Question

  “Never give up!” It is my law (法则) of life. It has brought me 1_. I learned the law irom my

father's 2 story.My father was 3 in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu,in China. When he was a young boy,he went to school in the morning,then 4 in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework5 midnight. Life was hard,because they had no 6 !

   At the age of 14 ,my father heard of the United States of America. It was the land of gold,the land

where 7 people can become rich.

    “ 8 don't I go to America?” he thought to himself’full of hope.

So,my father came to America. “I had thought it was easy to 9 money in America,he told

me ,“But when I arrived there,I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire (雇佣) me because I

spoke 10 English. Later,I worked in a small restaurant,cleaning up tables, 11 dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was 12 for the first a few years. I worked from 10 a. m. to 11 p. m. I wanted to go to school to learn English,but it was impossible. I couldn t 13 the schooling (子费).

My father 14 working hard,and reached his goal.

   “Alan”he often says to me. "If you want something,you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come 15 in life. v That is what I learned from my father.

() 1. A. disaster   B. loss   C. success   D. pity

() 2. A. life   B. fashion   C. danger   D. history

() 3. A. famous   B. lucky   C. rich   D. born

() 4. A. taught   B. worked   C. studied   D. slept

() 5. A. until   B. towards   C. for   D. during

() 6. A. experience   B. energy   C. time   D. money

() 7. A. kind   B. poor   C. strong   D. lazy

() 8. A. What   B. How   C. Why   D. When

() 9. A. discover   B. make   C. collect   D. spend

() l〇. A. little   B. good   C. much   D. excellent

() 11. A. giving   B. running   C. washing   D. receiving

() 12. A. comfortable   B. cheerful   C. nice   D. hard

() 13. A. borrow   B. need   C. afford   D. pay

() 14. A. kept   B. finished   C. minded   D. stopped

() 15. A. really   B. easily   C. quietly   D. slowly

Answer 1

1. C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. D 6. D 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. A 11. C 12. D 13. C 14. A 15. B

[解析]这篇短文讲述的是作者从父亲的身上所学到的一个道理，即永不放弃。所以永不放弃也成了

作者的生活法则。

1. C根据句意可知，永不放弃会为人们带来成功。 故选C.

2. A根据下文可知，作者从父亲的经历中知道了，不放弃才能成功，故选A. 

3. D根据句意可知这里是说父亲出生的地方，故用 born。

4. B根据下文的in the field可知，是在地里工作。 故选B.

5. D因为他父亲小的时候要一边做农活，一边上 学，所以等他写作业的时候都到了半夜了。故选D

6. D根据前面的句意可知，那时候的生活艰难，可 见是没有钱。故选D.

7. B根据句子中become rich可知，在美国，穷人能 变成富人。故选B.

8. C句意：他想：我为什么不能去美国呢？这里是 说当父亲听说了美国这个地方后，他也想着能去 美国。故选C.

9. B make money 赚钱。故选 B.

10. A根据句意可知他们不雇佣我，可见是我不说 英语。故用little ,表示否定的意思。

11. C作者的父亲在餐馆工作，那么应该是洗碗。 故选C.

12. D作者的父亲每天要从上午10点工作到晚上 11点。可见生活很辛苦。故选D.

13. C根据上文可知，作者的父亲在刚去美国时，生 活很艰难，故我们可以推测出他没有钱交学费。couldn’t afford负担不起。故选C

14. A虽然生活艰难，但是父亲没有放弃，还是继 续努力，最终获得了成功。故选A.

15. B根据文意可知，想要实现梦想，必须要付出努 力，而且不能放弃，故生活中的梦想并不是那么 容易实现的。故选B.