Someone said that encouragement is simply reminding a person of the “shoulders” he’s standing on, the heritage he’s been given. That’s what happened   36   a young man, the son of a(n)   37   baseball player, was chosen by one of the minor league teams. Hard as he tried, his first season was   38   , and by midseason he expected to be removed   39   day. The coaches were    40   by his failure because he possessed all the characteristics of a superb athlete, but he seemed to have become   41   from his potential.

His   42   seemed darkest one day when he had already struck out his first time at bat. Then he stepped up to the batter’s box again and quickly ran up two strikes. The catcher called a   43   and ran for a conference to discuss strategies. While they were busy, the   44  , standing behind him, spoke casually to the boy.

Then play   45  , the next pitch was thrown and the young man knocked it out of the park. That was the turning   46  . From then on, he played the game with a new confidence and power that quickly   47   the attention of the parent team, and he was called   48   to the majors.

On the day he was leaving for the city, one of his coaches asked him what had caused such a turnaround. The young man replied it was the   49   remark the judge had   50   that day when his baseball career had seemed   51  .

“He told me I reminded him of all the times he had stood   52   my dad in the batter’s box,” the boy explained. “He said I was holding the bat just the way Dad had held it.   53   he told me, ‘I can see his genes in you; you have your father’s   54   .’ After that, whenever I swung the bat, I just   55   I was using Dad’s arms instead of my own.”

1.

A．a(chǎn)s

B．since

C．while

D．when

 

2.

A．star

B．a(chǎn)verage

C．a(chǎn)mateur

D．old

 

3.

A．embarrassing

B．disappointing

C．satisfying

D．rewarding

 

4.

A．some

B．a(chǎn)

C．one

D．a(chǎn)ny

 

5.

A．a(chǎn)mazed

B．impressed

C．puzzled

D．a(chǎn)shamed

 

6.

A．separated

B．different

C．inconsistent

D．divided

 

7.

A．hope

B．future

C．dream

D．a(chǎn)mbition

 

8.

A．pause

B．rest

C．break

D．stop

 

9.

A．catcher

B．coach

C．batter

D．judge

 

10.

A．began

B．lasted

C．restarted

D．moved

 

11.

A．part

B．point

C．place

D．spot

 

12.

A．drew

B．fixed

C．focused

D．took

 

13.

A．in

B．for

C．up

D．out

 

14.

A．encouraging

B．casual

C．demanding

D．wise

 

15.

A．said

B．made

C．given

D．pointed

 

16.

A．fixed

B．useless

C．endless

D．helpless

 

17.

A．on the right

B．on the left

C．before

D．behind

 

18.

A．And

B．So

C．Thus

D．Therefore

 

19.

A．strength

B．a(chǎn)rms

C．body

D．talent

 

20.

A．supposed

B．pretended

C．imagined

D．expected

 

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C  

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C  

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.B  

16.A

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】文章講述了鼓勵的巨大力量，它可以化腐朽為神奇！

1.上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)句意：就像發(fā)生在一個年輕男孩身上——一個棒球明星的兒子——被選中到小職業(yè)球隊聯(lián)盟中的一個球隊里。

2.名詞辨析。解析同上。

3.形容詞辨析。他的第一季賽還是令人失望。

4.代詞辨析。根據(jù)句意可知他在第一個賽季表現(xiàn)不好，賽季一半的時候，在任何一天，他都可能被斥退。

5.形容詞辨析。他的教練也為他的失敗不知所措因為他擁有一個極好的運動員的所有的特征，但是他好像不能把這些優(yōu)點組合成同等的成就。他似乎被這些潛能分離了一樣。

6.形容詞辨析。解析同上。他似乎被這些潛能分離了一樣。本題容易錯選A。

7.上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文可知他表現(xiàn)不好，未來似乎很暗淡。

8.名詞辨析。接球手提出暫停后跑到投球手那里商量了一會。

9.上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)句意可知：就在他們在忙的時候裁判員站在本壘板后非正式的對那個男孩說著。

10.上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文可知比賽暫停，現(xiàn)在又重新開始了。

11.詞義辨析。Turning point轉(zhuǎn)折點。

12.動詞辨析。根據(jù)句意：從那時起，他有信心和動力打那比賽，他也很快的引起了隊友的注意了，他被提為主力了。吸引注意力用動詞draw.

13.動詞短語辨析。Call up 召集。意義同上。

14.形容詞辨析。根據(jù)句意：小男孩回答說這正是那天裁判員的鼓勵評論就如他的棒球生涯是命中注定的。

15.詞組搭配。Make the remarks做出評價。

16.形容詞辨析。解析同49.

17.介詞辨析。根據(jù)句意：“他告訴我讓我始終想起他站在我爸爸的擊球位置后面”。

18.連詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知這里是順接關(guān)系。句意：他還告訴我——我能看到他的基因在你身上，你擁有你爸爸的武器�！�

19.名詞辨析。解析同上。

20.動詞辨析。根據(jù)句意：從那以后，不管什么時候我擺動那個球棒，我就想象著我正用著爸爸的武器而不是我自己的。

 

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