Question

“Never give up!” It is my law(法则) of 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 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 of America. 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(雇佣) 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 10 a. m. to 11 p. m. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible. I couldn't        the schooling(学费).”

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. towards 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. comfortableB. 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： 这是一篇人生百味类的短文，作者通过介绍父亲在美国的艰苦创业的亲身经历告诫自己，不管人生经历怎样的磨难，都要坚守一个信念就是never give up，坚决不能放弃，只有这样才能实现自己的梦想。

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9. money表示挣钱的意思，故答案选择B。

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考点：人生百味类短文