Question

【2011·江苏常州一中模拟】

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第36至第55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Someone said that encouragement is simply reminding a person of the “shoulders” he’s standing on, the heritage he’s been given. That’s what happened    36    a young man, the son of a(n)   37    baseball player, was chosen by one of the minor league teams. Hard as he tried, his first season was    38    , and by midseason he expected to be removed    39   day. The coaches were     40    by his failure because he possessed all the characteristics of a superb athlete, but he seemed to have become    41    from his potential.

His    42    seemed darkest one day when he had already struck out his first time at bat. Then he stepped up to the batter’s box again and quickly ran up two strikes. The catcher called a     43    and ran for a conference to discuss strategies. While they were busy, the    44   , standing behind him, spoke casually to the boy.

Then play    45   , the next pitch was thrown and the young man knocked it out of the park. That was the turning    46   . From then on, he played the game with a new confidence and power that quickly    47    the attention of the parent team, and he was called   48    to the majors.

On the day he was leaving for the city, one of his coaches asked him what had caused such a turnaround. The young man replied it was the    49    remark the judge had    50    that day when his baseball career had seemed    51   .

“He told me I reminded him of all the times he had stood    52    my dad in the batter’s box,” the boy explained. “He said I was holding the bat just the way Dad had held it.    53   he told me, ‘I can see his genes in you; you have your father’s    54    .’ After that, whenever I swung the bat, I just    55    I was using Dad’s arms instead of my own.”

36. A. as                    B. since                      C. while                     D. when

37. A. star                   B. average                  C. amateur                        D. old

38. A. embarrassing     B. disappointing          C. satisfying               D. rewarding

39. A. some                B. a                         C. one                        D. any

40. A. amazed             B. impressed               C. puzzled                  D. ashamed

41. A. separated                 B. different                 C. inconsistent            D. divided

42. A. hope                 B. future                     C. dream                    D. ambition

43. A. break               B. rest                        C. pause                     D. stop

44. A. catcher             B. coach                    C. batter                     D. judge

45. A. began               B. lasted                     C. restarted                D. moved

46. A. part                  B. point                      C. place                     D. spot

47. A. drew                B. fixed                      C. focused                        D. took

48. A. in                      B. for                         C. up                         D. out

49. A. encouraging        B. casual                    C. demanding             D. wise

50. A. said                  B. made                     C. given                     D. pointed

51. A. hopeless           B. useless                   C. endless                  D. helpless

52. A. on the right       B. on the left               C. before              D. behind

53. A. And                  B. So                         C. Thus                     D. Therefore

54. A. strength            B. arms                      C. body                      D. talent

55. A. supposed         B. pretended               C. imagined                D. expected

Answer 1

36---55  DABDC  ABADC  BACAB  ADABC