Question

Everybody has a choice .I believe that I always have a choice. No matter what I'm doing and what is happening to me. I used to write my books, typing on a keyboard, ____now I can no longer _____ my hand. Today I am sitting at my computer, speaking these words through a microphone. In 2008, I was diagnosed with ALS, a(n) _ ____ disease, which would weaken and finally ______every important muscle in my body. That is to say, I will be _____ unable to move, to speak, and finally, to______. Only largely depending upon others could I live. I was lost and felt everything around me become dull.

I was ____ to give up writing completely and remained _ __ all day long. In the _ ___, some of my friends and ralatives came to ____ me. However, It wasn’t long _ ____I became lonely again, wondering the meaning of life. Sometimes I came up with the _____ that I’d better end my life because I couldn’t ____ the complex(復(fù)雜的) expressions on my family’s faces. I became depressed, doubtful and _____. Then one day as I was wheeling myself along a nearby street, I found an old guy in dirty clothes with no legs ___ in the street. I was shocked and woke up at once. I was more ____ than him. I have thousands of ____ to live on. When he came to me begging, I was so inspired and offered all that was in my purse. From then on I _____ to go through the process of learning to use voice recognition software. Old woman ____I was, I wrote more now than ever.

Every day now I have a ____ on not only whether I will live, but how I will live. I can choose to see it as an invitation—an opportunity to learn who I really am.

1.A. and B. so C. but D. until

2.A. lift B. control C. remove D. wash

3.A. curable B. unknown C. common D. terrible

4.A. destroy B. rebuild C. cancel D. remove

5.A. hardly B. actually C. gradually D. totally

6.A. communicate B. behave C. breathe D. die

7.A. determined B. forced C. encouraged D. advised

8.A. positive B. disabled C. dependent D. silent

9.A. beginning B. end C. evening D. hospital

10.A. guide B. admire C. entertain D. comfort

11.A. since B. when C. until D. before

12.A. opinion B. idea C. imagination D. choice

13.A. understand B. guess C. forgive D. bear

14.A. hopeless B. adventurous C. disabled D. impolite

15.A. sleeping B. begging C. singing D. dancing

16.A. unlucky B. miserable C. confident D. fortunate

17.A. chances B. excuses C. reasons D. purposes

18.A. managed B. continued C. intended D. stopped

19.A. but B. though C. even if D. that

20.A. way B. method C. thought D. choice

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.D

11.D

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了作者的故事。作者曾經(jīng)寫書、打字，但是自從患ALS后，再也無法提起自己的手。作者曾經(jīng)非常的沮喪以至于想要結(jié)束自己的生命，但是一天偶然在馬路上遇到了一位沒有雙腿的老乞丐還在努力生活。作者大有感觸，現(xiàn)在作者每天不僅僅選擇活下去，更選擇怎么活下去。

1.考查連詞辨析。上一分句說我曾經(jīng)寫書，打字，通過used to可知，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)不這樣做了。故選擇C，表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。

2.考查動詞辨析。根據(jù)上文可知，現(xiàn)在作者情況和以前不一樣。再通過下文的I am sitting at my computer, speaking these words through a microphone.以及which would weaken and finally ______every important muscle in my body.可知，作者的雙手很虛弱。選項A意為舉起；選項B意為控制；選項C意為去除；選項D意為洗。根據(jù)分析，選擇A，指作者雙手無法舉起。

3.考查形容詞辨析。通過下文的描述可知，這種病會使得全身的肌肉萎縮，最后會導(dǎo)致無法呼吸。選擇A意為可治愈的；選項B意為不知道的；選項C意為尋常的；選項D意為嚴(yán)重的。根據(jù)對病的描述，可知選項D最為恰當(dāng)，病很嚴(yán)重。

4.考查動詞辨析。根據(jù)下文的I will be ______ unable to move, to speak,可知，患病后會慢慢不能動、不能說話。由此判斷，這種病會損傷肌肉。選項A意為破壞、損傷；選項B意為重建；選項C意為取消；選項D意為去除。根據(jù)分析，選擇A。

5.考查副詞辨析。根據(jù)上文的分析可知，疾病很嚴(yán)重，會使得肌肉萎縮。在根據(jù)下文的finally可以判斷我慢慢就不能移動。選項A意為幾乎不；選項B意為事實上；選項C意為逐漸地；選項D意為完全地。根據(jù)分析，選擇C。

6.考查動詞辨析。根據(jù)上文的unable to move, to speak以及finally可知，這是一個變化的過程，情況會越來越嚴(yán)重。選項A意為交流，這和肌肉無關(guān)；選項B意為行為舉止；選項C意為呼吸；選項D意為死亡。根據(jù)分析，選擇C最為恰當(dāng)，表示作者逐漸不能呼吸。

7.考查動詞辨析。通過上文對疾病的描述以及這句話Only largely depending upon others could I live.可知，作者放棄寫作是不得已的，是由于身體導(dǎo)致的。選項A意為決定；選項B意為被迫；選項C意為鼓勵；選項D意為建議。根據(jù)分析選擇B，意為我被迫放棄寫作。

8.考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)上文描述I was lost and felt everything around me become dull.可知作者此時意志消沉，覺得一切都是那么灰暗。選項A意為積極樂觀的；選項B意為殘疾的；選項C意為獨立的；選項D意為沉默的。根據(jù)分析，選擇D最能體現(xiàn)當(dāng)時作者的狀態(tài)，一言不發(fā)，意志消沉。

9.考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)下文的However, It wasn’t long ____I became lonely again,可知，后來別人就逐漸不來了。說明此處指最初，一開始。故選擇A，構(gòu)成短語in the beginning，意為起初。

10.考查動詞辨析。根據(jù)常識可知，朋友或親人生病，其他人所做的事情應(yīng)該是來安慰勸慰生病的人。選項A意為指導(dǎo)；選項B意為欽佩；選項C意為娛樂；選項D意為安慰。根據(jù)分析，選擇D。

11.考查連詞辨析。本句考查句型It wasn’t long before…，意為沒過多久就…。此句句意為：沒過多久，我又一次變得孤獨。選擇D。

12.考查名詞辨析。此句為同位語從句前的名詞，后面的從句應(yīng)是該名詞的具體含義。后面的從句句意為：我最好結(jié)束自己的生命。這是一種想法，故選擇B。

13.考查動詞辨析。根據(jù)下文的I became depressed, doubtful可知，作者想到死亡是因為再也無法忍受家人臉上復(fù)雜的表情。選項A意為理解；選項B意為猜；選項C意為原諒；選項D意為忍受。根據(jù)句意，選擇D。

14.考查形容詞辨析�？涨笆莂nd可知此處的詞應(yīng)和前面的形容詞在情感上一致。前面的形容詞為depressed和doubtful，意為沮喪和懷疑。選項A意為無助的；選項B意為愛冒險的；選項C意為殘疾的；選項D意為不禮貌的。根據(jù)分析，選擇A，和前文一致，指作者心里不好受。

15.考查動詞辨析。本題為原詞重現(xiàn)。根據(jù)下文的When he came to me begging可知老人在乞討，故選擇B。句意為：我發(fā)現(xiàn)一個穿著臟衣服沒有腿的老人在街上乞討。

16.考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)上文的Then one day as I was wheeling myself along a nearby street,可知作者是自己搖輪椅上街的。再根據(jù)I was shocked and woke up at once.可知，作者從一開始的意志消沉中醒了過來。故此時作者認(rèn)為自己比老人要幸運，所以選擇D。

17.考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)上文可知作者大有感觸，覺得自己還能坐在輪椅上四處走動，已經(jīng)很幸運了。選項A意為選擇；選項B意為借口；選項C意為理由；選項D意為意圖。根據(jù)分析，選擇C，意為我有千萬種理由活下去。

18.考查動詞辨析。通過上文第一段的Today I am sitting at my computer, speaking these words through a microphone.可知作者現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)會使用麥克風(fēng)。由此判斷，作者成功地經(jīng)歷了學(xué)習(xí)使用語音識別軟件的過程。選項A意為設(shè)法做成某事；選項B意為繼續(xù)；選項C意為打算；選項D意為停止。根據(jù)分析，選擇A。

19.考查連詞辨析。本句考查as和though引導(dǎo)的讓步性狀語從句。as / though引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句時，一般須用部分倒裝，分三種情況：表語、動詞原形及狀語的倒裝。本句為表語的倒裝，結(jié)構(gòu)為adj+as/though+主語+表語，故選擇B，意為雖然我是一個老婦人。

20.考查名詞辨析。通過第一段的Everybody has a choice以及下文的I can choose to see it as an invitation可知，作者認(rèn)為每天都是一種選擇。故選擇D。

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