题目内容
Someone said that encouragement is simply reminding a person of the “shoulders” he’s standing on, the heritage he’s been given. That’s what happened 36 a young man, the son of a(n) 37 baseball player, was chosen by one of the minor league teams. Hard as he tried, his first season was 38 , and by midseason he expected to be removed 39 day. The coaches were 40 by his failure because he possessed all the characteristics of a superb athlete, but he seemed to have become 41 from his potential.
His 42 seemed darkest one day when he had already struck out his first time at bat. Then he stepped up to the batter’s box again and quickly ran up two strikes. The catcher called a 43 and ran for a conference to discuss strategies. While they were busy, the 44 , standing behind him, spoke casually to the boy.
Then play 45 , the next pitch was thrown and the young man knocked it out of the park. That was the turning 46 . From then on, he played the game with a new confidence and power that quickly 47 the attention of the parent team, and he was called 48 to the majors.
On the day he was leaving for the city, one of his coaches asked him what had caused such a turnaround. The young man replied it was the 49 remark the judge had 50 that day when his baseball career had seemed 51 .
“He told me I reminded him of all the times he had stood 52 my dad in the batter’s box,” the boy explained. “He said I was holding the bat just the way Dad had held it. 53 he told me, ‘I can see his genes in you; you have your father’s 54 .’ After that, whenever I swung the bat, I just 55 I was using Dad’s arms instead of my own.”
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3.B
4.D
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【解析】文章讲述了鼓励的巨大力量,它可以化腐朽为神奇!
1.上下文串联。根据句意:就像发生在一个年轻男孩身上——一个棒球明星的儿子——被选中到小职业球队联盟中的一个球队里。
2.名词辨析。解析同上。
3.形容词辨析。他的第一季赛还是令人失望。
4.代词辨析。根据句意可知他在第一个赛季表现不好,赛季一半的时候,在任何一天,他都可能被斥退。
5.形容词辨析。他的教练也为他的失败不知所措因为他拥有一个极好的运动员的所有的特征,但是他好像不能把这些优点组合成同等的成就。他似乎被这些潜能分离了一样。
6.形容词辨析。解析同上。他似乎被这些潜能分离了一样。本题容易错选A。
7.上下文串联。根据上文可知他表现不好,未来似乎很暗淡。
8.名词辨析。接球手提出暂停后跑到投球手那里商量了一会。
9.上下文串联。根据句意可知:就在他们在忙的时候裁判员站在本垒板后非正式的对那个男孩说着。
10.上下文串联。根据上文可知比赛暂停,现在又重新开始了。
11.词义辨析。Turning point转折点。
12.动词辨析。根据句意:从那时起,他有信心和动力打那比赛,他也很快的引起了队友的注意了,他被提为主力了。吸引注意力用动词draw.
13.动词短语辨析。Call up 召集。意义同上。
14.形容词辨析。根据句意:小男孩回答说这正是那天裁判员的鼓励评论就如他的棒球生涯是命中注定的。
15.词组搭配。Make the remarks做出评价。
16.形容词辨析。解析同49.
17.介词辨析。根据句意:“他告诉我让我始终想起他站在我爸爸的击球位置后面”。
18.连词辨析。根据上下文可知这里是顺接关系。句意:他还告诉我——我能看到他的基因在你身上,你拥有你爸爸的武器。”
19.名词辨析。解析同上。
20.动词辨析。根据句意:从那以后,不管什么时候我摆动那个球棒,我就想象着我正用着爸爸的武器而不是我自己的。
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(A)For Sale Chinese-made washing machine Good condition Luo Sa 306, Dormitory 1 |
(B)Need 25-year-old woman 900 yuan a month Speak good English Lan Fleming 422-389606 |
(C)Roommate Wanted Male—English native speaker wanted to share A two-bedroom apartment Near campus with washer, dryer, kitchen Call: Li, 228-940605. any evening after 5 p.m. |
(D)Lost Black briefcase with 3 books on physics Call: John Smith, 843-518074 |
(E) Wanted to Rent One-bedroom apartment from Feb. 1 through June Better near campus Call: Robert Waller, 843-429065 |
(E)Found Brown briefcase with some money See: Joseph Hofman in Chemistry Dept. |
A.buy a washing machine |
B.sell a washing machine |
C.have your washing machine repaired |
D.borrow a washing machine |
A.telephone 843-429065 |
B.call 843-518074 |
C.call Hofman |
D.call Lan Fleming |
A.he wants to live near the campus |
B.he wants to improve his English |
C.he wants his washer, dryer and kitchen to be used |
D.he wants someone to use his kitchen |
A.found John Smith’s briefcase |
B.was a teacher |
C.found a briefcase with many books |
D.found a brown briefcase with some money |
(A)For Sale Chinese-made washing machine Good condition Luo Sa 306, Dormitory 1 |
(B)Need 25-year-old woman 900 yuan a month Speak good English Lan Fleming 422-389606 |
(C)Roommate Wanted Male—English native speaker wanted to share A two-bedroom apartment Near campus with washer, dryer, kitchen Call: Li, 228-940605. any evening after 5 p.m. |
(D)Lost Black briefcase with 3 books on physics Call: John Smith, 843-518074 |
(E) Wanted to Rent One-bedroom apartment from Feb. 1 through June Better near campus Call: Robert Waller, 843-429065 |
(E)Found Brown briefcase with some money See: Joseph Hofman in Chemistry Dept. |
- 1.
You can call Luo Sa if you want to ________.
- A.buy a washing machine
- B.sell a washing machine
- C.have your washing machine repaired
- D.borrow a washing machine
- A.
- 2.
If you want find work and you can speak English, you can________.
- A.telephone 843-429065
- B.call 843-518074
- C.call Hofman
- D.call Lan Fleming
- A.
- 3.
One of the reasons why Li wants someone to share his room is that ________.
- A.he wants to live near the campus
- B.he wants to improve his English
- C.he wants his washer, dryer and kitchen to be used
- D.he wants someone to use his kitchen
- A.
- 4.
Joseph Hofman ________.
- A.found John Smith’s briefcase
- B.was a teacher
- C.found a briefcase with many books
- D.found a brown briefcase with some money
- A.