Question

18．I always remembered the first'time I took part in an English composition competition．"Right!Dean would be the（16）Cof our class to participate in the  English composition competition，"my classmates said．（Applauding）
      I was too（17）Dto speak when I heard what my classmates said．In order  not to（18）Dshort of my classmates'（19）B，I trained myself very hard for the hope of being the（20）Cof the competition，which would take place a month  later．I（21）Aa lot of vocabulary，sentence structures and（22）Arules and read many good or renowned'articles．Not having I （23）B pretty well，the day  came．Every candidate（24）Bme looked so well-prepared and（25）A"Only  11.5 hours．Start，"a supervisor suddenly said．Seeing the（26）C"What do most teenagers concern nowadays？"I was nervous and got（27）Ablock．What's worse，other candidates had begun writing．Moments later，I（28）Dmyself，took a deep breath，and began brainstorming ideas（29）Dthe topic．I quickly wrote down the composition structure，central theme，and．（30）Cnecessary elements．As the finishing time was（31）A，I tried my best to accelerate my writing．Unfortunately，（32）Bmy failure of time management，I left my composition incomplete．My final draft looked like a robot（33）Clegs were broken．
     The result came out two weeks later．To my surprise，I got the second prize!All my classmates cheered for me．This encouraged me a lot．（34）DI was not the first prize winner，I could still（35）Cthe scent of pride and happiness spreading around me．

16．A．player	B．choice	C．representative	D．person
17．A．proud	B．delighted	C．nervous	D．surprised
18．A．get	B．be	C．lose	D．fall
19．A．promises	B．expectations	C．dreams	D．words
20．A．success	B．beater	C．winner	D．victory
21．A．memorized	B．copied	C．read	D．wrote
22．A．grammar	B．phrase	C．pattem	D．term
23．A．remembered	B．prepared	C．started	D．completed
24．A．besides	B．except	C．except for	D．as well as
25．A．easy	B．nervous	C．interested	D．unconfident
26．A．problem	B．idea	C．topic	D．theme
27．A．writer's	B．teachers	C．thinker's	D．composer's
28．A．persuaded	B．told	C．encouraged	D．calmed
29．A．with	B．towards	C．at	D．for
30．A．another	B．the other	C．other	D．others
31．A．approaching	B．accessing	C．finishing	D．ending
32．A．thanks for	B．due to	C．as a result	D．on account
33．A．of which	B．which	C．whose	D．that
34．A．However	B．As a result	C．Worse still	D．Although
35．A．smell	B．touch	C．sense	D．realize．

Answer 1

分析 本文是一篇记叙文．主要叙述作者被选作班级代表，参加一个月以后的英语作文竞赛．知道这个消息之后，作者感到非常惊讶．为了不辜负同学们的期望，作者付出了很多努力进行准备．竞赛当天，作者没有计划好时间，导致作文没有来得及写完．但出乎意料的是，作者获得了第二名，这让他很满意．

解答 16．C    考查名词辨析．根据"I took part in an English composition competition"可知，作者代表所在班级参加英语作文竞赛，故选C．
17．D    考查形容词辨析．I was too     to speak when I heard what my classmates said．听到自己将代表班级参赛的消息，作者吃惊得说不出话来，故选D．
18．D  考查动词辨析．作者不想辜负同学的期望，"fall short of    答不到，辜负"，故选D．
19．B     考查名词辨析．同学们都很支持作者，作者不想辜负他们的期望，故选B．
20．C    考查名词辨析．作者努力训练，希望夺得竞赛的胜利，故选C．
21．A   考查动词辨析．作者背诵了很多词汇和句子结构，故选A．
22．A     考查名词辨析．词汇、句子结构和语法规则，故选A．
23．B     考查动词辨析．还没有准备得非常充分，比赛那天就来了，故选B．
24．B     考查介词辨析．每一个参赛者除了作者，看起来都是做足了准备，故选B．
25．A    考查形容词辨析．A项"容易的，不费力的，轻而易举的"；B项"紧张的"；C项"感兴趣的"；D项"不自信的"．此处"well-prepared and       "中所填词与"well-prepared"相近，B项和D项是消极词汇故排除，不能判断作者对比赛没兴趣，故排除C；故选A．
26．C    考查名词辨析．根据"What do most teenagers concern nowadays？"可知，是作文的话题，故选C．
27．A    考查名词所有格．根据"I was nervous and got    block"可知，作者很紧张并且大脑一片空白，"got the writer's block    写作障碍"，故选A．
28．D    考查动词辨析．根据"took a deep breath"可知，作者冷静了下来，故选D．
29．D    考查介词辨析．根据"began brainstorming ideas    the topic"可知，开始就所给话题进行头脑风暴，故选D．
30．C     考查代词辨析．A项"另一个"；B项"两者中的另一个"；C项"其它"，后加名词复数；D项"其它的"，单独使用．"elements要素"，"other后跟名词复数"，故选C．
31．A    考查动词辨析．根据"As the finishing time was    "可知，随着结束时间的临近，故选A．
32．B     考查短语辨析．A项"多亏了"；B"由于"；C项"结果"；D项"on account缺少介词of"，由于时间安排不合理，作文没有写完，故选B．
33．C    根据"legs were broken"可知，定语从句的主语不完整，用"whose"作"legs"的定语，"whose legs"相当于"of which the legs"，故选C．
34．D     考查连词辨析．尽管不是第一名，作者依然能够…，这里表示让步关系，故选D．
35．C      考查动词辨析．作者依然能够觉察到周围弥漫的自豪和开心的气息．故选C．

点评 解答此类题目可遵循以下步骤：第一步，通读全文，了解文章大意，获得整体印象，同时初选出一批较有把握的答案．第二步，边核对初选答案边补填留下的空格．如果短文难度较大，则可复读几遍，核对和确定答案．有些空一时决定不了，可作个记号，待复查时再确定． 第三步，复查定稿．从整体理解角度出发，仔细审核答案，确保意义上、语法上没有错误，同时对遗留下来的少数几个空格作最后选择．