Question

【題目】Once my mother told me a story. In Africa, when an antelope (羚羊) wakes up every morning, the first

thing it thinks about is, “I must be able to run faster than the fastest lion, or I will be k ___1___.” At the same time, a lion wakes from his dream. The first thing the lion thinks about is, “I must be able to catch the ___2___antelope, or I will die of hunger .” So almost at the same time, the antelope and the lion get up and start running toward the rising sun.
This is life: full of chances and challenges. Whether you are an antelope or a lion, you must go a___3___when the sun rises. For students, it is just the same. If we don’t study hard, sooner or later, we will fall b____4____the other students. At first, I didn’t know what the word “exam” meant. Later, I knew an exam was a kind of competition. In competitions, there are always w ___5___ and losers. As I grew up, I got to know “competition”. In one’s life, there must be competitions, so people can improve.
Each time I saw children playing games and heard their laughter, I wished I were that age again. However, I remembered my parents’ words: “You must work very hard in order to have a good f ___6___. ” So I picked up my pen and began to study hard again.
I was still not sure what competition really meant. One day, I was taking part in an English-speaking competition. When I went to the stage, I saw other students looking at me kindly. I s ___7___ knew what competition was. It is not as cruel as my teacher and parents told me. In fact, competition is the opposite: it is kind and necessary.
I learned a lot from realizing this . Now I understand better about the world. Competition is important for us all.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】killed

【2】slowest

【3】ahead

【4】behind

【5】winners

【6】future

【7】suddenly

【解析】本文是一篇人生哲理類短文，文中通過(guò)獅子和羚羊的故事告訴我們：在生活中充滿了機(jī)會(huì)和挑戰(zhàn)，要勇敢面對(duì)挑戰(zhàn)，努力為未來(lái)奮斗。同時(shí)還通過(guò)作者自己的經(jīng)歷解釋了考試和競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的意義。

【1】句意：我一定得比最快的獅子跑得更快，否則我會(huì)被殺死的。如果羚羊跑得不夠快，就會(huì)成為獅子的獵物，就會(huì)被殺死，主語(yǔ)I與殺（kill）的承受者，因此句子用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，動(dòng)詞用過(guò)去分詞，故填：killed。

【2】句意：我一定得抓住那最慢的羚羊，否則我就會(huì)因?yàn)轲囸I而死去。與前句中的fastest相對(duì)應(yīng)，最快的獅子認(rèn)為它的獵物是“最慢的”，故填：slowest。

【3】句意：這就是生活，無(wú)論你是羚羊還是獅子，你必須在太陽(yáng)升起時(shí)向前。向前：go ahead。故填：ahead。

【4】句意：如果我們不努力學(xué)習(xí)，遲早，我們會(huì)落到別人后面的。不學(xué)習(xí)要落后。落后：fall behind。故填：behind。

【5】句意：在競(jìng)爭(zhēng)中，總會(huì)有勝利者和失敗者。與失敗者losers相對(duì)應(yīng)的是勝利者：winners。故填：winners。

【6】句意：為了好的未來(lái)，你必須非常努力地學(xué)習(xí)。努力學(xué)習(xí)可以導(dǎo)致好的未來(lái)，未來(lái)：future。故填：future。

【7】句意：我突然明白了競(jìng)爭(zhēng)是什么。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，作者一直對(duì)什么是競(jìng)爭(zhēng)感到迷茫，在上臺(tái)時(shí)，從人們友善的表情中，突然明白了競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的含義，突然：suddenly。故填：suddenly。