Question

【题目】Eleven-year-old Angela was lying ill in hospital. She was unable to _______. In fact, she could hardly make any _______ at all. Although she believed that she had a good chance of recovering, the doctors said that _______, if any, people who got this disease ever learned to walk again. Even having heard this, Angela was not _______. Lying in her hospital bed, she insisted to her mother that whatever the doctors said, she was _______ she was going back to school again.

After the operations she was moved to a specialized hospital where they could try out some new methods. She did not improve but she still would not _______. The doctors all became fond of her and taught her to imagine what it would be like when she could walk again. Every day Angela would lie there, _______ doing her mental exercises in the hope that she would move her legs one day.

One morning, _______ she was imaging her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle happened: The bed began to _______! “Look what I’m doing! I can do it! I moved! I moved!” she __________. However, nobody heard her because everyone in the hospital was __________. They had felt a movement too and they were running for safety. People were crying and running here and there. Equipment was __________ down all around the patients’ beds. For what had happened was an earthquake. After the shock people didn’t __________ Angela what had really happened. She was lying in bed smiling happily __________ that she had really moved her leg. She never doubted it, just as she had never doubted that she would recover. And now only a few years later, she really is back at school. You see, to someone who thinks that they can __________ the earth, such a disease is a small problem, isn’t it?

【1】A. see B. hear C. talk D. walk

【2】A. progress B. difference C. movement D. achievement

【3】A. few B. all C. some D. most

【4】A. satisfied B. delighted C. surprised D. discouraged

【5】A. true B. doubtful C. certain D. impossible

【6】A. get up B. give up C. turn up D. stand up

【7】A. sadly B. madly C. carefully D. faithfully

【8】A. as B. since C. after D. before

【9】A. fly B. move C. roll D. speak

【10】A. jumped B. wondered C. shouted D. recovered

【11】A. frightened B. pleased C. touched D. encouraged

【12】A. rising B. falling C. missing D. gathering

【13】A. tell B. do C. give D. show

【14】A. noticing B. supposing C. believing D. discovering

【15】A. push B. shock C. shake D. save

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【6】B

【7】D

【8】A

【9】B

【10】C

【11】A

【12】B

【13】A

【14】C

【15】C

【解析】本文主要讲了Angela由于身体的问题导致不能走路，但她认为自己很有希望恢复，坚信自己能够回到学校。当发生地震的时候，本来是床摇动，但她认为是自己的腿可以动了，地震之后医院的其他人没有揭穿这个事实，希望她继续保持信心战胜疾病。

【1】考查动词。由下文可知，Angela由于身体的问题导致不能走路。A. see看见；B. hear听；C. talk谈话；D. walk走，步行，故选D。

【2】考查名词。事实上，她根本不能做任何移动。A. progress进步；B. difference不同；C. movement移动；活动；D. achievement成就；完成。故选C。

【3】考查形容词。尽管Angela认为自己很有希望恢复，但医生认为，得了这种病后，很少有人能够恢复到正常人的程度。few表示没有几个人。故选A。

【4】考查形容词。尽管医生这么说，Angela却没有泄气。discourage是encourage的反义词，表示“灰心，泄气”。故选D。

【5】考查形容词。无论医生怎么说，Angela坚信自己能够回到学校，她对自己重返校园很有把握，很肯定。A. true真实的；B. doubtful怀疑的；C. certain有把握，肯定；D. impossible不可能。故选C。

【6】考查动词短语。什么方法都试过、用过，Angela仍然（注意此句中的关键词still）不愿放弃。A. get up起床；B. give up放弃；C. turn up把音量调高，出现；D. stand up起立。故选B。

【7】考查副词。A. sadly悲伤地；B. madly疯狂地；发狂地；C. carefully小心地；D. faithfully有信心地，信心十足地。这里表示Angela信心十足地进行精神疗法。故选D。

【8】考查连词。一天早上，正当她想象着她的腿又能动的时候。as引导时间状语从句，表示“正当”“当……时”。故选A。

【9】考查动词。根据下文可知，发生地震了，所以床肯定是在动。A. fly飞；B. move移动；C. roll滚动；D. speak说话，故选B。

【10】考查动词。Angela发现床在动，以为是自己腿能动了，激动地大叫。A. jumped跳起来；B. wondered惊讶，好奇；C. shouted大声喊叫；D. recovered恢复，痊愈。故选C。

【11】考查形容词。发生地震时，医院的人当然是感到害怕、恐惧。A. frightened害怕；B. pleased高兴的；C. touched触摸；D. encouraged鼓励，故选A。

【12】考查动词。发生地震时，医院的设备应该是往下掉。rising上升；falling掉落；missing错过；gathering聚集，故选B。

【13】考查动词。Angela并不知道发生地震了，她一直以为是自己能动了，所以不要把真相告诉她。A. tell告诉；B. do做；C. give给；D. show显示，故选A。

【14】考查动词。Angela相信自己做到了。A. noticing注意；B. supposing猜想；C. believing相信；D. discovering发现，故选C。

【15】考查动词。文章以一个小幽默结束：能够把地球摇动的人，战胜这种疾病是一个小问题，不是吗？A. push推动；B. shock震动；C. shake摇动；D. save节省，故选C。