In a national spelling contest in America.an 11yearold girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her 1 voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E. They talked it over and 2 decided to simply ask her what she had said. By now.the girl knew she had 3 the word. But instead of lying.she told the truth that she had said the 4 letter - so she lost the contest. As the girl walked off the 5 .the entire audience stood to their feet clapping to applaud her 6 .Later.dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this 11yearold girl’s honesty.even when it 7 her the contest. But the fact is that she 8 the biggest contest that day: the contest of her 9 . Probably the biggest test of our character is what we would do if we knew we would never get 10 . This young girl could easily have 11 and nobody would have known it but herself. But that’s just it: She would know she did wrong. It’s been said.“If you 12 .you make yourself cheap. This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own 13 and character rather than the prize from a spelling 14 .Her respect for herself was more important than any 15 others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the 16 she made at that moment will have longlasting influence. It’s so true that the choices you make today 17 what you are tomorrow. Our children will 18 our behaviour much more than our advice. So if we want them to 19 to be honest.we must show them the way by being honest ourselves. Remember.our kids are 20 what we do and how we live even when we don’t think they see or know. [解题导语] 这是一篇讲述“诚实 的文章.文中小女孩参加了单词拼写比赛.在比赛中.她勇于承认自己犯的拼写错误.虽然她没有赢得比赛.但她的诚实征服了所有的人. 1．A. high B. sweet C. tough D. soft 解析:选D.从下文知.她的声音很轻.以至于裁判不确定她拼写的是a还是e.其他选项都不符合语境. 2．A. finally B. kindly C. secretly D. totally 解析:选A.裁判讨论了一番.最终决定--. 3．A. forgotten B. mispronounced C. misspelled D. lost 解析:选C.从上下文可知.到此时.小女孩知道她拼错了单词. 4．A. correct B. wrong C. different D. same 解析:选B.从上文知.她知道自己拼错了.但她没有撒谎.而是说出了她拼错了字母. 5．A. stage B. studio C. test D. classroom 解析:选A.由常识可知.小女孩走下了舞台.其他选项都不符合语境. 6．A. bravery B. honesty C. courage D. cleverness 解析:选B.从上下文可知.观众为小女孩的诚实而鼓掌. 7．A. cancelled B. cost C. offered D. wasted 解析:选B.cost sb. sth.表示“花费某人某物 .这里表示.诚实使她没有赢得比赛. 8．A. achieved B. broke C. won D. defeated 解析:选C.由语境可知.但她赢得了(won)最大的比赛.那就是人格的比赛. 9．A. reputation B. knowledge C. life D. character 解析:选D.参见第8题解析.或从第三段第一句可知. 10．A. paid B. awarded C. caught D. reported 解析:选C.get caught表示“被抓住.被发现 . 11．A. escaped B. lied C. changed D. answered 解析:选B.从上文知.小女孩本可以撒谎的. 12．A. accept B. fight C. cheat D. insist 解析:选C.从上下文可知.此处表达的意思为:如果你作弊--. 13．A. conscience B. feeling C. diligence D. modesty 解析:选A.从下文中的“character 可知.这里应该用conscience. 14．A. contest B. champion C. judger D. expert 解析:选A.从上文知.小女孩参加的是拼写比赛. 15．A. sense B. pride C. respect D. awareness 解析:选C.该句前面的respect有提示. 16．A. plan B. conclusion C. discovery D. choice 解析:选D.考查词组make the choice.小女孩当时做出的选择将对以后的人生有深远的影响. 17．A. make B. change C. keep D. create 解析:选A.从上下文知.作者发表了自己的看法:你今日做出的选择造就你明日的自己. 18．A. give B. take C. follow D. set 解析:选C.由语境可知.身教胜于言传. 19．A.grow up B．bring up C．take up D．come up 解析:选A.由常识可知.如果我们希望我们的孩子长大后变得诚实--. 20．A.recording B．inspecting C．correcting D．watching 解析:选D.上文提到大人的榜样作用很重要.所以要记住:我们的孩子正看着我们--. 【查看更多】
