Question

閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

Brother Michael and Chris were born in the early 1960s and grew up in a black neighborhood in Richmond, California. Both boys were in the primary school and brought home mostly A’s on their report cards.

But in a black family with eight children, money was always , so the two growing boys often went . They turned to stealing. They stole cookies from the grocery store and bread from the . They even stole money from their parents to feed.

At the end of his first year in high school, Chris received three A’s and F’s on his report card --- the first time he had anything in school. Because Kennedy High School only allowed three failures four years, one more F and Chris would be kicked out of school. That’s when he made up his mind to .

Chris made every effort to become in school. After Chris graduated from college, he worked as a prosecutor(檢察官), criminals, drug dealers, and gang members. Today Chris is famous as one of the prosecutors in the trial of the century, the O.J. Simpson trial!

That decision to change took him in an entirely direction from his brother Michael, who changing his bad behavior. After high school, Michael continued his anti-social ---fighting in the streets, taking and stealing. At the age of 42, Michael Darden died from AIDS.

This story us that what we become is determined by the we make. We can choose to get or we can choose to get worse. Chris changed. He changed from being a criminal to prosecuting criminals. His brother Michael, on the other hand, was changed. He was changed by drugs…and finally, he was changed by a deadly disease. Chris made the right choices. He made the changes in his life that helped him his great dreams.

1.A. well- behaved B. well-dressedC. well-knownD. well- informed

2.A. plentifulB. loose C. common D. tight

3.A. madB. wrongC. hungryD. bad

4.A. chemist’s B. baker’s C. doctor’sD. barber’s

5.A. twoB. three C. four D. five

6.A. obtainedB. failed C. passed D. missed

7.A. beyondB. byC. over D. above

8.A. stealB. respondC. stand D. change

9.A. outstanding B. friendly C. powerful D. outgoing

10.A. treating B. savingC. questioning D. punishing

11.A. leading B. workingC. acting D. performing

12.A. similar B. different C. new D. strange

13.A. preferred B. resisted C. admitted D. appreciated

14.A. habits B. signsC. behaviors D. manners

15.A. drugs B. actionsC. buses D. pills

16.A. persuades B. warns C. convinces D. wishes

17.A. choices B. friends C. promisesD. efforts

18.A. tallerB. cleaner C. happier D. better

19.A. illegal B. useful C. harmlessD. lawful

20.A. destroy B. form C. accomplish D. approach

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.B

14.C

15.A

16.C

17.A

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】試題分析：每個人今天的處境與發(fā)展，并不完全取決于你的家庭背景或是你的天賦，而是在絕大程度上由你昨天所做的選擇所決定的。我們只有在人生的每個階段做好我們應該做的，才有可能在明天得到我們想要的……

1.形容詞。根據(jù)其后面一句brought home mostly A’s on their report cards.可知兩人在學校里表現(xiàn)非常的好，故用well- behaved，表示“行為好的”。根據(jù)句意故選A。

2.形容詞。A. plentiful大量的；B. loose松的；C. common常見的；D. tight緊的。但是有八個孩子的黑人家庭，錢總是很緊的。根據(jù)句意故選D。

3.形容詞。根據(jù)后句They turned to stealing.可知，最大的兩個男孩變壞了，故用go bad。根據(jù)句意故選C.

4.名詞。此題可以根據(jù)常識可以知道，bread面包只有baker’s面包店里偷的。根據(jù)句意故選B。

5.上下文聯(lián)系。根據(jù)后文中的Because Kennedy High School only allowed three failures可以知道這里為three F’s。根據(jù)句意故選B.

6.動詞。A. obtained獲得；B. failed失��；C. passed通過；D. missed錯過。第一次他在學校不及格。故選B。

7.介詞。這里考查介詞over，over four years表示超過四年之意。這里表示這所高中四年內只允許三次失敗。故選C。

8.動詞。這里考查change one’s mind改變某人的想法。那就是下定決心改變自己。根據(jù)句意故選D。

9.形容詞。A. outstanding杰出的；B. friendly 友好的；C. powerful強有力的；D. outgoing外向的。這里指克里斯每一份努力使得他在學校里變得很杰出。故選A。
10.動詞。A. treating對待；B. saving節(jié)��；C. questioning詢問；D. punishing懲罰。這里指懲罰罪犯。故選D。

11.形容詞。這里的leading prosecutors指的是主要的檢察官。這里指克里斯成為主要的檢察官。故選A。
12.形容詞。A. similar相似的；B. different不同的；C. new新的；D. strange奇怪的。這里指他的兄弟與他是完全不同的方向。根據(jù)句意故選B

13.動詞。這里考查resist doing sth.抵制做某事。這里指他弟弟拒絕改變他的壞的行為。根據(jù)句意故選B

14.名詞。根據(jù)上文提示changing his bad behavior.可以選出答案。這里指他弟弟繼續(xù)他的反社會的行為�？芍獞�選C。

15.名詞。這里考查短語take drugs指“吸毒”。這里指他弟弟在街上斗毆、吸毒和盜竊。故選A。

16.A. persuades說服；B. warns警告；C. convinces使相信；D. wishes希望。這個故事警告我們……。根據(jù)句意故選C.

17.名詞。這里考查短語make the choice做出選擇。我們成為什么是由我們所作的選擇決定的。故選A。

18.18】考查形容詞。根據(jù)其后句中的or we can choose to get worse.可以找出答案的提示。我們可以選擇變得更好。根據(jù)句意故選D.

19.形容詞。這里考查illegal drugs，表示非法吸毒。他通過非法吸毒改變自己。根據(jù)句意故選A.

20.動詞。A. destroy摧毀；B. form形成；C. accomplish實現(xiàn)；D. approach靠近。這里指幫助他實現(xiàn)了偉大的夢想。根據(jù)句意故選C。

考點：議論文。