题目内容
He drove after drinking alcohol, having a severe accident and had to get his arms removed．Since then, he has had to __31__ on his younger brother, who became his shadow, never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was totally unable to do __32__ else. As the two brothers grew up together, they had their own problems and would often __33__. Finally, his younger brother went away and lived __34__, leaving him heartbroken and at a loss what to do.
__35__, a misfortune befell（降临）a girl. One night she was preparing dinner when the kerosene light on the stove was overturned, __36__ in a fire which took her hands away. Having decidedly __37__ her sister’s willingness to help her, she determined to be thoroughly __38__. At school, she always studied hard．Most of all she learned to be self-reliant. “I am lucky. Though my __39__ are broken, my heart can still fly.” she wrote in her blog.
One day, the young man and the girl were both invited to a（n）__40__ programme. The boy told the television hostess about his __41__ future, whereas the girl was full of __42__ for her life. They were both asked to write something on a piece of paper with their __43__. The boy: My younger brother’s arms are my arms. The girl: Broken wings, flying heart.
They had both gone through the same ordeal（痛苦经历）, but their different __44__ determined the nature of their lives. As seems the case, __45__ disasters can strike our life at any time. How you handle the __46__ when faced with it is the true __47__ of your character. If you choose to __48__ or escape from the ordeal, it will follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the __49__ will turn out to be a fortune on which new __50__will arise.
31．A．live B．stand C．rely D．assist
33．A．quarrel B．share C．support D．dislike
34．A．happily B．lonely C．separately D．disappointedly
35．A．Unfortunately B．Unexpectedly C．Similarly D．Naturally[来
36．A．leading B．bringing C．causing D．resulting
37．A．turned to B．turned down C．turned off D．turned against
38．A．alone B．free C．independent D．successful
39．A．arms B．wings C．dreams D．promises
40．A．interview B．radio C．sports D．health
41．A．hopeful B．uncertain C．bright D．miserable
42．A．calmness B．enthusiasm C．patience D．excitement
43．A．hands B．strength C．toes D．mouths
44．A．characters B．desires C．opinions D．attitudes
45．A．unexpected B．passive C．rough D．serious
46．A．emergency B．misfortune C．difficulty D．accident
47．A．test B．reflection C．display D．problem
48．A．ignore B．resist C．complain D．suffer
49．A．problem B．result C．failure D．hardship
50．A．solutions B．ways C．rewards D．hopes
【答案】C
【解析】考查动词词义辨析。他酒后驾车，出了车祸并截掉了胳膊。所以从那时起他不得不依靠他的弟弟。此处rely on意为：依靠。
【答案】D
【解析】考查不定代词的用法。除了用脚趾写字他完全不能做任何事情。
【答案】A
【解析】考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。随着年龄的增大，他们都有自己的问题，他们经常吵架。
【答案】C
【解析】考查副词词义及语境理解。最后弟弟走了去单独生活。此处separately意为：单独地；独自地。
【答案】C
【解析】考查副词词义及语境理解。下文讲得是一位姑娘和上文的那个人具有相似的经历。此处Similarly意为：相似的是。
【答案】D
【解析】考查固定短语的用法。此处result in意为：导致，结果。一场大火导致她失去了两个胳膊。
【答案】B
【解析】考查固定短语的含义及语境理解。她决定拒绝姐姐的友好的帮助，她决心独立生活。此处turned down意为：拒绝。
【答案】C
【解析】考查形容词词义及语境理解。文意参看解析37.
【答案】A
【解析】考查名词词义及语境理解。根据文意可知她失去了胳膊。
【答案】A
【解析】考查名词词义及语境理解。他们两个被邀请参加采访节目。此处interview意为：采访。
【答案】B
【解析】考查形容词的含义及用法。那位男孩向电视主持人讲述了他未知的将来而那个女孩对未来充满了热情。
【答案】B
【解析】考查名词词义及语境理解。那位男孩向电视主持人讲述了他未知的将来而那个女孩对未来充满了热情。
【答案】C
【解析】考查名词词义及语境理解。根据文意他们都失去了胳膊所以他们用脚趾写字。
【答案】D
【解析】考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。他们不同的态度决定了不同的生活。
【答案】A
【解析】考查形容词词义辨析及语境理解。不幸的灾难可能会随时袭击我们的生活。
【答案】B
【解析】考查名词词义及语境理解。面对不幸你如何对待它是对你的真正考验。
【答案】A
【解析】考查名词词义及语境理解。面对不幸你如何对待它是对你的真正考验。
【答案】C
【解析】考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。如果你选择抱怨或逃避痛苦经历，它将永远伴随你。
【答案】D
【解析】考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。如果你选择坚强，苦难就会变成幸运。此处hardship，
misfortune，disaster为同义词。
【答案】D
【解析】考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。如果你选择坚强，苦难就会变成幸运。新的希望就会产生。
Bobby Moresco grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen, a tough working-class neighborhood on Manhattan's West Side. But Hell's Kitchen lies right next door to Broadway, and the bright lights attracted Bobby from the time he was a teen. Being stage-struck was hardly what a street kid could admit to his partners. Fearing their ridicule, he told no one, not even his girlfriend, when he started taking acting lessons at age 17. If you were a kid from the neighborhood, you became a cop, construction worker, longshoreman or criminal. Not an actor.
Moresco struggled to make that long walk a few blocks east. He studied acting, turned out for all the cattle calls -- and during the decade of the 1970s made a total of $2,000. "I wasn't a good actor, but I had a driving need to do something different with my life," he says.
He moved to Hollywood, where he drove a cab and worked as a bartender. "My father said, 'Stop this 
craziness and get a job; you have a wife and daughter.' “But Moresco kept working at his chosen craft.
Then in 1983 his younger brother Thomas was murdered in a mob-linked killing. Moresco moved back to his old neighborhood and started writing as a way to explore the pain and the patrimony of Hell's Kitchen. Half-Deserted Streets, based on his brother's killing, opened at a small Off-Broadway theater in 1988. A Hollywood producer saw it and asked him to work on a screenplay.
His reputation grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood. By 2003, he was again out of work and out of cash when he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him. Haggis wanted help writing a film about the country after September 11. The two worked on the writing, but every studio in town turned it down. They kept pitching it. Studio executives, however, thought no one wanted to see a severe, honest vision of race and fear and lives in collision in modern America.
Moresco believed so strongly in the script that he borrowed money, sold his house. He and Haggis kept pushing. At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance, but the upfront money was too little, Moresco delayed his salary.
Crash slipped into the theaters in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success. It was nominated for six Academy Awards and won three -- Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Paul Haggis and the kid from Hell's Kitchen.
At age 54, Bobby Moresco became an overnight success. "If you have something you want to do in life, don't think about the problems," he says, "think about other ways to get it done."
【小题1】 Rearrange the following statements in terms of time order:
a. His work Half-Deserted Streets drew attention as it opened at a small Off-Broadway theater
b. Unexpectedly Crash became both a hit and a huge success.
c. He moved to Hollywood to be a taxi driver and a waiter.
d. He started learn acting in spite of hardness with the belief of doing something diiferent.
e. His younger brother Thomas was killed in conflict among bullies.
| A．d; c; e; a; b | B．d; e; c; b; a | C．c; d; e; a; b | D．c; e; d; b; a |
| A．He wnted to give his girlfriend a surprise. |
| B．His girlfriend did not allow him to do this. |
C．He was afraid of being lau ghed at. |
| D．He had no talent for acting. |
| A．His father did not support his work as a bartender. |
| B．Before he became an overnight success, his life experienced ups and downs. |
| C．His brother’s death inspired his writing Half-Deserted Streets. |
| D．Moresco grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen which is a few blocks east of Broadway. |
| A．they thought the script would not be popular. |
| B．the script was not well written. |
| C．they had no money to make the film based on the script. |
| D．they thought Moresco was not famous. |
| A．The Road to Success | B．Try It a Different Way |
| C．A Talented man—Moresco | D．Moresco’s Perseverance |
| A．initiative (主动) and persistent | B．shy but hardworking |
| C．caring and brave | D．aggressive and modest |
Bobby Moresco grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen, a tough working-class neighborhood on Manhattan's West Side. But Hell's Kitchen lies right next door to Broadway, and the bright lights attracted Bobby from the time he was a teen. Being stage-struck was hardly what a street kid could admit to his partners. Fearing their ridicule, he told no one, not even his girlfriend, when he started taking acting lessons at age 17. If you were a kid from the neighborhood, you became a cop, construction worker, longshoreman or criminal. Not an actor.
Moresco struggled to make that long walk a few blocks east. He studied acting, turned out for all the cattle calls -- and during the decade of the 1970s made a total of $2,000. "I wasn't a good actor, but I had a driving need to do something different with my life," he says.
He moved to Hollywood, where he drove a cab and worked as a bartender. "My father said, 'Stop this 
craziness and get a job; you have a wife and daughter.' “But Moresco kept working at his chosen craft.
Then in 1983 his younger brother Thomas was murdered in a mob-linked killing. Moresco moved back to his old neighborhood and started writing as a way to explore the pain and the patrimony of Hell's Kitchen. Half-Deserted Streets, based on his brother's killing, opened at a small Off-Broadway theater in 1988. A Hollywood producer saw it and asked him to work on a screenplay.
His reputation grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood. By 2003, he was again out of work and out of cash when he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him. Haggis wanted help writing a film about the country after September 11. The two worked on the writing, but every studio in town turned it down. They kept pitching it. Studio executives, however, thought no one wanted to see a severe, honest vision of race and fear and lives in collision in modern America.
Moresco believed so strongly in the script that he borrowed money, sold his house. He and Haggis kept pushing. At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance, but the upfront money was too little, Moresco delayed his salary.
Crash slipped into the theaters in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success. It was nominated for six Academy Awards and won three -- Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Paul Haggis and the kid from Hell's Kitchen.
At age 54, Bobby Moresco became an overnight success. "If you have something you want to do in life, don't think about the problems," he says, "think about other ways to get it done."
【小题1】 Rearrange the following statements in term of time order:
a. His work Half-Deserted Streets drew attention as it opened at a small Off-Broadway theater
b. Unexpectedly Crash became both a hit and a huge success.
c. He moved to Hollywood to be a taxi driver and a waiter.
d. He started learn acting in spite of hardness with the belief of doing something diiferent.
e. His younger brother Thomas was killed in conflict among bullies.
| A．d; c; e; a; b | B．d; e; c; b; a | C．c; d; e; a; b | D．c; e; d; b; a |
| A．He wnted to give his girlfriend a surprise. |
| B．His girlfriend did not allow him to do this. |
C．He was afraid of being lau ghed at. |
| D．He had no talent for acting. |
| A．His father did not support his work as a bartender. |
| B．Before he became an overnight success, his life experienced ups and downs. |
| C．His brother’s death inspired his writing Half-Deserted Streets. |
| D．Moresco grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen which is a few blocks east of Broadway. |
| A．they thought the script would not be popular. |
| B．the script was not well written. |
| C．they had no money to make the film based on the script. |
| D．they thought Moresco was not famous. |
| A．The Road to Success | B．Try It a Different Way |
| C．A Talented man—Moresco | D．Moresco’s Perseverance |
| A．initiative and persistent | B．shy but hardworking |
| C．caring and brave | D．aggressive and modest |