Question

It was June 5, 1997, and two-year-old Harley was asleep with her younger sister in their home in Eden, North Carolina. While their parents were outside_______ their older sister home from school, the wires in the family’s laundry room _____ fire and before anyone knew what was happening, the bedroom next door was swallowed in__________.

Harley’s father was able to_______ his two youngest daughters and save their lives, but Harley was ______ burned on 80 percent of her body and was told she had less than a 2 percent________ of survival.

Over the next several months, Harley Dabbs would undergo surgery after surgery at ________. When she was finally released to________home, Harley had no idea the _______ battle had not even begun yet.

When Harley started school just a few years ________, she realized for the first time how cruel her_______ could be. Bullied for her _______ and called hateful names all while being hidden, she began to_______ suicide while only in eighth grade. When her friends were getting their________boyfriends and going on their first dates, she was sitting at home wondering if she should end her ______.

But in 2013, something _______. It was not something on the outside, rather it was something  ________ of Harley. She made the conscious________ to become more like the carefree, laughing, ______ little girl that she had not seen since that night in 1997. So for the first time in her life, she_______ a blue dress and walked outside into the light of day throwing caution to the wind and daring anyone to try to rain on her parade.

1.A. bringing up    B. caring for    C. calling on    D. picking up

2.A. caught    B. got    C. received    D. made

3.A. ashes    B. flames    C. storm    D. light

4.A. support    B. prevent    C. rescue    D. manage

5.A. severely    B. slightly    C. merely    D. urgently

6.A. signal    B. right    C. rate    D. chance

7.A. hospital    B. school    C. home    D. church

8.A. go    B. leave    C. lose    D. find

9.A. fiercest    B. strongest    C. toughest    D. easiest

10.A. ago    B. before    C. afterwards    D. later

11.A. peers    B. parents    C. teachers    D. sisters

12.A. grades    B. appearance    C. character    D. age

13.A. declare    B. attempt    C. struggle    D. calculate

14.A. new    B. old    C. first    D. last

15.A. pain    B. study    C. life    D. love

16.A. disappeared    B. happened    C. passed    D. changed

17.A. mind    B. heart    C. soul    D. inside

18.A. promise    B. decision    C. suggestion    D. effort

19.A. sad    B. wild    C. joyous    D. lonely

20.A. put away    B. put on    C. gained    D. borrowed

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.B

14.C

15.C

16.D

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.B

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了哈里小时候在大火中烧毁了面容，被人嘲笑、欺负，曾经想要自杀，但是后来她决定接受现实，从心里改变自己，开始快乐的生活。

1.“While their parents were outside_1_ their older sister home from school他们的父母正在外面从学校___他们的大姐回家”，bring up抚养；care for照顾，喜欢；call on 拜访；pick up接人。故选D。

2.“the wires in the family’s laundry room _2__fire家里洗衣房的电线__火了。”Catch fire“着火”固定搭配。故选A。

3.根据上文fire及“the bedroom next door was swallowed in_3_隔壁的卧室被__吞没了”可知，肯定与火相关。ashes灰烬；flames火焰；storm暴风雨；light光。故选B。

4.support支持；prevent制止；rescue救出；manage管理。根据本句中的“save their lives”，可以推断出，哈里的父亲成功地救出（rescue）了他的两个女儿。故选C。

5.由“but Harley was _5_ burned on 80 percent of her body 但哈雷身体的80％被烧伤了”可知她被伤得很严重。severely严厉地，严重地；slightly轻微地；merely仅仅地；urgently紧急地。故选A。

6.“...was told she had less than a 2 percent_6_ of survival.被告知她的生存__不到2％”Signal信号；right权利；rate速度，比率；chance几率。故选D。

7.“Harley Dabbs would undergo surgery after surgery at _7_哈里将在___经历一次又一次的外科手术。”手术肯定在医院里做A.hospital医院 B. school学校 C. home家 D. church教会。故选A。

8.根据“released 释放，解脱”可知她终于被准许出院回（go）家了。故选A。

9.“ Harley had no idea the ___9___ battle had not even begun yet.哈雷不知道__战斗还没开始”中“had no idea、had not even begun yet”暗示了情况不容乐观。fiercest最激烈的；strongest最强的；toughest最艰难的，最凶恶的；easiest最容易的。故选C。

10.“When Harley started school just a few years__几年__哈里开始上学”在经历重大不幸之后，肯定需要几年才能调整后身体心理。ago在…之前，与一般过去时连用；before以前，与完成时连用；afterwards后来；later之后，放在时间词后面。故选D。

11.根据“she realized for the first time how cruel her_11_ could be她第一次感到___的残忍”和下文“...called hateful names 给她起绰号”可知，她被同学嘲笑欺负。A. peers同伴 B. parents父母 C. teachers老师 D. sisters姐妹。故选A。

12.根据上文，她80%被烧伤，所以同学们肯定会嘲笑她的外表（appearance）。A. grades年级 B. appearance外观 C. character性格 D. age.D.年龄。故选B。

13.“ she began to_13_suicide while only in eighth grade她在八年级就___自杀”declare声明；attempt企图；struggle努力，奋斗；calculate计算。根据上文，她上学后，因为自己被烧毁的外貌，她受到同学们的欺负，背地里被人用恶毒的话叫着，所以会想不开。故选B。

14.根据“When her friends were getting their_14_boyfriends and going on their first dates当她的朋友们开始___交男朋友和第一次约会”，可以推断出是当她的朋友们开始第一次交男朋友...。A.new新 B. old老 C. First第一个 D. last最后一个。故选C。

15.根据“she was sitting at home wondering if she should end her _15_她却在家里准备结束自己的__”和空上文suicide(自杀)的倾向，可以推断出，她准备结束自己的生命（life）。故选C。

16.“But in 2013, something _16_但在2013年，情况__”but是转折词，表明情况和以前不一样，即发生了变化 A. disappeared消失 B. happened发生 C. passed通过 D. changed改变。故选D。

17.根据“It was not something on the outside, rather it was something _17_ of Harley不是外部的东西，而是哈雷__的东西”“not ...rather...不是...而是”可知此处要选择的肯定是outside 的反义词inside。故选D。

18.“She made the conscious_18_ to become more like the carefree...她在自己意识清醒的状态下__成为一个更像在1997年遇见的那个无忧无虑...”make a decision做决定A. promise答应 B. decision决定 C. suggestion建议 D. effort努力。故选B。

19.由“laughing,_19_ little girl that she had not seen since that night in 1997自从1997年她就再也没有见过那个开怀大笑，____的小女孩”可知，此处和“carefree, laughing”并列修饰“little girl”，属同义词。A.sad悲伤的 B. wild野外的 C. Joyous快乐的 D. lonely孤独的。故选C。

20.根据“So for the first time in her life, she_20_ a blue dress and walked outside into the light of day throwing caution to the wind and daring anyone to try to rain on her parade.所以她有生以来第一次，__自己的蓝裙子，走出去，迎着日光,将自己小心翼翼地抛在风中，大胆直视任何想在她的人生道路上泼冷水的任何人”可知，她穿上裙子走出去迎接新的自己。A. put away收起来放好 B. put on穿上 C. gained获得 D. borrowed借用。故选B。