With a determined(堅(jiān)定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters) tall, the 21 building in the US.

As he got to the last step, McCarthy 22 fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he 23 cheers from many people.

“I just want to show people that  24 a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.

McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong 25 . He believes having a disability(殘疾) shouldn’t stop anyone  26  achieving his or her success.

He has been in a special school  27  he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was   28  by his determination(決心) and offered to help train him. They   29  more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “  30  seems that he never knows how difficult it is.  31  I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,”said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more  32 .”

Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I   33   the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the most craven sportsman I’ve ever trained.”

McCarthy said he was   34  of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll   35  to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’,” he said.

1.A. largest  B. highest            C. earliest    

2.A. seldom     B. hardly           C. almost

3.A. enjoyed   B. needed            C. made      

4.A. while      B. though                C. if        

5.A. heart     B. hope              C. body      

6.A. by                 B. for                 C. from

7.A. as                 B. since               C. until       

8.A. pleased    B. beaten           C. moved      

9.A. used               B. spent               C. took        

10.A. Here                  B. There               C. It

11.A. However B. Sometimes          C. Then

12.A. friends       B. helpers              C. exercise

13.A. tried     B. saw              C. did        

14.A. thinking   B. talking             C. proud

15.A. point   B. go                     C. turn        

 

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.B

14.C

15.A

【解析】文章介紹了一個(gè)失去雙腿的年輕人靠自己的毅力征服了美國(guó)最高的大樓,以此告訴我們做任何事情都要意志堅(jiān)定,一定會(huì)成功。

1.形容詞辨析。形容山的高低應(yīng)該用high.

2.副詞辨析。A很少;B幾乎不;C幾乎。根據(jù)句意可知C正確。

3.動(dòng)詞辨析。A享受;B需要;C制作;根據(jù)句意可知A正確。他享受別人的歡呼。

4.連詞辨析。句意:如果沒(méi)有腿的人都能做到,那么任何人都能做到。

5.名詞辨析。A信念;心;B希望;D身體;句意:他有強(qiáng)烈的信念。

6.固定用法。Stop sb from doing sth阻止某人做某事;

7.考察連詞。根據(jù)前半句的現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)可知與since連用。

8.動(dòng)詞辨析。A使…高興;B擊;C感動(dòng)。這里是指我被他的決心打動(dòng)。

9.固定句型.spend some time in doing sth花費(fèi)時(shí)間做某事。

10.固定句型。It seems that…似乎…

11.副詞辨析。A然而;B有時(shí)候;C那時(shí);句意:有時(shí)候我是如此之累以至于我請(qǐng)求他休息一天。

12.名詞辨析。A朋友;B幫助的人;C練習(xí),鍛煉;句意:他仍然充滿了精力,想要更多的鍛煉。

13.動(dòng)詞辨析。A嘗試,努力;B看見(jiàn);C做;句意:他看見(jiàn)了最后十層。

14.固定詞組。句意可知作者為自己感到自豪。Be proud of…對(duì)…自豪

15.動(dòng)詞辨析。A指著;B走;C轉(zhuǎn);point to指向…;句意:我會(huì)指向那棟樓房說(shuō),那就是我爬過(guò)的大樓。

 

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