【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 team. A few days later, Mr. Brown held a meeting with everyone interested in the 3 .He told us that Smart Aleck used a fivemember team and three more people would be needed as backup （替補(bǔ)）. Mr. Brown said we would have a 4 among all the students present and the top eight scorers would bee the team and the backup. Everybody agreed that this was a 5 way to decide. Yesterday, all of the hopefuls got together. Mr. Brown acted as the host. After a couple of hours, all the places on the team were set 6 one. Nancy and I tied（打成平手）for that last position. We had to hold a oneon one petition. The winner would be on the team and the loser would be the 7 . Midway through our twoperson petition, I was starting to pull 8 . Then I saw the look on Nancy39。s face. I waited for a second and knew 9 I had to do. As much as I wanted to be on Smart Aleck, Nancy wanted it even more. So, starting with my next question, I held back and let Nancy 10 , just by a little bit. When she 11 she would be on the show, she felt sorry for my not being on the team. However, I will still have the 12 of seeing the show up close. Was I 13 by not trying as hard as I could? I don39。t think so. No one noticed, and Nancy and I didn39。t say it. It won39。t hurt the team 14 Nancy will be a very good petitor on the real show. I think that making my best friend happy was the 15 thing to do.1. A. cancelB. loveC. expressD. recall2. A. choicesB. coachesC. leadersD. fans3. A. courseB. workC. showD. play4. A. petitionB. discussionC. challengeD. conversation5. A. specialB. hardC. funnyD. fair6. A. besidesB. againstC. exceptD. opposite7. A. backupB. partnerC. teammateD. member8. A. apartB. aheadC. downD. together9. A. howB. whichC. whyD. what10. A. doubleB. behaveC. winD. imagine11. A. acceptedB. realizedC. consideredD. refused12. A. laughterB. sadnessC. funD. change13. A. cheatingB. missingC. helpingD. performing14. A. thoughB. untilC. unlessD. because15. A. helpfulB. rightC. movingD. responsible【答案】 （1）B；（2）A；（3）C；（4）A；（5）D；（6）C；（7）A；（8）B；（9）D；（10）C；（11）B；（12）C；（13）A；（14）D；（15）B； 【解析】【分析】文章大意，幾周前，校長(zhǎng)高迪先生告訴我們，我們學(xué)校被選中參加一個(gè)游戲表演比賽，我和我最好的朋友卡拉都十分喜歡這個(gè)比賽，本文介紹兩個(gè)好朋友之間“競(jìng)爭(zhēng)”的故事。（1）句意： 我和我最好的朋友南希都喜歡它。A取消，B愛，C表達(dá)，D回憶，根據(jù)As much as I wanted to be on Smart Aleck, Nancy wanted it even more，可知是喜歡這個(gè)比賽，故選B。（2）句意： 所以我們認(rèn)為我們是團(tuán)隊(duì)的好選擇。A選擇，B教練，C領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，D狂熱者，根據(jù) our school had been chosen，可知是選擇他們，故選A。（3）句意： 幾天后，高迪先生與對(duì)節(jié)目感興趣的所有人舉行了會(huì)面。 A路線，B工作，C表演，D玩耍，根據(jù) Smart Alecka game show可知是表演，故選C。（4）句意： 所以高迪先生說(shuō)我們將參加比賽，前八名得分手將成為球隊(duì)和后衛(wèi)。 A競(jìng)賽，B討論，C挑戰(zhàn)，D對(duì)話，根據(jù) our school had been chosen to pete可知是競(jìng)賽，故選A。（5）句意： 每個(gè)人都認(rèn)為這是一個(gè)公平的決定方式。 A特殊的，B困難的，C有趣的，D公平的，根據(jù) Everybody agreed可知是公平的，故選D。（6）句意： 幾個(gè)小時(shí)后，除了一個(gè)，球隊(duì)所有的位置已經(jīng)確定。 A除了，包含關(guān)系，B反對(duì)，C除了，不包含關(guān)系，D在......的對(duì)面，根據(jù) all the places on the team可知是除了，并且是不包含的關(guān)系，故選C。（7）句意： 獲勝者將在球隊(duì)中，輸家將成為替補(bǔ)。 A后援，B搭檔，C隊(duì)友，D成員，根據(jù)比賽規(guī)則，只有隊(duì)員和替補(bǔ)兩只身份，故此處是替補(bǔ)，故選A。（8）句意： 在我倆競(jìng)逐過(guò)程進(jìn)行到一半時(shí)，我開始領(lǐng)先了。A相隔，B領(lǐng)先，C向下，D共同，根據(jù) I held back可知之前是領(lǐng)先的 ，故選B。（9）句意： 我等了一秒鐘，知道我必須做什么。 A怎么，B哪個(gè)，C為什么，D什么，根據(jù)do是及物動(dòng)詞，其后缺少賓語(yǔ)，故用what做賓語(yǔ)指代物或事，故選D。（10）句意： 我退后一下，并讓她比我多贏一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)。A懷疑，B運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)，C贏，D想象，根據(jù) she would be on the show可知能表演的就贏了，故選C。（11）句意：當(dāng)她意識(shí)到她會(huì)參加演出時(shí)，她為我不在隊(duì)里而感到抱歉。A接受，B意識(shí)到，C考慮，D拒絕，根據(jù) she felt sorry for my not being on the team 可知，意識(shí)到自己贏了，才會(huì)為朋友沒有贏而難過(guò)，故選B。（12）句意：不過(guò)，我還是會(huì)有近距離觀看演出的樂(lè)趣。A笑聲，B悲傷，C樂(lè)趣，D改變，根據(jù) making my best friend happy可知讓朋友開心是樂(lè)趣，故選C。（13）句意：我是不是因?yàn)闆]有盡我所能努力而作弊？A作弊，B遺漏，C幫助，D表演，根據(jù) I held back and let Nancy win可知，是作者故意的行為，所以是作弊，故選A。（14）句意：這不會(huì)傷害球隊(duì)，因?yàn)槟舷Ｔ诒荣惿蠒?huì)是一個(gè)很好的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手。A盡管，B直到，C除非，D因?yàn)?，此處是?duì)前一句話的解釋，故選D。（15）句意：我認(rèn)為讓我最好的朋友開心是正確的。A有用的，B對(duì)的，C移動(dòng)的，D負(fù)責(zé)任的，根據(jù) making my best friend happy可知讓朋友開心是對(duì)的，故選B?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】考查詞匯在篇章中的運(yùn)用能力，答題時(shí)首先要跳過(guò)空格通讀文章掌握其大意，然后細(xì)讀文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考慮句型、語(yǔ)法、搭配、語(yǔ)境等因素。最后通讀一遍檢查驗(yàn)證。5．完形填空 One day a young man Gary asked his father why he wasn39。t able to reach all of his goals. With a smile，his father listened 1 Gary39。s story and told him，Come to help me boil a kettle（水壺）of water! Gary saw a big kettle 2 next to small stove（火爐）. He 3 the kettle with water and started with a fire. the kettle was too 4 when the wood burned up, the water did not boil. He ran out to get 5 wood. When he returned, the water had 6 turned cold. How can I boil the water? He asked himself. Then he learned his 7 and prepared more wood in advance. Then the water boiled quickly. If there is not enough wood, 8 would you boil the water? his father asked. Gary thought for a moment but shook his head. Well, then just pour out some water! his father said. Gary 9 thoughtfully. At first, you set too many goals, said his father. It39。s just like the large kettle full of water. You didn39。t have enough wood， 10 you couldn39。t boil the water. If you want to make the water boil，then you will have to either pour some out or prepare more wood!1. A. onB. forC. withD. to2. A. fallingB. standingC. burningD. climbing3. A. tookB. connectedC. failedD. protected4. A. heavyB. largeC. longD. thick5. A. moreB. lessC. easierD. better6. A. everB. neverC. onlyD. almost7. A. lessonB. problemC. difficultyD. goal8. A. howB. whatC. whyD. where9. A. receivedB. askedC. noddedD. spoke10. A. andB. orC. butD. so【答案】 （1）D；（2）B；（3）A；（4）B；（5）A；（6）D；（7）A；（8）A；（9）C；（10）D； 【解析】【分析】短文大意：本文是一篇哲理小故事。雖然加里不斷加木柴，但是裝滿水的水壺就是燒不開，爸爸告訴他如果想讓水煮沸，必須倒出來(lái)一些水或準(zhǔn)備更多的木頭。故事啟發(fā)我們，目標(biāo)不要設(shè)置得太多，否則無(wú)法達(dá)成。 （1）句意：父親微笑著聽了加里的故事。listen to聽，固定短語(yǔ)，聽......，可選D。 （2）句意：加里看見小火爐旁邊有一個(gè)大水壺。A. falling落下；B. standing站立；C. burning燃燒；D. climbing攀爬。 kettle和stove可知水壺只能是立在鍋爐上，故選B。 （3）句意：他拿起水壺和水，開始生火。A. took拿；B. connected連接；C. failed失??；D. protected保護(hù)。根據(jù)可知燒水前先要