Question

 As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start, Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her . Then she (1) out at the audience , hoping to see her mother. These two , Alvert and Doris, Flemint, had driven all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their (2) compete in this sports meet in Cleveland, Ohio.

The music (3) and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music carry her along into her turns, and she began skating with much (4) in herself . The cold fear she always had in the last seconds before skating onto the ice was (5) . She was feeling the movement of the (6) and letting it carry her. She skated easily , then did some jumps, a final turn and her performance was finished.

The crowd loved it and cheered as she skated off the ice. ”Nice job,” said one of the other (7) . It was the remark that always came after a free-skating performance. But what should the (8) say? Standing  beside her father , Peggy young skaters , some waiting (9) alone, others with a parent .Shortly before 10 o’clock the results were (10). The new United States Women’s Figure Skating Champion was Peggy Fleming of Passdena, California.

1.A looked         B. watched      C. found          D. stepped

2.A friend          B. children      C. son            D. daughter

3.	A．started B．played C．developed D．sang

 

4.	A．thought B．belief C．success D．anxiety

 

5.	A．lost B．present C．strong D．gone

 

6.	A．music B．fear C．ice D．body

 

7.	A．skaters B．parents C．teachers D．journalists

 

8.	A．players B．audience C．judges D．listeners

 

9.	A．comfortably B．hurriedly C．happily D．anxiously

 

10.	A．carried out B．let out C．announced D．declared

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.C

【解析】

1.指Peggy 观众群中搜索她母亲，而looked out 搜寻，注意正合题意。比较其他选项：watched out 提防，戒备，留心：found out发现：stepped 跨步。可知选A

2.根据前文有father和mother，所以可知peggy是他们的孩子：在根据后文是用she代指peggy的，所以推出是“他们”的女儿daughter。可知选D

3.指音乐开始响起，started 开始，切合题意：其他选项不符合文意。可知选A

4.由语境知，随着音乐的响起peggy开始带着自信地溜冰。Belief(in)相信，信任，信心，最为贴切。Thought 认为，想；success成功；anxiety焦虑。可知选B

5.结合前后句意思可知，Peggy渐渐进入状态，即她的焦虑渐渐消失(gone)。可知选D

6.根据前面的letting the music carry her along into her turns 可知此处的it代指music，即感觉到音乐的节拍。可知选A

7.由“the other”可知是与Peggy身份相同的人，即其他的溜冰者skaters。可知选A

8.由语境知，Peggy作为表演者，评委的意见是相当重要的；同时由后句可知，她与父亲在急切地等待分数的公布。结合以上不难判断答案为C judges评委。可知选C

9.指一些年轻选手在焦急(anxiously)地等待结果的宣布。可知选D

10.表示比赛结果的宣布，一般用announced；比较其他选项：carried out 执行；let out 泄露；declared 宣布，宣告重大事情，如战争等。可知选C