Question

    For Pineda, it was a long way to succeed.

His story began in El Salvador; where he was born with something wrong with his mouth. He had great_______in speaking. At age 2, his family’s house burned down. Pineda was hurt ___,and his legs needed to be cut. His mother died when he was 8, and he______years on the streets before he was taken in by an orphanage(孤儿院).

Finally, at the orphanage, Pineda began to receive support and encouragement. He taught himself to play the guitar. He began his_____with other musicians. Then the group went to Chicago, where Pineda, then 18,________the attention of many people, who wondered what they could do to help him.

A hospital offered him free medical care. A rich man agreed to____for Pineda’s tickets to and from El Salvador.

When he was in the hospital, Pineda began____music, and wondered if he might be able to record his own album(音乐专辑)．Soon with the help of a musician, “The Sound of Gratitude(感激)” was born. On October 15^th, Pineda went to a Chicago club to____his new songs to strangers, and to the friends who had helped him come so far.

It was ___that Pineda had come into such a good luck, after having so many years of hardship(艰难). “We have a_____in El Salvador, ‘Suffer(受难）first, then enjoy. ’ I guess that’s what’s happening. ” he said.

1.A. preparation B. difficulty C. development D. conversation

2.A. politely B. wisely C. simply D. seriously

3.A. spent B. used C. cost D. took

4.A. speech B. education C. performance D. suggestion

5.A. influenced B. caught C. refused. D. separated

6.A. ask B. look C. pay D. wait

7.A. writing B. lending C. selling D. praising

8.A. learn B. lead C. find D. play

9.A. freezing B. amazing C. outgoing D. embarrassing

10.A. meeting B. crossing C. saying D. meaning

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

【解析】

文章大意：作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了皮内达自幼多灾多难，不仅有语言障碍还失去了双腿以及父母，然而他凭借自己在音乐界闯出了一片天，告诉我们人生应该是先苦后甜的。

1.句意：他说话有很大困难。考查名词辨析及语境理解。A. preparation预备、准备；B. difficulty困难；C. development发展；D. conversation交谈。根据上文he was born with something wrong with his mouth.他出生的时候嘴有毛病，可推知他说话有很大困难，故答案选B。

2.句意：皮内达受了重伤。考查副词辨析及语境理解。A. politely有礼貌地；B. wisely聪明地；C. simply简单地；D. seriously严重地。根据下文his legs needed to be cut.他的腿需要截肢，可推知皮内达受伤应是很严重地，故答案选D。

3.句意：在被孤儿院收养之前，他在街上流浪了多年。考查动词辨析及语境理解。A. spent 意为“花费”，主语通常为人，常用结构为spend some time/money (in) doing sth.花费时间（金钱）做某事，或 spend some time/money on sth.在…上花费时间（金钱）。 B. used使用。C. cost意为“花费”，主语通常为物，常用结构为 sth. cost （sb.）some money。 D. took意为“占用、花费”，主语通常为形式主语 it或物，常用结构为It takes/took sb some time to do sth.“花费某人多长时间去做某事”。本题根据题干可知应用spend some time on sth.结构，故答案选A。

4.句意：他开始和其他音乐家一起演出。考查名词辨析及语境理解。A. speech演讲；B. education教育；C. performance演出、表演；D. suggestion建议。根据上文He taught himself to play the guitar. 他自学了弹吉他，结合He began his___4___with other musicians. 可推知是他开始和其他音乐家一起演出，故答案选C。

5.句意：在那里，18岁的皮内达引起了很多人的注意。考查动词辨析及语境理解。A. influenced影响；B. caught引起、抓住；C. refused.拒绝；D. separated分开。根据下文who wondered what they could do to help him.人们想知道自己能做些什么来帮助他，可推知是在那里，18岁的皮内达引起了很多人的注意，catch the attention of“引起注意”；故答案选B。

6.句意：一个富人同意支付皮皮内达往返萨尔瓦多的机票。考查动词辨析及语境理解。A. ask问；B. look看；C. pay 付款、支付；D. wait等待。根据后面的Pineda’s tickets to and from El Salvador.可知此处表达的是“支付、为…付款”，pay for固定词组，意为“付款”，故答案选C。

7.句意：在住院期间，皮内达开始写歌。考查动词辨析及语境理解。A. writing写；B. lending借；C. selling卖；D. praising赞扬。根据下文and wondered if he might be able to record his own album(音乐专辑)．他想录制他自己的音乐专辑，可推知他在住院期间，开始写歌，writing music“写歌、创作音乐”，故答案选A。

8.句意：皮内达去芝加哥的一个俱乐部给陌生人和帮助他走到现在的朋友们演奏他的新歌。考查动词辨析及语境理解。A. learn学会；B. lead领导；C. find找到、发现；D. play演奏。根据后面的关键词new songs，可知皮内达是去俱乐部给人们演奏他的新歌，故答案选D。

9.句意：令人惊奇的是，经过这么多年的艰苦奋斗，皮涅达终于有了这么好的运气。考查形容词辨析及语境理解。A. freezing结冰的；B. amazing令人惊奇的；C. outgoing开朗的；D. embarrassing使人尴尬的。根据下文Pineda had come into such a good luck, after having so many years of hardship(艰难). 皮内达经过这么多年的艰苦奋斗有了这么好的运气，可推知应是令人感动惊奇的，故答案选B。

10.句意：萨尔瓦多有句谚语说：“先苦后乐”。考查名词辨析及语境理解。A. meeting会议；B. crossing十字路口；C. saying谚语、格言；D. meaning意义。根据下文Suffer(受难）first, then enjoy.可知中是一句谚语，故答案选C。