题目内容
My childhood and adolescence were a joyous outpouring of energy, an endless pursuit for expression, skill, and experience. 1 was only a background to the great delight of lessons in music, dance, and dramatics.
Then one night at a high school dance, a remark, not intended for my 2, injured my youthful happiness: “That girl, what a pity she is blind.” Blind! A(n) 3 word that implied everything dark, blank and helpless. 4 I turned and called out, “Please don’t feel sorry for me, I’m having lots of fun.”5 the fun was not to last.
In college years, I began to struggle with the problem of earning a living. Part-time teaching of piano and occasional giving concerts proved only 6 sources of economic support. In terms of time and effort involved, the financial return was 7. Self-doubt and dark moods sparked within me. 8 to my misery was the repeated experience of knowing my sisters and friends dating excitedly. How 9 I was to my piano, 10 I could dissolve my frustration, accompanied by Chopin, Brahms, and Beethoven.
Then one day, I met a girl, an army nurse, whose faith was to change my life. As our acquaintance 11 into friendship, she sensed my 12. She said, “Stop knocking on closed doors. I know your opportunity will come. You’re trying too hard. Why don’t you relax? And have you ever tried 13?” The idea was strange to me. I had always believed that if you wanted 14, you had to go and get it for yourself. Yet, my sincerity and hard work had yielded poor returns, so I was 15 to try anything else. Self-consciously, I performed the daily practice of prayer. I said, “God, show me the 16 for which You sent me to this world.
In the years to follow, the answers began to arrive, satisfying 17 my most optimistic expectation. One of the answers was Enchanted Hills, where my 18 friend and I had the privilege of seeing blind children come alive in God’s out-of-doors. 19 are the sources of pleasure and comfort I have found in friendship, and most important of all, I 20 closer to God and, through Him, to immortality (永生).
- 1.
- A.School
- B.Society
- C.Family
- D.College
- A.
- 2.
- A.mind
- B.direction
- C.eyes
- D.ears
- A.
- 3.
- A.rude
- B.ugly
- C.dirty
- D.strange
- A.
- 4.
- A.quickly
- B.slowly
- C.gently
- D.quietly
- A.
- 5.
- A.Thus
- B.And
- C.But
- D.Though
- A.
- 6.
- A.adequate
- B.partial
- C.full
- D.rich
- A.
- 7.
- A.discouraging
- B.uninspiring
- C.encouraging
- D.convincing
- A.
- 8.
- A.Referring
- B.Contributing
- C.Adapting
- D.Adding
- A.
- 9.
- A.grateful
- B.excited
- C.proud
- D.sensitive
- A.
- 10.
- A.who
- B.which
- C.what
- D.where
- A.
- 11.
- A.jumped
- B.ran
- C.grew
- D.became
- A.
- 12.
- A.joy
- B.depression
- C.pleasure
- D.pity
- A.
- 13.
- A.practicing
- B.nursing
- C.praying
- D.volunteering
- A.
- 14.
- A.anything
- B.everything
- C.nothing
- D.something
- A.
- 15.
- A.able
- B.willing
- C.eager
- D.devoted
- A.
- 16.
- A.destination
- B.purpose
- C.meaning
- D.answer
- A.
- 17.
- A.with
- B.off
- C.beyond
- D.from
- A.
- 18.
- A.doctor
- B.teacher
- C.nurse
- D.prayer
- A.
- 19.
- A.Other
- B.Others
- C.Another
- D.Either
- A.
- 20.
- A.draw
- B.arrive
- C.drag
- D.pull
- A.
试题分析:本文是一篇励志文章,叙述的是作者作为一个残疾人在对生活失望消沉时一个女孩改变了自己的一生:只要坚持就会成功和收获。
1.A 考查语境理解。句意:学校里的音乐、舞蹈和戏剧课让我欢欣不已. A. School学校 B. Society社会C. Family家庭D. College大学。把握关键词My childhood and adolescence我的童年和青少年,还有后面的关键词lessons in music, dance, and dramatics,所以A正确。
2.D 考查语境理解。句意:然而,一天晚上,在高中的一次舞会上,一句我无意中听到的话霎那间将我年少的幸福击碎——“那女孩是个瞎子,真可惜!”A. mind思维 B. direction方向C. eyes眼睛D. ears
耳朵,把握关键词not intended for my根据句意是不是故意说给我听的,所以D正确。
3.B 考查形容词。句意:这个刺耳的字眼隐含着一个阴暗、漆黑、空白和无助的世界。A. rude粗鲁的B. ugly难看的; 丑陋的; 有敌意的; 不祥的; C. dirty脏的D. strange奇怪的,陌生的。根据句意所以B正确。
4.A 考查副词。句意:我立刻转过身,大声喊道:“请不要为我叹惜,我很快乐!”A. quickly迅速地B. slowly慢慢地C. gently温和地 D. quietly悄悄地,根据句意是立刻转身,所以A正确。
5.C 考查副词。句意:但我的快乐自此不复存在。根据上句和后句之间的关系应该是转折关系,A. Thus 因此(因果关系B. And(顺承关系)C. But但是(转折关系)尽管,D. Though然而(不位于句首),所以C正确。
6.B 考查形容词。句意:课余时间我教授钢琴还偶尔参加几次演奏会,可只占了维持生计的一部分,A. adequate足够的B. partial 部分的 C. full满的 D. rich富有的,把握关键词only,,多余B正确。
7.A 考查形容词。句意:与投入的时间和精力相比,它们在经济上的回报让人沮丧A. discouraging 令人沮丧的 B. uninspiring 不鼓舞人心的C. encouraging给人鼓励的 D. convincing令人信服的。根据前句挣得钱不够生活费确定付出了很多,但回报让人沮丧,所以A正确。
。8.D考查动词。句意:眼看我的姐妹和伙伴们一次次兴高采烈地与人约会增加了我的消沉空虚。把握关键词to 的固定搭配:refer to 查阅,提及contribute to 有助于,导致,adapt to 适应,add to 增加,根据上下句,上句已经沮丧,下句看着别人高兴的约会,当然是增加自己的消沉,所以D正确。
9.A 考查形容词。句意:所幸的是,还有钢琴陪我。A. grateful感激的B. excited兴奋的 C. proud自豪的 D. sensitive敏感的。根据句意自己心情沮丧意志消沉,应该是感激钢琴,可以陪伴我,所以A正确。
10.D 考查连词。句意:我的挫败感在邦、贝多芬、勃拉姆斯美妙壮丽的音乐构想中消散。这是一个定语从句,排除C。从句中不少主语或者宾语,排除A B,所以D正确。
11.C 考查动词。句意:随着我们从相识逐渐成为朋友。A. jumped跳 B. ran跑 C. grew 逐渐成为D. became成为。根据句意排除A B,把握关键词into,构成短语grow into转变成为,所以C正确。
12.B考查名词。句意:随着我们从相识逐渐成为朋友,她感觉到了我的沮丧。A. joy高兴 B. depression沮丧C. pleasure 愉快D. pity同情,怜悯。根据上一段的内容收人和付出不成正比,别人可以高兴的约会可知作者是抑郁,沮丧,所以B正确。
13.C 考查动词。句意:你太辛苦了,何不放松一下——试试祷告如何?A. practicing练习 B. nursing护理C. praying 祷告D. volunteering义务服务。根据句意和下文The idea was strange to me.只有C意思合适,所以C正确。
14.D 考查代词。句意:一直以来,我一直相信如果你想要得到都必须靠自己去努力争取。A. anything任何东西B. everything 每一件东西C. nothing 什么也没有D. something某物,根据句意应该是你想要某个东西,就得靠自己,所以D正确。
15.B考查形容词。句意:然而既然从前的热诚和辛劳回报甚微,我什么都愿意尝试一番。be able to do 能够做某事,be willing to do 乐于做某事 be eager to do 渴望做某事,be devoted to doing 致力于,投入于做某事,根据句意所以B正确。
16.B 考查名词。句意:我尝试着每天都祷告——“上帝啊,请告诉我你将我送到世上而赐予我的使命。”A. destination目的地 B. purpose目的,意图 C. meaning意义D. answer答案,根据就意是送我到世界来的目的,即意图,所以B正确。
17.C 考查介词,句意:在接下来的几年里,我得到了明确而满意的回答,超出了我最乐观的期望值A. with和…在一起 B. off离开C. beyond 超出D. from来自,根据句意是超出,所以C正确。
18.C考查名词。句意:其中一个回答就是魔山盲人休闲营区。在那里,我和我的护士朋友每年都有幸看到失明的孩子们在大自然的怀抱中是多么生气勃勃。根据上文:我和护士从相识到成为好朋友,所以此空应该是自己的护士朋友,所以C正确。
19.B 考查代词。句意:其他的回答是朋友们真挚的友谊以及美妙的音乐都给我带来无穷无尽的欢乐和慰藉。根据上文the answers began to arrive, One of the answers was这些关键句确定为此空是其他的回答,A. Other 其他的(只做定语) B. Others="other" + 复数名词 (做主语)C. Another (不定数目中的)另外一个D. Either(二者中的)任何一个,所以B正确。
20.A 考查动词,句意:最重要的是,我正日益与他靠近,并通过他接近永恒。根据后面关键词close to ,得出固定短语:draw close to ,接近,所以A正确
考点:励志类文章理解。
Last Sunday I made a visit to some new neighbors down the block. No specific purpose in mind, just an opportunity to sit at the kitchen table, have some tea and chat. As I did so, it occurred to me how rare the Sunday visit has become.
When I was a kid in the New Jersey of the 1960s, Sunday visits were routine. Most stores were closed and almost nobody worked. My family normally traveled eight city blocks to the home of my grandmother, where adults would sit on the front porch and chat while we children played hide-and-seek.
The Sunday visit was something to desire strongly. It was the repetition to church, our reward for and hour of devotion, and opportunity to take advantage of the fact that Dad was not at work, we were not in school, and there were no chores that couldn’t wait until Monday. Sunday was, indeed, which means that there was one day when everyone seemed to have time for everybody else.
Sunday as a day of rest is, or was, so deeply rooted in the culture that it’s surprising to consider that, in a short span of time, it has almost entirely lost this association.① In my childhood, it was assumed that everyone would either be home or visit someone else’s home on Sunday. But now the question is, “What do you plan to Do this Sunday?” The answer can range from going to the mall to participating in a road to jetting to Montreal for lunch. If one were to respond, “I’m making a Sunday visit to family,” such and answer would feel strange, an echo from another era.
I suppose I should be grateful to live in Maine, a state of small towns, abundant land tight relationships. Even though folks work as hard here as they do anywhere else, the state’s powerfully rural cast(特质)still harbors at least remnants(剩余部分)of the ethic of yesterday’s America, where people had to depend on one another in the face of economic vagaries(反复无常的情况)and a challenging environment.②
1.The writer’s general impression of the Sunday in the past was a day when_________.
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A.everyone would pay a visit to some relative far away |
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B.everyone seemed to be free and could have some leisure |
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C.Dad was not at work while Mom was busy cleaning the house |
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D.nearly every adult would go to church and children were not at school |
2.What can we learn from the underlined sentence in paragraph 4?
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A.People nowadays prefer staying at home on Sunday |
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B.People in the city dislike being disturbed on Sunday |
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C.Such answers are rarely heard in our modern society |
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D.Visiting someone on Sunday might take a lot of time |
3.From the last paragraph we may infer that people in Maine____________.
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A.suffer more from economic depression and the changed environment |
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B.have abandoned their tradition and lived an absolute new life |
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C.have tense relationships with each other |
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D.always help each other when they are in need |
4.What is the writer’s attitude towards the Sunday today?
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A.Unsatisfied |
B.confused |
C.Respectful |
D.Thankful |
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
He fell in love with her at the first sight at a party. She was so outstanding while he was so 36 . At the end of the party, he invited her to have 37 with him. She was very 38 , but she promised.
Sitting in a nice coffee shop, he was too 39 to say anything. Suddenly he
said to the waiter,“Would you please give me some 40 ?” Everybody stared at him, so strange!His face turned red, but still, he 41 the salt in his coffee and drank it.
She asked him 42 ,“Why do you have this 43 ?”
He replied,“When I was a little boy, I was living near the 44 . Now every time I have the salty coffee, I always think of my childhood and my 45 .”
While saying that tears 46 his eyes. She was deeply 47 . That was a really nice talk, also a beautiful beginning of their story. Later they got 48 … And, every time she made coffee for him, she put some salt in the coffee, as she knew that’s the way he liked it.
After 40 years, he passed away, leaving her a letter which 49 :
My dearest, please forgive my lie, the only 50 I said to you --the salty coffee. The first time we 51 I was so nervous that actually I wanted some sugar. I 52 to tell you the truth many times, but I was too afraid to do that, as I have 53 not to lie to you forever… Having you is my biggest happiness even though I have to drink the salty coffee.
Her tears 54 the letter totally wet. Someday, someone asked her,“What’s the taste of salty coffee?”She replied,“It’s 55 .”
1.A. handsome B. pretty C. humorous D. ordinary
2.A. dinner B. coffee C. tea D. meal
3.A. surprised B. disappointed C. shocked D. ashamed
4.A. anxious B. eager C. nervous D. serious
5.A. sugar B. paper C. salt D. spoon
6.A. put B. took C. mixed D. dipped
7.A. curiously B. carefully C. seriously D. elegantly
8.A. interest B. practice C. hobby D. act
9.A. city B. village C. sea D. road
10.A. mother B. family C. hometown D. friend
11.A. formed B. filled C. collected D. appeared
12.A. touched B. moved C. inspired D. encouraged
13.A. divorced B. married C. drunk D. hurt
14.A. wrote B. spoke C. told D. said
15.A. request B. will C. fact D. lie
16.A. danced B. dated C. gathered D. talked
17.A. managed B. offered C. tried D. failed
18.A. promised B. asked C. ordered D. persuaded
19.A. watered B. beat C. covered D. made
20.A. romantic B. salty C. sweet D. cosy