完形填空阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳选项。AnImper...
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阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳选项。
My parents always wanted me to be “on top”,so from early on I had the 1 to be the best in everything,from getting the highest score in a spelling test to running fastest in a race.
In middle school，I realized how many other smarter and faster people there were, It became 2 that I was not the best any more, but my parents still held on to theirhope and forced me to try ha
their disappointment, I became less confident and didn’t want to work harder because,to me, there was no point in making any more 3 if I was unable to be number one. My grades began to fall; I never practiced the piano; I 4 was all because motivation(动力）to do anything had dropped much.
When high school started, I was at a newschool in a newcity. I 5 to get back my motivation and start I picked up my ever favorite hobby again and enrolled(报名)myself in the art course, 6 ,our art teacher, y, gave us more freedom with our art projects. He would always encourage us to realize our potential(潜力).
My first painting was simply a bee sitting on a sunflower, I tried my best, but still found it hard to feel satisfied with it. I knew it was not 7 and could hardly get a good grade. But I showed it to y. He didn’t 8 it in a rush. Instead, he gave me advice which only motivated me to work harder on it. For the first time I was happy with the 9 of my painting rather than disappointed about its imperfection. I finished all the other projects with higher grades, but I hung the first painting in my room at the end of the term.
My parents thought 10 me to be number one would motivate me. Instead, it discouraged me much when I was not number one, for I had gone to school only to get a grade, not knowledge, let alone progress. Actually, it is okay not to be the best at everything as long as you continue to try your best.
1 A. ability B. chance D. way
2 A. strange B. obvious C. acceptable D. impossible
3 A. efforts B. choices C. promises D. wishes
4 A. regretted B. considered C. continued D. stopped
5 A. failed B. refused C. decided D. waited
6 A. Naturally B. Similarly C. Normally D. Luckily
7 A. famous B. modern C. perfect D. special
8 A. name B. grade C. hang D. finish
9 A. progress B. meaning C. style D. title
10 A. instructing B. helping C. encouraging D. pushing
【回答】
1C 2B 3A 4D 5C 6D 7C 8B 9A 10D
知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类
题型：阅读理解
