Question

【題目】It happened one spring morning. I woke up and went downstairs. My mum asked me if I wanted some orange juice.

“Yes, thanks,” I replied, but my voice had changed! It sounded very deep. I was quite ______, and so was the dog! But my mum just smiled and said, “Oh, that’s just your voice breaking.”

Breaking? That did not sound good! So at school that day, I asked my biology teacher what was happening.

“Don’t worry. It’s ______ common!” she said. “Sound is made by the mouth as the air is ______ out through the voice box, which is in the neck. As you grow older, the voice box grows larger and thicker. When you are a teenager, there can be a ______.”

“But my sister is older than me, and her voice is still the same,” I said, a little ______.

“The change is bigger in boys, so you notice it more. Girls’ voices only change a little, so it is hard to tell the ______.”

Now I like my new voice. But the dog still is not sure!

【1】A. excited B. embarrassed C. surprised D. satisfied

【2】A. especially B. probably C. hardly D. completely

【3】A. pushed B. turned C. taken D. picked

【4】A. common mistake B. sudden change C. similar experience D. slow process

【5】A. angry B. confused C. calm D. frightened

【6】A. truth B. reason C. secret D. difference

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】B

【6】D

【解析】本文介紹了作者發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的聲音變化了，去問生物老師原因。他的老師告訴他，在青春期的男生聲音會發(fā)生變化。

【1】B

考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. excited 興奮的；B. embarrassed 尷尬的；C. surprised 驚訝的； D. satisfied滿意的；句意：我非常尷尬。根據(jù)It sounded very deep. 和That did not sound good!可知我的聲音變了，聽起來非常不好聽，因此我感到難為情，故選B。

【2】A

考查副詞及語境的理解。A. especially 尤其，特別； B. probably可能； C. hardly 幾乎不； D. completely完全地；句意：這是特別普遍的。根據(jù)Don’t worry.可知不用擔(dān)心，因此這是特別普遍的。故選A。

【3】A

考查動(dòng)詞及語境的理解。A. pushed推，擠； B. turned 轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)； C. taken 拿走；D. picked撿；句意：聲音是由嘴巴發(fā)出的，因?yàn)榭諝馐峭ㄟ^喉部的聲音盒擠出來的。push out擠出；turn out結(jié)果是，take out拿出；pick out挑選出。結(jié)合句意聲音從喉部的聲音盒被擠出來的，故選A。

【4】B

考查名詞短語及語境的理解。A. common mistake 共同的錯(cuò)誤； B. sudden change 突然的變化； C. similar experience 相似的經(jīng)歷；D. slow process緩慢的過程。句意：當(dāng)你是一個(gè)青少年時(shí)，可能有一個(gè)突然的變化。根據(jù)As you grow older, the voice box grows larger and thicker.可知我的聲音變化了，故選B。

【5】B

考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. angry生氣的； B. confused 困惑的； C. calm 冷靜的； D. frightened害怕的；句意：我有點(diǎn)困惑地說：“但是我的姐姐比我的年齡更大，她的聲音仍然一樣�！苯Y(jié)合前后文可知“我”的聲音變了，但是“我”姐姐的聲音沒有變，所以我不明白為什么，因此感到困惑，故選B。

【6】D

考查名詞及語境的理解。A. truth 真理； B. reason 原因； C. secret 秘密； D. difference差異；句意：女孩子的聲音指變化很小，所以很難區(qū)分差別。根據(jù)Girls，voices only change a little可知女孩的聲音變化不大，因此很難看到差別，故選D。