Question

B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage. (选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文): (共12分)

    I was cute, active, happy…until that day when I was 15 months old. I had a bad fall. I landed on a glass rabbit and it cut my eye badly enough to blind it. The doctor said if the eye was taken out, my face would become out of _______, so my scarred（有疤痕的）, blind and grey eye lived on with me.

    People often asked uncomfortable questions about my eye or ________ played jokes on me. When the kids played games, I was always the “bad guy”. I grew up imagining that everyone looked down on me.

    Yet every time Mom noticed I was unhappy, she would say to me, “Hold your head up high and face the world.” It helped me move on in life.

    As a child, I told myself, “Be careful or I will fall down or knock into something because I am not looking.” As a teenager, I always looked down to hide my shame, but I found that people liked me when sometimes I held my head up high.

    In high school I was even made monitor, but outside I still felt like a freak（怪物）. All I really wanted was to look like ________. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mom and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, “Hold your head up high and face the world. Let them see the love that is inside.” That is ________ Mom taught me pride.

    Mom’s love and encouragement gave me the confidence to remove my own doubt. ________ I was able to look people in the eye. I learned not only to appreciate(欣赏) myself but to have love for others.

    “Hold your head up high” has been heard many times in my home. Each of my children has felt its ________. The gift she gave me lives on in my children.

1.A. fashion    B. order    C. shape    D. date

2.A. still    B. even    C. almost    D. hardly

3.

A. something special    B. something new

C. someone strange    D. everyone else

4.A. when    B. why    C. how    D. where

5.A. Especially    B. Immediately    C. Finally    D. Suddenly

6.A. power    B. promise    C. energy    D. secret

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.C

6.A

【解析】本文叙述了作者在一次事故中自己受伤了，感觉自己很自卑，在妈妈的关爱和鼓励下，作者终于可以仰起头做人了。

1.考查名词及语境的理解。A. fashion时尚；B. order命令；C. shape形状；D. date日期。句意：医生说如果我眼被打出来了，我的脸变形了。短语out of shape变形。故选C。

2.考查副词及语境的理解。A. still仍然；B. even甚至；C. almost几乎；D. hardly几乎不。句意：人们经常问一些关于我的眼睛不舒适的问题，甚至有的和我开玩笑。根据played jokes on me.可知，更进一步了，故选B。

3.考查不定代词及语境的理解。A. something special特殊的某物；B. something new新的东西；C. someone strange奇怪的人；D. everyone else其他的每个人。句意：我真的想要是看起来像其他的人。根据 In high school I was even made monitor, but outside I still felt like a freak（怪物）.可知，这里指的是人。故选D。

4.考查连词及语境的理解。A. when当……时候；B. why为什么；C. how怎样；D. where哪里。句意：那就是妈妈教给我的如何做到自豪。空格后的句子是表语从句，连词在从句中作状语。根据Hold your head up high and face the world. Let them see the love that is inside.可知，妈妈教给我的是该怎样做。故选C。

5.考查副词及语境的理解。A. Especially尤其是；B. Immediately立刻；C. Finally 最后，终于；D. Suddenly突然。句意：终于我能够直视人们的眼睛了。这里Mom’s love and encouragement gave me the confidence to remove my own doubt.可知，终于妈妈的爱和鼓励给了作者以自信并且除掉了怀疑。故选C。

6.考查名词及语境的理解。A. power力量；B. promise许诺；C. energy能量；D. secret秘密。句意：我的每个孩子都感受到它的了力量。根据“Hold your head up high” has been heard many times in my home. 可知，这里指的是这句话的力量。故选A。