题目内容
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In my double profession as an educator and health care provider, I have worked with numerous children infected with the virus that causes AIDS.The relationships that I have had with these special kids have been gifts in my life.They have taught me so many things, but I have especially learned that great 1 can be found in a weak small body.Let me tell you about Tyler.
Tyler was 2 infected with HIV, as his mother was an HIV carrier.From the very beginning of his life, he was 3 on medications to enable him to survive.When he was five, he had a tube inserted in a vein (静脉) in his chest.This tube was connected to a pump, which he earned m a small backpack on his back.Medications were hooked up to this pump and were continuously supplied through the 4 to his bloodstream.At times, he also needed additional oxygen to support his breathing.
Tyler wasn't 5 _to give up one single moment of his childhood to this deadly disease.It was not 6 to find him playing and racing around his backyard, 7 his medicine-loaded backpack and dragging his tank of oxygen behind him in a small cart.All of us who knew Tyler were impressed by his pure 8 in being alive and me energy it gave him.Tyler's mom often 9 him by telling him that he moved so fast that she needed to dress him in red.That way, when she looked through the window to check on him playing in me yard, she could quickly __10_ him.
This incurable disease 11 wore down Tyler.He grew quite ill and, unfortunately, so did his mother.When it became 12 that he wasn't going to survive, Tyler's mom talked to him about 13 .She comforted him by telling Tyler that she was dying too, and that she would be with him soon in heaven.
A few days before his death, Tyler 14 to me to go to Ms hospital bed and whispered, "I might die soon.I'm not 15 .When I die, please dress me in red.Mom promised she's coming to heaven, too.I'll be playing when she gets there, and I want to make sure she can find me."
1. A.pleasure B.pain C.sorrow D.courage
2. A.certain B.born C.unlucky D.disappointing
3. A.reliable B.costly C.dependent D.disabled
4. A.medications B.pumps C.tube D.backpack
5. A.willing B.happy C.daring D.discouraged
6. A.common B.unusual C.ordinary D.sensitive
7. A.holding B.lifting C.taking D.wearing
8. A.joy B.fate C.belief D.pride
9. A.comforted B.scolded C.teased D.praised
10 A.recognize B.spot C.identify D.observe
11. A.eventually B.consequently C.constantly D, appropriately
12.A.apparent B.serious C.sure D.unfortunate
13.A.life B.death C.treatment D.future
14.A.begged B.said C.signed D.smiled
15.A.surprised B.expected C.satisfied D.scared
DBCCA BDACB AABCD