Question

【题目】 Many teenagers have hobbies. But sometimes these can get in the way of their schoolwork, and parents might worry ________ their success at school. Teenagers often think they ________ be allowed to practice their hobbies as much as they want. Do you agree?

Carla, a fifteen-year-old girl, is talented in singing, ________ is a singing star at school. She dreams to be a professional singer. However, her parents don’t allow her to practice so much because ________ think their daughter should study hard to get good ________ and enter a good university. “We ________ every one of her competitions. We have nothing against singing. But she needs ________ more time on her schoolwork because it’s difficult to become a professional singing star.” says her father. But Carla really disagrees. “I know my parents care about me, And they hope I will have ________ better life in the future. But I take singing _________. I want to make my own decision. Only then will I have a chance to achieve my dream.” says Carla.

Parents have to own the correct attitude (态度) towards the children’s development. ________ it’s normal to want successful children, it’s even more important to have healthy and happy children!

【1】A.aboutB.atC.forD.with

【2】A.couldB.wouldC.mustD.should

【3】A.butB.andC.orD.so

【4】A.theirB.theyC.theirsD.them

【5】A.gradeB.thankC.gradesD.thanks

【6】A.supportB.supportedC.will supportD.have supported

【7】A.to spendB.spendC.to takeD.take

【8】A.aB.anC.theD./

【9】A.seriousB.seriouslyC.seriousnessD.more seriously

【10】A.UntilB.SinceC.AlthoughD.When

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】B

【5】C

【6】D

【7】A

【8】A

【9】B

【10】C

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述了父母担心孩子的兴趣爱好会妨碍学习。卡拉是个很爱唱歌的孩子，她希望在将来成为一名专业的歌手。父母认为她应该精力都花在学习上行，卡拉并不同意这一观点，她认为自己能够决定好自己的事情，并努力达成梦想。

【1】句意：父母可能担心他们在学校里的成就。

考查固定短语及语境理解。A. about关于；B. at在……；C. for为了……；D. with和，带有。worry about担心……，结合句意，故选A。

【2】句意：青少年经常认为他们应该允许被允许随心所欲的练习他们的爱好。

考查情态动词辨析及语境理解。A. could能；B. would将要；C. must必须；D. should应该。 根据这里指青少年的看法，所以随心所欲的练习爱好他们看来是应该被允许的，故选D。

【3】句意：卡拉，一个15岁的女孩，在唱歌方面很有天赋，是学校的歌星。

考查连词辨析及语境理解。A. but但是，表示转折；B. and并且，表示并列；C. or或者，表示选择；D. so所以，表示结果。“is talented in singing”和“is a singing star at school”是并列关系，故选B。

【4】句意：因为他们认为他们的女儿应该努力学习以取的好成绩上个好大学。

考查代词辨析及语境理解。A. their他们的，形容词性物主代词；B. they他们，主格；C. theirs他们的，名词性物主代词；D. them他们，宾格。此处缺少主语，代词的主格作主语，故选B。

【5】句意：因为他们认为他们的女儿应该努力学习以取的好成绩上个好大学。

考查名词辨析及语境理解。A. grade分数，单数名词；B. thank感谢，动词；C. grades分数，名词复数；D. thanks感谢，名词。get good grades取得好成绩，结合句意，故选C。

【6】句意：我们支持她的每次比赛。

考查动词时态及语境理解。A. support支持，动词原形；B. supported动词过去式；C. will support一般将来时；D. have supported现在完成时。根据“We have nothing against singing.”可知此处强调父母过去现在都支持她的比赛，所以用现在完成时，故选D。

【7】句意：但是她需要在学业上花费更多的时间。

考查动词不定式及词义辨析。need to do sth需要做某事；spend time on sth在某事上花费时间；it takes sb time to do sth做某事花费某人时间。结合句意及结构，故选A。

【8】句意：他们希望我在将来有更好的生活。

考查冠词辨析及语境理解。a不定冠词，用于辅音音素前； an不定冠词，用于元音音素前；不定冠词表示泛指，意为“一个”；the定冠词，表示特指，意为“这，那”。 life生活，当前面有形容词修饰时，是可数名词，此处指一种更幸福的生活，better以辅音音素开头，故选A。

【9】句意：但是我对唱歌是认真地。

考查固定搭配及语境理解。A. serious严肃的，形容词；B. seriously严肃地，认真地，副词；C. seriousness严肃，认真，名词；D. more seriously更认真地，更严肃地，比较级。take…seriously对……认真，结合句意，故选B。

【10】句意：尽管想要成功的孩子很正常，但是拥有健康快乐的孩子更重要！

考查连词辨析及语境理解。A. Until直到；B. Since自从，因此；C. Although尽管；D. When当……的时候。根据“it’s even more important to have healthy and happy children!”可知此处指尽管想要成功的孩子很正常，故选C。