第三部分语言知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节(共20小题;每小题1 5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中。选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。
My family is big on baseball. Grandpa 41 coached his team to two national games. Father played for three different colleges and was 42 asked to try out for the Los Angeles Angels, one of the top teams in the US. Minutes before I was born, my 43 were watching a live baseball match on TV. You could say I was 44 to play the game, but frankly, all through elementary school, I hated it.
I spent most days of my summer at the baseball park in my neighborhood. I really should have been 45 at baseball, for I practiced almost every day, but I was not. I wouldn’t hit the ball hard or throw it 46 . When my dad or grandpa asked me if I wanted to 47 , my answer was always no. Finally they stopped giving me a 48 ─just making me play whether I liked it or not.
This same old 49 continued for years. My dad and grandpa would make me practice and I would put no 50 in, until around Grade 10. I was older and 51 than my 12-year-old self. I finally 52 their true motive: it wasn’t because they wanted me to improve, but because they wanted to 53 time with me. They were just trying to share a 54 part of their life with me and 55 me in something that had been in the family forever. 56 I got this, I stopped treating it as work and 57 it as a bonding experience.
Now, I often 58 to play baseball with my dad or grandpa. The 59 practices and tough love I got from my 60 taught me a useful life lesson: find out why someone does something before jumping to conclusions.
41. A. fairly B. successfully C. naturally D. accidentally
42. A. still B. seldom C. even D. yet
43. A. parents B. coaches C. doctors D. neighbors
44. A. ordered B. prepared C. honored D. born
45. A. amazed B. disappointed C. great D. mad
46. A. casually B. accurately C. regularly D. clumsily
47. A. practice B. relax C. leave D. quit
48. A. reply B. reason C. chance D. choice
49. A. project B. business C. routine D. policy
50. A. effort B. wealth C. promise D. trust
51. A. calmer B. smarter C. happier D. kinder
52. A. searched for B. focused on C. benefited from D. figured out
53. A. save B. waste C. spend D. set
54. A. normal B. special C. short D. general
55. A. include B. spoil C. test D. judge
56. A. Before B. Although C. Unless D. Once
57. A. expected B. described C. treasured D. recognized
58. A. fail B. offer C. forget D. hesitate
59. A. forced B. regretted C. disturbed D. ended
60. A. team B. school C. neighborhood D. family