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Introduction to Letters to Sam

Dear Reader,

     Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my   36 , Sam, was born, my heart was filled with joy. I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then, and I have been  37  ill many times. So I wondered if I would have the  38  to tell Sam what I had  39  .

     For years I have been hosting a program on the  40  and writing articles for a magazine.  Being  41 to move freely, I have learned to sit still and keep my heart  42 , exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and  43  . So when Sam was born, I  44  to tell him about school and fridship, romance and work, love and everything else. That’s how I started to write these  45 . I hope that Sam would  46  them sooner or later.

     However, that expectation  47  when Sam showed signs of autism (自閉癥) at the age of two. He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs. He  48  to communicate with others, even the family members. That was  49  for me but didn’t stop me writing on. I realized that I had even   50  now to tell him. I wanted him to  51  what it means to be “different” from others, and learn how to fight against the misfortune he’ll  52  as I myself, his grandfather, did. I just  53  if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life.

     Now,   54  the book has been published, I have been given the chance. Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam: some about my life, and all about what it means to be a   55  .

                                                                  Daniel Gottlieb

36. A. son                     B. nephew                     C. brother                     D. grandson

37. A. seriously              B. mentally                    C. slightly                     D. quietly

38. A. ability                  B. time                          C. courage                    D. responsibility

39. A. written                B. suffered                    C. observed                   D. lost

40. A. radio                   B. television                   C. stage                        D. bed

41. A. ready                  B. unable                       C. anxious                     D. eager

42. A. warm                  B. broken                      C. closed                      D. open

43. A. hosts                   B. visitors                     C. readers                     D. reporters

44. A. began                  B. stopped                     C. forgot                       D. decided

45. A. letters                  B. emails                       C. books                       D. diaries

46. A. find                     B. read                          C. collect                      D. keep

47. A. developed            B. disappeared               C. changed                    D. arrived

48. A. tried                    B. refused                     C. regretted                   D. hoped

49. A. exciting               B. acceptable                 C. strange                     D. heartbreaking

50. A. less                     B. everything                 C. more                        D. nothing

51. A. understand           B. explain                      C. believe                      D. question

52. A. fear                     B. face                          C. know                       D. cause

53. A. felt                      B. guessed                    C. saw                          D. doubted

54. A. as                       B. once                         C. though                      D. if

55. A. teacher                B. child                         C. man                         D. writer

  

【語篇解讀】本文介紹了“Letters to Sam”這本書的創(chuàng)作背景和寫作目的。

36. 答案D

【解析】根據(jù)as I myself，hisgrandfather可判斷，Sam是“我”的孫子。

37. 答案A

【解析】由I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then和I wondered if I would have the time…可知作者在這期間重病了幾次。所以用seriously.

38. 答案B

【解析】由這一段可知，作者是想告訴他的孫子，但擔(dān)心自己的身體，所以不知道是不是有

時(shí)間。此處用time符合上下文。

39. 答案C

【解析】observe看到，注意到。根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容的理解，作者想告訴他孫子的是他的經(jīng)歷，只有observe合題意。

40. 答案A

【解析】由下文的with thousands of listeners可知，作者是主持廣播節(jié)目，所以選radio.

41. 答案B

【解析】由第一段可知，作者在輪椅上待了20年，所以不能自由活動(dòng)。

42. 答案D

【解析】由下文中與聽眾和讀者交流思想可知，作者敞開心扉，所以選open。

43. 答案C

【解析】由第二段開頭可知，作者主持廣播節(jié)目和為雜志寫文章，所以此處是和聽眾和讀者交流。

44. 答案D

【解析】由下句這就是我怎樣開始寫這些信的可知，這兒應(yīng)用decided.是因?yàn)槲覜Q定告訴Sam學(xué)校與友誼、浪漫與工作、愛情與其它一切，才開始寫這些信。

45. 答案A

【解析】由本文的題目可知是介紹的Letters to Sam 這本書，下文中也告訴我們這本書的每一章都是一封信，所以這兒選A。

46. 答案B

【解析】因?yàn)樾攀菍懡oSam的，所以作者希望Sam遲早會(huì)讀到這些信。

47. 答案C

【解析】由于Sam患了自閉癥，所以作者的這種期望改變了。

48. 答案B

【解析】因?yàn)镾am患了自閉癥，這兒是說他拒絕與別人交流。

49. 答案D

【解析】由上文可知，作者對(duì)Sam 希望很大，而Sam卻患了自閉癥，這對(duì)作者來說是令人心碎的。

50. 答案C

【解析】由上面一句語，但是并沒有阻止我繼續(xù)寫下去和下文中的我想讓他理解與別人不同意味著什么，學(xué)會(huì)和我一樣與面對(duì)的不幸作斗爭可知，作者是有了更多的東西要寫。

51. 答案A

【解析】見第50題。

52. 答案B

【解析】見第50題。

53. 答案D

【解析】由上文可知，作者的身體不好，所以他懷疑他是不是能寫下所有他想說的話。

54. 答案A

【解析】as引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句。句意：因?yàn)檫@本書出版了，所以我有機(jī)會(huì)讓Sam看到我所有想說的話。

55. 答案C

【解析】這本書的每一章都是一封信，一些是關(guān)于我的，所有都是關(guān)于作為一個(gè)人意味著什么的。

  

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