
At the age of 13, I received a letter from my parents. The letter ____1____ my school life.
It was the end of the first term at my new school. I got a very ____2____ score in the final exam. It was the worst score that I had ever had. And it felt like everyone in the class laughed ____3____ me. I felt so ____4____ that I lost my hope.
One day, ____5____ I arrived home, my parents noticed my problem and asked me what had happened. I told them the truth. Instead of being angry with me, they said nothing. The next morning, when I ____6____, I found there was a letter on my desk. It was from my parents. In the letter, they told me, “Everyone in the world wants to win, ____7____ none of them can always win, so it’s important for you to learn from failure and don’t lose your hope. We believe you can succeed one day.” Suddenly, I felt warm in my heart. The ____8____ cheered me up. After I thought about my failure ____9____, I found out the reasons and made a plan. By doing so, I learned a lot and became more and more confident.
From my experience, I learned that to be confident is the best way to solve difficulties.
Believe in ____10____, and I will win. I’ll remember this forever.
1.1.
A took
B broke
C changed
D stopped
解析:选C。C。父母的信改变了作者的学校生活,took拿、broke打破、stopped停止,均不符合语境。
2.2.
A good
B bad
C easy
D small
解析:选B。B。后文提到是最差的分数,因此是糟糕的分数,good好的、easy容易的、small小的,均与文意相悖。
3.3.
A in
B on
C to
D at
解析:选D。D。固定搭配laugh at sb.表示“嘲笑某人”,是英语常用短语。
4.4.
A sad
B lucky
C happy
D bored
解析:选A。 A。考试失利还被嘲笑,作者应感到难过,lucky幸运的、happy开心的、bored无聊的,均不符合心情。
5.5.
A if
B before
C when
D since
解析:选C。C。当作者到家时,父母发现了他的问题,if如果、before在……之前、since自从,均不符合时间逻辑。
6.6.
A put up
B got up
C looked up
D stood up
解析:选B。 B。第二天早上起床时,作者发现了桌上的信,put up张贴、looked up查阅、stood up站起来,均与“早上”的场景不符。
7.7.
A but
B or
C so
D though
解析:选A。A。前半句“人人想赢”与后半句“没人能一直赢”是转折关系,or或者、so所以、though尽管,均不表转折。
8.8.
A grade
B gift
C letter
D book
解析:选C。 C。是父母的信让作者重新振作,grade分数、gift礼物、book书,均与文意不符。
9.9.
A quickly
B finally
C slowly
D carefully
解析:选D。D。作者仔细思考了失败的原因,quickly快速地、finally最后、slowly慢慢地,均不能体现对待失败的态度。
10.10.
A myself
B yourself
C ourselves
D themselves
解析:选A。A。作者告诫自己要相信自己,yourself你自己、ourselves我们自己、themselves他们自己,均与主语I不符。