Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A Person Who Has Influenced My Life

There is always a time in one’s life when a hero comes along. Someone who has inspired you can really help you learn what life is about.

I ____ it as if it was yesterday. I was fifteen years old that year. It was around eight o’clock one evening when my mother ____ a phone call from her brother-in-law, who told us my aunt was in hospital and that the doctor ____ themshe would need an operation immediately. My family became very ____ about my aunt’s situation.

While my aunt was in the hospital with special ____, my cousin Mark, who is mentally disabled, spent time with my family. Mark was seventeen at the time, and had been born with severe mental disorders, which ____ a wide range of social and physical problems for him throughout everyday life. He never had any true friend____ no one could relate to him. I must ____ that at the beginning I was filled with uncertainty as to how much of a____ my cousin would bring on my family. Now looking back it saddens me to see the ____ I once showed.

Over the two weeks when Mark lived with my family, I probably ____ more about life and its meanings. Thinking back, I took ____ in daily life for granted, believing it would always be there. I never even thought about being able to do things like walking, brushing my teeth, or going to the bathroom on my own. Now I see how____ I am to be able to do these things independently.

Mark was seventeen, but learned on a nine-year-old ____. Although his learning ability was slower than most, he could still learn. He explored ____ to do most of the things everyone else did. ____ he did pretty well and succeeded at almost everything he tried to do. He ___ his illness and showed an ambition to love life. To him, having a successful life means achieving goals on his own terms and at his own ____.

Mark is my hero, for his disability has forever ____ my viewpoint on life. It seems like a well-deserved life when you’re fifteen, and it is amazing how in a period of time your point of view can change so ____.

1.A. accept B. remember C. imagine D. discover

2.A. made B. missed C. received D. used

3.A. informed B. promised C. showed D. begged

4.A.sure B. curious C. disappointed D. worried

5.A. care B. interest C. purpose D. action

6.A. found B. faced C. created D. influenced

7.A. until B. although C. unless D. because

8.A. believe B. admit C. decide D. regret

9.A. puzzle B. failure C.burden D. conflict

10.A. ignorance B. weakness C. relief D. mercy

11.A. required B. understood C. questioned D. dreamed

12.A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything

13.A. powerful B. brave C. lucky D. successful

14.A. level B. variety C. job D. balance

15.A. achievements B. possibilities C. functions D. difficulties

16.A. Typically B.Occasionally C. Accidentally D. Actually

17.A. treated B. prevented C. challenged D. reported

18.A. pace B. cost C. business D. request

19.A. represented B. changed C. formed D. supported

20.A. easily B. normally C. properly D. completely

Answer 1