Question

Dear Students，

I am very happy to be your guest speaker today. It is a great pleasure to visit your school and to meet all of you.

I would like to tell you about myself. I have been a news reporter for the past fifteen years. I __46__ this job so I could travel the world，but job has taught me many unforgettable lessons. The work is sometimes __47__. I have seen famines(饑荒)，earthquakes，poorness and death. But I have __48__ seen courage，hope and happiness.

In India，I visited a city where there were many homeless children. Some were as young as four years old. They lived in the __49__ and depended on themselves by begging or stealing. But then a wonderful lady called Rosa opened a home for them. Within one year，she was __50__ two hundred children. She clothed them，fed them and taught them. She gave them __51__.

__52__ time，I was in Turkey after a terrible earthquake. In one place，I found an old lady whose house was destroyed. Her son was missing and rescue(救援) workers said there was no chance that he was still alive. But the old lady did not __53__ hope. For four days，she moved heavy stones one at a time by herself. She did not stop __54__ she found her son. He was alive.

Here in China，I met a young boy who was seriously ill. He had had twenty operationsand spent nearly his whole life in hospital. I thought he would be __55__，but when I met him，his smile was so warm and welcoming.

In life，we need good models that we can admire and learn from. When my life is difficult，I try to remember the courage and goodness of these three people.

1.	A．found B．had　 C．chose D．liked

 

2.	A．interesting B．important C．easy D．difficult

 

3.	A．never B．also　 C．ever D．already

 

4.	A．hotels B．streets C．houses D．classrooms

 

5.	A．looking over B．looking after C．getting on well with D．paying for

 

6.	A．money B．food　 C．medicine D．hope

 

7.	A．One B．Another C．The other D．Other

 

8.	A．give out B．give up C．give back D．give away

 

9.	A．until B．while C．when D．after

 

10.	A．happy B．unlucky C．sad　 D．friendly

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.B

6.D

7.B

8.B

9.A

10.C

【解析】

1.根據上下文的內容so I could travel the world，可知答案為C，表示選擇的意思。

2.根據后文的內容I have seen famines(饑荒)，earthquakes，poorness and death.可知答案為D

3.前文的內容I have seen famines(饑荒)，earthquakes，poorness and death，后一次再提到的內容，可知答案為B，表示也的意思。

4.根據文章內容In India，I visited a city where there were many homeless children.，可知他們住在街上，故選答案為B

5.根據上文的內容，表示照顧小孩的意思。可知答案為B

6.根據上文的內容She clothed them，fed them and taught them.，可知答案為D，表示希望的意思。

7.another time,表示另一次的意思，故選答案為B

8.本題根據上下文的意思，可知答案為B，表示放棄的意思，

9.not···until表示直到···才，為固定詞組搭配，故選答案為A

10.根據文章內容but when I met him，his smile was so warm and welcoming.可知答案為C