Ⅰ.完形填空
As everyone grows, they realize there will always be someone who is better.I learned this __1__ in the second year in high school. The shock this experience brought was so great that I felt my __2__ was left on the side of the road for dead. That was all it took; one year and one person __3__ everything.
Her name is Jenny. She was the girl who __4__ raised her hand and had useful comments about everything. When teachers needed challenging problems answered, they __5__ her. And if students needed __6__， they went looking for her. I didn't __7__ her, but I admit her presence annoyed me. In the first year, as a model student, I was the person everyone __8__ and all the teachers trusted. Then she came out of __9__！ We also had two classes __10__. There I got to see what everybody thought of her. When an exam finished, it became a __11__ that she got the top grade and it didn't __12__ to my classmates whether I was right there, __13__ I also got excellent grades. They would cross a desert and __14__ her! I was left being denied my presence. __15__， I felt like not trying anymore.
I stopped trying to put on a show because no one was __16__ anymore. Later, I volunteered at the graduation ceremony. She was called to make a(n) __17__ and discussed her difficulties. I realized all her hard work got her there, not her desire to __18__. It finally hit me that Jenny __19__ the attention she got. She showed me how big the world is and how __20__ a world I used to live in. I'll do my best because I know it will pay off.
语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。班上新来的一位同学让“我”明白山外有山，人外有人。
1. A. lesson B. course
C. plan D. excuse
解析：选A 此处指的是文章首句提到的“they realize there will always be someone who is better”这个教训。
2. A. sympathy B. trust
C. respect D. pride
解析：选D 由第8空前的“a model student”和下文同学们对“我”的态度可知，自从班上有了这个优秀的珍妮，“我”就尊严扫地了。
3. A. proved B. remembered
C. changed D. checked
解析：选C 由下一段的内容可知，一个人在一年中改变了原来的一切。
4. A. only B. still
C. never D. always
解析：选D 由本空后的“had useful comments about everything”可知，她在课堂上总是踊跃举手。
5. A. called on B. interrupted
C. supported D. cared about
解析：选A 由上句的“had useful comments about everything”和本空前的“needed”可知，当老师需要人来回答难题时，他们就会叫她。
6. A. friends B. answers
C. news D. money
解析：选B 与上句构成并列。当学生们有问题解答不出来时，他们会向珍妮请教。
7. A. hate B. hurt
C. stop D. follow
解析：选A 由本空后“but I admit . . . annoyed”可知，她抢了“我”的风头，“我”虽不恨她，但“我”承认她的存在惹恼了“我”。
8. A. protected B. noticed
C. missed D. served
解析：选B 由本空前的“a model student”和本空后的“trusted”可知，“我”原来是学生们的楷模，大家的聚焦点在“我”这儿。
9. A. somewhere B. everywhere
C. nowhere D. anywhere
解析：选C 由第3空前后的内容可知，珍妮突然就出现了。
10. A. first B. again
C. alone D. together
解析：选D 由下句的“got to see”可知，我们在一起上课。
11. A. standard B. challenge
C. fact D. chance
解析：选C 本空后是所描述的一种状况。
12. A. return B. matter
C. happen D. occur
解析：选B 由下句同学们的行为可知，“我”在不在场他们都觉得无所谓。
13. A. even if B. as if
C. once D. since
解析：选A 由本空后的“also got excellent grades”可知，即使“我”也考了高分，同学们也无视“我”的存在。
14. A. ask B. help
C. remind D. control
解析：选A 由本空前的“cross”和第6空后的“looking for”可知，他们舍近求远地去问她问题。
15. A. Frightened B. Confused
C. Bored D. Heartbroken
解析：选D 由上几句“我”遭遇的变化和本空后的“not trying anymore”可知，“我”很伤心。
16. A. laughing B. chatting
C. watching D. hosting
解析：选C 由第15空前的“I was left being denied my presence”可知，没有人再关注“我”了。
17. A. decision B. attempt
C. speech D. appointment
解析：选C 由本空后的“discussed”可知，在毕业典礼上，珍妮作了演讲。
18. A. break up B. give up
C. take off D. show off
解析：选D 由第16空前的“put on a show”和本空前的“hard work”可知，是努力学习才让她成为了大伙儿的楷模，她并不是为了炫耀。
19. A. loved B. deserved
C. needed D. escaped
解析：选B 由上句的“hard work”可知，珍妮值得赢得大家的注意。
20. A. lonely B. small
C. peaceful D. dark
解析：选B 与本空前的“big”构成对比，珍妮让“我”明白世界很大，而“我”过去却生活在很小的一个世界里。
