高考英语必考点：考点妙解 人物故事
本类考题解答锦囊
人物介绍也是高考完形填空经常选用的题材。
作者所选的人物都是非常具有特点的，这些人物往往具有独特的品质或经历，值得人们学习或从中吸取教训。因此把握这些人物的特点和品质是做好这类完形填空的关键。
Ⅰ 高考最新热门题
1.(典型例题)
Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese American writer. But her writing 1 was something she picked up by herself. After her first 2 , teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. 3 , writing stories was simply a 4 interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher (出版商) . 5 , they immediately sug gested that she put them together to make a single one long 6 and paid Tracy a $ 50,000 advance. "A pretty money," said the publisher, "for 7 writer."
8 Tracy's characters (人物)are in teresting, her stories sometimes 9 readers uneasy: those about the supernat- ural. "My mother believed I could 10 the afterlife world," she told a close friend. "She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago. '
"Can I? I don't think I can," Tracy said with a laugh. "But I do have 11 when things come to me 12 . "Once, she was wondering how to complete a 13 set in ancient (古代的) China. 14 the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese 15 . It cawithout her having 16 it.
Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remain 17 by her fame. She lives in the same 18 , she lived years ago although in a more comfortable home. There's mc room for 19 in her life-and it wasn't just 20 .
1. A. skill B. experience C. practice D. method
2. A. duty B. effort C. job D. task
3. A. Instead B. Normally C. Certainly D. Then
4. A. general B. deep C. personal D. lively
5. A. Interested B. Anxiously
C. Seriously D. Encouraged
6. A. film B. story
C. program D. article
7. A. a foreign B. a popular
C. an unusual D. an unknown
8. A. Now that B. Even though
C. Just because D. Except that
9. A. find B. turn C. leave D. hold
10. A. make up B. connect with
C. control D. explain
11. A. events B. chances C. feelings D. moments
12. A. for no reason B. from a distance
C. by accident D. as gifts
13. A. description B. pointing
C. scene 
D. talk
l4. A. Surprisingly B. Suddenly
C. Expectedly D. Fortunately
15. A. cooking B. history C. play D. medicine
16. A. known B. sent C. realized D. ordered
17. A. unchanged B. excited
C. determined D. unmoved
18. A. life B. city C. house D. way
19. A. success B. work C. joy D. variety
20. A. writing B. reporting
C. luck D. fun[来源:学科网]
命题目的与解题技巧：此文是完形填空中的人物故事题材，考学生对文章的整体理解，文章记叙了TracyWong从最初把写作为个人爱好到出版了许多书，最后取得成功，做好此类题型的关键是把握好人物的特点和品质。
答案：
1.A解析：她的写作技能是她“偶然学到”的，pickup当“偶然学到”讲，可以说pick叩alanguage／askill等。本题干扰性最大的是experience，“经验”只能是慢慢“积累”而不能是“偶然”学到；practice意思是“实践”，与pick叩也不搭配；method可以跟pick叩搭配，但此处不是指写作“方法”，而是写作“技巧”。
2.C解析：空后的teachingdisabledchildren是前面内容的同位语，教残疾儿童应是一种工作，且后文有"part-timewriter'’ (业余作家)，也说明她有一份工作。
3.D解析：此处指“当时”她成为IBM的业余作者时，写作仅仅是个人爱好，故用then＝atthattime．其他选项没有把握好上下文的逻辑关系。
4．C解析：全句意为：在当时，写作／写故事不过是她的一项个人兴趣(不是工作或谋生的手段)。
5．A 解析：此空选A，是因为他们(出版商)感兴趣，此处interested与主语是被动的主谓关系，如不感兴趣，他们便不会提建议了。此处出版商不可能是“着急”“严肃”或“受鼓励”。
6．B解析：出版商(或编辑们)建议她(把三个故事)放在一起，组成一部长篇小说，所以此空填B由语境可排除其他选项，她写的不是“电影”“程序”，也不是“文章”。
7．D 解析：出版商人预付了Tracy 5万美元，且说：对一个不出名的作者来说这是一笔不小的数目。此处的pretty近于 alarge／considerablesur sum of，意为“挺不错、够多了”，从逻辑分析看，5万美元对于外国的／受欢迎的/非凡的作者就可能显得少了。
8.B解析：此处构成的只能是让步关系，表示“尽管”她小说中的人物非常有趣，但有时却使读者感到不自在，故用even though／if now that"既然”，引导原因状语从句；C是原因状语从句；D是介词后的宾语从句，意为“除了”。 )
9．C 解析：leave意为“使……处于某种状态”，即“她的故事有时候使读者处于不安状态中。“uneasy”是宾语补足语，符合leave的用法。findsb．．．意思是“发现某人……”不合题意；其他动词不合搭配。
10．B 解析：根据后句"SheusedtO．．．yearsago"(她过去常常让我同已死去多年的祖母说话)可知，母亲相信作者能和人死后所去的世界沟通。故选amakeup“编造；构成比例”，不合题意；control"控制”；explain"解释”都不合逻辑，因为没有人能够控制或解释人死后的世界。
11．D 解析：此处是说她生活中有些“时刻”非常奇怪，令人难以置信。
12．A 解析：Tracy认为自己不能与阴间沟通，但她的确遇到过无缘无故就发生了事情的时候，后文无缘无故得到的那本书便是例子。所以此空填fornoreason(无缘无故、不知为什么)。fromadistance"从远处”；byaccident“偶然地”；asgifts"作为礼物”均不合语境。
13．C 解析：空后的“set in ancient China"是过去分词作定语，修饰空内要填的词，意即：(时空)设定在古代中国的 ……，据此填scene最好。全句的意思是：有一次，她正不知道怎么样完成一个设定在古代中国的场面。此时她在写作。B项和D项均不妥，她不是在绘画或交谈；A项description(描述)肯定会有很强的干扰性，但与后面作定语的分词短语搭配不当。“一个设定在古代中国的描述”肯定不妥。
14．B 解析：门铃突然响了，合乎情理。门铃响应不是令人吃惊的事(排除A)，但也不是意料中所指望的事(排除C)fortunately多指危险中出现了转机或好事，用于此处有些夸大，且fortunately多被逗号同句子隔开。
15．B 解析：Tracy写古代中国的场面时遇到困难，一本书中雪中送炭，帮了大忙。这本书应该是关于中国历史的，如这本书是关于其他方面的，就帮不上忙了。
16．D 解析：她没订购这本书，这本书就在需要时刻来了，正符合上文的“无缘无故就发生了一些事的时候”。
17．A 解析：本句中的though是关键词，下文的sallie也给提示。全句意思是：尽管她已出版了10部著作(应该名利双收了)，但盛名之下，她并没有改变。后文的“She lives in the same．．．she lived 27 yearsago．”也说明她没多大变化。
unmoved的意思是“没有被感动”，用在此处不合语境。
18．D解析：空后的"Shelived 27yearsago”是定语从句，修饰所填的词，只有先行词是way才合理，句意才能通顺，与上下文相符合：她的生活方式仍与27年前一样。如选其他三项，空后应有一关系副词，且与下文不符。
28．C 解析：此处是说她“快乐的事情”很多，不仅仅是写作。 此处作者强调这位女作家很会享受生活，这样可排除其他干扰项。
20．A 解析：此处是说除了“写作”，她还有很多其他的爱好。把握好人物的身份和职业可排除其他选项。
Ⅱ题点经典类型题
1. (典型例题拟)
I am my mother's third child. When I was born, her doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was 1 , below the elbow(肘部). Then he gave her some 2 : "Don't treat her any 3 from the other girls. Demand more" And she 4 !
My mother bad to work to 5 our family. There were five girls in our family and we all bad to 6 .Onee when I was about seven, I em'ne out of the 7 ,"Mom, I can't peel (削......皮)potatoes. Ionly have one band."[来源:学§科§网Z§X§X§K]
"You get back to peel those potatoes, and don't ever use that as a(n) 8 for anything again!"
Of course I could peel potatoes with my good band, while holding them down with my 9 arm. There was always a 10 ,and Mom knew it, "If you try hard 11 ,"she'd say, "you can do anything."
Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bars (高抵杠).
When it was my turn, I 12 my head. Some kids 13 I went home crying.
After work the next afternoon, Mom 14 me back to the school ground.
"Now, 15 up with your right arm", she advised. She stood by 16 I practiced, and she 17 me when I made progress.
I'll never forget the 18 time I was crossing the bars. The kids were standing there with their mouts open. It was the way with everything, when I 19 I can't handle (处理)things, I see Mom's smile again. She bad the hear to 20 anyting. And she taught me I could, too.
1. A. missing B. broken C. diseased D. short
2. Pt. warning B. medicine C. help D. advice
3. A. badly B. differentlyC. well D. normally
4. A. did B. refused C. cried D. was
5. A. care B. help C. support D. feed
6. A. pay attention B. work out
C. carry out D. help out
7. A. kitchen B. bedroom
C. house D. schcol
8. A. idea B. change
C. excuse D. explanation
9. A. lost B. other C. next D. longer
10. A. chance B. way C. time D. success
11. A. enough B. too C. again D. often
12. A. hurt B. nodded C. shock D. turned
13. A. cheered B. whispered C. joked D. laughed
14. A. drove B. took C. sellt D. carried
15. A. pull B. jump C. stand D. rise
16. A. before B. as C. after D. until
17. A. helped B. raised C. praised D. protected
18. A. first B. last C. wonderful D. next
19. A. admit B. fear C. find D. realize
20. A. face B. teach C. learn D. solve
1．A. 解析：联系下文我们可以得知，出生时，“我”左胳臂肘以下的部分缺少。从下文可知，作者的胳膊不是断了(bro—
ken)，也不是生病(diseased)，而是没有。
2. D 解析：从空后的句子我们得知，这是医生给“我”母亲的建议，要母亲像对待一个正常的孩子那样对待“我”。此处医生给我母亲的不是“警告”，也不是“帮助”，更不是“药”。
3．B 解析：从下句demandmore可以得知，医生要“我”母亲不要因为“我”的残疾就把“我”与其他孩子区别对待。从后面的介词from可排除其他选项，不合搭配。
4．A 解析：did在此相当于demandedmore，此处强调母亲确实照医生的话做了。B、C不合题意。D用于替代句中的系表结构，而此处demandmore是实意动词。
5．C 解析：support在这里是“支撑，养活”的意思，说明母亲要工作
来养家糊口。从母亲的艰辛这一点可排除其他动词； care"关心”'feed"喂养”。
6．D 解析：从下文“我”剥土豆皮的经历可得知“我们”姐妹几个都帮母亲的忙。help out当“帮助”讲'pay attention"注意”；workout"解决问题；出现……结果”；carry out"执行(任务等)”，都不合题意。
7．A 解析：从空后的"Mom，Ican't peelpotatoes．”看，“我”从厨房走出来。从作者削土豆这——具体的语境可排除其他选项。
8. C 解析：空前的that指代“我”所说的Ican't peel potatoes，I only have one hand．母亲认为那是借口，故用eXCUS~“主
意”“变化”“解释”在此都不合逻辑。
9．B 解析：用右手剥皮，用左胳膊把土豆握住，myotherarm 指失去肘部以下的那只胳膊。lost"失踪的、丢失的”，往往指整个东西，而此处作者的胳膊仅仅缺少了半截；next"下一个”指次序；longer不合逻辑。
10．B 解析：从下文"if you try hard 11(enough)，you can do anything．”我们得知，“我”认为办法总是有的。此处指的是有“办法”，其他选项不合题意。
11．A 解析：enough在这里做程度副词，修饰前面的副词hard．题意为：假如你足够努力，你什么事情都可以做。100表示两种两样的情况；again表示动作的重复，都不合题意。
12．C 解析：从下句我们知道，这次“我”没有做，因此当老师要“我”做的时候，“我”摇头拒绝，因此用shock．从下文以及作者是残疾人这一点可排除其他选项。
13．D 解析：在这里作者是说有几个孩子嘲笑“我”，用laugh at sb A、C有较大干扰性，cheered多表达因为成功、喜悦而欢呼庆祝，而joke指开玩笑。
14．B 解析：take sb．t。a place意思是“领着某人去某地”。drivesb．t。意为“开车拉送某人到什么地方”；send sb．To a place意为“派某人去某地”；carry sb．t。意为“携带某人去某地”。
15．A 解析：pull up在这里指把身体拉上去。在这里母亲要“我”用右手把身体拉上高低杠。pull表示“拉，牵引”。因为后面有“用你的右手”的信息限制，因此排除其他选项。
16．B 解析：as在此相当于when或while，在我练习的时候，母亲站在一边。此处表示两个动作同时发生，因此排除其他选项。
17．C 解析：在“我”有进步时，母亲表场“我”。由前面“进步”信息提示，可排除“帮助”“抬”“保护”。
18．D 解析：thenext time指自那次以后的下一次；the firsttime“第一次”；thelasttime"上一次，最后一次”；thewonderfultime"最美好的时光”都不合语境。
19．B解析：不能够处理事情是“我”的担心，故用fear，相当于beafraid．其他答案均有一定干扰性，联系上下文我们知道，母亲一直鼓励“我”不要把自己看作残疾人，她要求“我”做正常人所做的一切事情。admit“承认”，realize"意识到”，此处都不合语境。
20. A 解析：“她用心去面对一切事情”。D项有一定干扰性，从空前的heart我们得知，母亲从心理上能勇敢面对一切困难。
Ⅲ 新高考命题探究
CIoze 1
Many children may be fond of animals, but few ever think of making the study of animals their career (职业). Even fewer will be 1 by the whole world, 2 the title of United Nations Messenger (使者)of Peace.
3 one woman has achieved all that. She has lived with chimpanzees(黑猩猩) in the African forest for more than 20 years and made great 4 . This woman is Jane Goodall. She was born in London, England, in 1934. Goodall's lifelong
5 in animals began at an early age. By the age of 10 or 11, Goodall 6 going to Africa to live with animals. This was quite a strange dream in those days, as young 7 didn't think of having such "wild actions. But she was 8 by her mother. She told her that if she really wanted somtehing, she should work hard, take advantage of 9 and never give up looking for a way.[来源:Zxxk.Com]
When a close friend invited Goodall to Kenya in 1957, she readily 10 within a few months of her arrival she met the famous anthropologist (人类学家)Dr. Louis Leakey, who soon decided that Goodall was the 11 person he was looking for to begin a 12 of wild chimpanzees on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania.
In July 1960, Goodall arrived at Combe National Park in Tanzania. At the beginning, studying the chimpanzees was not
13 for her. The animals fled from her 14 , so it took months for her to get close to them. With a strong 15 ,she searched the forest every day, trying not to get too close to the chimpanzees too 16 . Gradually the chimpanzees became used to her presence.
She discovered many things of chimpanzees during her first years at Combe National Park. In October 1960, she observed a chimpanzee making and using 17 to fish for termites (蚂蚁). This discovery threw 18 on the popular idea at the time that Man was the world's only toolmaker. The longer Goodall's research continues, the more it becomes obvious that chimpanzees are very 19 to humans.
Since the mid-1980s Goodall has been lecturing around the world to raise people's sense about environmental 20 "Let's live in the new age witlh hope, respect for all living things, understanding and love,"she said.
1. A. recognized B. known C. praised D. admitted
答案: A 指导：recognize此处意为“承认(地位、影响等)”。此处指在动物研究方面得到世界公认的人屈指可数。known"被知道”语意太轻，“赞扬”意义太片面，admitted"被接受”不合题意。
2. A. receiving B. giving C. enjoying D. having
答案: C 指导：enjoymg为现在分词做伴随(结果状语)，意为“享有(地位、声誉等)。此处根据题意不能用“收到”或“给”；have一词不能用于进行时。
3. A. So B. Actually C. But D. Finally
答案: C 指导：转折词but与前文形成对比关系，强调Jane Goodall成就非凡。此处与前面构成的是转折关系，其他选项不合逻辑。
4. A. discoveries B. decisions C. choices D. findings
答案: A 指导：makeadiscovery为固定短语“发现”。findings意思也是“发现”，但与动词make不搭配。
5. A. study B. interest C. sense D. dream
答案: B 指导：从全文看，JaneGoodall一生都对动物“感兴趣”。sense意为“感觉”，其他也不合题意。
6. A. was fond of B. tired of C. insisted D. dreamed of
答案: D 指导：dreamOf doing sth．“梦想干……”，此处指Jane Goodall一直梦想着到非洲去。Befond of “喜欢”；betired of“厌倦干”；insisted on"坚持要”。
7. A. boys B. girls C. men D. women
答案: B 指导：由常识以及后面的"wildactions"可知，此处指“女孩”，即女孩一般不会有这么狂野的行为。把握了人物的身份再结合常识可排除其他选项。
8. A. encouraged B. prevented C. advised D. forced
答案: A 指导：由转折词But可知，Jane Goodall得到母亲的“鼓励”。由后面母亲鼓励她的活可排除其他选项。
9. A. knowledge B. youth C. hope D. chances
答案: D 指导：母亲鼓励她应充分利用“机会”，不达目的，决不罢休。“知识”“青春”“希望”均不合题意。
10. A. accepted B. refused C. hesitated D. considered
答案: A 指导：JaneGoodall愉快地“接受”了朋友的邀请。accept意为“接受”邀请、建议等。hesitate“犹豫”，consider“考虑”不合题意。
11. A. only B. last C. special D. first
答案: C由全文内容判断，在非洲森林中研究黑猩猩是一项“特殊”的任务，因此需要Jane Goodall这样“特殊的”人选。此处不说明顺序问题，因此排除其他选项
12. A. project B. study C. center D. career
答案: B 指导：通览全文可知，此处指对黑猩猩的“研究”。扣住文章的中心可排除其他选项。
13. A. hard B. interestingC. easy D. convenient
答案: C 指导：由后文黑猩猩一开始恐惧地逃跑这一信息可知，这不是“容易的”工作。
14. A. in surprise B. in a hurry C. as expected D. in fear
答案: D 指导：由语境判断，黑猩猩是“惊恐地”逃跑。结合原文叙述的中心：女科学家在非洲大森林中研究黑猩狸这一特殊的情况可排除其他干扰项。
15. A. will B. body C. desire D. mind
答案: A 指导：Jane Goodall虽然遇到困难，们并未放弃，因此是“意志”坚强。此处不指强壮的“身体”，强烈的“欲望”等。
16. A. far B. near C. soon D. much
答案: C 指导：有后面黑猩猩“逐渐”适应了JaneGoodall的出现判断，应用soon，因为soon意为“快”，指“时间”概念。其他不指“时间概念”。
17. A. nets B. tools C. holes D. sticks
答案: B 指导：从下文的toolmaker判断，这是JaneGoodall的重大发现：黑猩猩也会制作并使用“工具”。但此处并不涉及具体使用什么样的工具，故不选D“棍棒”。
18. A. doubt B. light C. questions D. beliefs
答案: A 指导：由于JaneGoodall的发现使人们对当时大家普 遍接受的观点产生了怀疑。throw doubt on意为“对……产生疑问”。而throwlight on的意思是“使……明朗”。
19. A. close B. similar C. friendly D. helpful
答案: B 指导：JaneGoodall的发现使人们认识到黑猩猩与人类很“相似”。close表示关系“亲密”或实力“接近”，不合逻辑。
20. A. improvement B. protection C. pollution D. destruction
答案: B 指导：Jane Goodall想通过自己的演讲提高人们环境“保护”的意识。由常识可排除improvement“改进”；destruction"破坏”不合题意。
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More than 5 years ago, John Williams gave away all of his belongings and went off to the mountains to live the way people lived 100 years ago. For 1 traps wild animals and fishes in the rivers 2 he can. John lives in a cabin he made 3 , out of trees he chopped down with an axe. 4 he has no relatives that he knows of, he does have a deer he 5 from a fawn (幼鹿). The deer lives in the house in winter and goes with John when he goes into the 6 for food. Nobody lives
7 fifty miles of his cabin in the mountains and John has not been out of the mountains during the entire forty years. One day last year I hiked in to see 8 John lives in. It was like going 9 . There were no stories, no post offices, no noise,no pollution, not 10 a road.
11 notable (值得注意的)of all, there were no people and that's the 12 John Williams wants to keep his part of the world. But there seems to be something impossible in his story. He is 13 man. He has books and nobody knows how he 14 them. Mostly he reads about his world, the forest, the animals, the plants, and the 15 . He has seen airplanes flying overhead but does not want to 16 about them. For him, electricity is 17 , not light bulbs, refrigerators, televisions, or washing machines. John is 85 years old and has not had a 18 day in his life. He attributes his long life to the fact that he has nothing to do with people and in or- der that he might 19 many more years of health, happiness and solitude(孤独), I will not tell you 20 his kingdom lies. There is no room there for you or me.
1. A. fun B. food C. meal D. pleasure
答案：B 指导：从后面的内容看，他是首先要解决“食物”的问题。Cmeal强调一日三餐中的一餐，不合逻辑。
2. A. whichever B. whenever
C. wherever D. whatever
答案：D 指导：此处表示他尽其所能。can后省略了do，因此whatever事实上是做do的宾语。whichever也可引导宾语[来源:Z+xx+k.Com]
从句，但强调的是某一范围中具体的一个。
3. A. by hand B. with hand
C. a hand D. hand in hand
答案：A 指导：大山中没有工具，因此他只能“手工”搭建简陋的房子。by hand＝with one's hands．
4. A. Now that B. As C. As long as D. Though
答案：D 指导：这儿指JohnWilliams只有一只鹿与他为伴，although引导让步状语从句。now that＝since，as longas“只要”，引导条件状语从句。
5. A. raised B. bought C. got D. picked
答案：A 指导：从后面fromafawn可知，鹿是他从小养大。根据人物特定的环境可排除其他动问。
6. A. country B. village C. city D. forest
答案：D 指导：John Williams生活在大山中，因此到森林中去寻找食物，这是最合理的答案。由人物居住的环境可排除“乡村”、“城市”和“村子”。
7. A. in B. within C. for D. off
答案：B 指导：用within fifty miles of his cabin说明他居住的地方相当荒凉。表示“在……范围内”只能用within。in表示“在……(物体)里面”或“在……方面”。
8. A. where B. the place C. why D. how
答案：B 指导：因为后面已有介词in，所以只能用名词短语the place作者是去看John Williams生活的地方。
9. A. on B. back C. forward D. along
答案：B 指导：John Williams生活在类似100年前人们居住的环境中，因此在时间上应是“后退”。forward是“向前”，其他副问也不合题意。
10. A. ever B. yet C. already D. even
答案：D 指导：副词even用来加强程度，说明JohnWilliams生活环境的艰辛。ever说明“曾经”发生过的事情，already说明动作行为“已经”存在。
11. A. More B. Most C. Very D. Much
答案：B 指导：承接上文，突出后面的内容。most．．．。fall"最值得……的是”。
12. A. way B. life C. thing D. idea
答案：A 指导：way指做事情的“方式”，后面接定语从句，省略了引导词inwhich／that．
13. A. interestingB. honest C. old D. educated
答案：D 指导：从后面他读书这一点可以断定他是位受过教育的人。从后文的信息提示可排除其他选项。
14. A. got B. borrowed C. read D. treated
答案：A 指导：在荒芜人烟的大山中居然能得到书，这确实不容易。get"得到”。根据语境此处不是说明他在“读书”。
15. Pt. deer B. mountains C. society D. country
答案：B 指导：只有选“大山”才切合本文的语境。人物居住的地方就是“大山”，由此可排除其他选项。
16. A. know B. talk C. discuss D. speak
答案：A 指导：knowabout"了解”，说明JohnWilliams下定决心与外界隔绝，飞机从头顶飞过，他也无动于衷。其他动词talk，speak符合搭配，但不合题意。discuss后不能跟介词about搭配。
17. A. nothing B. lightning C. thunder D. storm
答案：B 指导：没有现代化的一切，闪电就是他照明、取火的工具。此处指“取火”，与“打雷”“暴雨”无关。
18. A. lonely B. happy C. hard D. sick
答案：D 指导：从后面他长寿可以断定此答案，他从来不生病。
19. A. live B. keep C. continue D. enjoy
答案：D 指导：指他还会继续“享受”这种健康、幸福而孤独的生活。如果选lonely显然与后面的信息提示“他把自己的长寿归功于……”相矛盾。
20. A. where B. which C. what D. how
答案：A 指导：说明JohnWilliams在独自享受自己的野外生活。作者不愿意透露他生活在什么地方。此处表示地点概念，其他不合题意。
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Think you can't be happy? You'll think again after reading this story.
Barbara Ann Kiper hated her feet. They were too big and she always seemed to 1 over them when someone was 2 usually a smart guy. Come to think of it, her teethwere too big, too. The other kids teased (取笑) her because of the way she 3 , and because she wanted to be a sportswriter someday. No matter what she did, she was teased for being
That's 5 she started writing down things that she liked in a notebook. "It was like a friend, and it 6 me that there are good things, 7 everything around me is unpleasant,'' she says. She copied the list over and over, 8 new things every day.
One day, she decided to 9 her list with some of the girls in her class, hoping they would think it was as much fun as she did. But 10 , they make her feel stupid again. "They laughed at me," she remembers, "I was ashamed, and I
11 dong it."
Here comes the 12 part. When she was in 10th grade, Kipfer found her old notebook and decided to 13 where she left off. "It was like a diary, like a photograph of my life," she says. She started writing to publishers, asking them if they'd be interested in printing her list as a book.
She kept writing to one company 14 , because she liked the types of books it printed. "He kept saying, 'It's just a list, what am I supposed to do with it? ..... You're not 15 to do anything with it. It's 16 supposed to remind people of something they did that was really 17 ."
Finally, the publisher 18 to turn Kipfer's list into a book, which sold more than I million copies! 14,000 Things to Be Happy About even 19 it to be New York Times Best Sellers list. 20 being a best-sell- ing author, Kipfer also went to realize her dream of becoming a sports editor at the Chicago Tribune.
1. A. jump B. fail C. turn D. push
答案：B 指导：fallover"摔倒在……，被绊倒”，从前面她的脚太大可知。jumpover"跳越”；turnover"翻转”；push一般不与 over搭配。
2. A. nearby B. around C. watching D. laughing
答案：C 指导：此处是说在别人，通常是一个“帅小伙”的注视下，她往往因为不自在而摔倒。watch"注视、留意”，符合题意。根据常识可排除“大笑”，人们看到长相丑的人不可能“大笑”，而是好奇地“注视”。
3. A. dressed B. lived C. thought D. looked
答案：D 指导：人们嘲笑的是她的长相，theway后跟的是定语从句，省略了引导词inwhich／thato从前文她长相难看这一点可排除其他选项。
4. A, silly B. special C. different D. shy
答案：C 指导：人们嘲笑她，不仅因为她长相“不一样”，而且因为她想法“不一样”。此处special"独特的”，不一定指缺点；从后文可知，她并不“愚蠢”，因此不选A；D项太片面。
5. A. how B. when C. because D. where
答案：B 指导：when引导表语从句说明事情发生的时间。此处不表示事情发生的原因、方式或地点，根据下文的提示可排除其他选项。
6. A, reminded B. told C. persuaded D., helped
答案：A 指导：日记只能是“提醒”她生活中还有好的一方面。B、C两项作主语的一般是人；help后面不跟从句。
7. A. because B. but
C. unless D. even though
答案：D 指导：作者此处强调的是日记的作用，eventhough／if引导让步状语从句，意为“即使”，符合此处的逻辑关系。本题干扰性最大的是but，如果用eventhough作者想强调的是前者，生活中还有美好的东西；如果用but，作者强调的是后者“一切都不令人愉快”。
8. A. adding B. finding C. making D. giving
答案：A 指导：因为是写日记，所以每天都“添加”一些新的东西。从“写日记”这个角度可排除其他选项。
9. A. talk B. discuss C. share D. write
答案：C 指导：她想让同学们了解她日记的内容，因此也就是“分享”。日记是让别人看，而不是跟别人“讨论”。
10. A. then B. naturally C. further D. instead
答案：D 指导：从后面她又受到同学的嘲笑看，此处应是转折关系，表示“没有怎么样，而……”。此处表示转折关系，其他不合逻辑。
11. A. continued B. stopped C. enjoyed D. hated
答案：B 指导：从前面她感到羞愧以及连词and可知，她“停止”了写作。从连接词and所表示的关系，可排除其他选项。
12. A. cool B. important C. difficult D. funny
答案：A 指导：cool"酷的”，此处是文章的转折，后文叙述的是她最终获得了成功。此处作者强调的不是“重要”，不能说前面的部分不重要，后面的部分重要。其他两个选项不合题意。
13. A. find out B. pick up C. think of D. give up
答案：B 指导：pick叩当“重新干……”，从前面她一度停止写作，可得出此答案。find OUt"弄清事情的真相”；think of“想出，想起”；giveup"放弃”都不符合题意。
I4. A. in generalB. at first C. in particularD. at last
答案：C 指导：inparticular"特殊的”，一般的后置定语或状语。此处指她专门为一家公司写作。in general",总的说来”，用于对事物的评价；at first"起初”，含有后来不这样做的意思；atlast"最后”，说明的是最终的结果。
15. A. made B. going C. advised D. supposed
答案：D 指导：be supposed to do可表示推测，意为“预计会……”，或命令，意为“应该”。此处表示命令。Bemade to do意为“被迫……”；beadvisedto意为“被建议……”。
16. A. often B. just C. also D. always
答案：B 指导：此处强调日记的作用“仅仅”是提醒人们他们所做的事情有意义。此处强调日记的作用或目的就“一个”，由此可排除其他选项。
17. A. excellent B. successful C. fun D. true [来源:Z,xx,k.Com]
答案：C 指导：fun此处当“有趣、有意义”讲。“优秀的，好极了 的”“成功的”“真的”都不是作者强调的中心。
18. A. hoped B. agreed C. refused D. considered
答案：B 指导：从前面的Finally看，此处指出版商最终“同意”给她出版。refuse，hope不合题意；considerdoing表示“考虑干……”，因此consider不合搭配。
19. A. made B. pushed C. improved D. helped
答案：A 指导：make it是习语，意为“成功，干成”。此处指她的书上了最畅销书的排行榜。
20. A. Without B. Instead of C. While D. Besides
答案：D 指导：besides介词，表示“除……之外，还……”。本句是说她不仅出版了畅销书，而且还实现了自己当体育编辑的梦想。此处说明的是另一方面的情况，由此可排除其他选项。
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There was a time when I thought my dad didn't know a thing about being a good father. I couldn't 1 him ever say. lng the words "I love you". It seemed to me his only purpose in life was to say" 2 "to anywhere I wanted to go and any thing I wanted to do, including getting a 3 Some parents ght their kids cars when they got their driver's licenses. _4_my dad--he said that I'd have to get a job and buy ay own.
So that's what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and 5_ every penny I could. And when I had enough to buy my car, I 6 ! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to show it 7_ to. "Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, I'll only 8 you five dollars." I offered with a smile.[来源:学§科§网Z§X§X§K]
"I see," was all he said.
One day, there was something wrong with my father's truck So he needed a 9 to work. The sun wasn't even up
when we left the house, 10 it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a 11 day. As I dropped my dad
off, I 12 him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his 13 from the trunk (尾箱) of my car. Watching his sun-
weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were 14 lines than 1 ever remembered being there before. I real ized how hard my dad works for his family. My father is a cement filnisher (水泥修整工).
In that instant, it 15 to me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete to make a living for his family. And he did this 16 , no matter how hot it got. Never, not once, had I heard him 17 about it. To him we were "worth" it. And never once did he "charge" us for it.[来源:学|科|网Z|X|X|K]
When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to 18 me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said "Coo&bye, dad. Keep your five 'dollars. It's 19 me. Don't work too hard. I love you."
His eyes met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he cleared his 20 and said, "Oh, and...
me, too."
1. A. like B. remember C. forget D. care
答案：B 指导：从文章的第一句作者认为自己的父亲不知道怎样当一位好父亲判断，作者此处表达的意思是从来不“记得”父亲曾经说过“我爱你”这句话。其他选项除了care外，后面也都可以搭配动名词，但不合题意。
2. A. Sorry B. Yes C. No D. Good
答案：C 指导：此处表示父亲总是拒绝作者的要求，因此更加深了作者对父亲的误解。say no to 表示“不答应，拒绝”之意。saysorry to 表示“向某人道歉”；sayyes to "答应”。[来源:Z_xx_k.Com]
3. A. car B. friend C. job D. bus
答案：A 指导：面提到了作者买车。
4. A. Except B. As C. Not D. Even
答案：C 指导：此处是说别人的父亲总是主动给孩子买车，但自己的父亲没有这样做。此处是否定概念，故用noto此处指作者的父亲不会给自己买车，从否定概念可排除其他选项。
5. A. spent B. earned C. kep D. saved
答案：D 指导：既然父亲不给买车，作者只好“节省”每一个便土来自己买车。
6. A. did B. changed
C. stopped D. was
答案：A 指导：此处表示作者最终攒够了钱买了车。Idid是替代性用法，相当于I had enough money to buy my car。因为此处替代的是谓语动词，因此其他选项不合语法。
7. A. out B. in C. up D. off
答案：D 指导：show sth．off是固定短语，意为“炫耀”。show out 意为“把某人送出去”；show in多表示“领某人进来”；showup意为“出现；露面”。[来源:学科网]
8. A. pay B. charge
C. offer D. accept
答案：B 指导：charge用作动词，当“收钱，收费”讲，此处作者半开玩笑地向父亲收搭车费。由具体的语境可知，此处不表示“付钱”“出钱”等。
9. A. ride B. leave
C. trip D. hurry
答案：A 指导：因为父亲的车坏了，所以需要“搭车”上班。ride当“搭车”讲。由父亲要去上班这一语境可知其他选项不合题意。
10. A. as B. although
C. but D. since
答案：C 指导；此处说明天气很热，太阳还没有升起来，但已经热起来。前后文是转折关系。从父亲要去上班这一点可排除其他选项。
11. A. ordinary B. hot
C. work D. special
答案：B 指导：这又将是一个“大热”天。作者的用意是用炎热的天气来衬托父亲工作的艰辛。
12. A. helped B. followed
C. left D. watched
答案：D 指导：从后文看，作者是在观察父亲，因此此处用watched"注视”。
13. A. tools B. clothes
C. luggage D. bag
答案：A 指导：从下文看，作者的父亲是一个干粗活重活的工人，因此此处父亲应是从车尾箱里拿出"32具”。从父亲去上班这一语境可排除其他选项。
14. A. fewer B. more
C. longer D. deeper
答案：B 指导：此处作者强调的是父亲年龄增长，而且年复一年的辛劳，当然脸上的皱纹比以前“更多”了。根据常识作者不可能说父亲脸上的皱纹更“长”了或更“深”了。
15. A. happened B. seemed
C. occurred D. appeared
答案：C 指导：看到父亲脸上的皱纹，作者才联想起父亲的辛苦。It occurred to that表示“我突然想起了什么事情”，it是形式主语，that引导主语从句。it happened that当“恰巧……”讲；“appeared to me that意为“在我看来……”，都不合题意。
16. A. now and then B. day and night
C. all the time D. day in and day out
答案：D 指导：此处作者强调父亲工作的辛苦，当然是用“日复一日，夜复一夜”来形容他工作时间之长。day and night当“整天整夜”讲，显然人不可能整天整夜地工作。
17. A. talk B. complain
C. ask D. speak
答案：B 指导：此处表示父亲任劳任怨，从不抱怨。此处关键是要明白作者的用意是在赞扬父亲任劳任怨。
18. A. hand B. pass
C. lend D. take
答案：A 指导：此处父亲下车后“递给”我搭车钱。handsb．sth．“递给某人某物”。pass sb.sth．指“把什么东西传递给某人”。此处的语境是父亲“交给”作者钱。
19. A. for B. at C. on D. in
答案：C 指导：It's。nme．为固定用法，意为“钱我付了”。
20. A. hands B. eyes
C. throat D. clothes
答案：C 指导：此处表示作者父亲非常激动，清了清“喉咙”才说了下面的话：我也爱你。明白了作者父亲此时激动的心情再结合常识可排除其他选项。
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Sheri Straily never knew how far life's highway could take her until her dream for her children helped her find out...
Growing up, Sheri 1 thought for a moment that she'd make it to college. 2 , she took a job driving a tractor-trail er. 3 years passed, Sheri fell in love, 4 and had three 5 . Because she wanted to be 6 to home, she changed her job for a desk one at the trucking company.
But one day after work, as Sheri 7 her kids playing, she began to 8 :"I want them to achieve so much, but how
9 I afford to give them the opportunities they will need, like college?"
Then it came to her.- she was the one who 10 college first !
"Go for it," her 11 Steve encouraged her. So She enrolled (注册) at the University of Denver's Women's College, which let her take all of her 12 on weekends so that she could still 13 .
Though She loved her studies, she 14 home: rather than make the two-hour travel home, Sheri 15 in a dormito- ry (集体宿舍) on week ends . "I 16 I were home with Steve and the kids", she'd think. But Eric, eight, Ryan, sev en, and Kristin,five, backed their mom all the 17 . "Just do your best ,' they said.
Sheri did, getting straight A's as she earned a 18 in business administration ( 商业管理) . Now she's 19 the University of Denver Law School on a merit scholarship(奖学金)!
"It hasn't been 20 ,' notes Sheri. "But it's reward lng--for me and my family."
1. A. sometimes B. never C. often D. seldom
答案：B 指导：此处指Sheri在此之前“从来没有”要上大学的念头。从后文“她”恋爱、结婚、生孩子等一系列内容都没有提到“上大学”这一事情，可排除其他选项。
2. A. Then B. Therefore C. Instead D. Naturally
答案：C 指导：强调“没有……而……”，要用instead来连接上下文。其他选项都不能表示这一逻辑关系：then"然后”；there—fore“所以”；naturally“自然地”。
3. A. As B. When C. After D. Because
答案：A 指导：as引导时间状语从句，当“随着……”讲。
4. A. developed B. devoted C. waited D. married
答案：D 指导：前后文的并列关系以及生活常识可得出答案：恋爱、结婚、生孩子。
5. A. jobs B. children C. chances D. troubles
答案：B指导：与前文构成并列关系，只能是“生孩子”。
6. A. far B. free C. kind D. close
答案：D 指导：离家“近”反映了Sheri一心想照顾家庭的思想。其他选项都没有把握好人物的心理。
7. A. found B. knew C. watched D. noticed
答案：C 指导：此处指Shed"注视”着孩子们在玩耍。watch当“留心、注意”讲。
8. A. wonder B. doubt C. consider D. think
答案：D 指导：此处指Sheri在严肃的“思考”，怎样为孩子们的未来负责。“纳闷”、“怀疑”、“考虑”都不能表示出此处Sheri的严肃思考。
9. A. should B. will C. can D. must
答案：C 指导：can经常与afford搭配在一块用。其他选项不符合搭配的要求。
10. A. liked B. needed C. admired D. demanded
答案：B 指导：此处表示Sheri想上大学的“要求”。demand也当“要求”讲，但语气太强，往往是要求“权利、平等”等。其他两项不合题意。
11. A. friend B. husband C. child D. boss
答案：B 指导：从下文看，这儿指的是她的“丈夫”。
12. A. classes B. jobs
C. homework D. holidays
答案：A 指导：此处指Sheri周末上课。从下文看，Sheri周末上课是为了不影响工作，因此不仅仅是做“作业”，C项太片面，其他两个选项不符合逻辑。
13. A. learn B. rest C. work D. remain
答案：C 指导：此处跟上文联系起来考虑是指Sheri一边学习，一边工作。其他选项都脱离了具体的语境。
14. A. loved B. left C. lost D. missed
答案：D 指导：从前面她那么热爱家庭以及后面周末她不回家判断，她“想家”是很自然的事情。
15. A. lived B. stayed C. slept D. settled
答案：B 指导：“呆”在宿舍与前面她“想家”互相照应。其他选项都没有把握好上下文的提示。
16. A. wish B. imagine C. hope D. insist
答案：A 指导：此处进一步说明她“想家”的心情。因为她周末回不了家，故用wish，后面接虚拟语气。从语法要求和前文她“想家”这一提示，可排除其他选项。
17. A. way B. day
C. year D. same
答案：A 指导：all the way原意为“一路上”，此处引申为“一直”，即丈夫和孩子“始终”支持她。从家人对她的支持这 一具体的语境可排除其他选项。
18. A. position B. praise
C. degree D. respect
答案：C 指导：Sheri学习刻苦，成绩优秀，故获得了“学位”。此处表示她学习成绩优秀，而不是工作方面，其他选项不合 逻辑。
19. A. learning B. attending
C. enjoying D. joining
答案：B 指导：此处是动词的固定搭配。“上大学”应用attenda university／college．
20. A. anxious B. difficult
C. interesting D. easy
答案：D 指导：最后Sheri发表感慨，这一切都不“容易”。其他选项都没有把握好本文“妈妈上大学”这一特殊的主题。
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