Question

When I was nine , my father was ill．I can remember my mother’s words ___16___ it were yesterday: “Kerrel, Your father has AIDS．Be very ____17___ when you are around him.”

AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up．From then on, I knew that this would be a family ___18___．My parents were not together anymore, and Dad lived ___19___．For a while, he____20__ take care of himself．But when I was 12, his condition__21____．My father’s other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.

We couldn’t___22____ all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for ___23____ supplies and often couldn’t even buy food for dinner．I would sit in class feeling completely ___24____, the teacher’s words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.

I did not share my ___25___ with anyone．I had seen how people ___26___ to AIDS．Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease．And even adults could be ___27__．When my father was __28____to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.

I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of __29____ his condition a secret．I was completely __30____when he reached his ___31___ days．__32___  and hopeless, I __33___ a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support．That day, she kept me on the phone for hours．I was so __34____to find someone who cared．She saved my life．

I was 15 when my father died．He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to___35____, even me．He didn’t want to call  attention to AIDS．I do.

1.                A．as             B．though         C．as if  D．even if

2.                A．dangerous      B．careful         C．calm D．confident

3.                A．difficulty        B．shyness         C．secret    D．weight

4.                A．unhappily       B．lonely          C．separately D．alone

5.                A．could          B．must           C．should   D．need

6.                A．broken         B．worsened       C．damaged  D．destroyed

7.                A．pay            B．spend          C．afford    D．offer

8.                A．family          B．everyday        C．medical   D．school

9.                A．lost            B．nervous        C．disappointed   D．worried

10.               A．suffering       B．burden         C．pressure  D．sadness

11.               A．treated         B．cared          C．reacted   D．feared

12.               A．different       B．nervous        C．sensitive   D．cruel

13.               A．moved         B．retreated       C．returned  D．recovered

14.               A．leaving         B．keeping        C．stopping   D．preventing

15.               A．uneasy         B．unabsorbed     C．unprepared    D．uncomfortable

16.               A．due           B．relaxing        C．profound  D．final

17.               A．Curious        B．Strange         C．Terrified   D．Sad

18.               A．encountered    B．visited         C．called D．contracted

19.               A．lucky          B．dramatic        C．romantic  D．magical

20.               A．anyone         B．someone       C．nobody   D．none

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.A

16.D

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是我的父亲患艾滋病对我的影响，让我也很绝望和无助，最后在一个艾滋病组织里面的工作人员的帮助之下我走出了困境。

1.C 连词辨析。A随着B尽管C似乎D即使；我能记得妈妈的话好像就在昨天说过的一样。

2.C 形容词辨析。A危险B细心C镇定D有信心；妈妈对我说和爸爸一起的时候也保持镇定。

3.C 上下文串联。根据29空a secret说明是不要告诉别人，是一个家庭的秘密。

4.D 副词辨析。A不开心B孤单C分开D独自，指爸爸独自居住。

5.A 情态动词辨析。A能够B必定C应该D需要；他能够自己照顾自己。

6.B 动词辨析。A坏了B变糟糕C破坏D毁坏；他的情况变得更坏。

7.C 动词辨析。A付钱B花费C承担得起D提供；我们无法给承担得起必要的药物治疗。

8.D 名词辨析。A家庭B日常C医学D学校；根据 even buy food for dinner说明D正确。

9.A 形容词辨析。A迷失B紧张C失望D担忧；对于这个情况我很迷失。

10.B 名词辨析。A痛苦B负担C压力D悲哀；我没有和别人和别人分享我的负担。

11.D 动词辨析。A治疗B关心C反应D恐惧；我看到了别人对艾滋病的恐惧。

12.D 形容词辨析。A不同B紧张C敏感D残忍；指成年人对艾滋病可能更为残忍。

13.C 动词辨析。A移动B撤退C 返回D恢复；指父亲返回医院，重新接受治疗。

14.A 动词辨析。A使…处于…状态B保持C停止D阻止；指多年以来爸爸的病都保持秘密。

15.A 形容词辨析。A不安B不专心C没有准备好D不舒适；当他到了最后几天的时候，我很不安。

16.D 形容词辨析。A应到B放松C深厚的D最后的；当我的爸爸的生命到了最后几天的时候，我很不安。

17.D 形容词辨析。A好奇B奇怪C害怕的D悲伤的；悲伤也很绝望，我打电话给一个National AIDS Support里的工作人员。

18.C 动词辨析。A鼓励B参观C打电话D染上；指我打电话给一个National AIDS Support里的工作人员。

19.A 形容才辨析。A幸运B戏剧化C浪漫D有魔力的；我很幸运遇见了她。

20.A 上下文串联。根据上文可知我们一直都保持这这个秘密，没有对任何人说起过爸爸有艾滋病。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读