Question

The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old mal stove（火炉）．A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the      and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates got there One morning they      to find the schoolhouse burning. They dragged（拖）the little boy out of the building more dead than alive. Then he was       taken to a nearby county hospital.

The doctor told the boy's mother that    the lower part of his body was seriously burnt, he couldn't use his legs anymore. However, the      boy made up his mind that he would walk. Unluckily his thin legs     hung there, all but lifeless.

Finally he returned home from the      ．Every day his mother would press his little legs, but there was no feeling, no control,       ．Yet his determination that he would walk was as     as ever.

When he wasn't in bed, he would sit in a wheelchair. One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the yard to get some fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he      himself from the chair and pulled himself across the grass，dragging his    behind him.

He worked his way to the white fence（栅栏）around the yard. With great effort, he raised himself up on the fence. Then, he began dragging himself along the fence,       that he would walk. He started to do this every day. There was nothing he     more than to develop life in those legs.

In the end，through his determination he did    ．He began to walk to school，then to run to school，to run     the joy of running. Later in college he made the running team.

Still later in Madison Square Garden this determined young man, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world's fastest mile!

1.A. fire       B. class     C. game     D. story

2.A. left       B. waited     C. arrived    D. hid

3.A. clearly    B. quickly     C. suddenly D. nearly

4.A. when      B. unless     C. before    D. because

5.A. honest B. brave     C. worried    D. calm

6.A. just     B. also       C. once      D. ever

7.A. school   B. yard      C. hospital   D. square

8.A. everything B. anything    C. something D. nothing

9.A. strong    B. simple      C. strange   D. similar

10.A. helped   B. threw      C. picked    D. enjoyed

11.A. arms     B. chair      C. legs      D. mother

12.A. believing B. doubting C. promising D. suggesting

13.A. afforded B. hated      C. forgot    D. wanted

14.A. set off B. get back    C. stand up D. run away

15.A. to      B. for        C. from       D. without

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.C

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了身残志坚的格兰·坎宁安的励志故事。小时候他为学校生火炉时，烧着了学校的房屋，同时自己也得了严重的残疾。后来他坚持自己推轮椅、慢慢地站起来、走路、跑步……最后在一英里竞赛中，他跑出了世界最好的成绩。

1.A 考查名词及语境理解。句意：一个小男孩要了每天早上在老师和同学们到校前生火暖和校园的工作。A. fire火；B. class班；C. game游戏，运动；D. story故事。生火，暖和校园。故选A。

2.2】C考查动词及语境理解。句意：一天早上，他们到时发现学校房屋着火了。A. left离开；B. waited等待；C. arrived到达；D. hid躲藏。大家到校时，发现着火了。故选C。

3.3】B考查副词及语境理解。句意：然后他被快速地送往附近的乡村医院。A. clearly清楚地；B. quickly快速地；C. suddenly突然地；D. nearly几乎。重度烧伤，快速送医。故选B。

4.4】D考查连词及语境理解。句意：医生告诉男孩的母亲，因为他的下肢重度烧伤，他再也不能用他的腿了。A. when当……时，表示时间；B. unless如果不，除非，表示相反的条件；C. before在……之前，表示时间；D. because因为，表示原因。下肢重度烧伤是不能用腿的原因，故选D。

5.5】B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：然而，这位勇敢的男孩决心要走路。 A. honest诚实的；B. brave勇敢的；C. worried担心地；D. calm沉着的。重度烧伤后还决心要步行，很勇敢，故选B。

6.6】A考查副词及语境理解。句意：不幸的是，他的瘦弱的腿只是挂在那儿，什么都对就是没有生命体征。A. just刚好，恰好，只是；B. also也；C. once曾经，一次；D. ever曾经。腿就只是悬挂在那儿，用just表示仅仅，只，故选A。

7.7】C考查名词及语境理解。句意：最后，他从医院回家。A. school学校；B. yard庭院；C. hospital医院；D, square广场。开始在住院，因此他是从医院回到家里。故选C。

8.8】D考查代词及语境理解。句意：每天妈妈给他按摸他的小腿，但是没有感觉，无法控制，什么也没有。A. everything一切事物；B. anything任何事物；C. something一些事情；D. nothing什么也没有。根据句意，可知这里表示他的大腿没有任何反应，故选D。

9.9】A考查形容词及语境理解。句意：然后他走路的决心是和以前一样强烈。A. strong强烈，强壮，坚强；B. simple简朴；C. strange奇怪；D. similar相似。他的决心依旧。故选A。

10.0】B考查动词及语境理解。句意：这一天，他没坐在那儿，他把自己摔倒在地上，并且拖着他的双腿爬过了草坪。A. helped帮助；B. threw投，掷，摔倒；C. picked拾起捡起；D. enjoyed喜欢，享受。为了锻炼自己，他自己摔倒在地上。故选B。

11.1】C考查名词及语境理解。句意：这一天，他没坐在那儿，他把自己摔倒在地上，并且拖着他的双腿爬过了草坪。A. arms手臂；B. chair椅子；C. legs腿；D. mother母亲。他拖着双腿在地上爬。故选C。

12.2】A考查动词及语境理解。句意：然后他开始沿着栅栏吃力地前行，相信自己将能步行。A. believing相信；B. doubting怀疑；C. promising承诺；D. suggesting建议。怀着成功的信念，他坚持锻炼。故选A。

13.3】D考查动词及语境理解。句意：他想要的东西中没有任何东西胜过培养大腿的生命。A. afforded负担得起；B. hated讨厌；C. forgot记忆；D. wanted想要。他想要的事情中，没有什么超过他的大腿的生命的期盼。故选D。

14.4】C考查动词短语及语境理解。句意：最后，通过他的坚持努力，他真的站起来了。A. set off出发；B. get back回来；C. stand up站起来；D. run away逃跑。他的腿有用了，他立起来了。故选C。

15.5】B考查介词及语境理解。句意：他开始步行到校，然后跑到学校，然后开始为了跑步的快乐而奔跑。“为了……”，表示目的，用介词for，故选B。

【考点定位】 考查人物传记类短文阅读。