Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Brother Michael and Chris were born in the early 1960s and grew up in a black neighborhood in Richmond, California. Both boys were     in the primary school and brought home mostly A’s on their report cards.

But in a black family with eight children, money was always     , so the two growing boys often went     . They turned to stealing. They stole cookies from the grocery store and bread from the     . They even stole money from their parents to feed.

At the end of his first year in high school, Chris received three A’s and     F’s on his report card --- the first time he had     anything in school. Because Kennedy High School only allowed three failures     four years, one more F and Chris would be kicked out of school. That’s when he made up his mind to     .

Chris made every effort to become     in school. After Chris graduated from college, he worked as a prosecutor(检察官),     criminals, drug dealers, and gang members. Today Chris is famous as one of the     prosecutors in the trial of the century, the O.J. Simpson trial!

That decision to change took him in an entirely     direction from his brother Michael, who     changing his bad behavior. After high school, Michael continued his anti-social       ---fighting in the streets, taking     and stealing. At the age of 42, Michael Darden died from AIDS.

This story     us that what we become is determined by the     we make. We can choose to get     or we can choose to get worse. Chris changed. He changed from being a criminal to prosecuting criminals. His brother Michael, on the other hand, was changed. He was changed by     drugs…and finally, he was changed by a deadly disease. Chris made the right choices. He made the changes in his life that helped him     his great dreams.

1.A. well- behaved  B. well-dressedC. well-knownD. well- informed

2.A. plentifulB. loose    C. common D. tight

3.A. madB. wrongC. hungryD. bad

4.A. chemist’s     B. baker’s       C. doctor’sD. barber’s 

5.A. twoB. three    C. four D. five

6.A. obtainedB. failed C. passed     D. missed

7.A. beyondB. byC. over  D. above

8.A. stealB. respondC. stand D. change

9.A. outstanding  B. friendly        C. powerful D. outgoing

10.A. treating     B. savingC. questioning   D. punishing

11.A. leading     B. workingC. acting    D. performing

12.A. similar    B. different   C. new D. strange

13.A. preferred   B. resisted C. admitted   D. appreciated

14.A. habits     B. signsC. behaviors D. manners

15.A. drugs    B. actionsC. buses D. pills

16.A. persuades  B. warns    C. convinces D. wishes

17.A. choices    B. friends  C. promisesD. efforts

18.A. tallerB. cleaner  C. happier   D. better

19.A. illegal     B. useful    C. harmlessD. lawful

20.A. destroy   B. form           C. accomplish    D. approach

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.B

14.C

15.A

16.C

17.A

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】试题分析：每个人今天的处境与发展，并不完全取决于你的家庭背景或是你的天赋，而是在绝大程度上由你昨天所做的选择所决定的。我们只有在人生的每个阶段做好我们应该做的，才有可能在明天得到我们想要的……

1.形容词。根据其后面一句brought home mostly A’s on their report cards.可知两人在学校里表现非常的好，故用well- behaved，表示“行为好的”。根据句意故选A。

2.形容词。A. plentiful大量的；B. loose松的；C. common常见的；D. tight紧的。但是有八个孩子的黑人家庭，钱总是很紧的。根据句意故选D。

3.形容词。根据后句They turned to stealing.可知，最大的两个男孩变坏了，故用go bad。根据句意故选C.

4.名词。此题可以根据常识可以知道，bread面包只有baker’s面包店里偷的。根据句意故选B。

5.上下文联系。根据后文中的Because Kennedy High School only allowed three failures可以知道这里为three F’s。根据句意故选B.

6.动词。A. obtained获得；B. failed失败；C. passed通过；D. missed错过。第一次他在学校不及格。故选B。

7.介词。这里考查介词over，over four years表示超过四年之意。这里表示这所高中四年内只允许三次失败。故选C。

8.动词。这里考查change one’s mind改变某人的想法。那就是下定决心改变自己。根据句意故选D。

9.形容词。A. outstanding杰出的；B. friendly 友好的；C. powerful强有力的；D. outgoing外向的。这里指克里斯每一份努力使得他在学校里变得很杰出。故选A。
10.动词。A. treating对待；B. saving节省；C. questioning询问；D. punishing惩罚。这里指惩罚罪犯。故选D。

11.形容词。这里的leading prosecutors指的是主要的检察官。这里指克里斯成为主要的检察官。故选A。
12.形容词。A. similar相似的；B. different不同的；C. new新的；D. strange奇怪的。这里指他的兄弟与他是完全不同的方向。根据句意故选B

13.动词。这里考查resist doing sth.抵制做某事。这里指他弟弟拒绝改变他的坏的行为。根据句意故选B

14.名词。根据上文提示changing his bad behavior.可以选出答案。这里指他弟弟继续他的反社会的行为。可知应选C。

15.名词。这里考查短语take drugs指“吸毒”。这里指他弟弟在街上斗殴、吸毒和盗窃。故选A。

16.A. persuades说服；B. warns警告；C. convinces使相信；D. wishes希望。这个故事警告我们……。根据句意故选C.

17.名词。这里考查短语make the choice做出选择。我们成为什么是由我们所作的选择决定的。故选A。

18.18】考查形容词。根据其后句中的or we can choose to get worse.可以找出答案的提示。我们可以选择变得更好。根据句意故选D.

19.形容词。这里考查illegal drugs，表示非法吸毒。他通过非法吸毒改变自己。根据句意故选A.

20.动词。A. destroy摧毁；B. form形成；C. accomplish实现；D. approach靠近。这里指帮助他实现了伟大的梦想。根据句意故选C。

考点：议论文。