Question

【題目】 Learn to rise again

It is not always easy to discover yourself. From a(/an)_______________age, I had a strong sense of who I would become—but an accident changed everything.

To me, skating was more ______________than anything else in the world. Nothing else filled my heart with so much_______________. I spent 24 hours a week developing my skills. I had no social life or interests other than _________________.But I was rewarded (回報(bào)) with first place medals in nearly every competition.

_______________, during one competition, I fell and was badly injured. The doctor told me that I couldn’t skate any more. The pain in my back was _______________to bear(忍受) and even basic daily tasks became difficult.

My passion (激情) had been________________. I lost heart and had no idea what I would become. After eight months of suffering, something had to ________________. Instead of sitting around and wasting my days, I began to work with local community service projects. By volunteering as a swimming teacher and summer reading assistant (助教)for kids, I got an idea of whom I wanted to become. After a few months, I_______________a new interest. Little by little, I stepped out of the shadow and rebuilt my confidence.

Sometimes, challenges in life will get in the way. We can choose to stay behind or try to get past these challenges. My_______________was a challenge that failed to stop me from reaching success. Today, I’m a very confident and optimistic (樂(lè)觀的) person.

【1】A.oldB.youngC.goodD.bad

【2】A.amazingB.surprisingC.importantD.useful

【3】A.sadnessB.joyC.surpriseD.pain

【4】A.skatingB.readingC.volunteeringD.dancing

【5】A.NecessarilyB.ImpossiblyC.HopefullyD.Unluckily

【6】A.easyB.hardC.fineD.satisfied

【7】A.taken awayB.take offC.take upD.take in

【8】A.rememberB.moveC.changeD.return

【9】A.knewB.foundC.showedD.thought

【10】A.storyB.workC.lifeD.accident

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【6】B

【7】A

【8】C

【9】B

【10】D

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要介紹了作者滑冰時(shí)受傷而導(dǎo)致作者失去信心，但是在作者當(dāng)志愿者作游泳老師和閱讀助教時(shí)重獲自信。

【1】句意：從很小的時(shí)候起，我就很清楚自己會(huì)成為什么樣的人。

old大的，年長(zhǎng)的；young小的，年輕的；good好的；bad壞的，根據(jù)后文“I had a strong sense of who I would become”“我就很清楚自己會(huì)成為什么樣的人”可知，應(yīng)該是從很小的時(shí)候起，故選B。

【2】句意：對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，滑冰比世界上任何事情都重要。

amazing驚奇的；surprising吃驚的；important重要的；useful有用的，根據(jù)后文的“Nothing else filled my heart with so much”“沒(méi)有什么比這更讓我心滿意足了”可知，應(yīng)該是重要的，故選C。

【3】句意：沒(méi)有什么比這更讓我心滿意足了。

sadness傷心；joy開(kāi)心；surprise驚訝；pain疼痛，根據(jù)后文“I had no social life or interests”“我沒(méi)有別的社交和興趣”可知，沒(méi)有什么比這更讓我心滿意足了，故選B。

【4】句意：除了滑冰，我沒(méi)有別的社交和興趣。

skating滑冰；reading閱讀；volunteering自愿做；dancing跳舞，根據(jù)“skating was more important than anything else in the world”“對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，滑冰比世界上任何事情都重要”可知，應(yīng)該是滑冰，故選A。

【5】句意：不幸的是，在一次比賽中，我摔倒了，受了重傷。

Necessarily不可避免地；Impossibly不可能地；Hopefully有希望地；Unluckily不幸地，根據(jù)后文的“during one competition, I fell and was badly injured”“在一次比賽中，我摔倒了，受了重傷”可知，應(yīng)該是不幸地，故選D。

【6】句意：我背部的疼痛難以忍受，甚至連基本的日常工作也變得困難起來(lái)。

easy容易的；hard困難的；fine好的；satisfied滿意的，根據(jù)后文的“even basic daily tasks became difficult”“甚至連基本的日常工作也變得困難起來(lái)”可知，應(yīng)該是難以忍受，故選B。

【7】句意：我的激情被帶走了。

taken away奪走，帶走；take off飛機(jī)起飛；take up開(kāi)始從事；take in接納，根據(jù)后文的“I lost heart and had no idea what I would become”“我失去了信心，不知道自己會(huì)變成什么樣子”可知，應(yīng)該是熱情被帶走了，故選A。

【8】句意：在遭受了半年的痛苦之后，有些事情不得不改變。

remember記得；move移動(dòng)；change改變；return返回，根據(jù)后文的“Instead of sitting around and wasting my days, I began to work with local community service projects”“我沒(méi)有閑坐著浪費(fèi)時(shí)間，而是開(kāi)始參與當(dāng)?shù)氐纳鐓^(qū)服務(wù)項(xiàng)目”可知，應(yīng)該是不得不改變，故選C。

【9】句意：幾個(gè)月后，我找到了新的興趣。

knew知道；found發(fā)現(xiàn)，找到；showed展示；thought想，認(rèn)為，根據(jù)后文的“Little by little, I stepped out of the shadow and rebuilt my confidence”“漸漸地，我走出陰影，重建了信心”可知，應(yīng)該是找到新興趣，故選B。

【10】句意：我的事故是一個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)，未能阻止我取得成功。

story故事；work工作；life生活；accident事故，根據(jù)前文作者的經(jīng)歷以及所給空后面的“challenge that failed to stop me from reaching success”“一個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)，未能阻止我取得成功”可知，應(yīng)該是事故，故選D。