Question

 

Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new  16  in high school.

17, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛)for cheerleaders(拉拉队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be 18 for her to be selected. Two hours later, the  19  read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart  20  as the list ended without her name. Feeling  21 , she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was  22 . She moved on to English and history, and was  23  to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to  24 math for the time being.

The nest day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school  25 . Mrs. Biden wasn’t as  26  as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough  27  for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled  28  and left. “Why is high school so  29 ?” she sighed.

Later in  30  class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much  31 . By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to  32  at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to  33 . High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond  34  a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the  35  fish you can be.”

16. A. processes	B. decision	C. challenges	D. exercises
17. A. Therefore	B. However	C. Otherwise	D. Besides
18. A. difficult	B. easy	C. boring	D. interesting
19. A. editor	B. boss	C. candidate	D. judge
20. A. jumped	B. sank	C. stopped	D. raced
21. A. strange	B. happy	C. awful	D. lonely
22. A. struggling	B. improving	C. working	D. complaining
23. A. ashamed	B. disappointed	C. shocked	D. relieved
24. A. put up	B. prepare for	C. worry about	D. give up
25. A. committee	B. newspaper	C. radio	D. team
26. A. enthusiastic	B. artistic	C. sympathetic	D. realistic
27. A. speakers	B. readers	C. cheerleaders	D. writers
28. A. widely	B. weakly	C. excitedly	D. brightly
29. A. similar	B. ordinary	C. different	D. familiar
30. A. physics	B. history	C. English	D. math
31. A. pleasure	B. hope	C. trouble	D. sorrow
32. A. fit in	B. look out	C. stay up	D. get around
33. A. swim	B. try	C. ask	D. escape
34. A. in return for	B. in case of	C. in terms of	D. instead of
35. A. slimmest	B. smallest	C. best	D. gentlest

Answer 1

 解析： 

     16．  通过空前“was ready for” “准备好” 以及下文所描述的困难，可知Jenna  已经准备好了迎接高中期间新的“挑战”

      且与最后一句相呼应。

      17．尽管做了准备，然而，高中还是不一样的。同上文为转折关系。

      18． 通过上文描述“very talented girls(非常有才华的女孩们)” 可知竞争非常激烈，“她”要被选上有些“困难”

      19．宣布第二轮选拔赛名单的人应是“裁判员” C 项为干扰项"candidate”“申请人，候选人”

      20. 通过句意可知当名单读完还没有“她”的名字的时候，“她”的心情应该是“沮丧”，选项B “sank”“下沉”与 “her heart” 

      连用，表心情不好。

      21. 选拔赛失利，“她”当然怀着“不好”的心情回家。选项C “awful” 含义为“极坏的

      22. 通过句中可知，此处为转折的关系，“她”以前很擅长数学，但现在不这样了。选项 A “struggling”  含义为“（艰难的）奋斗”

      23. 通过句意可知，在“她”转学英语与历史后，发现“她”在这些科目上没有遇到麻烦，与前面的数学相比，心情当然是“轻松的”选项D

      "relieved”  含义为“宽慰的，放心的”

      24. 句意  ：感觉好多了，“她”决定暂时不再为数学“烦恼”

      25．通过第27空所在句中的”newspaper” 可找出答案

      26．通过的话可知“她”并不像那样对这件事热情，感兴趣。

       B “artistic”含义“爱好艺术的，有艺术才能的” C “sympathetic”含义“同情的，表示同情的”  D

      “realistic”含义“实事求是的”

      27. 句意：很抱歉，但我们的报纸已经有足够的作者了。

      28． 被拒绝，Jenna当然“无力”的一笑。

      29．呼应第二段第一句可知，Jenna感叹高中与初中“不同”

      30．通过第三段可知，Jenna有问题的是数学，因此，“她”是在数学课上全心解决问题。

      31． 问题带来的当然是“麻烦”

      32．通过上句可知，“她”解决了数学难题，获得了信心，所以，当Jenna收拾课本的时候，“她”决心继续努力的去“适应”新的学校。

      33．  “try”与句中succeed 相呼应，句意：“她”不确定是否会成功，但“她”知道“她”必须去“尝试”。

      34. 通过前后两句含义可知“大池塘里的小鱼”同“小池塘里的大鱼”是对比关系，“instead of ““而不是”表对比

      35．句意：挑战就在于成为你能成为的最好的鱼。