Question

A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the fire and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates arrived.

One  1 they arrived to find the schoolhouse was on fire. They dragged(拖) the senseless(無意識的) little boy out of the burning building more dead than alive. The doctor told his mother that her son would surely  2  .

But the brave boy didn’t want to die. He made up his  3 that he would survive somehow, and to the amazement of the doctor, he did survive. When the  4 was past, the mother was told that he would be a lifetime cripple(跛子) with no  5  of the lower part of his body at all.

Once more, the brave boy made up his mind. He would not be a  6  . He would walk. But unfortunately from the waist down, he had no motor(運動神經的) ability. His thin legs were all but lifeless.

Finally he returned from the  7  . Every day his mother would massages(按摩) his little  8 , but there was no feeling. Yet his  9  that he would walk was as strong as ever.

One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the  10 to get some fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he threw himself from the chair. He pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him. He walked his way to the white   11 .With great  12 , he raised himself up on the fence(籬笆) . Then, he began dragging himself along the fence and  13  that he would walk. He started to do this every day until he wore a smooth path all around the yard beside the fence.  14  through his daily massages and his iron determination, he did  15 the ability to stand up, then to walk by himself and then to run. This determined young man, Dr Glenn Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile!

1.                A．afternoon       B．evening         C．noon D．morning

 

2.                A．die            B．survive         C．fail  D．recover

 

3.                A．mind           B．heart           C．idea D．view

 

4.                A．disease         B．disaster         C．danger   D．failure

 

5.                A．effect          B．use            C．good D．work

 

6.                A．cripple         B．patient         C．trouble   D．winner

 

7.                A．school         B．home          C．factory   D．hospital

 

8.                A．hands          B．legs            C．arms D．feet

 

9.                A．decision        B．dream          C．promise  D．determination

 

10.               A．street          B．school         C．yard  D．shop

 

11.               A．fence          B．wall           C．houses    D．door

 

12.               A．job            B．time           C．effort D．success

 

13.               A．promised       B．decided        C．insisted   D．predicted

 

14.               A．Frankly         B．Finally          C．Actually   D．Secondly

 

15.               A．build          B．improve        C．choose    D．develop

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.C

13.C

14.B

15.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文通過一個小男孩通過鋼鐵的意志戰勝災難，最終站立起來的故事。告訴我們毅力的作用，鼓勵著每一個人前進成功。

1.D 上下文串聯。根據上文可知他每天早上到教室生火，這次事故也是發生在生火的早晨。

2.A 動詞辨析。A死亡B幸存C失敗D康復；指醫生告訴他媽媽還在一定會死。

3.A 固定詞組。Make up one’s mind下定決心。

4.C 名詞辨析。A疾病B災難C危險D失敗；指過了危險期以后，母親被告知他無法走路。

5.B 名詞辨析。A影響B使用C好處D工作；他身體的下半部一點用處都沒有。

6.A 上下文串聯。根據下文的he would be a lifetime cripple指他不想一輩子做跛子。

7.D 名詞辨析。A學校B家C工廠D醫院；指最后他出院回家。

8.B 上下文串聯。根據上文可知他的下半身不能動，那么媽媽按摩他的雙腿。

9.D 名詞辨析。A決定B夢想C諾言D決心；他要能走路的決心更為強烈了。

10.C 上下文串聯。根據下文的描述可知媽媽把他推到院子里呼吸新鮮空氣。

11.A 上下文串聯。根據下一行的on the fence說明A正確。

12.C 名詞辨析。A工作B時間C努力D成功；用了很大的努力，他扶著籬笆站立起來。

13.C 動詞辨析。A允諾B決定C堅持D預測；他堅持認為自己一定能夠站起來步行。

14.B 副詞辨析。A坦白地B最后C實際上D第二；最后通過鍛煉和鋼鐵意志，他站起來了。

15.D 動詞辨析。A建設B提高C選擇D形成；他真地形成了走路的能力，創造了奇跡。

考點：考查故事類短文

點評：本文講述了毅力的巨大作用。在答題前一定要讀懂全文，弄清文章要表達的思想，注意前后段落之間的關系。答題中，一定要認真分析，注意選項與上下文的關系，與前后單詞的關系。對于一時沒有太大的把握的題可以放到最后再來完成，因為有時答案可以從下文內容體現出來。答完后再通讀一篇文章，看看所選選項能不能是語句通順，語意連貫。