题目内容
I was eight years old then. Looking __36__ I remember the time in a baseball field passing the team that we had just __37__ . We shook their hands and said, "Good game!"
It is __38__ to do that when you win! When you lose, you have a tendency(倾向) to slap (拍) the hand — instead of shaking it — and __39__ the ground instead of the eyes. This is not only true for an eight-year-old; it is true for adults, too.
A few years ago, in a softball league, we lost 15 games! And we thought it was __40__ . But during the " Good game" handshake after each __41__, I looked each player in the eyes and shook their hands. I couldn't look my opponents (对手) in the eyes and congratulate them on a good __42__ when I was eight. Somehow I took the loss as a __43__ on my self-worth and felt my self-confidence had been slapped; __44_- I did what most eight-year-olds do and I slapped the opponents' hands, not giving them the satisfaction of a shake. I was wrong to do this. I'm happy today as a(n) __45__ that I have learned this __46__ : There is something to be said for losing well.
__47__ it is a baseball game or an important examination, you can __48__ a lot about a person by now they deal with defeat. The person who deals with defeat as an __49__ blow is not allowing the event to define (定义) him, while someone who cannot __50__ defeat is allowing the event to __51__ his self-worth. In my opinion, when you __52__ in something— though it may be __53__ — look at your opponents in the eyes, and shake their hands in a __54__ way as you say, "Good game!" __55__ to allow the event to define your life. You might find yourself winning the next game.
| A. about | B. before | C. back | D. round |
| A. taught | B. met | C. caught | D. defeated |
| A. easy | B. difficult | C. proper | D. bad |
| A. look at | B. shout at | C. knock at | D. laugh at |
| A. unbelievable | B.embarrassing | C. reasonable | D. challenging |
| A. disappointing | B. sadness | C. loss | D. failure |
| A. day | B. time | C. team | D. game |
| A. hit | B. limit | C. test | D. cost |
| A. otherwise | B. therefore | C. besides | D. finally |
| adult | B. child | C. player | D. parent |
| course | B. rule | C. lesson | D. opinion |
| As | B. Although | C. Once | D. Whether |
| A. argue | B. get | C. tell | D. disagree |
| A. unacceptable | B. unfortunate | C. unnecessary | D. unimportant |
| A. carry out | B. care about | C. take up | D. deal with |
| A. affect | B. disturb | C. order | D. remark |
| A. begin | B. lose | C. end | D. stop |
| A. hard | B. certain | C. impossible | D. funny |
| A. cold | B. friendly | C. immediate | D. slow |
| Refuse | B. Try | C. Fear | D. Prepare |
【小题1】C
【小题2】D
【小题3】A
【小题4】A
【小题5】B
【小题6】C
【小题7】D
【小题8】A
【小题9】B
【小题10】A
【小题11】C
【小题12】D
【小题13】C
【小题14】D
【小题15】D
【小题16】A
【小题17】B
【小题18】A
【小题19】B
【小题20】A
解析:
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I began working in journalism（新闻工作）when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.
With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was suppertime, I walked back home.
“ How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.
“ None.”
“ Where did you go?”
“ The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”
“ What did you do?”
“ Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”
“ You just stood there?”
“ Didn’t sell a single one.”
“ My God, Russell!”
Uncle Allen put in, “ Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickle（五分镍币）. It was the first nickle I earned.
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence（自信）, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.
“ If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “ you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.
My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.
【小题1】Why did the boy start his job young?
| A．He wanted to be famous in the future. |
| B．The job was quite easy for him. |
| C．His mother had high hopes for him. |
| D．The competiton for the job was fierce. |
| A．excited | B．interested | C．ashamed | D．disappointed(失望的) |
| A．She forced him to continue. | B．She punished him. |
| C．She gave him some money. | D．She changed her plan. |
| A．The war between the boy’s parents. |
| B．The arguing between the boy and his mother. |
| C．The quarrel between the boy and his customers. |
| D．The fight between the boy and his father. |
| A．The early life of a journalist. |
| B．The early success of a journalist. |
| C．The happy childhood of the writer. |
| D．The important role of the writer in his family. |