Question

【题目】 When I was 13, my only purpose was to become the star on our football team.

That meant beating out Miller King, who was the best ________________ at our school.

Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for_____________. Just before September, Miller was hit by a car and lost his right________________. I went to see him after he came back from hospital. He looked very ________________, but he didn’t cry. That season, I _________________ all of Miller’s records while he watched the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player,_____________I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for (为 负责) Miller’s accident.

One afternoon, I was crossing the field and saw Miller stuck (卡在) going over a fence — which wasn’t ________________ to climb with both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to________________ help from. But even that challenge he accepted. I helped him move slowly over the fence. When we were finally________________ on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season, but you did_________________Thank you for filling in for me.”

His words freed me from my bad dreams. I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was still ahead of me. I was right to have admired him. From that day on, I grew bigger and a little more real.

【1】A.playerB.studentC.teacherD.coach

【2】A.practiceB.showC.funD.pleasure

【3】A.legB.footC.shoulderD.arm

【4】A.calmB.paleC.angryD.worried

【5】A.heldB.triedC.setD.broke

【6】A.soB.butC.as a resultD.and

【7】A.easyB.hardC.interestingD.comfortable

【8】A.acceptB.refuseC.welcomeD.invite

【9】A.droppedB.readyC.trappedD.safe

【10】A.badlyB.slowlyC.fineD.fast

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】D

【6】B

【7】B

【8】A

【9】D

【10】C

【解析】

本文讲述了作者在十三岁的时候想成为学校的足球明星的事。他整个暑假都在努力训练，目的是要打败Miller King，然而Miller King却出了车祸，从此作者就成了学校足球队的佼佼者。可是作者的内心很不安，认为是自己的原因让Miller King出车祸，后来在帮助Miller King爬过篱笆后，Miller King却很感激他顶替了他的位置，从此作者放下了不安。

【1】句意：这就意味着要打败米勒·金，他是我们学校最优秀的运动员。

player运动员；student学生；teacher老师；coach教练；根据“my only purpose was to become the star on our football team.”可知作者是想成为足球明星，因此他要打败的是学校的最棒的运动员。故选A。

【2】句意：为了练习，我去哪都带着我的足球。

practice练习；show展示；fun乐趣；pleasure快乐；根据“Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out.”可知他整个夏天都在练习，用practice。故选A。

【3】句意：米勒被车撞了，失去了他的右胳膊。

leg腿；foot脚；shoulder肩膀；arm手臂；根据“how even without an arm he was more of a leader.”可知他是在事故中失去了手臂。故选D。

【4】句意：他看起来很苍白，但是他没有哭。

calm冷静的；pale苍白的；angry生气的；worried担心的；根据“I went to see him after he came back from hospital”可知他因为车祸刚从医院回来，身体肯定是不太好的，因此看起来很苍白，故此处填pale。故选B。

【5】句意：那个赛季，当米勒坐在替补席上观看主场比赛时，我打破了他所有的记录。

held握住；tried尝试；set设置；broke打破；根据“We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player”可知作者打破了米勒的记录，成为了最有价值的球员，故此处填broke。故选D。

【6】句意：我们的比分是10-1，我被评为最有价值球员，但我经常做一些疯狂的梦，梦见米勒出了事故，我应该受到责备。

so因此；but但是；as a result结果；and和；根据“I was named most valuable player和I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for (为 负责) Miller’s accident.”可知作者在足球上获胜了，但是心里却很煎熬，这是个转折的语境，用but。故选B。

【7】句意：一天下午，我正穿过田野，看见米勒卡在一个篱笆上，这个篱笆用两只手爬上去并不难。

easy容易的； hard艰难的；interesting有趣的；comfortable舒适的；根据“how even without an arm ”可知米勒只有一只手臂所以才卡在篱笆那里，如果他有两只手臂就不那么难了，故此处填艰难的hard。故选B。

【8】句意：我敢肯定，我是这个世界上他最不愿意接受帮助的人。

accept接受；refuse拒绝；welcome欢迎；invite邀请；根据“But even that challenge he accepted.”可知前面作者认为米勒不会接受他的帮助，但是事实是他接受了，故此处填accept。故选A。

【9】句意：当我们最终安全到达另一边时，他对我说，你知道，我在赛季中没有告诉你这些，但你做得很好。

dropped下降；ready准备；trapped陷入困境的；safe安全的；根据“saw Miller stuck (卡在) going over a fence”可知作者看见米勒卡在篱笆那里，然后他就帮他出来了，所以是到了安全的地方，故此处填安全的。故选D。

【10】句意：当我们最终安全到达另一边时，他对我说，你知道，我在赛季中没有告诉你这些，但你做得很好。

badly严重地；slowly缓慢地；fine好的；fast快速的；根据“who was the best player at our school.和Thank you for filling in for me.”可知作者应该是做得很好，才能顶替最优秀的运动员米勒，故此处填fine。故选C。