Question

An acrobatic(雜技的) master performed a tightrope(繃緊的鋼絲) walk between two mountains, which attracted thousands of people.

When the ____ started, he went to one end of the tightrope, ____ straight at the goal ahead, with open arms, walking slowly step by step to the opposite side of the mountain. Immediately, the audience ____ loud applause.

“If my hands dare tied, do you believe I can ____？” he asked the audience.

____， some people didn't believe, but in order to know the ___， they said, “We believe you！”

Then, he had his hands tied with a rope and walked past ____.

He looked around and said, “If I'm blindfolded(蒙著眼睛的) with my hands tied, do you ____ believe I can go past？”

This time, the people said without ____， “We believe you！”

In this way, his eyes were ____ with a black cloth. He moved slowly to the tightrope and walked along it inch by inch. This time, he went past once again. The audience burst into ____.

Then, he ____ a child and asked all the people, “If I put him on my shoulders ___ I'm blindfolded with my hands tied as well, do you still believe I can make it？”

All the people replied before ____， “We believe you！”

“I ask you again. Do you really believe me？”

“Yes, we believe you completely！”

Then, he said, “Well then, since you believe me, ____ my child with yours. Who will？”

All of a sudden, the audience fell ____. The silence lasted for nearly ten minutes.

After ten minutes, the acrobatic master said nothing, just put the child on his shoulders and walked past along the tightrope. Sure enough, this time he ____ once more.

Faced with things far from their own ____， people can often make judgments easily and quickly, but once involved in(牽涉) it, most of people “cannot ____ it clearly”. Only those who are really confident, like the master in the tightrope walk, can stay ____ at any time.

1.A.talent B．play

C．program D．show

2.A.stepping B．staring

C．wandering D．pointing

3.A.broke into B．came into

C．gave off D．sent off

4.A.get through B．walk down

C．go across D．pass around

5.A.Finally B．Actually C．Hopefully D．Especially

6.A.result B．experience C．challenge D．trick

7.A.slightly B．luckily C．smoothly D．nervously

8.A.even B．just C．always D．still

9.A.difficulty B．hesitation C．concern D．mercy

10.A.blocked B．hidden C．covered D．equipped

11.A.cheers B．joy C．tears D．laughter

12.A.chose B．supported C．pushed D．held

13.A.till B．before C．while D．since

14.A.arguing B．thinking C．refusing D．wondering

15.A.exchange B．compare C．take D．treat

16.A.silent B．noisy C．doubtful D．anxious

17.A.won B．walked C．acted D．succeeded

18.A.children B．fears

C．interests D．performances

19.A.sense B．see

C．understand D．realize

20.A.awake B．encouraged

C．patient D．focused

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.A

17.D

18.C

19.B

20.D

【解析】本文主要通過講述一位雜技大師走鋼絲的故事，告訴大家只有真正自信的人才能在任何時(shí)候堅(jiān)定地實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)。

1.答案：D　由第一段的內(nèi)容可知，這是雜技大師走鋼絲的表演，故選D項(xiàng)。

2.2】答案：B　由常識(shí)可知，雜技大師應(yīng)該是直盯著前方的目標(biāo)才能順利地走鋼絲，故用staring。

3.3】答案：A　break into sth.表示“突然開始(笑、唱等)”。此處表示“觀眾爆發(fā)出熱烈的掌聲”。

4.4】答案：C　“如果我的雙手被綁著，你們認(rèn)為我能走過(go across)去嗎？”get through“渡過難關(guān)”；walk down“沿……向下走”；pass around“傳送，分發(fā)”，均不符合語境。

5.5】答案：B　事實(shí)上(Actually)，有些人并不認(rèn)為他能走過去。

6.6】答案：A　但他們想知道結(jié)果(result)，就說：“我們相信你能！”

7.7】答案：C　從下文可知，他順利地走過鋼絲。smoothly“平穩(wěn)地，順利地”，符合語境。

8.8】答案：D　“如果我蒙著眼睛且雙手被綁著，你們還(still)認(rèn)為我能走過去嗎？”

9.9】答案：B　這次，人們毫不猶豫地(without hesitation)說：“我們相信你能！”

10.0】答案：C　上文提及要蒙著眼睛走鋼絲，所以此處表示眼睛被一塊黑布遮住，故用covered。

11.1】答案：A　這一次他蒙著眼睛且雙手被綁著，走過鋼絲，觀眾自然爆發(fā)出歡呼聲。burst into cheers符合語境。

12.2】答案：D　然后他抱起一個(gè)小孩問眾人。hold意為“抱住”。

13.3】答案：C　“如果我把他放在我的肩頭，與此同時(shí)，蒙著眼睛且雙手還被綁著，你們?nèi)匀徽J(rèn)為我能成功嗎？”while表示“在……期間；與此同時(shí)”。

14.4】答案：B　人們都不假思索就回答相信，thinking符合語境。

15.5】答案：A　“那么，既然你們相信我，就將我的孩子與你們的交換(exchange)一下。誰愿意？”

16.6】答案：A　由此空后面的“The silence”可知，此處應(yīng)用silent。

17.7】答案：D　根據(jù)語境可知，果然，這次他又成功(succeeded)了。

18.8】答案：C　面對不觸及自己利益(interests)的事情時(shí)，人們經(jīng)常很輕易地快速做出判斷。

19.9】答案：B　但是一旦自己牽涉其中，大多數(shù)人就不能看清楚了。clearly與see搭配。

20.20】答案：D　只有那些真正自信的人，像走鋼絲的大師，才能在任何時(shí)候都保持注意力集中，目標(biāo)明確。故選D項(xiàng)。

疑難詞匯解讀

1．smooth (adj.)平滑的，平穩(wěn)的

a smooth sea平靜的海洋

smoothly adv.平穩(wěn)地，順利地

2．involve vt.包含，涉及，牽涉

A crosstalk performance involves talking，imitating，telling jokes and singing.相聲表演包括說、學(xué)、逗、唱。

How many vehicles were involved in the crash？這次撞車事故涉及多少輛車？

長難句子分析

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句意：當(dāng)表演開始時(shí)，雜技大師走向鋼絲的一端，直盯著前方的目標(biāo)，張開雙臂，慢慢地一步一步走向山的對面。其中，staring...和walking slowly為現(xiàn)在分詞作伴隨狀語，with open arms為介詞短語作伴隨狀語。