Question

Christopher Reeve is best known as the man who played Superman always fighting against the forces of evil(邪恶). He came to ___1___ the victory of good over bad. Now he has taken on his ___2___ fight. 

In 1995, ___3___ riding his horse, Christopher Reeve was thrown to the ground. He broke his ___4___ and has been paralyzed ever since. He cannot move a muscle ___5___ his shoulder level and for six months after his accident he could not even ___6___ without help. ___7___, in spite of his terrible injuries, his goal is to carry on as ___8___ a life as he can. He now spends a lot of time traveling around America ___9___ for people who are in the same ___10___ as he is.

Over 215, 000 Americans suffer from spinal cord(脊髓) injuries, but 90% of them survive(幸存) and live to a great age. Almost ＄9 billion is spent every year ___11___ for these people, yet only ＄5 million is spent on the ___12___ to find a cure. Christopher Reeve is a very ___13___ man who, at the age of 9, will not accept that he will ___14___ walk again. He and many others believe that the only thing stopping ___15___ from finding a cure for their injuries is ___16___ for research. 

In 1996, he founded the Christopher Reeve Foundation(CRF) to raise funds(资金) for medical research to treat and find a cure for spinal cord injuries, and also to support programs that improve the quality of life for ___17___ people. Christopher Reeve makes the best of his ___18___. He has conquered his ___19___. He has even returned to the ___20___ world with a ＄5, 000 wheelchair that can be controlled by sucking or puffing on a straw.

1. A. show      B. play    C. stand for    D. win

2. A. hard       B. serious       C. interesting  D. own

3. A. when      B. before        C. after   D. by

4. A. shoulder        B. arm    C. back   D. hand

5. A. above     B. below        C. from   D. of

6. A. stand      B. work   C. breathe       D. think

7. A. And       B. however     C. Still    D. So

8. A. normal   B. pleased       C. easy    D. ordinary

9. A. caring    B. writing       C. looking      D. speaking

10. A. country B. illness        C. situation   D. part

11. A. treating        B. caring        C. serving       D. curing

12. A. research       B. patients      C. hospital      D. medicine

13. A. strong   B. young        C. determined        D. handsome

14. A. later     B. possibly     C. hardly        D. never

15. A. hospitals      B. scientists   C. chemists     D. patients

16. A. money  B. equipment  C. time    D. views

17. A. sick      B. disabled    C. ordinary     D. poor

18. A. spinalcord    B. illness        C. position      D. spirit

19. A. fear      B. spinalcord        C. disability    D. victory

20. A. business       B. movie      C. sports  D. pleasant

Answer 1

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解析:

本文是叙述Christopher Reeve以扮演与邪恶势力作斗争的超人而出名。在一次骑马运动中被摔伤致残，他坚强地战胜病魔的故事。

1. C。根据上文和后面 victory 可得出答案，stand for 意思是“代表、象征”。

2. D。他以前扮演与邪恶势力作斗争，“现在”跟自己的病魔作斗争。

3. A。根据后面句子的动作和前面分词所表示的动作是同时发生的，因此答案选 when，其余不符语境。

4. C。从下文的He cannot move a muscle …his shoulder level 可知他的“背部”摔伤了。

5. B。因为肩以上没有多少肌肉，再根据前面的 paralyzed(瘫痪)和背部摔伤来判断是肩“以下”(below)的肌肉不能动弹。

6. C。从病情的严重性和后面的 without help 可知不通过帮助连“呼吸”都困难。

7. B。根据下文主句的意思，前面是表示转折关系，因此选however。

8. A。根据前面让步状语判断，虽然他受伤非常严重，但是他的目标是尽可能地像“正常”(因为瘫痪，不是普通)人一样生活。

9. D。从上文来看，因为他瘫痪了，他花了许多时间游遍全国，所以只能是“游说”(speaking)。

10. C。根据上文叙述他残废了，再根据后面的 as he is 得出答案：像他那样情况(situation)的人。

11. B。根据上文美国有215,000脊髓受伤的人，有90%幸存并能活到很大年龄，从每年花费90亿美元判断，使用这些钱是为患者“治”病的，即“关心，照料”这些人。

12. A。根据后面的 to find a cure 得知花费500万美元是为了“研究”(research)发现治愈的方法。

13. C。根据上下文判断，他是一位“意志坚强的”(determined)人。

14. D。因为他是一位意志坚强的人，所以他不能接受“不能再走路”的事实。

15. B。根据上下文 research 一词可以得出是科学家(scientists)。

16. A。根据上文500万美元用来找到治愈脊髓瘫痪病的研究，money 指用来研究的“资金”。

17. B。如上所述，都是为改善“残疾”人的生活。

18. C。根据动词 make 尽他的职责，其余都是表示疾病或精神，不与 make 一起使用。

19. C。因为他是一位意志坚强的人，作了很大的努力，因此说他已经战胜了他的“残疾”(disability)。

20. B。根据文章第1段第1句话可得出答案。