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Unit5Travellingabroad

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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(2020·湖北八校第一次联考)

Ialwayswantedtobeextraordinarilygoodatsomething.Iwantedtobethebestintheclass—awe-inspiringandtip-top；aworld-famousgenius，likeMichaelPhelps.

Unfortunately，myversionofrealitydidnotquitelineupwiththisdelusionalvision.Iwasagoodswimmer，butIpeakedatthecollegiateStateChampionshipslevel.Myacademicrecordwasprettysolid，butIneverwouldhavemadeitintooneofthoseIvyLeagueschools.

ThoughIrosetoabove-averagestatusinacoupleofareas，thedisappointingtruthwasthatIwouldneveramounttoanythingbetterthanamid-sizedfishinasmallpond.Thedestinyapparentlyhadotherplans.

Whatdrovemecrazy，though，wasthesuperstartalentthrowninmyfaceateveryturn.Somefolksjustseemedtogetanunfairdose(一剂)ofthetalent.WhycouldntIbelikeBernieWilliams，thefamedNewYorkYankeesplayerwhoalsohappenedtobeaworld-classguitarvirtuoso(艺术大师)?

Somesaygreatnessissimplyafunctionofputtinginthepracticetime.Itisaroundtenthousandhours，tobeprecise，accordingtoauthorMalcolmGladwell.Idontquestionthetheoryofdevotingextraordinaryeffortstodevelopingonesexpertise，butitseemsthatthetalentisequallyimportant.

Iveheardthataspeopleapproachmiddleage，theirlifesatisfactionincreasesbecausetheybegintoacceptthegapbetweentheexpectationsofthemselvesandthereality.Afterafewdecadesoffrustrationwithoutthedesiredresults，weeventuallycometotermswithourlifeasitcomesout，evenifitfallsfarshortofouridealizedyouthfulexpectations.

Hopebends，itseems.

语篇解读本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者一直想成为最优秀的人，但是现实跟不上作者的期望；作者后来明白天赋和努力同样重要，人们最终会接受期望与现实的差距。

1．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“delusional”inPara.2mostprobablymean?

A．Imaginary. B．Realistic.

C．Disappointing. D．Material.

A[考查词义猜测。根据画线词所在句中的“didnotquitelineupwith”和上一段的内容(作者对自己的期望)可知，此处表示现实与作者对自己的期望并不完全一致。A项意为“幻想的”，与画线词词义相近，故选A项。]

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