Question

【題目】 My son Tony was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life was ______ in hospital. By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him ______.

We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be ______ to run like the other children. So he didn’t know. In ______ grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, ______ only the top seven runners would be chosen. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.

He ran four to five mile every day—even when he had a fever. I was ______, so I went to ____ him after school. I found him running ______. I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He has two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept running.

Two weeks later, the names of the team ______ were out. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had ______ the team. He was in seventh grade — the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he couldn’t do it, so he didn’t know, but he made it.

【1】A. spentB. takenC. costD. paid

【2】A. talkB. sitC. studyD. walk

【3】A. ableB. sorryC. gladD. afraid

【4】A. sixthB. seventhC. eighthD. ninth

【5】A. soB. ifC. thenD. because

【6】A. excitedB. tiredC. worriedD. pleased

【7】A. look forB. hear fromC. agree withD. think about

【8】A. aloneB. awayC. almostD. already

【9】A. jumpersB. runnersC. doctorsD. teachers

【10】A. gotB. keptC. madeD. found

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】D

【6】C

【7】A

【8】D

【9】B

【10】C

【解析】

這篇文章講述了作者的兒子Joey是先天性畸形足，在醫(yī)生的治療下，走路沒有問題，但是Joey并不知道這件事，他和正常的孩子一樣玩耍，跑跳。經(jīng)過艱苦的訓(xùn)練，他最終還參加了學(xué)校的跑步隊。

【1】句意：他生命中最初的三年是在醫(yī)院里度過的。A. spent，花費時間或金錢，主語是人；度過；B. taken花費時間，常用It做形式主語；C. cost花費時間或金錢，主語是物或者某種活動，不能用于被動句；D. paid花費金錢，常和for組成短語，表示為某物付錢。這句話的主語是人，且這里是“度過”的意思，故選A。

【2】句意：到他八歲的時候，當你看到他走路的時候，你不會知道他的腳是有問題的。A. talk說話；B. sit坐下；C. study學(xué)習；D. walk走路根據(jù)文章大意我們知道Joey有畸形足，經(jīng)過治療走路是沒有問題的，可知，當你看見他走路的時候，你不知道他的腳有問題。故選D。

【3】句意：我們從來沒有告訴過他，他可能不能像其他孩子那樣去跑。A. able能，有能力的；B. sorry對不起；C. glad高興的；D. afraid害怕的。這里考查的是be able to do sth.能夠做某事，上文he doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well告訴我們，醫(yī)生說Joey不會跑，故選A

【4】句意：在七年級的時候，他決定參加學(xué)校的跑步隊。A. sixth第六 B. seventh第七 C.eighth第八；D. ninth第九。根據(jù)文章最后一段He was in seventh grade — the other six team members were all eighth graders.我們可知，Joey讀七年級。故選B

【5】句意：他跑得比其他人都要更多，因為只有前七名的跑步者才能被選上。A. so 因此；B. if如果，引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句；C. then那么，副詞；D. because因為，引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句。根據(jù)句意可知，這里說的是Joey跑步比別人都要更多的原因，故選D

【6】句意：我很擔心，所以放學(xué)后我去找他。A. excited激動的；B. tired 疲倦的；C. worried擔心的；D. pleased高興的。根據(jù)上句話He ran four to five mile every day—even when he had a fever可知，Joey發(fā)燒了，所以作者這里是很擔心他，故選C。

【7】句意：我很擔心，所以放學(xué)后我去找他。A. look for尋找；B. hear from收到…的來信；C. agree with同意；D. think about考慮。根據(jù)前文可知，作者很擔心他，所以在他放學(xué)后就去找他去了，故選A。

【8】句意：我發(fā)現(xiàn)他已經(jīng)在跑步了。A. alone一個人 B. away離去C. almost差不多，幾乎 D. already已經(jīng)。根據(jù)下句話he said. He has two more miles to go可知，Joey還要跑兩英里，因此作者在找到他的時候，他已經(jīng)開始跑步了。故選D。

【9】句意：兩周后，跑步隊員的名字出來了。A. jumpers跳高者；B. runners跑步者；C. doctors醫(yī)生；D. teachers老師。根據(jù)上文he decided to join the school running team可知，Joey想要參加的是跑步隊，所以這里是賽跑隊的人名單出來了。故選B

【10】句意：Joey是名單上的第六名，他加入了這個隊。A. got得到；B. kept保持；C. made制作，成為；D. found發(fā)現(xiàn)；根據(jù)前文及后文講到其余的隊員都是八年級的，可知Joey被選為了學(xué)校跑步隊里的一員，make the team成為隊里一員，故選C。