(2009·烟台检测)

In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her __1__ voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E. They talked it over and __2__ decided to simply ask her what she had said. By now, the girl knew she had __3__ the word. But instead of lying, she told the truth that she had said the __4__ letter-so she lost the contest.

As the girl walked off the __5__, the entire audience stood to their feet clapping to applaud her __6__. Later, dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this 11-year-old girl’s honesty, even when it __7__ her the contest. But the fact is that she __8__ the biggest contest that day: the contest of her __9__.

Probably the biggest test of our character is what we would do if we knew we would never get __10__. This young girl could easily have __11__ and nobody would have known it but herself. But that’s just it: She would know she did wrong. It’s been said, “If you __12__, you make yourself cheap.” This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own __13__ and character rather than the prize from a spelling __14__. Her respect for herself was more important than any __15__ others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the __16__ she made in that moment will have long-lasting influence.

It’s so true that the choices you make today __17__ what you are tomorrow. Our children will __18__ our behaviour much more than our advice. So if we went them to __19__ to be honest, we must show them the way by being honest ourselves. Remember, our kids are __20__ what we do and how we live even when we don’t think they see or know.

1. A. high                    B. sweet

C. tough                   D. soft

2. A. finally                   B. kindly

C. secretly                  D. totally

3. A. forgotten                 B. mispronounced

C. misspelled                D. lost

4. A. correct                  B. wrong

C. different                 D. same

5. A. stage                    B. studio

C. test                     D. classroom

6  A. bravery                  B. honesty

C. courage                  D. cleverness

7. A. cancelled                    B. cost

C. offered                  D. wasted

8. A. achieved                 B. broke

C. won                        D. defeated

9. A. reputation                B. knowledge

C. life                     D. character

10.A. paid                        B. awarded

C. caught                   D. reported

11.A. escaped                  B. lied

C. changed                  D. answered

12.A. accept                   B. fight

C. cheat                    D. insist

13.A. conscience                B. feeling

C. diligence                 D. modesty

14.A. contest                  B. champion

C. judge                    D. expert

15.A. sense                    B. pride

C. respect                   D. awareness

16.A. plan                        B. conclusion

C. discovery                 D. choice

17.A. make                    B. change

C. keep                    D. create

18.A. give                        B. take

C. follow                   D. set

19.A. grow up                 B. bring up

C. take up                  D. come up

20.A. recording                 B. inspecting

C. correcting                D. watching

[答案]

这是一篇讲述“诚实”的文章。文中小女孩参加了单词拼写比赛,在比赛中,她勇于承认自己犯的拼写错误,虽然她没有赢得比赛,但她的诚实征服了所有的人。

1.D。从下文知,她的声音很轻(soft),以至于裁判不确定她说的是a还是e。其他选项都不符合语境。

2.A。裁判讨论了一番,最终(finally)决定……。

3.C。从上下文可知,到此时,小女孩知道她拼错了(misspelled)单词。

4.B。从上文知,她知道自己拼错了,但她没有撒谎,而是说出她拼错了(wrong)字母。

5.A。由常识可知,小女孩走下了舞台(stage)。其他选项都不符合语境。

6.B。从上下文可知,观众为小女孩的诚实(honesty)而鼓掌。

7.B。cost sb. sth.表示“花费某人某物”,这里表示,诚实使她没有赢得比赛。

8.C。由语境可知,但她赢得了(won)最大的比赛,那就是人格(character)的比赛。

9.D。第三段第一句有提示。

10.C。get caught表示“被抓住,被发现”。这里是说:如果我们知道永远不会被发现,我们会怎么做。

11.B。从上文知,小女孩本可以撒谎(lied)的。

12.C。从上下文可知,此处表达的意思为:如果你作弊(cheat)……。

13.A。从下文中的“character”可知,这里应该用conscience。

14.A。从上文知,小女孩参加的是拼写比赛(contest)。

15.C。该句前面的respect有提示。

16.D。考查词组make the choice。小女孩当时做出的选择将对以后的人生产生深远的影响。下一段开头也有提示。

17.A。从上下文知,作者发表了自己的看法:你今日做出的选择造就你明日的自己。

18.C。由语境可知,此处指“身教胜于言传”。

19.A。由常识可知,如果我们希望我们的孩子长大(grow up)后变得诚实……。

20.D。上文提到大人的榜样作用很重要,所以要记住:我们的孩子正看着(watch)我们……。

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