Question

The story tell us about the British writer, Richard Savage. He was once living in London with   1  money in his pockets. In order to get some food and clothes, he wrote the story of his life and managed to have it published. But not many copies of his books were   2  in the shops, and he was still living a hard life. Because of anxiety(忧虑)and malnutrition(营养不良)， he became very weak and before long he fell  3 , and a doctor was sent for. The doctor was not rich enough, but was  4  literature. He tried his best to cure Savage of his illness and a week later Savage was out of danger. When he finally recovered(重新获得) his  5 , the doctor sent a bill to Savage for his  6  , but poor Savage had no money to pay it. The doctor waited for a month and sent another bill. Receiving no money again, the doctor went to Savage himself.

"You know you owe(欠) your life to me," said the doctor, "and I should  7 some thankfulness from you."

"I agree," said the writer, " you've done a great favour(恩惠) for me and if I'm not ungrateful for your kindness, I'll damage(损坏) my life to you."

With these words he handed the doctor two copies of The Life of Richard Savage.

The doctor took the books home and began to _ 8  them carefully.

"I see I've  9 the life of a great writer," the doctor said to himself with a sense of pride,  Maybe this is the only thing I could be really   10 of in my life."

Five years later Savage called on the doctor to pay his bill, only to find that the doctor had already passed away .

1.                A．much          B．a little          C．little D．enough

2.                A．bought         B．sold            C．printed   D．showed

3.                A．weak          B．anxious         C．frightened D．ill

4.                A．interested in     B．familiar with     C．popular with   D．worried about

5.                A．walk           B．health          C．movement D．action

6.                A．care           B．help           C．attention  D．treatment

7.                A．wish           B．choose         C．get  D．master

8.                A．write          B．correct         C．improve  D．read

9.                A．made          B．saved          C．trained   D．taught

10.               A．fond           B．aware          C．proud D．afraid

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲述了一个英国作家Richard Savage的故事，他曾经在伦敦，那个时候很贫穷，导致身体很差，后来生病了，一位很热爱文学的医生挽救了他的生命，但是他没有钱支付医疗费用，就给了医生他的书。

1.A. much许多，大量    B. a little一点儿   C. little很少的    D. enough足够的 根据后文可知：他曾经在居住在伦敦，口袋里没有什么钱。故选C

2.A. bought买    B. sold卖    C. printed印刷的  D. showed展示 根据句意：但是他的书在商店里并没有卖出多少？故选B

3.A. weak弱的    B. anxious焦虑的  C. frightened害怕的    D. ill生病的 根据句意：不久之后，他就生病了。故选D

4.A. interested in对…感兴趣    B. familiar with熟悉   C. popular with受欢迎   D. worried about担心 根据句意：这个医生对文学感兴趣。故选A

5.A. walk行走      B. health健康          C. movement 运动   D. action行动 根据句意：当他重新获得了他的健康。故选B

6.A. care关心      B. help帮助        C. attention注意力     D. treatment治疗 根据后文可知：这个医生给Savage寄了他的医疗账单。故选D

7.A. wish祝愿    B. choose选择   C. get获得   D. master主人 根据句意：医生说他应该从Savage那里获得一些感激。故选C

8.A. write写   B. correct 正确的   C. improve 提高   D. read读 根据句意：医生带着这些书回家了，然后认真的阅读。故选D

9.A. made制作    B. saved挽救      C. trained训练    D. taught教 根据句意：这个医生骄傲地自言自语道“我已经挽救了这个伟大的作家的生命。”故选B

10.A. fond 喜欢的   B. aware意识到的           C. proud 自豪的        D. afraid害怕的 根据句意：这个医生觉得这就是他生命中唯一一个真正感到自豪的事情了吧。故选C

考点：故事类记叙文