A
Someone said that encouragement is simply reminding a person of the “shoulders” he's standing on, the heritage he's been given. That's what happened when a young man, the son of a star baseball player was chosen by one of the minor league teams. Hard as he tried, his first season was disappointing, and by mid-season he expected to be released any day.
The coaches were puzzled by his failure because he possessed all the characteristics of a superb athlete, but he seemed to have become disconnected from his potential.
His future seemed darkest one day when he had already struck out his first time at bat. Then he stepped up to the batter's box again and quickly ran up two strikes. The catcher called a time-out and trotted (快步走) to the pitcher's mound for a conference. While they were busy, the judge, standing behind the plate, spoke casually to the boy.
Then play resumed, the next pitch was thrown and the young man knocked it out of the park. That was the turning point. From then on, he-played the game with a new confidence and power that quickly drew the attention of the parent team, and he was called up to the majors.
On the day he was leaving for the city, one of his coaches asked him what had caused such a turnaround. The young man replied it was the encouraging remark the judge had made that day when his baseball career had seemed doomed.
“He told me I reminded him of all the times he had stood behind my dad in the batter's box, the boy explained.” He said I was holding the bat just the way Dad had held it. And he told me, I can see his genes in you; you have your father's arms. After that, whenever I swung the bat 1 just imagined I was using Dad's arms instead of my own."
21. The young man couldn't succeed at first probably because_________.
A
he received little support
B. he failed to realize his potentials
C. he had no confidence and power
D. he didn't accumulate enough experience
22. What does the underlined word "doomed" refer to in the last but one paragraph?
A. limited B. transformed C. ruined D. progressed.
23. What is the author's purpose in writing the text?
A. To tell us encouragement may change one's life.
B. To stress athletes especially need encouragement.
C. To predict the young man will have a bright future.
D. To caution people can never succeed without encouragement.
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. A
【解析】
【分析】
这是一篇记叙文，文章主要讲述了鼓励的巨大力量，一个棒球明星的儿子被选中到小职业球队联盟中的一个球队里，在教练和父亲的鼓励下最终获得了成功。
【21题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“The coaches were puzzled by his failure xkw because he possessed all the characteristics of a superb athlete, but he seemed to have become disconnected from his potential.（教练们对他的失败感到困惑，因为他拥有所有优秀运动员的特征，但他似乎已经与自己的潜力脱节了。）”可知，这个年轻人起初未能成功，可能是因为他没有认识到自己的潜力。故选B。
【22题详解】
词句猜测题。A. limited有限；B. transformed转变；C. ruined毁灭；D. progressed进步。根据第三段“His future seemed darkest one day when he had already struck out his first time at bat.（在他第一次击球时，他的未来似乎是最黑暗的一天。）”可知，这个年轻人认为当时他的未来是黑暗的，分析划线词所在的句子“The young man replied it was the encouraging remark the judge had made that day when his baseball career had seemed doomed.（这个年轻人回答说这正是那天裁判员在他的棒球生涯似乎注定要失败的那天说的鼓舞人心的话。）”可知，划线词“doomed”是形容“baseball career”，故可判断这个年轻人当时认为自己的棒球生涯似乎注定失败。故选C。
【23题详解】
推理判断题。文章主要讲了一个年轻人在很多的鼓励下取得了成功，是鼓励带领这个年轻人走向成功，它改变了这个年轻人，所以作者写这篇文章主要是想表达鼓励可以改变一个人的生活，可以给予人们巨大的力量。故选A。
【点睛】细节理解题主要考查考生对某句话或某几句话的理解，同学们若能根据题干内容从原文中找到相关的句子，然后进行比较和分析，便可确定最佳答案。例如第1小题，根据第二段“The coaches were puzzled by his failure xkw because he possessed all the characteristics of a superb athlete, but he seemed to have become disconnected from his potential.（教练们对他的失败感到困惑，因为他拥有所有优秀运动员的特征，但他似乎已经与自己的潜力脱节了。）”可知，这个年轻人起初未能成功，可能是因为他没有认识到自己的潜力，故选B。
