Question

【題目】 An Imperfect Painting

My parents always wanted me to be “on top”, so from early on I had the ___________to be the best in everything, from getting the highest score in a spelling test to running fastest in a race.

In middle school, I realized how many other smarter and faster people there were, It became ___________that I was not the best any more, but my parents still held on to their hope and forced me to try hard. To their disappointment, I became less confident and didn’t want to work harder because, to me, there was no point in making any more efforts if I was unable to be number one.

My grades began to fall, I never practiced the piano, I _________painting. It was all because motivation(動(dòng)力）to do anything had dropped much.

When high school started, I was at a new school in a new city. I ___________to get back my motivation and start over. So I picked up my ever favorite hobby again and enrolled(報(bào)名)myself in the art course, _________, our art teacher, Mr.Grady, gave us more freedom with our art projects. He would always encourage us to realize our potential(潛力).

My first painting was simply a bee sitting on a sunflower, I tried my best, but still found it hard to feel satisfied with it. I knew it was not perfect and could hardly get a good grade. But I showed it to Mr.Grady. He didn’t _________it in a rush. Instead, he gave me advice which only motivated me to work harder on it. For the first time I was happy with the _________of my painting rather than disappointed about its imperfection. I finished all the other projects with higher grades, but I hung the first painting in my room at the end of the term.

My parents thought _____________me to be number one would motivate me. Instead, it discouraged me much when I was not number one, for I had gone to school only to get a grade, not knowledge, let alone progress. Actually, it is okay not to be the best at everything as long as you continue to try your best.

【1】A.abilityB.chanceC.goalD.way

【2】A.strangeB.obviousC.acceptableD.impossible

【3】A.stoppedB.consideredC.continuedD.regretted

【4】A.failedB.refusedC.decidedD.waited

【5】A.NaturallyB.SimilarlyC.NormallyD.Luckily

【6】A.nameB.gradeC.hangD.finish

【7】A.progressB.meaningC.styleD.title

【8】A.instructingB.helpingC.encouragingD.pushing

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】D

【6】B

【7】A

【8】D

【解析】

本文作者主要講述了自己的成長(zhǎng)經(jīng)歷。他父母總是希望他第一，導(dǎo)致自己壓力太大，最終失去了自信。但上了高中后，他畫了一幅不完美的畫，老師沒有倉促給它評(píng)分，而是給他指導(dǎo)和鼓勵(lì)，慢慢地找回自信，獲得成功。作者認(rèn)為父母強(qiáng)迫他成為第一不會(huì)激勵(lì)他。相反，當(dāng)他不是第一名的時(shí)候，這讓他很沮喪，因?yàn)樗�上學(xué)只是為了得到一個(gè)分?jǐn)?shù)，而不是知識(shí)。告訴我們，只要我們繼續(xù)盡了最大努力，什么事都做不到最好也沒關(guān)系。

【1】句意：我的父母一直希望我能“名列前茅”，所以從一開始，我就有一個(gè)目標(biāo)，就是在所有事情上都做到最好，從在拼寫測(cè)試中獲得最高分到在比賽中跑得最快。

考查名詞辨析。ability能力，才能；chance機(jī)會(huì)；goal目標(biāo)，射門，進(jìn)球得分；way方法，途徑，路。根據(jù)句意可知選C。

【2】句意：在中學(xué)的時(shí)候，我意識(shí)到有多少人更聰明跑得更快，很明顯我不再是最好的了，但我的父母仍然抱著希望，強(qiáng)迫我努力。

考查形容詞辨析。strange奇怪的，陌生的；obvious明顯的，顯然的；acceptable可接受的，認(rèn)同的，令人滿意的；impossible不可能的。根據(jù)上文“我意識(shí)到有多少人更聰明跑得更快”可知“很明顯我不再是最好的了”，故選B。

【3】句意：我的成績(jī)開始下降，我從來沒有練過鋼琴，我停止了繪畫。

考查動(dòng)詞辨析。stopped中斷，停止；considered仔細(xì)考慮，考慮；continued繼續(xù)；regretted后悔。根據(jù)下文“It was all because motivation(動(dòng)力）to do anything had dropped much.（這都是因?yàn)樽鋈魏问碌膭?dòng)力大大降低了。）”可知“我的成績(jī)開始下降，我從來沒有練過鋼琴，我停止了繪畫�！惫蔬xA。

【4】句意：我決定找回動(dòng)力重新開始。

考查動(dòng)詞辨析。failed失�。�refused拒絕；decided 決定；waited等待。根據(jù)下文“以，我又開始了我最喜歡的愛好，自己報(bào)名參加了藝術(shù)課程……”可知“我決定找回動(dòng)力重新開始�！惫蔬xC。

【5】句意：所以，我又開始了我最喜歡的愛好，自己報(bào)名參加了藝術(shù)課程，幸運(yùn)的是，我們的藝術(shù)老師格雷迪老師對(duì)于我們的藝術(shù)項(xiàng)目給了我們更多的自由。

考查副詞辨析。Naturally自然地；Similarly類似地，同樣；Normally 通常，正常情況下；Luckily幸運(yùn)地，幸運(yùn)的是。根據(jù)下文“我們的藝術(shù)老師格雷迪老師對(duì)于我們的藝術(shù)項(xiàng)目給了我們更多的自由”可知“幸運(yùn)的是”，故選D。

【6】句意：他沒有倉促給它評(píng)分。

考查動(dòng)詞辨析。name命名，給…取名；grade 分類，給……評(píng)分；hang懸掛；finish完成。根據(jù)下文“Instead, he gave me advice which only motivated me to work harder on it.（相反，他給了我只會(huì)激勵(lì)我更加努力的建議。）”可知“他沒有倉促給它評(píng)分�！惫蔬xB。

【7】句意：我第一次對(duì)自己的繪畫進(jìn)步感到高興，而不是對(duì)它的不完美感到失望。

考查名詞辨析。progress進(jìn)步；meaning意思；style方式，樣式；title標(biāo)題，名稱。根據(jù)下文“而不是對(duì)它的不完美感到失望”可知“對(duì)自己的繪畫進(jìn)步感到高興”，故選A。

【8】句意：我父母認(rèn)為強(qiáng)迫我成為第一會(huì)激勵(lì)我。

考查動(dòng)詞辨析。instructing指導(dǎo)；helping幫助；encouraging 鼓勵(lì)；pushing推動(dòng)，促使，督促。根據(jù)第1段第1句“My parents always wanted me to be “on top”（ 我的父母一直希望我能“名列前茅”）”可知“我父母認(rèn)為強(qiáng)迫我成為第一會(huì)激勵(lì)我。”故選D。