题目内容
Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was only twelve years old,he had cancer. Doctors had to (1) off most of his right leg.
Every day,Jeff puts on an artificial leg (假肢 ) .The leg is plastic. With the plastic leg,Jeff can ski,ride a bicycle,swim,and play soccer. He can also run.
Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs, (2) They decided to (3) across America. They all wore special T-shirts. On it was "Run,Jeff,Run. Jeff Keith's Run Across America".
Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west (4) he was twentytwo years old. He started running in Boston. Seven (5) later,he stopped running in Los Angeles. He ran 3,200 miles. Jeff wore out thirtysix pairs (6) running shoes and five plastic legs. Jeff (7) in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff, (8) for the American Cancer Society. The Society used the money to help people know more about cancer.
On the way to Los Angeles,Jeff talked to people about (9) Jeff is disabled (残疾) ,but he can do many things. He finished college and is studying to be a lawyer. Jeff says, "People can do (10) they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran not only for disabled people. I ran for everybody."
( ) 1. A. take B. cut C. put D. set
( ) 2. A. also B. too C. either D. neither
( ) 3. A. walk B. fly C. swim D. run
( ) 4. A. while B. because C. when D. if
( ) 5. A. months B. days C. hours D. minutes
( ) 6. A. at B. for C. in D. of
( ) 7. A. reached B. studied C. stopped D. started
( ) 8. A. and B. but C. or D. so
( ) 9. A. cancer B. walk C. society D. America
( ) 10. A. any B. thing C. nothing D. anything
1. B根据下文他装上了假肢,可知应该是切掉了大部分右腿。
cut off表示"切掉";take off表示"脱掉";
put off表示"推迟,拖延";set off表示"出发,动身"。
2. B also、too、either都表示"也",但also位于肯定句句中;either用于否定句;too用于肯定句句尾。
3. D根据上下文的意思可判断他们是跑而不是走、飞或游泳,因此选D.
4. C表示"当……多大年纪的时候"常用when。while—般表示两个动作同时进行。
5. A根据实际情况来判断,应该是7个月之后,而天、小时和分钟所表示的时间太短。
6. D"一双鞋"要用a pair of ,应用介词of。
7. C reach后边不加介词;study在文中未涉及;start意思不恰当。
8. B not... but表示"不是……而是",其他选项和not组合不能表达这个意思。
9. A本文谈的是癌症,其他各项均不合题意。
10. D人们可以做到任何他们想要做的事情。nothing表示否定,和原句意思不符合。