Question

【题目】完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive. We wish we had nicer clothes or more money. Everyone likes to feel that he or she is special. 1 , many of us grow up believing that we’re not special at all. We believe we are not good enough just as we are.

Most parents want us to be the best we can be. Very often, they compare(比较) us to 2 . By doing this, they try to encourage us to do better. They 3 well, but the message we often get is that we’re not good enough. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is 4 being better than someone else, but we are often disappointed(失望). There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at 5 . Plenty of people around may not be as smart as we are, but they are better at sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is 6 for us to be better than everyone else all the time.

We all want the things that we believe will make us better people. But very often we don’t realize that we already have 7 us the very things that we want. These things make us 8 others. When we are growing up, 9 sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up. 10 , it’s up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are is enough.

【1】A. Again B. Next C. Otherwise D. However

【2】A. other B. others C. another D. the others

【3】A. believe B. work C. mean D. show

【4】A. to B. on C. by D. in

【5】A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

【6】A. helpful B. impossible C. necessary D. important

【7】A. inside B. among C. around D. for

【8】A. worse than B. better than C. different from D. the same as

【9】A. friends B. scientists C. parents D. doctors

【10】A. Also B. Anyway C. Although D. After all

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】C

【5】A

【6】B

【7】A

【8】C

【9】C

【10】B

【解析】

文章大意：这篇短文主要谈到了如何做好自己的话题。告诉我们，尽管我们的父母还有我们自己对自己都有这样或者那样的期望，但是我们只要尽自己最大努力，做好自己就可以了。

【1】考查词语辨析与语境理解。Again又，再；next接下来；besides除了；however然而。上下句之间存在转折关系。每个人都希望自己能与众不同，但是长大后发现事实并非如此，故选D。

【2】考查不定代词与语境理解。A. Other其他；B. Others其他，后不加名词；C. Another另一个；D. the others其他，特指，后不跟名词，句意：他们经常把我们和其他人做比较。空后没有名词，又是泛指其他，所以选B。

【3】考查动词与语境理解。A. Believe相信；B. Work工作；C. Mean意味着；D. Show展示，句意：他们意味很好，但我们得到的信息是我们不够完美。根据句意是父母们的想法是好的，所以选C。

【4】考查介词与语境理解。句意：我们开始想信我们特别的唯一方式是比别人做得更好。根据句意此题是表示通过某种方式，所以用介词by，故选C。

【5】考查代词与语境理解。A. Something一些事情； B. Anything任何事情；C. everything 每件事情；D. Nothing没有事情，句意：但总是会有一些人在一些事情上比我们优秀。根据句意及语境是＂在一些事情方面＂，故选A。

【6】考查形容词语境理解。helpful有帮助的；impossible不可能的；necessary必要的；important重要的。有的人长得好看，还有的人有钱，我们不可能时时刻刻都比他人优秀，故选B。

【7】考查介词与语境理解。Inside在里面among在多个中间；around在……四周；for为了，对于。inside指内心深入。其实在内心深处我们已经拥有我们一直渴望的东西，故选A。

【8】考查词组与语境理解。A. worse than比……更糟糕；B. better than比……更好；C. different from与……不同；D. the same as和……一样，句意：这些事情使我们与众不同。根据语境及上下文是与别人不同，故选C。

【9】考查语境理解及名词辨析。friends朋友们；scientists科学家们；parents父母；doctors医生们。在我们成长的过程中，父母有时候忘记告诉我们非常的特别。故选C

【10】考查副词与语境理解。A. Also也；B. Anyway不管怎样；C. Although虽然；D. After all毕竟，句意：这就要靠我们来不时的提醒他们我们每个人都以自己的方式，都是特别的。根据语境是不管怎样的意思，所以选B。