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【题目】完形填空(每小题1分，共20分)

阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

When I was 13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant 1 Miller King, who was the best 2 at our school.

Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for 3 .

Just before September, Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he came back from 4 . He looked very 5 , but he didn`t cry.

That season, I 6 all of Miller`s records while he 7 the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player, 8 I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller’s 9 .

One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller 10 going over a fence — which wasn’t 11 to climb if you had both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept 32 from. But even that challenge he accepted. I 13 him move slowly over the fence. When we were finally 14 on the other side, he said to me, ＂ You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season, but you did 15 .Thank you for filling in for 16 .＂

His words freed me from my bad 17 span>. I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was 18 ahead of me. I was right to have 19 him. From that day on，I grew 20 and a little more real.

【1】 A. cheering for B. beating out C. relying on D. staying with

【2】 A. coach B. student C. teacher D. player

【3】 A. practice B. show C. comfort D. pleasure

【4】 A. school B. vacation C. hospital D. training

【5】 A. pale B. calm C. relaxed D. ashamed

【6】 A. held B. broke C. set D. tried

【7】 A. reported B. judged C. organized D. watched

【8】 A. and B. then C. but D. thus

【9】 A. decision B. mistake C. accident D. sacrifice

【10】 A. stuck B. hurt C. tried D. lost

【11】 A. steady B. hard C. fun D. fit

【12】 A. praise B. advice C. assistance D. apology

【13】 A. let B. helped C. had D. noticed

【14】 A. dropped B. ready C. trapped D. safe

【15】 A. fine B. wrong C. quickly D. normally

【16】 A. us B. yourself C. me D. them

【17】 A. memories B. ideas C. attitudes D. dreams

【18】 A. still B. also C. yet D. just

【19】 A. challenged B. cured C. invited D. admired

【20】 A. healthier B. bigger C. cleverer D. cooler

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【5】D

【6】B

【7】D

【8】C

【9】C

【10】A

【11】B

【12】C

【13】B

【14】D

【15】A

【16】C

【17】D

【18】A

【19】D

【20】B

【解析】

【文章大意】文章讲述了一个与足球有关的故事。作者想成为球队里最棒的球员，并向最优秀的球员Miller看齐。为了实现梦想，作者刻苦训练，在Miller受伤之后，作者脱颖而出，成为最有价值的球员。作者的表现也得到了Miller认可。

【1】考查动词短语辨析。A. cheering for为……欢呼；B. beating out打败；C. relying on依靠；D. staying with和……待在一起。根据＂become the star on our football team＂可知，要想成为球队里的明星，就要打败最优秀的球员，故选B。

【2】 考查名词辨析。A. coach教练；B. student学生；C. teacher教师；D. player选手，球员。全校最好的球员是Miller King，故选D。

【3】 考查名词辨析。A. practice练习；B. show演出，表现，节目；C. comfort安慰；D. pleasure乐趣。作者随身带着足球是为了练习，故选A。

【4】 考查名词辨析。A. school学校；B. vacation假期；C. hospital医院；D. training训练。Miller意外受伤，失去了右臂，作者在他出院后去看他，故选C。

【5】考查形容词辨析。A. pale苍白的；B. calm平静的；C. relaxed放松点；D. ashamed羞耻的，惭愧的。根据＂but he didn’t cry＂可知，Miller的情况不太乐观，故选A。

【6】考查动词辨析。A. held握住；B. broke打破；C. set创立，开创；D. tried尝试。根据＂records记录＂可知，作者破了Miller的纪录，故选B。

【7】考查动词辨析。A. reported报告；B. judged 判断；C. organized组织；D. watched观看。while he 27 the home games from the bench受伤后的Miller坐在长凳上观看比赛，故选D。

【8】 考查并列连词。A. and和；B. then然后；C. but但是；D. thus因此。 I was named most valuable player和I often had crazy dreams 形成对比，作者虽然被封为最有价值球员，但是总是做噩梦，故选C。

【9】考查名词辨析。A. decision决定；B. mistake错误；C. accident事故；D. sacrifice牺牲。让作者感到内疚的是，仿佛是自己应该为Miller的事故负责，故选C。

【10】 考查形容词辨析。A. stuck；B. hurt；C. tired劳累的；D. lost丢失的。saw Miller 30 going over a fence作者看到Miller在翻篱笆，只有一只手臂的Miller翻篱笆很困难，因此应该是被卡在篱笆上了，故选A。

【11】考查形容词辨析。A. steady稳定的；B. hard困难的；C. fun有趣的；D. fit合适的，健康的。此处是说，手臂健全的人翻篱笆不费吹灰之力，故选B。

【12】 考查名词辨析。A. praise表扬；B. advice建议；C. assistance帮助；D. apology道歉。作者认为Miller最不愿接受作者的帮助，the last最不可能的，故选C。

【13】考查动词辨析。A. let让；B. helped帮助；C. had有，使；D. noticed注意到。根据＂he accepted＂可知，Miller接受了作者的帮助，故选B。

【14】 考查形容词辨析。A. dropped；B. ready准备好的；C. trapped被困住的；D. safe安全的。作者和Miller两人成功翻过篱笆，故选D。

【15】考查副词辨析。A. fine好的；B. wrong错误地；C. quickly迅速；D. normally正常。Miller认为作者表现得很好，故选A。

【16】考查代词辨析。A. us我们；B. yourself 你自己； C. me我；D. them他们。Miller感谢作者填补了他的空缺，故选C。

【17】考查名词辨析。A. memories记忆；B. ideas主意；C. attitudes态度；D. dreams梦。得到了Miller的认可之后，作者的噩梦也不见了踪影，故选D。

【18】考副词辨析。A. still仍然；B. also也；C. yet然而，还没；D. just刚刚，仅仅。 由Damaged but not defeated可知Mille虽然受伤了，但却不会被打败，作者认为Miller仍然是最强的，故选A。

【19】考查动词辨析。A. challenged挑战；B. cured治愈；C. invited邀请；D. admired敬佩，赞赏，欣赏。 此处是说，作者认为自己敬佩Miller是对的，故选D。

【20】考查形容词比较级。A. healthier更健康的；B. bigger更大的，更重要的，更成功的；C. cleverer更聪明的；D. cooler更酷的，更凉的。从那天起，作者长大了许多…… 故选B。