Question

From the start, I sensed something special about my brother Joe. Born premature (早产), he spent his first few ______ in an incubator (恒温箱). I was four years old, having no ______ of babies. “What is that?” I said the day he ______ came home. “That’s your brother,” said my mother softly. “Call him Joe.” I touched him gently with my little hand and he grabbed hold of my finger. “Wow,” I said, “he’s strong.”

Little did I know. Joe would prove  ______ than the sum of his diseases: the weakness in his legs, the limits of his mind, the never-ending night of his vision.

When he was six months old, my mother brought him home from a regular checkup from the hospital and told me to watch him while she was ______ supper in the kitchen. We started playing a game that I called “dogs” — rolling on the floor like pups (小狗). Then I looked up and saw my mother watching us. She was crying sadly. “Poor Joe, he’s  ______,” she whispered, with ______ in her eyes. “The doctor told me today.”

I looked at Joe, who was laughing happily. “He can’t be blind,” I argued. “He’s truly smiling at my face.”

“Oh, no, honey. He smiles at your ______,” she replied. “He’ll never see your face.”

When he was seven, Joe spent a month in a hospital, following an operation that failed to help his legs. Walking without support seemed ______ for him ever since. From the age of eight, he ______ a school for the deaf and the blind, learning to read Braille (盲文). He was always ______, and when he was 16, the school said he had learned enough and sent him home. However, nothing could ______ him from learning and becoming independent. At 21, Joe moved out to live on his own, as he said, “Like a man, I am able to ______ by myself as a consultant (顾问).” He learned to cook, clean, do his own laundry and almost anything he ______, which were joyful experiences for him.

Then he met the ______ of his life. They dated three weeks before getting married. Joe called me proudly, “Even a blind man can fall in love at first sight.”

1.A.seconds B.minutes C.weeks D.years

2.A.understanding B.judgment C.practice D.opinion

3.A.gradually B.especially C.finally D.luckily

4.A.brighter B.stronger C.weaker D.slower

5.A.paying B.serving C.preparing D.examining

6.A.mad B.dumb C.deaf D.blind

7.A.disappointment B.embarrassment C.delight D.anger

8.A.performance B.influence C.expressions D.voice

9.A.easy B.crazy C.difficult D.relaxing

10.A.graduated from B.boarded at C.dropped by D.passed by

11.A.hard-working B.warm-hearted C.stressed out D.polite

12.A.tell B.excuse C.separate D.prevent

13.A.take actions B.make a living C.make progress D.keep secrets

14.A.regretted B.enjoyed C.copied D.hated

15.A.love B.example C.courage D.challenge

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.B

15.A

【解析】

短文大意：本文讲述了作者的弟弟乔自强不息的故事。由于早产，乔不仅双腿虚弱而且眼盲，妈妈很伤心。从8岁起，弟弟就在一所聋哑学校学习盲文；16岁时，学校说他已经学成了，把他送回家。然而，没有什么能阻止他学习和独立。21岁时，乔搬出去独自生活，学会了做饭、打扫、自己洗衣服，以及几乎所有他喜欢的事情。最后遇到了他一生的挚爱并结婚。

1.句意：早产后的最初几周，他一直待在保温箱里。考查名词辨析。A. 秒；B. 分钟；C. 周；D. 年。根据in an incubator可知ABD三项意思都不合句意，故选C。

2.句意：那时我四岁，对婴儿一无所知。考查名词辨析。A. 了解；B. 判断；C. 实践；D. 意见。根据下文的问话“What is that?” I said可知understanding符合句意，故选A。

3.句意：他终于回家的那天，我说“那是什么?”。考查副词辨析。A. 逐步地；B. 尤其；C. 最后；D. 幸运地。根据句意语境，可知finally符合句意，故选C。

4.句意：乔比他所有的疾病加在一起还要强大。考查形容词辨析。A. 更亮的；B. 更强的；C. 更弱的；D. 更慢的。根据上文“Wow,” I said, “he’s strong.”可知选B。

5.句意：告诉我她在厨房准备晚饭时要照看他。考查动词辨析。A. 付款；B. 服务；C. 准备；D. 检查。根据in the kitchen可知是准备晚饭，故选C。

6.句意：“可怜的乔，他瞎了眼，”她低声说，眼里流露出失望。考查形容词辨析。A. 疯的；B. 哑的；C.聋的；D. 盲的。根据下文“He can’t be blind,” I argued.可知选D。

7.句意：“可怜的乔，他瞎了眼，”她低声说，眼里流露出失望。考查名词辨析。A. 失望；B. 尴尬；C. 高兴；D. 愤怒。根据句意语境，可知妈妈很伤心失望，BCD三项意思都不合句意，故选A。

8.句意：她对你的声音微笑。考查名词辨析。A. 表演；B. 影响；C. 表达；D. 声音。根据句意语境，可知ABC三项意思都不合句意，故选D。

9.句意：从那以后，在没有支撑的情况下行走对他来说似乎很困难。考查形容词辨析。A. 容易的；B. 疯狂的；C. 困难的；D. 放松的。根据Walking without support可知不容易，故选C。

10.句意：从8岁起，他就在一所聋哑学校寄宿，学习盲文。考查动词短语辨析。A. graduated from 从…毕业；B. boarded at 寄宿；C. dropped by造访；D. passed by经过。根据下文when he was 16, the school said he had learned enough and sent him home.可知弟弟在聋哑学校寄宿，故选B。

11.句意：他一直很勤奋。考查动词辨析。A. 努力工作的；B. 热心的C. 压力过大的；D. 有礼貌的。根据下文the school said he had learned enough可知乔很努力，故选A。

12.句意：然而，没有什么能阻止他学习和独立。考查动词辨析。A. 告诉；B. 原谅；C. 分开；D. 阻碍。nothing没有东西，表否定；根据句意语境，可知prevent from（阻止）符合句意，故选D。

13.句意：我可以靠自己当顾问谋生。考查动词短语辨析。A. 采取行动；B. 谋生；C. 进步；D. 保守秘密。根据下文He learned to cook, clean, do his own laundry and almost anything he enjoyed可知弟弟可以靠自己谋生，故选B。

14.句意：他学会了做饭、打扫、自己洗衣服，以及几乎所有他喜欢的事情。考查动词辨析。A.后悔；B. 喜欢；C. 复制；D. 憎恨。根据下文which were joyful experiences for him可知ACD三项意思都不合句意，故选B。

15.句意：然后他遇到了他一生的挚爱。考查名词辨析。A. 爱；B. 榜样；C. 勇气；D. 挑战。根据最后乔的话Even a blind man can fall in love at first sight可知选A。