单选题
Sisters are often alike but they are never exactly the same. In many (36) , one sister is often called "the pretty one" and the other "the (37) one" when they are still babies. Even young children think (38) is more important than brains. "I envied my sister's looks. She had long (39) hair and nice clothes and the most (40) I hated her so much that I decided to (41) her. One day when the roof of the house was being repaired, I (42) a brick out of a window (43) she was underneath(在下面). Thank God it (44) !" says one ashamed near-murderer. "I must have been about ten at the time, and she was eight years old. (45) she tells me that she always felt (46) beside me in school because I was a (47) student and she was weaker (48) school work. But when you're fourteen or fifteen, you (49) attention and praise and you need boyfriends; good exam results don't (50) a fair exchange(交换)." Life is particularly (51) for someone who wants to (52) in the footsteps of a famous sister. Dee Dee Pfeiffer wants to be a film star like her sister, Michelle. "When we were children, Michelle was the beautiful one and I was the (53) one," says Dee Dee. "I have been trying to lose weight for years to achieve a (54) which is as good as hers. In Hollywood, everyone (55) you critically(挑剔地), and compares you with your famous sister./
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查动词词义的辨析。一般来说，未击中某个目标，英语中用动词miss，表示“错过、没有击中”。hit与hurt都表示击中了，事实看来，当时并没有伤害到自己的妹妹。所以本题的正确答案为C。 [知识拓展] 有关miss的几个短语： miss the boat/bus(非正式)坐失良机、痛失机会 miss one's mark未达到某人的目标 miss out遗漏
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查名词的语义辨析。因为前面说自己很胖，现在正尽力减肥，争取变成像姐姐那样的体形。figure就是这个意思。所以本题的正确答案为A。 [知识拓展] figure除了做名词外，更常被用做动词，表示“看出来、扮演、出现”的意思。 常见的固定搭配如下： figure on安排、计划，如： I figured on him leaving at 6:00 a.m. 我估计他会六点离开。 figure out搞清楚、弄明白，如： I can't figure him out. He is such a mysterious man．我一直搞不懂他。他是个很神秘的人。
单选题
A. looks at B. talks about C. thinks about D. points at