B）阅读下面短文，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，每个选项只能用一次。
Once my mother told me a story. In Africa, when an antelope（羚羊）wakes up every morning, the first thing it thinks about is, “I must be able to run faster than the fastest lion, or I will be killed.” ____56____ the first thing the lion thinks about is, “I must be able to catch the slowest antelope, or I will starve to death.” So, almost at the same time, they get up and start running toward the rising sun.
This is life: full of chances and challenges. ____57____ For students, it is just the same. If we do not study hard, sooner or later, we will fall behind the other students. At first, I did not know what the word “exam” meant. Later, I knew an exam was a kind of competition. In competitions, there are always winners and losers. As I grew up, I got to know competition well. ____58____
Each time I saw children playing games, and heard their laughter, I wished I were that age again. ____59____ So I picked up my pen and began to study hard again.
I was still not sure what competition really meant. One day, I was taking part in an English-speaking competition. When I went to the stage, I saw other students looking at me kindly. ____60____ .It is not as cruel as my teacher and parents told me. In fact, competition is the opposite: it is kind and necessary.
A. When a lion wakes from his dream
B. I suddenly knew what competition was
C. There must be competitions in one's life, so people can improve
D. However, I remembered my parents' words, “You must work very hard in order to have a good future.”
E. Whether you are an antelope or a lion, you must go ahead when the sun rises
【答案】56. A    57. E    58. C    59. D    60. B
本文通过狮子和羚羊的故事告诉我们在生活中要勇敢面对挑战，努力为未来奋斗。同时还通过自己的经历解释了考试和竞争的意义。
56.A【解析】根据In Africa, when an antelope（羚羊）wakes up every morning,可知上文介绍羚羊醒来做的事，与其对应的应该是选项A “当一只狮子从梦中醒来时”，介绍狮子醒来要做的事。故选A。
57.E【解析】根据前文This is life: full of chances and challenges可知此处应该起到承上启下的作用，选项E“无论你是羚羊还是狮子，你必须在太阳升起的时候继续前进”是将第一段羚羊和狮子的故事与此段中心句相照应。故选E。
58.C【解析】根据前文As I grow up, I got to know competition well.可知下句应该介绍比赛/竞争与挑战，机遇的关系。选项C“在一个人的生活中，必须有竞争，这样人们才能进步”符合语境。故选C。
59.D【解析】根据So I picked up my pen and began to study hard again.可知上一句介绍我拿起笔，开始努力学习的原因。选项D“然而，我记起了父母说的话……”符合语境。故选D。
60.B【解析】根据下文“In fact, competition is the opposite: it is kind and necessary.”可知当我走上舞台的时候，我明白了什么是竞争，选项B“我突然明白什么是竞争”符合语境。故选B。