Ⅱ. 完形填空(每小题1分,共15分)
I was the new kid in town. My dad got a new job, and we 1 and moved from our old home, school, friends and everything. I was not a(n) 2 person. Shy and quiet, I read a lot and did not make friends easily. Would I fit in? Would I 3 in this strange new world?
I was good at school. Loving books and reading helped me to get good 4 . Teachers loved that about me. 5 , other kids did not. They didn't like me getting top grades, answering questions in class, being delighted with school. I did not 6 popularity contests. But I couldn't stop being me—loving to read and learn.
I felt like a total 7 . Nobody would like me. Then one day, a tall, muscular boy in English class approached me. He 8 himself as a member of the school basketball team. I knew that—he was the star player!
“Hey,” he said. “You do really well in English class. Do you think you could help me?”
“Yes, 9 yes,” I said. We made the deal with an exchange of smiles. From that moment on, my school life changed. The basketball players asked me to help them out. They gathered around me and 10 me to classes.
Nobody gave me 11 for being smart anymore and I fit in. I was 12 to be smart enough to help the team. I taught the guys about commas and subject-verb agreement. They taught me how to dribble a basketball. This experience taught me a 13 that being smart could be a real blessing which I could use to help others.
Though I was only five feet tall, I walked the halls feeling as tall as those towering basketball players who helped me to fit in the new environment. They gave me 14 and confidence to be myself—a 15 but smart girl, who really knew how to dribble a basketball!
1. A. turned up
B. picked up
C. put up
D. packed up
2. A. adventurous
B. independent
C. responsible
D. frank
3. A. survive
B. recover
C. study
D. improve
4. A. friends
B. grades
C. moments
D. attitudes
5. A. Therefore
B. Besides
C. Otherwise
D. However
6. A. lose
B. win
C. refuse
D. finish
7. A. fighter
B. fool
C. failure
D. friend
8. A. viewed
B. accepted
C. introduced
D. imagined
9. A. certainly
B. immediately
C. fortunately
D. finally
10. A. ran
B. walked
C. rushed
D. pushed
11. A. help
B. trouble
C. comfort
D. respect
12. A. confident
B. sorry
C. ashamed
D. thankful
13. A. problem
B. success
C. lesson
D. speech
14. A. concern
B. wisdom
C. luck
D. courage
15. A. short
B. tall
C. strong
D. weak

Ⅱ.1.D 2.A 3.A 4.B 5.D 6.B 7.C 8.C 9.A 10.B 11.B 12.D 13.C 14.D 15.A
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了作者作为新到一个地方的孩子,在适应新环境、面对挑战以及最终找到归属感和自信的过程中所经历的故事。
1. D turned up 出现,调高;picked up 捡起,接送,学会;put up 张贴;packed up 收拾,包装。根据“My dad got a new job”以及“moved from our old home, school, friends and everything”可判断,作者的父亲换了工作,因此作者一家收拾行囊,来到了一个新的地方。故选 D。
2. A 根据“Shy and quiet, I read a lot and did not make friends easily. Would I fit in?”可知,作者并不是一个爱冒险的人。故选 A。
3. A 根据“Shy and quiet, I read a lot and did not make friends easily. Would I fit in?”可知,作者有点担心自己不能在陌生的世界里挺过去。survive 可以表示“挺过(艰难情况)”。故选 A。
4. B 根据“I was good at school.”以及“Loving books and reading”可判断,作者取得了优异的成绩。故选 B。
5. D 句意:老师们喜欢我这一点。然而,其他孩子并不喜欢我这样。根据上下文句意可知,上下文之间为转折关系。故选 D。
6. B 根据“They didn't like me getting top grades, answering questions in class, being delighted with school.”可知,作者在班上并没有赢得同学的喜爱。故选 B。
7. C 根据“Nobody would like me.”可知,作者认为自己是个失败者。故选 C。
8. C 根据“himself as a member of the school basketball team”可知,空处指的是这个男生自我介绍。故选 C。
9. A 根据“We made the deal with an exchange of smiles.”可知,作者答应了这位男生的请求,所以此处表示“当然可以”。故选 A。
10. B 根据“They gathered around me”可推测,这些男生陪作者去教室。故选 B。
11. B 根据“I fit in”可推测,没有人找作者的麻烦。故选 B。
12. D 根据“to be smart enough to help the team”可推测,作者很感激自己的聪明能够帮助球队。故选 D。
13. C 根据“being smart could be a real blessing which I could use to help others”以及上文可知,作者明白了一个道理,聪明是一种福祉,能够帮助别人。故选 C。
14. D 根据“Though I was only five feet tall, I walked the halls feeling as tall as those towering basketball players who helped me to fit in the new environment.”可知,他们给了作者勇气和自信做自己。故选 D。
15. A 根据“Though I was only five feet tall, I walked the halls feeling as tall as those towering basketball players ...”以及“to be myself”可知,作者身高不高,她能够自信地面对这样的自己。故选 A。