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UNIT 2
SPORTS AND FITNESS
Section Ⅳ
Lesson 3
课时作业(五)
Ⅰ 完形填空
One day I went home from the training of snowboarding with what I thought was the flu, and it wasn't until days later that the doctors diagnosed me with a __1__ blood infection. Over the __2__ of 2.5 months, I lost the hearing in my left ear and both my legs below the knee. When my parents __3__ me out of the hospital, I __4__ that I had been put together like a patchwork (拼缝物) doll and I had to live with __5__ legs. I was absolutely physically and emotionally broken, __6__ streaming down.
But I knew in order to move forward, I had to let go of the Old Amy and __7__ the New Amy. It was at this moment that I asked myself that significant __8__. And that is when it struck me that I didn't have to be five-foot-five anymore, __9__ I could be as tall as I wanted. And __10__ of all, I can make my feet the size of all the shoes. So there were __11__ here.
Four months later, I was back upon a __12__. And this February, I won two Board World Cup gold medals, __13__ me the highest ranked snowboarder in the world. So, instead of looking at our challenges and our limitations as something __14__ or bad, we can begin looking at them as a wonderful __15__ that can be used to help us go further than we ever know we could go.
篇章导读:本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了作者因为患上重病,左耳失聪并且双腿膝盖以下没有知觉,但又重新振作的故事。
1.A.mild B.severe C.potential D.slight
答案:B 根据下文提到作者左耳失聪并且双腿膝盖以下没有知觉可知,此处表示医生诊断作者患了严重的血液感染,severe “严重的”。故选B。
2.A.journey B.break C.course D.schedule
答案:C 根据语境可知,此处表示经过两个多月的治疗过程,course “过程”。故选C。
3.A.wheeled B.dragged C.pulled D.delivered
答案:A 根据上文提到治疗让作者丧失了左耳听力与小腿部分,所以父母用轮椅推作者出院,故选A。
4.A.made sure B.felt like C.worked out D.put forward
答案:B 句意:我感觉自己像一个被重新组装的玩具。make sure “确信”;feel like “感觉”;work out “解决”;put forward “提出”。故选B。
5.A.muscled B.heavy C.shapely D.false
答案:D 根据上文的介绍可知,作者截肢了,所以用假(false)肢行走,故选D。
6.A.blood B.sweat C.tears D.water
答案:C 句意:我的精神和身体都崩溃了,眼泪不由自主流下,故选C。
7.A.hug B.recognize