台北新竹英文家教

龍騰  G10-2    L1   The Heart of a Champion   (附答案)  Q

1.  Roger Federer was widely considered to be the G.O.A.T (greatest of all time) in the field of tennis.  He has won 20 grand slams c_____ps and has been reigning the world of tennis for a long time.

2. For the past 20 years, Kobe Bryant has d_____ted himself to perfecting his basketball skills. And this kind of professional ethics made him one of the most dominant basketball players in the 2010s.

3. Michael Phelps, one of the best competitive swimmers in the world, has won 28 m_____ls in Olympic Games, 23 of which are gold m_____ls.

4. After playing for 35 minutes per game throughout the 2012-13 NBA season, Kobe Bryant torn his Achilles tendon in a game against the Golden State Warriors.  However, he showed perfect perseverance by insisting on finishing his free throws while enduring his catastrophic i_____y.

5. Samuel has been studying the stock market for a long time, and he finally s_____ded in investing.  Last summer, he made quite a fortune by buying the stocks of Tesla.

6. Elvis is very nervous about the upcoming wisdom teeth removal surgery.  Luckily, thanks to the anesthetic s the dentist applied on him, he couldn’t feel any p_____n.

7. We are running late for the party; we have to go i_____ely, or we will definitely be late.

8. After not eating for 30 hours, the man c_____sed due to low blood sugar and has to be sent to the hospital right away.

9. Recently Taiwan has a severe COVID-19 outbreak and the need for all kinds of m_____l provider has increased dramatically.

10.  In order to ensure the launch of the latest Mars rover was successful, the s_____f in NASA are all working very hard and trying to do their best.

11.   Although El Chapo (a famous drug lord) was guarded tightly, he s_____w still managed to have a narrow escape by digging a huge underground tunnel.

12.  When I was having a hard time studying computer science, the professor e_____ged me by saying “there’s no such thing as true when learning computer languages, it’s a matter of practice.”

13.   The s_____h of one’s mentality is particularly important when we are in an adverse situation.  We need to have strong will-power to overcome it.

14.  With the rising of commodity price, Luke has been s_____ling to make both ends meet.

15.   As a straight-A student, Walter has every right to take p_____e in his academic performance. 

16.   Patients suffering from psychological disorder such as bipolar or depression often has a huge fluctuation of e_____n. 

17.   After Jessie helped Jane at her most desperate moment, Jane has since deeply a_____red Jessie for his generosity.

1.  There was a small fire on the runway at the airport, this kept all the planes from _____ smoothly.  

    A) taking off                B) taking out                C) take for                    D) take out

2. Melia _____ her _____ being a programmer and she tried her best to practice her programming skill every day.   

  A) have…heart set with B) has…heart set to     C) have…heart set     D) has…heart set on

3. Alex’s life motto was: “no pain no gain”, that’s why he always _____ his _____ his academic performance.

     A) have; heart into      B) have; liver into        C) put; heart into         D) put; heart on

4. That UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) fighter was knocked down by his opponent. But to everyone’s surprise, he recovered and _____ in no time.  

    A) stand to his feet      B) rose to his feet         C) arouse to his feet    D) rise up

5. You are no longer a ten-year-old kid; you need to start to take responsibility of your own choice and _____.

     A) stand on your own feet                              B) rise on your own foot     

     C) be on your own feet                                    D) take on your own feet

6. Some people find religion has the ability to heal one’s mind and help _____ people _____ tough times.

     A) take; through          B) carry; thorough       C) carry; through         D) carry; thorough

7. The serial killer was seen _____ the victim’s house in the middle of the night by the witness.

     A) to trespass               B) trespassed                 C) trespassing               D) trespasses

8. Brian observed a suspicious man ______ a young lady into a nearby supermarket.

     A) to stalk                    B) stalk                          C) stalk on                    D) stalked  

9. While hiking in the mountains, he noticed his right foot _____ by some kind of vine.  (M)

     A) tangle             B) tangling          C) tangled             D) was tangled        E) to tangle                 

10.  I overheard John _____ my secrets away; now I have no trust in him anymore.  Several days later, I heard John _____ the same thing to Betty.  (M)

       A) gave; did               B) gave; do                   C) gave; to do             D) give; do

       E) give; did                 F) give; to do

11.   Choose the correct ones.  (M)

       A) Despite exhausted, Jason still managed to finish his job.

       B) In spite of the rain, Ryan arrived at school on time.

       C) Matt was sent into prison in spite of his innocence.

       D) Although innocent, Derek was found guilty by the jury.  

       E) Despite that he was considered the underdog of the contest, he still has high hopes for winning.  

12.  Choose the wrong ones.  (M)

       A) Regardless of his fame and fortune, he is still a super down to earth person.

       B) For dangerous, Walter kept doing his job in order to make a living for himself and his family.  

       C) Even though he is very talented, his laziness still led to his failure.

       D) Despite tired, Sean still insisted on finishing the last quarter of the basketball game.

       E) In spite of suffer the pain, he still tried to be through for the game and told everyone that he was ok.

13.   _____ having difficulty learning his subjects, Oliver still tried his best to keep up with his classmate.  (M)

       A) Despite                  B) in spite of                 C) For                           D) After all

       E) regardless of          F) Although

1.  當我在用我的PS5玩新的惡靈古堡電動時，我感覺到我的心跳得很厲害，我全身都起雞皮疙瘩。  (惡靈古堡 = Resident Evil)

2. 因為Andrew跟他的朋友們在一塊，不想使自己難堪，僅管他害怕恐怖電影，他試著故作堅強。

As soon as the gun sound in the stadium started, the crowd watched the UK’s Derek Redmond __1__.  After years of __2__ and training, many people though he had a good chance of winning the race.  Four years ago, he was forced to withdraw from the Olympics because of his injury.  But this year he was back with a healthy body and __3__ winning a gold medal. 

As he got closer to the finish line, he tried to speed up his pace a little bit.  Suddenly, his legs felt like they were on fire.  The immediate unbearable pain only indicated one thing: his right hamstring was completely torn.  __4__ the strong start, he now lost both the race and hope.  Within seconds, the medical __5__ rushed in to help him.  But before they could do anything, Derek somehow found a way to __6__ and tried to finish the race no matter what.  As he slowly moved forward, he suddenly felt a familiar arm around him.  Derek’s father, Jim, made his way through the securities and officials.  No one could stop him from getting to his son, he said to his son: “We’re going to finish this together.”

Arm in arm and in tears, the Redmonds struggled toward the finish line in one of the greatest moments in Olympics history.  They showed perfect sportsmanship in front of 65000 __7__ audience.  The people of the world had seen someone fall and rise again.  Despite the disappointment, they had seen the heart of a __8__.

1.  A) took off                  B) took out                  C) took away               D) took up

2. A) devotion                 B) depreciation            C) demonstration        D) dedication                        

3.  A) has his heart set on                                      B) has his hearts set on

     C) has his hearts set to                                      D) has his hearts set with

4. A) Despite of                B) In spite of                C) For                          D) After all

5.  A) staffs                        B) staff                         C) stuffs                        D) stuff

6.  A) raise to his foot      B) arise to his feet        C) rise to his feet          D) get to his feet  (M)

7.  A) emotional               B) emollient                C) emoticon               D) emolument

8.  A) chameleon              B) chamber                  C) champion               D) championship

龍騰  高一下 英文 U1    The Heart of a Champion    答案

1.  championships          2. dedicated             3. detailed                  4. injury

5.  succeeded                   6. pain                      7. immediately          8. collapsed                  

9. medical                       10. staff                    11. somehow              12. encouraged              

13. strength                     14. struggling          15. pride                      16. emotion

17. admired                    

1. A                               2. D                             3. C                             4. D

5. A                               6. C                             7. A                            8. B

9. CD                             10. DE                         11. BCD                      12. BDE

13. ABEF                      

1.  When I was playing the new Resident Evil video game on my PS5, I felt my heart pounding really hard and had goosebumps all over my skin.

2. Because Andrew was with his friend and didn’t want to embarrass himself, he tried to look tough in spite of his fear for horror movie.

1. A                               2. D                             3. A                            4. B

5. B                                6. CD                          7. A                            8. C