Question

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）

Bethany Hamilton, born on February 8, 1990, learned to surf at 7 and began her career as a surfer when she entered her first competition at age 11. ____ age 13, she was an excellent surfer and well-respected in the ____ world. Her lifelong ____ of becoming a professional surfer was ____ on October 31, 2003, as she was ____ by a 14-foot tiger shark while surfing off Kauai’s North Shore. She lost her left arm ____ that did not destroy her ____. And it just made her stronger

“I know I have ____ important to say. Something that people need to hear—but sometimes they get ____ caught up in the story part, that they miss the meaning,” says Bethany Hamilton.

Bethany has chosen to use her ____ to become an inspiration and help others to overcome adversity（厄運(yùn)）, no matter how ____. She says, “People I don’t even know ____ me. I guess they ____ me as a symbol of courage and inspiration. One thing hasn’t changed—and that’s how I feel when I’m ___ a wave. It’s like, here I am. I’m ____ here. It’s still me and my board—in God's ocean!”

Bethany was presented with a special courage __ __at the 2004 Teen Choice Awards and Best Comeback Awards in 2004 ESPY（卓越體育表現(xiàn)獎(jiǎng)）. Bethany ___ to compete in the most challenging waves in the world and amaze everyone by achieving the ____. She dominated（支配） the 2005 National Scholastic Surfing Association Nationals Championships, taking first ____ in the Explorer Women’s division.

Her story continues to be told, with Bethany continuingly ____ to be the best at what ever God calls her to do.

1.A. For B. Till C. By D. To

2.A. sports B. sailing C. swimming D. surfing

3.A. dream B. task C. hope D. interest

4.A. damaged B. ruined C. interrupted D. destroyed

5.A. killed B. attacked C. shocked D. bitten

6.A. for B. and C. but D. so

7.A. life B. courage C. ambition D. profession

8.A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything

9.A. very B. too C. so D. quite

10.A. experience B. accident C. suffering D. misfortune

11.A. large B. much C. great D. serious

12.A. come up with B. live up to C. put up with D. come up to

13.A. look B. think C. refer D. see

14.A. surfing B. riding C. speeding D. sliding

15.A. even B. still C. also D. already

16.A. present B. reward C. prize D. award

17.A. continues B. begins C. hopes D. tries

18.A. unusual B. unfortunate C. unimaginable D. unique

19.A. lead B. place C. step D. action

20.A. struggling B. determining C. supposing D. winning

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.D

14.B

15.B

16.D

17.A

18.C

19.B

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章中講述的這個(gè)故事是關(guān)于Bethany Hamilton用自己的勇氣和信心戰(zhàn)勝了失去手臂的痛苦，并希望通過自己的故事鼓勵(lì)人們克服一切困難

1.C考查介詞辨析A. For為了；B. Till直到；C. By到。。為止；D. To 對(duì)于；句意：到了13歲，她已經(jīng)在沖浪方面是個(gè)優(yōu)秀的沖浪選手了。根據(jù)when she entered her first competition at age 11可知選C項(xiàng)。

2.2】D考查名詞辨析 A. sports運(yùn)動(dòng)；B. sailing航行；C. swimming 游泳；D. surfing沖浪；句意：到了13歲，她已經(jīng)在沖浪方面是個(gè)優(yōu)秀的沖浪選手了。根據(jù)下方提到Her lifelong ____ of becoming a professional surfer可知選D項(xiàng)。

3.3】A 考查名詞辨析A. dream夢(mèng)想；B. task 任務(wù)；C. hope希望；D. interest興趣；句意：成為專業(yè)沖浪選手一直是她的夢(mèng)想，可是這個(gè)夢(mèng)在2003年11月碎了。成為專業(yè)沖浪選手是他的夢(mèng)想，故選A項(xiàng)。

4.4】C考查動(dòng)詞辨析 A. damaged破壞；B. ruined毀壞；C. interrupted打斷；D. destroyed破壞；句意：成為專業(yè)沖浪選手一直是她的夢(mèng)想，可是這個(gè)夢(mèng)在2003年11月碎了。根據(jù)下方提到被鯊魚咬到，故選C項(xiàng)。

5.5】B考查動(dòng)詞辨析 A. killed殺死；B. attacked襲擊；C. shocked 震驚；D. bitten咬；句意：因?yàn)樗�被鯊魚給咬了。根據(jù)語境可知被鯊魚給咬了，故選B項(xiàng)。

6.6】C考查連詞辨析A. for為了；B. and并且；C. but 但是； D. so因此；句意：她失去了左臂，但并沒有破壞她勇氣。兩個(gè)句子是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選C項(xiàng)。

7.7】B考查名詞辨析A. life生活；B. courage勇氣；C. ambition抱負(fù)；D. profession職業(yè)；句意：她失去了左臂，但并沒有破壞她勇氣。根據(jù)下文提到And it just made her stronger可知選B項(xiàng)。

8.8】A考查不定代詞辨析A. something一些；B. everything一切；C. nothing什么也沒有；D. anything任何；我知道我有重要的事要說。根據(jù)下方提到Something that people need to hear可知選A項(xiàng)。

9.9】C考查副詞辨析 A. very非常；B. too 也；C. so因此；D. quite很；句意：但有時(shí)候他們不被這個(gè)故事所吸引，而理解錯(cuò)我的意思。So …that如此 以致于，故選C項(xiàng)。

10.0】A 考查名詞辨析A. experience經(jīng)歷；B. accident 事故；C. suffering沖浪；D. misfortune災(zāi)難；句意：她選擇用他的經(jīng)歷來幫助更多的人來克服厄運(yùn)，不管有多大的困難。根據(jù)上文提到用她的經(jīng)歷，故選A項(xiàng)。

11.1】C考查形容詞辨析A. large大的； B. much 大量的； C. great好的；D. serious嚴(yán)重的；句意：她選擇用他的經(jīng)歷來幫助更多的人來克服厄運(yùn)，不管有多大的困難。

12.2】D考查動(dòng)詞短語辨析A. come up with提出；B. live up to不辜負(fù)；C. put up with 忍受；D. come up to達(dá)到接近；句意：我不認(rèn)識(shí)的人會(huì)來接近我。根據(jù)下方提到I guess they ____ me as a symbol of courage and inspiration.可知選D項(xiàng)。

13.3】D考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. look 看；B. think認(rèn)為；C. refer提到； D. see看到；句意：我猜他們把我看作是勇氣的象征。See sb as ,,把。�？醋�，故選D項(xiàng)。

14.4】B考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. surfing沖浪；B. riding騎；C. speeding加速；D. sliding滑行；句意：這就是當(dāng)我乘著浪時(shí)的感覺沒有變。

15.5】B考查副詞辨析A. even甚至；B. still仍然；C. also也；D. already已經(jīng)；句意：我仍然在這，依然是我自己。根據(jù)下方提到It’s still me and my board故選B 項(xiàng)。

16.6】D考查名詞辨析A. present 禮物；B. reward賞金；C. prize獎(jiǎng)賞；D. award獎(jiǎng)品；句意：她獲得2004年青少年卓越體育表現(xiàn)獎(jiǎng)。

17.7】A考查動(dòng)詞辨析 A. continues繼續(xù)；B. begins開始；C. hopes希望；D. tries嘗試；句意：Bethany繼續(xù)比賽，通過取得的難以想象的成績(jī)令大家吃驚。根據(jù)下方提到She dominated（支配） the 2005 National Scholastic Surfing Association Nationals Championships,可知她繼續(xù)努力，故選A項(xiàng)。

18.8】C考查形容詞辨析 A. unusual 不尋常的；B. unfortunate不幸的；C. unimaginable難以想象的；D. unique獨(dú)一無二的；句意：Bethany繼續(xù)比賽，通過取得的難以想象的成績(jī)令大家吃驚。

19.9】B考查名詞辨析 A. lead導(dǎo)致；B. place 地方，位置。；C. step步子；D. action行動(dòng)；句意：在世界女子比賽中取得第一位置。Take first place 取得第一，故選B項(xiàng)。

20.20】A考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. struggling努力；B. determining決定；C. supposing猜測(cè)；D. winning贏得；句意：她的故事繼續(xù)在講述，也不斷努力地做到最好。with Bethany continuingly struggling 繼續(xù)努力，考查with的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)，故選A項(xiàng)。

考點(diǎn)：故事類短文。