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(复杂的) 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】

试题分析：文章讲述了作者的故事。作者曾经写书、打字，但是自从患ALS后，再也无法提起自己的手。作者曾经非常的沮丧以至于想要结束自己的生命，但是一天偶然在马路上遇到了一位没有双腿的老乞丐还在努力生活。作者大有感触，现在作者每天不仅仅选择活下去，更选择怎么活下去。

1.考查连词辨析。上一分句说我曾经写书，打字，通过used to可知，现在已经不这样做了。故选择C，表示转折关系。

2.考查动词辨析。根据上文可知，现在作者情况和以前不一样。再通过下文的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，作者的双手很虚弱。选项A意为举起；选项B意为控制；选项C意为去除；选项D意为洗。根据分析，选择A，指作者双手无法举起。

3.考查形容词辨析。通过下文的描述可知，这种病会使得全身的肌肉萎缩，最后会导致无法呼吸。选择A意为可治愈的；选项B意为不知道的；选项C意为寻常的；选项D意为严重的。根据对病的描述，可知选项D最为恰当，病很严重。

4.考查动词辨析。根据下文的I will be ______ unable to move, to speak,可知，患病后会慢慢不能动、不能说话。由此判断，这种病会损伤肌肉。选项A意为破坏、损伤；选项B意为重建；选项C意为取消；选项D意为去除。根据分析，选择A。

5.考查副词辨析。根据上文的分析可知，疾病很严重，会使得肌肉萎缩。在根据下文的finally可以判断我慢慢就不能移动。选项A意为几乎不；选项B意为事实上；选项C意为逐渐地；选项D意为完全地。根据分析，选择C。

6.考查动词辨析。根据上文的unable to move, to speak以及finally可知，这是一个变化的过程，情况会越来越严重。选项A意为交流，这和肌肉无关；选项B意为行为举止；选项C意为呼吸；选项D意为死亡。根据分析，选择C最为恰当，表示作者逐渐不能呼吸。

7.考查动词辨析。通过上文对疾病的描述以及这句话Only largely depending upon others could I live.可知，作者放弃写作是不得已的，是由于身体导致的。选项A意为决定；选项B意为被迫；选项C意为鼓励；选项D意为建议。根据分析选择B，意为我被迫放弃写作。

8.考查形容词辨析。根据上文描述I was lost and felt everything around me become dull.可知作者此时意志消沉，觉得一切都是那么灰暗。选项A意为积极乐观的；选项B意为残疾的；选项C意为独立的；选项D意为沉默的。根据分析，选择D最能体现当时作者的状态，一言不发，意志消沉。

9.考查名词辨析。根据下文的However, It wasn’t long ____I became lonely again,可知，后来别人就逐渐不来了。说明此处指最初，一开始。故选择A，构成短语in the beginning，意为起初。

10.考查动词辨析。根据常识可知，朋友或亲人生病，其他人所做的事情应该是来安慰劝慰生病的人。选项A意为指导；选项B意为钦佩；选项C意为娱乐；选项D意为安慰。根据分析，选择D。

11.考查连词辨析。本句考查句型It wasn’t long before…，意为没过多久就…。此句句意为：没过多久，我又一次变得孤独。选择D。

12.考查名词辨析。此句为同位语从句前的名词，后面的从句应是该名词的具体含义。后面的从句句意为：我最好结束自己的生命。这是一种想法，故选择B。

13.考查动词辨析。根据下文的I became depressed, doubtful可知，作者想到死亡是因为再也无法忍受家人脸上复杂的表情。选项A意为理解；选项B意为猜；选项C意为原谅；选项D意为忍受。根据句意，选择D。

14.考查形容词辨析。空前是and可知此处的词应和前面的形容词在情感上一致。前面的形容词为depressed和doubtful，意为沮丧和怀疑。选项A意为无助的；选项B意为爱冒险的；选项C意为残疾的；选项D意为不礼貌的。根据分析，选择A，和前文一致，指作者心里不好受。

15.考查动词辨析。本题为原词重现。根据下文的When he came to me begging可知老人在乞讨，故选择B。句意为：我发现一个穿着脏衣服没有腿的老人在街上乞讨。

16.考查形容词辨析。根据上文的Then one day as I was wheeling myself along a nearby street,可知作者是自己摇轮椅上街的。再根据I was shocked and woke up at once.可知，作者从一开始的意志消沉中醒了过来。故此时作者认为自己比老人要幸运，所以选择D。

17.考查名词辨析。根据上文可知作者大有感触，觉得自己还能坐在轮椅上四处走动，已经很幸运了。选项A意为选择；选项B意为借口；选项C意为理由；选项D意为意图。根据分析，选择C，意为我有千万种理由活下去。

18.考查动词辨析。通过上文第一段的Today I am sitting at my computer, speaking these words through a microphone.可知作者现在已经会使用麦克风。由此判断，作者成功地经历了学习使用语音识别软件的过程。选项A意为设法做成某事；选项B意为继续；选项C意为打算；选项D意为停止。根据分析，选择A。

19.考查连词辨析。本句考查as和though引导的让步性状语从句。as / though引导让步状语从句时，一般须用部分倒装，分三种情况：表语、动词原形及状语的倒装。本句为表语的倒装，结构为adj+as/though+主语+表语，故选择B，意为虽然我是一个老妇人。

20.考查名词辨析。通过第一段的Everybody has a choice以及下文的I can choose to see it as an invitation可知，作者认为每天都是一种选择。故选择D。

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