Question

When I was in junior high school, what my friends thought of me was really important to me. During those years, I grew much than most of my peers(同齡人). Being so tall made me feel . In order to keep the focus off my unusual , I went along with the crowd who would other kids at school. It made sure that the tricks were at others, and not at me.

Once before a class, my friends and I pulled a trick on one of the kids on the basketball team, which made him terribly embarrassed. I thought it was going to be funny, it all ended up that no one thought it was.

My parents didn’t always think that my was funny. They reminded me about “The Golden Rule”: to others as I would like to be treated. What I was doing was other kids, and in turn hurting my as someone to be looked up to. My friends were looking up to me I was tall, but what did they see?

My parents wanted me to be a leader who set a good to others. They taught me to set my own goals, and to do the at everything that I set out to do. They told me to be the leader that I was to be-to be a big man in my heart and actions, as well as in my body. I had to myself whether or not I would be the kind of leader and person my parents I was inside, but I knew in my heart that they were .

“Be a leader, Shaquille, not a(n) . Since people already have to look up to you, give them a good reason to do so.”

1.A. stronger B. taller C. wiser D. braver

2.A. independent B. confident C. uncomfortable D. proud

3.A. hair B. eyesight C. weight D. height

4.A. have mercy on B. join hands with C. benefit from D. play tricks on

5.A. punished B. directed C. awarded D. shouted

6.A. music B. football C. basketball D. swimming

7.A. kind B. magic C. clever D. hurtful

8.A. so B. but C. and D. or

9.A. behavior B. dream C. nerve D. belief

10.A. praise B. admire C. treat D. hate

11.A. threatening B. motivating C. entertaining D. hurting

12.A. attitude B. fame C. body D. feeling

13.A. because B. though C. when D. if

14.A. friend B. comfort C. example D. help

15.A. biggest B. least C. worst D. best

16.A. chosen B. meant C. born D. elected

17.A. question B. devote C. write D. risk

18.A. promised B. imagined C. believed D. forgot

19.A. determined B. wrong C. ambitious D. right

20.A. follower B. learner C. organizer D. inventor

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：作者長得比同齡人高很多，這讓他感覺很不自然，為了轉移他人的注意力，他開始與一些人一起捉弄別的同學。作者的父母并不認同作者的行為，他們教會作者要想得到他人的尊重，必須先尊重他人。

1.Being so tall”可知，作者比同齡人高很多，故選B。

2.In order to keep the focus off my unusua ,”可知， 作者比同齡人都高，這讓他感到不舒服，他想轉移別人的視線，故選C。

3.much 36 than most of my peers”可知，作者想把大家的注意力從自己的身高上轉移開，故選D。

4.the tricks were”可知，作者開始捉弄其他人，故選D。

5.

6.one of the kids on the basketball team”可知，作者他們即將上一節(jié)籃球課，故選C。

7.my friends and I pulled a trick on one of the kids作者和朋友們跟一個隊員開了一個很苛刻的玩笑，故選D。

8.no one thought it was”可知，沒有人覺得好笑，這與作者的想法正好相反，前后表示轉折，故選B。

9. 考查名詞辨析。A行為；B夢，夢想；C神經(jīng)，勇氣；D信念，相信。根據(jù)父母對作者說的話“to others as I would like to be treated”可知，他們知道作者的所作所為，但不認為那樣的行為很有趣，故選A。

10.to 45 others as I would like to be treated父母教給作者的“黃金法則”是想讓別人怎樣對待自己，就要那樣對待他人，故選C。

11.in turn hurting my”可知，作者認為自己的做法在傷害其他孩子的同時，也傷害著......，故選D。

12.as someone to be looked up to”可知，這里指作為一個人，擁有好的名聲才會受到他人的尊敬，但是作者的行為卻在損害著自己的名聲，即故選B。

13.My friends were looking up to me I was tall朋友們尊重作者是因為作者比他們都高，前后是因果關系，故選A。

14.set a good to others給他人樹立良好的榜樣，set an example to sb是固定搭配，故選C。

15. 考查形容詞最高級。A最大的；B最少的，最不可能的；C最糟糕的；D最好的。and to do the at everything that I set out to do父母教會作者盡力把該做的事情做好，故選D。

16.the leader that I was 51 to be成為我想成為的領導者，mean to do sth打算做某事，mean doing sth意味著做某事，故選B。

17.whether or not I would be the kind of leader”可知，作者是在反思自己是否能成為一個很好的領導者，故選A。

18.the kind of leader and person my parents I was inside作者的父母認為作者內心向往成為優(yōu)秀的領導者，但作者不確定自己能否做到，故選C。

19.but I knew in my heart that they were 54.雖然不確定自己能夠成為好的領導者，但作者知道父母是對的，故選D。

20.Since people already have to look up to you”可知，作者身高比較高，他人都得仰視作者，因此，作者認為自己應該成為領導者，而不是追隨者，故選A。

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