【题目】阅读理解

第一节 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项 (A 、B 、C D )中,选出最佳选项,并在题卡上将该项涂黑。

Christopher Thomas, 27, was a writer by night and a teacher by day when he noticed he was always tired and was losing weight fast. Diagnosed with diabetes (糖尿病), Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin (胰岛素) three times a day for the rest of his life or risk nerve damage, blindness, and even death. And if that weren't bad enough, he had no health insurance.

After a month of feeling upset, Thomas decided he'd better find a way to fight back. He left Canton, Michigan for New York, got a job waiting tables, nicknamed himself the Diabetic Rockstar, and created diabeticrockstar.com, a free online community for diabetics and their loved ones—a place where over 1,100 people share personal stories, information, and resources.

Jason Swencki's son, Kody, was diagnosed with type diabetes at six. Father and son visit the online children's forums (论坛) together most evenings. Kody gets so excited, writing to kids from all over,” says Swencki, one of the site's volunteers. They know what he's going through, so he doesn't feel alone.”

Kody is anything but alone: Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, with 24 million diagnosed cases. And more people are being diagnosed at younger ages.

These days, Thomas's main focus is his charity (慈善机构), Fight It, which provides medicines and supplies to people—225 to date—who can't afford a diabetic's huge expenses. Fight-it.org has raised about $23,000—in products and in cash. In May, Thomas will hold the first annual Diabetic Rockstar Festival in the Caribbean.

Even with a staff of 22 volunteers, Thomas often devotes up to 50 hours a week to his cause, while still doing his fulltime job waiting tables. “Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting money into finding a cure,” says Bentley Gubar, one of Rockstar's original members. “But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now.”

【1】 Which of the following is TRUE of Christopher Thomas?

A.He needs to go to the doctor every day.

B.He studies the leading cause of diabetes.

C.He has a positive attitude to this disease.

D.He encourages diabetics by writing articles.

【2】Diabeitcrockstar.com was created for________.

A.diabetics to communicate

B.volunteers to find jobs

C.children to amuse themselves

D.rock stars to share resources

【3】According to the text, Kody________.

A.feel lonely because of his illness

B.benefits from diabeticrockstar.com

C.helps create the online kid's forums

D.writes children's stories online

【4】What can we learn about Fight It?

A.It helps the diabetics in financial difficulties.

B.It organizes parties for volunteers once a year.

C.It offers less expensive medicine to diabetics.

D.It owns a wellknown medical website.

【题目】完形填空

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I had never expected such an answer from my son.

I was 28 at the time and my son had just been_____ into elementary school, and was sitting on a park bench with me, telling me all about his friends and teachers in the new school. He was extremely______, I could tell. Looking up into the cloudy blue sky while I ______, I was having a hard time thinking of questions to ask him about his new______, probably because he was answering every single one of them before I even______ them.

Being in America, there were people of many different races and ______ that lived here, _____ I decided to ask him about those people. He loved____, and if he heard someone who had a different ______ or something like that, he would ask them where they were from. It was ______ for me. I thought he was being rude and didn’t _____ it. But the people would always______ and tell him where, whether it was the UK, China, you name it. ______, he would get into his seat in my car and demand that I take him to the _____ so that he could learn about those places. I would ______ do it, giving him every bit of ______ he craved(渴望). He would even tell me fun facts, things that I didnt know about. He was ___ the word foreigner, even though he had no idea what it _____. I signed and spoke, “So, David, are there any ____ at your school?” He looked at me _____ the biggest smile I had ever seen, swing his legs back and force on the bench.

“No, Daddy. Just kids.”

【1】A. admitted B. introduced C. led D. pushed

【2】A. nervous B. upset C. excited D. shy

【3】A. drove B. listened C. waited D. talked

【4】A. plan B. hobby C. occupation D. school

【5】A. accepted B. exchanged C. asked D. revised

【6】A. abilities B. ages C. diplomas D. nationalities

【7】A. so B. but C. for D. or

【8】A. physics B. geography C. history D. biology

【9】A. accent B. position C. aim D. interest

【10】A. amusing B. puzzling C. embarrassing D. amazing

【11】A. afford B. share C. create D. realize

【12】A. promise B. smile C. pass D. suggest

【13】A. Therefore B. Afterwards C. Instead D. Meanwhile

【14】A. library B. stadium C. classroom D. laboratory

【15】A. always B. seldom C. hardly D. ever

【16】A. power B. technology C. knowledge D. peace

【17】A. tired of B. similar to C. patient with D. familiar with

【18】A. proved B. instructed C. meant D. expected

【19】A. volunteers B. headmaster C. tourists D. foreigners

【20】A. of B. by C. at D. with

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