When the swim season began, my 11-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, and I cut a deal. She would go to practice three times a week and try really hard, and I wouldn’t make her compete in the swim meets because on the day of a meet, she would be nervous all day. Her nerves rooted from the possibility that she would do something horribly wrong and let everyone down.
Recently, they had a T-shirt relay, which works like this: one person from each relay team puts on a T-shirt and a pair of socks, swims 50 meters, and gets out of the pool. She takes off the clothes and puts them on the next person, who then swims 50 meters. This continues until everyone on the team has completed a lap.
By the last leg, Elizabeth’s team had built up a moderate lead. Then it was Elizabeth’s turn to swim. She seemed to swim faster in the T-shirt and socks than when she wasn’t wearing them.
Approaching the halfway mark, she was still in the lead. Then one of Elizabeth’s socks fell off and was floating in the pool. “She has to get that sock on before the end of the race,” a swimming official told her team, “or you will be disqualified.”
Everybody on her team started screaming, “Elizabeth! Elizabeth! Stop! Get the sock!” But she couldn’t hear them. As she started her last 25 meters, a girl in Lane 2 was gaining on Elizabeth. It was time for desperate measures. A girl on my daughter’s team jumped in the pool, grabbed the sock, and swam after Elizabeth. She grabbed Elizabeth’s foot. “You have to put the sock on,” the girl screamed. Elizabeth continued swimming while her teammate put on the sock.
By now, the girl in Lane 2 was about to pass Elizabeth. With the sock finally on, Elizabeth swam her heart out for the last 15 meters. It was close, but Elizabeth beat the other girl to the wall for the victory.
On the ride home, she relived her moment of glory again and again. She told me that if the T-shirt relay was an Olympic event, her team would win the gold medal. I told her that in my professional opinion, she was absolutely right.
小題1:Elizabeth was nervous about swim meets because she _______.
A．was afraid of disappointing everyone
B．didn’t expect to lose the swim match
C．didn’t want to compete against other girls
D．was worried about making errors in public
小題2: From the passage, we know that _______.
A．socks contributed greatly to Elizabeth’s victory
B．the match nearly drove Elizabeth desperate
C．good luck finally fell on Elizabeth’s team
D．Elizabeth’s team narrowly won the match
小題3: It can be inferred that Elizabeth would _______.
A．swim faster in the T-shirt
B．enjoy swim meets later on
C．experience the moment again
D．take part in an Olympic event

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:B

試題分析：文章講述作者的女兒Elizabeth要參加游泳比賽，賽前很緊張，害怕游不好，但是比賽時，通過和隊友的共同努力贏得了比賽。
小題1:細節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：Her nerves rooted from the possibility that she would do something horribly wrong and let everyone down. 可知游泳比賽前，作者的女兒很緊張，是害怕讓大家失望，選A
小題2:細節(jié)題：從倒數(shù)第二段的句子：Elizabeth swam her heart out for the last 15 meters. It was close, but Elizabeth beat the other girl to the wall for the victory. 可知Elizabeth的隊伍險勝。選D。
小題3:推理題：從最后一段的句子：On the ride home, she relived her moment of glory again and again. 可知Elizabeth以后會更喜歡游泳的，選B
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A．believedB．a(chǎn)ppreciatedC．a(chǎn)dmittedD．a(chǎn)greed

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

For a lang time,a boy wonder why his next-desk-pal was always the first in the class ,  whereas he could only rank the 21st.
At home,he asked his mom：“Am I more stupid than other kids? How can I alwasys fall behind? I just can’t come with an answer.”Mom was aware that her son’s selfrespect had been damaged by the ranking system,but she didn’t know what to say to help.
She tended to say that intelligence differs and that yes,her son’s friend really was the smarter boy.But that would so upset her son .Thank goodness she resisted the temption (誘惑)to say it .
Her son and his friend went on to   high school that year,but despite trying as hard as he could,her son’s friend still outdid him.But she was proud of her boy for his hard work, sincerely proud,It was aroud this time that she decided to take him on a trip to the seaside,On the trip,she at last found an answer for him.
Today her son no longer care about rankings.He doesn’t have to,for he himself is now the top of the class at the national unversity he attands,After university his Teachers and peers fully expect him to have promising career.
Invited to speak to his old high school, he mentioned a valuable childhood experience. It concerned that holiday his mother had prepared for them: “Once, on a trip to the sea, my mother and I were lying on the beach. She pointed to the sea and said to me: Do you see the seabirds fighting for food out there? When a wave comes near, the little birds rise quickly. The clumsy(笨拙的)seagulls are far slower and have to struggle to get away from the wave. But these clumsy birds prove to have the biggest, strongest wings, which allow the bird to travel the furthest. When the season changes, they leave for foreign shores, leaving the little birds behind. Son, I have a feeling that you are one of those seagulls.”
小題1:The story convey the message that.________.
A．competion between students is good for society
B．only rankings show intelligence of a child
C．chilren take competion among them to heart
D．parents should build up chilren’s self-respect
小題2:Form the 2nd paragraph,we can see that the mother  
A．decided to help with her son’s homework
B．saw the negative effects of the ranking system
C．knew her son was weak in his study
D．felt sorry for her son’s bad behavior
小題3:We can infer from the passage that      
A．the mother was cafeful to protect her son’s self-respect
B．the mother was not strong enough to face the truth
C．the son knew intelligence didn’t mean anything
D．the son would forget his rankings soon after leaving high school
小題4: Which of the following has the similar meaning with the underlined word “outdid”?
A.was equal to   B..laughed at     C did better than    D.worked harder than

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