(2010·珠海调研)Richard Desrosiers never made it to Heinz Field to watch his beloved Steelers play football, but his wife helped him __1__ his dream in death.

Thanks to some help from__2__people, Kathleen Desrosiers attended

Sunday's__3__， bringing an urn(骨灰盒) with some of her late__4__ashes.He had

died in March of a brain tumor(肿瘤)．She said, “I couldn't take the tumor away.I

couldn't take the__5__away.I couldn't make him better.But I can do this.”

Though he lived in Exeter, New Hampshire, Richard Desrosiers liked the Steelers

at an early age and followed them__6__.He named his dog Steeler and his wardrobe(衣

橱), by his wife's estimate, was 95 percent Steelers clothes.

In spite of the biting cold and the Steelers' disappointing 22－29__7__to the

Jacksonville Jaguars, Desrosiers waved her new Terrilbe Towel，__8__her painted

face and warmed her head with a Steelers hat.

She called it “an overwhelming experience”．

“It's__9__to think that he got here in death，” she added.“But this is where he

wanted to be.I got to be with him one__10__time while he did something he wanted

more than anything else in the whole wide world.”

1．A.meet　　　B．realize　　　　　 C．public　 　　　　　D．match

解析：从后文可知Richard Desrosiers的妻子帮助他完成了看球赛的遗愿。

realize one's dream 为固定搭配。

答案：B

2．A.kind­hearted 　　　B．energetic　　　 C．healthy　 　　　　D．rich

解析：妻子能够帮助丈夫完成遗愿，应该是得到了好心人的帮助。

答案：A

3．A.meeting　 　　　　　B．speech　　　　 C．game 　　　　　D．tour

解析：从文意可知此空指的是足球(此文中的football是指美式足球，即橄榄球)比

赛。

答案：C

4．A.brother's　 　　　　B．father's　　　　　　 C．sister's　 　　　D．husband's

解析：根据语境判断她是带着她丈夫的骨灰去看足球比赛的。

答案：D

5．A.pain　 　　　　　　B．joy　　　　　　　 C．pity　 　　　　　　D．sorry

解析：pain在此指病痛。原文意思是她不能带走她丈夫的病痛。

答案：A

6．A.lively　 　　　　　B．friendly　　　　　 C．closely 　　　　　　D．quickly

解析：她的丈夫从小就喜欢这支球队，所以紧密地关注这支球队。closely意为“紧

密地；密切地”。

答案：C

7．A.success　 　　　　B．failure　　　　　　 C．prize　 　　　　　　D．loss

解析：从22－29可知比赛失利了，用loss。

答案：D

8．A.showed off　 　　　　B．turned around

C．held up　 　　　　D．put up

解析：Desrosier挥舞着头巾，炫耀着涂着油彩的脸。在这里用show off更能表现出

她看到比赛时的兴奋。

答案：A

9．A.lucky　 　　　　　　B．happy　　　　　 C．sad　　　　 　D．unforgettable

解析：想到丈夫死后才看到比赛是令人难过的。

答案：C

10．A.first　 　　　　　　B．last　　　　　　 C．forever　　　 　D．second

解析：因为她的丈夫已经死了，所以带着丈夫的骨灰就是她最后一次与丈夫在一

起了。

答案：B

10．解析：live one's life生活。

答案：lives

9．解析：尽管他只是在那里洗盘子，他还是爱上了做餐厅这一行。

答案：even

8．解析：考查代词。

答案：his

7．解析：自从。可以根据上下文的含义和时态来判断。

答案：since

6．解析：“这就是我如何对待生活。”

答案：how

5．解析：根据上下文，“如果我们用积极的方式重新思考，世界可能会完全不同，甚至会对你有所回报。”句子间是递进的关系。

答案：even

4．解析：根据上下文，句子意思前后相反。

答案：However

3．解析：turn out to be结果是……。

答案：to be