Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Dear Max,

Your mother and 1 don't yet have the words to describe the hope you give us for the future,but we hope you will be happy and healthy so you can    enjoy the life ahead of you.Like all  ，we want you to grow up in a world better than ours today.

Although headlines often focus on what's   ，in many ways the world is getting better. Health is    . Poverty is shrinking. Knowledge is growing. People are connecting.

We will try our   to make the world a better place, not only because we love you, but also because we believe all children have the      to be loved and cared about.

But right now, the world doesn't always  the biggest chances and problems children today will see    in the future. I will continue to work as Facebook’s CEO for many, many years to come，   .some problems are so important that we have to deal with them now.

Consider diseases. Today we spend about 50 times more money   people who are sick than we use in research so you won't get sick in the first place.

Medicine has only been a real science for less than 100 years, and we’ve already seen complete cures(治愈)for some diseases and good progress for others.     technology develops, we have a real chance at curing all or most of the other diseases in the next 100 years.

Curing diseases will   time. Over short periods of five or ten years, it may not seem like we're making a   But in the long run, trees planted now will grow, and one day, you or your children wilt see what we can only imagine; a world without diseases. Max, we love you and really want to the world a better place for you and all children. We wish you a life  with the same love, hope and joy you give us. We can't wait to see what you bring to this world.

Love，

Mom and Dad

1.A. fully        B. rarely    C. likely     D. lively

2.A. friends     B. teachers   C. parents    D. doctors

3.A. wrong       B. normal    C. improving   D. nice

4.A. talking      B. aiming    C. anxious     D. breaching

5.A. heart        B. best       C. greatest  D. pain

6.A. interest   B. duty       C. effort      D. right

7.A. begin with   B. focus on   C. tell by   D. believe in

8.A. give        B. bring      C. taste      D. face

9.A. so           B. or         C. but         D.and

10.A. finding   B. directing C. loving      D. treating

11.A. After      B. As         C. For         D. Before

12.A. waste      B. spend     C. take        D. pay

13.A. progress    B.fortune   C. scene      D. difference

14.A. carry       B. leave      C. study       D.decide

15.A. filled     B. helped     C. compared  D. agreed

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.A

【解析】

1.A考查副词以及对语境的理解。A. fully充分地; B. rarely 很少, 稀有; C. likely很可能; D. lively 生动活泼地。我们希望你快乐健康，这样你就能充分享受面前的生活了。故选A。

2.C 考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. friends朋友；B. teachers教师；C. parents父母；D. doctors医生。根据最后的署名Mom and Dad可知，是父母对孩子的希望。故选C。

3.A考查形容词以及对语境的理解。A. wrong错误的；B. normal正常的；C. improving有启发的，有教育意义的；D. nice好的。Although提示前后矛盾，后面说世界正变好，所以前面是贬义词选A。

4.C考查形容词以及对语境的理解。A. talking讨论；B. aiming瞄准；C. anxious急切的；D. breaching破坏。人们对健康的愿望是迫切的，贫穷在缩减，知识在增加，人们的联系在增加，故选C。

5.B考查固定搭配以及对语境的理解。A. heart 心脏；B. best 最好的；C. greatest最棒的；D. pain疼痛。try one’s best to do 尽力做某事。 故选B。

6.D考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. interest兴趣，爱好；B. duty 职责；C. effort努力；D. right权力。所有的孩子都有权利被爱和被关心。故选D。

7.B考查动词短语以及对语境的理解。A. begin with以……为开端；B. focus on 聚焦；C. tell by 根据……判断；D. believe in相信。现在这个世界不会总是聚焦最大的机遇和问题，故选B。

8.D 考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. give给；B. bring带来；C. taste尝试；D. face面对。今天的孩子将来会面对的机遇和问题。故选D。

9.C考查连词以及对语境的理解。A. so所以；B. or 或者；C. but但是；D.and和。连词前后是转折关系，前面的意思是：我在未来的许多年会继续做脸书的CEO，但是一些重要的问题我们现在一定要面对。故选C。

10.D考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. finding发现；B. directing指导；C. loving爱；D. treating对待，处理。今天治疗病人花的钱比以前多50倍。 故选D。

11.B考查连词以及对语境的理解。A. After在……之后；B. As随着，作为；C. For因为；D. Before之前。随着技术的发展，我们在未来的100年会有机会治愈绝大多数疾病。故选B。

12.C考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. waste浪费；B. spend花费；C. take花费；D. pay付出。 治愈疾病会需要时间。take后面跟时间，故选C。

13.D考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. progress进步；B.fortune财富；C. scene场面，情景；D. difference差异。make a difference 有关系，有影响。未来的5到10年里，我们似乎不可能有多大的区别，故选D。

14.B考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. carry携带；B. leave留下，离开；C. study学习；D.decide决定。我们想给你和所有的孩子们留一个更好的世界，故选B。

15.A考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. filled充满；B. helped帮助；C. compared 比较；D. agreed 同意。我们希望你有一个和你给我们的一样的充满爱，希望和快乐的生活，故选A。