Question

Andy was born with a developmental disorder. The two sides of his 36. _______were not joined normally with each other. The right side of his body could not 37.______ with the left. At age three, it was 38._______ for him to walk, speak, and play. He could only 39._______ back a few words, and walk 40.________while someone held each of his hands.

Then came the struggles. He 41._______ an all-day center he was enrolled in every imaginable therapy(療法). He 42._______, sometimes in tears, to get stronger. Andy hated it when his parents would leave him in the mornings. 43._______, they believed -- against all odds -- that he would grow up to live a 44.______ healthy life. They believed it for themselves, and for Andy.

It 45._______. Today Andy is a successful 13-year-old high school student. His progress has been nothing short of phenomenal. He receives special help with 46._________, but joins with friends in all the activities he loves. Andy 47.________ enormous odds to move from adversity to victory.

Ask yourself: “What are the seeds of strength hidden in my struggles today? If I get back up when I fall, what will that make possible tomorrow?”

36. A. body                               B. hands                       

C. brain                         D. legs

37. A. talk                                B. speak                       

C. exchange                     D. communicate

38. A. easy                                       B. difficult                       

C. unchallenging                  D. comfortable

39. A. pay                                B. answer                     

C. reply                        D. respond

40. A. smoothly                           B. swiftly                       

C. slowly                       D. quickly

41. A. attended                       B. joined                         

C. presented                 D. went

42. A. behaved                         B. struggled                    

C. appeared                             D. seemed

43. A. Therefore                        B. While                       

C. However                      D. Though

44. A. rich                             B. average                     

C. common                     D. normal

45. A. paid back                        B. paid out                       

C. paid off                      D. paid for

46. A. something             B. nothing         

C. anything                D. everything

47. A. beat                           B. won                          

C. overlooked                     D. overcame

Answer 1

36-40 C D B D C  41-45 A B C D C  46-47 A D

解析:

36. C。  根據(jù)文章我們推斷出Andy左右腦結(jié)合的不好，導致身體的右邊跟左邊連接有缺陷。

37. D。  根據(jù)“were not joined normally with each other.”可推斷：Andy 身體的兩邊不能相互交流。

38. B。  從此句中我們判斷出：因為Andy身體方面的缺陷導致他說話，走路等都很困難。

39. D。  因為他行走，說話都有問題，所以只能對別人的話做出很少的反應或回應。 respond的意思是“回應; 反應; 響應”。

40. C。  根據(jù)上文的句意：他行走，說話都有問題，推斷出他走路很緩慢。

41. A。  句意：Andy 參加了一個全天的康復醫(yī)療中心，而這個中心有各種療法。join加入某種組織等；present 后面加at時出席的意思; go需加上to再加名詞。

42. B。  從此段的第一句話我們可以判斷出。Andy掙扎著去讓自己變得強壯些。

43.   C。  此句話的意思是Andy很討厭父母送他去進行訓練，之后他們就離開了，但是他父母認為這對Andy很有幫助。However可用于句首，句中，句末，并用逗號隔開表轉(zhuǎn)折。

44.   D。  從上下文我們Andy的父母期望他能過上正常的健康的生活，應該說“to live a normal healthy life”。

45.   C。  從這個選項的下一句我們得知，Andy努力取得了成功。pay off意思是“取得成功”；pay back償還, 報復；pay out支付, 付出, 懲罰, 報復; pay for為…付款。

46.   A。  從該句中“but”，我們得知Andy雖然在一些事情得到別人特殊地幫助，但是他主動地加入到大家的活動當中。

47. D。    此句話的意思是：Andy克服了很多困難走向勝利。overcome 克服，overlook忽視，beat打敗，win 獲得，贏得。