名师预测

　　(一)

　　In my early childhood, my parents and teachers taught me to be persistent (执着) in every task I devoted myself to. I was

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　　that persistence is the only way towards success. But a small

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　　made me change my mind.

　　One day my two-year-old son,

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　　at a dozen of “stood” color marker-pens, cheered excitedly，“Mummy, look! I did it.” Afterwards, he collected some ball-pens,

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　　to do the same. Hard though he tried, the ball-pens just lay

　　__5__. He turned to me for help. Noticing they had either sharp or round ends, I said

　　__6__， “Mummy can't help you.” To my surprise, he wouldn't listen and continued trying... I was dumbfounded by his persistence.

　　My son's behaviour reminded me of George who was always

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　　in his work and rarely talked to anyone. To him,

　　__8__， there was no such thing called weekends or holidays. Our boss praised

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　　about him and

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　　us to look up to him as a role model.

　　One day I met George. “Gonna work late again tonight？”

　　“Probably can't leave till midnight，” he said.

　　“How many hours have you put in here each week, eighty or ninety？”

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　　“Don't you have time to be with your family at all？”

　　He shook his head slowly and

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　　a sigh. “It's not what I wanted. But I have worked on it for so long. It's much too

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　　to even think about letting go.”

　　A year later I resigned. The

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　　thing I heard about him was that his wife divorced him. Since then I've never seen him. But occasionally his aged

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　　would come to my mind.

　　Until that day,

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　　knowing why the ball-pens couldn't stand up, the two-year-old had

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　　the impossibility after many failures. He put aside all the ball-pens and kept only those water markers for his “game”.

　　__18__， he already learned to let go of his previous

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　　In our daily life, many headaches can be avoided if we know how to

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　　them and then decisively let go of them immediately.

　　文章大意：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过自己儿子以及以前一位同事的例子说明了，当意识到目标无法实现时，应该学会接受失败，懂得放手的道理。

　　1．A.confident

　　B．consistent

　　C．conscious

　　D．convinced

　　2．A.event

　　B．incident

　　C．accident

　　D．affair

　　3．A.pointing

　　B．shouting

　　C．screaming

　　D．laughing

　　4．A.insisting

　　B．requiring

　　C．intending

　　D．urging

　　5．A.flat

　　B．silent

　　C．still

　　D．quiet

　　6．A.deliberately

　　B．casually

　　C．unintentionally

　　D．enthusiastically

　　7．A.interested

　　B．busy

　　C．devoted

　　D．buried

　　8．A.therefore

　　B．however

　　C．otherwise

　　D．though

　　9．A.high

　　B．highly

　　C．well

　　D．much

　　答案：B　考查固定搭配。句意为：我们老板对他高度赞扬……praise highly about sb.意为“高度赞扬某人”，是固定搭配。故答案选B。

　　10．A.promised

　　B．demanded

　　C．inspired

　　D．appealed

　　11．A.At random

　　B．At times

　　C．At most

　　D．At least

　　12．A.let off

　　B．let out

　　C．sent off

　　D．sent out

　　13．A.encouraging

　　B．comfortable

　　C．painful

　　D．ashamed

　　答案：C　考查形容词辨析。A项意为“令人鼓舞的”；B项意为“舒适的”；C项意为“痛苦的”；D项意为“羞愧的”。根据句意和上下文语境可知，答案选C。

　　14．A.latter

　　B．later

　　C．last

　　D．lately

　　15．A.picture

　　B．figure

　　C．reflection

　　D．image

　　16．A.for

　　B．with

　　C．without

　　D．besides

　　17．A.received

　　B．accepted

　　C．refused

　　D．rejected

　　18．A.Generally

　　B．Eventually

　　C．Additionally

　　D．Obviously

　　19．A.useless

　　B．endless

　　C．hopeful

　　D．meaningful

　　答案：A　考查形容词辨析。A项意为“无效的，无用的”；B项意为“无止境的”；C项意为“充满希望的”；D项意为“有意义的”。根据句意和上文内容可知，答案选A。

　　20．A.clarify

　　B．distinguish

　　C．identify

　　D．acknowledge

　　(二)

　　Youth sports teach kids to develop a winning state of mind as well as the ability to become team leaders. Although having

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　　is a major part of athletics, the only purpose of sports is to compete and create the

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　　mentality (心态) people need in sports.

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　　have the extremely hard task of getting their young athletes to learn how to play the sport and become disciplined, and ready to play the sport to the best of their ability.

　　__4__， I was at my younger brother's baseball game the other night and his team was

　　__5__ by five runs in the last part of the game. While most teams in this situation would be desperately trying to regain their

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　　for bravery and will to fight, his team just seemed to slowly walk around,

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　　sunflower seeds, and laugh at jokes made by teammates. I asked my brother after the game why everybody was so

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　　about the loss and he said it was because some kid's mom brought really good snacks.

　　Some parents have a

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　　with coaches shouting at their child, as they hold the view that if

　　a child makes a mistake, it is the coach's

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　　to correct the problem. When parents get

　　involved in telling the coach how to

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　　the team, problems

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　　pay their money, they should have an equal

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　　on how to coach the team. In order to have a

　　successful learning experience, the coach needs to feel like he can control his team and

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　　the

　　parents from having the last say. Without that, the coach feels as if he needs to

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　　the

　　parents by giving more playing time to their kids who actually don't

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　　it.

　　With youth sport programs becoming less competitive, club teams are on the

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　　teens can get an easier access to them. Club teams

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　　more of what high school and junior

　　high coaches are looking for, the competitive edge that is absolutely necessary in

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　　having fun is important, skills and a

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　　mentality is worth more in the world of sports.

　　文章大意：本文是一篇议论文。体育运动对青少年来讲不仅是好玩，更重要的是它培养了青少年竞争、必胜的心态，这也是体育的价值所在。

　　1．A.fun

　　B．dignity

　　C．courage

　　D．patience

　　2．A.social

　　B．competitive

　　C．healthy

　　D．responsible

　　3．A.Coaches

　　B．Parents

　　C．Experts

　　D．Headmasters

　　4．A.As a result

　　B．In addition

　　C．For example

　　D．On the contrary

　　5．A.up

　　B．below

　　C．above

　　D．down

　　6．A.scores

　　B．goals

　　C．spirits

　　D．dreams

　　答案：C　考查名词辨析。句意为：尽管大多数队伍在这种情况下会竭力振作起来(regain one's spirits)，进行反击……由for bravery可知，此处应是一种“精神(spirit)”，故答案C符合文义。score得分；goal目标，进球；dream梦想，均不符合文义，故排除。

　　7．A.chew

　　B．spit

　　C．count

　　D．swallow

　　8．A.worried

　　B．happy

　　C．serious

　　D．casual

　　9．A.joke

　　B．problem

　　C．contact

　　D．compromise

　　10．A.duty

　　B．experience

　　C．awareness

　　D．turn

　　11．A.dismiss

　　B．unite

　　C．handle

　　D．assess

　　12．A.stand out

　　B．break out

　　C．work out

　　D．come out

　　答案：D　考查动词短语辨析。句意为：当父母开始干涉教练如何管理运动员时，长此以往，问题也就随之而来(come out)了。stand out出色，突出；break out爆发(一般指战争或者口角)；work out锻炼身体，进展，均不符合文义，故排除。

　　13．A.say

　　B．guidance

　　C．response

　　D．reward

　　14．A.protect

　　B．defend

　　C．excuse

　　D．discourage

　　15．A.assist

　　B．motivate

　　C．please

　　D．blame

　　16．A.want

　　B．deserve

　　C．value

　　D．appreciate

　　17．A.way

　　B．decline

　　C．go

　　D．rise

　　18．A.offer

　　B．require

　　C．seek

　　D．preserve

　　答案：A　考查动词辨析。句意为：俱乐部提供给(offer)初高中教练们更多他们一直追寻的东西……require要求；seek追求，寻找；preserve?；?，均不符合文义，故排除。

　　19．A.academics

　　B．sports

　　C．exams

　　D．competitions

　　答案：B　考查名词辨析。由文章主题：youth sports和第一段中“the only purpose of sports is to compete...”可知，此处指竞争性在体育运动中还是非常有必要的。故答案B符合文义。

　　20．A.risking

　　B．controlling

　　C．winning

　　D．cooperating

　　(三)

　　It was about the third week in June last year. My 15-year-old son had already settled into his summer routine：Go to

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　　at 2 a. m. and wake up at 1 p．m. only to get back on his computer to play computer games

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　　dinner.

　　It was the middle of the

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　　when the sound of his computer games woke me up again. I couldn't

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　　that any more and decided it was time for him to get a summer job. I got on the computer and found a lifeguard certification class that

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　　the next day, and a company that

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　　teenagers to guard their pools.

　　From that day I woke him up at 8 a．m. every day for him to

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　　the class. At first, he continued to complain that I was

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　　his summer. But by the end of the week, he was actually

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　　going. He learned something about first aid, figured he really could

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　　someone from drowning, and got some ideas on how to

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　　work for a living.

　　Two weeks later, he had a

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　　as a lifeguard. He took his responsibility very

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　　and never went to work late. This summer, he will be working full-time at a pool. He says a lot of his

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　　don't have jobs. And I say that is because their mothers didn't try

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　　enough! Even if your kid is super

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　　with finals and after-school activities and doesn't have time, you can

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　　job information for him.

　　Whether it is an ice cream store, a movie

　　__18__， or a summer camp, you can ask if they are hiring

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　　for the summer. After your kid gets a job, pay attention to the

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　　to make sure he is never late.

　　文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文。孩子的暑假怎么过呢？让他们自己尽情玩电脑游戏？作者从自己的实践出发，认为家长应该给孩子一定的指导和帮助，让他们过一个愉快而有意义的假期。

　　1．A.school

　　B．study

　　C．bed

　　D．work

　　2．A.around

　　B．until

　　C．after

　　D．during

　　3．A.night

　　B．noon

　　C．morning

　　D．afternoon

　　4．A.watch

　　B．appreciate

　　C．notice

　　D．stand

　　5．A.lasted

　　B．rested

　　C．started

　　D．developed

　　6．A.hired

　　B．forced

　　C．persuaded

　　D．force

　　7．A.give

　　B．attend

　　C．observe

　　D．help

　　答案：B　考查动词辨析。由第三段第四句中“He learned something about first aid...”可知，每天早上八点我叫醒儿子去参加(attend)这个班的学习。give给；attend参加；observe观察；help帮助。故B项正确。

　　8．A.designed

　　B．ruining

　　C．enjoying

　　D．joining

　　9．A.looking into

　　B．looking out of

　　C．looking down upon

　　D．looking forward to

　　10．A.recognize

　　B．conduct

　　C．save