Question

When I was in the 8th grade in Ohio, a girl named Helen in my class had a terrible accident. As she was1to the bus in order not to miss it, she slipped on the ice and fell under the back wheels of the bus. She2the accident but was paralyzed from the waist down. I went to see her, in my 13-year-old3thinking that she wouldn’t live4from then on.
Over the years, I5and didn’t think much about Helen after that. Three years ago, in Florida, my oldest son was hit by a car while riding his bike,6a terrible brain injury. While I was looking after my son, a lady who said she was the hospital’s social worker called. It was a (an)7trying (难受的) day. I burst into tears for no reason and rang8.
A short time later, a beautiful woman, in a wheelchair,9into my son’s room with a box of10. After 16 years, I still11Helen. She smiled, handed me the tissues and hugged me. I told her who I was, and after we both went through the shock of that, she began to tell me about12since we last saw each other. She married, had children and got her degree so that she13the path for those people who were less14than her. She told me that if there was anything she could give me, it would be15.
Looking at this wonderful, giving person, I felt16. But I also felt the first hope I had since learning that my son was17. From this person that I thought would have no18of life, I learned that where there is life, there is hope. My son miraculously (神奇的)19and we moved north, but I owe Helen20that I can never repay.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      walking
   2. B.
      riding
   3. C.
      running
   4. D.
      driving
2. 2.
   1. A.
      lived
   2. B.
      survived
   3. C.
      existed
   4. D.
      escaped
3. 3.
   1. A.
      mind
   2. B.
      brain
   3. C.
      head
   4. D.
      thought
4. 4.
   1. A.
      equally
   2. B.
      calmly
   3. C.
      quietly
   4. D.
      normally
5. 5.
   1. A.
      studied
   2. B.
      moved
   3. C.
      worked
   4. D.
      lived
6. 6.
   1. A.
      suffering
   2. B.
      causing
   3. C.
      bearing
   4. D.
      catching
7. 7.
   1. A.
      normally
   2. B.
      particularly
   3. C.
      necessarily
   4. D.
      eventually
8. 8.
   1. A.
      up
   2. B.
      off
   3. C.
      back
   4. D.
      down
9. 9.
   1. A.
      ran
   2. B.
      walked
   3. C.
      rolled
   4. D.
      moved
10. 10.
    1. A.
       tissues
    2. B.
       presents
    3. C.
       pills
    4. D.
       candies
11. 11.
    1. A.
       realized
    2. B.
       knew
    3. C.
       recognized
    4. D.
       reminded
12. 12.
    1. A.
       her life
    2. B.
       her son
    3. C.
       her family
    4. D.
       her work
13. 13.
    1. A.
       clear
    2. B.
       smooth
    3. C.
       clean
    4. D.
       open
14. 14.
    1. A.
       rich
    2. B.
       healthy
    3. C.
       strong
    4. D.
       fortunate
15. 15.
    1. A.
       money
    2. B.
       hope
    3. C.
       pity
    4. D.
       medicine
16. 16.
    1. A.
       small
    2. B.
       pitiful
    3. C.
       weak
    4. D.
       shameless
17. 17.
    1. A.
       admitted
    2. B.
       beaten
    3. C.
       hurt
    4. D.
       hospitalized
18. 18.
    1. A.
       use
    2. B.
       value
    3. C.
       meaning
    4. D.
       quality
19. 19.
    1. A.
       treated
    2. B.
       worsened
    3. C.
       relieved
    4. D.
       recovered
20. 20.
    1. A.
       some money
    2. B.
       some tissues
    3. C.
       a debt
    4. D.
       a hope

Answer 1

CBADB BBBCA CABDB ACDDC
1.Helen是因为追赶公交车而不小心滑倒在公交车后车轮底下的，因此选running表示“追赶”。
2.从后半句“(Helen)从腰部以下全部瘫痪”可知，Helen从车祸中幸存了下来。survive the  accident是常用搭配，表示“从事故中幸存下来”。
3.in one’s mind意为“在某人的心目中”。
4.作者认为Helen成为残疾人之后很难再过正常人的生活，因此这里用normally。
5.从后一句可知，作者从Ohio搬到了Florida。因此选moved。
6.儿子被汽车撞了，导致了严重的脑损伤。
7.儿子出了车祸对母亲来说是一件非常难受的事情，因此选particularly“特别”；normally“正常地”，necessarily“必要地”，essentially“重要地”，均不符合语境。
8.ring off挂断电话。从前句的作者的情绪可知，她应该是挂断了电话。
9.坐着轮椅不可能是跑进、走进或是移进房间，而应该是滚动轮椅进入房间的。
10.由后面的“She smiled, handed me the tissues and hugged me.”可知Helen来的时候带着纸巾。
11.虽然16年没见，但作者还是认出了Helen，用recognized。
12.“当我们从惊讶中缓过神来以后，Helen开始向我讲述我们最后一次见面之后她的生活——结婚、生子、获得学位”。B、C、D三项都不全面。
13.smooth the path for sb.固定搭配，“为某人铺平道路”。
14.作为残疾人，Helen能结婚、生子、获得学位，是很幸运的事，因此她这样做就为那些生活比她还要不幸的人铺平了生活道路。
15.由下文中的I learned that where there is life, there is hope可以推出答案。
16.在一名身残志坚的朋友面前，作者感觉到自己的渺小，因此用small，而不是weak(软弱的)，pitiful(同情的)，shameless(无耻的)。
17.从上文提到的“my oldest son was hit by a car while riding his bike,   6  (causing) a terrible brain injury”可知这里作者指的是儿子在意外中受伤，用hurt，而其他的词性不符合语境。
18.与前文提到的Helen不会过正常人的生活相对应，作者曾经以为Helen在身体残疾后，她的生活质量不会很好，而不是没有用处或没有意义。
19.从前面的修饰词miraculously及后面的moved north可知，这里应指的是作者儿子康复，用recovered而不是treated治疗，worsened恶化，relieved减轻。
20.此句意为“但是我欠Helen一笔永远偿还不了的债”。