Question

Be yourself
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 lie or she is special.____ ____ , 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________us to others. By doing this, they try to encourage us to do better. They mean 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 by being better than someone else, but we are often_______.There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at something. 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 ______ 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________us the very things that we want. These things make us different from others. When we are growing up, ______sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up. Anyway, 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.

小題1:	A．Again B．Next C．Besides D．However

小題2:	A．describe B．compare C．introduce D．prefer

小題3:	A．lonely B．forgetful C．disappointed D．nervous

小題4:	A．helpful B．impossible C．necessary D．unfair

小題5:	A．inside B．among C．around D．for

小題6:	A．friends B．scientists C．parents D．doctors

Answer 1

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:A
小題6:C

試題分析：短文大意：閱讀短文可知，這篇短文主要談到了如何做好自己的話題。告訴我們，盡管我們的父母還有我們自己對自己都有這樣或者那樣的期望，但是我們只要盡自己最大努力，做好自己就可以了。
小題1:考查語境理解及詞語辨析。Again又，再；next接下來；besides除了；however然而。上下句之間存在轉折關系。每個人都希望自己能與眾不同，但是長大后發現事實并非如 此，故選D。
小題2:考查語境理解及動詞辨析。Describe描述；compare對比；introduce介紹；prefer更喜歡。父母經常拿自家的孩子同他人家的孩子作比較，故選B。
小題3:考查語境理解及副詞辨析。Lonely孤獨地；forgetful健忘的；disappointed失望的；nervous緊張的。我們經常會感到失望，因為天外有天，人外有人，總有比你更強的，故選C。
小題4:考查語境理解及形容詞辨析。Helpful有幫助的；impossible不可能的；necessary必要的；unfair不同平的。有的人長得好看，還有的人有錢，我們不可能時時刻刻都比他人優秀，故選B。
小題5:考查語境理解及介詞辨析。Inside在里面among在多個中間；around在……四周；for為了，對于。inside指內心深入。其實在內心深處我們已經擁有我們一直渴望的東西，故選A。
小題6:考查語境理解及名詞辨析。Friends朋友們；scientists科學家們；parents父母；doctors醫生們。在我們成長的過程中，父母有時候忘記告訴我們非常的特別。故選C