A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the fire and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates arrived.
One  1 they arrived to find the schoolhouse was on fire. They dragged(拖) the senseless(無意識的) little boy out of the burning building more dead than alive. The doctor told his mother that her son would surely  2  .
But the brave boy didn’t want to die. He made up his  3 that he would survive somehow, and to the amazement of the doctor, he did survive. When the  4 was past, the mother was told that he would be a lifetime cripple(跛子) with no  5  of the lower part of his body at all.
Once more, the brave boy made up his mind. He would not be a  6  . He would walk. But unfortunately from the waist down, he had no motor(運動神經(jīng)的) ability. His thin legs were all but lifeless.
Finally he returned from the  7  . Every day his mother would massages(按摩) his little  8 , but there was no feeling. Yet his  9  that he would walk was as strong as ever.
One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the  10 to get some fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he threw himself from the chair. He pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him. He walked his way to the white   11 .With great  12 , he raised himself up on the fence(籬笆) . Then, he began dragging himself along the fence and  13  that he would walk. He started to do this every day until he wore a smooth path all around the yard beside the fence.  14  through his daily massages and his iron determination, he did  15 the ability to stand up, then to walk by himself and then to run. This determined young man, Dr Glenn Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile!
小題1:
A．a(chǎn)fternoonB．eveningC．noonD．morning
小題2:
A．die B．surviveC．failD．recover
小題3:
A．mindB．heartC．ideaD．view
小題4:
A．disease B．disasterC．dangerD．failure
小題5:
A．effectB．useC．goodD．work
小題6:
A．crippleB．patientC．troubleD．winner
小題7:
A．schoolB．homeC．factoryD．hospital
小題8:
A．handsB．legsC．a(chǎn)rmsD．feet
小題9:
A．decisionB．dreamC．promiseD．determination
小題10:
A．streetB．schoolC．yardD．shop
小題11:
A．fenceB．wallC．housesD．door
小題12:
A．jobB．timeC．effortD．success
小題13:
A．promisedB．decidedC．insistedD．predicted
小題14:
A．FranklyB．FinallyC．ActuallyD．Secondly
小題15:
A．buildB．improveC．chooseD．develop

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:B
小題6:A
小題7:D
小題8:B
小題9:D
小題10:C
小題11:A
小題12:C
小題13:C
小題14:B
小題15:D

試題分析：本文通過一個小男孩通過鋼鐵的意志戰(zhàn)勝災(zāi)難，最終站立起來的故事。告訴我們毅力的作用，鼓勵著每一個人前進成功。
小題1:D 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文可知他每天早上到教室生火，這次事故也是發(fā)生在生火的早晨。
小題2:A 動詞辨析。A死亡B幸存C失敗D康復(fù)；指醫(yī)生告訴他媽媽還在一定會死。
小題3:A 固定詞組。Make up one’s mind下定決心。
小題4:C 名詞辨析。A疾病B災(zāi)難C危險D失�。恢高^了危險期以后，母親被告知他無法走路。
小題5:B 名詞辨析。A影響B(tài)使用C好處D工作；他身體的下半部一點用處都沒有。
小題6:A 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文的he would be a lifetime cripple指他不想一輩子做跛子。
小題7:D 名詞辨析。A學(xué)校B家C工廠D醫(yī)院；指最后他出院回家。
小題8:B 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文可知他的下半身不能動，那么媽媽按摩他的雙腿。
小題9:D 名詞辨析。A決定B夢想C諾言D決心；他要能走路的決心更為強烈了。
小題10:C 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文的描述可知媽媽把他推到院子里呼吸新鮮空氣。
小題11:A 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下一行的on the fence說明A正確。
小題12:C 名詞辨析。A工作B時間C努力D成功；用了很大的努力，他扶著籬笆站立起來。
小題13:C 動詞辨析。A允諾B決定C堅持D預(yù)測；他堅持認為自己一定能夠站起來步行。
小題14:B 副詞辨析。A坦白地B最后C實際上D第二；最后通過鍛煉和鋼鐵意志，他站起來了。
小題15:D 動詞辨析。A建設(shè)B提高C選擇D形成；他真地形成了走路的能力，創(chuàng)造了奇跡。
點評：本文講述了毅力的巨大作用。在答題前一定要讀懂全文，弄清文章要表達的思想，注意前后段落之間的關(guān)系。答題中，一定要認真分析，注意選項與上下文的關(guān)系，與前后單詞的關(guān)系。對于一時沒有太大的把握的題可以放到最后再來完成，因為有時答案可以從下文內(nèi)容體現(xiàn)出來。答完后再通讀一篇文章，看看所選選項能不能是語句通順，語意連貫。
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A．a(chǎn)ngerB．a(chǎn)dmirationC．sadnessD．illness
小題19:
A．a(chǎn)s manyB．a(chǎn)s seldomC．so fewD．a(chǎn)s much
小題20:
A．the hotelB．the meetingC．the tripD．the house

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Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17,1706 in Boston，America. In his life he built a successful printing and publishing business in Philadelphia；he conducted scientific studies of electricity and made several important discoveries；he was a diplomat (外交官) and statesman；he helped establish Pennsylvania’s first university and America’s first city hospital；he also organized the country’s first subscription library (收費圖書館)．
Franklin was also unequaled in America as an inventor until Thomas Edison. Ben had poor eyesight  and needed glasses to read. He got tired of always taking them off and putting them back on，so he decided to figure out a way to make his glasses let him see both near and far. He had two pairs of glasses cut in half and put half of them together. Today，we call them bifocals (雙光眼鏡)．Another invention of his，an iron stove，allowed people to warm their homes.
He loved to learn about new things. He also thought it was important to make life better with the things that he invented. Electricity was one of the things he experimented with when he retired from his business. Ben discovered that lightning (閃電) and electricity were the same thing. The lightning rod was an important invention that we still use today to protect buildings and ships from lightning damage.
Franklin preferred to have his inventions used freely for the comfort and convenience of everyone. Thomas Jefferson，the third president of America，called Benjamin Franklin “the greatest man of the age and country in which he lived”．To Benjamin Franklin there was no greater purpose in life than to “l(fā)ive usefully”．
小題1:Benjamin Franklin was NOT a________.
A．diplomatB．scientist
C．businessmanD．president
小題2:The underlined word “unequaled” in Paragraph 2 means________.
A．better than any otherB．worse than any other
C．the same as othersD．confident as others
小題3:Which of the following is NOT Benjamin’s invention?
A．Bifocals.B．The iron stove.
C．Printing.D．The lightning rod.
小題4:What was Benjamin Franklin’s purpose in life?
A．To live comfortably every day.
B．To be useful to others.
C．To be a famous person in the world.
D．To earn a lot by inventing things.

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