Question

    You can't imagine how crazy I was about football when I was young. For years my life followed a(n) ______: I slipped out of the house, played football until dark and instantly I was infected with malaria. Football was so appealing that I was willing to ______ anything —injuries, punishment, and even sickness—to play it. Soon enough, my mother would rush me to the Sijuwade Hospital. There, the doctor said I needed to be _____ .

My dad often spent the night with me in the hospital while my mother ______ my sister at home. Then came the happiest ______ when my father told me wonderful stories.

My father was a(n) ______ storyteller. In the hospital, he would tell me a story or two, or, sometimes, if he was not too tired, many in response to my request. He ______ bicycle sounds and the howl of the wind so vividly that the pictures would never ______ from my mind. So happy were these moments that I sometimes wished to   ____ my hospital stay.

Because of my mom's strict supervision, it became ______ difficult to steal out. No longer sick, no more stories. ______, I broke into my father's room one evening.

"Dad, you tell me stories only when I'm sick."

My father laughed, "You are already eight and can read by yourself!"

He ______ me a book and said, "Go and read that. It'll tell you stories."

I remember that night clearly. I opened the book and read what turned out to be the most ______ story that I had ever read.

What I discovered that night ______ my life. I became thirsty for books and became a voracious（求知欲强的）______ . I read in the mornings, at nights and in between. Through reading, I felt as though I were on the magical journey to the endless.

1.A.pattern B.custom C.method D.aim

2.A.avoid B.risk C.welcome D.expect

3.A.received B.adopted C.admitted D.accepted

4.A.added to B.led to C.appealed to D.tended to

5.A.moments B.years C.conditions D.cases

6.A.impolite B.determined C.gifted D.terrible

7.A.imitated B.recorded C.developed D.selected

8.A.give away B.break away C.fade away D.die away

9.A.widen B.extend C.expand D.strengthen

10.A.extremely B.hardly C.directly D.randomly

11.A.Satisfied B.Shocked C.Frustrated D.Excited

12.A.posted B.taught C.owed D.handed

13.A.fascinating B.reasonable C.energetic D.disappointing

14.A.transported B.transformed C.substituted D.accelerated

15.A.performer B.interpreter C.learner D.reader

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了爱踢足球的作者因为得了疟疾而住进医院，却因此有了父亲的陪伴，父亲给作者讲了很多生动的故事。出院后，作者对此念念不忘，恳求父亲再给自己讲故事。父亲给了作者一本书，让他自己去读故事。从此，作者就深深喜欢上了阅读，人生也因此改变。

1.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：多年来我的生活都遵循着一种模式。A. pattern模式；B. custom习惯，风俗；C. method方法；D. aim目标。冒号后的句子讲述的是作者的固定生活模式，与动词follow搭配，要用follow a pattern表示“遵循一种模式”。故选A项。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：足球是如此令人着迷，以至于我愿意为了踢球承担任何风险——受伤、惩罚甚至生病。A. avoid避免，躲避；B. risk冒险；C. welcome欢迎；D. expect期待。从这里列举的三项内容来看，都指的是踢足球过程可能出现的风险，这里要用risk表示“冒……风险”。故选B项。

3.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：在那里，医生说我需要住院。A. received收到；B. adopted采用，收养；C. admitted承认，准许进入；D. accepted接受。根据下文可知作者是住院了，这里要用be admitted(to hospital)表示“被（医院）收治”。故选C项。

4.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：我爸爸经常在医院陪着我度过夜晚，而我妈妈在家照顾我妹妹。A. added to添加到；B. led to导致；C. appealed to呼吁；D. tended to照顾。tend to有“照顾，照管”的意思，根据my sister at home可知我妈妈在家照顾我妹妹。故选D项。

5.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：然后，最快乐的时刻来了，我父亲给我讲了很多故事。A. moments片刻，瞬间；B. years年；C. conditions条件，情况；D. cases情况，案例。与后文中的moments对应，所指的就是作者住院时，父亲给他讲故事的那些时光。故选A项。

6.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我父亲是个讲故事的天才。A. impolite不礼貌的；B. determined下定决心的；C. gifted有天赋的；D. terrible糟糕的。从后文vividly一词和作者的评价来看，父亲讲故事讲得很好，这里选项中只有C项能传达这层意思。故选C项。

7.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他模仿的自行车声和风呼啸的声音都如此生动，以至于那些画面在我脑中挥之不去。A. imitated模仿；B. recorded记录；C. developed发展；D. selected选择。联系讲故事的过程，这里应该指作者的父亲为了使故事显得真实，而模仿发出一些声音。故选A项。

8.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：他模仿的自行车声和风呼啸的声音都如此生动，以至于那些画面在我脑中挥之不去。A. give away赠送，泄露；B. break away逃跑，脱离；C. fade away逐渐消失；D. die away渐弱，渐息。这里搭配介词from，要用never break away表达“（从脑海中）无法摆脱、挥之不去”。故选B项。

9.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：这些时光如此欢乐，以至于我有时盼着在医院多待些日子。A. widen拓宽；B. extend延伸，扩展；C. expand扩大，扩张；D. strengthen强化，加强。句意上不难梳理出，要表达“延长住院时间”的含义，extend可以表示时间、空间的延长，也可以引申为某种范围的扩展，这里extend one’s stay就表示“延长某人逗留的时间”，符合文意。故选B项。

10.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：因为母亲的严格监督，想偷偷溜出去变得极其困难。A. extremely极其；B. hardly几乎不；C. directly直接地；D. randomly随便地。既然有母亲的严格监督，小动作当然是很难完成的了。故选A项。

11.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：不满足的我，有一天晚上进入了我父亲的房间。A. Satisfied满足的；B. Shocked震惊的；C. Frustrated沮丧的，不满足的；D. Excited兴奋的。从前句内容来看，作者出院了也没有故事可听了，心里一定是感到不满足的，也因此才会去找父亲。故选C项。

12.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他给我一本书并说道：“去读它吧。它会给你讲故事”。A. posted张贴，公布；B. taught教学；C. owed欠（钱）；D. handed传递，交给。作者父亲的意思是让作者自己去看书，所以这里是给了他一本书。故选D项。

13.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我打开书本，读到了我读过的最吸引人的故事。A. fascinating迷人的；B. reasonable合理的；C. energetic能量充沛的；D. disappointing令人失望的。作者对那个晚上记忆犹新，显然是在书中读到了特别有趣、特别吸引人的故事。故选A项。

14.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我在那一夜发现的东西改变了我的整个人生。A. transported运输；B. transformed变形，变换；C. substituted代替；D. accelerated加速。从后句的两个became可以推断，这里要表达阅读让作者发生了改变，这里用transform my life表示“改变我的人生”。故选B项。

15.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我变得对书本很渴望，成为了一个求知欲很强的读者。A. performer表演者；B. interpreter口译；C. learner学习者；D. reader读者。作者不分白天黑夜地阅读，就是在享受作为一个读者的乐趣。故选D项。