2013年北京高考英语试卷及答案(文字版)(3)

To perfect her skills, Lola    36    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.        37     she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double and can’t _38       how far away things are.
When she was little, her mom     39       that even though she couldn’t see        40    , she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the     41     right away and gymnastics became her favorite.
Though learning gymnastics has been more    42    for her than for some of her tournaments, she has never
quit. She doesn’t let her _43       stop her from doing anything that she wants to.
She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest        44_ is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees to beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. “You have to        45_ your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go.” says Lola.
To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most     46     for anyone because it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t fall        47    the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10---- her highest score yet.
Lola doesn’t want to be        48     differently from the other girls on her team. At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision _49       _. She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her _50       attitude.
Lola never thinks about     51__. She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her
    52       is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to
other kids     53     she grew up.
Lola is     54       of all her hard work and success. She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life
outside gymnastics, too. Her     55       for others is “just believe yourself”.
 
36. A. runs      B. teaches      C. trains      D. dances
37. A. since      B. unless      C. after      D. though
38. A. tell      B. guess      C. assume      D. predict
39. A. suspected      B remembered      C. imagined      D. noticed
40. A. deeply      B. well      C. ahead      D. closely
41. A. task      B. sport      C. event      D. show
42. A. boring      B. enjoyable      C. different      D. unsatisfactory
43. A. talent      B. quality      C. nature      D. condition
44. A. doubt      B. advantage      C. challenge      D. program
45. A. examine      B. express      C. open      D. trust
46. A. fearful      B. harmful      C. unfair      D. inconvenient
47. A. to      B. on      C. off      D. against
48. A. greeted      B. treated      C. served      D. paid
49. A. pains      B. stresses      C. injuries      D. problems
50. A. positive      B. friendly      C. flexible      D. caution