Question

“Never give up!” It is my law of my life. It has brought me ____. I learned the law from my father’s ____ story.

My father was ___ in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, in China. When he was a young boy, he went to a school in the morning, then ____ in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework ____ midnight. Life was hard, because they had no ____!

     At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States. It was the land of gold, the land where ___ people can become rich.

     “____ don’t I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of hope.

      So, my father came to America. “I had thought it was easy to ___ money in America,” he told me. “But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire me because I spoke _____ English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables, _____ dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was ____ for the first few years. I worked from 10am to 11pm. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible. I couldn’t ___ the schooling.”

       My father __ working hard, and reached his goal!

      “Alan,” he often says to me, “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come____ in life.” That is what I learned from my father.

1.A.disaster                  B.loss                    C.success                            D.pity   

2.A.life                                B. fashion              C. danger                   D. history    

3.A.famous                            B.lucky     C. rich                       D.born     

4.A.taught        B.worked              C.studied      D.slept     

5.A.until        B.toward              C.for                        D.during     

6.A.experience    B.energy              C.time                    D.money     

7.A.kind                   B.poor      C.strong        D.lazy     

8.A.What                   B.How                   C.Why                    D.When     

9.A.discover      B.make      C.collect      D.spend     

10.A.little        B.good      C.much         D.excellent     

11.A.giving                   B.running    C.washing     D.receiving     

12.A.comfortable  B.cheerful    C.nice         D.hard     

13.A.borrow      B.need      C.afford        D.pay     

14.A.kept                   B.finished    C.minded       D.stopped     

15.A.really                   B.easily      C.quietly       D.slowly     

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本文是一篇记叙文。讲述作者我受父亲的影响，以“永不放弃”作为自己的人生法则，从而最终获得成功的故事。说明“成事只要努力，一切皆有可能”的道理。

1.考查形容词及语境理解。disaster灾难，不幸；loss亏损，失败；success成功； pity同情，遗憾。由下文我与父亲一样以”永不放弃“作为生活法则，实现了人生的目标，可知此处指的是它给我带来了成功。故选C。

2.考查名词及语境理解。life生活； fashion时尚； danger危险；history历史。下文讲述了“父亲”生活的一些事情，可知此处指的是我父亲生活中的故事，故选A，生活，生命。

3.考查形容词及语境理解。famous.著名的；lucky幸运地；rich丰富的born出生于。结合语境可知此处指的是，我的父亲出生于一个贫困的村庄。故选D。

4.考查动词及语境理解。taught 教；worked工作；studied 学习；slept睡觉。联系下文in the fields 描述，可知此处指的是在地里劳动，故选B，工作，劳动。

5.考查介词及语境理解。until 直到；toward朝，向；for为了，对于；during在……期间。由句意“白天工作，晚上写作业”知，此处用during“在…期间”，during midnight在晚上期间，故选A。

6.考查名词及语境理解。experience经历，经验；energy精力，活力；time时间；money金钱。联系上文When he was a young boy, he went to a school in the morning, then worked in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework until midnight. Life was hard,描述，可知“生活艰苦，此处指的是他们没有钱。故选D，金钱，资金。

7.考查形容词及语境理解。kind善良的；poor贫穷的；strong 强壮的；lazy懒惰的。联系下文can become rich.及上文描述，可知对于父亲来说他更关注穷富，故选B，穷人能够变得富有。

8.考查疑问词及语境理解。What什么；How如何，怎样；Why为什么；When 什么时候。联系下文下文“父亲想到美国去变富裕”知，此句意为“我为什么不去美国呢”，Why don't I…我为什么不…。可知此处指的是，他问自己，我为什么不能去美国？故选C。

9.考查动词及语境理解。discover发现；make 制造；collect 收集；spend花费，度过。句意“我原认为在美国挣钱是容易的”，make money挣钱故选B，获得。

10.考查形容词及语境理解。little小的，很少的；good好的，不错的；much许多，大量的；excellent极好的。联系前句“They did not like to hire me他们不想雇佣我”及下文I wanted to go to school to learn English,描述，可知此处指的是我父亲会的英语很少。故选A。

11.考查动词及语境理解。giving 给；running 跑；washing洗；receiving接受。句意“我在一家小的餐馆工作，檫桌子，洗盘子，扫地板“，wash dishes固定短语，意为“洗盘子”。故选C。

12.考查形容词及语境理解。Comfortable舒适的；cheerful欢乐的，高兴的；nice 好的；hard困难的。联系前一句Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables, washing dishes and sweeping the floor.描述，可知在开始几年生活是艰难的，故选D，困难的。

13.考查动词及语境理解。Borrow借；need需要；afford提供，买得起；pay 支付，偿还。由前句“I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible.我想上学校学习英语，但是不可能”知，此句意为“我付不起学费”，couldn't afford…付不起…，故选C。

14.考查动词及语境理解。kept坚持，保持；finished完成，结束；minded介意，专心于；stopped 停止，阻止。由后句“and reached his goal实现了他的目标”知，此句意为“父亲不断地努力工作”，keep doing sth. 一直做某事。故选A。

15.考查副词及语境理解。really真正地； easily容易地；quietly安静地；slowly慢慢地。联系上文If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up.描述，可知父亲指的是生活中的事情来得并不是如此的容易。故选B。

考点：人生百味类短文。