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Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.
Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my ___36___ was more manageable, I ___37___ ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. ___38___ that was years ago and times have changed. ___39___ I live with my mother on a country farm.
Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to ___40___ my disability pension(残疾抚恤金). ___41___ I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my ___42___. I decided that I would consider ___43___ to singing in restaurants.
My family are all musicians, so I was ___44___ when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of ___45___ to get started. And ___46___ you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can ___47___ use.
When I told the owner of the shop about my ___48___, he gave me a long, thoughtful ___49___. “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”
He led me ___50___ the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand ___51___ on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your ___52___ and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”
I ___53___. Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose ___54___ that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.
His ___55___ still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.
小题1:
A.sadnessB.tirednessC.sicknessD.loneliness
小题2:
A.enjoyedB.keptC.sharedD.set
小题3:
A.EventuallyB.UnfortunatelyC.SurprisinglyD.Gladly
小题4:
A.ThenB.SometimeC.MeanwhileD.Now
小题5:
A.make up forB.get rid ofC.take advantage ofD.add up to
小题6:
A.AsB.ThoughC.BeforeD.If
小题7:
A.conditionB.choicesC.positionsD.movement
小题8:
A.living upB.getting onC.going backD.reaching out
小题9:
A.interviewedB.foundC.invitedD.recognized
小题10:
A.timeB.energyC.knowledgeD.money
小题11:
A.onceB.seldomC.oftenD.thus
小题12:
A.hardlyB.nearlyC.formerlyD.actually
小题13:
A.familyB.ideaC.offerD.job
小题14:
A.viewB.lookC.sightD.face
小题15:
A.alongB.towardsC.throughD.over
小题16:
A.lovinglyB.pitifullyC.gratefullyD.unhappily
小题17:
A.turnB.roleC.stepD.pick
小题18:
A.ought to cryB.should have criedC.could have criedD.had to cry
小题19:
A.the onesB.fewC.the restD.more
小题20:
A.devotionB.kindnessC.trustD.courage

小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:D
小题10:D
小题11:C
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:D
小题18:C
小题19:A
小题20:B

小题1:属于上文提示法,首句中出现ill,此选项应是ill的同义表达,故选D.sickness。
小题2:属于上文提示法,上句出现病情可以manageable,所以作者应该是享受那段过去的美好时光,故选B.enjoyed。此选项在2009年全国一卷完形填空部分第41题出现过,且也为正确选项。
小题3:属于下文解释法,下文出现发生改变,结合首句作者生病,可推出作者表达的是不幸的情绪,故选C.unfortunately。此选项为高考完形填空中的的高频选项。
小题4:属于转折对比法,上文出现yearsago和changed,因此推出此题应回归现实,故选A.now。此选项在2009年浙江卷完形填空部分第37题出现过,且也为正确选项。
小题5:属于固定搭配法,addupto总计,makeupfor弥补,补偿,getridof处理,摆脱,takeadvantageof利用,此题应选B.makeupfor。此选项考生不应陌生,2009年浙江卷完形填空部分第21题D选项曾出现过此词,可见背历年考题中的选项部分的重要性。
小题6:属于逻辑关系法,此法多用于句子与句子之间,解决连词的问题。此题因为作者下午需要睡觉,所以受到限制。故选B.As。
小题7:属于上文解释法,第三段首句提到作者打算做某事,但由于病情,下午需要睡觉,所以选择受限,故选C.choices。
小题8:属于前后照应法,上文提到过几年之前唱歌的事实,此处再次出现要去唱歌,故选D.goingback。
小题9:属于中文代入法,全家都是音乐家,所以走进音像店会被认出,故选A.recognized。
小题10:属于AandB法,这是并列结构,要求前后词性与词义要相似,几乎在每年的高考完形中都会考查这个知识点。本题and之前说东西很贵,之后理应推出没有足够的钱,故选A.money。
小题11:属于反义多一对,即四个选项中有一组反义词,答案多在这组反义词中出现。此题C和D构成反义结构,根据文章信息,故选D.often。
小题12:属于中文代入法,实际上一张光盘里的十首歌也只有三/四首可以用,故选A.actually。
小题13:属于上文提示法,上文中作者有提到过想再次唱歌的这个想法,故选C.idea。
小题14:属于同义辨析法,此考查点多在四级考试完形填空部分中出现,在2008年高考英语浙江卷第26题也曾考查过,当年的难度系数约为0.32。此题中的B.view强调的是眺望风景,C.look强调看的眼神,D.sight强调视力,本文店主深深地看了作者,属于眼神之间的交流,故选C.look。
小题15:属于固定搭配法,店主带领作者穿过拥挤的店铺,从空间穿过,故选D.through。
小题16:属于感情色彩法,此法多用于解决形容词或副词。下文出现treasure,因此可以推出店主对自己的宝物爱不释手,心爱地触摸,故选B.lovingly。
小题17:属于固定搭配法,takeyourpick,美国俚语,随你挑选的意思,故选A.pick。
小题18:属于语法识别法,近几年高考完形填空部分逐步淡化语法点考查,一般只会涉及一道。C.shouldhavecried,本应该做的事情而没有做,放在原文中过于牵强,而本题是作者受到店主的感激,非常感动,本可以哭但没有哭,故选D.couldhavecried。
小题19:属于寻找重复法,31题与32题之前曾出现onlythreetofoursongs...canuse,对应...couldsing,故选B.theones。
小题20:属于主旨概况法,即所选选项要与原文中心相一致。本文详细描述店主对作者的帮助,店主的善举感动作者,故选C.kindness。
点评:叙述作者在生命中不平凡的阶段受到陌生人帮助的事实,歌颂和赞扬人间真情和助人的美德。本文主要是测试学生综合运用语言的能力,即从语篇的角度综合测试阅读理解能力、词汇的掌握和对英语习惯用语的熟悉程度、以及语法规则的灵活运用。考生做题时必须时刻从上下文考虑,不应该只看到所添的词在短语或句子内是否可行。因此,在做题时最好将全文通读一下,了解了全文的意思以后再作答。
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In 1832, her father’s business was destroyed by fire, so her family moved to New York City. But her father’s business there failed. Then in 1837, the family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Not long after, her father died. After her father’s death, Elizabeth, at the age of 16, had to go to work.
When she was 24, she visited her dying friend Mary. Her friend said, “You’re young and strong, you should become a doctor.” That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. But she knew this was what she was going to do.
After several rejections from medical schools, she finally was accepted by Geneva Medical College. By studying hard, she graduated successfully in 1849.
After graduating from medical school, she went to Paris to learn more about medicine. She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.
When she returned to America in 1851, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. In 1857, Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides, she also set up the first medical school for women in 1868, where she taught the women students about disease prevention. It was the first time that the idea of preventing disease was taught in a medical school.
Elizabeth Blackwell started the British National Health Society in 1871, which helped people learn how to stay healthy. In 1889, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman doctor in the United States. Most importantly, she fought for the admission of women to medical colleges.
Elizabeth Blackwell died on May 3, 1910, when she was 89.She opened a world of chances for women. She always fought for what was right in all her life. In 1949 the Blackwell medal was established. It’s given to women who have excellent achievements in the field of medicine. She’ll always be remembered as a great woman.
小题1:According to the passage, Elizabeth Blackwell ________.
A.received bad education in her childhood
B.spent a happy and lucky childhood
C.moved to America with her family at eleven
D.decided to be a doctor due to her father’s death
小题2:Elizabeth Blackwell could not become a surgeon because ________.
A.she was a woman
B.she had a serious eye problem
C.she went to Paris for further education
D.she didn’t go to medical school
小题3:Elizabeth Blackwell spent most of her life in ________.
A.the U.S.B.ParisC.EnglandD.Geneva
小题4:Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Elizabeth Blackwell?
A.She built the first hospital for women and children with others.
B.She became the first woman doctor in the U.S.
C.She set up the first medical school for women in the world.
D.She built a medal for women with excellent achievements in medicine.

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He is a lesson to every boy who ever picked up a basketball and dreamed that it would change his life.
The lights were never brighter and the crowds were never bigger for a homegrown sports hero than they were a quarter-century ago for Ray Hall. But his athletic achievements, as impressive as they are, are to my mind not what is most admirable about the man.
Known as “Sugar Ray” in his teens, Hall was rated among the country’s top 25 high school basketball players. An inner-city kid from a solid family, Hall took on the challenge of lifting Canisius College — still recovering from its failure — back to respectability, rejecting more favorable offers. His status of a savior (救世主) brought more pressure than any 18-year-old should have to handle. However, I watched him mature into the player who led Canisius back to daylight.
After college Hall played professionally in Italy and Greece for over 10 years until a car accident at 32 ended his basketball career. The news that he would never play again shocked Hall but unlike so many others he was ready for life after basketball. When I met Hall — still fit at 46 — for lunch Monday, he wore a cut-sharp gray suit, designer tie and blazing white shirt that screamed Success. “That was always the question — when the cheers end, where do you go? Who do you turn to?” he said. “It starts and ends with that person in the mirror.”
Hall got the concept of academics-first from his parents. He graduated from Canisius a semester early. “No matter how good of an athlete you are, you are just one injury away from losing it all,” he said. “But if you take care of things academically, you are prepared until you leave this earth.”
For the past 14 years, he has been in a computer sales job at Ingram Micro. He married his college sweetheart. They have three kids and a nice house in the suburbs. He figured out early what others learn too late: Athletics is part of a journey, not the destination.
Congratulations, Ray, you made it. In more ways than one.          
小题1:Ray was regarded as a savior because ________.
A.he liked to take on challenges
B.he helped his team to regain its glory
C.he was faithful to his hometown city
D.he fought hard against failure at a young age
小题2:According to the writer, which of the following best describes Ray’s success?
A.Unlike other athletes, he was academically superior.
B.He defeated his injury and returned to the playground.
C.He enjoys a successful job and a happy family.
D.He has gained impressive athletic achievements.
小题3:What’s the right order of the events related to Ray?
a. He was rated among the best high school basketball players.
b. He was in a car accident.
c. He graduated from Canisius College.
d. He started his computer sales job.
e. He gave up his athletic career.
A.a, c, b, e, dB.a, c, e, b, dC.c, a, b, d, eD.c, a, e, b, d
小题4:We can learn from the passage that ________.
A.Ray was from an academic family
B.Ray was very mature in his teens
C.Ray was once desperate facing the cruel reality
D.athletics was not Ray’s final goal in life
小题5:What was the writer’s intention in writing this passage?
A.To describe the difficulties of being a professional athlete.
B.To explain the importance of choosing the right college.
C.To emphasize the need for a good education.
D.To warn against playing professional basketball.

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