Question

One day in early December, we woke up to discover a heavy fall of snow. “Mom, can we go _______after breakfast?” my eleven-year-old daughter Erica begged. I didn’t want to _______her request, so we headed towards the only _______in our town.

When we arrived, the hill was crowded with people. We found an open spot next to a thin man and his three-year-old son. The boy was already lying in the sled (雪橇), _______to be launched. “Come on, Daddy!” he called.

The man looked over at me. “Okay if we go _______?” he asked.

“Sure. Looks like your son is ready to go,” I said. With that, he gave the boy a huge _______, and off he flew! And the father ran after his son at full speed.

“He must be afraid that his son is going to _______somebody,” I said to Erica. “We’d better be _______, too.”

Then we also skied down the hill at a great speed. As we returned to the top, I noticed that the man was _______his son, who was still lying in the sled, back up to the summit (山顶). When we reached the top, the boy was ready to play again. Again, the father ________ him down the hill, and then pulled both the boy and the sled back up. The little boy was terribly spoilt by his father, I thought. ________he was small, the child could pull his own sled up the hill once in a while. This ________went on for more than an hour, but the man never ________, and he was very happy instead. Finally, I could_________it no longer. I called to him, “You have tremendous ________!”

The man smiled and said, “He has cerebral palsy (脑瘫). He can’t walk. ”

I was dumbstruck (惊呆的). It had all seemed so happy, so ________, that it never occurred to me that the child might be ________. Although I didn’t know the man’s name, I told the ________in my newspaper column. Either he or someone he knew must have recognized him, ________shortly afterward, I received this letter:

Dear Mrs. Silverman,

The energy I expended on the hill that day is ________compared to what my son does every day. To me, he is a true hero.

1.A. skiing    B. hiking    C. shopping    D. camping

2.A. answer    B. allow    C. refuse    D. accept

3.A. lake    B. hill    C. market    D. gym

4.A. waiting    B. advising    C. promising    D. warning

5.A. too    B. second    C. first    D. last

6.A. wave    B. ability    C. touch    D. push

7.A. look at    B. come across    C. run into    D. call on

8.A. careful    B. honest    C. natural    D. special

9.A. attracting    B. pulling    C. following    D. forbidding

10.A. chased    B. found    C. read    D. noticed

11.A. As if    B. Now that    C. Even though    D. Ever since

12.A. accident    B. signal    C. adventure    D. pattern

13.A. doubted    B. laughed    C. cried    D. tired

14.A. stand    B. interrupt    C. change    D. demand

15.A. value    B. energy    C. skills    D. attitude

16.A. fair    B. normal    C. frightening    D. unlucky

17.A. homeless    B. technical    C. disabled    D. creative

18.A. joke    B. news    C. meeting    D. story

19.A. if    B. unless    C. because    D. although

20.A. nothing    B. everything    C. something    D. all

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.B

17.C

18.D

19.C

20.A

【解析】这是一篇记叙文。作者与女儿一起去山上滑雪，遇到了一位父亲一遍遍把脑瘫儿子用雪橇拉上山，又一起追着儿子下山，作者非常感动，把这个故事发表在报纸上，不久，那位父亲认出报纸上写的是他，写信给作者，认为自己的儿子才是真正的英雄。

1.考查动词。根据下文句子The boy was already lying in the sled.可知，他向妈妈提出要求是去滑雪。A. skiing滑雪；B. hiking徒步旅行；C. shopping购物；D. camping露营，野营。故选A。

2.考查动词。句意：妈妈不想拒绝女儿的要求。A. answer回答；B. allow允许；C. refuse拒绝；D. accept接受。根据下文去了山上是不想拒绝女儿的要求，故选C。

3.考查名词。根据下文句子the hill was crowded with people可见，我们去的是一座小山。A. lake湖；B. hill小山；C. market市场；D. gym健身房。故选B。

4.考查动词。句意：小男孩在雪橇上已经做好了准备，正等着出发。A. waiting等待；B. advising建议；C. promising许诺，答应；D. warning警告。故选A。

5.考查副词。根据下文the father ran after his son at full speed.（爸爸一直落后于儿子）可见，是针对滑雪比赛做出的询问，应该是我们能否得第一。A. too太；B. second第二；C. first第一；D. last最后。故选C。

6.考查动词。应该是父亲给孩子一个很大的推力，推孩子滑出去。A. wave摇动；B. ability能力；C. touch接触；D. push推。故选D。

7.考查动词短语。他一定是担心他儿子撞到其他的人。A. look at看；B. come across遇见；C. run into撞上；D. call on号召。故选C。

8.考查形容词。句意：我们也应该小心。A. careful小心；B. honest诚实的；C. natural自然的；D. special特别的。故选A。

9.考查动词。根据下文who was still lying in the sled, back up to the summit可知，男孩仍然躺在雪橇上，可见他父亲是把他拉到山顶的。A. attracting吸引；B. pulling拉；C. following跟随；D. forbidding强迫，故选B。

10.考查动词。根据上下文，由again可见，这次他父亲仍然是追在他的后边到山下，然后把他拉上来。A. chased追着；B. found发现；C. read读；D. noticed注意。故选A。

11.考查连词。句意：尽管他很小，孩子也能把自己的雪橇拉上山去。根据前面的描述可知，作者认为那位父亲把自己的孩子宠坏了，即使孩子自己能把自己的雪橇拉上山去。。A. As if 好像；B. Now that既然；C. Even though即使，尽管；D. Ever since自从。故选C。

12.考查名词。句意：这种模式持续了大约一个小时。A. accident事故；B. signal信号；C. adventure冒险；D. pattern模式。故选D。

13.考查动词。句意：虽然一直拉着儿子上山，但是这个男的不觉得累，反而很高兴。A. doubted怀疑；B. laughed笑；C. cried哭；D. tired厌倦，疲劳。故选D。

14.考查动词。从下文中作者对着这位父亲说的话可见作者不能再忍耐这件事。A. stand承受，忍耐；B. interrupt打扰；C. change改变；D. demand要求。故选A。

15.考查名词。句意：你有着惊人的精力。A. value价值；B. energy精力，能量；C. skills技能；D. attitude态度。故选B。

16.考查形容词。句意：这一切看起来都是那么快乐，如此的正常，我从来没有想到孩子可能是残疾的。A. fair公平的；B. normal正常的；C. frightening令人害怕的；D. unlucky不幸运的。故选B。

17.考查形容词。根据前文孩子的父亲说他的孩子是脑瘫，可见这里是指这孩子是个残疾人。A. homeless无家可归的；B. technical工艺的；C. disabled残疾的；D. creative创造性的。故选C。

18.考查名词。句意：我把这个故事发表在了报纸上。A. joke笑话；B. news新闻；C. meeting会议；D. story故事。故选D。

19.考查连词。两句之间是因果关系，因为他是认出来这个故事是他的故事，所以他给我写了信。A. if是否；B. unless除非；C. because因为；D. although尽管。故选C。

20.考查代词。句意：那天我在山上所耗费的精力与我儿子每天所做的相比算不了什么。A. nothing没什么；B. everything每件事情；C. something某事；D. all全部。故选A。