Question

    Kim Stemple was a special-education teacher In 2012, she found herself ________ to an IV (静脉注射) in a Boston hospital being ________ for one of several diseases she had been diagnosed with, including lupus (狼疮) The normally lively Stemple was ________ getting upset a lot. And then a friend gave her a ________.

Before she got too sick to ________, Stemple had been a marathon runner. The medal came from a racing ________ who had just finished a half marathon in Las Vegas and hoped the present would ________ a kind of similar pick-me-up (提神剂). It worked like a(n) ________ —and then some.

After Stemple ________ the medal from her hospital IV pole, other patients said they wanted medals too. That got Stemple ________. “A medal is a simple way to give a(n) ________ message,” she told pilotonline. com. And so was born her ________, We Finish Together, which collects medals from ________ —runners, dancers, swimmers, singers, and even spelling bee winners—and donates them to all sorts of people in ________.

Receivers have included hospital patients, people of homeless shelters, and old soldiers. Part of the process is ________ with the donators writing a personalized ________ on the ribbon (缎带). “This gives them a connection to someone,” says Stemple. “If they receive a medal, they will know someone ________.”

Can a simple medal really make a ________? Yes, says Joan Musarra, who develops pulmonary fibrosis (肺纤维). “I opened my package containing my new medal and the notes of positive, warm thoughts. I was ________,” she wrote to Stemple. “At that moment, I was sitting on my sofa breathing through an oxygen tube because my lungs have become so worse. It means so much to me to feel that I am not ________.”

1.A.agreed B.invited C.tied D.preferred

2.A.prepared B.treated C.answered D.waited

3.A.naturally B.gradually C.regularly D.personally

4.A.pill B.suggestion C.way D.medal

5.A.exercise B.pack C.rise D.reward

6.A.judge B.guide C.partner D.inspector

7.A.change for B.serve as C.join in D.attach to

8.A.charm B.flag C.advertisement D.style

9.A.arose B.hung C.brought D.lay

10.A.wondering B.calculating C.thinking D.relieving

11.A.actual B.frequent C.reliable D.positive

12.A.health B.charity C.power D.reality

13.A.strangers B.athletes C.millionaires D.natives

14.A.addition B.cash C.need D.return

15.A.decorated B.replaced C.provided D.concerned

16.A.sign B.bill C.title D.note

17.A.cares B.agrees C.recovers D.deserves

18.A.hit B.difference C.promise D.beginning

19.A.attracted B.settled C.touched D.frightened

20.A.upset B.hopeless C.painful D.alone

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议文。患重疾的Stemple在医院中收到朋友的一块奖牌，精神大为振奋！由此灵感而发，她创立了一个慈善机构，收集奖牌，加上温馨话语寄给医院中的病人，让他们感受到人间的关爱。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：2012年，她发现自己在波士顿一家医院被系着输液管，接受治疗，治疗包括狼疮在内的被诊断出的几种疾病。A. agreed(被) 同意；B. invited受邀；C. tied(被)绑，系；D. preferred更喜欢。根据an IV in a Boston hospital可知此处用tie。故选C。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：因为狼疮等疾病正在医院接受治疗。A. prepared准备；B. treated治疗，对待；C. answered回答，回复；D. waited等待。根据one of several diseases she had been diagnosed with, including lupus可知此处是“治疗”疾病。故选B。

3.考查副词词义辨析。句意：通常很活泼的斯坦普尔自然很沮丧。A. naturally自然地；B. gradually逐步地；C. regularly有规律地；D. personally私下地。根据getting upset a lot可知，因为生病，天生活泼好动的Stemple自然就变得十分沮丧。故选A。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：后来一个朋友给了她一枚奖章。A. pill药丸；B. suggestion建议；C. way方式，方法；D. medal金牌。根据下文…The medal came from a racing…可知，这里是说“朋友给了她一块奖牌”。故选D。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在她生病不能锻炼之前，斯坦普尔曾是一名马拉松运动员。A. exercise锻炼；B. pack打包；C. rise升起；D. reward回报。根据文章第一段介绍主人公“生病住院”的情况可以推断，这里是说：在她病得太虚弱不能活动，锻炼之前，早已是一个马拉松赛跑者。故选A。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：奖牌来自一位刚刚在拉斯维加斯跑完半程马拉松的比赛伙伴，他希望这份礼物能起到类似的提神作用。A. judge裁判员，法官；B. guide向导，指南；C. partner 同伴，伙伴；D. inspector检察员，巡视员。根据后文who had just finished a half marathon in Las Vegas可知，这里是指“参赛的同伴”。故选C。

7.考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：奖牌来自一位刚刚在拉斯维加斯跑完半程马拉松的比赛伙伴，他希望这份礼物能起到类似的提神作用。 A. change for换……；B. serve as充当……；C. join in加入；D. attach to着重于……。根据a kind of similar pick-me-up可知希望这块奖牌能够充当一种振奋精神的东西。故选B。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：它就是一件吸引人的物件。A. charm吸引人的物品；B. flag旗帜；C. advertisement广告；D. style风格。奖牌可以振奋精神，它就成了一件吸引人的物件。故选A。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在斯坦普尔把奖牌挂在医院的输液杆上后，其他病人也表示他们也想要奖牌。A. arose出现；B. hung悬挂，垂落；C. brought带来；D. lay放置，躺下。根据后文…from her hospital IV pole可知，Stemple是把奖牌挂在医院的IV柱子上。故选B。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这引起了斯坦普尔的思考。A. wondering想知道；B. calculating计算；C. thinking思考，深思；D. relieving宽慰。Stemple把奖牌挂在医院的IV柱子上，其他的病人也想要这块奖牌，这件事情使得Stemple深思。故选C。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：“奖牌是传递积极信息的简单方式，”她告诉pilotonline网站。A. actual事实的；B. frequent经常的；C. reliable可靠的；D. positive积极的。根据下文…the notes of positive, warm thoughts.可知，这里Stemple强调的是“奖牌是可以直接表达积极肯定的态度。” 故选D。

12.考查名词词义辨析。句意：她的慈善机构“我们一起完成”(We Finish Together)就是这样诞生的。A. health健康；B. charity慈善，施舍；C. power力量，能力；D. reality现实，实际。根据后文…donates them to all sorts of people in可知，这里是说：Stemple的慈善机构We Finish Together就创立了。故选B。

13.考查名词词义辨析。句意：该机构从陌生人——跑步者、舞蹈者、游泳者、歌手，甚至拼字比赛的获胜者——那里收集奖牌，并把它们捐赠给各种需要帮助的人。A. strangers陌生人；B. athletes运动员；C. millionaires百万富翁；D. natives本地人，土人。根据后文runners, dancers, swimmers, singers, and even spelling bee winners和本文表现“人间有大爱”的主题可知，这里是说：从许多陌生人处收集了奖牌。故选A。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：该机构从陌生人——跑步者、舞蹈者、游泳者、歌手，甚至拼字比赛的获胜者——那里收集奖牌，并把它们捐赠给各种需要帮助的人。A. addition增加，添加；B. cash现款，现金；C. need需要，迫切要求；D. return返回，恢复。把收集到的奖牌都捐献给需要帮助的人。根据and donates them to all sorts of people可知此处用in need“需要帮助”。故选C。

15.考查动词词义辨析。句意：受助者包括医院病人、无家可归者收容所的人以及老兵。这个过程的一部分是捐赠者在彩带上写一个个性化的便条。A. decorated装饰；B. replaced替换，取代；C. provided提供；D. concerned关心，和…有关。部分的过程跟捐款者在丝带上写个性化的东西有关。固定短语be concerned with和…有关。故选D。

16.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这个过程的一部分是捐赠者在彩带上写一个个性化的注解。A. sign标志；B. bill账单，清单；C. title标题；D. note纸条，注解。根据下文…containing my new medal and the notes of positive, warm thoughts.可知，这里是说“捐款者在丝带上写个性化的注解”。故选D。

17.考查动词词义辨析。句意：“如果他们获得奖牌，他们就会知道有人关心他们。”A. cares关心；B. agrees同意；C. recovers恢复，弥补；D. deserves应受，应得。根据“This gives them a connection to someone,”可知，如果他们收到奖牌，他们就得知有人关心他们。故选A。

18.考查名词词义辨析。句意：一块简单的奖牌真的能起到作用吗？ A. hit打击，撞击；B. difference差异，不同；C. promise承诺；D. beginning开始，起点。纯粹一块奖牌就能起这么大的作用？make a difference产生影响，起作用。故选B。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我打开了我的包裹，看到奖牌和充满正能量和温馨的话语及观点。我很感动。A. attracted被吸引的；B. settled稳定的，固定的；C. touched受触动的，受感动的；D. frightened害怕的，受惊的。打开包裹，我被感动了，touched被感动的。故选C。

20.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：感觉自己并不孤单对我来说意义重大。A. upset沮丧的；B. hopeless绝望的；C. painful痛苦的；D. alone孤独的，单独的，独自的。根据上文I opened my package containing my new medal and the notes of positive, warm thoughts. I was touched可知她自己病在床上，看到有人关心，觉得不再孤独了。故选D。