Question

  Growing up is not always easy. When facing difficulties,courage and a spirit of independence (独立) can be more useful than crying for help. That's what the story Fve heard recently tells me.

  A young man was bom in 1982 in a (1)       family in a small town. When he was only 11,his father became mentally ill and one day came back with an abandoned (被遗弃的) baby girl. A year later,his (2)       left home with his younger brother because she couldn't (3)       hard life and pressure from her mad husband. The 12 yearold boy began to (4)       his whole family：he took care of not only his sick father,but also the little girl. (5)       he didn't give up studying. Later he went to college. To care for the little girl,he rented a room near his college and (6)       her education by doing parttime jobs.

  After the young man's story went public,people were deeply impressed by his behavior. (7)       his life was hard,he didn't abandon his father and his sister because (8)       needed his help very much. And he (9)       donations from others. He said he felt (10)       because of kind offers,but he could depend on his own. With his hardwon money,he (11)       aided other students in trouble.

  Today,when many young people worry more about their own happiness,this young man's behavior reminds us of what we don't usually (12)       ：love and care for others. Nobody could continue to live (13)       these.

  Through his hard life,the young man is regarded as a (14)       in people's eyes. So when facing difficulties,don't (15)       bad luck. Consider what more you could do for your family and society,and you'll find the world smiling back.

(   ) 1. A. rich   B. happy   C. poor   D. big

(   ) 2. A. father   B. mother   C. sister   D. brother

(   ) 3. A. understand   B. stand   C. believe   D. live

(   ) 4. A. support   B. organize   C. hate   D. love

(   ) 5. A. At times   B. For the first time   

       C. At the same time   D. At that time

(   ) 6. A. planned   B. afforded   C. ended   D. helped

(   ) 7. A. Since   B. Unless   C. Although   D. However

(   ) 8. A. they   B. he   C. she   D. them

(   ) 9. A. received   B. expected   C. refused   D. gave

(   ) 10. A. sorry   B. embarrassed   C. encouraged   D. happy

(   ) 11. A. even   B. hardly   C. still   D. ever

(   ) 12. A. get used to   B. look forward to   

       C. pay attention to   D. hope

(   ) 13. A. with   B. without   C. by   D. on

(   ) 14. A. fool   B. volunteer   C. hero   D. lucky dog

(   ) 15. A. knock into   B. dream about   C. complain about   D. look at

Answer 1

1. C根据下文可知。

2. B根据句中from her mad husband可知。

3. B根据句中left home可知，他的母亲不能忍受生活的艰辛和来自丈夫的压力。

4. A根据题意,男孩要支撑整个家。

5. C at times有时;for the first time第一次;at the same time与此同时;at that time那时候。根据句意应选C.

6. B根据句意，他通过在业余时间打工来负担妹妹的学费。

7. C since意为"既然，由于"，unless意为"除非"，although意为"尽管，虽然"，引导让步状语从句； however是"但是，无论怎样"，但表"无论怎样"时，其后要紧跟所修饰的词语。

8. A根据句意，尽管他生活艰辛，但并没有遗弃他的父亲和妹妹，因为他们都非常需要他的帮助。

9. C根据后句but he could depend on his own work可知。

10. C sorry难过的;embarrassed尴尬的;encouraged受鼓舞的;happy幸福的。根据语义，C项最好。

11. A他甚至用自己辛苦得来的钱，去资助那些陷人困境的学生。

12. C get used to习IS于. ；look forward to期望;pay attention to注意;hope希望。这个年轻人的所作所为让我们想起了生活中经常不被注意的两点：爱和关心。

13. B没有这些，没有人能继续生存。

14. C这个年轻人在人们的眼中是一个英雄。

15. C complain about抱怨某件事。