Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

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 __1__ it as if it was yesterday. I was fifteen years old that year. It was around eight o’clock one evening when my mother ___2_ a phone call from her brother-in-law, who told us my aunt was in hospital and that the doctor ___3_ them she would need an operation immediately. My family became very __4__ about my aunt’s situation.

While my aunt was in the hospital with special __5__, 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 __6__ a wide range of social and physical problems for him throughout everyday life. He never had any true friend _7__ no one could relate to him. I must __8__ that at the beginning I was filled with uncertainty as to how much of a _9__ my cousin would bring on my family. Now looking back it saddens me to see the _10__ I once showed.

Over the two weeks when Mark lived with my family, I probably _11___ more about life and its meanings. Thinking back, I took __12__ 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 __13__ I am to be able to do these things independently.

Mark was seventeen, but learned on a nine-year-old _14___. Although his learning ability was slower than most, he could still learn. He explored _15___ to do most of the things everyone else did. _16___ he did pretty well and succeeded in almost everything he tried to do. He __17__ 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 __18__.

Mark is my hero, for his disability has forever ___19_ 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 ___20_.

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

2.A.made B.missed C.received D.used

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

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

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

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

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

8.A.believe B.regret C.admit D.decide

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

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

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

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

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

14.A.variety B.level C.job D.balance

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

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

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

18.A.business B.cost C.pace 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.B

4.D

5.A

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.A

18.C

19.B

20.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。本文叙述了自己的表兄弟Mark是如何影响了作者人生的故事，从中让读者了解到每个人都有那么一个人在影响着自己，启发自己领悟到人生的真谛。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我记得这件事就好像发生在昨天似的。A. accept接受；B. remember记得；C. imagine想象；D. discover发现。根据“as if it was yesterday”可知，作者记得这件事就好像发生在昨天似的。故选B。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：大约在某个晚上八点钟的时候，我妈妈接到一个电话。A. made制造；B. missed想念，错过；C. received收到；D. used使用。根据“who told us my aunt was in hospital”可知，作者的妈妈接到一个电话。选C。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：医生告知他们她需要要立刻动手术。A. promised许诺；B. informed告知；C. showed展示；D. begged祈求。作者的阿姨手术是医生告知的。故选B。

4.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我的家人都非常担忧我阿姨的状况。A. curious好奇的；B. sure确信的；C. disappointed感到失望的；D. worried担忧的。根据常识可以判断出，知道自己的亲属要手术了，肯定是很担心的。故选D。

5.考查名词词义辨析。句意：当阿姨在医院里得到特别的照顾时，我的表兄弟Mark---他患有精神障碍，和我们呆在一块。A. care关心；B. action行动；C. purpose目的；D. interest兴趣。根据while my aunt was in the hospital可知，阿姨在医院里得到特别的照顾。故选A。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：神经障碍给他的日常生活创造了很多的问题。A. created造成；B. faced面对；C. found发现；D. influenced影响。根据“a wide range of social and physical problems for him throughout everyday life.”可知，神经障碍给他的日常生活造成了很多的问题。故选A。

7.考查连词词义辨析。句意：他没有任何真正的朋友，因为没人和他交往。A. unless除非；B. although尽管；C. until直到……为止；D. because因为。分析句意可知，本句为because引导的原因状语从句。故选D。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我必须承认的是刚开始的时候我不知道他会给我家带来多少负担。A. believe相信，认为；B. regret后悔；C. admit承认；D. decide决定。作者在承认刚开始的时候自己的想法。故选C。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我必须承认的是刚开始的时候我不知道他会给我家带来多少负担。A. puzzle迷惑；B. failure失败；C. burden负担；D. conflict冲突。因为马可患有精神方面的疾病，所以肯定会给别人带来负担。可知选C。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：现在回想起来，看到我曾经表现出的无知让我很难过。A. weakness劣势；B. ignorance无知，愚昧；C. relief减轻，安慰；D. mercy同情。根据I must __8__ that at the beginning I was filled with uncertainty as to how much of a _9__ my cousin would bring on my family.可知，这是作者表现出的无知。故选B。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我可能对生活和它的含义了解的更多了。A. understood理解；B. dreamed梦想；C. questioned询问；D. required要求。由下文可知，马克改变了作者对生活的态度，所以作者对生活的意义有了更多的了解。故选A。

12.考查不定代词词义辨析。句意：回想起来，我认为生活中的一切都是理所当然的。A. anything任何事情；B. something某事；C. nothing什么也没有；D. everything每件事情。根据“believing it would always be there.”可知，作者认为生活中的一切都是理所当然的。故选D。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：现在我知道能独立做这些事是多么幸运啊。A. powerful强大的；B. brave勇敢的；C. lucky幸运的；D. successful成功的。根据“I am to be able to do these things independently.”可知，能独立做这些事是多么幸运啊。故选C。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：Mark17岁，但学习相当于9岁学生的水平。A. variety种类；B. level水平；C. job工作；D. balance平衡。根据下文“Although his learning ability was slower than most”可知，Mark17岁，但学习很慢相当于9岁学生的水平。故选B。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他尝试他也可能做其他人能做的事情。A. possibilities很可能；B. functions功能；C. achievements 成就；D. difficulties困难。根据前文可知，马可患有精神障碍，对于其他人能做的很简单的事情，对于马克来来说都可能是一项挑战，所以他尝试他也可能做其他人能做的事情。故选A。

16.考查副词词义辨析。句意：事实上他做得很好。A. Typically典型地；B. Occasionally偶尔；C. Accidentally意外地；D. Actually事实上。根据前句可知，他尝试着自己可能做的事情，而实际上他作者的很好，Actually以此强调。故选D。

17.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他向病魔发起挑战，表现出热爱生活的态度。A. challenged挑战；B. prevented阻止；C. treated对待，治疗；D. reported报告。根据上文“he did pretty well and succeeded in almost everything he tried to do.”可知，马克所做的事情是向病魔发起的挑战。故选A。

18.考查名词词义辨析。句意：对他来说，拥有成功的人生意味着按照自己的方式和节奏实现目标。A. business生意；B. cost费用；C. pace步调；D. request请求。马克患有精神障碍，只能按照自己的节奏实现目标，at one’s own pace以某人自己的节奏，符合句意。故选C。

19.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Mark就是我的英雄，因为他的残疾永久改变了我对生活的态度。represented象征；B. changed改变；C. formed形成，组成；D. supported支持。根据标题“A Person Who Has Influenced My Life”可知，马克改变了作者对生活的态度。故选B。

20.考查副词词义辨析。句意：当你15岁的时候，你的生活似乎是理所应当的，你的观点会在一段时间内发生如此彻底的改变，这很令人惊讶。A. easily容易地；B. normally正常地；C. properly合适地；D. completely完全地。根据“it is amazing”可知，作者的观点在一段时间内发生了如此彻底的改变。这是作者自己都很惊讶。故选D。