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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：這篇短文主要講述了如何做好自己的話題。文章告訴我們，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考查副詞及語境理解。Again：又，再；next：接下來；besides：除了；however：然而。根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是每個(gè)人都希望自己能與眾不同，但是長大后發(fā)現(xiàn)事實(shí)并非如此，語義存在轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。故應(yīng)選D。

【2】B考查代詞及語境理解。other：別的、其他的，后接名詞；others：其他的人或物；another：另一、又一，后接名詞；the others：特指其余的人或物。根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是父母經(jīng)常把自己的孩子和別的孩子作比較。故選B。

【3】C考查動詞及語境理解。believe：相信，work：工作，mean：意思是，show：顯示。根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是父母鼓勵(lì)孩子做得更好的意思是好。故應(yīng)選C。

【4】C考查介詞及語境理解。根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是我們能夠特殊的唯一辦法就是通過比別人做得更好。by表示方式、方法。故應(yīng)選C。

【5】A考查不定代詞及語境理解。something：不確定的某事，anything：任何事，everything：所有事，nothing：沒有事。根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是總有人在某些事情上做得比我們好。故應(yīng)選A。

【6】B考查形容詞及語境理解。helpful：有幫助的；impossible：不可能的；necessary：必要的；important：重要的。根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是有的人長得好看，還有的人有錢，我們不可能時(shí)時(shí)刻刻都比他人優(yōu)秀。故應(yīng)選B。

【7】A考查介詞及語境理解。inside：在里面among：在多個(gè)中間；around：在……四周；for：為了，對于。根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是其實(shí)在內(nèi)心深處我們已經(jīng)擁有我們一直渴望的東西。inside指內(nèi)心深入。故應(yīng)選A。

【8】C考查比較級及語境理解。聯(lián)系下文的“we are special, ---we are good enough”的描述可知，這里指的是我們與別人是不同的。故應(yīng)選C。

【9】C考查名詞及語境理解。friends：朋友們；scientists：科學(xué)家們；parents：父母；doctors：醫(yī)生們。根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是在我們成長的過程中，父母有時(shí)候忘記告訴我們非常的特別。故應(yīng)選C。

【10】B考查副詞及語境理解。Also：也，anyway：不管怎樣，although：盡管，after all：畢竟。根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是不管怎樣我們都有責(zé)任經(jīng)常提醒他們。故應(yīng)選B。