Iwasaged9themomentIdiscoveredm

更新 2022-09-03
科目英语
题型完型填空
难度中等
浏览 1070

I was aged 9 the moment I discovered my father was seriously sick. It was 1994, but I can well remember my mother’s words as though it were yesterday: “Maggie, I don’t want you to take ______ from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very cautious when you are around him.”
AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family ______. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could attend to himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father’s other children lived far away, so it ______ to me to look after him.
We couldn’t _____ all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t ______ buy food for dinner. I ______ sit in class feeling completely ______. The teacher’s words were ________ as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.
I did not ______ my burden with anyone. I had seen how people ______ to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be _____. When my father was ______ to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too fragile to feed himself.
I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his ______ a secret, I was truly ______ when he reached his final days. ______ and down, I called a woman at the non-profit National AIDS Support. That day, she ______ me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life. I was 15 when my father ______ on. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn’t want to call ______ to AIDS. I do.

A．trust B．joke C．food D．fun

A．disease B．project C．challenge D．secret

A．fell B．sent C．chose D．left

A．afford B．offer C．select D．prepare

A．only B．even C．yet D．still

A．might B．should C．could D．would

A．moved B．lost C．bored D．nervous

A．rolled B．eaten C．proved D．drowned

A．pack B．compare C．share D．affect

A．applied B．escaped C．reacted D．referred

A．cruel B．curious C．considerate D．confused

A．admitted B．concerned C．removed D．sentenced

A．dream B．promise C．instruction D．condition

A．calm B．religious C．unprepared D．devoted

A．Red B．Black C．Green D．Blue

A．kept B．talked C．reminded D．replied

A．died B．hid C．passed D．sighed

A．relief B．attention C．support D．Trouble

登录免费查看答案和解析

相关试题

Washoe is a young chimpanzee(黑猩猩). She is no ___1___ chimpanzee, though. Scientists are doing a research ___2___ her. They want to see how civilized(驯化) she can ___3___. Already she does many things a human being can do.
For example, she has been learning how to exchange ___4___ with people. The scientists are teaching her ___5___ language. When she wants to be picked ___6___, Washoe points up with one finger. She rubs her teeth with her finger ___7___ she wants to brush her teeth. This is done after every meal.
Washoe has also been ___8___ to think out and find answers to problems. Once she was put in a ___9___ with food hanging from the ceiling. It was too high to ___10___. After she considered the ___11___, she got a tall box to stand ___12___. The food was still too high to be reached. Washoe found a ___13___ pole. Then she climbed onto the ___14___, grasped the pole, and ___15___ down the food with the pole.
Washoe ___16___ like a human, too. The scientists keep her in a fully furnished(家具齐全的) house. After a hard ___17___ in the laboratory, she goes home. ___18___ she plays with her toys. She ___19___ enjoys watching television before going to bed.
Scientists hope to ___20___ more about people by studying our closest relative(亲属) — chimpanzee.
1. A. foolish   B. ordinary     C. special       D. simple
2. A. for B. by      C. to       D. on
3. A. experience     B. change       C. develop      D. become
4. A. actions   B. views C. messages    D. feelings
5. A. sign       B. human       C. spoken       D. foreign
6. A. out B. at       C. on      D. up
7. A. when     B. until   C. since   D. while
8. A. raised     B. trained       C. ordered      D. led
9. A. cave       B. zoo     C. room D. museum
10. A. pull      B. see      C. eat      D. reach
11. A. problem       B. position      C. food   D. ceiling
12. A. by B. on      C. up      D. with
13. A. straight B. strong C. long    D. big
14. A. wall     B. box     C. ceiling       D. pole
15. A. knocked      B. picked C. took    D. shocked
16. A. lives     B. acts     C. thinks D. plays
17. A. task      B. lesson C. day     D. time
18. A. Here    B. There C. So      D. Then
19. A. quite    B. already       C. even   D. still
20. A. observe       B. discover     C. gain    D. learn

题型：未知
难度：未知

收藏答案/解析

It was an early morning in summer. In the streets, sleepy-eyed people were moving quickly, heading towards their ___1___. This was the beginning of another ___2___ day in New York City. ___3___this day was to be different.
Waiting ___4___ the crowded streets, on top of a ___5___ 110 stories high, was Philippe Petit. This daring Frenchman was about to ___6___ a tightrope(绷索) between the two towers of the World Trade Center.
Philippe took his first ___7___ with great care. The wire held. Now he was ___8___ he could do ___9__ only a balancing pole. Philippe walked his way across, a ___10___ of 131 feet.
Soon the rush-hour ___11___ began to notice. What a ___12___! There, 1350 feet above the street, a ___13___ figure was walking on air.
Philippe made seven ___14___, back and forth(来回). He wasn’t satisfied with just ___15___. At times he would turn, sit down, and ___16___ go on his knees. Once, he had the astonishing ___17___ to lie down on the thin thread. And thousands of ___18___ watchers stared with their hearts beating fast.
After the forty-five-minute ___19___, Philippe was taken to the police station. He was asked ___20___ he did it. Philippe shrugged(耸肩) and said, “When I see two tall buildings, I walk.”
1. A. job B. homes C. buses D. offices
2. A. working B. hot     C. same   D. ordinary
3. A. And       B. So      C. But     D. Thus
4. A. for B. in       C. by      D. above
5. A. roof       B. position      C. wall    D. building
6. A. throw     B. walk   C. climb D. fix
7. A. act B. landing      C. step    D. trip
8. A. sure       B. uncertain    C. glad    D. nervous
9. A. Through B. Against      C. With   D. On
10. A. distance       B. height C. space D. rope
11. A. streets   B. crowds       C. passengers D. city
12. A. height B. pleasure     C. wonder      D. danger
13. A. great    B. strange       C. public D. tiny
14. A. experiment B. circles C. trips    D. movements
15. A. walking       B. staying       C. acting D. showing
16. A. almost B. even   C. often   D. rather
17. A. spirit    B. result C. strength      D. courage
18. A. patient B. terrified     C. pleased       D. enjoyable
19. A. show    B. trick   C. try      D. program
20. A. how     B. why    C. whether      D. when

题型：未知
难度：未知

收藏答案/解析

Jenlins was a jeweller, who had made a large diamond(钻石) ring worth 57,000 pounds for the Silkstone Jewellery Shop. When it was ready, he made a copy of it which looked ___1___ like the first one but was worth only 2,000 pounds. This he took to the shop, which ___2___ it without a question.
Jenkins gave the much more ___3___ ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. Then, the husband and wife ___4___ to Paris for a weekend. As to the ___5___ ring, the shop sold it for 60,000 pounds.
Six months later the buyer ___6___ it back to Silkstone’s office. “It’s a faulty(有瑕疵的) diamond,” he said. “It isn’t worth the high ___7___ I paid.” Then he told them the ___8___. His wife’s car had caught fire in an ___9___. She had escaped(幸免), ___10___ the ring had fallen off and been damaged(损坏) in the great ___11___ of the fire.
The shop had to ___12___. They knew that no fire on earth can ___13___ damage a perfect diamond. Someone had taken the ___14___ diamond and put a faulty one in its place. The question was: who ___15___ it?
A picture of the ring appeared in the ___16___. A reader thought he ___17___ the ring. The next day, another picture appeared in the papers which ___18___ a famous dancer walking out to a plane for Paris. Behind the dancer there was a woman ___19___ a large diamond ring. “Do you know the ___20___ with the lovely diamond ring?” the papers asked their readers. Several months later, Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in prison.
1. A. only       B. surely C. nearly D. exactly
2. A. accepted B. received     C. refused       D. rejected
3. A. real B. modern      C. worthy       D. valuable
4. A. flew       B. drove C. sailed D. bicycled
5. A. first       B. second       C. last     D. next
6. A. sold       B. posted C. brought      D. returned
7. A. cost       B. money       C. price   D. value
8. A. facts      B. matters       C. questions    D. results
9. A. affair     B. accident     C. incident      D. experience
11. A. pile      B. heat    C. power D. pressure
12. A. think    B. agree C. permit D. promise
13. A. almost B. even   C. just     D. ever
14. A. real      B. pure    C. right   D. exact
15. A. copied B. made C. stole   D. did
16. A. notices B. magazines C. newspapers D. programmes
17. A. saw      B. knew C. found D. recognized
18. A. showed       B. drew   C. printed       D. carried
19. A. carrying      B. dressing     C. wearing      D. holding
20. A. dancer B. woman       C. reader D. jeweler

题型：未知
难度：未知

收藏答案/解析

The lecture on smoking was over at last. As we boys were rushing towards the playground, Jim slipped by the table. The watch, which Mrs Smith had ___1___ on the table as she started her lecture, disappeared.
We were ___2___ to go back for class again when the headmaster called us ___3___ and said, I’ve got a little ___4___ for you boys. Mrs Smith has just lost her watch on the playground. This kind of thing has happened ___5___, she says ---- it just ___6___ off her wrist(手腕). So, look around for it, will you? ___7___ if you’re clever enough to find it. Let’s ___8___ it clear the boy who does ___9___ will get a useful reward(奖赏).
At once we started looking for the watch. Everybody wished to be the ___10___ one. Suddenly, Jim stopped and bent down as if to ___11___ something. And ___12___ he was in front of Mrs Smith, all smiles, ___13___ the watch to her.
Mrs Smith, however, didn’t seem at all ___14___.In fact, she looked angry. She took the watch without ___15___ a “Thank you”.
Jim got ___16___ a large piece of paper from the headmaster, who ___17___ him to write a composition ___18___ the dangers of smoking. What could ___19___ Jim write about? He hadn’t listened to the lecture and had nothing to say on the ___20___.
1. A. seen       B. dropped     C. fond   D. laid
2. A. about     B. able    C. sorry   D. sure
3. A. forward B. together     C. straight      D. out
4. A. fun B. trick   C. job     D. prize
5. A. before    B. now    C. here    D. there
6. A. goes       B. throws       C. slips    D. falls
7. A. Say B. See     C. Guess D. Check
8. A. get B. put     C. make D. keep
9. A. this B. such    C. that     D. so
10. A. lucky   B. quick C. early   D. worthy
11. A. put down     B. give away   C. find out      D. pick up
12. A. the following moment B. the next moment
C. for a moment           D. just a moment
13. A. handing out B. turning in   C. giving up   D. sending back
14. A. pleased B. hurt    C. interested   D. worried
15. A. just      B. ever    C. even   D. almost
16. A. her punishment   B. her prize    C. his job       D. his reward
17. A. had      B. made C. told    D. helped
18. A. of B. on      C. in       D. at
19. A. poor     B. nervous      C. quick D. good
20. A. lecture B. point   C. matter D. subject

题型：未知
难度：未知

收藏答案/解析

It was a cold winter’s afternoon, Robert stopped for a moment as he crossed the bridge and looked down at the river below. There were hardly any ___1___ on the river. ___2___ the bridge, however, almost directly below, ___3___ was a small canoe(独木舟), with a boy in it. He was ___4___ wearing many clothes, Robert ___5___. He shivered(打了个寒颤) and walked on.
___6___ he heard a cry. “Help! Help!” The cry ___7___ from the river. Robert looked down. The boy was ___8___ the water and his canoe was ___9___ away, “Help! Help!” he called again.
Robert was a good ___10___. Taking off his clothes, he ___11___ into the river. The ___12___ water made him tremble all over, ___13___ in a few seconds he reached the ___14___. “Don’t be afraid,” he said and started to swim towards the river bank, ___15___ the boy with him. But at that ___16___ he noticed a large motor boat under the bridge. There were several people on the boat, all___17___in his direction. Robert ___18___ to swim towards the boat.
“Give me a hand,” he shouted ___19___ he got near the boat. He ___20___ up into a row of faces. “It’s funny,” he thought. “They look so ___21___.” Silently they helped the boy into the boat and ___22___ him in a blanket. But they did not move to ___23___ Robert.
“Aren’t you going to pull me ___24___ too?” Robert asked.
“You!” said one of the men. Robert noticed that he was standing next to a large ___25___. “You! Why, we were making a film and you spoiled(破坏) a whole afternoon’s work! You can stay in the water.”
1. A. fish B. boats   C. waves D. sounds
2. A. From     B. Towards     C. Near   D. Beyond
3. A. there      B. it C. where D. that
4. A. then       B. also    C. only    D. not
5. A. noticed   B. saw     C. guessed      D. said
6. A. Till then B. Just then    C. Far away    D. From there
7. A. happened       B. went   C. arrived       D. came
8. A. on B. within C. in       D. under
9. A. running B. floating      C. flowing      D. pulling
10. A. swimmer     B. guard C. soldier       D. sportsman
11. A. threw   B. looked       C. dived D. turned
12. A. deep     B. cool    C. dirty   D. cold
13. A. but       B. so       C. and     D. or
14. A. canoe   B. bank   C. boy     D. bridge
15. A. pushing       B. dragging    C. holding      D. catching
16. A. place    B. period C. second       D. moment
17. A. seeing B. smiling      C. looking      D. shouting
18. A. decided       B. went   C. agreed D. promised
19. A. while   B. till      C. for      D. as
20. A. turned B. looked       C. hurried       D. stood
21. A. nervous       B. afraid C. excited       D. angry
22. A. wrapped      B. left     C. placed D. threw
23. A. save     B. thank C. help    D. wrap
24. A. on B. out     C. away   D. off
25. A. boat     B. blanket       C. camera       D. screen

题型：未知
难度：未知

收藏答案/解析