2023年北京卷
第一部分 知识运用(共两节，30分)
第一节(共15分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was always timid (羞怯的). Being new to the school made me even ____1____ , so it was surprising I’d ____2____ to anyone around me. Now I was paying the price — to write a five-page essay on “Why I Should Not Talk in Class”. that would take all night!
After I got home, though. I took my time petting the cat-postponing the pain.
When I finally sat down to ____3____, I began with the reasons Ms. Black would want to hear.
Talking kept me and my neighbours from ____4____. One paragraph down; now what? I chewed on my pencil. Aha! What if talking were the first step towards life as a criminal? Without the education I was throwing away, I’d turn to theft and go to prison. When I got out, people would say, “She used to talk in class.” The pages began ____5____.
But when mum got home from work, I was still ____6____, “Five pages! That’s impossible!”
“Well, you’d better get back to work,” she said. “and I want to read it when you’re through.”
Soon after dinner, I handed the essay to mum. I half expected a____7____— at least an “I hope you’ve learned your lesson”. ____8____, mum laughed and laughed as she read.
The next day, when Ms. Black read the essay to the class, everyone laughed. I could ____9____ they weren’t making fun of me: they laughed because I had the power to tell a funny story. My____10____ still needed some nudging (激发), but I did learn I wasn’t shy in print.
1. A. freer B. shyer C. calmer D. happier
2. A. nod B. point C. listen D. chat
3. A. weep B. rest C. write D. read
4 A. learning B. playing C. planning D. laughing
5. A. standing out B. flying by C. breaking up D. checking in
6. A. celebrating B. longing C. complaining D. warning
7. A. lecture B. reason C. reward D. solution
8. A. therefore B. moreover C. meanwhile D. Instead
9. A. hope B. imagine C. tell D. predict
10. A. patience B. confidence C. tolerance D. independence
答案解析：
1. 根据前文“I was always timid”可知，我一直很害羞，而作为一个新生通常会让人的这种情绪放大，所以应该是更害羞，而不是更自由、更冷静或更快乐。shyer意为“更害羞的”，符合语境，freer意为“更自由的”，calmer意为“更冷静的”，happier意为“更快乐的”，均不符合语境。因此，本小题应选：B. shyer。
2. 根据前文可知，我作为新生应该是更害羞的，所以对周围的人说话是令人惊讶的。nod意为“点头”，point意为“指向”，listen意为“倾听”，chat意为“聊天”。根据语境可知，此处想表达的是“和周围的人聊天”，所以chat符合语境，其他选项均不符合。因此，本小题应选：D. chat。
3. 根据后文“That would take all night”可知，我需要一整晚的时间，所以此处应该是坐下来开始写这篇作文，write符合语境，其他选项均不符合。因此，本小题应选：C. write。
4. 根据前文“I began with the reasons Ms. Black would want to hear”可知，我开始写布莱克女士想听到的理由，所以此处应该是说话让我和邻居不能学习，learning符合语境，其他选项均不符合。因此，本小题应选：A. learning。
5. 根据前文可知，此处是我在写作文时想象的情景，即当我没有接受教育而去做坏事时，人们会如何评价我，此处应该是在想象自己写作文时，页面上的文字快速出现，即“飞逝”，所以flying by符合语境，其他选项均不符合。因此，本小题应选：B. flying by。
6. 根据后文“Five pages! That’s impossible!”可知，我觉得完成这篇作文是不可能的，所以此处应该是在抱怨，complaining符合语境，其他选项均不符合。因此，本小题应选：C. complaining。
7. 根据后文“at least an ‘I hope you’ve learned your lesson’”可知，此处应该是半期望得到妈妈的训诫，lecture符合语境，其他选项均不符合。因此，本小题应选：A. lecture。
8. 根据前文“I half expected a lecture”和后文“mum laughed and laughed as she read”可知，我半期望得到妈妈的训诫，但是妈妈却笑了起来，前后文之间表示转折关系，所以Instead符合语境，其他选项均不符合。因此，本小题应选：D. Instead。
9. 根据前文“everyone laughed”和后文“they laughed because I had the power to tell a funny story”可知，此处是“我”在辨别他们是不是在取笑我，tell符合语境，其他选项均不符合。因此，本小题应选：C. tell。
10. 根据前文“they laughed because I had the power to tell a funny story”可知，我讲了一个有趣的故事，让大家都笑了，所以此处应该是我的自信需要一些激发，confidence符合语境，其他选项均不符合。因此，本小题应选：B. confidence。
