My dream was ___38___ . By the time I was sixteen, I started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and ___39___ anything that moved on the football field. I was also ___40___ . My high school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me ___41___ to believe in myself. He ___42___ me the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular ___43___ with Coach John changed my life forever.
A friend suggested me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket- money for a new bike, new clothes and the ___44___ of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to ___45___ up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told John, he was ___46___ as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” He said. “Your ___47___ days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head ___48___, trying to think of the ___49___ that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his ___50___ in me.
“How much will you make at this job, son?” He asked. “3.5 dollars an hour,” I replied. \
That simple question made ___51___ for me the difference between ___52___ something right now and having a ___53___ . I decided myself to play sports that summer and ___54___ the year I was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was ___55___a $20,000 contract. In 1999, I bought my mother the house of my dream! 36. A. happy B. polite C. shy D. honest 37. A. live B. afford C. make D. need
38. A. athletics B. music C. business D. money 39. A. kick B. play C. pass D. hit
40. A. right B. popular C. lucky D. confident 41. A. how B. why C. when D. whether 42. A. gave B. taught C. brought D. asked
43. A. accident B. matter C. problem D. experience 44. A. aim B. idea C. start D. purpose
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45. A. keep B. end C. give D. pick
46. A. mad B. delighted C. frightened D. shameful 47. A. living B. playing C. working D. learning 48. A. moving B. nodding C. shaking D. hanging 49. A. answers B. excuses C. words D. ways
50. A. sadness B. regret C. hopelessness D. disappointment 51. A. direct B. clear C. straight D. bare 52. A. wanting B. changing C. dreaming D. enjoying 53. A. wish B. goal C. score D. desire 54. A. by B. for C. over D. within 55. A. paid B. got C. offered D. presented
【答案】36. A 37. B 38. A 39. D 40. C 41. A 42. B 43. D 44. C 45. C 46. A 47. B 48. D 49. C 50. D 51. B 52. A 53. B 54. D 55. C 【解析】 【分析】
本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述一位棒球运动员的故事，告诉我们追求梦想和面对现实之间的区别。 【36题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. happy快乐，B. polite礼貌，C. shy害羞，D. honest诚实，由上文plenty of love and attention 可以看出作者的生活是幸福的。故选A。 【37题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. live生活，B. afford负担得起，C. make制作，D. need需要，此处可理解为“有能力拥有”。故选B。 【38题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. athletics运动员，B. music音乐，C. business生意，D. money钱，由下文打棒球可知。athletics “体育；运动”。故选A。 【39题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. throw扔，B. play玩，比赛，C. pass通过，D. hit击打，本句意思是“我能投出每小时90 英里时速的快球，并能击中球场上的任何东西”。故选D。
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【40题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. right正确的，B. popular 受欢迎的，C. lucky幸运的，D. wrong错误的，由下文可知，没有这位教练，我就不能实现梦想。所以作者认为自己是幸运的。故选C。 【41题详解】
考查疑问词词义辨析。A. how怎么；B. why 为什么；C. when什么；D. whether是否。教练不但信任我，还教我怎么信任自己。故选A。 【42题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. gave 给；B. taught教；C. brought 买；D. asked问。他教会我拥有梦想和实现梦想的区别。故选B。 【43题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. accident事件；B. matter事情，麻烦；C. problem 问题；D. experience经验，经历。指与这位教练的一次特殊的经历。故选D。 【44题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. aim目标；B. idea主意；C. start开始；D. purpose目的。买房子要花费许多钱，需要一段时间的积蓄。作者想把这次暑假打工作为积蓄的开始。故选C。 【45题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. keep保持；B. end 结束；C. give 给；D. pick挑选。keep up 振作起来;； end up 结束，终止；pick up 捡起；Give up放弃。指我不得不放弃夏季训练。故选C。 【46题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. mad疯狂的，生气的；B. puzzled困惑的；C. frightened感到害怕的；D. shameful可耻的。教练对他要放弃夏季棒球训练感到生气。故选A。 【47题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. living生活；B. playing玩，打球；C. working工作；D. learning学习。本句意思：你打棒球的时间是有限的。故选B。 【48题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. moving移动；B. nodding点头；C. shaking摇晃；D. hanging悬挂。with one’s head hanging 是习惯用法，表示“低下头；垂着头”。故选D。 【49题详解】
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考查名词词义辨析。A. answers回答；B. excuses借口；C. words话语；D. ways方法；words 表示“话语；言语”。 指我要想一些话来向他解释。故选C。 【50题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. sadness悲伤；B. regret遗憾；C. hopelessness无望；D. disappointment失望。作者认为因挣钱而面对教练对他的失望是值得的。故选D。 【51题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. direct直接的；B. clear清楚的；C. straight直接的；D. bare秃的。make sth. clear“弄清楚”。这个简单的问题让我明白…，故选B。 【52题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. wanting想要；B. changing改变；C. dreaming梦想；D. living生活。指现在想要得到的东西和追求梦想的区别。故选A。 【53题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. wish希望；B. dream梦想，；C. score得分；D. desire愿望。指现在想要得到的东西和追求梦想的区别。故选B。 【54题详解】
考查介词词义辨析。A. by通过；B. for 为了；C. over越过；D. within在…里面。这里指：在一年之内我被Pittsburgh Pirates选中，为这支球队打球。故选D。 【55题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. paid付钱；B. got得到，；C. offered提供；D. presented呈现，递交。本句意思：球队给我提供了一份价值20 000 美元的合同。钱数后面有contract，不能用paid。故选C。
【点睛】完形填空的解题技巧之一就是要根据上下文来学会“推理\出最佳选项。同学们要遵循\上下求索\的原则来查找信息。例如小题1，根据前句We had little money, but plenty of love and attention.（我们没有多少钱，但有很多的爱和关注。）可以推理出，作者的生活是幸福的，从而得出正确的答案。
IV. 阅读理解(共 15 小题；每小题 2 分, 满分 30 分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Voyages Travel with young Abe Lincoln down the Mississippi River, taking his boat down to New Orleans. Along the way, Lincoln finds himself on his own voyage of discovery.
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It is an amazing experience with risk and excitement. ( Chapter book )
The People Could Fly By Leo Hamilton and Diane Dillon
It tells a folktale(民间故事)about African people who could fly. Long ago in Africa, people wings were lost, but an old man uses magic, and helps them fly away to freedom. ( Chapter book )
Through Georgia's Eyes By Rachel Rodriquez and Julie Paschkis
Discover the wilderness and wonder of deserts and rivers through the eyes of painter Georgia O'Keefe. Deep-colored paper paintings show the artist's imagination and the amazing sightseeing that inspired her work. (Picture book)
A Horn(喇叭) for Louis By Eric A Kinmel and James Bemardin
Louis Armstrong was too poor to have a real music instrument, but he had a horn. Jazz and blues music was everywhere in the streets of New Orleans. This is the story of how Louis got his first real \, when he was just a boy with a dream of becoming a musician. ( Chapter book )
Go, Go America By Alan Bamard
50 states of fun, with interesting facts---in what state the entertainment capital of the world is, where the first hamburgers were served, what the Cereal Festival is, who hosts the Hog Calling Contest and more. ( Picture book )
Stitchin‘ and Pullin’ By Patricia C . McKissack, Cozbi A . Cabrera
For a hundred years, generations of women from Gee's Bend have quilted together, sharing stories and singing. Every day Baby Girl listens, watches, and waits, until she's called to sit at the quilting frame(框架). Piece by piece, she creates her quilt--- telling not just her story, but the story of her family, the story of Gee's Bend, and the story of her ancestors’ struggle for freedom. 56. If you are interested in adventure, you may prefer .
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