Question

I was aged 9 the moment I discovered my father was seriously sick. It was 1994, but I can well remember my mother’s words as though it were yesterday: “Maggie, I don’t want you to take ______ from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very cautious 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 ______. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could attend to himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father’s other children lived far away, so it ______ to me to look after him.

We couldn’t _____ all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t ______ buy food for dinner. I ______ sit in class feeling completely ______. The teacher’s words were ________ as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.

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

I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his ______ a secret, I was truly ______ when he reached his final days. ______ and down, I called a woman at the non-profit National AIDS Support. That day, she ______ me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life. I was 15 when my father ______ on. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn’t want to call ______ to AIDS. I do.

1.A. trust         B. joke      C. food         D. fun

2.A. disease       B. project   C. challenge    D. secret

3.A. fell          B. sent     C. chose        D. left

4.A. afford       B. offer    C. select      D. prepare

5.A. only          B. even     C. yet         D. still

6.A. might         B. should   C. could       D. would

7.A. moved         B. lost      C. bored        D. nervous

8.A. rolled        B. eaten     C. proved       D. drowned

9.A. pack         B. compare C. share       D. affect

10.A. applied      B. escaped  C. reacted      D. referred

11.A. cruel        B. curious  C. considerate D. confused

12.A. admitted    B. concerned C. removed      D. sentenced

13.A. dream        B. promise  C. instruction  D. condition

14.A. calm        B. religious C. unprepared   D. devoted

15.A. Red         B. Black    C. Green        D. Blue

16.A. kept         B. talked   C. reminded    D. replied

17.A. died         B. hid      C. passed      D. sighed

18.A. relief      B. attention C. support      D. Trouble

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.C

11.A

12.A

13.D

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.B

【解析】

试题分析：在我9岁的时候，我的父亲得了艾滋病，这使得我的家庭变得十分困难。并且由于其他人对艾滋病人的歧视，我们都把父亲的病情保密。我15岁的时候父亲去世了，除了家里人，没人知道他患了艾滋病。

1.C考查名词。A. Trust信任；B. Joke玩笑；C. Food食物；D. Fun有趣；根据 Be very cautious when you are around him可知父亲患了艾滋病，母亲要我远离他，此处较和情理的为不要带食物给父亲，故选C。

2.D考查名词。A. Disease疾病；B. Project项目；C. Challenge挑战；D. Secret秘密；这将会成为一个全家的秘密，因为这个病臭名昭著，故选D。

3.A考查动词。A. Fell落下；B. Sent送出；C. Chose选择；D. Left离开；所以照顾父亲的单子就落在了我肩上，故选A。

4.A考查动词。A. Afford付得起；B. Offer提供；C. Select挑选；D. Prepare准备；I had no money for school supplies可知我没有钱了，我们买不起治疗需要的药物，选A。

5.B考查副词。A. Only只有；B. Even甚至；C. Yet不是；D. Still仍然；甚至连食物和晚餐都买不起了，选B。

6.D 考查情态动词。A. might 可能；B. Should应该；C. Could能够；D. Would将要；有时候，我会坐在教室里，感觉整个人被世界抛弃了，故选D。

7.B考查动词。A. Moved移动；B. Lost失去；C. Bored无聊；D. Nervous紧张；感觉整个人被世界抛弃了，整个人没有了生活的目标，可知选B。

8.D考查动词。A. Rolled卷，滚动；B. Eaten吃；C. Proved证明；D. Drowned淹死，淹没；老师的话淹没了我，故选D。

9.C 考查动词。A. Pack整理；B. Compare对比；C. Share分享；D. Affect影响；我没有把这件事告诉任何人，没有和别人分享我的负担，因为人们对艾滋病患者很残忍，选C。

10.C考查动词。A. Applied应用；B. Escaped逃离；C. Reacted反应；D. Referred涉及；我之前已经见过人们对艾滋病的反应是什么样了，选C。

11.A考查形容词。A. Cruel残忍；B. Curious好奇；C. Considerate考虑周到；D. Confused疑惑；Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. 嘲笑艾滋病者是一件很残忍的事情，大人和小孩子都这样，选A。

12.A考查动词。A. Admitted承认，允许；B. concerned 关心；C. removed 移除；D. Sentenced判决；当我的父亲被允许进入医院的时候，选A。

13.D考查名词。A. Dream梦想；B. Promise承诺；C. Instruction指令；D. Condition条件；我们都把父亲的情况当做一个秘密，故选D。

14.C考查形容词。 A. Calm平静；B. Religious宗教；C. Unprepared没准备；D. Devoted奉献；当父亲死亡的那一天到来时，我完全没有准备，故选C。

15.D考查形容词。 A. Red红；B. Black黑；C. Green绿的；D. Blue蓝的，忧郁的；因为父亲死了，我感到的是悲伤和沮丧，故选D。

16.A考查动词。A. Kept保持；B. Talked交谈；C. Reminded提醒；D. Replied回复；那天，我和她聊了好几个小时的电话，keep sb on the phone和...保持通话，故选A。

17.C考查动词。 A. Died死亡；B. Hid隐藏；C. passed 通过；D. Sighed叹气；我15岁的时候我的父亲死了，pass on死亡，去世，故选C。

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