Life became hard when I was 14. My mother

题目内容：

Life became hard when I was 14. My mother and I moved to New York to 36 my father, who’d moved there to find 37 work when I was three years old. He had a job at a restaurant and only visited us 38 every couple of years.

Before I moved, I knew that people in the US spoke English. But honestly, I didn’t stop to analyze the 39 when I was 40 to leave. Just like I assumed I could easily become a doctor or a lawyer. I assumed that I had the skills to learn English in a few weeks.

When I 41 in the US and started 8^th grade at Ditmas Middle School in Brooklyn, everyone was speaking a(n) 42 language I couldn’t understand. I 43 that life had subtitles, like in foreign movies. School was such a serious place here. Sometimes I felt like I was in a geek（呆子） class. The teachers were always 44 my moves so I couldn’t even throw a paper ball at a classmate’s head. And the worst thing was having to read 45

46 after almost seven months of complaining about everything, I realized that complaining didn’t change things. 47 just made my life worse. If I was going to 48 in this new concrete jungle, I had to 49 . I began to learn English by reading newspapers on my own 50 school. After about four months, I started enjoying reading the crime and sports stories. After six months of studying, my teachers 51 my improvement and moved me into a more 52 English class. I could go to the store and ask for things that I wanted to buy without 53 frustration. For the first time I felt like I was living on earth again 54 .I didn’t hear foreign talk. I 55 understand people.

小题1:

A．find

B．join

C．see

D．help小题2:

A．good-looking

B．well-dressed

C．better-paying

D．highly-thought小题3:

A．once

B．other

C．each

D．only小题4:

A．case

B．condition

C．situation

D．state小题5:

A．packing

B．trying

C．managing

D．arranging小题6:

A．reached

B．entered

C．got

D．arrived小题7:

A．strange

B．unusual

C．standard

D．foreign小题8:

A．hoped

B．wished

C．expected

D．demanded小题9:

A．staring

B．looking

C．checking

D．watching小题10:

A．texts

B．newspapers

C．English

D．poems小题11:

A．Although

B．Even if

C．But

D．Since小题12:

A．It

B．They

C．I

D．Things小题13:

A．live

B．study

C．survive

D．continue小题14:

A．adapt

B．adopt

C．adore

D．admire小题15:

A．for

B．in

C．after

D．at小题16:

A．made

B．noticed

C．concerned

D．remember小题17:

A．modern

B．advanced

C．difficult

D．convenient小题18:

A．even

B．ever

C．some

D．any小题19:

A．if

B．though

C．ever

D．because小题20:

A．could

B．should

C．would

D．might

最佳答案：

小题1:B

小题2:C

小题3:A

小题4:C

小题5:A

小题6:D

小题7:D

小题8:B

小题9:D

小题10:B

小题11:C

小题12:A

小题13:C

小题14:A

小题15:C

小题16:B

小题17:B

小题18:D

小题19:D

小题20:A

答案解析：

文章讲述了作者到美国经历了一段语言不通的过程，经过老师的帮助和自己的努力，最终适应的故事。

小题1:考查动词;A. find发现B. join参加，C. see看见D. help 帮助，这里表示;和父亲汇合。选B

小题2:考查形容词：A. good-looking相貌好看的B. well-dressed穿着考究的，C. better-paying报酬更高的，D. highly-thought 高度评价的，better-paying可以修饰job

选C

小题3:考查副词，句意;他每几年才来看我们一次（once）。选A

小题4:考查名词：A. case案件，情况B. condition条件C. situation形势D. state 状态，句意：我没有停下来分析形势。选C。

小题5:考查动词：A. packing打包，B. trying尝试C. managing设法做D. arranging安排，句意：在我整理行李要离开的时候。选A。

小题6:考查近义词;这几个词都有到达的意思：A. reached是及物动词，B. entered是及物动词，C. got不及物动词，要加to，D. arrived 不及物动词，接大地点要接in，小地点要接at，选D

小题7:考查句意理解：从后面的I couldn’t understand. 可知是外语foreign，选D

小题8:考查虚拟语气：wish后面的从句用相应的过去时表示虚拟语气：句意：但愿人生有字幕就就好了。选B

小题9:考查动词辨析：A. staring盯着B. looking看C. checking检查D. watching注视，句意：老师总是注视着我的行动。AB都是不及物动词，选D。

小题10:考查上下文衔接：下文提到：I began to learn English by reading newspapers on my own 可知这里填newspapers，选B

小题11:考查连词：句意;在抱怨了几个月之后，我意识到抱怨没有用。两句话是转折关系，用but。选C

小题12:考查代词：it指代上文说的事。选A

小题13:考查动词：A. live 生活，B. study学习C. survive幸存D. continue继续，句意是：如果我要在这个弱肉强食的大城市生存下来的话。选C。

小题14:考查单词辨析：A. adapt适应，改编，B. adopt收养，采纳C. adore喜爱 D. admire羡慕，敬佩，句意：我得适应。选A。

小题15:考查介词：after school放学后。选C

小题16:考查动词：A. made 制作，B. noticed注意到C. concerned关心D. remember记住，句意：老师注意到我的进步。选B。

小题17:考查形容词：A. modern 现代的B. advanced高级的，C. difficult困难的D. convenient方便的，从前面的improvement可知老师让作者去了advanced English class 英语高级班，选B

小题18:考查词义：withoutany frustration 没有任何挫败感。选D

小题19:考查连词，句意：我觉得生活在了地球上，因为我听不到外语交谈。选D

小题20:考查情态动词：我能听懂人们的话。选A

点评：文章通过上下文信息考查考生的综合运用英语的能力，渗透了情感教育，注重语篇的学习，考查考生驾驭语篇的能力，培养自己根据语篇综合运用英语的能力。对各种词汇的考查也是重点。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。