自己的容貌感到自卑,因此选项D正确。选项B be aware of (意识到……),选项A be sick of(讨厌……)选项C be tired of (厌倦……)均与句意不符。
“It hurts me more than you” and “This is for your own good” — these are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework.
That was before we entered the permissive period in education in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school. The schools and the educators made it easy for us. They taught that it as all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators, turned on the television, left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.
Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are realizing we’ve made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who speaks of her students “so passive” and wonders what has happened. Nothing is demanded of them, she believes. Television, says Klompus, contributes to children’s passivity. “We’re talking about a generation of kids who've never been hurt or hungry. They have learned somebody will always do it for them, instead of saying 'go and look it up’, you tell them the answer. It takes greater energy to say no to a kid.”
Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. It’s time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work. It's time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it's for their own good. It's time to start telling them no again.
【小题1】Children are becoming more inactive in study because _______.
A.they watch TV too often | B.they have done too much homework |
C.they have to fulfill too many duties | D.teachers are too strict with them |
A.when everything can be taught at school |
B.when every child can be educated |
C.when children are permitted to receive education |
D.when children are allowed to do what they wish to |
A.parents should leave their children alone |
B.kids should have more activities at school |
C.it's time to be more strict with our kids |
D.parents should always set a good example to their kids |