7.A 对我而言,滑冰已是做最好的自己,而不是在冰上击败别人。rather than"而不是",符合语境。other than"除了";except for"除......之外";as for"关于"。

8.B 通过训练我的滑冰水平提高很快。level"水平,标准",符合语境。

9.D 那是因为冰上是我能真实地表达情感的地方。

10.C 见上题解析。truly"真实地",符合语境。

11.C 根据下一句"我早上4点钟就起床开始训练"可知我开始认真地进行训练。seriously"严肃地,认真地",符合语境。

12.A 根据下文我在训练的同时还要想方设法学好功课可判断在我的家庭中教育是非常重要的。

13.B have no choice but to do是固定句型,意为"别无选择,只能做某事"。

14.C 根据下文我高中毕业之后才进行专业的训练可知,以前的训练都是业余的。

15.D 没有人,包括我的教练甚至我的家人都没有向我谈起拿金牌的事。

16.A 事实上,我甚至也不允许我自己想这件事。

17.B 因此,我以想享受奥林匹克精神的态度参加了比赛。上下文构成因果关系,选Therefore。

18.A 超出每个人的预料,我赢得了金牌。beyond"超过(可能范围)"。

19.C 后来我真正意识到:在实现梦想的过程中最重要的不是面对困难选择放弃而是要竭尽全力直至梦想成真。matter"重要,有关系,要紧",符合语境。

20.D 见上题解析。abandon"放弃(信念、信仰或看法)",符合语境。

第二节 七选五

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项选项中有两项为多余选项。

Recently whenever I turned on my computer or mymobile phone, news about the great impact of Hurricane Harvey on thousands of people caught my eyes.

We witnessed many unfortunate events. ①__________As a journalist, I wrote many human interest stories during my career. That's why the story about the guys in the bakery caught my eyes.

When staff at a Mexican bakery chain in Houston were trapped inside the building for two days, they didn't sit there feeling sorn for themselves.②__________

While they were waiting for the eventual rescue that came on Monday morning, four workers at El Bolillo Bakery's South Wayside Drive branch decided to make as many loaves of bread as possible for their community.