Question

When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in late October 1931, he had no way of knowing that his life was about to change completely. The class ____ that day was to show how ____ a container of water would bring oxygen bubbles(气泡) to the surface. The container John was about to heat, ____ , was not like the containers students everywhere had used. Someone had been ______ and put the wrong label(标签) on the bottle. And ____ John heated it with a Bunsen burner, the container ______ , sending the liquid flying in all directions. John Wilson came away from it, completely ______.

Wilson spent the next two months in hospital. After he returned home, his parents ______a hard time to find a way to deal with the ____ that had happened to their lives. But Wilson did not ____ the accident as a disaster. He knew he had the rest of his life to live. He learned Braille(盲文) quickly and continued his ____ at the esteemed Worcester College for the disabled. There, he not only ____ as a student but also became an accomplished rower, swimmer, actor, musician, and orator.

Many people, faced with the _____ John Wilson met with, would have _____of their experience. Perhaps they would have considered themselves to be ____ by ill fortune and discouraged in their ____ to do anything significant with their lives. Wilson, however, lost his sight but found a ____. Through his practical action and life attitude, he proved to us ____ that it’s not what happens to us that _____our lives — it’s what we make ______ what happens.

1.A. experiment    B. discussion    C. analysis    D. management

2.A. bringing out    B. turning over    C. heating up    D. picking on

3.A. therefore    B. instead    C. besides    D. however

4.A. light-hearted    B. absent-minded    C. cold-blooded    D. bad-tempered

5.A. as    B. if    C. once    D. though

6.A. leaked    B. exploded    C. collapsed    D. melted

7.A. dumb    B. lame    C. deaf    D. blind

8.A. called for    B. drove off    C. went through    D. depended on

9.A. catastrophe    B. coincidence    C. dilemma    D. drawback

10.A. elect    B. appoint    C. regard    D. recommend

11.A. education    B. occupation    C. contribution    D. recovery

12.A. survived    B. shone    C. competed    D. registered

13.A. discrimination    B. resistance    C. circumstances    D. uncertainties

14.A. dreamed    B. thought    C. approved    D. complained

15.A. criticized    B. motivated    C. surrounded    D. interrupted

16.A. preferences    B. requirements    C. failures    D. attempts

17.A. bridge    B. vision    C. reward    D. cure

18.A. dramatically    B. occasionally    C. abruptly    D. roughly

19.A. limits    B. predicts    C. determines    D. replaces

20.A. of    B. from    C. for    D. up

Answer

1. A

2. C

3. D

4. B

5. A

6. B

7. D

8. C

9. A

10. C

11. A

12. B

13. C

14. D

15. C

16. D

17. B

18. A

19. C

20. A

【解析】

本文为夹叙夹议文。约翰在12岁时做实验因发生意外而失明，但是他并没有抱怨命运的不公消沉下去，而是以积极的心态和行动来面对自己的每一天。

1.考查名词辨析。 experiment实验；discussion 讨论；analysis分析；management经营，管理。根据上文中的John Wilson walked into his chemistry class 和下文的he class ___1___ that day was to show how ___2___ a container of water would bring oxygen bubbles (气泡) to the surface.可知，那天他上了化学课。那天的课堂实验是展示如何加热器皿的水使氧气泡被带到水表面。故A项实验（experiment）符合题意。

2.考查动词短语辨析。bringing out拿出；turning over使翻转； heating up加热； picking on挑选。根据下文中的“ John was about to heat”的提示，可知C项符合题意。

3.考查连词。根据下文中的“John was about to heat ，_3_was not like the containers students everywhere had used” 约翰正要加热，他的加热器皿与别的的学生使用的容器不同，由此可判断是前后转折的。分析选项（therefore因此，instead相反的是； besides 而且，however然而），可知D项符合题意。

4.考查形容词辨析。light-hearted无忧无虑的; absent-minded 粗心大意的；cold-blooded冷酷无情的 ；bad-tempered脾气坏的。根据下文的Someone had been ___4___ and put the wrong label (标签) on the bottle.可知，有人由于粗心（absent-minded），贴错了标签，故选B项。

5.考查连词。 根据语境可知，此处表示当他给盛水的器皿加热时。分析选项可知（as当,,,时候；if如果；once一旦；though尽管），可知A项符合题意。

6.考查动词辨析。根据下文中的“sending the liquid flying in directions.”可知，器皿爆炸了，引得液体四处飞溅。 分析选项（leaked 泄漏； exploded爆炸；collapsed倒塌； melted融化），可知选项B符合题意。

7.考查形容词辨析。根据下文中的He learned Braille (盲文) quickly and continued his ___11___ at the esteemed Worcester College for the disabled. 及第17前的“however, lost his sight” 可知他学会了盲文，及后面的失明（blind）。分析选项可知（dumb哑的；lame瘸的；deaf聋的；blind瞎的。故选D。

8.考查动词短语辨析。他从医院回来后，他的父母度过了一段困难的时期。called for呼吁，号召；drove off驾车离去；went through度过，经历；depended on依靠。故选C项。

9.考查名词辨析。 catastrophe灾难；coincidence巧合；dilemma进退两难的困境；drawback缺点。根据上文提及的约翰在做实验时因意外而失明的内容及下文的“disaster”可知，他的父母为找到应对发生在他们身上的灾难的办法而度过了一段困难的时期。因此A 符合题意。

10. 考查动词辨析。但是约翰却没有把这个事故当作是灾难。 分析选项（elect…as…把…看成；appoint…as…把....任命为…；regard…as…把…看作…；recommend…as…把…推荐为…），可知C项符合题意。

11. 考查名词辨析。education教育；occupation 职业； contribution 贡献；recovery恢复。根据continued his ___11___ at the esteemed Worcester College for the disabled. 在伍斯特残疾人学院继续他的学业，即教育。故选A项。

12. 考查动词辨析。survived幸存；shone照耀，出色；competed竞争；registered注册。根据下文中的“he not only ___12___ as a studentbut also became an accomplished rower, swimmer, actor, musician, and orator. 作为学生，不仅成绩优秀，而且在许多方面很很突出。可知B项正确。

13.考查名词辨析。 discrimination歧视；resistance抵制；circumstances情况，情形；uncertainties不确定的事。面对像约翰这样的情况(circumstances)，许多人会怨天尤人。故C项符合题意。

14.考查动词辨析。dreamed做梦；thought 认为； approved同意，批准；complained抱怨。参见上题解析。

15.考查动词辨析。criticized批评； motivated 使有动机，诱导； surrounded包围，环绕；interrupted打断。根据下文中的“to be _15__by ill fortune and discouraged”可知中，他们会认为自己被厄运缠身了（surrounded），故选C项。

16.考查名词辨析。preferences偏爱；requirements要求；failures失败言； attempts试图，努力。他们尝试做人生中任何有意义的事情时也会感到沮丧。故选D项。

17.考查名词辨析。 bridge桥；vision 视觉，绝妙的东西；reward回报； cure疗法。根据 上文中的lost his sight but found a vision . Through his practical action and life attitude, 虽然失去了视力，却对未来充满了憧憬。故选B项

18.考查副词辨析。根据上文中的“Through his practical action and life attitude, he proved to us dramatically that it’s not what happens to us that ___19___ our lives — it’s what we make”通过他（积极）的实际行动和（乐观的）生活态度，戏剧性地证明向我们证明了…。分析选项（dramatically 戏剧性地，引人注目的；occasionally偶尔地；abruptly突然地； roughly粗略地），可知A符合题意。

19. 考查动词辨析。limits限制；predicts预测； determines决定，支配； replaces取代。他戏剧性地向我们证明，决定我们生活的并不是发生在我们身上的事情。故选C项。

20. 考查固定搭配。通过他的实际行动和生活态度，向我们证明了，并不是我们发生的事情决定了我们的生活，而是我们对所发生的事情的理解。make of，为固定搭配，意为“理解，明白”，故选A。