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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1--20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳的选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

Some people are just born to be failures. That’s the way some adults look at ______  kids. Maybe you've heard the saying, “A bird with a ______ wing will never fly as high.” I'm sure that T. J. Ware was made to ______  this way almost every day. At high school, T. J. was the best-known troublemaker in his town. He was a silent boy, didn’t answer questions and often ______ .

I met T. J. for the first time at an activity aimed at getting students more involved in community charity. When I ______, the community leaders ______ me that T.J. had the longest arrest（拘留） record in the history of town. Actually, I wasn’t the first to hear about T.J.’s darker side as the first words of ______  .

At the start of the activity, T. J. was just ______  outside the circle of students, against the back wall, with a(n) ______  look on his face. He didn’t readily join the discussion groups, and didn’t seem to have much to say. But gradually, the interactive games ______ him in. T. J. shared his great thoughts on   ______  . The other students ______  his ideas and were impressed with his passion for helping those in need.   ______ , they elected T. J. co-chairman of the group.

After the activity, T. J. started showing up at school and being active in class, which none of his teachers expected. More ______ , two weeks later, T. J. led a group of 70 students in a drive to collect ______ . They collected a school______ : 2,854 cans of food in just two hours, (the shortest time in the history of town) enough to take care of   ______ families in the area for 75 days.

T. J. reminds us that a bird with a broken wing only needs   ______  . Once it has ______  , it can fly higher than the rest. Now T. J. is ______ quite nicely as a chairman of a nationwide charity organization.

1.A. failed      B. troublesome C. annoyed       D. worried

2.A. single      B. faulty       C. burden       D. broken

3.A. think      B. walk        C. feel         D. struggle

4.A. fought     B. drove         C. challenged    D. laughed

5.A. looked up   B. stood up     C. finished up   D. turned up

6.A. warned     B. suggested     C. reminded      D. reached

7.A.explanation  B. communication C. introduction  D.instruction

8.A. standing    B. laughing     C. hiding        D. wandering

9.A. worried    B. interested  C. indifferent   D. puzzled

10.A. allowed    B. showed        C. drew          D. put

11.A. games     B. concerns     C. school       D. charity

12.A. ignored    B. welcomed      C. doubted      D. misunderstood

13.A. However   B. Besides       C. Anyway       D. Therefore

14.A. importantly B. surprisingly C. luckily      D. popularly

15.A. money      B. rubbish      C. cans         D. food

16.A. restaurant  B. record       C. yard         D. term

17.A. needy       B. lonely      C. friendly      D. likely

18.A. persuading  B. mending     C. observing     D. teaching

19.A. healed   B. noticed    C. appeared     D. changed

20.A. behaving   B. growing      C. flying       D. achieving

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.B

19.A

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：有些人天生就要失败，文章介绍一个叫做Ware 的问题学生，通过努力之后城曾工的过程。告诉读者一个启示“一只折断翅膀的鸟儿只是需要修理。一旦它恢复了，它会飞的更高。”

1.B考查形容词以及对语境的理解。A. failed失败的；B. troublesome引起麻烦的，难管的；C. annoyed恼怒的；D. worried担心的。句意：那就是一些成年人看待问题学生的方式。根据下文的T. J. was the best-known troublemaker，可知文章要讲的是一个问题学生，这里troublesome kids难管的孩子，问题孩子。故选B。

2.D 考查形容词以及对语境的理解。A. single单独的；B. faulty错误的；C. burden负担；D. broken破碎的，打断的。句意：折翼之鸟永远都不能高飞。故选D。

3.C考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. think想，认为；B. walk走；C. feel感觉；D. struggle 奋斗，挣扎；固定用法：make sb feel this way 让某人有这种感觉，句意：我确信Ware每天都有这种感觉。故C。

4.A考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. fought打架；B. drove开车；C. challenged挑战；D. laughed笑。上文提到Ware是镇上最出名的麻烦学生，所以这里句意“他是一个沉默的孩子，不回答问题，经常打架。”故选A。

5.D考查动词短语以及对语境的理解。A. looked up向上看，查找；B. stood up站起来；C. finished up结束，告终，做完；D. turned up出现，开大。这里说的是我和 T.J.第一次见面的情形，当我出现时，社区领导人告诉我他是这个城镇史上有最长拘留时间的孩子。 故选D。

6.A考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. warned警告，告诫，通知；B. suggested建议；C. reminded提醒；D. reached达到。社区领导人说他是这个城镇史上有最长拘留时间的孩子，故这里用告诫比较合适，故选A。

7.C考查名词以及对语境的理解。A.explanation解释；B. communication交流；C. introduction介绍；D.instruction说明。 句意：事实上，我并不是第一个听到T.J.的黑暗面作为介绍的开始。我一出现，社区领导人就这样说，可看出介绍T. J.的开始就说出他的黑暗面。故选C。

8.A 考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. standing站；B. laughing笑；C. hiding躲藏；D. wandering漫步，漫游。他后背靠着墙，可知在活动开始他只是站在一群学生圈子的外面。故选A。

9.C考查形容词以及对语境的理解。 A. worried担心的；B. interested感兴趣的；C. indifferent冷漠的；D. puzzled迷茫的。对应上文第一段说他是一个沉默的孩子，故这里他的脸上是冷漠的表情，选C。

10.C考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. allowed允许；B. showed领，展示；C. drew拉，吸引；D. put放。句意：但是渐渐地，互动游戏把他也吸引进来了。 故选C。

11.D考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. games游戏；B. concerns关心；C. school学校；D. charity慈善。下句其他学生都被他想要帮助别人的激情打动，故这里他分享关于慈善的想法。故选D。

12.B考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. ignored忽略，忽视；B. welcomed欢迎；C. doubted怀疑；D. misunderstood误解。其他学生都欢迎他的想法。故选B。

13.D考查副词以及对语境的理解。. A. However然而；B. Besides此外；C. Anyway不管怎样；D. Therefore因此。上句其他同学被他的想法而感动，因此他被选举作为这个组织的副主席。故选D。

14.B 考查副词以及对语境的理解。A. importantly重要地；B. surprisingly令人惊讶地；C. luckily幸运地；D. popularly受欢迎地。T. J.的积极是他的老师没有料到的，故更令人惊讶的是，两个星期之后，他领着70名学生的团队用来募集食物，故选B。

15.D考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. money钱；B. rubbish垃圾；C. can罐头，容器；D. food食物。下文提到他给学校募集到2,854 罐的食物，故这里他们募集的是食物。故选D。

16.B考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. restaurant食堂，餐馆；B. record记录；C. yard院子；D. term学期。下文the shortest time in the history of town城镇史上最短的时间，故这是学校的募集记录。故选B。

17.A考查形容词以及对语境的理解。A. needy贫困的，贫穷的；B. lonely孤独的；C. friendly友好的；D. likely可能的。句意： 2,854罐食物足够照顾这个地方的贫困家庭75天。故选A。

18.B考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. persuading说服；B. mending修补，使…恢复健康；C. observing观察；D. teaching教。T. J.提醒我们折翅的小鸟只是需要恢复而已。故选B。

19.A 考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. healed痊愈；B. noticed注意；C. appeared出现；D. changed改变。句意：一旦它痊愈了，它会比其他的鸟儿飞的都高。故选A。

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考点：考查故事类阅读。