Question

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
I was coaching girls’ track in Iowa and there was a young discus（鐵餅）thrower on the team with  36  potential（潛力）. Here goes her story.
At the end of our training   37  the district track meet, this discus thrower, Lucy, asked me if she   38  come to the school on Sunday for a little   39  training. I agreed. The year before, she had placed second at the district meet and   40  missed going to the state meet. She had won every discus event,   41  that district meet! And, her throws in the competitions had   42  been between 106’1” and 110’10”.
Something began to   43  me. Why couldn't Lucy   44  to get the discus to 111 feet? I wondered if it was more a psychological barrier（心理的障礙）  45  a physical one. I decided to try something   46 . I made up my mind to   47  to Lucy.
On Sunday, after her drills, I said, “Why don’t you throw five or six good ones for me to  48 ?” She began to throw again, but   49  were farther than what she had already thrown. But, I didn’t tell Lucy. As I was measuring the   50  one, I pulled out some more tape (量尺) and yelled out to her, “ Come to see this! This one is  51 ! ” It wasn’t. Lucy, thinking that this was a personal best, jumped wildly into the air in  52  .
The next afternoon, at the district meet, Lucy   53  with a personal best throw of 114’10”! Just 24 hours after I had lied to her. However, this time she had   54  thrown the discus four feet further than she had ever thrown it before.
Sometimes we   55  our own barriers in our mind. So learn to take control of your mind.
21．A. little          B. great           C. no              D. limited
22．A. after           B. during          C. since           D. before
23．A. could           B. must           C. should         D. would
24．A. helpful        B. extra          C. real           D. regular
25．A. luckily         B. completely     C. narrowly        D. probably
26．A. except         B. including      C. despite        D. with
27．A sometimes       B. always         C. never          D. seldom
28．A. frighten       B. please         C. shock          D. bother
29．A. seem           B. pretend        C. need           D. ask
30．A. apart from     B. rather than    C. because of      D. according to
31．A. impossible     B. familiar       C. new             D. easy
32．A. lie            B. turn           C. reply          D. call
33．A. look           B. measure        C. match          D. take
34．A. many           B. all            C. some           D. none 
35．A. worst          B. closest        C. first          D. final
36．A. higher         B. farther        C. bigger         D. longer
37．A. excitement     B. anxiety        C. puzzlement     D. anger
38．A. disappeared    B. lost           C. won            D. arrived
39．A. actually        B. hardly         C. nearly          D. only
40．A. break          B. remove         C. take           D. set

Answer 1

36—40 BDABC    41—45 ABDAB    46—50 CABDD    51—55 BACAD

解析36．考查形容詞用法，根據語篇的理解可知，這里是說一個年輕的鐵餅投手，很有潛力。
37．考查表示時間的介詞用法，根據下一句說到她想進我們學校訓練，可知這是地區田徑運動會前。
38．考查情態動詞用法，這里用could表示（詢問是否可做某事）能，可以。
39．考查形容詞用法，根據對下文的理解，可知她成績越來越好，所以這里意思是：她想加大訓練量。
40．考查副詞用法，narrowly (ad.)勉強地，本句意是：她在地區田徑運動會取得第二名，所以勉強地地錯過全國的運動會。
41．考查介詞用法，根據前文理解可知，她在地區田徑運動會只得第二名，可知答案。
42．考查副詞用法，這里意思是：她的成績總是在06’1” 和 110’10”之間。
43．考查動詞用法，從下文的I wondered if可知，作者對這感到不解，所以用bother，意為：操心。
44．考查動詞用法，根據語篇理解，這里用seem表示：似乎；看來，其它選項不適合。
45．考查介詞短語。這里用rather than（而不是）要表示轉折關系。
46．考查形容詞用法。根據上下文理解，這里作者運用全新的方法（來訓練她）。
47．考查動詞用法，根據下文的farther than what she had already thrown. But, I didn’t tell Lucy.可知答案。
48．考查動詞用法。根據這問話：“Why don’t you throw five or six good ones”及下文：I was measuring可知答案。
49．考查代詞用法。下文是說到：I pulled out some more tape，所以這里說明她沒有一次投得更好。
50．考查形容詞用法。根據文章內容可知，作者是量度她最后一投。
51．考查形容詞比較級。因為這里是說投鐵餅，所以用距離來衡量。
52．考查名詞用法。前文說到a personal best（個人最好的），所以興奮地跳起來。
53．考查動詞用法。下面說到她是個人最好的114’10”，所以她獲勝了。
54．考查副詞用法。根據前文的理解，這里是說她居然/竟然（actually）比她以前投得遠多four feet。
55．考查動詞用法。通讀全文可知，前面通過這個事例說明，有時是我們自己在心里設置障礙。