Question

【題目】 Amy, a popular girl from Hilltop Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new________in high school.

________, high school was different. In the first week, Amy went to tryouts (選拔賽) for cheer leaders. She was competing against very________girls, and she knew it would be difficult for her to be selected. Two hours later, the judge________a list of the girl for a second tryout. Her heart________as the list ended without her name. Feeling ________, she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was struggling. She moved on to English and history, and was pleased to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to________math.

The next day Amy went to see Mrs. Smith about being on the school ________. Mrs. Smith wasn’t as interested as Amy. “I’m sorry, but we have________writers for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then. ” Amy smiled ________ and left. “Why is high school so ________?” she sighed.

Later in ________class, Amy tried hard to work on the problems that had given her so much trouble. By the end of class, she understood how to get them________. As she gathered her books, Amy decided she’d continue to try to fit in at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to ________. High school was just as her mother had said, “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond (池塘) instead of a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the________fish you can be. ”

【1】A.challengesB.decisionsC.problemsD.examinations

【2】A.ThereforeB.HoweverC.OtherwiseD.Besides

【3】A.strongB.braveC.talentedD.nice

【4】A.broughtB.showedC.wroteD.read

【5】A.went downB.jumped downC.came downD.got down

【6】A.strangeB.tiredC.awfulD.nervous

【7】A.take upB.pick upC.hold upD.give up

【8】A.bandB.newspaperC.radioD.team

【9】A.noB.moreC.fewD.enough

【10】A.happilyB.weaklyC.excitedlyD.brightly

【11】A.similarB.commonC.differentD.outstanding

【12】A.mathB.historyC.EnglishD.physics

【13】A.wrongB.rightC.easyD.perfect

【14】A.manageB.tryC.waitD.escape

【15】A.thinnestB.smallestC.bestD.heaviest

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【5】D

【6】C

【7】D

【8】B

【9】D

【10】B

【11】C

【12】A

【13】B

【14】B

【15】C

【解析】

短文講述了Amy一個以全班第一的成績剛從山頂中學(xué)畢業(yè)步入高中的女孩。她發(fā)現(xiàn)，高中和她想象中有些不同。先是和有天賦的女孩競選啦啦隊成員失敗，回到家中發(fā)現(xiàn)一直擅長的數(shù)學(xué)學(xué)起來也有些艱難。然后去找到Mrs. Smith想要成為校報的作者，也被婉拒了。后來在數(shù)學(xué)課上，Amy努力做對了那些曾經(jīng)給她帶來麻煩的難題。她決定要繼續(xù)努力適應(yīng)新學(xué)校的生活。

【1】句意：Amy是山頂中學(xué)（Hilltop Middle School）的一個受歡迎的女孩，她以班級第一的成績畢業(yè)，并且已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備好接受高中的新挑戰(zhàn)。

challenges挑戰(zhàn)；decisions決定；problems問題；examinations考試。結(jié)合全文Amy遭遇許多的挑戰(zhàn)與困難以及文章最后一句“The challenge is to become the best fish you can be”，故選A。

【2】句意：但是，高中不同。

Therefore因此；However 不過，然而；Otherwise否則；Besides除此以外。根據(jù)文章后面提到的一系列事情可以知道高中與初中有很大的不同，所以此處應(yīng)該選擇一個表示轉(zhuǎn)折含義的副詞。故選B。

【3】句意：她正在與才華橫溢的女孩競爭，她知道很難被選中。

strong強壯的；brave勇敢的；talented有才能的；nice好心的，友好的。根據(jù)后面“and she knew it would be difficult for her to be selected”Amy認(rèn)為自己很難被選中，可知對手都是很厲害的，故選C。

【4】句意：兩小時后，裁判員宣讀了入選復(fù)試的女孩的名單。

brought帶來；showed展示，顯示；wrote寫；read閱讀，朗讀，根據(jù)題意裁判宣讀朗讀出名單，而在一個較大的選拔賽上展示名單顯然不合理，故選D。

【5】句意：她的心一落千丈，因為名單上沒有她的名字

went down下降；平靜下來；傳下去；被接受；jumped down意為跳下；came down下來，降落；流傳下來；倒塌；落魄，失勢；got down悲傷，沮喪。結(jié)合上文，Amy沒有被選上啦啦隊，應(yīng)該十分悲傷，沮喪，故選D。

【6】句意：感覺很糟糕，她背著裝滿作業(yè)的書包回家。

strange奇怪的；tired疲倦的；awful糟糕的；nervous緊張的。結(jié)合上文Amy沒有被選上啦啦隊，心情應(yīng)該十分糟糕，故選C。

【7】句意：感覺好些了，她決定不放棄數(shù)學(xué)。

take up拿起；開始從事；占據(jù)(時間,地方)；pick up撿起；獲得；收拾；（汽車；飛機）乘載；不費力地學(xué)；hold up舉起；阻擋；攔截；give up放棄。根據(jù)“Feeling better”感覺好多了，可知Amy決定不放棄數(shù)學(xué)，對應(yīng)下面在第二天數(shù)學(xué)課上努力學(xué)習(xí)。故選D。

【8】句意：第二天，艾米去見史密斯夫人，關(guān)于成為學(xué)校報紙的寫手。

band樂隊；newspaper報紙；radio收音機；team團隊。根據(jù)下文“I’m sorry, but we have enough writers for the newspaper already”可知應(yīng)該與學(xué)校報紙有關(guān)，故選B。

【9】句意：抱歉，我們已經(jīng)有足夠的報紙作者。

no沒有；more更多；few不多，很少；enough足夠的。根據(jù)“Come back next year and we’ll talk then”可知Amy沒有被選上報紙作家，表明應(yīng)該已經(jīng)由足夠的報紙作者了，故選D。

【10】句意：艾米虛弱地笑了笑，離開了。

happily快樂地；weakly虛弱地，無生氣地；excitedly興奮地；brightly明亮地，歡快地。再一次遭到拒絕后，Amy應(yīng)該是感到消極的，所以應(yīng)該選擇消極方面的副詞，故選B。

【11】句意：為什么高中如此不同？

similar相似的；common普遍的；different不同的；outstanding杰出的。由她后文的嘆氣可以知道她是在感嘆高中和初中的不同，故選C。

【12】句意：后來在數(shù)學(xué)課上，艾米努力解決那些給她帶來很多麻煩的問題。

math數(shù)學(xué)；history歷史；English英語；physics物理。根據(jù)“Amy tried hard to work on the problems that had given her so much trouble”可知Amy努力解決給她帶來許多麻煩的問題。結(jié)合文章第三自然段數(shù)學(xué)給Amy帶來了許多困難可推斷出此處應(yīng)該是選數(shù)學(xué)，故選A。

【13】句意：到下課時，她知道如何把它們答對了。

wrong錯誤的；right正確的；easy簡單的；perfect完美的。結(jié)合上文此處的代詞them指代的math problems，因此應(yīng)該是理解到了如何解決使得數(shù)學(xué)題正確，故選B。

【14】句意：她不確定自己是否會成功，但她知道她必須試一試。

manage完成；try嘗試；wait等待；escape逃跑。根據(jù)前句“Amy decided she’d continue to try to fit in at her new school”可推斷出此處應(yīng)該是try，故選B。

【15】句意：挑戰(zhàn)是成為你能成為的最好的魚。

thinnest最瘦的；smallest最小的；best最好的；heaviest最重的。結(jié)合句意與全文，Amy最后以池魚自比，表示自己盡管像是大池塘中小魚，而不是小池塘中的大魚，都要努力成為最棒的那條魚。故選C。