Question

  It's hard being an astronaut's son. I 1      ,everybody expects you to be special or 2       ,and I'm just an average student,and I'm average,too,when it 3       basketball _f football _T soccer,and baseball.

  I often wonder 4        my father ever had a son like me. I mean he's so 5        and so good at everything. So I used to dream about doing something spectacular (令人惊叹的) to 6        my father and make him 7        me.

  In one class,my teacher 8       a Father's Day essay contest for us and the winners' essays would be read in front of all the parents and students. Af?ter school I walked home,9       my father,who I would write about in my essay.

  He sat with me in the 10        when I was a little kid and had a night?mare. He 11       me with a new puppy at my eighth birthday party. He sat and tried to 12        death to me when Grandpa Bob died. To me,he wasn't a worldfamous astronaut,just my dad.

 I wrote about all these 13        in my essay.

One of our neighbours said, "I 14       you'll win the contest,David. You're the only one in town who could write about being the son of an astro?naut. ”I    15       .

  I hadn't shown anyone the essay,but now I almost hoped I wouldn't win. I didn't want to win just 16        my father was an astronaut.

  I won the second prize. When I finished reading my essay,the 17       applauded. I saw my father blowing his nose. I went back to my seat.

  Dad nodded to me,18       his throat,and put his hand on my shoulder. "Son,this is the 19        moment of my life," he said.

  It was the proudest moment of my life,too. Maybe I'll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize,but just then,it was 20        just to be my father's son.

1. A. mean   B. say

  C. know   D. believe

2. A. strange   B. honest   C. perfect   D. formal

3. A. refers to   B. relates with   C. talks about   D. comes to

4. A. why   B. how   C. whether   D. when

5. A. normal   B. funny   C. special   D. unique

6. A. shock   B. influence   C. attract   D. impress

7. A. proud of   B. interested in   C. satisfied with   D. ashamed of

8. A. reported   B. announced   C. claimed   D. warned

9. A. caring about   B. worrying about

  C. thinking about   D. complaining about

10. A. silence   B. threat   C. horror   D. dark

11. A. pleased   B. astonished   C. supported   D. encouraged

12. A. describe   B. explain   C. declare   D. remark

13. A. experiments   B. incidents   C. details   D. memories

14. A. wish   B. guess   C. bet   D. promise

15. A. smiled   B. nodded   C. doubted   D. shrugged

16. A. because   B. if   C. while   D. as

17. A. parents   B. audience   C. students   D. teachers

18. A. cleaned   B. blew   C. cleared   D. opened

19. A. best   B. proudest   C. finest   D. greatest

20. A. natural   B. ambitious   C. important   D. enough 

Answer 1

1. A用mean来解释前一句的意思。

2. C perfect杰出的，完美的。句意：每个人都认为你应该与众不同或者完美。

3. D when it comes to意为"当说到/谈到. "，为固定搭配。

4. B"我"经常会想父亲怎么会有"我"这样的儿子呢。

5. C父亲是如此特别(special) ,擅长任何事。

6. D impress给人以. 印象。

7. A作者希望能够做出特别的事情来给父亲留下印象，并让他以自己为骄傲(proud of) 。

8. B announce宣布。老师向"我们"宣布了一件事，即让"我们"写关于父亲的作文。

9. C放学回家的时候，作者想着(think about) 父亲，决定 写些什么。

10. D dark对应nightmare。

11. A作者八岁生日时，父亲买回来一只小狗，作者感到惊喜。

12. B作者的父亲向他解释死亡是怎么一回事。

explain sth to sb向某人解释某事。

13. D此空上面一段话都属于作者的回忆(memory) ,

14. C bet打赌。邻居确信作者会得奖，因为他是唯一一个可以写宇航员父亲的人。

15. D shrug意为"耸肩"，符合句意。

16. A作者不想因为自己父亲是宇航员才获奖。

17. B当"我"读完文章时，下面的观众都为"我"鼓掌。

18. C父亲清了一下喉咙，说明父亲想借此掩饰自己的激动。

19. B这是作者父亲一生中最自豪的时刻，文章最后一段首句也有提示。

20. D作者虽然不能成为伟大的英雄或获得诺贝尔奖，但此时能作为父亲的儿子就足够了。