考查句意理解和上下文语境理解。由前面一句说要允许你的朋友们做他们自己,也就是不要对朋友太挑剔。find fault (缺点) with挑某人毛病。故选E。
【点睛】七选五题型要求考生从整体上把握文章的逻辑结构和内容上的联系,理解句子之间、段落之间的关系,对诸如连贯性、一致性等语段特征有较强的意识和熟练的把握。又由于"七选五"空出的是句子,因而这些句子与句子之间必然有一种联系。因此,我们可以通过选项中某个名词或动词跟空前或空后的一致性或者相关性来确定这两个句子之间的关联性,从而选择正确的答案。如:小题1考查上下文理解。根据空后的根据下一句But for many of us the process is difficult and requires courage.(但是对于我们很多人这个过程是困难的)可知前句应该是意义相反。后句中的but表转折,是解答本题的关键所在。故F项Making new friends is easy for some people(交朋友对于有些人来说是容易的)符合题意。
第二节 完形填空 (共20小题:每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn't healed (痊愈) from a(n)____1____injury. I had ___2___ whether or not I should attend the meet. But there I was, ___3___for the 3,000-meter run.
"Ready...set..." The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed ___4___ me. I felt ___5___ as I fell farther and farther behind.
"Hooray!" shouted the crowd. It was the loudest ___6___ I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner was two laps(圈)ahead of me when she crossed the finish line.
"Maybe I should ___7___, I thought as I moved on. ___8___, I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran ___9___ and decided not to ___10___ in track next year. It wouldn't be worth it, ___11___ my foot did heal.
When I finished, I heard a cheer--- ___12___than the one I'd heard earlier. I turned around and___13___, the boys were preparing for their race. "They must be cheering for the boys. "
I was leaving ___14___ several girls came up to me. "Wow, you've got courage!" one of them told me.
"Courage? I just ___15___ a race!" I thought.
"I would have given up on the first lap," said another girl. "We were cheering for you. Did you hear us?"