Question

  It's hard being an astronaut's son. I 1      ,everybody expects you to be special or 2       ,and I'm just an average student,and I'm average,too,when it 3       basketball _f football _T soccer,and baseball.

  I often wonder 4        my father ever had a son like me. I mean he's so 5        and so good at everything. So I used to dream about doing something spectacular (令人驚嘆的) to 6        my father and make him 7        me.

  In one class,my teacher 8       a Father's Day essay contest for us and the winners' essays would be read in front of all the parents and students. Af?ter school I walked home,9       my father,who I would write about in my essay.

  He sat with me in the 10        when I was a little kid and had a night?mare. He 11       me with a new puppy at my eighth birthday party. He sat and tried to 12        death to me when Grandpa Bob died. To me,he wasn't a worldfamous astronaut,just my dad.

 I wrote about all these 13        in my essay.

One of our neighbours said, "I 14       you'll win the contest,David. You're the only one in town who could write about being the son of an astro?naut. ”I    15       .

  I hadn't shown anyone the essay,but now I almost hoped I wouldn't win. I didn't want to win just 16        my father was an astronaut.

  I won the second prize. When I finished reading my essay,the 17       applauded. I saw my father blowing his nose. I went back to my seat.

  Dad nodded to me,18       his throat,and put his hand on my shoulder. "Son,this is the 19        moment of my life," he said.

  It was the proudest moment of my life,too. Maybe I'll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize,but just then,it was 20        just to be my father's son.

1. A. mean   B. say

  C. know   D. believe

2. A. strange   B. honest   C. perfect   D. formal

3. A. refers to   B. relates with   C. talks about   D. comes to

4. A. why   B. how   C. whether   D. when

5. A. normal   B. funny   C. special   D. unique

6. A. shock   B. influence   C. attract   D. impress

7. A. proud of   B. interested in   C. satisfied with   D. ashamed of

8. A. reported   B. announced   C. claimed   D. warned

9. A. caring about   B. worrying about

  C. thinking about   D. complaining about

10. A. silence   B. threat   C. horror   D. dark

11. A. pleased   B. astonished   C. supported   D. encouraged

12. A. describe   B. explain   C. declare   D. remark

13. A. experiments   B. incidents   C. details   D. memories

14. A. wish   B. guess   C. bet   D. promise

15. A. smiled   B. nodded   C. doubted   D. shrugged

16. A. because   B. if   C. while   D. as

17. A. parents   B. audience   C. students   D. teachers

18. A. cleaned   B. blew   C. cleared   D. opened

19. A. best   B. proudest   C. finest   D. greatest

20. A. natural   B. ambitious   C. important   D. enough 

Answer 1

1. A用mean來解釋前一句的意思。

2. C perfect杰出的，完美的。句意：每個人都認為你應該與眾不同或者完美。

3. D when it comes to意為"當說到/談到. "，為固定搭配。

4. B"我"經常會想父親怎么會有"我"這樣的兒子呢。

5. C父親是如此特別(special) ,擅長任何事。

6. D impress給人以. 印象。

7. A作者希望能夠做出特別的事情來給父親留下印象，并讓他以自己為驕傲(proud of) 。

8. B announce宣布。老師向"我們"宣布了一件事，即讓"我們"寫關于父親的作文。

9. C放學回家的時候，作者想著(think about) 父親，決定 寫些什么。

10. D dark對應nightmare。

11. A作者八歲生日時，父親買回來一只小狗，作者感到驚喜。

12. B作者的父親向他解釋死亡是怎么一回事。

explain sth to sb向某人解釋某事。

13. D此空上面一段話都屬于作者的回憶(memory) ,

14. C bet打賭。鄰居確信作者會得獎，因為他是唯一一個可以寫宇航員父親的人。

15. D shrug意為"聳肩"，符合句意。

16. A作者不想因為自己父親是宇航員才獲獎。

17. B當"我"讀完文章時，下面的觀眾都為"我"鼓掌。

18. C父親清了一下喉嚨，說明父親想借此掩飾自己的激動。

19. B這是作者父親一生中最自豪的時刻，文章最后一段首句也有提示。

20. D作者雖然不能成為偉大的英雄或獲得諾貝爾獎，但此時能作為父親的兒子就足夠了。