It seemed that ever since Amanda started her school, kids often made fun of her, which made her feel very helpless and lonely.
One day before her birthday, she was told by her mum that a “Make A Special Birthday ” contest was being held in a radio program of the city. If she wrote a to the program, she might win a big prize. The contest sounded , so she started thinking what she most for her birthday. After thinking for a short while, Amanda went to write her letter.
Here was Amanda’s letter:
My name is Amanda. I am nine years old. I have a at school. Can you help me? I have a special . Due to the way I walk and talk, kids often me. I just want one when no one plays jokes on me.
At the radio station in the city, the workers had fun about all the different presents that kids wanted on their birthdays. When Amanda’s letter arrived, the manager Mr. Tobin read it . He knew her disease that might her schoolmates who didn’t understand her . He thought it was for people to know the girl and her wish. It’s necessary for people to that everyone wants and deserves to be with respect, dignity and warmth. , Mr. Tobin quickly called up a local . The next day, a picture of Amanda and her letter made the front page of the newspaper.
All across the country, the media the story of Amanda, who for such a simple yet unusual gift — just one day without being laughed at. Finally her wish came true.
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解析试题分析：Amanda是一个有残疾的女孩，为此经常被同学嘲笑，让她很难过很孤单，一次电台的比赛让她实现了一个不寻常的愿望。
【小题1】考查名词辨析：A. Poster海报，B. Card卡片，C. Wish愿望，D. Cake蛋糕，从下文的：so she started thinking what she 19 most for her birthday可知是许下一个生日愿望，选C
【小题2】考查名词辨析：A. poem诗歌，B. note笔记，注释，C. song歌曲，D. letter信，从下文的：Here was Amanda’s letter:可知如果你写一封信给大赛，可能或获大奖，选D
【小题3】考查形容词辨析：A. fun有趣的，B. ridiculous荒诞的，可笑的，C. scientific科学的，D. familiar熟悉的，从下文的内容，可知这个比赛听起来很有趣，选A
【小题4】考查动词辨析：A. cared关心，B. missed错过，C. wanted想要，D. planned计划，她开始想生日最想要什么，选C
【小题5】考查名词辨析：A. challenge挑战，B. problem 问题，C. program计划，D. project项目，课程，从文章的第一段可知她在学校有一个问题，选B
【小题6】考查名词辨析： A. disease疾病，B. family家庭，C. dream梦想，D. birthday生日，从下文的：Due to the way I walk and talk,可知她有一种病，选A
【小题7】考查动词短语辨析：A. run after追赶，B. care for想要，照顾，C. watch over照看，D. laugh at嘲笑，从上文的：kids often made fun of her,可知孩子们经常嘲笑她，选D
【小题8】考查名词辨析：A. day日子，B. week星期，C. month月份，D. year年代，我希望有一天同学不要嘲笑我，选A
【小题9】考查动词辨析：A. worrying担心，B thinking思考，C. reading阅读，D. looking看，在广播站工人们开心的读着孩子们的来信，上面写着不同的生日礼物，选C
【小题10】考查副词辨析：A. nervously紧张，B. carefully仔细，C. helplessly无助地，D. happily快乐地，经理Mr. Tobin仔细的阅读Amanda的信，选B
【小题11】考查动词辨析：A. attract吸引，B. disappoint使…失望，C. confuse使…困惑，D. surprise使…惊讶，从那个下文的：who didn’t understand her 27 .可知她的病会让同学困惑，选C
【小题12】考查名词辨析： A. disability残疾，B. strength力量，C. reality现实，D. loss损失，同学们是不理解Amanda的残疾，选A
【小题13】考查形容词辨析：A. impossible不可能的，B. hard困难的，C. common共同的，常见的，D. good好的，他认为让人们知道这个女孩和她的不寻常的愿望是好事，选D
【小题14】考查形容词辨析：A. unknown不为人知的，B. unusual不寻常的，C. unimportant不重要的，D. unexpected意料之外的，从下文的：such a simple yet unusual gift Amanda的礼物和其他孩子的不一样，所以选B
【小题15】考查动词辨析： A. understand理解，B. promise许诺，答应，C. admit承认，D. imagine想象，人们有必要理解每个人都想也值得被尊敬的对待。选A
【小题16】考查动词辨析：A. observed 观察，B. invited邀请，C. treated对待，D. allowed允许，人们有必要理解每个人都想也值得被尊敬的对待。选C
【小题17】考查副词辨析：A. Instead代替，B. Therefore因此，C. Anyway不管怎样，D. However然而，这两句话是因果关系，选B
【小题18】考查名词辨析： A. school学校， B. website网站，C. hospital医院，D. newspaper报纸，从下文的： The next day, a picture of Amanda and her letter made the front page of the newspaper. 可知经理打电话给当地的报纸，选D
【小题19】考查动词辨析：A. edited编辑，B. informed通知，C. reported报告，D. explained接受，媒体报导了Amanda的故事，选C
【小题20】考查动词辨析：A. asked问，B. prepared 准备，C. cared关心，D. waited等待，ask for要求，她要求一天不被嘲笑，最后实现了，选A
考点：考查故事类完型填空
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
I believe that families are not only blood relatives, but sometimes people who show up and love you when no one else will.
In May 1977, I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate 10 in Houston. My dad and I a room with two double beds and a bathroom was too for a 15-year-old girl and her father. Dad’s second marriage was and my stepmother had us both out of the house the previous week. Dad had no _ what to do with me. And that’s when my other family .
Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home their only daughter, Su, my best friend, asked them to. I with them for the next seven years.
Barbara washed my skirts the same as Su’s. She I had lunch money, doctors’ appointments, help with homework and nightly hugs. Barbara and Roland attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders. I could tell, for the Beaches there was no between Su and me; I was their daughter, too.
When Su and I college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barb presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for 23 years.
The Beaches knew about me when they took me in – they had heard the whole story from Su. When I was seven, my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to _ his kids. Before I went to live with the Beaches I had believed that life was entirely __ and that love was shaky and untrustworthy. I had believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.
the Beaches, I would have become a bitter, cynical (愤世嫉俗的) woman. They gave me a(n) that allowed me to grow and change. They kept me from being paralyzed(使麻痹，瘫痪) by my _ , and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.
I family. For me, it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was , but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s on Interstate 10.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My husband Jeff and I moved into our new home in Scottsbluff last year just before Christmas. I did not have the or energy to carry out my traditional Christmas decorating and baking activities. What was the point, anyway? It was going to be a Christmas after all.
, the neighborly nature of west Nebraska residents started to trickle (陆续来临) in.
There was a on the door one evening. It was Jeff’s new colleague, John Smith, and his wife, Phyllis. The Smiths had stopped by to us to town with a loaf of homemade bread. They pointed out a on the porch (门廊). Apparently the doorbell wasn’t working in the cold snowy weather and we had a visit from the Browns, our across-the-street neighbors, who brought us a Christmas card and more Christmas cookies.
The feelings brought by these thoughtful gestures lasted longer than the food.
As Jeff and I were clearing pre-Christmas from our driveway, Ernie Guzman came over from next door to us to dig out.
Then, we received an invitation to a Christmas Eve meal with our neighbors, Ernie and Nancy Sommer, and their —a 90-year-old lady, who also had no family in the immediate area with whom to spend the holiday.
Our Christmas Eve was quite merry, thanks to our . Our Christmas morning was special, thanks to the Smiths’ gift of bread. I was so for these gestures of welcome, especially during the holidays.
This year, we were again unable to be with our families for Christmas. The and work schedules just made things too difficult. that sense of Christmas isolation (孤立) all too well, we decided to try to round up some other folks who were in the holidays.
Lonely people are all around us, but most of us notice them. Just take a look around you. Sometimes, the smallest gesture can make a world of difference.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
Last Sunday, I sat with Tony, my college classmate, in a well-known coffee shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As we our coffee, two men entered and sat on an empty table beside us. They the waiter and ordered three cups of , two on the table and one on the wall. We heard this order with great and observed that they were served with two cups of coffee they paid for three. As soon as they , the waiter pasted (粘贴) a piece of paper on the wall saying A Cup of Coffee.
It that the situation was normal at this place. However, it was something for Tony and me. Since we had nothing to do with the situation, we our coffee, paid the bill and left.
After a few days, we again had a to go to this coffee shop. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man entered. The way this man was dressed did not the standard nor the atmosphere of this coffee shop. Poverty (贫穷) was from the looks on his face. As he himself, he looked at the and said, “One cup of coffee from the wall.” the waiter served coffee to this man with , politeness and warmth.
After a few minutes, the man finished his coffee and left paying. We were amazed to watch all this when the waiter a piece of paper from the wall and it in the dust bin.
Now it was no for us because the situation was easy to understand. Although the man didn’t know about the one who was giving this cup of coffee to him, he would have a better understanding of the wall which had a great role between the and receiver.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
This was my grandmother's first Christmas without grandfather, and before he passed away we had promised grandfather that we would make this her best Christmas ever. When my parents and I at her house, we found she had waited up all night for us. The house did seem a little without grandfather.
Grandfather had always said that the Christmas was the most important decoration of all. So we immediately set to work on the beautiful artificial tree that was stored in grandfather's closet (壁橱). Through our efforts, we finally stepped back to our handiwork. It looked beautiful. something was missing.
"Where' s your star?" I asked.
The star was my grandmother' s favorite part of the tree.
"Why, it be here somewhere," she said, starting to sort through the boxes again. "Your grandfather always everything so carefully when he took the tree down."
As we emptied the boxes and no star, my grandmother's eyes filled with tears. Grandfather had given it to grandmother some fifty years ago on their first Christmas together. It brought them great happiness. Now, on her first Christmas without him, the star was , too.
"Don' t worry, Grandmother," I her. "We'll find it for you."
My mother and I formed a search . "Let' s start in on the closet where the ornaments (装饰品) were," Mother said. "Maybe the star just fell out of the box. "
That sounded , so I began to search the closet. I thought I tried every , but no star. I could see grandmother was , although she tried not to show it.
"What's in this wrapped box?" Mother suddenly called out. "It was at the bottom of father's closet. "
Grandmother took the box in and opened it. Her face when she unfolded the paper and pulled out a golden star. There was a(n) attached.
Don' t be angry with me, dear. I broke your star while packing the decorations, and I couldn't to tell you. Thought it was time for a new one. I hope it brings you as much as the first one. Merry Christmas!
Love,
Bryant
So grandmother's tree had a star after all, a star that expressed their everlasting love for one another. And we were glad we were able to make this Christmas for her.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
Born in 1963 in Sierra Visa, Arizona, USA, Jessica learned to live her life with her feet. Born without arms, she faced many .
There were many questions at the time about whether Jessica would be able to live a “ ” life. However, Jessica’s father said he had a tear about her birth condition. He had full confidence in her potential.
With the of her parents and family, Jessica became confident in herself as an adult and continued to the world with her feet.
As a child, Jessica studied dance in her hometown. When her first arrived, she asked to be put in the back row. Her dance teacher told her there was no row.
Tentatively she took the stage with the other students and performed her . When she finished, the applause from the audience gave her encouragement and to continue dancing for 14 years. , Jessica earned her first Black Belt in the International Taekwondo Federation at the age of 14.
After from high school, Jessica attended the University of Arizona she earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology. When talking about her degree, she frequently that psychology trusts the way people think has a greater on their lives than a physical limitation.
Jessica’s most famous accomplishment was learning how to . It took three states, four airplanes, two flight instructors and a discouraging year to the right aircraft: a 1946 415C Ercoupe Airplane. She the Guinness World Record being the first person certified to fly an airplane with only her feet.
Jessica now a motivational speaker. She travels the world sharing her story and people to be creative and innovative.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
Tom was a businessman and he suffered many failures in his career, which made him a depressed（沮丧的）man, he often complained that others had been playing tricks on him. One day he told his wife he was so with the city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to city. In the evening of a weekend, Tom and his wife were busy up their new home the light suddenly went out. So they had to ___ work. Tom was regretful to have forgotten to bring along candles and had to wait in a low mood. Just then he heard slight, hesitant knocks on his door that sounded clear in the night.
“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Tom had no in the new city. And this was the moment he especially disliked being disturbed. , he went reluctantly(不情愿地) to the door and opened it impatiently. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have ? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Tom in anger and shut the door violently. “What a nuisance（讨厌的人）!” he complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down the neighbor came to things.” After a while, the door was knocked . He opened it and found the same girl outside. But this time she was holding two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She me here to give you these .” Tom was very __ by what he saw. When he became fully aware, he said, “Thank you and your . God bless you!”
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his in life. It was his and harshness(刻薄)with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was nobody else but himself, for he had fallen for his unsympathetic .
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
An acrobatic(杂技的) master performed a tightrope(绷紧的钢丝) walk between two mountains, which attracted thousands of people.
When the ____ started, he went to one end of the tightrope, ____ straight at the goal ahead, with open arms, walking slowly step by step to the opposite side of the mountain. Immediately, the audience ____ loud applause.
“If my hands dare tied, do you believe I can ____？” he asked the audience.
____， some people didn't believe, but in order to know the ___， they said, “We believe you！”
Then, he had his hands tied with a rope and walked past ____.
He looked around and said, “If I'm blindfolded(蒙着眼睛的) with my hands tied, do you ____ believe I can go past？”
This time, the people said without ____， “We believe you！”
In this way, his eyes were ____ with a black cloth. He moved slowly to the tightrope and walked along it inch by inch. This time, he went past once again. The audience burst into ____.
Then, he ____ a child and asked all the people, “If I put him on my shoulders ___ I'm blindfolded with my hands tied as well, do you still believe I can make it？”
All the people replied before ____， “We believe you！”
“I ask you again. Do you really believe me？”
“Yes, we believe you completely！”
Then, he said, “Well then, since you believe me, ____ my child with yours. Who will？”
All of a sudden, the audience fell ____. The silence lasted for nearly ten minutes.
After ten minutes, the acrobatic master said nothing, just put the child on his shoulders and walked past along the tightrope. Sure enough, this time he ____ once more.
Faced with things far from their own ____， people can often make judgments easily and quickly, but once involved in(牵涉) it, most of people “cannot ____ it clearly”. Only those who are really confident, like the master in the tightrope walk, can stay ____ at any time.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
(2013·高考四川卷)“Look，it’s Baldy！”A boy shouted in my direction across the playground.Even though I was used to regular insults(侮辱) because of the___on my head，it was___horrible to hear.I sighed as I headed back to the class.
When I was just 20 months old，I suffered serious____after a bowl full of hot oil fell on my head.I was____to hospital and had to stay there for weeks while the doctors____to save my life.“Holly’s very____to be alive，”they told Mum and Dad.“But she’ll be___with scars on her head，and of course her hair won’t grow there.”
As a child，I cared much about my scars，so I____wore a scarf to cover them up when I left home.____I didn’t，people would call me horrible names like Baldy.Although my friends were always comforting me，they never____understood how it felt.
Then through the hospital I was____to a children’s burns camp，where children like me can get any help.There，I____14yearold Stephanie，whose burns are a lot more serious than mine.But she is so____that she never lets anyone put her down.“You shouldn’t____what people say about what you look like because we’re not different from anyone else，Holly，”she____me.“And you don’t need to wear a scarf because you look great____it！” For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who’d been through something____.So weeks later，at my 13th birthday party，____by her bravery，I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars.It felt amazing not having to____away behind my scarf.
Now，I am____of what I look like and much happier，because I have realized it is your personality(个性)that decides who you truly are.
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