第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，

题目内容：

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

No matter how many boos (嘘声) or abuses you get, they shouldn’t stop you from being the champion you are.

When I was in primary school, I was 36 asked by my teachers to sit at the 37 of the class because I was not clever. I was the butt (对象) of class jokes. I was all alone, friendless and 38. I hated school, but my dad would have none of it. He 39 telling me that I was a champion, if I 40 it.

A turnaround 41 one day when I remembered the spelling of the word “cognoscenti”, a word all the other “42” students had forgotten how to spell because they spent their free time 43 me. I raised my hand 44 I wasn’t asked to spell. I stood up and went to the front of the class, with 23 pairs of eyes 45 on me. My teacher grabbed her cane (藤条), ready to beat me if I’d 46. I spelt the word and became a(n) 47 champion. I represented and won for my school, five Spelling Bee championships.

Secondary school had its own share of 48. I was tall but wasn’t good at any 49. I loved basketball and lawn tennis. The first day I held a racket, I was disgraced (使丢脸) by my opponent (对手). He 50 six straight sets without sweat and there I was sweating 51 as if I’d run a marathon, while I hadn’t even made a single point.

My dad’s 52 kept playing in my ears, “Stanley, you’re a champion if you believe it.” I did. Finally, I was not only 53 at lawn tennis and basketball. I was an all-round athlete and 54 won both athletic and academic scholarships to college.

Now, staring at this old racket of defeat that once brought me 55, I can’t help but say to it, “You made me a champion when I believed.”

36. A. seldom B. never C. once D. always

37. A. back B. front C. outside D. middle

38. A. shocked B. satisfied C. depressed D. surprised

39. A. avoided B. preferred C. forgot D. kept

40. A. started B. imagined C. liked D. believed

41. A. came B. followed C. worked D. paid

42. A. poor B. bright C. dull D. active

43. A. picking out B. getting along with C. looking after D. making fun of

44. A. only if B. just as C. as if D. even though

45. A. fixed B. closed C. held D. called

46. A. delay B. fail C. fight D. offend

47. A. permanent B. frequent C. instant D. temporary

48. A. aims B. targets C. reasons D. challenges

49. A. sport B. subject C. action D. field

50. A. moved B. won C. missed D. found

51. A. slightly B. weakly C. heavily D. openly

52. A. songs B. voices C. whispers D. words

53. A. good B. angry C. strict D. serious

54. A. still B. even C. yet D. thus

55. A. pride B. joy C. shame D. happiness

最佳答案：

36---55 DACDD ABDDA BCDAB CDABC

答案解析：

略

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。