When I was in junior high school, what my friends thought of me was really important to me. During those years, I grew muchthan most of my peers(同龄人). Being so tall made me feel. In order to keep the focus off my unusual, I went along with the crowd who wouldother kids at school. It made sure that the tricks wereat others, and not at me. Once before aclass, my friends and I pulled atrick on one of the kids on the basketball team, which made him terribly embarrassed. I thought it was going to be funny, it all ended up that no one thought it was. My parents didn’t always think that mywas funny. They reminded me about “The Golden Rule”: toothers as I would like to be treated. What I was doing wasother kids, and in turn hurting myas someone to be looked up to. My friends were looking up to meI was tall, but what did they see? My parents wanted me to be a leader who set a goodto others. They taught me to set my own goals, and to do theat everything that I set out to do. They told me to be the leader that I wasto be-to be a big man in my heart and actions, as well as in my body. I had tomyself whether or not I would be the kind of leader and person my parentsI was inside, but I knew in my heart that they were. “Be a leader, Shaquille, not a(n). Since people already have to look up to you, give them a good reason to do so.”
试题分析：作者长得比同龄人高很多，这让他感觉很不自然，为了转移他人的注意力，他开始与一些人一起捉弄别的同学。作者的父母并不认同作者的行为，他们教会作者要想得到他人的尊重，必须先尊重他人。 【小题1】考查形容词比较级。A更强壮的；B更高的；C更聪明的；D更勇敢的。根据下句“Being so tall”可知，作者比同龄人高很多，故选B。 【小题2】考查形容词辨析。A独立的；B自信的；C不舒服的；D自豪的。根据下句“In order to keep the focus off my unusua,”可知， 作者比同龄人都高，这让他感到不舒服，他想转移别人的视线，故选C。 【小题3】考查名词辨析。A头发；B视力；C体重；D身高。根据“much36than most of my peers”可知，作者想把大家的注意力从自己的身高上转移开，故选D。 【小题4】考查动词短语。A同情；B联手；C受益于......；D捉弄。根据下句“the tricks were”可知，作者开始捉弄其他人，故选D。 【小题5】考查动词辨析。A惩罚；B指导，让某人注意；C奖励；D叫喊。那些玩笑都是针对的他人，而不是作者，direct在此意为“让某人注意自己要说的话或做的事情”，direct at sb针对某人，故选B。 【小题6】考查名词辨析。A音乐；B足球；C篮球；D游泳。根据“one of the kids on the basketball team”可知，作者他们即将上一节篮球课，故选C。 【小题7】考查形容词辨析。A友善的；B魔术的；C聪明的；D刻薄的，不友善的，伤感情的。my friends and I pulled atrick on one of the kids作者和朋友们跟一个队员开了一个很苛刻的玩笑，故选D。 【小题8】考查并列连词。A因此；B但是；C和；D或者。根据“no one thought it was”可知，没有人觉得好笑，这与作者的想法正好相反，前后表示转折，故选B。 【小题9】 考查名词辨析。A行为；B梦，梦想；C神经，勇气；D信念，相信。根据父母对作者说的话“toothers as I would like to be treated”可知，他们知道作者的所作所为，但不认为那样的行为很有趣，故选A。 【小题10】考查动词辨析。A表扬；B赞赏，钦佩；C对待，治疗；D厌恶。to45others as I would like to be treated父母教给作者的“黄金法则”是想让别人怎样对待自己，就要那样对待他人，故选C。 【小题11】考查动词辨析。A威胁；B激发；C娱乐；D伤害。根据“in turn hurting my”可知，作者认为自己的做法在伤害其他孩子的同时，也伤害着......，故选D。 【小题12】考查名词辨析。A态度；B名声；C身体；D感情。根据“as someone to be looked up to”可知，这里指作为一个人，拥有好的名声才会受到他人的尊敬，但是作者的行为却在损害着自己的名声，即故选B。 【小题13】考查状语从句。A因为；B虽然，尽管；C当，既然；D如果，是否。My friends were looking up to meI was tall朋友们尊重作者是因为作者比他们都高，前后是因果关系，故选A。 【小题14】考查名词辨析。A朋友；B安慰；C例子，榜样；D帮助。set a goodto others给他人树立良好的榜样，set an example to sb是固定搭配，故选C。 【小题15】 考查形容词最高级。A最大的；B最少的，最不可能的；C最糟糕的；D最好的。and to do theat everything that I set out to do父母教会作者尽力把该做的事情做好，故选D。 【小题16】考查动词辨析。A选择；B打算，意味着；C出生；D选举，挑选。the leader that I was51to be成为我想成为的领导者，mean to do sth打算做某事，mean doing sth意味着做某事，故选B。 【小题17】考查动词辨析。A询问，质疑；B奉献；C写作；D冒险。根据“whether or not I would be the kind of leader”可知，作者是在反思自己是否能成为一个很好的领导者，故选A。 【小题18】考查动词辨析。A答应，承诺；B想象；C相信，认为；D忘记。the kind of leader and person my parentsI was inside作者的父母认为作者内心向往成为优秀的领导者，但作者不确定自己能否做到，故选C。 【小题19】考查形容词辨析。A下定决心的；B错误的；C有野心的，有抱负的；D正确的。but I knew in my heart that they were54.虽然不确定自己能够成为好的领导者，但作者知道父母是对的，故选D。 【小题20】考查名词辨析。A追随者；B初学者；C组织者；D发明家。根据“Since people already have to look up to you”可知，作者身高比较高，他人都得仰视作者，因此，作者认为自己应该成为领导者，而不是追随者，故选A。 考点：故事类短文阅读