Question

 

Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new  16  in high school.

17, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(選拔賽)for cheerleaders(拉拉隊隊員). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be 18 for her to be selected. Two hours later, the  19  read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart  20  as the list ended without her name. Feeling  21 , she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was  22 . She moved on to English and history, and was  23  to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to  24 math for the time being.

The nest day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school  25 . Mrs. Biden wasn’t as  26  as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough  27  for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled  28  and left. “Why is high school so  29 ?” she sighed.

Later in  30  class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much  31 . By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to  32  at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to  33 . High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond  34  a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the  35  fish you can be.”

16. A. processes	B. decision	C. challenges	D. exercises
17. A. Therefore	B. However	C. Otherwise	D. Besides
18. A. difficult	B. easy	C. boring	D. interesting
19. A. editor	B. boss	C. candidate	D. judge
20. A. jumped	B. sank	C. stopped	D. raced
21. A. strange	B. happy	C. awful	D. lonely
22. A. struggling	B. improving	C. working	D. complaining
23. A. ashamed	B. disappointed	C. shocked	D. relieved
24. A. put up	B. prepare for	C. worry about	D. give up
25. A. committee	B. newspaper	C. radio	D. team
26. A. enthusiastic	B. artistic	C. sympathetic	D. realistic
27. A. speakers	B. readers	C. cheerleaders	D. writers
28. A. widely	B. weakly	C. excitedly	D. brightly
29. A. similar	B. ordinary	C. different	D. familiar
30. A. physics	B. history	C. English	D. math
31. A. pleasure	B. hope	C. trouble	D. sorrow
32. A. fit in	B. look out	C. stay up	D. get around
33. A. swim	B. try	C. ask	D. escape
34. A. in return for	B. in case of	C. in terms of	D. instead of
35. A. slimmest	B. smallest	C. best	D. gentlest

Answer 1

 解析： 

     16．  通過空前“was ready for” “準備好” 以及下文所描述的困難，可知Jenna  已經準備好了迎接高中期間新的“挑戰”

      且與最后一句相呼應。

      17．盡管做了準備，然而，高中還是不一樣的。同上文為轉折關系。

      18． 通過上文描述“very talented girls(非常有才華的女孩們)” 可知競爭非常激烈，“她”要被選上有些“困難”

      19．宣布第二輪選拔賽名單的人應是“裁判員” C 項為干擾項"candidate”“申請人，候選人”

      20. 通過句意可知當名單讀完還沒有“她”的名字的時候，“她”的心情應該是“沮喪”，選項B “sank”“下沉”與 “her heart” 

      連用，表心情不好。

      21. 選拔賽失利，“她”當然懷著“不好”的心情回家。選項C “awful” 含義為“極壞的

      22. 通過句中可知，此處為轉折的關系，“她”以前很擅長數學，但現在不這樣了。選項 A “struggling”  含義為“（艱難的）奮斗”

      23. 通過句意可知，在“她”轉學英語與歷史后，發現“她”在這些科目上沒有遇到麻煩，與前面的數學相比，心情當然是“輕松的”選項D

      "relieved”  含義為“寬慰的，放心的”

      24. 句意  ：感覺好多了，“她”決定暫時不再為數學“煩惱”

      25．通過第27空所在句中的”newspaper” 可找出答案

      26．通過的話可知“她”并不像那樣對這件事熱情，感興趣。

       B “artistic”含義“愛好藝術的，有藝術才能的” C “sympathetic”含義“同情的，表示同情的”  D

      “realistic”含義“實事求是的”

      27. 句意：很抱歉，但我們的報紙已經有足夠的作者了。

      28． 被拒絕，Jenna當然“無力”的一笑。

      29．呼應第二段第一句可知，Jenna感嘆高中與初中“不同”

      30．通過第三段可知，Jenna有問題的是數學，因此，“她”是在數學課上全心解決問題。

      31． 問題帶來的當然是“麻煩”

      32．通過上句可知，“她”解決了數學難題，獲得了信心，所以，當Jenna收拾課本的時候，“她”決心繼續努力的去“適應”新的學校。

      33．  “try”與句中succeed 相呼應，句意：“她”不確定是否會成功，但“她”知道“她”必須去“嘗試”。

      34. 通過前后兩句含義可知“大池塘里的小魚”同“小池塘里的大魚”是對比關系，“instead of ““而不是”表對比

      35．句意：挑戰就在于成為你能成為的最好的魚。