Question

【題目】Joe lost his arms in an accident that killed his father. Since then, he has had to depend on the ________of his younger sister Ella. In order to take care of him, Ella became his shadow, never leaving him ________ for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do anything in his life.

As they grew up together, they had their share of __________and they would often quarrel. Then one day, Ella wanted to separate from Joe, living _________ own life. So Joe was heart-broken and didn't know what to do.

A __________ misfortune (不幸) struck Rosa, too. One night her mother, who suffered(受苦) from mental illness, ___________. So her father went out looking for her mother. She tried to cook meals for her parents, only to overturn the kerosene light on the stove, resulting in a fire which took her hands away.

Though her elder sister Susan showed her willingness to take care of her, Rosa decided to be___________ independent. And most of all she learned to do things on her own. Once she wrote the following in her composition: “I’m lucky. Though I lost my arms, I still have legs. Though my wings are broken, my heart can still fly.”

One day，Joe and Rosa were both invited to a television interview program. Joe told the TV host about his uncertain future at being left on his own, while Rosa was full of hope for her life. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. Joe wrote：My younger sister's arms are my arms; ___________ Rosa wrote: Broken wings, flying heart.

They had both stood the same sufferings, but their different __________ determined(決定) the nature of their lives. It is true that life is unpredictable. How you deal with misfortune is the true test of your character. If you choose only to complain and run away from the suffering，it will always _________ you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.

【1】A. legs B. arms C. eyes D. hands

【2】A. sad B. afraid C. worried D. lone

【3】A. questions B. accidents C. problems D. business

【4】A. his B. her C. my D. their

【5】A. serious B. sudden C. terrible D. similar

【6】A. returned B. disappeared C. moved D. left

【7】A. completely B. directly C. seriously D. immediately

【8】A. and B. so C. while D. or

【9】A. opinions B. values C. senses D. attitudes

【10】A. follow B. catch C. disturb D. hurt

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【5】D

【6】B

【7】A

【8】C

【9】D

【10】A

【解析】這篇文章講述了兩個(gè)遭遇相似苦難的人，在面對(duì)苦難時(shí)他們具有完全不同的態(tài)度，以此告訴我們生活是無常的，在面對(duì)苦難時(shí)，我們應(yīng)該學(xué)會(huì)堅(jiān)強(qiáng)。

【1】A. legs 腿 B. arms胳膊 C. eyes眼睛 D. hands手。根據(jù)句意：從那以后，他不得不依靠他妹妹的胳膊來做一些事情，故選B

【2】A. sad 悲傷 B. afraid害怕 C. worried擔(dān)心 D. alone單獨(dú)地 根據(jù)句意：艾拉變成了他的影子，多年來從來沒有讓他獨(dú)處。故選D

【3】A. questions問題 B. accidents事故 C. problems難題 D. business事情 根據(jù)句意：他們各自都有難題。故選C

【4】A. his他的B. her她的 C. my我的D. their他們的 根據(jù)句意：艾拉想和喬分開，過她自己的生活。故選B

【5】A. serious 嚴(yán)重的 B. sudden突然地C. terrible可怕地 D. similar相似的。根據(jù)“也”可推斷出羅莎一天晚上遭遇了相似的事故。故選D

【6】A. returned返回 B. disappeared失蹤 C. moved移動(dòng) D. left離開。根據(jù)后文可知，她的患有精神病的媽媽離不見了。故選B

【7】A. completely完全地 B. directly直接地 C. seriously 嚴(yán)重地 D. immediately立即 根據(jù)句意：為了變得完全獨(dú)立。故選A

【8】and和B. so所以 C. while然而 D. or否則 根據(jù)句意：然而，羅莎寫到“折翼的翅膀，飛翔的心”。故選C

【9】句意：但是他們不同的態(tài)度決定了他們生活的本質(zhì)。A觀點(diǎn)B價(jià)值C感覺D態(tài)度。故選D。

【10】句意：如果你選擇抱怨和遠(yuǎn)離苦難，那它就處處跟隨你。跟隨是follow。故選A。