I have always heard the saying, “Any guy can be a ‘Dad’, but it takes a real man to be a ‘Father’.” This has become qutie true in my life since the birth of my son, Joshua. Since the birth of my son things have changed a lot in my life, but the changes have been   1 ! My wife and I have been through many   2  moments which have made both of us   3 .
My son was born with some medical prombles that   4   his regular doctors. He was
  5  several different medications, but he did not get any better. He had a bad breathing problem, and he could not keep his food down. My wife and I were both told many times by people that Joshua looked life he was born early; he had not gained much   6   since he was born.
As time progressed his regular doctor sent my wife and I to Louisville to a   7   by the name of Dr. Eld. He was astonished by my son’s condition, too. Many different tests were    8   on Joshua. The time spents there was very   9   for my wife and I. But we did make it through with God’s   10  .
Joshua is one year and one month old now and has gotten much better since then. His
 11  has been amazing and he is up to 27 pounds now. I keep telling my wife, that if he keeps growing like this he might get a football   12   sooner or later. There is saying that has helped me   13  these troublesome times. “Problems will either make you or   14  you.” When you think the darkest hours are upon you, remember the   15  is just in sight.
小題1:
A．badB．goodC．happyD．sad
小題2:
A．excitingB．interestingC．challengingD．a(chǎn)musing
小題3:
A．strongerB．healthierC．harderD．weaker
小題4:
A．shookB．trembledC．shockedD．quaked
小題5:
A．taken onB．put onC．gone onD．lived on
小題6:
A．width B．heightC．weight D．sight
小題7:
A．dentist B．specialistC．scientistD．tourist
小題8:
A．performedB．laidC．devotedD．directed
小題9:
A．slowB．easyC．hardD．quick
小題10:
A．luckB．smileC．loveD．help
小題11:
A．score B．progressC．effortsD．fact
小題12:
A．ticketB．contactC．contractD．player
小題13:
A．get onB．get throughC．take onD．look through
小題14:
A．createB．buildC．breakD．enjoy
小題15:
A．futureB．helpC．dawnD．dusk

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:B
小題6:C
小題7:B
小題8:A
小題9:C
小題10:D
小題11:A
小題12:C
小題13:B
小題14:C
小題15:C

試題分析：本文通過兒子出生后我們生活的變化，以及兒子經(jīng)歷了多次手術(shù)以后終于健康成長的故事，告訴我們對待未來要積極樂觀向上，美好的黎明就在眼前等待著我們。
小題1:B 形容詞辨析。A糟糕的B好的C開心的D悲哀的；自從兒子出生我的生活發(fā)生了很大的變化，但是這些變化磨礪了我和我的妻子，對我們來說，這些變化都是很好的。
小題2:C 形容詞辨析。A興奮的B有趣的C有挑戰(zhàn)性的，困難的D快樂的；根據(jù)下文可知我的兒子生下來以后，情況很不好，多次接受手術(shù)，我們度過了很多艱難的時間。但是這些艱難時光讓我們堅強起來。
小題3:A 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文可知我的兒子生下來以后，情況很不好，多次接受手術(shù)，我們度過了很多艱難的時間。但是這些艱難時光讓我們堅強起來。
小題4:C 動詞辨析。A搖擺B顫抖C使…震驚D搖晃；兒子出生時的情況讓醫(yī)生震驚，因為這些問題非常嚴重。
小題5:B 短語辨析。A雇傭，呈現(xiàn)，承擔B增加，進行，上演；C進行D以…為生；兒子吃了多種藥，但是情況仍然不見好轉(zhuǎn)。
小題6:C 名詞辨析。A寬度B高度C重量D視力；因為兒子早產(chǎn)，所以他的體重不足，所以經(jīng)常生病。
小題7:B 名詞辨析。A牙醫(yī)B專家C科學家D游客；醫(yī)生讓我們?nèi)フ乙晃幻蠨r. Eld的專家。
小題8:A 動詞辨析。A進行B放置，產(chǎn)卵C花費D指導；專家對我的兒子進行了多種不同的醫(yī)學測試。
小題9:C 形容詞辨析。A慢B容易C困難D迅速；在那里度過的時間對妻子和我來說非常地艱難。
小題10:D 名詞辨析。A運氣B微笑C愛D幫助；本題屬于文化類，西方人總是想依靠上帝的幫助。
小題11:A 名詞辨析。A分數(shù)B進步C努力D事實；指兒子在各項測試中的分數(shù)不段上升。體重也在上升。
小題12:C 名詞辨析。A票B聯(lián)系C合同D運動員；如果兒子還像這樣成長，可能會成為運動員，獲得足球運動員的合同。
小題13:B 短語辨析。A進展B經(jīng)歷，度過；C占據(jù)，從事于，開始做；D瀏覽；這個諺語幫助我度過了這么多艱難的時光。
小題14:C 上下文串聯(lián)。難題要么成就你，要么打敗你。這里的break是指擊��；
小題15:C 名詞辨析。A未來B幫助C黎明D黃昏；當你在思考那些黑暗時光的時候，請記住黎明就在眼前。
點評：本文通過兒子出生后我們生活的變化，告訴我們對待未來要積極樂觀向上。本文要求考生具有扎實的英語詞組、短語、習慣用法等英語搭配的知識，這對于理解文章的邏輯關(guān)系特別有利。文章的邏輯關(guān)系不外乎列舉、原因、結(jié)果、讓步、對照、補充、目的、條件等關(guān)系。解題時應聯(lián)系上下文尋找相關(guān)線索，如某一個詞的原詞、指代詞、同義詞、近義詞、上義詞、下義詞和概括詞等。但由于我們在做題時不可能總是重復地閱讀文章，因此，在做完形填空時要培養(yǎng)一種捕捉并記憶相關(guān)信息的能力。
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

After Mom died, l began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work. He was frail and moved slowly, but he always had a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice on the kitchen table for me, along with an unsigned note reading," Drink your juice." Such a gesture, l knew, was as far as Dad had ever been able to go in expressing his love. In fact, l remember, as a kid I had questioned Mom "Why doesn't Dad love me?" Mom frowned, "Who said he doesn’t love you?" "Well, he never tells me, "I complained." He never tells me either," she said, smiling. " But look how hard he works to take care of us, to buy us food and clothes, and to pay for this house. That's how your father tells us he loves us. "
I nodded slowly. I understood in my head, but not in my heart. l still wanted my father to put his arms around me and tell me he loved me. Dad owned and operated a small scrap (片) metal business, and after school I often hung around while he worked. Dad handled scrap steel into a device that chopped it as cleanly as a butcher chops a rack of ribs. The machine looked like a giant pair of scissors, with blades thicker than my father's body. If he didn’t feed those terrifying blades just right, he risked serious injury. "Why don' t you hire someone to do that for you?" Mom asked Dad one night as she bent over him and rubbed his aching shoulders with a strong smelling liniment. "Why don’t you hire a cook?" Dad asked, giving her one of his rare smiles.
Many years later, during my first daily visit, after drinking the juice my father had squeezed for me. l walked over, hugged him and said, "I love you, Dad." From then on I did this every morning. My father never told me how he felt about my hugs, and there was never any expression on his face when I gave them.
小題1:What would be the best title for the passage?
A．My father never loved meB．I just couldn't understand my father
C．My hard-working fatherD．Silent fatherly love
小題2:The author’s father always prepared a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for him because____.
A．that was the author's favorite
B．that was a gesture of love
C．the author was always complaining
D．he was sure the author would be thirsty
小題3:The author’s father didn’t hire a helper because________.              .
A．he wanted to save money
B．his job required high skills
C．his job was too dangerous
D．he was not good at communicating with others
小題4:We may infer from the passage that _______.
A．the author's father lacked a sense of humor
B．the author's-father didn't love him very much
C．the author quite understood his father as time went on
D．the author's father was too strict with him

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