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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A bear is silently walking around in the woods looking for food. Out of the corner of her eye she sees a __1_ silently moving toward her. The bear slowly __2__ her head in the other direction and discovers another lion. She is being ambushed (伏击). If there are two, there will be more. She is in a(n) __3__ situation now.
She quickly turns her head and __4__ another two lions. As her head turns she feels a _5__ pain in her back as one of the lions has pounced (猛扑) on her and __6_ his claws (爪) deep into her __7_. The bear fights back but finds her roar can't scare the lions __8__. Another lion bites her leg, and the other __9__ pounce on her back and front.
For a few moments the bear __10_ and thinks she is as good as dead. Then a _11__ of her babies jumps into her mind. She sees the babies looking for their _12_, looking for food and at that moment she knows they will die if she does not _13_ back to the hole under the oak tree. Another claw just misses her eye __14_ she sees the lion about to bite into her neck. The babies __15_ coming back into her mind and __16__ she rises ... she rises to __17__ the lions ...
We all have magic in us. Your goal in life should be to find the _18__ inside of you, find it quickly and keep driving toward it in every __19_ day of your life. You __20__ are magical — you might not realize it but the magic is there.
1.A. lion B. tiger
C. fox D. goat
2.A. bends B. turns
C. raises D. drops
3.A. lonely B. dangerous
C. unusual D. strange
4.A. discovers B. feels
C. catches D. hears
5.A. slight B. soft
C. terrible D. short
6.A. thrown B. dug
C. placed D. put
7.A. head B. leg
C. neck D. back
8.A. off B. out
C. away D. aside
9.A. two B. three
C. four D. five
10.A. gives back B. gives off
C. gives in D. gives up
11.A. thought B. memory
C. picture D. concern
12.A. mother B. father
C. sisters D. brothers
13.A. leave B. come
C. take D. look
14.A. if B. though
C. unless D. as
15.A. start B. stop
C. keep D. try
16.A. suddenly B. finally
C. actually D. gradually
17.A. get off B. shake off
C. turn off D. take off
18.A. chance B. magic
C. decision D. goal
19.A. special B. important
C. single D. great
20.A. entirely B. clearly
C. truly D. probably
语篇解读 作者在本文中通过熊与狮子搏斗的故事告诉读者要意识到并发掘自己身上那种不可思议的力量。
1.A 根据下句中的“... discovers another lion”,可知此处应选A项。
2.B 从句子后面部分“in the other direction”及下一段中的“She quickly turns her head”可知,这里指把头转向另一个方向。
3.B 由上文所描述的内容:熊被好几头狮子伏击了,可知她的处境很危险(dangerous)。
4.A 根据上下文可知此处要选discovers,指又发现了两头狮子。
5.C 结合后半句话可知这里指一种剧烈的疼痛(a terrible pain)。
6.B 根据句中的deep into her __7__可知,此处要选dug,表示“刺;戳”。
7.D 根据前面的pain in her back可知此处应选D项。
8.C 她的吼叫不能把狮子吓走(scare the lions away)。
9.A 上文提到共有4头狮子,而现在一头在攻击背部,一头在咬腿,那么剩下的两头就在熊的前后猛扑了。故选A项。
10.D 根据句子后面部分可知此处指熊曾一度放弃了(gives up)。
11.C 接着熊仔的画面(picture)出现在她的脑海。
12.A 根据文中的she及her babies可知这里指的是母亲(mother)。
13.B come back to“返回到……”。
14.D 当(as)一头狮子要咬进她的脖子时,另一只爪子差点划过她的眼睛。
15.C 指熊仔的画面不断(keep)出现在她的脑海里。
16.A 突然(suddenly)她站起来了。
14.B shake off“摆脱”,符合上下文语境,熊最终脱离了险境。
18.B 根据上一句中的“... have magic in us”及下一句中的magical可知此处选magic。
19.C every single day“每一天”。
20.C 结合文章内容可知这里要选truly,因为作者持非常肯定的态度,认为每个人都有不可思议的力量。其他选项与语境不符。