Question

“Never give up!（放弃）” It is my law(法则) of my life. It has brought me      . I learned the law from my    life story.

My father was     in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, in China. When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then      in the fields till sunset(日落). And then he did his homework     midnight. Life was hard, because they had no     !

At the age of 14, my father heard of（听说） the United States of America. It was the land of gold, there      people can become rich.

“       don’t I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of hope.

So , my father came to America. “ I thought it was easy to      money in America,” he told me. “But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire（雇佣） me because I spoke       English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables,      dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was      for the first few years. I worked from 10a.m to 11p.m. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible. I couldn’t    the schooling(学费).

My father      working hard, and reached his goal.(达到目标)

“Alan,” he often says to me, “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come     in life.” That is what I learned from my father.

1.A. disaster B. loss C. success D. pity

2.A. father’s B. mother’s C. grandfather’s D. brother’s

3.A. famous B. lucky C. rich D. born

4.A. taught B. worked C. studied D. slept

5.A. until B. towards C. for  D. during

6.A. experience B. energy  C. time D. money

7.A. kind B. poor C. strong D. lazy

8.A. What B. How C. Why D. When

9.A. discover B. make C. collect D. spend

10.A. little B. good  C. much D. excellent

11.A. giving B. running C. washing D. receiving

12.A. comfortable B. cheerful C. nice D. hard

13.A. borrow B. need C. pay for D. buy

14.A. kept B. finished C. minded D. stopped

15.A. really B. easily C. quietly D. slowly

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了作者的爸爸坚持不放弃，最后取得了成功的故事。作者从中知道了只要做事情不放弃，就能够实现目标。

1.C 考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：从不放弃是我的生活法则，它已经带给了我成功。A灾难；B失去；C成功；D遗憾；根据句意，故选C。

2.A 考查名词所有格辨析及语境的理解。句意：我学这个法则是从爸爸的生活故事中所学的。因为后文都是介绍的爸爸的故事，故选A。

3.D考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：我爸爸出生在中国江苏北方的一个贫穷的小乡村。此题考查固定短语be born出生，根据句意，故选D。

4.B考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：当他还是个小男孩的时候，他上午去上学，然后就在地里工作直到日落。此题考查动词；A教；B工作；C学习；D睡觉。根据句意，故选B。

5.A考查连词辨析及语境的理解。句意：在接下来他才做作业直到半夜里。此题考查连词；A直到；B朝着；C对于；D在期间。根据句意，故选A。

6.D考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：那时的生活是艰难的，因为他们都没有钱。此题考查名词；A经历；B精力；C时间；D金钱。根据句意，故选D。

7.B考查形容词辨析及语境的理解。句意：那是一个黄金地带，在那的穷人们也能够变富。此题考查形容词，A友善的；B贫穷的；C强壮的；D懒惰的。根据句意，故选B。

8.C考查特殊疑问词辨析及语境的理解。句意：我为什么不去美国？此题考查特殊疑问词，A什么；B怎样；C为什么；D什么时候，根据句意，故选C。

9.B考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：我想在美国挣钱很容易。此题考查固定短语make money挣钱。根据句意，故选B。

10.A考查副词及语境的理解。句意：他们不喜欢雇佣我，因为我几乎不讲英语。A少的；B好的；C很多；D极好的。根据句意，故选A。

11.1】C考查动词及语境的理解。句意：后来我就在一个小饭店里工作，擦桌子，洗盘子，扫地。此题考查固定短语washing dishes洗盘子。故选C。

12.2】D考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：在刚开始的几年生活是艰难的。A不舒服的；B快乐的；C好的；D艰难的。根据句意，故选D。

13.3】C考查动词短语及语境的理解。句意：我根本付不起学费。此题考查固定短语pay for为……付款。根据句意，故选C。

14.4】A考查动词及语境的理解。句意：我一直坚持工作，然后达到了目标。A一直；B完成；C介意；D停止。此题考查固定短语keep doing sth一直做某事，根据句意，故选A。

15.5】B考查副词及语境的理解。句意：事情不会很容易地到来。A真地；B容易地；C安静地；D慢地。根据句意，故选B。

考点：考查故事类短文。