A Leap to HonorLeaping on a narrow balance

题目内容：

A Leap 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 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, she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double and can’t how far away things are.

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

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

She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest 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 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 for anyone because it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t fall the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10---- her highest score yet.

Lola doesn’t want to be differently from the other girls on her team. 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. Her mom is amazed by her attitude.

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

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

小题1:

A．runs

B．teaches

C．trains

D．dances小题2:

A．since

B．unless

C．after

D．though小题3:

A．tell

B．guess

C．assume

D．predict小题4:

A．suspected

B．remembered

C．imagined

D．noticed小题5:

A．deeply

B．well

C．ahead

D．closely小题6:

A．task

B．sport

C．event

D．show小题7:

A．boring

B．enjoyable

C．different

D．unsatisfactory小题8:

A．talent

B．quality

C．nature

D．condition小题9:

A．doubt

B．advantage

C．challenge

D．program小题10:

A．examine

B．express

C．open

D．trust小题11:

A．fearful

B．harmful

C．unfair

D．inconvenient小题12:

A．to

B．on

C．off

D．against小题13:

A．greeted

B．treated

C．served

D．paid小题14:

A．pains

B．stresses

C．injuries

D．problems小题15:

A．positive

B．friendly

C．flexible

D．caution小题16:

A．defending

B．quitting

C．winning

D．bargaining小题17:

A．standard

B．range

C．view

D．goal小题18:

A．until

B．as

C．when

D．before小题19:

A．proud

B．tired

C．ashamed

D．confident小题20:

A．plan

B．advice

C．reward

D．responsibility

最佳答案：

小题1:C

小题2:A

小题3:A

小题4:D

小题5:B

小题6:B

小题7:C

小题8:D

小题9:C

小题10:D

小题11:A

小题12:C

小题13:B

小题14:D

小题15:A

小题16:B

小题17:D

小题18:C

小题19:A

小题20:B

答案解析：

本文讲述的是一个弱视的13岁女孩，凭借积极向上的心态和艰苦的努力，在体操方面达到较高水平。她的故事激励人们：相信自己能创造奇迹，即使没有很好的先天条件。

小题1:考查动词词义辨析。A. runs跑，B. teaches教，C. trains训练， D. dances跳舞，联系前半句“为了完美她的技术”，我们知道，她要每周五天，每天训练四小时，因此此处要用train(训练)一词。故选C。

小题2:考查连接词。A. since自从，B. unless除非，C. after在…后面，D. though虽然， “That's especially impressive”的原因是“she is legally blind”，前后是因果关系，因此此处用since引导原因状语从句。故选A。

小题3:考查动词辨析。A. tell告诉，辨别，B. guess猜测，C. assume假设，D. predict 预测，这里讲她天生弱视，根本无法判断事物的远近。故选A。

小题4:考查动词词义辨析。A. suspected怀疑，B remembered记住，C. imagined想象，D. noticed注意到， 她妈妈注意到即使她看不清，她也没有什么害怕的，故选D。

小题5:考查副词词义辨析。A. deeply深深地，B. well好地，C. ahead前面，D. closely紧密地，文章第三段就提到了，她视力有问题，看不清物体，叠影，分辨不清物体离她有多远，因此此处要选well。故选B。

小题6:考查名词词义辨析。A. task任务，B. sport运动，C. event事件，D. show展示，根据上文谈到的 gymnastics(体操 )，可知她喜欢上了这 个 “ 运动 ” 。另外，后面的文段也说明了这是种运动。故选B。

小题7:考查形容词词义辨析。A. boring令人厌烦的，B. enjoyable愉快的，C. different不同的，D. unsatisfactory不满意的，这里说的是相对于其他队友而言， Lola 学习体操更困难些。故用形容词成difficult。选C。

小题8:考查名词词义辨析。A. talent才能，B. quality状况，C. nature自然，D. condition条件，她不让自己的状况 (弱视 )影响自己的爱好，所以选 condition“ 情况，状况 ” 。选D。

小题9:考查名词词义辨析。A. doubt怀疑，B. advantage优势，C. challenge D. program由后文 “Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams.”可知，由于她的视力问题，对她来说这是个最大的挑战。选C。

小题10:考查动词词义辨析。A. examine检查，B. express表达，C. open打开，D. trust信任，因为眼睛无法看清，所以只有相信自己的感觉。 trust相信。她闭上眼睛是因为她相信(trust)她的能力，相信它能带你想去的地方。故选D。

小题11:考查形容词词义辨析。A. fearful害怕的，B. harmful有害的；C. unfair 不公平的；D. inconvenient不方便的，因为平衡木只有四英寸宽，因此我们可以说它是令任何人最害怕的，因此我们此处选用fearful，选A.

小题12:考查介词词义辨析。每个人都恐惧，但 Lola 没有从平衡木上面跌落，反而获得了高分。 fall off(从……上 )跌落。故选C

小题13:考查动词词义辨析。A. greeted问候，B. treated对待，C. served服务，D. paid付钱，她不想受到与队里别的女孩不一样的对待，指“她希望教练能把她当正常女孩”。因此此处我们要选treat，对待之意。故选B。

小题14:考查名词词义辨析。A. pains痛苦，B. stresses压力，C. injuries受伤，D. problems问题，上文就提到她有视力方面的问题(problem)。在比赛的时候，裁判们都不知道她的眼睛有问 题。故选D。

小题15:考查形容词词义辨析。A. positive积极的，B. friendly友好的，C. flexible灵活的；D. caution小心的，谨慎的。她凭自己的实力比赛，而不是获得裁判的怜悯， 这种积极的态度让妈妈也为之惊奇。故选A。

小题16:考查动词词义辨析。A. defending保 卫，捍卫； B. quitting放弃，退出； C. winning赢，获取； D. bargaining讨价还价。她从没想过放弃，她想取得最好的成绩。 defend quit win bargain故选B。

小题17:考查名词词义辨析。A. standard标准，B. range范围，C. view观点，D. goal目标，她目前的水平是 7 级，最高是 10 级，她的目标是达 到 9 级。 goal 目标。故选D.

小题18:考查状语从句的连接词。A. until直到，B. as正如，C. when当…时候，D. before在…前面，当她长大后，她要当个体操教练把她所学的传给别的孩子。when she grows up为when引导的时间状语从句。故选C。

小题19:考查形容词词义辨析。be proud of 对……自豪；be tried of 对……厌倦；be ashamed of 对……羞愧；be confident of对……有信心。她为自己付出的努力和获得的成功感到骄傲。故选A。

小题20:考查名词词义辨析。A. plan计划，B. advice 建议，C. reward回报，D. responsibility责备， “Just believe in yourself”是她给别人的建议，因此advice(建议，劝告)为最佳之选。她给他人的建议 (或启示 )就是 “ 要相信自己 ” 。故选B.

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。