Question

【題目】 Roy is a middle-aged man who lives happily with his family in a big house. He is a successful craftsman now. But his life is not a【1】 so great. He had a learning disability from an early age. He went to a school for children like him and he got plenty of extra help in this school. He still suffered(受苦) the rest of his school days in public schools.

His life improved so much when he discovered art. The art world gave him a chance to express himself w【2】 words. He went to a workshop and gradually got good at making things with clay. Then he learned an important lesson: Though he was disabled in language, he could still be s【3】 and successfully express himself with clay.

He got his n【4】 lesson from rock climbing. It was a fun thing but he was scared from the start. He soon found it wasn’t a talent thing; it was just p【5】. So he did it more. After about five years of climbing, he found himself in Yosemite Valley on a big wall. He learned that if a person fell in love with something and did it all the time, he would get better at it. And his confidence came along with it.

Later he found his e【6】 really helpful when learning how to read and write. Every day he spent many hours reading and writing, which he used to a【7】 as much as possible. After two hard years, he could read and write as well as others.

He hasgonethroughthelongprocesswithart,rockclimbing,readingandwriting.Nowhe has gottoapointinhislifewhereheknowshe isalso abletodiveintoanareathatistotallyhard, unknown,butinteresting.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】always

【2】without

【3】smart

【4】next

【5】practice

【6】experience

【7】avoid

【解析】

本篇講述從小就有學習障礙的羅伊在公立學校上學，即使得到了很多額外的幫助，他還是備受煎熬；后來藝術給了他一個表達自我的機會，給他的生活帶來很大的改善。他經(jīng)歷了藝術、攀巖、閱讀和寫作的漫長過程，達到他認知所能達到的頂點。

【1】句意：但他的生活并不總那么美好。

空格在be動詞和形容詞之間，判斷填副詞；上文“羅伊現(xiàn)在是一個成功的工匠”和下文“他有學習障礙”可知他的生活并不總那么美好，根據(jù)首字母提示，always總是，副詞，故答案為always。

【2】句意：藝術給了他一個不用語言就能表達自己的機會。

空格在名詞前，判斷填介詞；由上文可知羅伊有學習障礙，由此推斷空格指藝術給了他一個不用語言就能表達自己的機會；根據(jù)首字母提示，without沒有……，介詞；故答案為without。

【3】句意：雖然他不善言語，但他仍然可以很聰明，用泥土成功地表達自己。

空格在be動詞后面，判斷填形容詞；雖然他不善言語，但他仍然用泥土成功地表達自己，由此推斷空格指他仍然可以很聰明；根據(jù)首字母提示，smart聰明的，形容詞；故答案為smart。

【4】句意：他從攀巖中又學到了一個經(jīng)驗。

空格在名詞前，判斷填形容詞；由上文可知，羅伊從藝術中得到了表達自己的機會，由此可知，攀巖是他又一個學習經(jīng)驗；根據(jù)首字母提示，next下一個的，形容詞；故答案為next。

【5】句意：他很快發(fā)現(xiàn)這不是天資的事，只是練習而已。

空格在be后面，判斷填名詞當表語；根據(jù)上文“He soon found it wasn’t a talent thing”推斷空格指羅伊認識到攀巖不是天資的事，只是練習而已；根據(jù)首字母提示，practice練習，名詞；故答案為practice。

【6】句意：后來他發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的經(jīng)驗對學習如何讀和寫很有幫助。

空格在形容詞性物主代詞后面，判斷填名詞；由上文可知羅伊成功地學會制作陶器和攀巖，由此推斷空格指這些經(jīng)驗對他學習如何讀和寫很有幫助；根據(jù)首字母提示，experience經(jīng)驗，名詞；故答案為experience。

【7】句意：他每天花很多時間讀書和寫作，這是他以前盡量避免的。

由上文可知羅伊從小有學習障礙，即使得到了很多額外的幫助，他還是備受煎熬；由此推斷空格指以前盡量避免學習；used to do sth過去常常做某事，由此可知空格填動詞原形；根據(jù)首字母提示，avoid避免，動詞；故答案為avoid。