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【题目】完形填空

“So, how’s your brother doing?” Such a common question nowadays. I ______ give long answers on what he was doing each day of the week, but now I just respond, “He’s fine.” I’ve gotten _____of the question. While everyone wants to know how my brother is doing, no one ____ asks me how I’m doing.

I lived with him for over seventeen years of my life, and for some reason, no one thinks it would be______ for me to let him go. But it is. He was the _____of my world. My entire life went around him. I wore what he wore. If it was fifty degree outside, and he wore shorts, I ______wear shorts, too.

I lived in my brother’s _____for over seventeen years. He was popular with everyone. Before, I thought that people liked me. But no. People liked my brother. They were______to him, and I just happened to be there. ______ now, away from him, I’m facing a world so much bigger than before. He used to ______me from the brunt(冲击) of the adult stuff, and I walked ______him, only seeing the nice stuff.

But now I can see ______the world is really like. And I’m ready to ______ it on my own. I may never be popular, but I can be friendly and make new friends. I’m ready to step out from his shadow and let my own shadow fall on the ground. Maybe they won’t like me. ______, it’s better than just being a copy of him. It’s time to _____ from behind his shadow. It’s time to let the sun warm me up, instead of standing in my brother’s cold shadow.

【1】A. used to B. planned to C. decided to D. failed to

【2】A. disturbed B. frightened C. tired D. exhausted

【3】A. also B. just C. ever D. often

【4】A. easy B. hard C.happy D. sad

【5】A. sun B. teacher C. power D. center

【6】A. must B. should C. would D. might

【7】A. world B. reality C. protection D. shadow

【8】A. attached B. admitted C. sensitive D. attractive

【9】A. So B. And C. But D. Or

【10】A. protect B. prevent C. keep D. escape

【11】A. along B. behind C. around D. with

【12】A. which B. that C. how D. what

【13】A. explore B. live C. accept D. fight

【14】A. Instead B. Otherwise C. Besides D. Anyhow

【15】A. step out B. pull out C. call out D. break out

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】B

【5】D

【6】C

【7】D

【8】A

【9】C

【10】A

【11】B

【12】D

【13】A

【14】D

【15】A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了作者一直生活在哥哥的影子下，最后决定走出哥哥的影子，活出自我的过程。

【1】A 考察动词以及对语境的理解 used to过去常常；我过去会给出很长的回答…。和下句(现在我只是说“他很好”)做对比，所以选A。

【2】C 考察形容词以及对语境的理解 句意：我已经厌倦了这些问题。A. disturbed打扰；B. frightened害怕；C. tired 厌倦的；D. exhausted疲惫的。故选C.。

【3】C考察副词以及对语境的理解 A. also也；B. just仅仅；C. ever曾经；D. often经常；句意：每个人都想知道我哥哥怎么样，而没有人曾问过我怎么样。选选C项。

【4】B考察形容词以及对语境的理解 A. easy容易的；B. hard困难的；C. happy快乐的；D. sad 伤心的；句意：我和他在一起生活了超过17年，出于某些原因，没有人认为让他走出我的世界很难。故选B。

【5】D 考察名词以及对语境的理解A. sun太阳；B. teacher老师；C. power能量；D. center中心；句意：但是真的很难，他是我世界的中心。可知正确答案为D项。

【6】C 考察情态动词以及对语境的理解would表示过去的习惯；句意：如果气温是50度的话，他穿着短裤，我也会穿着短裤。故选C项。

【7】D 考察名词以及对语境的理解A. world世界；B. reality现实；C. protection保护；D. shadow影子；句意：我生活在哥哥的影子下超过17年。故选D项。

【8】A 考察形容词以及对语境的理解 attached依恋的，附属的；句意：他们非常喜欢哥哥，我只是恰好在那。故选A项。

【9】C考察动词以及对语境的理解 句意：但是现在，和他不再一起，我要面对一个比现在更大的世界。根据语境选C项。

【10】A 考察动词以及对语境的理解A. protect保护B. prevent阻止；C. keep保持；D. escape逃脱； protect sb from 保护某人免受（伤害）；句意：他过去常常保护我免受成人东西的冲击。故选A项。

【11】B考察介词以及对语境的理解 句意：我跟在他后面，只看到了好的东西。,故选B项。

【12】D 考察宾语从句引导词以及对语境的理解 句意：现在我能看到这个世界真正的样子。宾语从句选择用what担当宾语，故答案选D项。

【13】A 考察动词以及对语境的理解A. explore探索；B. live生活；C. accept 接受D. fight斗争，打架；句意：我准备独立探索。根据语境选A项。

【14】D考察副词以及对语境的理解 根据上句可能他们不会喜欢我，可知这里不管怎样，那也强于作为哥哥的替代品。故选D。

【15】A考察动词短语以及对语境的理解A. step out走出；B. pull out拨出，退出，驶出；C. call out召集，唤起；D. break out爆发；句意：我应该从他后面的影子里走出来了。可知选A项。