Question

Cloze 8(2014 上海，B) 

                         Be yourself

         We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive. We wish we had nicer clothes or more money.Everyone likes to feel that he or she is special. 1       , many of us grow up believing that weVe not spe- cial at all.We believe we are not good enough just as we are.

         Most parents want us to be the best we can be.Very often,they 2       us to others.By doing this,they try to encourage us to do better. They mean well,but the message we often get is that weVe not good enough. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is by being better than someone else,but we are often 3       . There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at something. Plenty of people around may not be as smart as we are,but they are better at sports. Or they may not be as goodlooking,but they have more money.lt is 4        for us to be better than everyone else all the time.

         We all want the things that we believe will make us better people. But very often we don^ realize that we already have 5        us the very things that we want.These things make us different from others. When we are growing up,6 sometimes forget to tell us that we are special,and that we are good enough. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up.Anyway,it’s up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us,in our own way,is special.What we are is enough.

1. A. Again   B. Next   C. Besides   D. However

2. A. describe   B. compare   C. introduce   D. prefer

3. A. lonely   B. forgetful   C. disappointed   D. nervous

4. A. helpful   B. impossible   C. necessary   D. unfair

5. A. inside   B. among   C. around   D. for

6. A. friends   B. scientists   C. parents   D. doctors

Answer 1

1. D 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. C

Cloze 8

[語篇解讀]本文是一篇夾敘夾議的文章。題材為事理說明。本文從學生的角度闡述了一個觀點:做最好的自己，不用和任何人比較，因為每個人都是特別的。同時也呼吁父母不要總是拿自己家的孩子與 別人家的孩子比。

1. D考查副詞。由上下文可知前后是轉折關系，故用however (然而) 。

2. B考查動詞辨析。compare to…把……與……相比較。

3. C考查形容詞辨析。lonely孤獨的;forgetful健忘的;disappointed感 到失望的;nervous緊張不安的。根據上下文可知答案為C項。

4. B 考查形容詞辨析。helpful有幫助的;impossible不可能的; necessary必要的;unfair不公平的。根據上文可知此處要表達：總是 比每個人都好是不可能的。

5. A考查介詞辨析。inside在 內;among在 之間;around在……周圍;for為了。根據上下文可知答案為A項。

6. C考查名詞辨析。由語境可知此處指父母。故答案為C項。

[長難句]When we are growing up,parents sometimes forget to tell us that we are special,and that we are good enough.當我們在成長的時候，父母有時 會忘記告訴我們:我們是特別的，我們是足夠好的。

本句中 When we are growing up 是狀語從句，that we are special,and that we are good enough作tell的賓語，是兩個賓語從句。grow up成長，長大;forget to do sth.忘記做某事。