Growing up, I always dreamed of being a professional figure skater. After years of hard work, I am living proof that dreams can come true.

When I was born, my parents immediately noticed something  36  and the doctor said I couldn't skate. I, however,  37  trying skating in an ice rink (溜冰場(chǎng)), where local skaters   38  perform ice shows. I started taking group skating lessons, and performing on ice came naturally, but I have always been  39  to speak in group settings. One thing I've never been afraid of is  40  , though. I get nervous, but never  41  . For me, skating has been about being my personal best  42  beating others on the ice. 1 progressed through various  43 rapidly and gave my first ice performance at seven. Soon I started winning local and regional competitions. That's  44  being on the ice has always been the one place where I can  45   express my own emotions. The ice is like home.

When I was nine years old I began training  46 . I would wake up at four o'clock in the morning six days a week and skate for five hours. Then I'd go to school. Since  47  has always been important in my family, I had no  48  but to find creative ways to fit in school studies throughout my  49  career.

After graduating from high school, I moved to Canada and set out to train full-time to give my dreams a chance at reality. In 1992 I went to compete in the Olympic Games.  50 , not my coach or even my family, ever talked to me about winning a gold medal. In fact, I wouldn't even  51  myself to think about it. I thought that would disturb me.  52 , I went with the attitude that I wanted to enjoy the Olympic spirit.  53  the expectation of all the people, I won the gold medal and words couldn't describe the overwhelming mixture of emotions I felt. Then I truly understood what  54  most in achieving a dream is nor to  55  it when you 1ace difficulties, but strive to make it come true.

1.A. unique         B. wrong            C. unbelievable         D. attractive

2.A. directed to        B. led to          C. insisted on          D. fixed on

3.A. could          B. should               C. might           D. would

4.A. doubtful           B. brave           C. shy             D. disabled

5.A. competition        B. expression           C. exchange        D. display

6. A. annoyed           B. disappointed         C. sad                  D. fearful

7. A. rather than       B. other than           C. except for           D. as for

8. A. positions         B. levels               C. points               D. ways

9.A. where          B. why                  C. when             D. because

10.A, easily            B. immediately     C. truly                D. slowly

11.A. freely            B. comfortably     C. seriously            D. quickly

12.A. education         B. wealth          C. reputation           D. health

13.A. chance        B. choice               C. goal                 D. freedom

14.A. boring       B. aimless         C. amateur              D. normal

15. A. Somebody    B. Everybody       C. Anybody         D. Nobody

16.A. allow         B. promise         C. force                D. discourage

17. A. However          B. Therefore            C. Besides         D. Naturally

18. A. Beyond           B. Within          C. Despite              D. Without

19.A. stresses          B. applies              C. matters              D. acts

20.A. ruin            B. ignore             C. change          D. abandon

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

1.根據(jù)下文醫(yī)生說(shuō)我不能滑冰可判斷我生下來(lái)身體就有殘疾，選wrong。

2.根據(jù)下文我參加了滑冰課程和訓(xùn)練可知“我”堅(jiān)持要練習(xí)滑冰。

3.句意：在那里當(dāng)?shù)氐幕呓?jīng)常進(jìn)行滑冰表演。would此處表示過(guò)去常常做某事。

4.根據(jù)上文的連詞“but”和下文的副詞“though”，可知當(dāng)時(shí)我羞于在參加滑冰訓(xùn)練的小組中講話。

5.根據(jù)下文我很快通過(guò)了不同級(jí)別的考核可知我不懼怕競(jìng)爭(zhēng)和比賽。competition競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，比賽，競(jìng)賽。

6.由上文“I’ve never been afraid of is 40, though. ”可知。annoyed惱怒的，煩悶的；disappointed失望的，沮喪的；fearful可怕的，擔(dān)心的。

7.句意：對(duì)我而言，滑冰已成為我生活中最好的一部分而不是在冰上擊敗別人。rather than非，而不是；other than除了，不同于；except for除了以外；as for關(guān)于。

8.通過(guò)訓(xùn)練我的滑冰水平提高很快。position位置，職位；level水平，標(biāo)準(zhǔn)；point要點(diǎn)，得分；way方法，方式。

9.句意：那是因?yàn)楸线M(jìn)行表演是我唯一能表達(dá)我真實(shí)情感的方式。

10.easily容易地；immediately立即、立刻；truly真實(shí)地、真誠(chéng)地 ;slowly緩慢地；由句意可知選C。

11.根據(jù)下文對(duì)“I would wake up at four o’clock in the morning six days a week and skate for five hours. ”可知我開始了艱苦的訓(xùn)練。

12.根據(jù)下文我在訓(xùn)練的同時(shí)還要上學(xué)接受教育可判斷在我的家庭中教育是非常重要的。

13.have no choice but to do固定句型，意為“不得不做某事，只能做某事”。

14.根據(jù)下文“我”高中畢業(yè)之后才進(jìn)行專業(yè)的訓(xùn)練可知以前的訓(xùn)練都是業(yè)余的。amateur:業(yè)余的。

15.句意：沒(méi)有人，包括我的教練甚至我的家人都沒(méi)有向我談起拿金牌的事。

16.句意：事實(shí)上，我也不允許我自己想這件事。allow允許，許可。

17.上下文構(gòu)成因果關(guān)系。選therefore。

18.句意：超出每個(gè)人的預(yù)料，我贏得了金牌。beyond超過(guò)，越過(guò)，在那一邊。

19.句意：后來(lái)我真正意識(shí)到：一個(gè)人在實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想的過(guò)程中最重要的是面對(duì)困難不要放棄而要竭盡全力直至夢(mèng)想成真。matter有關(guān)系，要緊；apply申請(qǐng)，應(yīng)用；stress強(qiáng)調(diào)，施壓于；act行動(dòng)，表現(xiàn)。

20.ruin毀滅；ignore忽視，不理睬； abandon放棄，遺棄。參見54題解析，由句意可知選D。

 

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