Question

    Since the age of three, Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer. "The only thing that I loved was dance," she told CBS News. That ambition nearly _______ in 2010. Hill, then a 17-year-old student in a small town, was in an accident that left her paralyzed from the _______ down. For most people, that would have _______ any hope of a dancing career. For Hill, it was the beginning. _______ being an obstacle, her wheelchair empowered her. "I wanted to _______ to my myself I was still 'normal'."

Hill danced in her wheelchair alongside her school dance team. "Half of my body was _______ from me," Hill told Today. "and it definitely took a lot of learning and _______ After graduation, Hill wanted to _______ her dance network to include women who had _______ various spinal cord injuries but shared her ________. "It was such an amazing experience?”

Hoping to reach more people in a ________ city, Hill moved to Los Angeles in 2014 and formed the Rollettes. "I want to ________ the stereotype （模式化观念）of wheelchair users."^, Dancing on wheels can be just as artful as the foot-based ________ . In dance competitions, they rocked their bodies to ________, and struck poses in dynamic routines. They're having fun, and as the audiences' reactions ________   , the fun is infectious. Hill has ________ what many of us never will: her childhood dream. ________ the Rollettes have helped her find something else just as ________. Every year she holds a dance camp for wheelchair users to help them find their ________ strength they've never seen before. In 2019, 173 participants who used to be restricted lonely attended her camp. For many, it was the first time they'd felt they ________.

1.A.initiated B.ended C.withdrew D.postponed

2.A.head B.knee C.waist D.ankle

3.A.dashed B.quit C.lost D.abandoned

4.A.Regardless of B.Far from C.Out of D.Apart from

5.A.justify B.convince C.confirm D.prove

6.A.taken away B.cleared away C.worn away D.turned away

7.A.patience B.competence C.intelligence D.independence

8.A.accumulate B.attract C.boycott D.expand

9.A.multiplied B.submitted C.suffered D.possessed

10.A.virtue B.determination C.dimension D.identity

11.A.riper B.remoter C.larger D.busier

12.A.break off B.break up C.break in D.break down

13.A.practice B.variety C.performance D.access

14.A.music B.beats C.instructions D.directions

15.A.indicate B.express C.illustrate D.conclude

16.A.comprehended B.compensated C.adored D.attained

17.A.But B.Instead C.So D.Still

18.A.superior B.premier C.normal D.meaningful

19.A.main B.inner C.unique D.physical

20.A.scared B.matured C.belonged D.sustained

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.B

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了主人公Hill，在半身残疾后，依然实现了舞蹈梦想，并成功帮助了很多跟她一样的人的故事。

1.

考查动词辨析。句意：这个雄心壮志在2010年几乎终止。A. initiated启动；B. ended结束；C. withdrew取消；D. postponed延迟。后文讲述主人公发生了一次严重的事故，可知当时梦想几乎断送，故选B。

2.

考查名词辨析。句意：Hill当时是一个小镇上的17岁学生，一场事故让她腰部以下都瘫痪了。A. head头；B. knee膝盖；C. waist腰；D. ankle脚踝。根据后文讲Hill的身体的一半远离了她可知，是腰部以下瘫痪了，故选C。

3.

考查动词辨析。句意：对大部分人来说，这会让舞蹈生涯的任何希望都化为泡影。A. dashed 猛掷；B. quit 停止；C. lost失去；D. abandoned抛弃。that指半身瘫痪，可知是使希望化为泡影，用固定搭配dash one’s hope (使某人的希望化为泡影)，故选A。

4.

考查短语辨析。句意：轮椅并不是一个障碍，反而给了她力量。A. Regardless of不管不顾； B. Far from远非，绝不是；C. Out of出于；D. Apart from除了。现在分词being的逻辑主语是obstacle,因为轮椅给了她力量，所以不是障碍，故选B。

5.

考查动词辨析。句意：我想要向自己证明我仍然“正常”。A. justify证明…是正确的；B. convince使相信；C. confirm证实；D. prove证明。Hill努力继续舞蹈生涯是为了向别人展示自己依然正常，这是一种证明，故选D。

6.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：我的半个身体被带离了我。A. taken away带走； B. cleared away 清除；C. worn away磨损；D. turned away转过身去。那次事故让Hill腰部以下瘫痪，所以是她的半个身体被带走了，故选A。

7.

考查名词辨析。句意：它确实需要很多的学习和耐心。A. patience耐心；B. competence 本领；C. intelligence才智；D. independence独立。it是指半身瘫痪，瘫痪之后要学习新的生活方式，这很需要耐心，故选A。

8.

考查动词辨析。句意：毕业后，Hill想要扩张她的舞蹈网络。A. accumulate积累；B. attract吸引；C. boycott抵制；D. expand扩张。根据“to include”可知，是要包括更多的内容，所以是扩张，故选D。

9.

考查动词辨析。句意：毕业后，Hill想要扩张她的舞蹈网络，包括遭受各种各样脊髓损伤的女人。A. multiplied成倍增加；B. submitted递交；C. suffered遭受；D. possessed拥有。Hill 想要让这些人加入进来，说明这些人与她境遇相同，who代指women，在定语从句中充当主语，与脊髓损伤的关系是遭受，故选C。

10.

考查名词辨析。句意：毕业后，Hill想要扩张她的舞蹈网络，包括遭受各种各样脊髓损伤，但跟她有同样决心的女人。A. virtue美德；B. determination坚强，决心；C. dimension方面；D. identity身份。Hill 想要让这些人加入进来，说明这些人与她同样身患脊髓损伤，但很坚强有决心，故选B。

11.

考查形容词辨析。句意：希望能在更大的城市里接触更多的人，Hill在2014年搬到了洛杉矶，并组建了Rollettes。A. riper更成熟的；B. remoter更遥远的；C. larger更大的；D. busier更忙的。从小镇搬到洛杉矶，所以是更大的城市，故选C。

12.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：我想要打破轮椅使用者的固有观念。A. break off 折断；B. break up分手；C. break in闯入；D. break down破除。宾语是“模式化观念”，Hill做的事情是反其道而行的，故选D。

13.

考查名词辨析。句意：在轮椅上跳舞可以像用脚跳舞一样有艺术感。A. practice惯例； B. variety种类；C. performance表演；D. access通道。在轮椅上跳舞和用脚跳舞是两个不同的种类，故选B。

14.

考查名词辨析。句意：在舞蹈比赛中，她们随着节拍晃动身体…A. music音乐；B. beats 节拍；C. instructions说明书；D. directions方向。跳舞时要随着节拍，故选B。

15.

考查动词辨析。句意：她们很快乐，随着观众们的反应显示出来，这种快乐就有了感染力。A. indicate显示；B. express表达；C. illustrate演示；D. conclude总结。在观看表演时，观众的反应要有从无到有的过程，当观众开始给出反应时，表演者的情绪会更有感染力，故选A。

16.

考查动词辨析。句意：Hill已经得到了我们许多人都没有得到的东西：她童年的梦想。A. comprehended理解，领悟；B. compensated补偿；C. adored热爱；D. attained获得。Hill成为了一名舞者，即使是在轮椅上，所以她得到了童年的梦想，what是指her childhood dream，故选D。

17.

考查连词辨析。句意：但是，Rollettes 帮助她发现了别的同样有意义的东西。A. But但是； B. Instead而不是；C. So所以；D. Still仍然。前文说Hill实现了梦想，该句讲Rollettes让她发现了别的东西，前后为转折关系，故选A。

18.

考查形容词辨析。句意：但是，Rollettes 帮助她发现了别的同样有意义的东西。A. superior 卓越的；B. premier首要的；C. normal正常的；D. meaningful有意义的。根据just as可知，是和实现梦想同样有意义的事情，故选D。

19.

考查形容词辨析。句意：每年她都会为轮椅使用者举办舞蹈野营，帮助她们发现她们之前从未看到的内在力量。A. main主要的；B. inner内在的；C. unique独特的；D. physical身体的。根据前文讲这需要很多的学习和耐心可知，残疾人在追逐梦想的时候需要内在力量，故选B。

20.

考查动词辨析。句意：对于她们来说，这是第一次感觉到归属感。A. scared吓到；B. matured成熟；C. belonged 有归属感；D. sustained持久。根据“restricted lonely”可知这些参与者在此之前很孤独，参加野营后，第一次感到了归属感，故选C。