Question

I am my mother’s third child. When I was born, her doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was    41    , below the elbow (肘部). Then he gave her some    42   . “Don’t treat her any    43    from the other girls. Demand more.” And she    44   .

My mother had to work to support our family. There were five girls in our family and we all had to    45   . Once when I was about seven, I came out of the    46   , “Mom, I can’t peel (削皮) potatoes. I only have one hand.”

“You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as a(n)    47    for anything again!”

Of course I could peel potatoes with my good hand while holding them down with my other arm. There was always a    48   , and Mom knew it. “If you try hard  49   ,” she’d say, “You can do anything.”

Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bars (高低杠). When it was my turn, I    50    my head. Some kids    51   . I went home crying.

After work the next afternoon, Mom took me to the school play-ground.

“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by as I practiced, and she    52     me when I made progress.

I’ll never forget the    53    time I was crossing the bars. The kids were standing there with their mouths open.

It was the way with everything. When I    54    I can’t handle (處理) things, I see Mom’s smile again. She had the heart to    55    anything. And she taught me I could, too.   

41. A. missing               B. broken                  C. diseased            D. short

42. A. warning                 B. medicine             C. help                  D. advice

43. A. badly                  B. differently         C. well                  D. normally

44. A. did                        B. refused           C. cried                D. was

45. A. find out                 B. work out             C. carry out           D. help out

46. A. kitchen              B. bedroom         C. house               D. school

47. A. idea                    B. change                 C. excuse                D. tool

48. A. chance                B. way                  C. time                 D. success

49. A. enough               B. too                   C. again                D. often

50. A. hurt                    B. nodded              C. shook                D. turned

51. A. cheered               B. whispered          C. joked                D. laughed

52. A. helped                B. raised                C. praised              D. protected

53. A. first                    B. last                   C. wondered          D. next

54. A. admit                 B. fear                  C. find                  D. realize

55. A. face                    B. teach                 C. learn                 D. solve

Answer 1

41. A. 42. D. 43. B. 44. A. 45. D. 46. A. 47. C. 48. B. 49. A. 50. C. 51. D. 52. C.

 53. D. 54. B. 55. A.

解析:

41. A. 解析: 從下文可看出她出生時肘部以下就沒有了。

42. D. 解析：從空后的句子我們得知，這是醫(yī)生給她母親的建議。

43. B. 解析：從下句demand more我們可以得知，醫(yī)生要她母親不要因為她殘疾就把她和其他的孩子區(qū)別對待。

44. A. 解析：did在此相當于demanded more，其它答案不合題意。

45. D. 解析：從下文削土豆皮的經(jīng)歷得知她們姐妹幾個都幫母親的忙。

46. A. 解析：從空后的“Mom, I can not peel potatoes”看，她從廚房走出來。

47. C. 解析：母親認為那是借口，事實也是如此。

48. B. 解析：從下文的 “If you can try hard enough, you can do anything”得知，辦法總是有的。

49. A. 解析：enough 在這里表示程度。

50. C. 解析：從下文得知，這次她沒有做，所以選 “shook” 表示搖頭拒絕。

51. D. 解析：A, C有較大的干擾性，cheer多表達因為成功、喜悅而歡呼慶祝；joke指開玩笑，在這里作者是說有幾個孩子在嘲笑她。

52. C. 解析：因為有進步, 所以目前就該是表揚她。

53. D. 解析: 針對沒有成功的那一次而言的第二次。

54. B. 解析：因為是怕不能處理的事情，所以就擔心。

55. A. 解析：母親用心去面對一切事情。從空前的heart我們得知，母親從心理上能勇敢面對一切困難。