Question

    “Never give up!” is my law of life. It has brought me ______. I learned the law from my father's ______ story.

My father was born in a ______ family in Jiangsu, China. When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then he ______ in the field till sunset. He didn't finish his homework ______ midnight. Life was hard for the family because they had no ______ !

At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America. ______ was the land of gold, the land where poor people could become rich.

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

So my father went to America. “I had thought it was easy to make 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. ______ I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables,_____  the dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was hard in the first few years. I worked from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was _______. I couldn't pay for the schooling.

My father ______ working hard, and reached his goal at last.

“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's what I learned from my father.

1.A.trouble B.illness C.success D.mistakes

2.A.life B.fashion C.danger D.history

3.A.rich B.busy C.quiet D.poor

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.There B.It C.He D.They

8.A.Where B.How C.Why D.When

9.A.at first B.first of all C.secondly D.firstly

10.A.little B.good C.much D.excellent

11.A.So B.And C.But D.Or

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

13.A.different B.necessary C.impossible D.wonderful

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

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

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.A

11.A

12.C

13.C

14.A

15.B

【解析】

本文叙述了作者从父亲身上学到了一个生活法则——永不放弃。作者的父亲经过自己的努力，实现了自己的目标。他告诉作者，要想获得自己想要的东西，必须努力工作，永不放弃。

1.句意：它给我带来成功。

考查名词辨析及语境理解。 A. trouble麻烦；B. illness疾病；C. success成功；D. mistakes错误。根据后文的“If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up.”可知永不放弃，可以获得自己想要的东西，也就是会成功。故选C。

2.句意：我从父亲的生活中的故事学到的这个法则。

考查名词辨析及语境理解。A. life生活；B. fashion时尚；C. danger危险；D. history历史。根据后文介绍父亲通过努力工作，达到了自己的目标的股数，可知这是父亲生活经历的故事，故选A。

3.句意：我的父亲出生在中国江苏一个贫穷的家庭。

考查形容词辨析及语境理解。A. rich富有的；B. busy繁忙的；C. quiet 安静的；D. poor贫穷的。根据后文“Life was hard for the family because they had no ___6___ !”可知这是个贫穷的家庭，故选D。

4.句意：他上午去上学，然后在田里工作到太阳落山。

考查动词辨析及语境理解。A. taught教；B. worked工作；C. studied 学习；D. slept睡觉。根据in the fields可知此处指在田里劳动，故选B。

5.句意：直到半夜他才能完成作业。

考查连词辨析及语境理解。A. until直到；B. towards朝……；C. for为了；D. during在……期间。not…until直到……才，根据上文他工作到太阳落山，可知此处指直到半夜才能完成作业，故选A。

6.句意：因为他们没有钱，因此对于这个家庭生活很困难。

考查名词辨析及语境理解。 A. experience经历，经验；B. energy能量；C. time时间；D. money钱。根据“Life was hard”，可知他们没有钱。故选D。

7.句意：它是块黄金宝地，在那里的穷人可以变得富有。

考查代词辨析及语境理解。A. There那里，地点副词；B. It它；C. He他；D. They他们。根据上文“my father heard of the United States of America.”可知此处指美国是黄金之地，故用it代指上文美国，故选B。

8.句意：为什么我不去美国呢？

考查疑问词词及语境的理解。 A. Where在哪里；B. How怎么样；C. Why为什么；D. When何时。why don’t I do sth?为什么不做某事，表示要做某事。根据后文父亲去了美国，可知此处表示要去美国，故选C。

9.句意：起初我认为在美国赚钱是容易的。

考查副词辨析及语境理解。A. at first起初；B. first of all首先；C. secondly第二；D. firstly第一，首先。at first起初，通常用在后面的发展与开头不一样甚至截然相反的句子中；根据后文“But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true.”，可知后面的发展和开始截然相反，故选A。

10.句意：他们不喜欢雇佣我因为我几乎不会说英语。

考查形容词辨析和对语境的理解。A. little很少，表示否定含义；B. good好的；C. much许多；D. excellent极好的，优秀的。根据人们不喜欢雇佣他及后文他想学习英语，说明他几乎不会说英语，故选A。

11.句意：所以我在一个小餐馆工作。

考查连词辨析和对语境的理解。A. So所以；B. And并且；C. But但是；D. Or否则，或者。 根据上文人们不喜欢雇佣父亲，可知结果他就在一个小餐馆工作，故选A。

12.句意：我在一家小餐馆工作，擦桌子、洗碗和擦地。

考查动词及语境的理解。A. giving给予；B. running跑；C. washing洗；D. receiving收到。因为是在餐馆工作，故此处指洗碗。故选C。

13.句意：我想上学学习英语但是那是不可能的。

考查形容词辨析和对语境的理解。A. different不同的；B. necessary必要的；C. impossible不可能的；D. wonderful精彩的。根据后文“I couldn't pay for the schooling.”可知去学校学习英语是不可能的，故选C。

14.句意：我父亲一直在努力工作，然后实现了他的目标。

考查动词辨析及语境的理解。A. kept 保持；B. finished 完成；C. minded 介意；D. stopped停止。根据“reached his goal at last”可知父亲一直努力工作，keep doing sth一直做某事，故选A。

15.句意：人生中没有事情是容易的。

考查副词辨析及语境的理解。A. really真地；B. easily容易地；C. quietly安静地；D. slowly慢慢地。根据上文介绍只有通过努力，才能到达自己的目标，故成功不是容易到来的。故选B。