Question

完形填空(每小题1分，满分15分)

“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. 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：这篇短文中作者主要介绍了自己父亲的经历。他的父亲出生自一个贫困的村庄，后来去了美国，靠着自己坚持努力，才拥有了现在的生活。作者也从父亲这些经历当中学到了自己做人的道理，那就是坚持努力，永不放弃。

1.词义辨析。A. 灾难，不幸；B.亏损，失败；C. 成功；D. 同情，遗憾。联系下文描述，可知此处指的是它给我带来了成功。结合语境故选C。

2.A. Life 生活；B. fashion时尚；C. danger 危险；D. history历史。联系下文描述，可知此处指的是我父亲生活中的故事，故选A，生活，生命

3.；A.著名的；B.幸运地； C. 富有的；D.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.A. taught 教；B. worked 工作；C. studied 学习；D. slept[睡；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.A. 直到；B. 朝，向C.为了，对于；D. 在……期间。结合语境可知此处指的是他做作业直到午夜，故选A。

6.A. experience 经历；B. energy 能力；C. time时间；D. money金钱；联系上文描述，可知此处指的是他们没有钱。故选D，金钱，资金。

7.A. kind善良的；B. poor贫穷的 ；C. strong强壮的；D. 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.. A.什么；B.如何，怎样；C.为什么；D. 什么时候。联系下文描述，可知此处指的是，他问自己，我为什么不能去美国？故选C。

9.A. discover发现；B. make制作；C. collect 收集 ；D. spend花费；联系下文money ，可知make money固定词组此处指的是挣钱，故选B，获得。

10..小的，很少的；B. 好的，不错的；C.许多，大量的；D.极好的。联系下文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.A. giving 给；B. running 跑 ；C. washing洗 ；D. receiving收到；联系下文dishes 及sweeping the floor.可知填动名词 ，可知此处指的是刷盘子，故选C，洗，刷。

12.A. comfortable 舒适的；B. cheerful 小心的；C. nice 漂亮的； D. hard艰难的；联系前一句描述，可知在开始几年生活是艰难的，故选D，困难的。

13.动词辨析及语境的理解.。A. 借；B. 需要；C. 提供，买得起；D. 支付，偿还。结合语境可知此处指的是父亲承担不起学费，故选C。

14.A.坚持，保持；B.完成，结束；C.介意，专心于；D. 停止，阻止。结合语境可知此处指的是，我的父亲坚持努力工作。故选A。

15.A.真正地；B.容易地；C. 安静地；D.慢慢地。联系上文描述，可知父亲指的是生活中的事情不会轻易地改变。故选B。

考点：教育类短文。