【題目】 I was cycling one day and noticed a person in front of me，about 250 meters ahead．He was cycling a little slower than me and I decided to catch up with him．

I had about 1 kilometer to go on the road before turning off．So I ____ cycling faster and faster．After a few ____ I was only about 100 meters behind him，so I really picked up the pace and pushed ____．

Finally，I caught up with him and passed him by．I felt so good．“I ____，”I thought，“though he didn’t even know we were racing．”

However，after I ____ him，I realized that I had been so focused on competing with him that I had missed my turn．I had gone ____ six blocks past it and had to turn around and go back．

Isn’t it just ____ life？We often focus on competing with others，trying to show that we are ____ than them．We spend some time and energy chasing after them and we miss out on our own paths in life．

The problem with unhealthy ____ is that it’s a never-ending cycle．There will always be somebody ahead of us．____ stay focused and live a healthy life；run our own race．

【1】A.stoppedB.startedC.wentD.continued

【2】A.minutesB.hoursC.secondsD.weeks

【3】A.himselfB.myselfC.ourselvesD.themselves

【4】A.failB.loseC.dropD.win

【5】A.passedB.succeededC.foundD.encouraged

【6】A.slowlyB.suddenlyC.nearlyD.quickly

【7】A.likeB.aboutC.forD.from

【8】A.worseB.betterC.richerD.slower

【9】A.decisionB.choiceC.planD.competition

【10】A.SoB.ThoughC.IfD.Because

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】A

【6】C

【7】A

【8】B

【9】D

【10】A

【解析】

本文講述了作者騎自行車的時(shí)候因?yàn)橄胍角懊娴娜硕T過(guò)了目的地的故事。從這個(gè)事情中作者明白了不要在與他人的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)中迷失了自己。

【1】句意：所以我開始越騎越快。

stop 停止；start 開始；went 去；continued 繼續(xù)。根據(jù)前文“He was cycling a little slower than me and I decided to catch up with him”，“我”決定追趕他，可知下文是開始越騎越快。固定句式start doing sth 開始做某事。故選B。

【2】句意：過(guò)了一會(huì)，我跟他只差100多米了。

minutes 分鐘；hours 小時(shí)；seconds 秒；weeks 星期。根據(jù)前文“I was cycling one day and noticed a person in front of me，about 250 meters ahead”和“I was only about 100 meters behind him”，剛開始相差250米，現(xiàn)在相差100米，可推測(cè)作者是用了幾分鐘時(shí)間縮短了差距。a few后接可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)，所以用minutes。故選A。

【3】句意：所以我提速逼迫自己超越他。

himself他自己；myself 我自己；ourselves 我們自己；themselves 他們自己。根據(jù)前文“so I really picked up the pace”，可知是逼迫我自己提速超越他，固定搭配push oneself，表示逼迫自己，所以用反身代詞myself。故選B。

【4】句意：我感覺很好，我想“我贏了”。

fail 失�。�lose 丟失；drop 掉下；win 贏。根據(jù)上文“Finally，I caught up with him and passed him by”，最后作者超越了他，可知作者是贏了，所以用win。故選D。

【5】句意：然而，在我超過(guò)他之后，我發(fā)現(xiàn)我太關(guān)注跟他的比賽以至于錯(cuò)過(guò)了我的目的地。

passed 超過(guò)，succeeded 成功，found 發(fā)現(xiàn)，encouraged 鼓勵(lì)。根據(jù)前文“Finally，I caught up with him and passed him by”，可知此時(shí)，作者已經(jīng)超過(guò)他了，所以在超過(guò)他之后。故事用的是一般過(guò)去時(shí)，所以空處的動(dòng)詞pass也用一般過(guò)去時(shí)passed。故選A。

【6】句意：我已經(jīng)騎過(guò)將近6個(gè)街區(qū)了所以不得不轉(zhuǎn)身再騎回去。

slowly 慢慢地；suddenly 突然地；nearly 將近；quickly 快速地。根據(jù)前文“I realized that …I had missed my turn”，可知，作者為了超越他而忽略了自己的目的地。等到發(fā)現(xiàn)的時(shí)候，已經(jīng)過(guò)了將近6個(gè)街區(qū)�？崭裉幪顚�nearly符合句意。故選C。

【7】句意：難道它不像生活嗎？

like 像；about關(guān)于；for 為了；from從…。根據(jù)前文講述作者的一段經(jīng)歷，和下文“We spend some time and energy chasing after them and we miss out on our own paths in life”而引出這種經(jīng)歷跟生活很相似，像…一樣，用介詞like。故選A。

【8】句意：我們經(jīng)常專注于跟其他人的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，試圖去展示我們比別人更好。

worse更差； better更好； richer更富有； slower更慢。句中than，用形容詞或副詞的比較級(jí)。謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞是are，所以空格處是填形容詞的比較級(jí)。根據(jù)前文“We often focus on competing with others”，我們專注于跟其他人競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，是為了證明我們比別人更好。所以空格處是更好better。故選B。

【9】句意：這種不健康的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的問(wèn)題在于它是一個(gè)永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)結(jié)束的循環(huán)。

decision決定； choice選擇； plan計(jì)劃； competition競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。根據(jù)上文“We often focus on competing with others”，一直在表述的是太專注于和別人的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的事情引發(fā)的一系列思考�？崭袂�unhealthy是形容詞，所以空格處是名詞。表示競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)應(yīng)的名詞是competition。故選D。

【10】句意：總會(huì)有人在我們的前面，因此，集中精力過(guò)健康的生活，走自己的路。

so所以，引導(dǎo)因果關(guān)系狀語(yǔ)從句； though 盡管，引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句；if如果，引導(dǎo)條件狀語(yǔ)從句， because因?yàn)�，引�?dǎo)原因狀語(yǔ)從句。根據(jù)空格處前文“There will always be somebody ahead of us”和下文“stay focused and live a healthy life”，上下是因果關(guān)系，因?yàn)榭倳?huì)有人在我們的前面，所以我們只需集中精力過(guò)自己的健康生活，用引導(dǎo)因果關(guān)系的連詞so。故選A。

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