Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A Person Who Has Influenced My Life

There is always a time in one’s life when a hero comes along. Someone who has inspired you can really help you learn what life is about.

I ____ it as if it was yesterday. I was fifteen years old that year. It was around eight o’clock one evening when my mother ____ a phone call from her brother-in-law, who told us my aunt was in hospital and that the doctor ____ themshe would need an operation immediately. My family became very ____ about my aunt’s situation.

While my aunt was in the hospital with special ____, my cousin Mark, who is mentally disabled, spent time with my family. Mark was seventeen at the time, and had been born with severe mental disorders, which ____ a wide range of social and physical problems for him throughout everyday life. He never had any true friend____ no one could relate to him. I must ____ that at the beginning I was filled with uncertainty as to how much of a____ my cousin would bring on my family. Now looking back it saddens me to see the ____ I once showed.

Over the two weeks when Mark lived with my family, I probably ____ more about life and its meanings. Thinking back, I took ____ in daily life for granted, believing it would always be there. I never even thought about being able to do things like walking, brushing my teeth, or going to the bathroom on my own. Now I see how____ I am to be able to do these things independently.

Mark was seventeen, but learned on a nine-year-old ____. Although his learning ability was slower than most, he could still learn. He explored ____ to do most of the things everyone else did. ____ he did pretty well and succeeded at almost everything he tried to do. He ___ his illness and showed an ambition to love life. To him, having a successful life means achieving goals on his own terms and at his own ____.

Mark is my hero, for his disability has forever ____ my viewpoint on life. It seems like a well-deserved life when you’re fifteen, and it is amazing how in a period of time your point of view can change so ____.

1.A. accept           B. remember       C. imagine        D. discover

2.A. made             B. missed         C. received       D. used

3.A. informed         B. promised       C. showed         D. begged

4.A.sure              B. curious       C. disappointed  D. worried

5.A. care             B. interest      C. purpose        D. action

6.A. found            B. faced          C. created        D. influenced

7.A. until            B. although       C. unless         D. because

8.A. believe          B. admit          C. decide        D. regret

9.A. puzzle           B. failure       C.burden         D. conflict

10.A. ignorance      B. weakness       C. relief        D. mercy

11.A. required       B. understood    C. questioned     D. dreamed

12.A. anything       B. something      C. nothing        D. everything

13.A. powerful       B. brave         C. lucky          D. successful

14.A. level           B. variety        C. job            D. balance

15.A. achievements    B. possibilities  C. functions      D. difficulties

16.A. Typically       B.Occasionally    C. Accidentally  D. Actually

17.A. treated         B. prevented      C. challenged     D. reported

18.A. pace            B. cost           C. business     D. request

19.A. represented    B. changed       C. formed       D. supported

20.A. easily          B. normally       C. properly       D. completely

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：总是一段时间在人的一生中有一位英雄。一个能激发你真的可以帮助您了解生命的意义的人。这个人就是对我而言就是我17岁的身残却努力生活的表哥Mark，他和我生活的一段时光改变了我的人生观。

1.B 考查动词和对语境的理解。A. accept接收；B. remember记得；C. imagine想象；D. discover发现。我记得这件事恍如昨天。故选B。

2.2】C 考查动词和对语境的理解。A. made制造；B. missed错过，想念；C. received收到；D. used用。妈妈接到姨父打来的一个电话。故选C。

3.3】A 考查动词和对语境的理解。A. informed通知；B. promised承诺；C. showed展示；D. begged乞求。医生通知姨妈的家人说姨妈需要马上做手术。故选A。

4.4】D 考查形容词和对语境的理解。A.sure确信；B. curious好奇；C. disappointed失望；D. worried担心。前面说姨妈住院需要手术，家人应该会对此感到很担忧。故选D。

5.5】A 考查名词和对语境的理解。A. care照顾；B. interest利益；C. purpose目的；D. action行为。姨妈在医院接受专门的照顾。故选A。

6.6】C 考查动词和对语境的理解。A. found发现；B. faced面对；C. created创造；D. influenced影响。表哥天生精神有问题，所以给日常生活带来一系列社交方面和身体上的问题。故选C。

7.7】D 考查连词和对语境的理解。A. until直到；B. although尽管；C. unless除非；D. because因为。他没有什么真诚的朋友因为没有人愿意和他一个残疾人有关系，故选D。

8.8】B 考查动词和对语境的理解。A. believe相信；B. admit承认；C. decide决定；D. regret后悔，遗憾。我得承认一开始我也不确定他会给我们一家带来多大的负担。故选B。

9.9】C 考查名词和对语境的理解。A. puzzle困惑；B. failure失败；C.burden负担；D. conflict冲突。一个人有精神障碍当然应该会给家人带来负担。故选C。

10.10】A 考查名词和对语境的理解。A. ignorance忽视；B. weakness弱点；C. relief安慰；D. mercy仁慈。我对他的到来表现得很忽视，现在回想起来感到很伤心。故选A。

11.11】B 考查动词和对语境的理解。A. required要求；B. understood理解；C. questioned质问；D. dreamed梦想。表哥和我们一家在一起过了有2周的时间，对人生的意义有了更多的理解，故选B。

12.12】D考查代词和对语境的理解。A. anything任何事；B. something某事；C. nothing没什么事；D. everything一切。根据后面的believing it would always be there可知，事情都是理所当然的，所以这里的意思是我认为日常生活中的一切都是理所当然的，故选D。

13.13】C 考查形容词和对语境的理解。A. powerful强大的；B. brave勇敢；C. lucky幸运；D. successful成功。我是一个健全的人，和表哥对比才知道自己是多么地幸运，故选C。

14.14】A 考查名词和对语境的理解。A. level水平；B. variety种类；C. job工作；D. balance平衡。Mark虽然17岁了但是学习能力只有9岁孩子的水平。故选A。

15.15】B 考查名词和对语境的理解。A. achievements成绩；B. possibilities可能性；C. functions功能；D. difficulties困难。他总是想去做别人能做的事。故选B。

16.16】D 考查副词和对语境的理解。A. Typically典型地；B.Occasionally偶尔；C. Accidentally偶然地；D. Actually事实上。事实上他做的很棒，他想做的事几乎都做成了。故选D。

17.17】C 考查动词和对语境的理解。A. treated对待；B. prevented阻止；C. challenged挑战；D. reported报道。他挑战了自己，表达了对生活的热爱。故选C。

18.18】A 考查名词和对语境的理解。A. pace步伐；B. cost费用，代价；C. business事情；D. request请求。拥有成功的人生意味着在他的状况下以他自己的节奏达到目标，故选A。

19.19】B 考查动词和对语境的理解。A. represented代表；B. changed改变；C. formed形成；D. supported支持。根据前面的描述可知，表哥Mark的残疾改变了我的人生观，故选B。

20.20】D 考查副词和对语境的理解。A. easily容易地；B. normally正常地；C. properly恰当地；D. completely完全地。本来认为想当然的生活在你15岁时，在一个时期世界观就完全变了。故选D。

考点：考查哲理故事类短文的阅读。