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“Never give up!” It is my law(法则) 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 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 10a.m to 11p.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：这篇短文通过讲述父亲年轻时的奋斗历程，告诉我们生活并不总是容易的，我们所要做的就是坚持和努力。

1.；B损失；D遗憾。根据句意，故选C。

2. story固定搭配。故选A。

3.Be born in somewhere出生在某地。A.famous著名的； B. lucky幸运的；C. rich富裕的；D. born 出生的。故选D。

4.A. taught 教；B. worked工作；C. studied学习；D. slept睡觉。句意：当我父亲小的时候，白天上学，晚上还要一直下地干活到晚上。前文暗示父亲是个好榜样，而且父亲出生在农村。根据句意，故选B。

5.；toward对于；during期间。父亲晚上写作业一直到半夜。故选A。

6.A. experience经验；B. energy能量；C. time时间； D. money金钱。联系上文可知，父亲出生在农村，生活很艰难，因为他们没有钱。根据句意，故选D。

7.；C强壮的；D懒惰的。根据前文可知，美国被认为是一个黄金地带，所有的穷人到了那里都可以变得富裕。故选B。

8.A.What什么；B. How为什么；C. Why为什么； D. When什么时间。根据上下文可知，父亲在思考去不去美国之后，最终决定去美国。并未提及怎样去和什么时候去。故选C。

9.A. discover发现；B. make做，赚；C. collect收集；D. spend花费。句意：父亲到了美国之后却发觉并不容易赚到钱。Make money固定搭配，赚钱。

10.A. little几乎没有的；B. good好的；C. much很多的；D. excellent优秀的。根据前文可知，父亲初到美国发觉赚钱很难，因为他不懂英语，所以没有人愿意雇佣他。Little几乎没有的，根据句意，故选A。

11.A. giving 给；B. running跑；C. washing洗；D. receiving接收。Wash dishes洗盘子。句意：后来父亲来到一个小餐厅，擦桌子，洗盘子，以及扫地。故选C。

12.；B快乐的；C美好的。根据上下文，父亲每天从早上工作到半夜打扫卫生，生活肯定是艰苦的。故选D。

13.A. borrow借；B. need需要；C. afford支付； D. pay赔偿。句意：因为不能支付学费，所以父亲没有学习英语的机会。故选C。

14.A. kept保持；B. finished完成；C. minded想起；D. stopped停止。我的父亲一直坚持努力，最终实现了自己的理想。Keep doing 一直做某事。故选A。

15.；really真正的；quietly安静的；slowly缓慢的。根据上下文可知，父亲靠着自己的坚持和努力才换来了今天的成绩。可见，生活并不总是容易的。

考点：教育类短文