《2025年实验班全程提优训练高中英语选择性必修第二册外研版》

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主题语境: 人与自我 语篇类型: 记叙文 建议用时: 12 min
I've been motivated—and demotivated—by other folks' achievements all my life.
When I was a teenager, a neighbourhood friend 1 a marathon race. Feeling motivated, I started running 2 , but then two things happened. First, a girl I met one day told me she was 3 for a "super", referring to a 52.4 - mile double marathon. Then, the next day I went on my longest run—15 miles. To be honest, I 4 it! Between the girl making my 5 seem small and the pure boredom of jogging, I decided that the only 6 I'd ever run again is if a big dog was running after me!
So I 7 cycling. I got a good bike and rode a lot. I 8 of entering cycle races until I flew to San Diego to visit my sister. While she was at work one day, I 9 her bike and went for a ride. The 10 : The roads there went through large valleys where I'd be riding uphill for miles at a time. I'd never faced such 11 . That day, I got 12 by about 100 "local" bikers who were used to such roads. When I got back home, suddenly riding my bike didn't seem quite as 13 .
I've 14 a lot since then. I've come to accept that whatever 15 I set for myself, they just have to be my own.
1. A. knew
B. held
C. won
D. quit
2. A. regularly
B. silently
C. proudly
D. recently
3. A. asking
B. looking
C. waiting
D. training
4. A. made
B. believed
C. hated
D. deserved
5. A. advantage
B. achievement
C. contribution
D. influence
6. A. way
B. risk
C. place
D. reason
7. A. gave up
B. went on
C. turned to
D. dealt with
8. A. heard
B. dreamed
C. complained
D. approved
9. A. painted
B. borrowed
C. bought
D. parked
10. A. problem
B. secret
C. principle
D. advice
11. A. dangers
B. events
C. opponents
D. challenges
12. A. passed
B. convinced
C. admired
D. stopped
13. A. reliable
B. convenient
C. familiar
D. appealing
14. A. travelled
B. matured
C. missed
D. worried
15. A. limits
B. dates
C. goals
D. tests

答案： 1.C 考查动词词义辨析。句意：在我十几岁的时候，一个邻居朋友赢得了马拉松比赛。A. knew知道；B. held抓住；C. won赢得；D. quit退出。根据后文“Feeling motivated, I started running”可知，作者受到鼓励开始跑步，所以此处应是一个邻居朋友赢得了马拉松比赛。故选C。
2.A 考查副词词义辨析。句意：有了动力，我开始定期跑步，但后来发生了两件事。A. regularly定期地；B. silently默默地；C. proudly自豪地；D. recently最近。根据前文“Feeling motivated”可知，作者有了动力，所以应是开始定期跑步。故选A。
→反义词为irregularly
3.D 考查动词词义辨析。句意：首先，有一天我遇到的一个女孩告诉我她正在为“超级”马拉松训练，指的是52.4英里的双程马拉松。A. asking要求；B. looking看；C. waiting等待；D. training训练。根据后文“referring to a 52.4-mile double marathon”可知，女孩要跑双程马拉松，所以此处应是为之训练。故选D。
4.C 考查动词词义辨析。句意：说实话，我讨厌它！A. made制作；B. believed相信；C. hated讨厌；D. deserved值得。根据前文“Then，the next day I went on my longest run—15 miles.”以及后文“Between the girl making my 5 seem small and the pure boredom of jogging”可知，作者最长跑了15英里，但和女孩一比，微不足道，所以作者讨厌这个成绩。故选C。
5.B 考查名词词义辨析。句意：在那个女孩面前，我的成就显得微不足道，再加上慢跑的无聊，我决定我再跑步的唯一理由就是如果有一只大狗在追我！A. advantage优势；B. achievement成就；C. contribution贡献；D. influence影响。根据前文“Then，the next day I went on my longest run—15 miles.”以及后文“seem small”可知，作者最长跑了15英里，而女孩在为52.4英里的双程马拉松训练，所以作者的成就显得微不足道。故选B。
6.D 考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. way方式；B. risk风险；C. place地方；D. reason理由。根据后文“I'd ever run again is if a big dog was running after me!”可知，这里说的是跑步的原因。故选D。
7.C 考查动词短语辨析。句意：所以我转向骑自行车。A. gave up放弃；B. went on继续；C. turned to转向；D. dealt with处理。根据前文“I decided that the only 6 I'd ever run again is if a big dog was running after me!”可知，作者决定放弃跑步，转向骑自行车。故选C。
8.B 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我梦想着参加自行车比赛，直到我飞到圣地亚哥去看我妹妹。A. heard听到；B. dreamed梦想；C. complained抱怨；D. approved批准。根据后文“of entering cycle races”再结合选项可知，此处应是作者梦想着参加自行车比赛。故选B。
9.B 考查动词词义辨析。句意：有一天她上班的时候，我借了她的自行车去兜风。A. painted把……描绘成；B. borrowed借；C. bought买；D. parked停(车)。根据前文“I flew to San Diego to visit my sister”以及后文“went for a ride”可知，作者去看妹妹，所以要去骑行的话，应是向妹妹借自行车。故选B。
10.A 考查名词词义辨析。句意：问题是那里的道路要穿过很大的山谷，在那里我一次要骑上坡好几英里。A. problem问题；B. secret秘密；C. principle原则；D. advice建议。根据后文“I'd be riding uphill for miles at a time. I'd never faced such 11 .”可知，作者要骑上坡好几英里，这对他来说是一个问题。故选A。
11.D 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我从来没有面对过这样的挑战。A. dangers危险；B. events事件；C. opponents对手；D. challenges挑战。根据前文“The 10 ：The roads there went through large valleys where I'd be riding uphill for miles at a time.”可知，作者要骑上坡好几英里，这对他来说是一个挑战。故选D。
12.A 考查动词词义辨析。句意：那天，我被大约100个习惯了这种道路的“当地”骑自行车的人超过了。A. passed超过；B. convinced说服；C. admired欣赏；D. stopped阻止。根据前文“I'd never faced such 11 .”可知，对作者来说，骑上坡好几英里是个挑战，所以是被很多人超过。故选A。
13.D 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我回到家时，突然骑自行车似乎不那么吸引人了。A. reliable可信赖的；B. convenient方便的；C. familiar熟悉的；D. appealing吸引人的。根据前文“That day，I got 12 by about 100 'local' bikers who were used to such roads.”可知，作者那天骑行被大约100个人超过，所以此时是觉得骑自行车似乎不那么吸引人了。故选D。
14.B 考查动词词义辨析。句意：从那以后我成熟了很多。A. travelled旅行；B. matured(情感和认识)成熟；C. missed思念；D. worried担心。根据后文“I've come to accept that whatever 15 I set for myself，they just have to be my own.”可知，作者接受“无论为自己设定什么目标，它们都必须是自己的”这样一个事实，所以是成熟了很多。故选B。
15.C 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我已经开始接受这样一个事实：无论我为自己设定什么目标，它们都必须是我自己的。A. limits限制；B. dates日期；C. goals目标；D. tests测试。根据后文“I set for myself，they just have to be my own”可知，此处应是“无论我为自己设定什么目标，它们都必须是我自己的”。
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