Question

Linda British was an outstanding teacher who felt that if she had the time, she would like to create great art and poetry. When she was 28, however, she began to get severe   36 . Her doctors discovered that she had an enormous brain tumor (瘤). They told her that her   37  of surviving an operation were about 2 percent. Therefore,   38  operate immediately, they chose to wait for six months.

The night before the operation after six months, she   39  to give herself away. She made a   40 , in which she would donate all of her body parts to those who needed them in   41 of her death.

  42 , Linda died after the operation. Afterwards, her eyes went to an eye   43  in Bethesda, Maryland, and from there to a recipient in South Carolina. A young man, aged 28, went from darkness to   44 . That young man was so   45  that he wrote to the eye bank thanking them for existing.

  46 , he said he wanted to thank the parents of the donator. They must   47  be magnificent people to have a child who would   48  her eyes. He was given the   49  of the British family on Staten Island. He arrived unannounced and rang the doorbell. After hearing his introduction, Mrs. British   50  and hugged him. She said, “Young man, if you’ve got   51  to go, my husband and I would love you to spend your weekend with us.”

He stayed, and   52  he was looking around Linda’s room, he saw that she’d read Hegel. He’d read Hegel in Braille as well.

The next morning Mrs. British was looking at him and said, “You know, I’m sure I’ve seen you somewhere before.” All of a sudden she   53 . She ran upstairs and pulled out the last picture Linda had drawn. It was a portrait of her ideal man.

The picture was almost the same as this young man who had received Linda’s eyes.

Then her mother read the   54  poem Linda had written on her deathbed. It   55 :

Two hearts passing in the night

Falling in love

Never able to gain each other’s sight.

1.                A．heartaches      B．headaches      C．stomachaches D．backaches

 

2.                A．risks           B．happenings      C．chances  D．moments

 

3.                A．more than      B．other than       C．better than    D．rather than

 

4.                A．decided        B．suggested       C．prepared D．liked

 

5.                A．will            B．letter          C．notice    D．poem

 

6.                A．spite           B．case           C．charge   D．view

 

7.                A．Actually        B．Unbelievably     C．Surprisingly    D．Unfortunately

 

8.                A．hospital        B．center          C．school    D．bank

 

9.                A．silence         B．daytime         C．sight D．delight

 

10.               A．excited         B．joyful          C．grateful   D．proud

 

11.               A．However       B．Therefore       C．Furthermore   D．Yet

 

12.               A．partly          B．hardly          C．seldom    D．indeed

 

13.               A．give up         B．give away       C．give off    D．give out

 

14.               A．news          B．address        C．gift   D．hometown

 

15.               A．ran out         B．stood out       C．reached out    D．turned out

 

16.               A．somewhere     B．anywhere       C．everywhere    D．nowhere

 

17.               A．as             B．after           C．until  D．since

 

18.               A．shouted        B．laughed        C．waked D．remembered

 

19.               A．last            B．first           C．past  D．recent

 

20.               A．wrote          B．spoke          C．said  D．talked

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.D

9.C

10.C

11.C

12.D

13.B

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一个奇怪的故事，一个捐献者心里的理想男性正是她捐献出的眼角膜的受益者。

1.B 名词辨析。A心脏病B头疼病C肚子疼D后背疼；根据下文的brain tumor(瘤)B正确。

2.C 名词辨析。A冒险B发生的事情C机会D时刻；指他康复的机会很小。

3.D 短语辨析。A超过B除…外C好于…D而不是…；不是立刻手术，他们而是等了6个月后。

4.A 动词辨析。A决定B建议C准备D喜欢；在手术前，她决定把自己的遗体捐出去。

5.A 名词辨析。A遗嘱B信件C通知D诗歌；她在手术之前立下了遗嘱。

6.B 固定词组。In case of假如…假如她死了，就把遗体捐给需要的人。

7.D 上下文串联。根据下文可知手术以后不久她就去世了，这是不幸的事情。

8.D 上下文串联。根据本段最后一行the eye bank说明她的眼睛进入了眼睛库。

9.C 上下文串联。指这个人接受了接受了捐赠，重新获得了视力。Sight视力。

10.C 形容词辨析。A兴奋B高兴C感激D自豪；他心怀感激写信高兴眼睛库。

11.C 副词辨析。A/D然而B因此C而且;而且他还想感谢捐献者的父母亲。

12.D 副词辨析。A部分B几乎不C很少D真地；他们真地很伟大，他们孩子献出自己的肢体。

13.B 短语辨析。A放弃B赠送，献出C发出D分发；指他们孩子献出自己的肢体。

14.B 名词辨析。A消息B地址C礼物D家乡；对方把这对父母的地址给了他。

15.C 短语辨析。A用完B突出C伸手D结果是；Mrs. British伸手拥抱了他。

16.D 上下文串联。如果你没有对方住，就住在我家吧。故使用否定词。

17.A 连词辨析。A当…时B在…之后C直到D自从；当他在看她的房间的时候…

18.D 动词辨析。A喊叫B大笑C苏醒D记得；突然她记起了…

19.A 形容词辨析。A最后的B第一C过去的D最近的；根据下文的on her deathbed在去世的病床上说明是最后一首诗。

20.C 动词辨析，表示信件内容，或者通知内容等都应该使用动词say或者read。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读

点评：本文讲述了一个奇怪的故事，一个捐献者心里的理想男性正是她捐献出的眼角膜的受益者。答题前一定要读懂全文，弄清文章要表达的思想，注意前后段落之间的关系。答题中，一定要认真分析，注意选项与上下文的关系，与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成，因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一篇文章，看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺，语意连贯。