Joshua, my son, is fifteen years old. He was born with Down Syndrome (唐氏综合症). In the last fifteen years. I have experienced many difficult and stories. However, right now I want to just stick to the topic of . When Joshua was born, the doctor us not to “waste our time, energy or money". They claimed that our son would never accomplish anything. They told us he would never walk, talk or learn to use the toilet. , we were not about to accept the words. However, we weren’t really sure what to expect.
Therefore, we expected him to develop at his own pace, with a lot of help and encouragement, but only to develop little. We decided that we saw progress we could never give up. Very early on, we knew in our hearts that we had to have high expectations, but how high? We could not set goals for him that he could not ever possibly reach. , if we did not have high hopes, the chances would be very slim for him to work to his potential.
When Joshua was four and a half years old, his younger sister, CJ, was three and attended the same preschool in a younger class. The school an art contest and all the children in it presented pictures. The pictures were hung on the wall and the president of the local church, who was not personally with the children, was appointed to be the .
On the day of the contest, I made my through the crowded parents to see Cf’s picture, it was likely to be hung there, but Joshua's class pictures were not yet up and I didn’t think twice about seeing his picture leaving the building. You see, I had no expectation that Joshua would win; it was for me to know that he was able to draw a picture and have it with those of the other children.
Well, when I returned to the kids, you can image my when I discovered that Joshua was the winner from his class! Proud and excited, he told everyone, “I won the contest! I it! ”
CJ kept insisting that she had won too and it was certainly a feeling to know that Joshua had achieved something that hissister had not. After that I decided to keep my expectations . It seems that most people work to whatever expectations are set for them. Why should Joshua be any ?
1.A. inspiring B. frustratingC. encouragingD. exciting
2.A. expectation B. loveC. educationD. instruction
3.A. suggested B. hopedC. persuadedD. advised
4.A, Luckily B. UnfortunatelyC. NaturallyD. Generally
5.A. due to B. as long asC. so far asD. in case
6.A. However B. BesidesC. ThusD. Therefore
7.A. charged B. preparedC. engagedD. ran
8.A. familiar B. similarC. friendlyD. close
9.A. host B. teacherC. headmasterD. judge
10.A. effectB. wayC. forceD. Struggle
11.A. whereB. asC. whenD. that
12.A. afterB. duringC. beforeD. once
13.A. excitedB. enoughC. amazingD. pleased
14.A. displayedB. hangedC. takenD. replaced
15.A. take upB. keep upC. get upD. pick up
16.A. surpriseB. expectation C. joyD. amusement
17.A. gotB. drewC. madeD. defeated
18.A. specialB. extraordinaryC. curiousD. mixing
19.A. onB. highC. greatD. easy
20.A. difficultB. upsetC. disappointedD. different
1.B
2.A
3.D
4.A
5.B
6.A
7.D
8.A
9.D
10.B
11.B
12.C
13.B
14.A
15.D
16.A
17.C
18.A
19.B
20.D
【解析】
试题分析：文章讲述了一个患有唐氏综合症的孩子的故事。Joshua患有先天性唐氏综合症，医生告诉他父母，Joshua将不会走路、说话、生活不能自理，让他们不要在Joshua身上花费时间和精力。但是，作者夫妇没有放弃Joshua，当Joshua的画获得班级第一名时，作者感到惊喜和欣慰，并决定像正常孩子那样去看待Joshua。
1.difficult and stories根据and表并列可知，空白处所填词与difficult近义，A、C、D都是积极词汇，故选B。
2.However, we weren’t really sure what to expect.可知，作者谈的是期望，故选A。
3.the doctor us not to “waste our time,医生建议作者不要浪费时间......，suggest不能加sb to do sth，advise sb to do sth建议某人做某事，故选D。
4.we were not about to accept the words作者不愿意听取医生的建议，不想放弃这个孩子，对孩子来说，是幸运的，故选A。
5.We decided that we saw progress we could never give up.作者夫妇决定，只要孩子有一点进步，他们就不会放弃，故选B。
6.We could not set goals for him... if we did not have high hopes,”可知，前后表示转折关系，故选A。
7.The school an art contest学校举办美术竞赛，故选D。
8.who was not personally with the children当地教堂和孩子们不熟悉的长老，故选A。
9.was appointed to be the 教堂长老担任竞赛的裁判，故选D。
10.I made my through the crowded我在人群里挤着走，make one’s way艰难行进，故选B。
11.连接词辨析。A哪里；B正如，像，作为；C当，既然；D无意义。 it was likely to be hung there,正如CJ的画很有可能挂在那里，故选B。
12.介词辨析。A在......之后；B在......期间；C在......之前，趁......还没；D一次，曾经，一旦。I didn’t think twice about seeing his picture leaving the building作者认为在离开教学楼之前都不会看到儿子的画，故选C。
13.形容词辨析。A兴奋的；B足够的；C令人惊奇的；D高兴的，满足的。根据“I had no expectation that Joshua would win”可知，作者认为，知道儿子能画画并得到展示就足够了，it was for me to know that he was able to draw a pictur。故选B。
14.动词辨析。A展示；B绞死；C拿走；D取代。have it with those of the other children让自己的画进行展示，故选A。
15.短语辨析。A占据，从事；B跟上，继续；C起床；D捡起，学会，车接。Well, when I returned to the kids根据上文可知，作者后来离开了，现在是来接孩子们，故选D。
16.名词辨析。A惊喜；B期望；C欢乐；D愉悦，娱乐。you can image my when I discovered that Joshua was the winner from his class!对作者来说，看到儿子获胜，是一个很大的惊喜，故选A。
17.动词辨析。A到达，得到；B画，拉，吸引；C制作，使得；D打败。“I won the contest! I it! ”我赢了，我做到了。make it成功，故选C。
18.形容词辨析。A特殊的；B非凡的；C好奇的；D混合的。it was certainly a feeling to know that Joshua had achieved something that hissister had not儿子做到了妹妹CJ没有做到的事情，这是一种特别的感受，故选A。
19.考查固定搭配。A在......上；B高的；C很好；D容易的。根据第二段“we knew in our hearts that we had to have high expectations, but how high?”可知，作者想对儿子抱以很高的期望，儿子获胜后，作者决定对儿子抱以很高的期望，故选B。
20.形容词辨析。A困难的；B烦恼的；C令人失望的；D不同的。根据“It seems that most people work to whatever expectations are set for them.”可知，作者想把儿子当作一个正常人来看待，故选D。
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