Question

I grew up one of ten children on a farm in Wyoming.After my dad’s service in World War Ⅱ，he was ____ again to fight during the Korean War，and when he returned home，he couldn’t drink ____ to numb(麻痹) his terrible memories.He struggled to ____ for his growing family.

On our occasional trips to town，I ____ out boxfuls of books from the library.When I opened a book，I could ____ myself in unknown places—where children weren’t hungry and were in ____ of little.

When I wasn’t daydreaming，my ____ was the life I shared with my brothers and sisters.At night I hid under the covers ____ to silence the sounds of life in an alcoholic home.Classmates asked ____ we didn’t have electricity or a telephone.I suppose my explanations were ____ more than lies，but the stories I told improved ____ every book I read.

Starting at a very young age，my siblings(兄弟姐妹) and I sometimes got jobs to earn money—to put more food on the family table.We ____ newspapers，babysat，and cleaned other people’s houses.

Mom grew vegetables，raised chickens，and baked bread，so we seldom went hungry，even when supper was only a pot of beans.____ my real hunger wasn’t for food—it was a hunger for a better life.It was a hunger for knowledge about the world ___ our simple existence.It was a hunger to prove Dad ____ when he told us we would never amount to anything.

Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much ____ than our parents expected ___ us.We devoured(如饑似渴地吸取) the offerings of the public schools because we realized that ____ would be our steppingstone into a brighter future.

Now I’m ____ of the accomplishments of my siblings：an art professor；a well?known doctor；plus business owners.And me，I’m the keeper of the family stores.I’ll never know if we would have so many accumulated successes if we had not known ____ as children.But this I do know：I believe it can be a good thing.

1.A.drafted? B．dismissed

C．invited? D．involved

2.A.well? B．plenty

C．enough? D．heavily

3.A.search? B．provide

C．hope? D．leave

4.A.brought? B．checked

C．gave? D．carried

5.A.remind? B．help

C．devote? D．find

6.A.memory? B．favor

C．possession? D．need

7.A.reality? B．fantasy

C．satisfaction? D．affection

8.A.refusing? B．pretending

C．attempting? D．preparing

9.A.whether? B．how

C．when? D．why

10.A.something? B．anything

C．nothing? D．everything

11.A.as? B．with

C．for? D．at

12.A.sent? B．delivered

C．published? D．released

13.A.But? B．And

C．Then? D．Otherwise

14.A.above? B．around

C．within? D．beyond

15.A.right? B．mean

C．wrong? D．nice

16.A.more? B．further

C．greater? D．better

17.A.in? B．for

C．of? D．on

18.A.ambition? B．dream

C．enthusiasm? D．education

19.A.hunger? B．suffering

C．desperation? D．poverty

20.A.fond? B．proud

C．aware? D．confident

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.D

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.B

20.A

【解析】

1.

解析　考查動詞辨析。根據(jù)下文“again to fight during the Korean War”可知，他是被征召入伍。故選A項。

2.2】答案　C

解析　考查副詞辨析。他不能喝到足以麻痹他可怕的記憶。enough足夠的，符合題意。

3.3】答案　B

解析　考查動詞辨析。他努力供養(yǎng)日益增多的家人。provide提供，撫養(yǎng)，符合題意。

4.4】答案　B

解析　考查動詞辨析。我從圖書館登記并借了一箱子書。check out登記借出，符合語境。

5.5】答案　D

解析　考查動詞辨析。我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己置身于一些不知名的地方。只有動詞find可跟復合結構。故選D項。

6.6】答案　D

解析　考查名詞辨析。那里的孩子不饑餓，不缺少東西。固定短語in need of“需要”。

7.7】答案　A

解析　考查名詞辨析。當我不做白日夢時，現(xiàn)實是我跟我的兄弟姐妹們在一起生活。reality現(xiàn)實，符合題意。

8.8】答案　C

解析　考查動詞辨析。晚上我躲在被窩里試圖在一個酒鬼的家里安靜地生活。attempt試圖，符合語境。refuse拒絕；pretend假裝；prepare準備。

9.9】答案　D

解析　考查名詞性從句連接詞辨析。同學們問為什么我們既沒有電也沒有電話。根據(jù)后面一句中的“explanations”可知，此處是問為什么。故選D項。

10.0】答案　C

解析　考查不定代詞辨析。我認為我的解釋只有撒謊。nothing more than僅僅，只有。故選C項。

11.1】答案　B

解析　考查介詞辨析。但是我講的故事是用我讀的每本書改進的。with表示“用”。

12.2】答案　B

解析　考查動詞辨析。根據(jù)上句中“sometimes got jobs to earn money”可知，我們所干的工作是遞送報紙、做保姆、給別人打掃房子。deliver遞送，符合語境。

13.3】答案　A

解析　考查連詞辨析。根據(jù)前面一句話，我們很少感到饑餓。我真正的饑餓不是對食物的渴求，而是對更好生活的渴望。前后句表示轉折，所以用but。故選A項。

14.4】答案　D

解析　考查介詞辨析。這是我們簡單的生存之外渴求對世界的了解。beyond超過，符合語境。

15.5】答案　C

解析　考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)后半句“父親說我們將一事無成”，可知我們想證明他是錯誤的。故選C項。

16.6】答案　A

解析　考查副詞辨析�？释�激發(fā)我的兄弟姐妹們實現(xiàn)了遠遠超出父母對我們期望的那樣。more than超過，符合語境。

17.7】答案　C

解析　考查介詞辨析。固定搭配expect of“對……的期望”。故選C項。

18.8】答案　D

解析　考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)前半句中“we devoured(如饑似渴地吸取) the offerings of the public schools”可知，我們認為教育是通向光明未來的踏腳石。故選D項。

19.9】答案　B

解析　考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)下文兄弟姐妹的成就可知，我是引以為豪的。故選B項。

20.20】答案　A

解析　考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)第六段第一句話“Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much more than our parents expected of us.”以及我們現(xiàn)在獲得的成就可知，渴望的力量之大。故選A項。