Question

完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

You may not think that having a good family is a problem. But for me, it was. I had to ______ the problem of being the youngest.

We live in a small town of Pennsylvania, US. There are three of us girls: Amanda, Theresa and me, the youngest. People would say things to me like "Your sisters are so pretty! You're really ______ like them." That made me sad.

At school, all of my teachers had taught my sisters. On the first day of school, they would always say, "Oh, the youngest of the three! ______you're just like your sisters. They are such wonderful students," People always compared（比较）me with my sisters, ______ I would compare myself with them, too. I began to work hard to be______ 1ike them. What my sisters did, I did, too. And I did even more. ______ ,I became drum major（指挥）of our school's band（乐队）. Both Amanda and Theresa had been drum majors. I became editor of the school's newspaper; Theresa had been the editor two years before.

But last year, Amanda and Theresa left ______. Now I'm by myself at junior high. Everyone ______ me, because I'm the drum major and the newspaper's editor. Now I don't feel like a Smith girl any more -I feel like myself. I'm ______ of doing all of the same great things that my sisters did. And the ______ thing I did was learn to stop comparing myself with them.

1.A. cover B. face C. solve D. check

2.A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

3.A. think B. wish C. hope D. agree

4.A. so B. but C. as D. because

5.A. ever B. very C. more D. most

6.A. At once B. At last C. At all D. At least

7.A. school B. home C. the band D. the newspaper

8.A. supports B. protects C. encourages D. knows

9.A. tired B. proud C. careful D. afraid

10.A. first B. last C. best D. Worst

Answer 1