Question

Yang Yang was a native of Liaoning Province. When he was in Grade Two, his    got worse. Later he was found to have    sick changes to his retina (视网膜). At 15, he had to    school because of his injured eyes.

“Though I    my eyesight, I wanted very much to read and study, even if just for    ,” Yang says. “My parents    my eyes. They have read to me since my childhood.”

Yang    the national college entrance exam and entered the Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, where he    acupuncture (针灸). In 1999, Yang graduated from college and decided to go on for    education.

Later Yang bought a special software (软件) which helped him to    the Internet and send e-mails. With the software, Yang hoped to        a postgraduate (研究生) degree. But he found that no Chinese    offered such degrees specifically for sight-injured people. As the first step toward getting a post-graduate     from a foreign university, Yang decided to take the TOEFL for the blind.

After    English through computers, Yang took the test in Hong Kong,     a mark of 97 out of 120. After taking part in video interviews and    the necessary forms and papers, Yang was  47  to the University of Southern California.

“Studying can help me    my life. One can change one’s life through effort. I    believe that with effort, a child can draw a     world if you give him a pen and paper,” Yang says.

1.A. eyesight          B. health        C. hearing        D. study

2.A. rescued           B. ignored       C. suffered        D. treated

3.A. look            B. attend   C. take           D. leave

4.A. imagined        B. lost         C. recovered      D. caught

5.A. education           B. fun           C. experience     D. knowledge

6.A. cared for       B. looked after     C. acted as        D. kept off

7.A. passed          B. made          C. tried          D. broke

8.A. offered          B. picked         C. received       D. studied

9.A. more          B. quicker          C. easier        D. further

10.A. surf            B. repair          C. build         D. accept

11.A. buy             B. start           C. get          D. keep

12.A. hospitals         B. universities     C. departments     D. groups

13.A. course          B. material       C. test            D. degree

14.A. learning         B. translating      C. speaking       D. remembering

15.A. breaking         B. scoring        C. discovering      D. starting

16.A. looking through    B. putting up       C. handing in         D. carrying on

17.A. admitted         B. turned       C. promised      D. refused

18.A. affect           B. keep          C. find          D. improve

19.A. firmly           B. hardly         C. only          D. partly

20.A. popular         B. beautiful       C. natural        D. real

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.D

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.A

18.D

19.A

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：大连男孩阳阳在两岁时视力开始下降，后来查出他的视网膜出现了病变。在15岁时，阳阳不得不辍学在家。阳阳酷爱学习，于是爸爸妈妈就读书给他听。阳阳参加高考并考上了长春大学，毕业以后，阳阳想继续学习，通过自己的努力，阳阳得到了读研究生的机会。

1.sick changes to his retina...his injured eyes”可知，阳阳的视网膜出现了病变，说明他在二年级时，视力开始下降，故选A。

2. Later he was found to have sick changes to his retina后来查出阳阳的视网膜出现了病变，suffer遭受(疾病、痛苦)，故选C。

3.At 15, he had to school because of his injured eyes.由于眼睛的问题，阳阳十五岁时不得不辍学，leave school辍学，故选D。

4.Though I my eyesight, I wanted very much to read and study尽管没有了视力，但是我非常想读书和学习，根据下一句可知，父母读书给他听，说明他看不见了，故选B。

5.I wanted very much to read and study, even if just for ,阳阳非常想看书和学习，即使只是为了获得乐趣，for fun为了乐趣，故选B。

6. They have read to me since my childhood.”可知，阳阳的父母给他读书听，说明他们充当了阳阳的眼睛，故选C。

7.entered the Changchun University of Chinese Medicine”可知，阳阳通过了高考，故选A。

8.where he acupuncture 阳阳在长春大学中医学院学习针灸，故选D。

9.Yang graduated from college and decided to go on for education阳阳毕业后决定继续学习深造，further在此指“在程度上更进一步”，故选D。

10.

11.Yang hoped to a postgraduate (研究生) degree阳阳希望获得研究生学位，故选C。

12.But he found that no Chinese offered such degrees但是阳阳发现在中国没有大学为视力损伤的人提供这样的学位，故选B。

13.a postgraduate (研究生) degree”可知，阳阳向着研究生学位迈进了一步，故选D。

14.After English through computers,通过电脑学习了英语之后，故选A。

15. a mark of 97 out of 120阳阳在香港参加托福考试，获得97的高分，故选B。

16. the necessary forms and papers这里指提交相关的表格和研究论文，故选C。

17.Yang was to the University of Southern California阳阳被南加利福尼亚大学录取，be admitted to...被录取到某大学，故选A。

18.Studying can help me my life.学习能够帮助我提高生活(质量)，故选D。

19.I believe that with effort阳阳坚信通过努力，......，firmly believe坚信，深信，故选A。

20.with effort, a child can draw a world通过努力，孩子能够描绘出一个美丽的世界，故选B。

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