Question

Cloze 8(2014 上海，B) 

                         Be yourself

         We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive. We wish we had nicer clothes or more money.Everyone likes to feel that he or she is special. 1       , many of us grow up believing that weVe not spe- cial at all.We believe we are not good enough just as we are.

         Most parents want us to be the best we can be.Very often,they 2       us to others.By doing this,they try to encourage us to do better. They mean well,but the message we often get is that weVe not good enough. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is by being better than someone else,but we are often 3       . There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at something. Plenty of people around may not be as smart as we are,but they are better at sports. Or they may not be as goodlooking,but they have more money.lt is 4        for us to be better than everyone else all the time.

         We all want the things that we believe will make us better people. But very often we don^ realize that we already have 5        us the very things that we want.These things make us different from others. When we are growing up,6 sometimes forget to tell us that we are special,and that we are good enough. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up.Anyway,it’s up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us,in our own way,is special.What we are is enough.

1. A. Again   B. Next   C. Besides   D. However

2. A. describe   B. compare   C. introduce   D. prefer

3. A. lonely   B. forgetful   C. disappointed   D. nervous

4. A. helpful   B. impossible   C. necessary   D. unfair

5. A. inside   B. among   C. around   D. for

6. A. friends   B. scientists   C. parents   D. doctors

Answer 1

1. D 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. C

Cloze 8

[语篇解读]本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。题材为事理说明。本文从学生的角度阐述了一个观点:做最好的自己，不用和任何人比较，因为每个人都是特别的。同时也呼吁父母不要总是拿自己家的孩子与 别人家的孩子比。

1. D考查副词。由上下文可知前后是转折关系，故用however (然而) 。

2. B考查动词辨析。compare to…把……与……相比较。

3. C考查形容词辨析。lonely孤独的;forgetful健忘的;disappointed感 到失望的;nervous紧张不安的。根据上下文可知答案为C项。

4. B 考查形容词辨析。helpful有帮助的;impossible不可能的; necessary必要的;unfair不公平的。根据上文可知此处要表达：总是 比每个人都好是不可能的。

5. A考查介词辨析。inside在 内;among在 之间;around在……周围;for为了。根据上下文可知答案为A项。

6. C考查名词辨析。由语境可知此处指父母。故答案为C项。

[长难句]When we are growing up,parents sometimes forget to tell us that we are special,and that we are good enough.当我们在成长的时候，父母有时 会忘记告诉我们:我们是特别的，我们是足够好的。

本句中 When we are growing up 是状语从句，that we are special,and that we are good enough作tell的宾语，是两个宾语从句。grow up成长，长大;forget to do sth.忘记做某事。