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精准练习(十一) 人物叙事(二)
2020·浙江1月卷
I was born legally blind. Of all the stories of my early childhood, the one about a __1__ is my mother's favorite.
I was only two when the __2__ occurred. We had just arrived home from a trip. Mom lifted me out of the car and __3__ to speak to the driver. I took advantage of my brief __4__ to dash across the lawn (草坪)—and hit a large maple tree! I was running so fast that I bounced off the trunk and __5__on my backside. Mom __6__ me to start crying, but I just sat there for a minute. Then I __7__ myself up and kept right on going. Mom always __8__ here that, as many times as I __9__ across the lawn after that, I never again __10__ into that tree.
Mom loves to use this story as an __11__. It reminds her that children don't enter life __12__ to take risks or unwilling to __13__ again when they fall down. She never wanted me to lose that __14__ as I grew older. When I __15__ my major life decisions, I was still that little girl tearing full-speed across the lawn. I studied abroad and later moved away from my parents' home to look for a __16__. Through years of __17__,I have become a respected teacher in a school serving high-need students.
We are almost certain to get __18__ at some point during the process of achieving our goal. When that happens, don't sit in the grass and __19__. Just get up and keep on going. It will all be worth it __20__.
[分析] 本文是一篇记叙文,主要讲述了一个励志的故事。作者两岁的时候撞到了树干上,摔倒在草坪上。作者没有哭,而是自己站起来。从这件事情开始,作者凭着顽强的性格取得了事业的成功。
1.A.trip
B.race
C.tree
D.driver
C [联系下文的“and hit a large maple tree”可知,这是关于一棵树(tree)的故事。]
2.A.incident
B.change
C.illness
D.problem
A [根据下文可知,这是一个事件。因此选incident。]
3.A.feared
B.refused
C.forgot
D.turned
D [结合“Mom lifted me out of the car”和“to speak to the driver”可知,母亲把作者从车上抱下来之后,转身跟司机交谈。因此选turned。]
4.A.delay
B.absence
C.freedom
D.rest
C [根据“took advantage of my brief____”可知,在母亲跟司机交谈的空隙,作者想充分利用这个短暂的自由自己玩一会。因此选freedom。delay 表示“延期”;absence表示“缺席”;rest表示“休息”。]
5.A.landed
B.slept
C.laughed
D.wept
A [结合“I boun