Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31—50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

I Was Forced to Find My Gifts

I was a pretty typical 17-year-old with a strong interest in painting when something happened. One Sunday, I went to an old swimming hole and dove in. I ________ something under the water head-on and broke a couple of vertebrae（椎骨）of my neck.

For five months I stayed at the hospital, feeling like a ________ to my family. My self-image was instantly ________. I was described with terms like “disabled” or “crippled.” I was angry and ________ after I failed so many times at some ________ task—dropping something on the floor and trying to get it back up again.

Near the end of my stay in the hospital, my doctor almost forcibly tied a ________ to my hand. He had seen my paintings I’d done before and ________ me to paint. Fortunately, I found that I ________ had this artistic ability left. It was like a big weight had been ________. At least I could do something worthwhile again, and it became a ________ part of my recovery.

After I left the hospital, I stayed at home, feeling desperately ________. It seemed like I was cut off from ________. No one can get along ________ love and acceptance. So that fall, I started at the University of Texas, majoring in graphic design.

One day a man happened to see one of my paintings. He had a great ________ for it and asked if I ever did art shows. So I was given a(n) ________. Much to my surprise, I found that people liked my paintings and would pay for them. That was about 11 years ago. Today, 1,500 ________ have carried my work.

It was the art that provided the ________ for me to get up every morning and do something, ________ sitting in front of the television. Society has such ________ expectations of the disabled person, so it’s very easy to get sucked into a dependency routine — you know, the “give me” kind of attitude. And that’s what I take the most ________ in — the fact that what I’m doing today is well received all over.

1.A. sawB. hitC. touchedD. picked

2.A. burdenB. failureC. jokeD. patient

3.A. improvedB. createdC. changedD. judged

4.A. helplessB. carelessC. nervousD. tired

5.A. difficultB. specialC. simpleD. important

6.A. bandageB. towelC. ropeD. paintbrush

7.A. allowedB. taughtC. orderedD. encouraged

8.A. alreadyB. stillC. evenD. always

9.A. gainedB. carriedC. liftedD. measured

10.A. vitalB. strangeC. boringD. different

11.A. lonelyB. weakC. frightenedD. guilty

12.A. successB. classmatesC. societyD. treatment

13.A. inB. forC. behindD. without

14.A. sympathyB. fondness

C. talentD. responsibility

15.A. exhibitionB. challengeC. permissionD. message

16.A. hospitalsB. galleriesC. schoolsD. families

17.A. imaginationB. chanceC. motivationD. curiosity

18.A. instead ofB. apart fromC. due toD. but for

19.A. highB. lowC. enoughD. unrealistic

20.A. powerB. prideC. comfortD. advantage

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：作者“我”是一个17岁的孩子，一次在游泳时因为撞击弄断了颈椎，在医院治疗时感到心灰意冷，前途无望。主治医生了解到作者曾经热爱绘画，鼓励作者重新拿起画笔，作者通过画画重燃对生活的热爱，而且之后作者的画作被社会广泛认可，这使作者非常引以为豪的。

1. 考查动词。A. saw看见；B. hit击打；C. touched触摸，碰，打动；D. picked摘。此处表示作者迎头撞上了水下的某物。hit意为“打击，碰撞”，符合题意。故选B。

2. 考查名词。根据语境可知，作者在医院住了五个月，所以对家庭来说应是一个负担。burden负担；failure失败；joke笑话；patient病人。故选A项。

3. 考查动词。A. improved提高；B. created创造；C. changed改变；D. judged判断。根据下句作者被描述为“残疾人”可知，作者的自我形象立刻被改变了。故选C项。

4. 考查形容词。A. helpless无助的；B. careless粗心的；C. nervous紧张不安的；D. tired劳累的。此处表示作者感到生气无助。helpless意为“无助的”，符合语境。故选A。

5. 考查形容词。A. difficult困难的；B. special特殊的；C. simple简单的；D. important重要的。根据下句“物品掉在地上，把它捡起来”可知，此处表示作者无法做一些简单的事情。故选C项。

6. 考查名词。A. bandage绷带；B. towel毛巾；C. rope绳子；D. paintbrush画笔。根据下句中的“paintings”可知，答案为D项。

7. 考查动词。A. allowed允许；B. taught教；C. ordered命令；D. encouraged鼓励。此处表示医生鼓励作者去绘画。D项符合语境。

8. 考查副词。A. already已经；B. still仍然；C. even甚至；D. always总是。句意：幸运的是，我发现自己还有这种艺术能力。still意为“仍然”，符合语境。故选B。

9. 考查动词。此处表示作者拿起笔，就好像举起大的砝码。gain获得；carry携带；lift举起；measure测量。故选C项。

10. 考查形容词。A. 至关vital重要的；B. strange奇怪的；C. boring令人厌烦的；D. different不同的。句意：这在我的康复中成为至关重要的一部分。vital意为“至关重要的”，符合语境。故选A。

11. 考查形容词。A. lonely孤独的，荒凉的；B. weak虚弱的；C. frightened感到害怕的；D. guilty有罪的。根据下句可知，作者独自在家，应是感到很独孤。lonely意为“独孤的”，符合语境。故选A。

12. 考查名词。A. success成功；B. classmates同学；C. society社会；D. treatment治疗，对待。此处表示作者独自在家，感觉与外部社会隔绝开了。故选C项。

13. 考查介词。没有爱和接受，无人能生活下去。without意为“没有”，符合语境。故选D。

14. 考查名词。此处表示那个人很喜欢作者的这张画。sympathy怜悯；fondness爱好；talent天赋；responsibility责任。结合语境选B项。

15. 考查名词。A. exhibition展览；B. challenge挑战；C. permission许可；D. message消息。根据下句中的“people liked my paintings and would pay for them”可知，作者举行了作品展览。故选A。

16. 考查名词。A. hospitals医院；B. galleries美术馆；C. schools学校；D. families家庭。今天，1500家展览馆收藏了我的作品。根据本句中的“work”可知，答案为B项。

17. 考查名词。A. imagination想象；B. chance机会；C. motivation动机，积极性；D. curiosity好奇心。此处表示是艺术给了作者动力。结合语境选C项。

18.18】A 考查词组。是艺术给了作者早上起床去做一些事情，而不是坐在电视机前看电视。instead of代替，而不是；apart from除了；due to由于；but for如果没有。结合语境选A项。

19.19】B 考查形容词。A. high高的；B. low低的；C. enough足够的；D. unrealistic不切实际的。根据下句中的“it’s very easy”可知，社会对残疾人的期望值很低，故选B项。

20.20】B 考查名词。A. power力量，能力；B. pride自豪，骄傲；C. comfort舒适；D. advantage优势。句意：那是我最引以为豪的。take pride in为固定短语，意为“以……为傲”，故选B项。

【学法指导】

平时要注重固定搭配、固定短语、固定词组等的运用，它们会让完形填空的答案一目了然，节省很多时间。48.21.18】A考查词组。是艺术给了作者早上起床去做一些事情，而不是坐在电视机前看电视。instead of代替，而不是；apart from除了；due to由于；but for如果没有。结合语境选A项。50.22.20】B考查名词。A. Power力量，能力；B. Pride自豪，骄傲；C. Comfort舒适；D. Advantage优势，利益。句意：那是我最引以为豪的。take pride in为固定短语，意为“以……为傲”，故选B项。

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