Question

A Leap（跳躍）to Honor

Leaping on a narrow balance beam（平衡木） is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it.

To perfect her skills, Lola   36   for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls.

That’s especially impressive,          37    she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double and can’t _38   how far away things are.

When she was little, her mom   39  that even though she couldn’t see         40   , she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the    41    right away and gymnastics became her favorite.

Though learning gymnastics has been more    42   for her than for some of her tournaments, she has never quit. She doesn’t let her _43  stop her from doing anything that she wants to.

She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest          44_ is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. “You have to          45_ your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go,” says Lola.

To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most   46  for anyone because it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t fall      47  the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10---- her highest score yet.

Lola doesn’t want to be          48    differently from the other girls on her team. At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision _49 _. She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her _50          attitude.

Lola never thinks about   51__. She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her   52         is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids    53  she grew up.

Lola is   54  of all her hard work and success. She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics, too. Her   55        for others is “just believe yourself”.

1.                A．runs           B．teaches         C．trains D．dances

 

2.                A．since           B．unless          C．after D．though

 

3.                A．tell            B．guess          C．assume   D．predict

 

4.                A．suspected       B．remembered    C．imagined D．noticed

 

5.                A．deeply         B．well            C．ahead    D．closely

 

6.                A．task           B．sport           C．event    D．show

 

7.                A．boring         B．enjoyable       C．difficult   D．unsatisfactory

 

8.                A．talent          B．quality          C．nature   D．condition

 

9.                A．doubt          B．advantage       C．challenge D．program

 

10.               A．examine        B．express        C．open D．trust

 

11.               A．fearful         B．harmful        C．unfair D．inconvenient

 

12.               A．to             B．on            C．off   D．against

 

13.               A．greeted        B．treated         C．served    D．paid

 

14.               A．pains          B．stresses        C．injuries    D．problems

 

15.               A．positive        B．friendly        C．flexible    D．caution

 

16.               A．defending      B．quitting         C．winning   D．bargaining

 

17.               A．standard        B．range          C．view  D．goal

 

18.               A．until           B．as             C．when D．before

 

19.               A．proud          B．tired           C．ashamed   D．confident

 

20.               A．plan           B．advice         C．reward    D．Responsibility

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】

文章大意：文章講述的是主人公Lola雖然天生存在視力方面的問題，但是仍然堅持體操訓練，以積極的態度和頑強的毅力，取得了大家的尊重和體操方面的成功，她的事跡也在向大家傳達一個信息，那就是相信自己，決不放棄！

1.根據上一句中的 a 13-year-old gymnast可知，Lola是一個體操運動員，因此，To perfect her skills為了練習她的體操技巧，她每天訓練（train)四個小時。run跑步  teach 教書dance跳舞與其體操運動員的身份不符

2.根據she is legally blind可知，這是她取得的成績給人留下深刻印象的原因，因此選擇A，意為因為。句意為，她在16個女孩中取得了第七名的成績。這給人們留下了深刻的印象，因為她在法定上講是盲人。Unless除非， after在……之后，though 盡管

3.tell告訴，辨別，斷定 guess猜測 assume假定 predict預測根據前一句She often sees double可知，她看到的是雙重影像，因此無法辨別出物體離她有多遠。

4.suspect懷疑  remember 記得 imagine想象 notice注意到 句意為，在她小的時候，她的媽媽注意到她盡管看不清東西，但是她不害怕。

5.根據上文的“born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double”可知，她是能看到東西的，只不過看到的是雙重影像，看不清楚，因此選擇B。 Deeply 在深處，深深地，ahead在前面 closely接近地，靠近地

6.根據上文的“So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three”可知，她的媽媽在她三歲的時候，給她報名參加體操訓練，因此，此處指的是她立刻喜歡上了這項運動。Task任務 event事件或者比賽項目（此處文中僅指訓練，未談及比賽），show表演秀

7.根據該句的though（盡管），和后文的she has never quit可知，此處句意為，盡管學習體操對她來說比其他比賽更加困難，但是她從沒有放棄過。Boing 無聊 enjoyable令人愉快的 unsatisfactory令人不滿意的，均不符合題意

8.根據上文的“she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly”可知，此處指的是她視力差的這種不利狀況（情況）。Talent才能 quality 品質 nature自然本性 condition （健康）狀況

句意為，她沒有讓她的這種身體狀況阻止她做任何她想做的事情。

9.根據下文的“Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams”可知，因為她有雙重影像，因此她經常看到兩個橫梁，因此平衡木對她來說是最大的一個挑戰，故選擇C。 Doubt 懷疑 advantage優點 challenge挑戰 program 程序，計劃

10.根據上文的“She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine”可知，她視力不好，只能依靠自己的感覺，因此，她說“你不得不相信/信任（trust) 你的內心，它可以帶你去任何你想去的地方”。examine檢查 express表達 open打開 trust信任，相信 .故選擇D

11.根據上文的“To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave”要想成為一個頂尖的體操運動員，運動員必須要勇敢，可知，要求體操運動員勇敢，需要勇氣，就說明這項運動會讓人害怕，即fearful 令人害怕的  harmful有害的 unfair不公平的 inconvenient 不方便的

12.fall off 意為跌落，此處意為，在州比賽中，Lola沒有從平衡木上跌落下來。

13.根據下文的“ At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision ______. She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know”可知,她在比賽的時候沒有告訴裁判關于她視力方面的問題，因為她認為裁判不需要知道，因為她不想讓裁判做出有別于其他選手的對待。greet致意 treat 對待 serve服務 pay付錢

14.句意參考上題。Vision problems意為視力上的問題 pain指的是痛苦，疼痛 stress壓力 injuries指的是受傷

15.根據上文的“She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know.”Lola沒有告訴裁判關于她眼睛的問題，因為她認為裁判不需要知道，她想和其他人一樣比賽。這說明她沒有因為眼睛視力的問題而沮喪，相反她保持這積極的態度，認為自己和其他人一樣好。因此，她的母親對她的這種積極、樂觀的態度感到很驚訝。

Friendly 友好的 flexible 靈活的 caution 小心，謹慎

16.根據上文她積極、樂觀的態度，和下文的“Her___is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach”她的目標是要達到九級，她說她要成為一名體操教練，因此，她從沒想過要放棄（quit). defend保衛 win贏 bargain討價還價

17.上文講到現在她達到了七級水平，而此處to reach level 9則指的是她的目標，即goal。

Standard標準 range范圍 view觀點視野  goal目標，

18.該句句意為，她說她想要成為一名體操教練，把她所學到的傳給其他的孩子，當她長大成人的時候(when)。Until意為直到， as意為因為，隨著 before在……之前均不符合題意

19.be proud of 以……為驕傲 be tired of 對……感到厭倦 be ashamed of 對……感到羞恥 be confident of對……感到自信、確信。句意為，Lola以她的努力和成功為傲。

20.plan計劃 advice 建議 reward報酬  responsibility責任句意為，她通過自己的親身經歷，想告訴人們一個道理，或者說她通過自己的親身經歷，給人們一個善意的建議，就是“相信自己”！