Question

    A teenager who once became homeless graduated at the top of his class in Houston, Texas this weekend. Derrick Ngo.18, had a_______childhood, growing up without a father and finding his mother in and out of prison through the years.

Ahead of his________. Ngo had been to 12 different school, At 15, be started to________on his own with some help from his mother, but it was barely enough that he________homeless about two yean later. Ngo________his childhood to VOA."We often didn't have that much food. We didn't have that much money. We didn't have a_________source of income and that was one of my biggest________in growing up - that Lack of parental________."

Determined to change his future, Ngo_________all his frustrations (沮丧) into his studies-efforts that________landed him as the top student of his class at Energy Institute High School. "I________that if I didn't use schoold, education and the resources that were________to me, then there would be no way that I would get out of the________I was in," he said.

In December, Ngo learned that he had been________by Harvard, where he will be attending this fall. It was ,at frst, a _________…I just got into Harvard. My heart was________." he said. He was very excited. The young man_________his success to discipline(自制力)and laser-like (激光一样的)________on end goals. "With a dream in your heart, you will have a clear_______that you're working towards. Although it's not real yet, is________that is going to be real one day."

1.A.happy . B.boring C.troubled D.bright

2.A.failure B.difficulty C.independence D.achievement

3.A.live B.work C.learn D.train

4.A.got up B.grew up C.broke up D.ended up

5.A.recorded B.repeated C.recalled D.recommended

6.A.new B.stable C.spare D.balanced

7.A.desires B.features C.struggles D.advantage

8.A.pressure B.guidance C.training D.introduction

9.A.added B.counted C.combined D.directed

10.A.firstly B.slightly C.eventually D.unexpectedly

11.A.bet B.heard C.wondered D.remembered

12.A.donated B.available C.designed D.affordable

13.A.trap B.truth C.danger D.circle

14.A.told B.invited C.dismissed D.accepted

15.A.gift B.pity C.shock D.sympathy

16.A.rising B.racing C.beating D.sinking

17.A.owes B.devotes C.applies D.contributes

18.A.care B.focus C.confidence D.appreciation

19.A.goal B.way C.plan D.position

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

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了自己成功的故事，他把成功归功于自律和对最终目标的专注。

1.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：18岁的德里克·恩格(Derrick ngo)的童年充满坎坷，他在没有父亲的环境中长大，母亲在监狱里进进出出。A. happy 高兴的；B. boring令人厌烦的；C. troubled混乱的；D. bright明亮的。根据第1空后的growing up without a father and finding his mother in and out of prison through the years.可知，他的童年充满坎坷。故选C。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：在他取得成绩之前，Ngo已经去过12所不同的学校。A. failure失败；B. difficulty困难；C. independence独立；D. achievement成绩。根据第2空后的Ngo had been to 12 different school可知，此处指取得成绩之前换了12所学校。故选D。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在他15岁的时候，他开始在母亲的帮助下独自生活，但这还不够，大约两年后他就无家可归了。A. live生活，居住；B. work工作；C. learn学习；D. train训练。根据第3空后的on his own with some help from his mother可知，开始独立生活。故选A。

4.考查动词词组。句意：在他取得成绩之前，Ngo已经去过12所不同的学校，在他15岁的时候，他开始在母亲的帮助下独自生活，但这还不够，大约两年后他就无家可归了。A. got up起床；B. grew up成长；C. broke up解散，分解；D. ended up结束。根据第4空后homeless about two years later.可知，为了让他独立生活，最后以无家可归而结束。故选D。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Ngo向美国之音回顾了他的童年。A. recorded记录；B. repeated重复；C. recalled回想起；D. recommended推荐。根据第5空后的his childhood to VOA.可知，此处指回忆起童年。故选C。

6.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们没有稳定的收入来源，这是我成长过程中最大的困难之一——缺乏父母的指导。A. new新的；B. stable牢固的；C. spare备用的；D. balanced平衡的。根据第6空前的We often didn't have that much food. We didn't have that much money.可知，没有固定的收入。故选B。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们没有稳定的收入来源，这是我成长过程中最大的困难之一——缺乏父母的指导。A. desires欲望；B. features特色；C. struggles奋斗，挣扎；D. advantage优势。根据第7空前后内容We often didn't have that much food. We didn't have that much money. We didn't have a____6____source of income and that was one of my biggest和in growing up可知，此处指成长中的挣扎。故选C。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们没有稳定的收入来源，这是我成长过程中最大的困难之一——缺乏父母的指导。A. pressure压力；B. guidance指导；C. training训练；D. introduction介绍。前面提到让他独立，最终不让回家，所以缺少父母的指导。故选B。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Ngo决定改变他的未来，把他所有的挫折都投入到他的学习中，最终使他成为能源研究所高中班里的优等生。A. added增加；B. counted计数，重要；C. combined结合；D. directed管理，指导。根据第9空后的all his frustrations (沮丧) into his studies-efforts可知，此处指管理自己的学习。故选D。

10.考查副词词义辨析。句意：Ngo决定改变他的未来，把他所有的挫折都投入到他的学习中，最终使他成为能源研究所高中班里的优等生。A. firstly第一；B. slightly稍微地；C. eventually最后；D. unexpectedly未料到地。根据第10空后的landed him as the top student of his class at Energy Institute High School.可知，此处指最后成为优等生。故选C。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我敢打赌，如果我不利用学校、教育和我能得到的资源，那么我就没有办法摆脱我现在所处的困境A. bet打赌；B. heard听见；C. wondered想知道；D. remembered记得。根据第11空后的if I didn't use school, education and the resources that were____12____to me, then there would be no way that I would get out of the____13____I was in可知，作者对成为优等生的理由敢打赌。故选A。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我敢打赌，如果我不利用学校、教育和我能得到的资源，那么我就没有办法摆脱我现在所处的困境A. donated捐赠的；B. available可获得的；C. designed精心设计的；D. affordable负担得起的。根据第12空前的if I didn't use school, education and the resources可知，作者利用了学校、教育的资源。故选B。

13.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我敢打赌，如果我不利用学校、教育和我能得到的资源，那么我就没有办法摆脱我现在所处的困境A. trap陷阱；B. truth真理；C. danger危险；D. circle圆圈。根据第13空前的there would be no way that I would get out of可知，此处指摆脱“困境”。故选A。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：去年12月，Ngo获悉他已被哈佛大学录取，并将于今年秋季赴哈佛就读。A. told告诉；B. invited邀请；C. dismissed开除；D. accepted接受。根据第14空后的by Harvard, where he will be attending this fall.可知，此处指被录取，故选D。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：起初，我很震惊……A. gift礼物；B. pity怜悯；C. shock震惊；D. sympathy同情。根据第15空后的I just got into Harvard.可知，此处指感到震惊。故选C。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的心跳加速。A. rising上升；B. racing比赛；C. beating打败；D. sinking下沉。被哈佛大学录取，感到震惊，所以心跳加快。故选B。

17.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这个年轻人把他的成功归功于自律和对最终目标的专注。A. owes归功于；B. devotes致力于；C. applies申请；D. contributes有助于。根据第17空后的his success to discipline可知，此处指把成功归功于自律。固定搭配：owe…to…把……归功于。故选A。

18.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这个年轻人把他的成功归功于自律和对最终目标的专注。A. care关怀；B. focus焦点；C. confidence 自信；D. appreciation欣赏。根据第18空后的on end goals可知此处指目标专注。固定词组：focus on集中于，专注于。故选B。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：心中有梦想，你就会有一个明确的目标。A. goal目标；B. way方法；C. plan计划；D. position位置。根据第19空后的you're working towards可知，此处指心中要有目标。故选A。

20.考查不定代词。句意：虽然现在还不现实，但总有一天会成为现实。A. nothing 什么也没有；B. anything任何事情；C. everything每件事情；D. something某事。根据第19空后的that is going to be real one day.可知，此处指某事会变成现实。故选D。