Question

【題目】 I was cycling one day and noticed a person in front of me，about 250 meters ahead．He was cycling a little slower than me and I decided to catch up with him．

I had about 1 kilometer to go on the road before turning off．So I ____ cycling faster and faster．After a few ____ I was only about 100 meters behind him，so I really picked up the pace and pushed ____．

Finally，I caught up with him and passed him by．I felt so good．“I ____，”I thought，“though he didn’t even know we were racing．”

However，after I ____ him，I realized that I had been so focused on competing with him that I had missed my turn．I had gone ____ six blocks past it and had to turn around and go back．

Isn’t it just ____ life？We often focus on competing with others，trying to show that we are ____ than them．We spend some time and energy chasing after them and we miss out on our own paths in life．

The problem with unhealthy ____ is that it’s a never-ending cycle．There will always be somebody ahead of us．____ stay focused and live a healthy life；run our own race．

【1】A.stoppedB.startedC.wentD.continued

【2】A.minutesB.hoursC.secondsD.weeks

【3】A.himselfB.myselfC.ourselvesD.themselves

【4】A.failB.loseC.dropD.win

【5】A.passedB.succeededC.foundD.encouraged

【6】A.slowlyB.suddenlyC.nearlyD.quickly

【7】A.likeB.aboutC.forD.from

【8】A.worseB.betterC.richerD.slower

【9】A.decisionB.choiceC.planD.competition

【10】A.SoB.ThoughC.IfD.Because

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】A

【6】C

【7】A

【8】B

【9】D

【10】A

【解析】

本文講述了作者騎自行車的時候因為想要超越前面的人而騎過了目的地的故事。從這個事情中作者明白了不要在與他人的競爭中迷失了自己。

【1】句意：所以我開始越騎越快。

stop 停止；start 開始；went 去；continued 繼續(xù)。根據(jù)前文“He was cycling a little slower than me and I decided to catch up with him”，“我”決定追趕他，可知下文是開始越騎越快。固定句式start doing sth 開始做某事。故選B。

【2】句意：過了一會，我跟他只差100多米了。

minutes 分鐘；hours 小時；seconds 秒；weeks 星期。根據(jù)前文“I was cycling one day and noticed a person in front of me，about 250 meters ahead”和“I was only about 100 meters behind him”，剛開始相差250米，現(xiàn)在相差100米，可推測作者是用了幾分鐘時間縮短了差距。a few后接可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)，所以用minutes。故選A。

【3】句意：所以我提速逼迫自己超越他。

himself他自己；myself 我自己；ourselves 我們自己；themselves 他們自己。根據(jù)前文“so I really picked up the pace”，可知是逼迫我自己提速超越他，固定搭配push oneself，表示逼迫自己，所以用反身代詞myself。故選B。

【4】句意：我感覺很好，我想“我贏了”。

fail 失��；lose 丟失；drop 掉下；win 贏。根據(jù)上文“Finally，I caught up with him and passed him by”，最后作者超越了他，可知作者是贏了，所以用win。故選D。

【5】句意：然而，在我超過他之后，我發(fā)現(xiàn)我太關(guān)注跟他的比賽以至于錯過了我的目的地。

passed 超過，succeeded 成功，found 發(fā)現(xiàn)，encouraged 鼓勵。根據(jù)前文“Finally，I caught up with him and passed him by”，可知此時，作者已經(jīng)超過他了，所以在超過他之后。故事用的是一般過去時，所以空處的動詞pass也用一般過去時passed。故選A。

【6】句意：我已經(jīng)騎過將近6個街區(qū)了所以不得不轉(zhuǎn)身再騎回去。

slowly 慢慢地；suddenly 突然地；nearly 將近；quickly 快速地。根據(jù)前文“I realized that …I had missed my turn”，可知，作者為了超越他而忽略了自己的目的地。等到發(fā)現(xiàn)的時候，已經(jīng)過了將近6個街區(qū)�？崭裉幪顚�nearly符合句意。故選C。

【7】句意：難道它不像生活嗎？

like 像；about關(guān)于；for 為了；from從…。根據(jù)前文講述作者的一段經(jīng)歷，和下文“We spend some time and energy chasing after them and we miss out on our own paths in life”而引出這種經(jīng)歷跟生活很相似，像…一樣，用介詞like。故選A。

【8】句意：我們經(jīng)常專注于跟其他人的競爭，試圖去展示我們比別人更好。

worse更差； better更好； richer更富有； slower更慢。句中than，用形容詞或副詞的比較級。謂語動詞是are，所以空格處是填形容詞的比較級。根據(jù)前文“We often focus on competing with others”，我們專注于跟其他人競爭，是為了證明我們比別人更好。所以空格處是更好better。故選B。

【9】句意：這種不健康的競爭的問題在于它是一個永遠不會結(jié)束的循環(huán)。

decision決定； choice選擇； plan計劃； competition競爭。根據(jù)上文“We often focus on competing with others”，一直在表述的是太專注于和別人的競爭的事情引發(fā)的一系列思考�？崭袂�unhealthy是形容詞，所以空格處是名詞。表示競爭對應(yīng)的名詞是competition。故選D。

【10】句意：總會有人在我們的前面，因此，集中精力過健康的生活，走自己的路。

so所以，引導(dǎo)因果關(guān)系狀語從句； though 盡管，引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句；if如果，引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句， because因為，引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句。根據(jù)空格處前文“There will always be somebody ahead of us”和下文“stay focused and live a healthy life”，上下是因果關(guān)系，因為總會有人在我們的前面，所以我們只需集中精力過自己的健康生活，用引導(dǎo)因果關(guān)系的連詞so。故選A。