I grew up one of ten children on a farm in Wyoming.After my dad’s service in World War Ⅱ，he was ____ again to fight during the Korean War，and when he returned home，he couldn’t drink ____ to numb(麻痹) his terrible memories.He struggled to ____ for his growing family.
On our occasional trips to town，I ____ out boxfuls of books from the library.When I opened a book，I could ____ myself in unknown places—where children weren’t hungry and were in ____ of little.
When I wasn’t daydreaming，my ____ was the life I shared with my brothers and sisters.At night I hid under the covers ____ to silence the sounds of life in an alcoholic home.Classmates asked ____ we didn’t have electricity or a telephone.I suppose my explanations were ____ more than lies，but the stories I told improved ____ every book I read.
Starting at a very young age，my siblings(兄弟姐妹) and I sometimes got jobs to earn money—to put more food on the family table.We ____ newspapers，babysat，and cleaned other people’s houses.
Mom grew vegetables，raised chickens，and baked bread，so we seldom went hungry，even when supper was only a pot of beans.____ my real hunger wasn’t for food—it was a hunger for a better life.It was a hunger for knowledge about the world ___ our simple existence.It was a hunger to prove Dad ____ when he told us we would never amount to anything.
Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much ____ than our parents expected ___ us.We devoured(如饑似渴地吸取) the offerings of the public schools because we realized that ____ would be our steppingstone into a brighter future.
Now I’m ____ of the accomplishments of my siblings：an art professor；a well­known doctor；plus business owners.And me，I’m the keeper of the family stores.I’ll never know if we would have so many accumulated successes if we had not known ____ as children.But this I do know：I believe it can be a good thing.
小題1:
A．draftedB．dismissed
C．invitedD．involved
小題2:
A．wellB．plenty
C．enoughD．heavily
小題3:
A．searchB．provide
C．hopeD．leave
小題4:
A．broughtB．checked
C．gaveD．carried
小題5:
A．remindB．help
C．devoteD．find
小題6:
A．memoryB．favor
C．possessionD．need
小題7:
A．realityB．fantasy
C．satisfactionD．a(chǎn)ffection
小題8:
A．refusingB．pretending
C．a(chǎn)ttemptingD．preparing
小題9:
A．whetherB．how
C．whenD．why
小題10:
A．somethingB．a(chǎn)nything
C．nothingD．everything
小題11:
A．a(chǎn)sB．with
C．forD．a(chǎn)t
小題12:
A．sentB．delivered
C．publishedD．released
小題13:
A．ButB．And
C．ThenD．Otherwise
小題14:
A．a(chǎn)boveB．a(chǎn)round
C．withinD．beyond
小題15:
A．rightB．mean
C．wrongD．nice
小題16:
A．moreB．further
C．greaterD．better
小題17:
A．inB．for
C．ofD．on
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)mbitionB．dream
C．enthusiasmD．education
小題19:
A．hungerB．suffering
C．desperationD．poverty
小題20:
A．fondB．proud
C．a(chǎn)wareD．confident

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

小題1:答案　A
解析　考查動詞辨析。根據(jù)下文“again to fight during the Korean War”可知，他是被征召入伍。故選A項。
小題2:答案　C
解析　考查副詞辨析。他不能喝到足以麻痹他可怕的記憶。enough足夠的，符合題意。
小題3:答案　B
解析　考查動詞辨析。他努力供養(yǎng)日益增多的家人。provide提供，撫養(yǎng)，符合題意。
小題4:答案　B
解析　考查動詞辨析。我從圖書館登記并借了一箱子書。check out登記借出，符合語境。
小題5:答案　D
解析　考查動詞辨析。我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己置身于一些不知名的地方。只有動詞find可跟復合結構。故選D項。
小題6:答案　D
解析　考查名詞辨析。那里的孩子不饑餓，不缺少東西。固定短語in need of“需要”。
小題7:答案　A
解析　考查名詞辨析。當我不做白日夢時，現(xiàn)實是我跟我的兄弟姐妹們在一起生活。reality現(xiàn)實，符合題意。
小題8:答案　C
解析　考查動詞辨析。晚上我躲在被窩里試圖在一個酒鬼的家里安靜地生活。attempt試圖，符合語境。refuse拒絕；pretend假裝；prepare準備。
小題9:答案　D
解析　考查名詞性從句連接詞辨析。同學們問為什么我們既沒有電也沒有電話。根據(jù)后面一句中的“explanations”可知，此處是問為什么。故選D項。
小題10:答案　C
解析　考查不定代詞辨析。我認為我的解釋只有撒謊。nothing more than僅僅，只有。故選C項。
小題11:答案　B
解析　考查介詞辨析。但是我講的故事是用我讀的每本書改進的。with表示“用”。
小題12:答案　B
解析　考查動詞辨析。根據(jù)上句中“sometimes got jobs to earn money”可知，我們所干的工作是遞送報紙、做保姆、給別人打掃房子。deliver遞送，符合語境。
小題13:答案　A
解析　考查連詞辨析。根據(jù)前面一句話，我們很少感到饑餓。我真正的饑餓不是對食物的渴求，而是對更好生活的渴望。前后句表示轉折，所以用but。故選A項。
小題14:答案　D
解析　考查介詞辨析。這是我們簡單的生存之外渴求對世界的了解。beyond超過，符合語境。
小題15:答案　C
解析　考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)后半句“父親說我們將一事無成”，可知我們想證明他是錯誤的。故選C項。
小題16:答案　A
解析　考查副詞辨析。渴望激發(fā)我的兄弟姐妹們實現(xiàn)了遠遠超出父母對我們期望的那樣。more than超過，符合語境。
小題17:答案　C
解析　考查介詞辨析。固定搭配expect of“對……的期望”。故選C項。
小題18:答案　D
解析　考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)前半句中“we devoured(如饑似渴地吸取) the offerings of the public schools”可知，我們認為教育是通向光明未來的踏腳石。故選D項。
小題19:答案　B
解析　考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)下文兄弟姐妹的成就可知，我是引以為豪的。故選B項。
小題20:答案　A
解析　考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)第六段第一句話“Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much more than our parents expected of us.”以及我們現(xiàn)在獲得的成就可知，渴望的力量之大。故選A項。
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

I used to be ashamed of my grandma. I know that's a　   　 thing to say, but it was true until today, so I have to　    it.
The　    started when my friend Katy found Grandma's false teeth floating in a glass on the bathroom sink. I was so used to seeing them that I　     took notice of them. But Katy shouted, laughing and　   　 to tell everyone about it. I had to get down on my knees and　     her to shut up so my grandma wouldn't　    and get hurt.
After that happened, I　    there were a million things about Grandma that were embarrassing.
Once she took Jill and me out to Burger King.　    ordering our hamburgers well-done, she told the person behind the counter, "They'll have two Whoppers (巨無霸) well-to-do. " Jill burst out laughing, but I almost　   .
After a while, I started wishing I could　    Grandma in a closet. I even complained to my parents. Both my parents said I had to be careful not to make Grandma feel　    in our home.
Then last Wednesday, something happened that　    everything completely. My teacher told us to help find interesting old people and　    them about their　    for a big Oral History project. I was trying to think of someone when Angie pushed me gently.
"Volunteer your grandmother," she whispered. "She's　    and rich in experience."
That was the last thing I ever thought Angie would say about my grandma.
This is how I ended up on　     today interviewing my own grandmother before the whole school assembly (集合). All my friends and teachers were listening to her　     she was a great heroine. I was　     of my grandma and hoped she would　     know that I had been ashamed of her.
小題1:
A．funnyB．commonC．terribleD．clear
小題2:
A．a(chǎn)dmitB．receive　　　C．refuse　　　　D．show
小題3:
A．quarrel　　　B．a(chǎn)ccident　　　C．trouble　　 　D．a(chǎn)dventure
小題4:
A．a(chǎn)lready　　　B．a(chǎn)lways　　　　C．simply　　　 　D．hardly
小題5:
A．enjoyingB．pretending　 　C．imagining　 　D．continuing
小題6:
A．warn　　　　　B．demand　　　　C．a(chǎn)dvise　　　D．beg
小題7:
A．mind　　　　　B．hear　　　　　C．see　　　　　D．fall
小題8:
A．expectedB．declared　　　C．realized　　 　D．doubted
小題9:
A．Because ofB．Except for 　C．Such as 　　 　D．Instead of
小題10:
A．died 　　　　B．cheered 　　　C．disappeared　　D．suffered
小題11:
A．meetB．a(chǎn)void　　　　C．a(chǎn)rrange 　　 　D．hide
小題12:
A．independent　B．inconvenient　C．unwelcome　　D．unfamiliar
小題13:
A．changedB．finished　　　C．stopped　　　　D．prepared
小題14:
A．interview 　　B．report 　　　C．tellD．write
小題15:
A．newsB．lives　　　　C．a(chǎn)dvantages　　D．a(chǎn)chievements
小題16:
A．free　　　　 　B．popular　　　C．interesting　　D．embarrassing
小題17:
A．showB．stage　　　　C．duty　　　　　D．time
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)nd then 　　B．even if　　　C．so thatD．a(chǎn)s if
小題19:
A．sure　　　　 　B．proud　　　　C．a(chǎn)shamed　　　D．a(chǎn)fraid
小題20:
A．never　　　　B．even　　　　　C．stillD．once

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