Question

完形填空

通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。

Once I spoke at a high school. After the speech, the principal asked me to see a special student. An ______ had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him. I agreed.

He was Matthew. _____ he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to see five, then they were told he would not make it to_____. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal weight lifter.

I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. He spoke about _____ and succeeding and seeking (追寻）his dreams.

When we finished talking, I went to my bag and pulled out the first gold ______ I won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about ______ and overcoming obstacles (克服障碍) than I ever would. He looked at it for a while, then took it off and handed it _____ to me. He said, “You are a champion. You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”

Last summer I got the news that Matthew had______ and a letter Matthew had written to me a few days before:

Dear Rick,

My mom said I should send you a thank-you letter. The doctors are _____ to tell me that I don't have long to live any more. But I still smile as much as I can.

I told you that in the future I was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal. But I know nowI'll _____ . I know I'm a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you.

Thank you for loving me.

Your friend

Matthew

1.A. excuse B. effectC. operationD. illness

2.A. While B. WhenC. Although D. Because

3.A. threeB. tenC. twenty D. thirty

4.A. winning  B. teachingC. playingD. working

5.A. cup B. coin C. watchD. medal

6.A. failureB. success C. luck D. smile

7.A. around B. in C. back D. down

8.A. went away  B. passed away C. stayed away D. moved away

9.A. surprisedB. braveC. sorry D. happy

10.A. neverB. everC. oftenD. seldom

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了作者在赢得了金牌后在一所学校演讲，校长请他和一个因病在家的男孩马修见面。在交谈中马修对作者讲了自己对获胜，成功和梦想的追求。作者深受感动，把奖牌挂在马修的脖子上，马修拒绝了，他说他会自己赢得奖牌。在马修去世后，作者收到马修去世前写的信。马修告诉作者他将在天堂让他看到他的奖牌。

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3.B又被告知他不会活到十岁。根据下文Now he was thirteen.可知他们又被告知他不会活到十岁，所以此题应选B。

4.A根据上下文可知男孩说到了获胜，成功及追求梦想。故选A

5.cup杯子； B. coin硬币； C. watch手表； D. medal奖牌。我走向我的书包拿出我获得的第一块金牌挂在他脖子上。根据句意及语境此题应选D。

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7.，回来；D. down在下面，他看了一会儿，然后摘下来，把它还给了我。根据句意，故选C。

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考点：考查故事类短文