Question

 With a determined(堅定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters) tall, the＿21＿ building in the US.

 As he got to the last step, McCarthy ＿22＿ fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he ＿23＿ cheers from many people.

“I just want to show people that ＿24＿ a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.

McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong 25  . He believes having a disability(殘疾) shouldn’t stop anyone  26   achieving his or her success.

He has been in a special school  27   he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was   28   by his determination(決心) and offered to help train him. They   29   more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “  30   seems that he never knows how difficult it is.  31   I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,”said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more  32  .”

Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I   33   the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the most craven sportsman I’ve ever trained.”

McCarthy said he was   34   of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll   35   to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’,” he said.

1. A. largest          B. highest       C. earliest     D. latest

2.A. seldom          B. hardly       C. always      D. almost

3.A. enjoyed         B. needed       C. made       D. kept

4. A. while           B. after         C. if          D. though

5. A. heart           B. hope         C. body       D. love

6. A. by             B. for          C. in          D. from

7.A. as             B. since         C. until        D. before

8. A. pleased         B. beaten       C. moved       D. asked

9. A. used           B. spent        C. took         D. wasted

10. A. Here           B. There        C. He          D. It

11. A. However        B. Sometimes    C. Again        D. Then

12. A. friends         B. helpers       C. time         D. exercise

13.A. tried           B. saw          C. did         D. met

14. A. thinking         B. talking      C. worried      D. proud

15.A. point           B. go          C. turn         D. hurry

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.B

12.D

13.B

14.D

15.A

【解析】

【主旨大意】本文敘述了一位殘疾少年McCarthy攀登美國第一塔的事跡，從而敘述了他是如何攀登第一塔和他自己的一些感觸，也讓我們明白身殘志堅的道理。

1. 根據(jù)本文判斷是美國最高的建筑物。

2. 由句意可知，當他到達最后一個臺階時，幾乎要掉下來，故答案為D。

3. 句意：那里他欣賞著來自人群中的歡呼。故答案為A。

4.  根據(jù)句意：我只是想要向人們證明，如果一個沒有腿的孩子可以做到，任何人都能做到。本句是if引導(dǎo)的條件狀語從句，故答案為C。

5.  根據(jù)上下文可知應(yīng)該是有一顆強壯的心，故答案為A。

6.  固定短語stop…..from….“阻止….”，故答案為D。

7.  句意：自從他四歲以來，他就上所特殊學(xué)校。故答案為B。

8.  根據(jù)后句可知，應(yīng)該是被他的決心所感動，并幫助訓(xùn)練，故答案為C。

9.  固定搭配spend….doing sth.“花費時間做某事”，故答案為B。

10.  固定句型It seems that…..“看起來似乎…..”，故答案為D。

11. 根據(jù)上下文可知，應(yīng)該是“有時候”，故答案為B。

12.  由上文可知，是想要更多的練習(xí)，故答案為D。

13.  句意：我看到最后的10個臺階，他走的更快了。只有B符合題意。

14. 固定短語be proud of“以….為驕傲”，故答案為D。

15. 短語point to…“指著….”，故選A。