Question

   Christie stuck out her head against the lever (操纵杆)to turn her wheelchair toward Ben."Thanks…for ... believing …in me,…Ben,” she said,determined to get the words out 21  “But I don’ t want to. be your 22 want to be like everyone else."

   Ben had said how Christie 23 him. She had learned to do so many things for 'herself since the 24 . She never let someone hand her something if she could learn to 25 it by herself. Sometimes it took hours of 26 and practicing. To Ben that kind of 27 was heroic.

   On 28 like this one,Ben got up early to see Christie before catching the bus to school. Although Christie would come to 29 later in a special bus,Ben didn’ t want to 30 his day without her view on the world. Christie always got up early to catch the latest 31 on TV. She would swmmaWze (概括) it for him. She always 32 (积极的) news that made him feel 33 about life.As Ben stood up to walk to the bus,he 34something. “Where's Alisha?” he asked. Christie' s cat,Lexi,had had ?r?íms (小猫) .Alisha was the last

? kitten to be bom,and Christie's 35 . The kitten had learned to jump onto Christie's lap and lick her hand.

Christie had planned to 36 her.

  “She's at Karen's house,” Christie said.

:“Karen's grandmoth?r 37 last week. Karen is so sad. She really  38 a special friendlike Alisha,”

  “You gate Alisha away?” Ben asked.

  “Karen will be good to Alisha ,” Christie said. aYou are really 39 ,” Ben said. “You are my hero,no matter what yoi? do.

 “No,” Christie said. “I  40 did what you would do, Ben."

21. A. angrily   B. quickly   C. simply   D. clearly

22. A. neighbor   B. hero    C. audience   D. friend

23. A. amazed   B. noticed    C. satisfied   D. forgot

24. A. activity   B. performance

   C. event   D. accident

25. A. get   B. buy   C. control   D. guess

26. A. remembering   B. playing

   C. trying   D. crying

27. A. kindness   B. excitement

   C. determination   D. freedom

28. A. weekends   B. weekdays

  C. holidays   D. festivals

29. A. meeting   B. street  C. school   D. hospital

30. A end   B. start    C. waste   D. make

31. A. movie   B. fashion

   C. means   D. news

32. A. stressed  B. wrote    C. doubted   D. ignored

33. A. curious   B. disappointed

   C. good    D. worried

34. A. understood   B. realized

   C. accepted   D. predicted

35. A. pain   B. pressure

  C. favorite   D. dream

36. A. touch   B. hold   C. sell   D. keep

37. A. passed away   B. ran out

   C. turned up   D. settled down

38. A. trusts   B. needs   C. enjoys   D. misses

39. A. nice   B. strange   C. shy   D. brave

40. A. Still   B. just    C. also   D. already

Answer 1

21.D. 由引号中一字一顿的节奏可知，christie是为了清楚地(clearly) 表达自己的意思。 

22.B. 由第二段末尾的heroic及倒数第二段中的you are my hero可知，在Ben的眼里Christie是英雄。

23 A由下文中的描述可知，christie的超常毅力让Ben感到惊讶(amazed) 。

24.D由第一段中的wheelchair可知，Christie的残疾是事故(accident) 造成的。

25 A. 由 She never let someone hand her some-thing可知，只要Christie能够学会自己拿到 (get) 东西就不会让别人帮忙。

26.C. 因为Christie残疾了，所以有时候拿东西要 经过反复的尝试(trying) 和练习。

27 C由上文中对Christie的描述可知 Christie 是努力地自己照顾-己的生活，Ben认为这种决心(detennination) 非常了不起。

28. B本空后的catching the bus to school 可知这件事发生在平日里(weekdays) 。

29.C 有上文中Ben去学校以及本空后的later in a special bus 可知，Christie也会乘专车去学校(school) .

30.B. 由上文中的got  up  early可知，Ben的一天是从听Christie转述新闻开始的(start) 。

31. D 32.A 33.C. 由第 32 空后的positive news可知，Christie总是早起看电视新闻 (news) ,并把概要讲给Ben听，也经常着重（stressed) 讲正面的新闻，这让Ben感觉到生活的美好(good) 。

34. B。Ben之所以在离开前发问是因为他意识到(realized) Alisha 不见了。

35 C 36. D. 由 The kitten had learned to jump onto Christie,slap and lick her hand 可知，

Alisha 很讨人喜欢，它是christie的最爱 , Christie原本打算把她留下来自己飼养(keep) 。

37. A  38. B. 由本空后的Karenissosad可知，karen的祖母去世了(passed away) ，她非常需要(needs) —个朋友。

39.A.由上文中Christie把自己心爱的小猫送给karen.Karen可知，她很善良(nice) 。 

40. Be Christie觉得自己只是(just) 做了 Ben也会要做的事情。