题文
"What's it like to have a gap between your teeth?" a girl asked me one day.
Nobody had ever _. 36 _ before. My hand unconsciously rose to cover my mouth. But, as she looked at me, sincerely waiting for__ 37__, 1 realized she was not trying to be rude. "I never think about it," I truthfully replied. She nodded and turned away. I was left wondering if people _38__ me and saw only gappy teeth.
Later that day at home, I began to __39 __ my teeth again. I felt upset. I thought my life would be somehow better if my teeth were not gappy. How I wanted the perfect teeth that everyone else seemed to have!
Of course, Mom 40 everything . She has lived her entire life with gappy teeth, and tried to convince me that there was nothing to __41__. When I refused to listen, she told me I could get the surgery to close the gap if it was that important. "Let's be 42__, though," she said. "If everyone got surgeries to become pretty, everyone would be exactly the same. There is beauty in differences."
Her __43__ made me consider my teeth seriously. The thought of losing my gap was more terrible than the reality that people were going to notice it. I realized how important it was to me. It is part of my 44 _.
Nowadays many people do ridiculous things to realize their dream of "perfection." The__45_ is that no one is perfect. When all potential for ugliness is removed, so is all of the potential for 46__.
So if that girl ever asked about my teeth 47___, I would truthfully answer. "You know? It's really cute."
小题1:A．facedB．guessed C．askedD．imagined小题2:A．an offerB．an answerC．a suggestionD．a result小题3:A．heard ofB．thought ofC．talked aboutD．looked at小题4:A．considerB．brushC．coverD．appreciate小题5:A．admittedB．noticedC．controlledD．changed小题6:A．worry aboutB．put offC．give upD．wipe out小题7:A．friendlyB．lovelyC．honestD．helpful小题8:A．wordsB．jokesC．dreamsD．acts小题9:A．abilityB．decision C．goalD．identity小题10:A．possibilityB．purposeC．truthD．choice小题11:A．courageB．wisdomC．kindnessD．beauty小题12:A．onceB．againC．tooD．instead 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:B
解析
本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了我和妈妈对于自己牙齿缝隙不同看法的一则小故事。小题1:从前没有人这么“问过”。指上文的问题。
小题2:小女孩问完之后，看着我，正真诚地等我“回答”。
小题3:本题干扰选项难排除。重点把握文中and逻辑，空格和saw必定有关，答案looked at；句意为：只剩下我一个人在那里想，是否有人看我时只注意到我的豁牙子呢？look at指看的动作；see指看的结果。
小题4:因后有again提示，故往前搜索，会发现对应wondering解题，答案consider为最佳；
小题5:妈妈“注意到”了这一切。这里指妈妈发现了我的变化。
小题6:她想让我相信长个豁牙子没有什么可担忧的
小题7:让我们诚实点。这里指不必刻意地追求美，有个豁牙子没什么，不必掩饰，要诚实点。
小题8:这里指上一段妈妈说的话。
小题9:它是我独特性的一部分。长个豁牙子正显示了我的独特。
小题10:事实上没有人是完美的。“事实真相”相当于their dream of “perfection”而言。
小题11:答案为beauty。有however，为转折逻辑。解题关键是要认识ugliness。一旦失去了丑的可能，美的可能也会失去。此处beauty和ugliness是对立的概念。
小题12:asked about之前出现过，因而答案为again；文章开头提到小女孩问问题，所以这里说如果这个小女孩“再次”问的话，我会如实回答。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“"What's it like to h.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
