What separates me from everyone else? The difference is not what clothes I wear or the music I listen to, but what I feel inside.
Ever since I was young, I have loved professional wrestling（摔跤）. I woke up every Saturday to watch my favorite "Superstars." As I grew older, I got a lot of flak for watching this "fake" sport. My peers（同齡人） would laugh at me for following what was called a "man's soap opera." So, I put my love for wrestling on the shelf. Like everyone else, I wanted to be associated with the cool clique. I yearned to be invited to the parties of the in-crowd and hang out with the popular kids. I became pretty successful. Although my Friday evenings were busy with parties, I would still wake up early Saturdays to watch wrestling. It wasn't until freshman year that I realized I wasn't being myself.
That year, I tried many new things and activities and made new friends. In my town, football was the sport, so I decided to play football, thinking it might give me a head start in popularity. The team started with 48 athletes. At the end, there were 14 of us left. I stuck it out not because I liked it, but because I am not a quitter. That long season taught me a lesson: I wasn't a football player. More importantly, it taught me to be myself.
After that season, I went back to being a wrestling fan. I watched it religiously, no matter what insults were thrown my way. I came across a quote: "Don't Dream It, Be It." When I read this, my friend Dan had the same idea I had.
"What if we build a wrestling ring（拳擊場(chǎng)）?" we asked. We acquired the necessary wood and equipment for its construction. The following weekend, we met at his house. We saw our dream in a pile in his backyard. We worked from dawn to dusk to build our great establishment. By Sunday night, our mission was complete. Our hard work (combined with a little creativity) had paid off. We had a real ring. We decided to hold an "event." We practiced for hours, trying to improve every aspect of our wrestling ability. The date was May 24th. Our show had a start time of 9: 00 p.m. To our surprise, about one hundred family, friends and fans showed up to support us. It was the most important night of my life and a complete success. Since that time, we have held five shows with as many as two hundred and fifty people turning out. We continue to live this dream. We accomplished what we set out to do. We are now well known throughout school. When I walk down the halls, I am respected by my peers. Some are the same peers who ridiculed me for watching wrestling when I was younger. When they approach me, they often say, "Good match, Chris." I humbly say, "Thank you," knowing I did something I believed in.
As my senior year winds down, I'll remember all of my high school memories. But what will stick out most is the memory that I did something I loved, despite what everyone said or thought. I accomplished my goal. I lived my dream

  1. 1.

    What makes the writer different from the others is __________

    1. A.
      the different sports he loves
    2. B.
      the different clothes he wears and the different music he listens to
    3. C.
      that he is younger than the others
    4. D.
      the different ideas he has
  2. 2.

    What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

    1. A.
      I practiced wrestling secretly in my spare time
    2. B.
      I put the clothes for wrestling on the shelf
    3. C.
      I decided to quit following wrestling
    4. D.
      I began not to watch wrestling on TV
  3. 3.

    When the writer was a freshman, he ___________

    1. A.
      knew he couldn’t be a good football player
    2. B.
      realized he was being himself
    3. C.
      was still sociable
    4. D.
      built a wrestling ring
  4. 4.

    The writer built the wrestling ring in order to ________

    1. A.
      play football there
    2. B.
      make his dream realized
    3. C.
      be a professional player
    4. D.
      have parties there
  5. 5.

    What is the writer’s attitude towards his experience in high school?

    1. A.
      Optimistic
    2. B.
      Pessimistic
    3. C.
      Doubtful
    4. D.
      Surprised
DCCBA
試題分析：本文講述的是作者在小時(shí)候一直都很喜歡職業(yè)摔跤，后來(lái)在同齡人的嘲笑之下，放棄了自己的夢(mèng)想。不過(guò)在最后還是感覺(jué)到人要做真正的自我，于是和朋友建了一個(gè)拳擊場(chǎng)，取得了成功。告訴我們做人要做真正的自我。
1.D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段What separates me from everyone else? The difference is not what clothes I wear or the music I listen to, but what I feel inside.可知我們和別人不同的地方在于我們的內(nèi)心世界，而不是我們的外表。故D正確。
2.C 推理題。根據(jù)文章第二段2,3,4行. My peers（同齡人） would laugh at me for following what was called a "man's soap opera." So, I put my love for wrestling on the shelf. Like everyone else, I wanted to be associated with the cool clique.可知我的同齡人都嘲笑我看這樣的節(jié)目，，所以我決定放棄自己的這個(gè)愛(ài)好，像同齡人一樣去參加各種聚會(huì)等活動(dòng)。故C正確。
3.C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)I became pretty successful. Although my Friday evenings were busy with parties, I would still wake up early Saturdays to watch wrestling. It wasn't until freshman year that I realized I wasn't being myself.可知直到大學(xué)一年級(jí)，我仍然很喜歡職業(yè)摔跤，仍然和朋友交往地很好，說(shuō)明我很和善。故Ｃ正確。
4.B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章4,5段I came across a quote: "Don't Dream It, Be It." When I read this, my friend Dan had the same idea I had. 和"What if we build a wrestling ring（拳擊場(chǎng)）?" we asked.可知我們建拳擊場(chǎng)的目的就是為了實(shí)現(xiàn)自己夢(mèng)想。故C正確。
5.A 推理題。But what will stick out most is the memory that I did something I loved, despite what everyone said or thought. I accomplished my goal. I lived my dream. 可知作者對(duì)于自己的工作生活經(jīng)歷還是持有很樂(lè)觀的態(tài)度的。故A正確。
考點(diǎn)：考察人生感悟類(lèi)短文閱讀
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文講述的是作者在小時(shí)候一直都很喜歡職業(yè)摔跤，后來(lái)在同齡人的嘲笑之下，放棄了自己的夢(mèng)想。不過(guò)在最后還是感覺(jué)到人要做真正的自我，于是和朋友建了一個(gè)拳擊場(chǎng)，取得了成功。告訴我們做人要做真正的自我。
本文要求考生讀懂文章中的每個(gè)句子的意思還要推理它們之間的關(guān)系，結(jié)合自己的生活常識(shí)和經(jīng)驗(yàn)，再通過(guò)邏輯推理和判斷，理解文章的言外之意，從而揭示文章的深層涵義。任何一篇文章都有其特定的寫(xiě)作目的，讀者應(yīng)當(dāng)知道如何去做或按照某種方式傳遞思考問(wèn)題。推理判斷題的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理時(shí)我們務(wù)必要忠于原文，在文章中尋找并確定可推論的依據(jù)，即：已知部分－推論的前提，從中推測(cè)出未知部分－推理的結(jié)論，切忌妄加評(píng)論，把自己的觀點(diǎn)當(dāng)成作者的觀點(diǎn)。
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