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组合练六 (限时35分钟) Ⅰ.完形填空 (2018·石家庄质检)At the age of nine, I was taking swimming lessons at a pool. The day arrived when I was to be tested to see if I could 1 to a higher level class. Fifteen of us were to 2 swimming from one side of the pool to the other and back. I watched as my 3 ， one by one, tried and failed. Then it was my turn to 4 ， I mean, my turn to attempt to pass the test. It was about halfway when I got 5 . I immediately stopped and 6 the side of the pool, ending my test. Our instructor, a college student, was standing 7 me. “Why did you stop？” he yelled, in a less than 8 voice. “I got water in my nose，” I 9 . That’s when this college student 10 me one of life’s great lessons, 11 he probably never realized that. Bending down, he shouted, “So？” “So？” The 12 shocked me. It had just seemed 13 to me that the answer to pain was to remove the thing causing the 14 . My nine-year-old brain had not understood the fact that a valuable 15 is worth achieving, however difficult to get there. Recognizing that, I was 16 nothing would keep me from completing the test. In fact, I did it rather 17 on my next attempt. Seeing me 18 the test, almost all the others did so as well. Life is a journey, and the road won’t 19 be easy. We have to focus on the final destination, not the 20 along the road. 语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了自己九岁的时候参加游泳考试的一段经历。从这段经历中，作者认识到了这一点：有价值的目标是值得一个人为之努力和奋斗的。 1．A.skip　　　　　　　　　 B．refer C．advance D．add 解析：选C　空处所在句子表示作者要参加游泳考试以便确认能否“升级到”一个更高层次的课程，advance to“达到(某地等)，前进到”符合语境。 2．A.take turns B．insist on C．take risks D．put off 解析：选A　根据“one by one”可知，作者和同学们是“轮流”进行考试的，take turns doing sth. “轮流做某事”符合语境。insist on“坚持”；take risks“冒险”；put off “推迟”。 3．A.competitors B．classmates C．students D．instructors 解析：选B　根据首段首句“At the age of nine, I was taking swimming lessons at a pool.”可知，作者参加了一个游泳班，由此可知，作者观看的是“同班同学”轮流考试，所以答案是petitor“竞争者”；student“学生”；instructor“指导者”。 4．A.show B．leave C．fail D．observe 解析：选C　上