Question

【题目】 I was cycling one day and noticed a person in front of me，about 250 meters ahead．He was cycling a little slower than me and I decided to catch up with him．

I had about 1 kilometer to go on the road before turning off．So I ____ cycling faster and faster．After a few ____ I was only about 100 meters behind him，so I really picked up the pace and pushed ____．

Finally，I caught up with him and passed him by．I felt so good．“I ____，”I thought，“though he didn’t even know we were racing．”

However，after I ____ him，I realized that I had been so focused on competing with him that I had missed my turn．I had gone ____ six blocks past it and had to turn around and go back．

Isn’t it just ____ life？We often focus on competing with others，trying to show that we are ____ than them．We spend some time and energy chasing after them and we miss out on our own paths in life．

The problem with unhealthy ____ is that it’s a never-ending cycle．There will always be somebody ahead of us．____ stay focused and live a healthy life；run our own race．

【1】A.stoppedB.startedC.wentD.continued

【2】A.minutesB.hoursC.secondsD.weeks

【3】A.himselfB.myselfC.ourselvesD.themselves

【4】A.failB.loseC.dropD.win

【5】A.passedB.succeededC.foundD.encouraged

【6】A.slowlyB.suddenlyC.nearlyD.quickly

【7】A.likeB.aboutC.forD.from

【8】A.worseB.betterC.richerD.slower

【9】A.decisionB.choiceC.planD.competition

【10】A.SoB.ThoughC.IfD.Because

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】A

【6】C

【7】A

【8】B

【9】D

【10】A

【解析】

本文讲述了作者骑自行车的时候因为想要超越前面的人而骑过了目的地的故事。从这个事情中作者明白了不要在与他人的竞争中迷失了自己。

【1】句意：所以我开始越骑越快。

stop 停止；start 开始；went 去；continued 继续。根据前文“He was cycling a little slower than me and I decided to catch up with him”，“我”决定追赶他，可知下文是开始越骑越快。固定句式start doing sth 开始做某事。故选B。

【2】句意：过了一会，我跟他只差100多米了。

minutes 分钟；hours 小时；seconds 秒；weeks 星期。根据前文“I was cycling one day and noticed a person in front of me，about 250 meters ahead”和“I was only about 100 meters behind him”，刚开始相差250米，现在相差100米，可推测作者是用了几分钟时间缩短了差距。a few后接可数名词的复数，所以用minutes。故选A。

【3】句意：所以我提速逼迫自己超越他。

himself他自己；myself 我自己；ourselves 我们自己；themselves 他们自己。根据前文“so I really picked up the pace”，可知是逼迫我自己提速超越他，固定搭配push oneself，表示逼迫自己，所以用反身代词myself。故选B。

【4】句意：我感觉很好，我想“我赢了”。

fail 失败；lose 丢失；drop 掉下；win 赢。根据上文“Finally，I caught up with him and passed him by”，最后作者超越了他，可知作者是赢了，所以用win。故选D。

【5】句意：然而，在我超过他之后，我发现我太关注跟他的比赛以至于错过了我的目的地。

passed 超过，succeeded 成功，found 发现，encouraged 鼓励。根据前文“Finally，I caught up with him and passed him by”，可知此时，作者已经超过他了，所以在超过他之后。故事用的是一般过去时，所以空处的动词pass也用一般过去时passed。故选A。

【6】句意：我已经骑过将近6个街区了所以不得不转身再骑回去。

slowly 慢慢地；suddenly 突然地；nearly 将近；quickly 快速地。根据前文“I realized that …I had missed my turn”，可知，作者为了超越他而忽略了自己的目的地。等到发现的时候，已经过了将近6个街区。空格处填写nearly符合句意。故选C。

【7】句意：难道它不像生活吗？

like 像；about关于；for 为了；from从…。根据前文讲述作者的一段经历，和下文“We spend some time and energy chasing after them and we miss out on our own paths in life”而引出这种经历跟生活很相似，像…一样，用介词like。故选A。

【8】句意：我们经常专注于跟其他人的竞争，试图去展示我们比别人更好。

worse更差； better更好； richer更富有； slower更慢。句中than，用形容词或副词的比较级。谓语动词是are，所以空格处是填形容词的比较级。根据前文“We often focus on competing with others”，我们专注于跟其他人竞争，是为了证明我们比别人更好。所以空格处是更好better。故选B。

【9】句意：这种不健康的竞争的问题在于它是一个永远不会结束的循环。

decision决定； choice选择； plan计划； competition竞争。根据上文“We often focus on competing with others”，一直在表述的是太专注于和别人的竞争的事情引发的一系列思考。空格前unhealthy是形容词，所以空格处是名词。表示竞争对应的名词是competition。故选D。

【10】句意：总会有人在我们的前面，因此，集中精力过健康的生活，走自己的路。

so所以，引导因果关系状语从句； though 尽管，引导让步状语从句；if如果，引导条件状语从句， because因为，引导原因状语从句。根据空格处前文“There will always be somebody ahead of us”和下文“stay focused and live a healthy life”，上下是因果关系，因为总会有人在我们的前面，所以我们只需集中精力过自己的健康生活，用引导因果关系的连词so。故选A。