When I was in the 8th grade in Ohio, a girl named Helen in my class had a terrible accident. As she was   36  to the bus in order not to miss it, she slipped on the ice and fell under the back wheels of the bus. She   37  the accident but was paralyzed from the waist down. I went to see her, in my 13-year-old   38  thinking that she wouldn’t live   39  from then on.
Over the years, I   40  and didn’t think much about Helen after that. Three years ago, in Florida, my oldest son was hit by a car while riding his bike,   41  a terrible brain injury. While I was looking after my son, a lady who said she was the hospital’s social worker called. It was a (an)   42  trying day. I burst into tears for no reason and rang   43 .
A short time 1ater, a beautiful woman, in a wheelchair,   44  into my son’s room with a box of   45 . After 16 years, I still   46  Helen. She smiled, handed me the tissues and hugged me. I told her who I was, and after we both went through the shock of that, she began to tell me about   47  since we last saw each other. She married, had children and got her degree so that she   48  the path for those people who were less   49  than her. She told me that if there was anything she could give me, it would be   50 .
Looking at this wonderful, giving person, I felt   51 . But I also felt the first hope I had since learning that my son was   52 . From this person that I thought would have no   53  of life, I learned that where there is life, there is hope. My son miraculously   54  and we moved north, but I owe Helen   55  that I can never repay.
小題1:
A．walkingB．ridingC．runningD．driving
小題2:
A．livedB．survivedC．existedD．escaped
小題3:
A．mindB．brainC．headD．thought
小題4:
A．equallyB．calmlyC．quietlyD．normally
小題5:
A．studiedB．movedC．workedD．1ived
小題6:
A．sufferingB．causingC．bearingD．catching
小題7:
A．normallyB．particularly C．necessarilyD．eventually
小題8:
A．upB．offC．backD．down
小題9:
A．ranB．walkedC．rolledD．moved
小題10:
A．tissuesB．presentsC．pillsD．candies
小題11:
A．realizedB．knewC．recognizedD．reminded
小題12:
A．her lifeB．her sonC．her familyD．her work
小題13:
A．clearedB．smoothedC．cleanedD．opened
小題14:
A．richB．healthyC．strongD．fortunate
小題15:
A．moneyB．hopeC．pityD．medicine
小題16:
A．smallB．pitifulC．weakD．shameless
小題17:
A．a(chǎn)dmittedB．beatenC．hurtD．hospitalized
小題18:
A．useB．valueC．meaningD．quality
小題19:
A．treatedB．worsenedC．relievedD．recovered
小題20:
A．some moneyB．some tissuesC．a(chǎn) debtD．a(chǎn) hope

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:D
小題5:B
小題6:B
小題7:B
小題8:B
小題9:C
小題10:A
小題11:C
小題12:A
小題13:B
小題14:D
小題15:B
小題16:A
小題17:C
小題18:D
小題19:D
小題20:C

試題分析：文章講述了作者的兒子因車(chē)禍而受傷，這令他很難過(guò)，但他的同樣遭受過(guò)車(chē)禍的兒時(shí)的同學(xué)海倫的生活態(tài)度感染了他，給他了希望，最后他的兒子奇跡般的康復(fù)了。
小題1:根據(jù)句意她為了不錯(cuò)過(guò)汽車(chē)而跑過(guò)去以至于滑到，故選C.
小題2:lived生活；survived幸存；existed存在；escaped逃跑,句意是她在這場(chǎng)車(chē)禍中幸存了下來(lái)。故選B。
小題3:句意是以一個(gè)13歲孩子的思維認(rèn)為從此她不可能再正常生活了。故選mind思維。
小題4:equally平等地；calmly平靜地；quietly安靜地；normally正常地，句意同上。故選D。
小題5:句意是幾年后我離開(kāi)了，并且古語(yǔ)海倫再?zèng)]想那么多。故選moved離開(kāi)。
小題6:suffering遭受；causing導(dǎo)致；bearing忍受；catching抓住，句意是車(chē)禍導(dǎo)致腦子受傷。故選B。
小題7:normally正常地；particularly特別地；necessarily必須地；eventually最終，句意是那是特別難受的一天。故選B。
小題8:ring off掛斷電話(huà)，句意是我無(wú)原因的流淚了并掛斷了電話(huà)。
小題9:因?yàn)槭亲喴嗡杂胷oll，滾動(dòng)。
小題10:tissues紙巾；presents禮物；pills藥片；candies糖果，因?yàn)樽髡哂龅降氖呛芡纯嗟氖虑�，她是�?lái)安慰他的所以帶的是紙巾。
小題11:realized意識(shí)到；knew知道；recognized認(rèn)出；reminded記得。句意是過(guò)去16年了，我仍認(rèn)出了海倫。
小題12:由下面的內(nèi)容可知她介紹了她的生活。故選A her life。
小題13:clear清晰的；smoothed使平靜；cleaned干凈的；opened打開(kāi)，句意是她使那些比她更不幸的人平靜下來(lái)。故選B。
小題14:fortunate幸運(yùn)，句意同上。
小題15:根據(jù)上下文的意思海倫給作者的應(yīng)該是精神上的安慰，希望，故選B hope。
小題16:跟海倫比作者感到自己很渺小，故選small，渺小的。
小題17:admitted承認(rèn)；beaten打擊；hurt受傷；hospitalized住院，句意是但是自從知道兒子受傷后我第一次感到有了希望。故選C。
小題18:句意是從這個(gè)人身上我學(xué)到了生活不能沒(méi)有質(zhì)量。故選D.
小題19:treated對(duì)待；worsened惡化；relieved救濟(jì)；recovered恢復(fù)，康復(fù)。句意是我兒子奇跡般的康復(fù)了，我們搬到了北方。故選D。
小題20:a debt債務(wù)，這里應(yīng)指人情債，句意是我欠海倫一個(gè)永遠(yuǎn)都無(wú)法償還的人情債。故選C。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：答題前一定要讀懂全文，弄清文章要表達(dá)的思想，注意前后段落之間的關(guān)系。答題中，一定要認(rèn)真分析，注意選項(xiàng)與上下文的關(guān)系，與前后單詞的關(guān)系。答完后再通讀一篇文章，看看所選選項(xiàng)能不能是語(yǔ)句通順，語(yǔ)意連貫。
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A．usedB．turned outC．found outD．turned up
小題4:
A．lentB．took C．paid D．handed
小題5:
A．a(chǎn)nyoneB．whomever C．someone whoD．those who
小題6:
A．crowded B．variedC．noisyD．convenient
小題7:
A．satisfiedB．confusedC．curiousD．a(chǎn)mazed
小題8:
A．worryB．disappointmentC．happinessD．excitement
小題9:
A．counter B．desk C．shelfD．goods
小題10:
A．moneyB．giftsC．changeD．encouragement
小題11:
A．makeB．wrap C．undo D．design
小題12:
A．droveB．took C．ledD．a(chǎn)sked
小題13:
A．quickly B．painfullyC．nervouslyD．noiselessly
小題14:
A．bushes B．darkness C．doorwayD．car
小題15:
A．courageB．look C．step D．breath
小題16:
A．waited B．whisperedC．creptD．stood
小題17:
A．cameB．soundedC．didD．a(chǎn)ppeared
小題18:
A．moments B．days C．time D．people
小題19:
A．TodayB．That yearC．That nightD．Since then
小題20:
A．on B．forC．a(chǎn)tD．of

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My father never wanted his children to know what he did for a living. Dad worked in Plant C. Lying beside Lake Erie, it saw him in at sunrise and out at nightfall. Sometimes my mother would take my siblings (兄弟姐妹) and me to the public beach in our hometown of Ashtabula. She’d gather us round and point to the smokestacks, coughing clouds into the sky.
“Wave to daddy!” she’d shout. Four little hands would shoot into the air. I never knew what Dad did in Plant C, but during 34 years of hard work, he had surgery (手術(shù)) on his shoulder and hand. At 48, he had his first heart attack. He retired in 1993, right after the last kid graduated from college. But the damage was done. A few years later, the next heart attack killed him.
I saw my dad in plant C only once, when I took dinner to him. That night, I looked at my father, covered in sweat and coal, and for the first time I knew why he was so often angry for no reason.
Recently my father’s friend, Toby Workman, walked me there. I knew my father never wanted me to see it. At every station, he described the job and the danger. It was like listening to a foreign language. I walked past many DANGER signs. Toby put his hand on my shoulder. “Look”, he said, “you need to understand something. Your dad was a maintenance mechanic. He worked the most dangerous job. If something broke, he fixed it. ”
A few days later, my daughter graduated from college. I gave her the hard hat Toby handed to me as I left, and this note: “Whenever you feel something difficult, put this on, look in the mirror, and remember your roots.”
小題1:What is the purpose of the passage?
A．In memory of the author’s motherB．to know about what the father did.
C．In memory of the author’s father. D．to remind the family to live well.
小題2:Which of the following is TRUE of the facts about the author’s father?
A．He didn’t suffer a heart attack until he retired.
B．He always faced danger while working.
C．He was satisfied with his job.
D．He worked in Plant C for 48 years in all.
小題3:When the author saw her father in Plant C,       ___.
A．her father was fixing a broken machine.
B．she didn’t recognize her father.
C．she understood him about his bad temper.
D．her father was angry about her coming.
小題4:When Toby Workman described the author’s father’s job, the author   ____  .
A．felt familiar with the jobB．decided to do the same work.
C．wanted to learn a foreign languageD．felt much puzzled
小題5:The author gave her daughter the hat to hope that her daughter could    _______ .
A．get encouraged by her grandfatherB．overcome all difficulties by wearing it
C．remember her grandfatherD．follow her grandfather’s work

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Singing had always been an important part of Gloria Estefan’s life. “ Since I was three years old, I sang. I sang everything,” Gloria said. “Gubans,” she added, “are a musical people.”
Gloria was born in Cuba in 1957. Her family left the country just before Fidel Castro came to power. In Miami, where the family settled, many people did not accept Cuban immigrants. In first grade, she spoke little English, but she worked hard to learn the language. Six months after she entered school, she won an award for reading in English!
When Gloria was ten , her father returned from the Vietnam War. Soon, the family realized he wasn’t well. They soon found out that he was badly ill. Her mother went back to teaching at school to support the family. Gloria cared for her father and her younger sister.
She still made the honor roll, and she still had her music, but Gloria was lonely. However, when the band leader Emilio Estefan came to speak at her high school, Gloria sang for him. He asked her to join his band. It was the beginning of the Miami Sound Machine. Within a few months, the Miami Sound Machine was the top band in Miami. In 1978, Gloria and Emilio married.
At first, the Miami Sound Machine was known only in Miami. Then the band signed with CBS Records. Estefan and his band became stars.
Since then, the Miami Sound Machine has sold millions of records. Estefan has done more than just singing when Hurricane Andrew hit central Florida in 1992. She used only two weeks to organize an all-star concert that raised $ 2 million for the people who suffered in the hurricane. “We needed a party after that disaster,” she said.
Estefan said, “You have to stay true to the music you really love to do. There will always be people who will tell you, ‘that won’t work.’ You’ve got to be firm in spite of difficulties. Stick to it——that’s the main thing.”
小題1:Estefan’s father was ill ______.  
A．a(chǎn)fter he returned from Vietnam War
B．before they left their home country
C．when they settled down in Miami
D．a(chǎn)s soon as she finished high school
小題2:According to the passage, probably Estefan did the following except________.
A．organizing an all-star concert for Hurricane victims
B．teaching at school to support the family
C．winning an award for reading in English
D．taking care of her father and sister
小題3:The underlined word “disaster” in this passage refers to _______.
A．the concertB．the celebrationC．the hurricaneD．the victims
小題4:This passage mainly tells about Estefan’s ______.
A．Cuban backgroundB．happy marriageC．music styleD．life story

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