专题13 完形填空
【记叙文】 A
Middle school students today may behave surprisingly.Are you often__1__of them? My daughter (12 years old，7th grade) is on the cross-country team at her middle school.As with any__2__，the cross-country team has its “stars” as well as its less__3__athletes.Ethan，Michael (8th grade) and Kenji (7th grade) are the__4__runners for the boys.Yesterday was the first track meet of the season，and when she got home，my daughter told me a story that made me__5__．
According to my daughter，one of the new 6th graders is a boy named Albert.He is apparently “a little short and__6__” and has never played any__7__races before.The 6th graders ran last，three laps (圈) around the school.__8__in the race，Albert was dead last.All of the other racers were__9__the race when he was just at the end of his second lap.Albert thought he was__10__near the end.But quickly the poor kid realized that he had another whole lap left to run.He broke down and started__11__．
When Ethan，Michael，and Kenji saw Albert in a__12__mood in the middle of the field，they didn’t even__13__．All three of them immediately went out on the field to run Albert’s last lap__14__him.Everyone knew that was__15__the rules in cross country，yet they all remained__16__．Both other teams hung around and waited for Albert to finish.When he managed to__17__the finish line，all three schools cheered for him.
After my daughter told me this sweet story I said，“I hope Albert doesn’t__18__the team after this.” She replied，“No！He’ll get better，he just needs some__19__．”
And that is why I__20__middle school children.
【解题导语】 这是篇情感故事阅读。作者的女儿参加了学校的体育队，在一次比赛中该队队员就是违纪也要帮助Albert战胜自己，这是人类爱的体现。
1．A.tired B．proud C．ashamed
D．nervous
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解析：选B。根据前文的surprisingly判断是骄傲的，be proud of以??为骄傲。故选B。
2．A.recreation B．competition C．sport D．course
解析：选C。根据下文的athletes判断是sport，故选C。 3．A.gifted B．committed C．ambitious D．confident 解析：选A。根据前文的stars判断选A。 4．A.energetic C．top
B．clumsy
D．lazy
解析：选C。根据前文的stars和cross-country和下文的8th grade以及7th grade说明这个队伍集合了部分顶尖运动员。故选C。
5．A.moved
B．relaxed
C．confused D．embarrassed
解析：选A。根据下文判断是让我感动的故事。故选A。 6．A.athletic B．outgoing C．earnest
D．stout
解析：选D。根据前文的short应该是“肥胖的”。故选D。 7．A.ignored B．organized C．sponsored D．approved
解析：选B。以前从没有参加过有组织的比赛。故选B。 8．A.Early C．Exactly
B．Finally D．Surprisingly
解析：选A。在比赛的前半段，也是早些时候，故选A。 9．A.undergoing B．enjoying C．continuing D．finishing
10．A.even
B．also
C．merely D．hardly
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解析：选B。根据下文的near the end判断选B。 11．A.rushing B．complaining C．hesitating D．crying
解析：选D。根据上文had another whole lap left to run，说明这个孩子感到很失望，于是哭起来。故选D。
12．A.black B．relaxed C．strange
D．cheerful
解析：选A。根据前文的crying判断应该是沮丧的心情。故选A。 13．A.rest B．pause C．confirm
D．arrange
解析：选B。根据前文的didn’t even判断没有暂停、休息。故选B。 14．A.for B．behind C．with D．past
解析：选C。根据下文应该是他们和Albert一起跑完剩下的比赛。故选C。 15．A.within B．outside C．under D．against
16．A.guilty B．blank C．silent D．worried
解析：选C。面对他们自己的“违纪”，大家都是沉默的，故选C。 17．A.approach
B．touch
C．break D．cross
解析：选D。cross the finish line穿过终点线。故选D。 18．A.join
B．hate
C．quit D．pick
解析：选C。根据下文女儿的回答“No”判断是不会放弃这个队伍。故选C。 19．A.help
B．strength
C．confidence D．challenge
解析：选A。根据前文的get better判断他只是需要帮助。故选A。
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20．A.award B．love C．teach D．support
解析：选B。根据前文作者女儿叙述的感人故事，作者发出自己的感慨，“那就是我为什么爱中学孩子的原因”。故选B。
B
At just 18 years old，Canberra student Lochie Ferrier has already conducted research in a frontier field—aerospace engineering.Aerospace engineering is the primary__1__of engineering concerned with the science and technology of aircraft and spacecraft.
In 2014，he was one of 80 high school students worldwide who__2__a six-week science and engineering program at MIT.During the program，he was__3__by the institute’s scientists，and developed a method to identify inactive satellites.This method，called OASIS，is designed__4__a way to help manage space debris(碎片)，which__5__operating satellites.
“One solution to this problem is a__6__robot that can gather pieces of space debris and store them in orbit，” he says.“These pieces could be__7__to new satellites later，thus__8__the costs and launch weights of new satellites.” However，__9__satellite identification technology would be needed for this solution，and that’s what Lochie is working on.“I hope this method would be put into practice in the near future，__10__in the next 10 years，” he says.
Lochie has made the__11__of the Young Innovators category of the Australian Innovation Challenge Awards with his OASIS.This category is open to students aged 21 years or __12__and carries a $ 5，000 prize.If he won，he would use the money to help fund__13__research into OASIS.“My plan for using the money would be to try to use materials which could stand up to the__14__environment of space，” he says.
He is also considering how to__15__the technology to organizations such as NASA and satellite manufacturers.
Lochie’s__16__in aerospace engineering was aroused by the big dish antenna(碟形天线)at NASA’s tracking station near Canberra，which he visited in his early teens.He said his software design and development teacher at Canberra Grammar
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