题目内容
I grew up one of ten children on a farm in Wyoming.After my dad’s service in World War Ⅱ,he was ____ again to fight during the Korean War,and when he returned home,he couldn’t drink ____ to numb(麻痹) his terrible memories.He struggled to ____ for his growing family.
On our occasional trips to town,I ____ out boxfuls of books from the library.When I opened a book,I could ____ myself in unknown places—where children weren’t hungry and were in ____ of little.
When I wasn’t daydreaming,my ____ was the life I shared with my brothers and sisters.At night I hid under the covers ____ to silence the sounds of life in an alcoholic home.Classmates asked ____ we didn’t have electricity or a telephone.I suppose my explanations were ____ more than lies,but the stories I told improved ____ every book I read.
Starting at a very young age,my siblings(兄弟姐妹) and I sometimes got jobs to earn money—to put more food on the family table.We ____ newspapers,babysat,and cleaned other people’s houses.
Mom grew vegetables,raised chickens,and baked bread,so we seldom went hungry,even when supper was only a pot of beans.____ my real hunger wasn’t for food—it was a hunger for a better life.It was a hunger for knowledge about the world ___ our simple existence.It was a hunger to prove Dad ____ when he told us we would never amount to anything.
Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much ____ than our parents expected ___ us.We devoured(如饥似渴地吸取) the offerings of the public schools because we realized that ____ would be our steppingstone into a brighter future.
Now I’m ____ of the accomplishments of my siblings:an art professor;a well?known doctor;plus business owners.And me,I’m the keeper of the family stores.I’ll never know if we would have so many accumulated successes if we had not known ____ as children.But this I do know:I believe it can be a good thing.
1.A.drafted? B.dismissed
C.invited? D.involved
2.A.well? B.plenty
C.enough? D.heavily
3.A.search? B.provide
C.hope? D.leave
4.A.brought? B.checked
C.gave? D.carried
5.A.remind? B.help
C.devote? D.find
6.A.memory? B.favor
C.possession? D.need
7.A.reality? B.fantasy
C.satisfaction? D.affection
8.A.refusing? B.pretending
C.attempting? D.preparing
9.A.whether? B.how
C.when? D.why
10.A.something? B.anything
C.nothing? D.everything
11.A.as? B.with
C.for? D.at
12.A.sent? B.delivered
C.published? D.released
13.A.But? B.And
C.Then? D.Otherwise
14.A.above? B.around
C.within? D.beyond
15.A.right? B.mean
C.wrong? D.nice
16.A.more? B.further
C.greater? D.better
17.A.in? B.for
C.of? D.on
18.A.ambition? B.dream
C.enthusiasm? D.education
19.A.hunger? B.suffering
C.desperation? D.poverty
20.A.fond? B.proud
C.aware? D.confident
1.A
2.C
3.B
4.B
5.D
6.D
7.A
8.C
9.D
10.C
11.B
12.B
13.A
14.D
15.C
16.A
17.C
18.D
19.B
20.A
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1.
解析 考查动词辨析。根据下文“again to fight during the Korean War”可知,他是被征召入伍。故选A项。
2.2】答案 C
解析 考查副词辨析。他不能喝到足以麻痹他可怕的记忆。enough足够的,符合题意。
3.3】答案 B
解析 考查动词辨析。他努力供养日益增多的家人。provide提供,抚养,符合题意。
4.4】答案 B
解析 考查动词辨析。我从图书馆登记并借了一箱子书。check out登记借出,符合语境。
5.5】答案 D
解析 考查动词辨析。我发现自己置身于一些不知名的地方。只有动词find可跟复合结构。故选D项。
6.6】答案 D
解析 考查名词辨析。那里的孩子不饥饿,不缺少东西。固定短语in need of“需要”。
7.7】答案 A
解析 考查名词辨析。当我不做白日梦时,现实是我跟我的兄弟姐妹们在一起生活。reality现实,符合题意。
8.8】答案 C
解析 考查动词辨析。晚上我躲在被窝里试图在一个酒鬼的家里安静地生活。attempt试图,符合语境。refuse拒绝;pretend假装;prepare准备。
9.9】答案 D
解析 考查名词性从句连接词辨析。同学们问为什么我们既没有电也没有电话。根据后面一句中的“explanations”可知,此处是问为什么。故选D项。
10.0】答案 C
解析 考查不定代词辨析。我认为我的解释只有撒谎。nothing more than仅仅,只有。故选C项。
11.1】答案 B
解析 考查介词辨析。但是我讲的故事是用我读的每本书改进的。with表示“用”。
12.2】答案 B
解析 考查动词辨析。根据上句中“sometimes got jobs to earn money”可知,我们所干的工作是递送报纸、做保姆、给别人打扫房子。deliver递送,符合语境。
13.3】答案 A
解析 考查连词辨析。根据前面一句话,我们很少感到饥饿。我真正的饥饿不是对食物的渴求,而是对更好生活的渴望。前后句表示转折,所以用but。故选A项。
14.4】答案 D
解析 考查介词辨析。这是我们简单的生存之外渴求对世界的了解。beyond超过,符合语境。
15.5】答案 C
解析 考查形容词辨析。根据后半句“父亲说我们将一事无成”,可知我们想证明他是错误的。故选C项。
16.6】答案 A
解析 考查副词辨析。渴望激发我的兄弟姐妹们实现了远远超出父母对我们期望的那样。more than超过,符合语境。
17.7】答案 C
解析 考查介词辨析。固定搭配expect of“对……的期望”。故选C项。
18.8】答案 D
解析 考查名词辨析。根据前半句中“we devoured(如饥似渴地吸取) the offerings of the public schools”可知,我们认为教育是通向光明未来的踏脚石。故选D项。
19.9】答案 B
解析 考查形容词辨析。根据下文兄弟姐妹的成就可知,我是引以为豪的。故选B项。
20.20】答案 A
解析 考查名词辨析。根据第六段第一句话“Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much more than our parents expected of us.”以及我们现在获得的成就可知,渴望的力量之大。故选A项。
I grew up poor – living with six brothers, my father and a wonderful mother. We had 36 money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention. I was 37 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, they could 38 afford a dream.
My dream was to be a 39 .When I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball. I was also 40 : my high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who 41 me the difference between having a dream and showing strong belief. One particular 42 with him changed my life forever.
It was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer 43 . This meant a chance for my first income—cash for a new bike and new clothes, and the 44 of savings for a house for my mother. The opportunity was attracting, and I wanted to 45 at it.
Then I realized I would have to 46 summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing. I was 47 about this.
When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as 48 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said. “Your 49 days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.”
I stood before him with my head 50 , trying to think of how to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth 51 his disappointment in me.
“How much are you going to make at this job?” he demanded.
“$ 3.25 an hour,” I replied.
“Well, is $ 3.25 an hour the price of a 52 ?” he asked.
That 53 laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I devoted myself to 54 that summer, and within the year I was offered a $ 20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $ 1.7 million, and bought my mother the 55 of my dreams.
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I grew up poor — living with six brothers, three sisters and my mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and 36 . I was happy and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still 37 a dream.
My dream was 38 . By the time I was sixteen, I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour baseball and 39 anything that moved on the field. I was also 40 : my high school coach was John, who not only 41 me, but also taught me how to believe in myself. He 42 me the difference between having a dream and showing conviction (信念). One particular incident with coach John changed my life forever.
A friend 43 me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket — money for a new bike, new clothes and the 44 of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to 45 up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told John, he was as 46 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said, “Your 47 days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head 48 , trying to think of the words that would 49 to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his 50 in me.
“Well,” he asked, “is $3.5 an hour the 51 of a dream?”
That simple question made 52 to me the difference between 53 something right now and having a goal. I devoted myself in sports that summer and 54 the year I was chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and 55 a $ 20,000 contract(合同). Later, I bought my mother the house of my dream!
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I was 16 and I grew up in a community called Estepona. One morning, Dad told me I could drive him into a ___31___ village called Mijas, on condition that I took the car in to be ___32___ at a nearby garage. I readily accepted. I drove Dad into Mijas, and ___33____ to pick him up at 4 pm, then dropped off the car at the ___34___. With several hours to spare, I went to a theater. ___35___, when the last movie finished, it was six. I was two hours late!
I knew Dad would be angry if he ___36___ I'd been watching movies. So I decided not to tell him the truth. When I ____37____ there I apologized for being late, and told him I'd ___38__ as quickly as I could, but that the car had needed some major repairs. I'll never forget the ___39___ he gave me. "I'm disappointed you ___40___ you have to lie to me, Jason." Dad looked at me again. "When you didn't ___41___, I called the garage to ask if there were any ___42___, and they told me you hadn't yet picked up the car." I felt ____43___ as I weakly told him the real reason. A___44___passed through Dad as he listened attentively." I'm angry with ___45___. I realize I've failed as a father. I'm going to walk home now and think seriously about___46___ I've gone wrong all these years." "But Dad, it's 18 miles!" My protests and apologies(道歉) were __47___. Dad walked home that day.I drove behind him, ___48___ him all the way, but he walked silently.
Seeing Dad in so much ___49___ and emotional(情感的) pain was my most painful experience. However, it was ___50____ the most successful lesson. I have never lied since.
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I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language — the way it can evoke(唤起) an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all — all the Englishes I grew up with.
Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English. But I feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions (认识) of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly, her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I won’t get into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”, and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal(内在的) language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure: I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show; her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.
1.By saying “Language is the tool of my trade”, the author means that .
A.she uses English in foreign trade |
B.she is fascinated by languages |
C.she works as a translator |
D.she is a writer by profession |
2.The author used to think of her mother’s English as .
A.impolite |
B.amusing |
C.imperfect |
D.practical |
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3?
A.Americans do not understand broken English. |
B.The author’s mother was not respected sometimes. |
C.The author’s mother had positive influence on her. |
D.Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts. |
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A.The changes of the author’s attitude to her mother’s English. |
B.The limitation of the author’s perception of her mother. |
C.The author’s misunderstanding of “limited” English. |
D.The author’s experiences of using broken English. |