Question

  Growing up is not always easy. When facing difficulties,courage and a spirit of independence (獨立) can be more useful than crying for help. That's what the story Fve heard recently tells me.

  A young man was bom in 1982 in a (1)       family in a small town. When he was only 11,his father became mentally ill and one day came back with an abandoned (被遺棄的) baby girl. A year later,his (2)       left home with his younger brother because she couldn't (3)       hard life and pressure from her mad husband. The 12 yearold boy began to (4)       his whole family：he took care of not only his sick father,but also the little girl. (5)       he didn't give up studying. Later he went to college. To care for the little girl,he rented a room near his college and (6)       her education by doing parttime jobs.

  After the young man's story went public,people were deeply impressed by his behavior. (7)       his life was hard,he didn't abandon his father and his sister because (8)       needed his help very much. And he (9)       donations from others. He said he felt (10)       because of kind offers,but he could depend on his own. With his hardwon money,he (11)       aided other students in trouble.

  Today,when many young people worry more about their own happiness,this young man's behavior reminds us of what we don't usually (12)       ：love and care for others. Nobody could continue to live (13)       these.

  Through his hard life,the young man is regarded as a (14)       in people's eyes. So when facing difficulties,don't (15)       bad luck. Consider what more you could do for your family and society,and you'll find the world smiling back.

(   ) 1. A. rich   B. happy   C. poor   D. big

(   ) 2. A. father   B. mother   C. sister   D. brother

(   ) 3. A. understand   B. stand   C. believe   D. live

(   ) 4. A. support   B. organize   C. hate   D. love

(   ) 5. A. At times   B. For the first time   

       C. At the same time   D. At that time

(   ) 6. A. planned   B. afforded   C. ended   D. helped

(   ) 7. A. Since   B. Unless   C. Although   D. However

(   ) 8. A. they   B. he   C. she   D. them

(   ) 9. A. received   B. expected   C. refused   D. gave

(   ) 10. A. sorry   B. embarrassed   C. encouraged   D. happy

(   ) 11. A. even   B. hardly   C. still   D. ever

(   ) 12. A. get used to   B. look forward to   

       C. pay attention to   D. hope

(   ) 13. A. with   B. without   C. by   D. on

(   ) 14. A. fool   B. volunteer   C. hero   D. lucky dog

(   ) 15. A. knock into   B. dream about   C. complain about   D. look at

Answer 1

1. C根據下文可知。

2. B根據句中from her mad husband可知。

3. B根據句中left home可知，他的母親不能忍受生活的艱辛和來自丈夫的壓力。

4. A根據題意,男孩要支撐整個家。

5. C at times有時;for the first time第一次;at the same time與此同時;at that time那時候。根據句意應選C.

6. B根據句意，他通過在業余時間打工來負擔妹妹的學費。

7. C since意為"既然，由于"，unless意為"除非"，although意為"盡管，雖然"，引導讓步狀語從句； however是"但是，無論怎樣"，但表"無論怎樣"時，其后要緊跟所修飾的詞語。

8. A根據句意，盡管他生活艱辛，但并沒有遺棄他的父親和妹妹，因為他們都非常需要他的幫助。

9. C根據后句but he could depend on his own work可知。

10. C sorry難過的;embarrassed尷尬的;encouraged受鼓舞的;happy幸福的。根據語義，C項最好。

11. A他甚至用自己辛苦得來的錢，去資助那些陷人困境的學生。

12. C get used to習IS于. ；look forward to期望;pay attention to注意;hope希望。這個年輕人的所作所為讓我們想起了生活中經常不被注意的兩點：愛和關心。

13. B沒有這些，沒有人能繼續生存。

14. C這個年輕人在人們的眼中是一個英雄。

15. C complain about抱怨某件事。