Question

All throughout life we deal with some types of disappointment，whether they are from our job, family or friends. Disappointment is not easy to ______. It is not a matter of “is” it come，but it is “when” it comes.

Several days before my 15th birthday, my dad told me that they had bought me a car and it would be _______ on the morning of my birthday. You can imagine the ____ I felt.

That morning, I stood outside ______ for my car to arrive. I ____ a red sports car and could feel the wind blowing through my hair as I took the car from 4th to 5th gear（挡）.

Several minutes later, I noticed a tow truck（拖车）coming down the street. I couldn’t ______ it! It wasn’t a red sports car like I had in my mind just now. Instead, on the back of this truck sat a(an) ______. colorful, 1972 Ford truck. There were no words to _____ the impression of this truck.

My dad walked out of the ______. Clearly my dad saw the disappointment in my face and told me that we had one year to work on my truck and get it in ____ shape.

Throughout the next year I would work on my truck every weekend with my dad. After much hard ____ , the moment had finally arrived. My dad and I managed to get it running again and I went for my first  ____ in my “new” truck.

I have learned through the ____ that there is something to learn from our disappointment. The truck gave me an opportunity to _____ know my dad. It is through disappointment that we are strengthened（坚强）. In every disappointment there is a ____ to be learned. However, it is up to you to look for the lesson.

1.A. avoid    B. meet    C. stop    D. discover

2.A. sent    B. bought    C. given    D. donated

3.A. sadness    B. excitement    C. nervous    D. relaxation

4.A. caring    B. looking    C. waiting    D. searching

5.A. pictured    B. thought    C. saw    D. manage

6.A. receive    B. make    C. believe    D. manage

7.A. frightening    B. beautiful    C. expensive    D. ugly

8.A. speak    B. change    C. describe    D. introduce

9.A. truck    B. house    C. red car    D. my room

10.A. common    B. excellent    C. strange    D. recent

11.A. work    B. study    C. painting    D. mending

12.A. entry    B. present    C. holiday    D. adventure

13.A. story    B. experience    C. father    D. truck

14.A. hardly    B. sadly    C. really    D. nearly

15.A. way    B. lesson    C. knowledge    D. secret

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.B

【解析】短文大意：15岁生日前夕，父亲答应给作者买一辆汽车，让作者兴奋不已。可等来的却是一辆旧卡车，心情一落千丈。父亲看到作者失望的表情，提出了一个建议：他们一起修理这辆卡车。功夫不负有心人，这辆卡车终于发动起来了。这件事为作者提供了一次与父亲亲近的机会，也让作者学到了人在失望中会变得更加坚强，会在失望中得到锻炼。

1.句意：失望是很难避免的。A. avoid避免；B. meet相见；C. stop停止；D. discover发现。根据短文开头的句子“All throughout life we deal with some types of disappointment”可知，生活中会有各种失望，失望在所难免，故答案为A。

2.句意：我爸爸告诉我他们给我买了一辆车，它将在我生日的那天早晨送到。A. sent派遣；B. bought购买；C. given 给；D. donated捐赠。从下文可知，作者的礼物是被“送”来的，要用sent，答案为A。

3.句意：你可以想象我的兴奋之情。A. sadness悲伤；B. excitement兴奋；C. nervous紧张；D. relaxation放松。因为爸爸要送一辆车作为生日礼物，因此作者非常兴奋，故答案为B。

4.句意：那天早上，我站在外面等待我的车到达。A. caring关心；B. looking 看；C. waiting等待；D. searching搜寻。从上文可知，作者知道礼物要在生日那天被送来，所以到了那天的早晨，作者在那里“等待”，所以要用waiting for。答案为C。

5.句意：我想象着一辆红色跑车，当我从第四档转向第五档时，我能感觉到风吹过我的头发。A. pictured想象，描绘；B. thought 想，认为；C. saw看见；D. manage设想。因为当时车子没有送达，只能畅想一下，结合上下句判断，句子的时态为一般过去时，故答案为A。

6.句意：我简直不敢相信。A. receive收到；B. make制造；C. believe相信；D. manage设想。根据下文中的句子“It wasn’t a red sports car like I had in my mind just now.”，眼前的汽车与作者想象中的汽车相差甚远，不敢相信，故答案为C。

7.句意：相反，在这辆卡车的后面是一辆丑陋的彩色1972福特卡车。A. frightening令人恐惧的；B. beautiful漂亮的；C. expensive昂贵的；D. ugly丑陋的。1972年老式汽车只能用丑陋来形容，故答案为D。

8.句意：用语言无法来描述对这辆卡车的印象。A. speak说；B. change改变；C. describe描述，表达；D. introduce介绍。结合句意可知，答案为C。

9.句意：我爸爸走出了房子。A. truck卡车；B. house房子；C. red car 红色小汽车；D. my room我的房间。这里指爸爸走出家门，故答案为B。

10.句意：很明显，我父亲看到了我脸上的失望，告诉我我们有一年的时间来修理我的卡车，并把它弄好。A. common普通的；B. excellent 极好的，完美的；C. strange奇怪的，陌生的；D. recent最近的。根据前文内容可知，这辆车是是被一辆卡车拖来的，说明是一辆坏车，要用一年的时间把它修好，故答案为B。

11.句意：经过艰苦的工作，这一刻终于到来了。A. work工作；B. study学习；C. painting绘画， D. mending修补。根据前面的句子“Throughout the next year I would work on my truck every weekend with my dad.”，此处用work代指漫长的修车过程，故答案为A。

12.句意：我开上我的“新”卡车上进行了第一次冒险。A. entry入场；B. present礼物；C. holiday假期；D. adventure冒险经历。根据前面的介绍可知，所谓的新车是经过旧车翻新的，充满着变数，故答案为D。

13.句意：我从这次经历中认识到从失望中我们可以学到一些东西。A. story故事；B. experience经历；C. father爸爸；D. truck卡车。结合语境理解可知，此次的经历让作者悟出了一个道理，故答案为B。

14.句意：卡车给了我一个真正了解我爸爸的机会。A. hardly几乎不；B. sadly悲伤地；C. really真正地；D. nearly几乎。结合句意可知，答案为C。

15.句意：在每一次失望中都有值得吸取的教训。A. way方法，道路；B. lesson功课，教训；C. knowledge知识；D. secret秘密。根据下文中的句子“However, it is up to you to look for the lesson.”可知，答案为B。