Question

Have you ever considered what it would be like if you are not able to smile? I hadn't ____ that, up until a few months ago, when I found that I ____ couldn't. Well, I'm exaggerating (夸张) a little bit ... I ____ smile, but only with one side of my face!

I went to the___, and was diagnosed(诊断) with Bell's Palsy—a disease of the muscles on one side of the face. As you could ____， this was quite a shock to me，and made me very ____．Although this was a major bomb that was dropped on my life, my story is not about how ___ life is, but about how I face the sudden ____ falling on me.

Anyway, ____ is a part of everyday life for me. “Losing” half my face temporarily caused me to think “What is a smile？”According to the dictionary，a smile is a ____ expression for pleasure, characterized(特征是) by the turning up of the corners of the mouth，____ what about the cause? What is ____ the smile that causes us to show this expression?

After ____ about this for a while, I came up with the ____ that a smile is not only characterized by the upturning of the corners of the mouth, but also by what a person does, says and thinks. This gave me hope, as I ____ that smiling is not just an outward expression, but an inward ____．

With this in mind, I set about ____ how to smile with my life through my ____， not just with my face.____，sometimes I send my friends Smile Cards with a chocolate bar or bookmark, letting them ____ a true smile.

1.A. thought about B．stuck to C．fought for D．dreamed of

2.A. certainly B．actually C．hardly D．obviously

3.A. needed B．would C．should D．could

4.A. doctor B. nursery house C．government D．Bookstore

5.A. ask B．behave C．plan D．imagine

6.A. excited B．puzzled C．upset D．ashamed

7.A. hard B．boring C．short D．interesting

8.A. fortune B．challenge C．duty D．job

9.A. sleeping B．working C．smiling D. eating

10.A. facial B．body C．mental D．happy

11.A. because B．so C．but D．or

12.A. behind B．against C．before D．towards

13.A. working B．thinking C．reading D．speaking

14.A. agreement B．conclusion C．announcement D．condition

15.A. doubted B．hoped C．insisted D．realized

16.A. decoration B．attitude C．pattern D．attraction

17.A. learning B．suggesting C．consulting D．predicting

18.A. speeches B．promises C．actions D．opinions

19.A. In fact B．For example C．As a result D．By the way

20.A. discover B．remove C．convey D．experience

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.B

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.B

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇小短文讲述了作者突然发现自己有半边脸不能笑，于是去看医生，却被告知很难恢复。然后通过思考什么是笑，笑的真正含义等，学会了通过其他方式来表现笑，表现出自己的善意和感受。

1.动词词组辨析。A考虑B遵守，保留C为…斗争 D 梦想，根据句意，表示“我从未想过这个”，故选A。

2.副词辨析。A肯定地；B事实上；C几乎不；D 明显地。根据上文句意表示“我从未想过这个”，此句应表示“但事实上，我不能笑了。”故选B。

3.情态动词辨析。A需要 B将要 C应该 D 能够。句意是我能够微笑，只能用半张脸，故选D。

4.名词辨析辨析。A医生B护士房C政府D 书店。这里根据上下文推断。上文说我意识到有半张脸不能笑，意味着下文我去的地方就是看医生，故选A。

5.考查动词辨析。A 询问，B 行为，表现C 计划，打算D 想象。由上下文推测，这里as you could_______应该填imagine 你能想象得到。故选D。

6.考查形容词辨析。A 兴奋的，激动的B 使迷惑，使难解C 使心烦意乱，搅乱D 羞愧，ashamed of 为…感到羞愧。根据上下文，这个诊断是我震惊，而且使我心烦意乱，made me very___upset____,故选C。

7.考查形容词辨析。A 困难的，艰难的B 无聊的C 短促的，短的D 有趣的，感兴趣的。根据上下文，句意是尽管这对我的生活来说这是个炸弹，但是我并不是想说生活有多么的艰难，my story is not about how ______ life is ，其他选项不符合文章意思。故选A。

8.考查名词辨析。A 幸运B 挑战，机遇C 责任，义务，职责，税收D 工作，职责，作业。But about how I face the sudden ______ falling on me .根据上文，我得病了，这对我来说是个挑战，而不是其他选项的意思，所以这里应表示为“关于我如何面对突如其来的挑战。”故选B。

9.考查名词辨析。A 睡眠B 工作C 笑容D 吃。根据文章主旨，主要讲smile笑，故选C。

10.考查形容词辨析，A 面部的B 身体上的，形体的C 内心的，精神的，思想的D 快乐的。根据常识，a smile is a _______ expression for pleasure .可以推断出“笑容是一个面部的表达欢乐的方式。”故选A。

11. 因为B所以C 但是D 或者。根据上下文，这里_______ what about the cause 表示“但是笑是什么原因呢”，故选C。

12.考查介词辨析。A 在…后面B 反对C 在…之前D 朝，向，对于，接近，为了。What is ______ the smile that causes us to show this expression .根据上下文，表示“笑容的背后是什么引导我们去展示这个表情呢、”故选A。

13.考查动词辨析。A 工作B 思考，考虑C 阅读D 讲话。文章上句提出了一个问题，下文About this for a while应表示“我思考了这个问题一会儿”。故选B。

14.考查名词辨析。A 协议B 结论，结果C 宣言，宣告D 情况，状态，环境。句子I came up with the _______.其中come up with 想出，提出；所以这里表示“我想出来一个结论，”故选B。

15.考查动词辨析。A 怀疑，疑惑，不确定B 希望，盼望，期望C 坚持，认为D 意识到。As I _______ that smiling is not just an outward expression ，因为作者以前并没有意识到笑容不只是一个外在的表达方式，所以这里应表示“我意识到笑容不只是一个外在的表达方式。”故选D。

16.考查名词辨析。A 装饰，装潢，装饰品B 态度，看法，姿势C 模式，图案，典范D 引人注意的东西，有趣的东西。根据上句，outward expression ,所以这里应填与上文对照，故选B。

17. about 后接动词ing形式。A学习 B建议 C 商议，商量 D 预言，预测。根据上文，作者明白了什么才是真正的笑，所以下文应表达“我开始学习怎样去笑。”故选B。

18.考查词语辨析。A 演讲B 许诺C 动作D 想法。上文but also by what a person does表示“而且通过一个人的行为。”推断出Through my ______,not just with my face .表示为“通过我的动作，不只是我的脸，”故选C。

19.考查词组辨析。A 事实上B 举例来说C 结果，作为…的结果D 顺便说。______,sometimes I send my friends Smile Cards with a chocolate bar 意为，“举例来说，我经常送朋友巧克力条来作为笑容。”故选B。

20. 发现B 搬动，移动C 传达D 经历，经验。Letting them ____a true smile 根据上文，我通过送巧克力等方式，这里表达为“让朋友们感受到真正的笑容。”故选D。

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