Question

【題目】I lost my sight when I was four years old when falling off a train to Atlantic City．But I was ．My parents and my teachers saw something in me -a potential to live, you might call it -which I didn't see, and they encouraged me to blindness． The hardest lesson I had to was to believe in myself．If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have walked with a stick for the rest of my life．When I say belief in myself I am not talking about the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an staircase alone．That is part Although imperfect in some aspect, I place where I can make myself fit．of it．But I mean something bigger than that．a(chǎn)m a real! positive person．There is a special It took me years to discover and this self-confidence．It had to start with the most basic things．Once a man gave me an indoor baseball．I thought he was making fun of me and I was ．

“I can't use this," I responded．“Take it with you," he urged me, and roll it around．" The words stuck in my head．“Roll it around!" By rolling the ball I could where it went． This gave me an how to achieve a goal I playing baseball．At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the kind of baseball．We called it ground ball．

All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to one by one．I also knew my limitations．It was no good trying something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only the bitterness of failure．I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made ．

【1】A．unfortunate B．disappointed C．lucky D．a(chǎn)shamed

【2】A．share with B．play with C．toy with D．fight with

【3】A．meet B．learn C．a(chǎn)void D．prepare

【4】A．simply B．slightly C．frequently D．directly

【5】A．unusual B．unfair C．unfamiliar D．uncomfortable

【6】A．lengthen B．strengthen C．deepen D．widen

【7】A．hurt B．a(chǎn)mused C．greeted D．praised

【8】A．find B．see C．smell D．hear

【9】A．event B．offer C．idea D．excuse

【10】A．receive B．a(chǎn)chieve C．classify D．follow

【11】A．refused B．removed C．caused D．replaced

【12】A．sense B．mistakes C．friends D．Progress

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【6】B

【7】A

【8】D

【9】C

【10】B

【11】C

【12】D

【解析】

【1】本空考查形容詞辨析。A．unfortunate不幸運的；B．disappointed失望的；C．lucky幸運的；D．a(chǎn)shamed感到羞愧的。根據(jù)前文從火車上掉下，很悲劇，but的轉(zhuǎn)折，說明應(yīng)用lucky，故選C。

【2】考查動詞短語辨析。A．share with和……分享；B．play with和……玩；C．toy with玩弄，不認真考慮；D．fight with與……斗爭。根據(jù)前文的encourage和空后的blindness判斷，應(yīng)是與看不見作斗爭、抗爭。故選D。

【3】考查動詞辨析。A．meet遇見；B．learn學(xué)會；C．a(chǎn)void避免；D．prepare準備。根據(jù)空前的lesson判斷選learn，故選B。

【4】考查副詞辨析。A．simply僅僅，只有；B．slightly稍稍；C．frequently頻繁地；D．directly直接地。根據(jù)下文的alone判斷選simply。故選A。

【5】考查形容詞辨析。A．unusual非同尋常的；B．unfair不公平的；C．unfamiliar不熟悉的；D．uncomfortable不舒適的。S我不僅僅談及那種幫我單獨下不熟悉樓梯的自信心。故選C。

【6】考查動詞辨析。A．lengthen加長；B．strengthen加強；C．deepen加深；D．widen加寬。根據(jù)下文的hard判斷作者盲了之后，花了好長時間加強自信心。故選B。

【7】考查動詞辨析。A．hurt傷害；B．a(chǎn)mused逗樂；C．greeted打招呼；D．praised表揚。根據(jù)前文的make fun of me判斷我受到傷害，故選A。

【8】考查動詞辨析。A．find發(fā)現(xiàn)；B．see看到；C．smell發(fā)出氣味，嗅；D．hear聽到。根據(jù)前文作者看不見了，但可以聽到球往哪里去。故選D。

【9】考查名詞辨析。A．event項目；B．offer提供；C．idea主意； D．excuse借口。根據(jù)前文能聽到球去哪里了，判斷這給作者了一個主意，故選C。

【10】考查動詞辨析。A．receive收到；B．a(chǎn)chieve成就；C．classify分類；D．follow跟隨。根據(jù)前文的goals，應(yīng)選achieve，故選B。

【11】考查動詞辨析。A．refused拒絕；B．removed脫去；C．caused引起；D．replaced代替。根據(jù)前衛(wèi)的out of reach和下文的failure判斷選C。

【12】考查名詞辨析。A．sense 感覺，意義；B．mistakes錯誤；C．friends朋友；D．progress進步。根據(jù)前文和but判斷是取得進步，故選D。