games

holidays

research

exercise

考查名词词义辨析。句意：在课业和兼职之间，我没有时间锻炼。A. games 游戏；B. holidays 假期；C. research 研究；D. exercise 锻炼。根据上文 “During my first three years of college, I put on about 30 pounds of weight.” 可知，在大学的前三年，作者的体重增加了大约30磅，因此这里是解释原因，指没有时间锻炼。故选D。

decided

agreed

regretted

continued

考查动词词义辨析。句意：大学毕业后，我决定锻炼身体。A. decided 决定；B. agreed 同意；C. regretted 后悔；D. continued 继续。根据下文 “Invited by a friend, I began working out with exercise machines three times a week.” 可推知，作者是决定锻炼身体，于是和朋友一起用健身器材锻炼。故选A。

important

new

simple

similar

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我是那种不愿尝试新事物的人。A. important 重要的；B. new 新的；C. simple 简单的；D. similar 相似的。根据下文 “I ate the same foods; I did the same things.” 可知，作者吃同样的食物，做同样的事情，由此可知，作者是不愿尝试新事物的人。故选B。

busy

careless

bored

lazy

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，我的朋友感到厌烦了。A. busy 忙碌的；B. careless 粗心的；C. bored 厌烦的；D. lazy 懒惰的。根据下文 “One day, he said, ‘We’re not getting enough exercise. We should play tennis instead.’” 可知，作者的朋友觉得应该尝试新的运动，由此可知，他是感到厌烦了。故选C。

for

against

with

except

考查介词词义辨析。句意：我强烈反对他的想法。A. for 支持；B. against 反对；C. with 和……一起；D. except 除了。根据上文 “Me? Play tennis? No way.” 可知，作者很抗拒打网球这件事，由此可知，作者强烈反对朋友的想法。故选B。

As usual

At first

Besides

However

考查副词 (短语) 辨析。句意：然而，几周后，我发现自己站在一个网球场上。A. As usual 像往常一样；B. At first 起初；C. Besides 此外；D. However 然而。根据上文 “Me? Play tennis? No way.” 和下文 “weeks later, I found myself standing on a tennis court.” 可知，作者很抗拒打网球这件事，但几周后还是站在了网球场上，前后是转折的关系，应用However “然而” 衔接。故选D。

silly

relaxed

proud

satisfied

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我拿着球拍的时候，我觉得自己很愚蠢。A. silly 愚蠢的；B. relaxed 放松的；C. proud 骄傲的；D. satisfied 满意的。根据下文 “I gave my friend some looks that could kill.” 可知，作者给了朋友一些致命的眼神，很不满朋友打网球的这个提议，由此可知，作者是觉得自己很愚蠢。故选A。

controlling

throwing

missing

playing

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我追着他传给我的每一个球，90%的球完全丢了，剩下的球打到另一个场地。A. controlling 控制；B. throwing 扔；C. missing 错过；D. playing 玩。根据上文 “I gave my friend some looks that could kill.” 可知，作者给了朋友一些致命的眼神，很不满朋友打网球的这个提议，由此可知，作者的表现很糟糕，应该是错过了90%的球，即90%的球完全丢了。故选C。

interesting

painful

different

easy

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：最初的几个月非常痛苦。A. interesting 有趣的；B. painful 痛苦的；C. different 不同的；D. easy 容易的。根据上文 “I ran after every ball he served to me, completely                  about 90% of them, and hitting the rest into the other court.” 可知，一开始作者网球打得很糟糕，因此最初的几个月是痛苦的。故选B。

in secret

in anger

in fear

in surprise

考查介词短语辨析。句意：我惊奇地看着我的回击球落在了我瞄准的地方。A. in secret 秘密地；B. in anger 愤怒地；C. in fear 害怕地；D. in surprise 惊讶地。根据上文 “I ran after every ball he served to me, completely                  about 90% of them, and hitting the rest into the other court.” 和下文 “as my return landed where I had aimed it” 可知，一开始作者网球打得很糟糕，如今居然成功把球回击到自己瞄准的地方，因此会感觉非常惊奇。故选D。

asked

learned

taught

remembered

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我终于学会了如何正确地打网球！A. asked 问；B. learned 学习；C. taught 教；D. remembered 记住。根据上文 “But one day, as the ball came flying toward me, my racket and the ball finally met in the place where it is most effective to hit a ball. I watched                  as my return landed where I had aimed it.” 可知，有一天作者实现了有效击球，成功把球回击到自己瞄准的地方，因此是学会了如何正确地打网球。故选B。

returning

starting

stopping

forgetting

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我打了好几年，只是因为膝盖受伤而停止。A. returning 返回；B. starting 开始；C. stopping 停止；D. forgetting 忘记。根据下文 “because of a knee injury” 可推知，膝盖受伤会迫使作者停止打网球。故选C。

lesson

skill

business

task

考查名词词义辨析。句意：在我学习打网球的过程中，我学到了一个教训：我可以做任何我下定决心做的事情。A. lesson 教训；B. skill 技能；C. business 生意；D. task 任务。根据下文 “I can do whatever I set my mind to.” 可推知，“我可以做任何我下定决心做的事情” 是作者在学打网球的过程中学到的教训。故选A。

expect

seem

need

happen

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我只需要投入工作，结果就会随之而来。A. expect 期望；B. seem 似乎；C. need 需要；D. happen发生。根据上文 “I can do whatever I set my mind to.” 可知，作者明白了自己可以做任何下定决心做的事情，与 “下定决心做” 对应的应该是需要为之投入工作。故选C。

reasons

results

questions

examples

考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. reasons 原因；B. results 结果；C. questions 问题；D. examples 例子。根据上文叙述的作者在坚持几个月后，最终学会了打网球可推知，此处指投入工作之后自己想要的结果便会随之而来。故选B。