A Leap(跳跃) to Honor
Leaping on a narrow balance beam(平衡木) is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13yearold gymnast, is an expert at it.
To perfect her skills, Lola for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls.
That's especially impressive, she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift(移动) constantly. She often sees double and can't how far away things are.
When she was little, her mom that even though she couldn't see ， she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the right away and gymnastics became her favorite.
Though learning gymnastics has been more for her than for some of her teammates, she has never quit. She doesn't let her stop her from doing anything that she wants to.
She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. “You have to your mind that it'll take you where you want to go，” says Lola.
To be a toplevel gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most for anyone because it's four inches wide. At the state petition, Lola didn't fall the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10—her highest score yet.
Lola doesn't want to be differently from the other girls on her team. At petitions, the judges don't know about her vision . She doesn't tell them, because she doesn't think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her attitude.
Lola never thinks about . She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she's learned to other kids she grows up.
Lola is of all her hard work and success. She says it's helped her overe problems in her life outside gymnastics too. Her for other is “just believe in yourself”．
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(答案→)C
解析：本文为记叙文，题材为个人情况与日常活动。文章主要讲述了一个名叫Lola的小姑娘虽然视力有问题，却坚持练体操，她始终相信自己，永不言弃。
【小题1】答案：C 根据文章开头可知Lola是练平衡木的，为了使技巧完美，她每天要训练4个小时。
【小题2】答案：A 根据句意可知空格后的句子是空格前That's especially impressive的原因，since因为，引导原因状语从句，符合语境。
【小题3】答案：A 她经常把一个东西看成是两个，并且无法分辨东西的远近。tell认出，分辨，guess猜，assume假设，predict预测，根据句意可知应选择A项。
【小题4】答案：D 当她小的时候，她的妈妈注意到虽然她视力不好……，根据句意可知空格处句子是对Lola小时候真实情况的描述，因此选择D项noticed注意到。
【小题5】答案：B 根据前文中提到的“She often sees double and can't tell how far away things are.”可知Lola视力不好。
【小题6】答案：B 根据空格后出现的“gymnastics became her favorite”可知她喜欢上了这项运动，故选择B项。
【小题7】答案：C 根据上下文可知由于Lola视力不好，所以她练体操比她的队友更困难，故此题选择C项difficult困难的。
【小题8】答案：D 根据上下文可知Lola从不放弃，她是不会让她视力不好这一情况阻止她做任何她想做的事情的。talent天资； quality品格；nature天性；condition状况。
【小题9】答案：C 空格所在的段落主要讲述了Lola的视力问题让平衡木成为了她练体操时最大的挑战。
【小题10】答案：D 根据上下文可知，Lola看不清楚，在练习平衡木时有时她甚至会闭上眼睛，对于她来说她要相信自己的内心(想法)，故选择D项。
【小题11】答案：A 平衡木的宽度有限，可能任何人都会感到害怕。
【小题12】答案：C Lola没有从平衡木上掉下来，根据句意可知此题选择C项。
【小题13】答案：B Lola不想被特殊对待，根据句意可知此题选择B项。
【小题14】答案：D 比赛时，裁判不知道她的视力问题。
【小题15】答案：A 根据上下文可以看出，文中多次提到Lola视力有问题但从不放弃，所以她的妈妈对她这种积极的态度大为惊奇。
【小题16】答案：B 根据下文所述内容可知Lola从未想过放弃，故选择B项。
【小题17】答案：D Lola的目标是达到9级，根据句意可知此题选择D项goal目标。standard标准；range范围；view观点。
【小题18】答案：C Lola说当她长大后想当体操教练，根据句意此题应选择C项，when当……的时候。
【小题19】答案：A Lola对她的努力和成功感到自豪。
【小题20】答案：B 她给别人的建议是“相信自己”。
疑难词汇解读
sign v．签名，签字
sign up for sth.参加俱乐部，课程等
sign up for a secretarial course注册参加秘书课程
长难句子分析
句意：尽管学体操对于她来说要比她的队友难的多，但是她从未放弃。