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【題目】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. , many of us grow up believing that we’re not special 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 compare (比較)us to . By doing this, they try to encourage us to do better. They well, but the message we often get is that we’re not good enough. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is being better than someone else, but we are often disappointed(失望). There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at . Plenty of people around may not be as smart as we are, but they are better at sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is 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’t realize that we already have us the very things that we want. These things make us others. When we are growing up, sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up. , 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. Otherwise D. However

【2】A. other B. others C. another D. the others

【3】A. believe B. work C. mean D. show

【4】A. to B. on C. by D. in

【5】A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

【6】A. helpful B. impossible C. necessary D. important

【7】A. inside B. among C. around D. for

【8】A. worse than B. better than C. different from D. the same as

【9】A. friends B. scientists C. parents D. doctors

【10】A. Also B. Anyway C. Although D. After all

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】C

【5】A

【6】B

【7】A

【8】C

【9】C

【10】B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要談到了如何做好自己的話題。告訴我們，盡管我們的父母還有我們自己對自己都有這樣或者那樣的期望，但是我們只要盡自己最大努力，做好自己就可以了。

【1】D考查詞語辨析與語境理解。Again又，再；next接下來；besides除了；however然而。上下句之間存在轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。每個人都希望自己能與眾不同，但是長大后發(fā)現(xiàn)事實并非如此，故選D。

【2】B考查不定代詞與語境理解。A. Other其他； B. Others其他，后不加名詞；C. Another另一個；D. the others其他，特指，后不跟名詞，句意：他們經(jīng)常把我們和其他人做比較�？蘸鬀]有名詞，又是泛指其他，所以選B。

【3】C考查動詞與語境理解。A. Believe相信；B. Work工作；C. Mean意味著；D. Show展示，句意：他們意味很好，但我們得到的信息是我們不夠完美。根據(jù)句意是父母們的想法是好的，所以選C。

【4】C考查介詞與語境理解。句意：我們開始想信我們特別的唯一方式是比別人做得更好。根據(jù)句意此題是表示通過某種方式，所以用介詞by，故選C。

【5】A考查代詞與語境理解。A. Something一些事情； B. Anything任何事情；C. everything 每件事情；D. Nothing沒有事情，句意：但總是會有一些人在一些事情上比我們優(yōu)秀。根據(jù)句意及語境是“在一些事情方面”，故選A。

【6】B考查形容詞語境理解。Helpful有幫助的；impossible不可能的；necessary必要的；important重要的。有的人長得好看，還有的人有錢，我們不可能時時刻刻都比他人優(yōu)秀，故選B。

【7】A考查介詞與語境理解。Inside在里面among在多個中間；around在……四周；for為了，對于。inside指內(nèi)心深入。其實在內(nèi)心深處我們已經(jīng)擁有我們一直渴望的東西，故選A。

【8】C考查詞組與語境理解。A. worse than比……更糟糕；B. better than比……更好；C. different from與……不同；D. the same as和……一樣，句意：這些事情使我們與眾不同。根據(jù)語境及上下文是與別人不同，故選C。

【9】C考查語境理解及名詞辨析。Friends朋友們；scientists科學(xué)家們；parents父母；doctors醫(yī)生們。在我們成長的過程中，父母有時候忘記告訴我們非常的特別。故選C

24.【10】B考查副詞與語境理解。A. Also也；B. Anyway不管怎樣；C. Although雖然；D. After all畢竟，句意：這就要靠我們來不時的提醒他們我們每個人都以自己的方式，都是特別的。根據(jù)語境是不管怎樣的意思，所以選B。