Question

(2013·高考重庆卷，A)When Joe was about to start school，all signs pointed to success.Yet things turned out to be quite___.The fourth grade even found him at the___of the class.Joe? struggled day and night，but it did not____－until one stormy afternoon.

On that afternoon，____the math teacher started to introduce difficult concepts，dark? clouds covered the sky，and the storm set in.Hard though she tried to make the kids____，the thunder won the battle for their attention.No one____the concepts.Except for Joe.He understood them and answered all the questions correctly.The teacher patted him on the back，and told him to go around to the others and explain how he had? managed it.____by his newfound? success，Joe moved quickly throughout the room.Soon math time was followed by the time for____.All children naturally drew____pictures on such a day.Except for Joe.

Since then，Joe started____.Though he never made it to the top，his math teacher was always____and curious about the change：Why had that stormy day changed Joe?

On the day Joe? graduated，he presented the teacher with his most____possession－the picture of a bright yellow sun.On the picture Joe had written：This is the day I____my brightness.

1.A.unfair? B．boring

C．disappointing? D．dangerous

2.A.center? B．top

C．beginning? D．bottom

3.A.happen? B．work

C．finish? D．last?????

4.A.until? B．since

C．because? D．as?

5.A.concentrate? B．change

C．hide? D．sit

6.A.challenged? B．grasped

C．doubted? D．admitted

7.A.Relieved? B．Surprised

C．Encouraged? D．Puzzled

8.A.class? B．sports

C．art? D．tea

9.A.great? B．dark

C．different? D．strange

10.A.improving? B．painting

C．recovering? D．studying

11.A.worried? B．amazed

C．friendly? D．cautious

12.A.familiar? B．expensive

C．admirable? D．precious

13.A.woke up to? B．put up with

C．got on with? D．looked down upon

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.B

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.A

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。全文讲述了在一个暴风雨的下午，一个叫乔的小男孩在数学课上的出色表现让自己发生了改变。总的说来，本篇文章难度适中，与考生的生活息息相关，考生容易理解、接受。同时知识点考查分布合理，着重考查考生对上下文的逻辑推理能力，同时突出了词汇的语境化考查，注重对整个语篇的考查而不是对某个词汇的词义的考查。

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2.2】解析：选D。根据“Yet things turned out to be quite disappointing.”可知，乔的成绩不好，even“甚至”表示递进关系。因此此处应是“在四年级的时候乔的学习成绩在全班排名靠后”。at the bottom of“在……底部”，符合题意。

3.3】解析：选B。乔夜以继日地学习，后面的关键词but一转，应是指与“夜以继日地学习”相反或相对的情况，所以此处应是指“这也没有起到作用”，而happen“发生”，finish“完成”，last“持续”，均不符合语境。故空格处应填work，表示“起作用，有效果”。

4.4】．解析：选D。此处表示在那天下午，当数学老师开始讲解难懂的概念的时候，天空中乌云密布。until表示“直到……才”；since表示“既然”；because表示“因为”；as表示“当……时候”。因此选择D项。

5.5】解析：选A。本空的设置非常好，是考查学生对上下文的逻辑推理能力的。句中有连词though，所以此句与“the thunder...attention”构成让步、转折关系。而“the thunder...attenton”表示“雷声吸引了学生们的注意力”，因此空格所在句表示“尽管她尽力让孩子们集中注意力”。concentrate“集中”，符合题意。

6.6】解析：选B。本题事实上考查的是在语境中辨析动词词义的能力。challenge“挑战”；grasp“抓住，掌握”；doubt“怀疑”；admit“承认”。联系上下文可知，“孩子们都没有注意老师讲的内容，除了乔”。因此是没有人“掌握”这些概念，“挑战”“怀疑”“承认”均不符合语境，故排除A、C、D三项。

7.7】解析：选C。联系上文“老师拍着他的后背告诉他走到别的同学中给他们解释一下他是怎么做到的”可知，老师的所做所说都给乔很大的鼓舞，所以选择C项encouraged“受鼓舞的，受激励的”。

8.8】解析：选C。根据下文出现的drew和pictures可知数学课之后是美术课，故选择art。

9.9】解析：选B。根据第二段中的“...dark clouds covered the sky，and the storm set in.”可知，在那样的一天，所有的学生都很自然地画出了暗色的图画，除了乔之外。

10.0】解析：选A。联系下文的curious about the change可知，数学老师很好奇他的变化，由此我们可推知乔的成绩在那个下午的数学课后就开始提高(improving)了。

11.1】解析：选B。因为空格后有and，所以此处应填与curious相近的词语。worried“担心的”；amazed“惊讶的，吃惊的”；friendly“友好的”；cautious“小心的，谨慎的”。因此amazed符合语境，此处指对于乔的进步数学老师很吃惊也很好奇。

12.2】解析：选D。本题事实上考查形容词辨析。familiar“熟悉的”；expensive“昂贵的”；admirable“令人钦佩的”；precious“宝贵的”。根据本文的故事可知，就在那个暴风雨的下午，乔开始进步了，所以他画的明亮的金灿灿的太阳代表了他豁然开朗的心情，应是乔珍视的财富。所以用precious(宝贵的)来形容最贴切。

13.3】解析：选A。空格所在处句意为“就在这一天我认识到了我的聪明”。wake up to“认识到”，符合语境。put up with“忍受”；get on with“进展”；look down upon“瞧不起”，均不符合语境。