Question

【題目】Following a Dream

Lewis was born in Britain in 1985, and his parents named him after the famous American sportsman Carl Lewis. Did they know that _______ fame (名望) was waiting for their son, too?

When Lewis was six, his father gave him a radio-controlled (無線電遙控的) car and he began to enter and _______ matches. From this very _______ age, Lewis’ dream was to become a Formula 1 driver, so his father bought him a go-kart and he started go-kart racing in 1993 when he was only eight years old. He won some races (比賽) , and he knew that he had to win more.

One day, when he was ten years old, Lewis met a man called Ron Dennis. Dennis was the manager of McLaren Formula 1 _______ . Lewis asked Dennis for his autograph(親筆簽名), saying, “My name’s Lewis and one day I want to _______ your cars.” Ron Dennis wrote in his autograph book, “Phone me nine years from now, we’ll talk about it again.” In fact, when Lewis won his first go-kart championship (冠軍) a few years later, Ron Dennis _______ him, and in 1999 Lewis joined McLaren’s “Young Drivers” programme. He was the youngest person ever to do this.

In 2001, world Formula 1 champion Mike said, “He’s a fantastic driver, very strong and _________ sixteen years old. If he keeps this up, I’m sure he will reach F1.”

Mike was right. Lewis started as a driver in F1 races in 2007. He finished the season in second place. Then in 2008, at the age of twenty-three, Lewis became the youngest world champion in F1 history. Lewis had a dream, and he _______ it and found what he wanted. And that’s success!

【1】A.sportingB.dancingC.paintingD.singing

【2】A.leaveB.loseC.winD.change

【3】A.niceB.youngC.richD.famous

【4】A.teamB.bankC.shopD.school

【5】A.pushB.driveC.washD.sell

【6】A.savedB.toldC.phonedD.asked

【7】A.onlyB.alsoC.evenD.really

【8】A.collectedB.checkedC.noticedD.followed

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】B

【6】C

【7】A

【8】D

【解析】

本文講述了Lewis。他在1985年出生于英國，他6歲的時候，他的父親給了他一個無線電遙控車，他開始進入比賽并贏得比賽。1999年，他加入了邁凱輪的“年輕車手”計劃。2008年，23歲的Lewis成為F1歷史上最年輕的世界冠軍。

【1】句意：他們知道自己的兒子也會在體育上成名嗎？

sporting運動；dancing跳舞；painting畫；singing唱歌；根據(jù)“his parents named him after the famous American sportsman Carl Lewis”可知運動員，所以此處是“sporting fame”，故選A。

【2】句意：他的父親給了他一個無線電遙控車，他開始進入比賽并贏得比賽。

leave離開；lose丟失；win贏；change改變；根據(jù)“Lewis’ dream was to become a Formula 1 driver”可知，他之前贏得比賽，讓他有夢想做這件事，故選C。

【3】句意：從很小的時候起。

nice友好的；young年輕的；rich富有的；famous著名的；根據(jù)“When Lewis was six”可知，此處是很小的時候，所以此處是“young”，故選B。

【4】句意：丹尼斯是邁凱輪一級方程式車隊的經(jīng)理。

team隊；bank銀行；shop商店；school學(xué)校；根據(jù)“Lewis asked Dennis for his autograph(親筆簽名), saying, “My name’s Lewis and one day I want to ___5___ your cars.””可知Dennis 應(yīng)該是車隊經(jīng)理，故選A。

【5】句意：我的名字叫Lewis，有一天我想駕駛你的汽車。

push推動；drive駕駛；wash洗；sell賣；根據(jù)“Lewis joined McLaren’s “Young Drivers” programme”可知，此處Lewis是想去丹尼斯車隊開車，故選B。

【6】句意：幾年后，羅恩丹尼斯打電話給Lewis。

saved節(jié)約；told告訴；phoned打電話；asked問；根據(jù)“Phone me nine years from now, we’ll talk about it again.”可知此處是打電話，故選C。

【7】句意：他是一個了不起的車手，非常強壯，只有16歲。

only僅僅；also也；even甚至；really真地；根據(jù)“He was the youngest person ever to do this.”及“He’s a fantastic driver, very strong and ____7____ sixteen years old”可知他年齡小，所以此處是“僅僅”，故選A。

【8】句意：Lewis有一個夢想，他追隨它，找到了他想要的。

collected收集；checked核實；noticed注意；followed追尋；根據(jù)“ found what he wanted. And that’s success!”可知，有夢想……就會很成功，所以此處是“追隨”，故選D。

做完形填空時，首先要通讀課文，明白主旨大意，然后再做題。做完形時要記住“瞻前顧后想結(jié)果”這一原則，根據(jù)上下文以及語境做題，切忌主觀臆斷。另外，平時還要多多積累詞匯。完型填空�？济�詞、動詞、形容詞和副詞等辨析。做詞義辨析題時，首先要確認四個選項的含義，然后分析語境和邏輯關(guān)系，確定答案。

本文第四題考查名詞。先確定四個詞的意思。team隊；bank銀行；shop商店；school學(xué)校；根據(jù)“Lewis asked Dennis for his autograph(親筆簽名), saying, “My name’s Lewis and one day I want to ___5___ your cars.””可知Dennis 應(yīng)該是車隊經(jīng)理，故選A。