Question

    There were several special people in my life. One was my Oma. "Oma" is German for grandmother. In my memory, she was strong, kind and tall.

In 2003, when we were on the beach in Florida she said she felt ______, so she went back home and saw her _____. After some tests he told her that she had leukemic (白血病).

Oma was told she had several days to ______. With courage, she ______ to fight the disease until the very end. She never complained, no matter how much ______ she was suffering (遭受).

When it was clear that the doctors could not cure (治愈) her, they ______ her home. During the last few months of her life I was able to spend a lot of ______ with her. She would even ______ me with my homework. Oma had been a teacher for many years. And she always ______ me to be a good student.

Oma survived (活下来) the long winter, and ______, when spring arrived, she was happy to see it and enjoyed a few days outside in her wheelchair in the warm sunshine. This was one of our last ______ together.

Oma said to my mom one beautiful day that she felt she could not ______ much longer. My mom ______ that the time was near, and she took Oma to the hospital. A few days later, Oma passed away.

Oma's taught me a lot. She was the ______ person I have ever known. ______ I have difficulties, I think of Oma and everything she went through. The doctors just gave her several days to live, and she stretched (延伸) it to nine months. She is the person that I will always admire and remember.

1.A.calm B.lonely C.awake D.ill

2.A.student B.doctor C.worker D.professor

3.A.treat B.recover C.wait D.live

4.A.refused B.decided C.remembered D.pretended

5.A.pain B.risk C.pity D.worry

6.A.sent B.invited C.shouted D.left

7.A.trouble B.money C.time D.energy

8.A.save B.help C.tell D.educate

9.A.forced B.allowed C.encouraged D.begged

10.A.suddenly B.finally C.gradually D.immediately

11.A.moments B.choices C.events D.challenges

12.A.go by B.go back C.go up D.go on

13.A.imagined B.realized C.regretted D.reminded

14.A.luckiest B.cleverest C.strongest D.gentlest

15.A.Whenever B.Wherever C.Whatever D.However

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.A

【解析】

本文讲述了Oma患有疾病——白血病，她鼓起勇气，与病魔斗争到底。在她生命的最后几个月里，“我”有很多时间和她在一起，她甚至会帮“我”做作业。Oma做了很多年的教师，她总是鼓励“我”做一个好学生。Oma教会了“我”很多，她是“我”所知道的最坚强的人。

1.句意：她说她感觉不舒服，所以她回家看了医生。

calm平静；lonely孤独；awake醒来；ill生病；根据“she had leukemic”可知她有白血病，可推测出此处是“ill”，故选D。

2.句意：她说她感觉不舒服，所以她回家看了医生。

student学生；doctor医生；worker工人；professor教授；根据“he told her that she had leukemic”可知他告诉她，她有白血病，可推测出此处是“医生”，故选B。

3.句意：Oma被告知她只能活几天了。

treat治疗；recover恢复；wait等待；live生存；根据“she had leukemic”可知她有白血病，可推测出此处是“live”，故选D。

4.句意：她鼓起勇气，决定与病魔斗争到底。

refused拒绝；decided决定；remembered记得；pretended假装；根据“fight the disease until the very end”可知与病魔斗争到底，可推测出此处是“决定”，故选B。

5.句意：不管她遭受多少痛苦，她从不抱怨。

pain病痛；risk冒险；pity遗憾；worry担心；suffer pain表示“遭受痛苦”，根据“She never complained”可知她从不抱怨，可推测出此处是“病痛”，故选A。

6.句意：当很明显医生不能治愈她时，他们送她回家

sent送；invited邀请；shouted大叫；left离开；根据“the doctors could not cure (治愈) her”可知医生不能治愈她，可推测出此处是“送”，故选A。

7.句意：在她生命的最后几个月里，我有很多时间和她在一起。

trouble麻烦；money钱；time时间；energy能量；spend time with sb表示“和某人一起度过时光”，根据后文帮助我写作业可知我还是学生，可推测出此处是花费“时间”，故选C。

8.句意：她甚至会帮我做作业。

save节约；help帮助；tell告诉；educate教育；help sb with sth表示“帮助某人做某事”，根据“ Oma had been a teacher for many years”可知Oma做了很多年的教师，可推测出此处是“帮助”，故选B。

9.句意：她总是鼓励我做一个好学生。

forced强迫；allowed允许；encouraged鼓励；begged乞求；根据“be a good student”可知做一个好学生，可推测出此处是“鼓励”，其他不符合题意，故选C。

10.句意：Oma熬过了漫长的冬天，最后，当春天到来的时候，她很高兴看到它，在温暖的阳光下坐在轮椅里享受了几天户外的生活。

suddenly突然；finally最后；gradually渐渐地；immediately立刻；根据“the long winter”及“when spring arrived”，及下文最后的时刻，可推测出此处是最后春天来了，所以用“finally”，故选B。

11.句意：这是我们在一起的最后时刻之一。

moments时刻；choices选择；events事件；challenges挑战；根据“enjoyed a few days outside in her wheelchair in the warm sunshine”可知在温暖的阳光下坐在轮椅里享受了几天户外的生活，可推测出此处是“moments”，故选A。

12.句意：在一个美好的日子里，Oma对妈妈说，她觉得自己撑不了多久了。

go by经过；go back回去；go up增长；go on继续；根据“she took Oma to the hospital”可知她带着Oma去了医院，可推测出此处是“go on”，故选D。

13.句意：我妈妈意识到时间快到了，她带着Oma去了医院。

imagined想象；realized意识到；regretted后悔；reminded提醒；根据“she felt she could not go on much longer. ”可知她觉得自己撑不了多久了，可推测出此处是“realized”，故选B。

14.句意：她是我所知道的最坚强的人。

luckiest最幸运；cleverest最聪明；strongest最坚强；gentlest最温和；根据上文Oma鼓起勇气，决定与病魔斗争到底，及“In my memory, she was strong, kind and tall.”，可推测出此处是“最坚强”，故选C。

15.句意：每当我遇到困难的时候，我就会想起Oma和她所经历的一切。

Whenever无论何时；Wherever无论何地；Whatever无论什么；However但是；根据“_15___ I have difficulties”可知此处 我遇到困难，可推测出此处是“无论何时”，故选A。