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【题目】完形填空（每小题1分，共20分）

“Who can ever have imagined that someone like me would make it this far?” asked Chad Wood last week during his high school graduation speech as the best student. Chad offered 1 to his fellow classmates to never give up—and the words 2 much more to himself. That’s because Chad is deaf, and he told the story of the serious troubles he 3 to graduate first in his class at Harrison High school in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Chad didn’t start to 4 until he was 5, according to his mother, Pam Wood. Although her son was 5 a disadvantage, she was determined not to treat him 6 .“I’ve expected him to do everything every other kid does, and I saw no 7 why he couldn’t,” she told ABC News. “And if he 8 the first time, we just tried again.”

Chad, 17, worked hard throughout school, 9 no special treatment but sitting at the front of the class and using a special audio system so he could hear the teacher. All his hard work 10 . He received full school fare to Vanderbilt University. “Deafness had taught me a lesson to never 11 ,” he said in the speech. ”Not when the experts tell you it cannot be done. Not when you have 12 so far behind that escaping seems the only way 13 . Not when achieving your dreams seems an entire 14 .”

Chad spoke for about four minutes, after which he received a standing applause from the class and 15 messages from family, friends and strangers. “They’ve been sending me messages on Facebook, email; they’ve been talking to me in person telling me how it had a 16 on their lives and how they’re really 17 by it,” Chad told ABC News. “It feels 18 . Seeing that my words 19 have a power on someone and that they want to work harder 20 my words makes me feel wonderful.”

【1】 A. warning B. description C. advice D. information

【2】 A. analysed B. meant C. recognized D. persuaded

【3】 A. needed B. faced C. consisted D. foresaw

【4】 A. cry B. write C. smell D. hear

【5】 A. at B. for C. under D. by

【6】 A. deadly B. kindly C. differently D. similarly

【7】 A. harm B. reason C. trouble D. conclusion

【8】 A. failed B. organized C. succeed D. blamed

【9】 A. receive B. receiving C. to receive D. received

【10】 A. set off B. dropped off C. took off D. paid off

【11】 A. give in B. give up C. give out D. give away

【12】 A. waited B. walked C. fallen D. gone

【13】 A. up B. off C. in D. out

【14】 A. impossibility B. success C. victory D. possibility

【15】 A. scientific B. negative C. supportive D. cautious

【16】 A. reward B. power C. source D. detail

【17】 A. defeated B. exposed C. educated D. puzzled

【18】 A. unwilling B. amazing C. shocking D. embarrassing

【19】 A. actually B. suddenly C. strangely D. extremely

【20】 A. apart from B. according to C. instead of D. because of

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】B

【4】D

【5】A

【6】C

【7】B

【8】A

【9】B

【10】D

【11】B

【12】C

【13】D

【14】A

【15】C

【16】B

【17】C

【18】B

【19】A

【20】D

【解析】

【语篇解读】文章讲述一个耳聋人，在克服重重困难之后，以最优的成绩高中毕业，并获得大学的全额奖学金。他想传递的信息是---在任何糟糕的情况下，决不放弃。

【1】考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. warning警示；B. description描述；C. advice建议；D. information信息。根据Mercer演讲的内容可知，他给了其他同学一些建议。故选C。

【2】考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. analysed分析；B. meant意思是，意味着；C. recognized识别，辨认；D. persuaded说服。句意：这些话对他自己而言意义颇多。根据句意可知选B。

【3】考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. needed需要；B. faced面对；C. consisted组成，在于，符合；D. foresaw预见。句意：他讲述了一些他所面对过的艰难困苦。故选B。

【4】考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. cry哭，喊叫；B. write写；C. smell闻起来；D. hear听。根据上 下文语境，Chad耳聋，可判断出此处说的是他听力上的事情，故选D。

【5】考查介词辨析以及对语境的理解。句意：尽管她的儿子处于不利条件，但是她决心不区别对待她的儿子。at a disadvantage为固定结构，意为“处于不利地位”。故选A。

【6】考查副词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. deadly致命的，死一般地；B. kindly仁慈地；C. differently不同地，差异；D. similarly相似地。根据下文“I’ve expected him to do everything every other kid does,…”可知她下决心不区别对待她儿子。故选C。

【7】考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. harm伤害；B. reason原因，理由；C. trouble麻烦；D. conclusion总结，结论。句意：我期望他可以做到别的孩子能做到的所有事，我看不到他做不到的理由。根据句意可知选B。

【8】考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. failed失败；B. organized组织；C. succeed成功；D. blamed责备。 根据下文“we just tried again”可判断出此处表达的意思是“如果他第一次失败了”。故选A。

【9】考查非谓语以及对语境的理解。句意：Chad，17岁了，在学校一直很努力，没有接受特别的治疗…。 这里用现在分词做伴随的状语，故选B。

【10】考查动词短语辨析以及对语境的理解。A. set off出发，引起，使爆炸，抵销；B. dropped off减弱，下降，睡着；C. took off起飞，脱下； D. paid off成功，获得回报。根据下句He received full school fare to Vanderbilt University.他获得范德堡大学的全额奖学金。可知他的一切努力获得了回报。故选D。

【11】考查动词短语辨析以及对语境的理解。A. give in屈服，让步，上交；B. give up放弃，交出；C. give out 发出，分发，用完；D. give away捐赠，泄露，出卖，分发。根据文章开头Chad给同学们的建议是决不放弃never give up，可知耳聋教会了他决不放弃。故选B。

【12】考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. waited等待；B. walked走；C. fallen落下，减弱，击倒；D. gone 走，消失。这三个句子是排比句，从句中都是讲的是遇到不顺利的事情。句意：当你失败很多次，逃 避似乎是唯一的出路的时候也决不要放弃。故fail符合语境，选C。

【13】考查副词辨析以及对语境的理解。句意：当你失败很多次，逃避似乎是唯一的出路的时候也决不要放 弃。这里用out表示出去，故选D。

【14】考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. impossibility不可能；B. success成功；C. victory胜利；D. possibility可能。句意：当你觉得实现你的梦想似乎是不可能的时候也不要放弃。故impossibility符合语境，选A。

【15】考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. scientific科学 的；B. negative负面的，否定的；C. supportive 支持的；D. cautious小心的，谨慎的。根据下文语境可判断出Chad的演讲得到了家人、朋友和很多陌 生人的认可和支持。故supportive“支持的”符合语境，选C。

【16】考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. reward报酬，报答；B. power力量，能力；C. source来源，源头；D. detail细节。根据下文“Seeing that my words ______have a power on someone…”可判断出选B。

【17】考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. defeated打败；B. exposed暴露；C. educated教育；D. puzzled使 迷茫。根据上下文语境，可知很多人受到Chad演讲的教育，故选C。

【18】考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. unwilling不乐意的；B. amazing令人惊讶的；C. shocking令人震惊的；D. embarrassing使人尴尬的，令人为难的。根据逻辑关系，Chad 的演讲给大家带来了正能量，得到大家的称赞，出乎了Chad的意料，故Chad觉得这件事令人惊讶。故选B。

【19】考查副词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. actually确实，事实上；B. suddenly突然；C. strangely奇妙地， 怪异地；D. extremely极端地，非常。句意：看到我所说的话对一些人确实起到一定作用，还有些人因为我所说的话而更加努力，让我感觉很好。故actually符合句意。选A。

【20】考查介词短语辨析以及对语境的理解。A. apart from除此以外；B. according to根据；C. instead of代替，而不是；D. because of由于，因为。句意：看到我所说的话对一些人确实起到一定作用，还有些人因为我所说的话而更加努力，让我感觉很好。故选D。