Question

【題目】 For Pineda, it was a long way to succeed.

His story began in El Salvador; where he was born with something wrong with his mouth. He had great_______in speaking. At age 2, his family’s house burned down. Pineda was hurt ___,and his legs needed to be cut. His mother died when he was 8, and he______years on the streets before he was taken in by an orphanage(孤兒院).

Finally, at the orphanage, Pineda began to receive support and encouragement. He taught himself to play the guitar. He began his_____with other musicians. Then the group went to Chicago, where Pineda, then 18,________the attention of many people, who wondered what they could do to help him.

A hospital offered him free medical care. A rich man agreed to____for Pineda’s tickets to and from El Salvador.

When he was in the hospital, Pineda began____music, and wondered if he might be able to record his own album(音樂專輯)．Soon with the help of a musician, “The Sound of Gratitude(感激)” was born. On October 15th, Pineda went to a Chicago club to____his new songs to strangers, and to the friends who had helped him come so far.

It was ___that Pineda had come into such a good luck, after having so many years of hardship(艱難). “We have a_____in El Salvador, ‘Suffer(受難）first, then enjoy. ’ I guess that’s what’s happening. ” he said.

【1】A. preparationB. difficultyC. developmentD. conversation

【2】A. politelyB. wiselyC. simplyD. seriously

【3】A. spentB. usedC. costD. took

【4】A. speechB. educationC. performanceD. suggestion

【5】A. influencedB. caughtC. refused.D. separated

【6】A. askB. lookC. payD. wait

【7】A. writingB. lendingC. sellingD. praising

【8】A. learnB. leadC. findD. play

【9】A. freezingB. amazingC. outgoingD. embarrassing

【10】A. meetingB. crossingC. sayingD. meaning

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【6】C

【7】A

【8】D

【9】B

【10】C

【解析】

文章大意：作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了皮內(nèi)達(dá)自幼多災(zāi)多難，不僅有語言障礙還失去了雙腿以及父母，然而他憑借自己在音樂界闖出了一片天，告訴我們?nèi)松鷳?yīng)該是先苦后甜的。

【1】句意：他說話有很大困難�？疾槊�詞辨析及語境理解。A. preparation預(yù)備、準(zhǔn)備；B. difficulty困難；C. development發(fā)展；D. conversation交談。根據(jù)上文he was born with something wrong with his mouth.他出生的時候嘴有毛病，可推知他說話有很大困難，故答案選B。

【2】句意：皮內(nèi)達(dá)受了重傷。考查副詞辨析及語境理解。A. politely有禮貌地；B. wisely聰明地；C. simply簡單地；D. seriously嚴(yán)重地。根據(jù)下文his legs needed to be cut.他的腿需要截肢，可推知皮內(nèi)達(dá)受傷應(yīng)是很嚴(yán)重地，故答案選D。

【3】句意：在被孤兒院收養(yǎng)之前，他在街上流浪了多年�？疾閯釉~辨析及語境理解。A. spent 意為“花費”，主語通常為人，常用結(jié)構(gòu)為spend some time/money (in) doing sth.花費時間（金錢）做某事，或 spend some time/money on sth.在…上花費時間（金錢）。 B. used使用。C. cost意為“花費”，主語通常為物，常用結(jié)構(gòu)為 sth. cost （sb.）some money。 D. took意為“占用、花費”，主語通常為形式主語it或物，常用結(jié)構(gòu)為It takes/took sb some time to do sth.“花費某人多長時間去做某事”。本題根據(jù)題干可知應(yīng)用spend some time on sth.結(jié)構(gòu)，故答案選A。

【4】句意：他開始和其他音樂家一起演出。考查名詞辨析及語境理解。A. speech演講；B. education教育；C. performance演出、表演；D. suggestion建議。根據(jù)上文He taught himself to play the guitar. 他自學(xué)了彈吉他，結(jié)合He began his___4___with other musicians. 可推知是他開始和其他音樂家一起演出，故答案選C。

【5】句意：在那里，18歲的皮內(nèi)達(dá)引起了很多人的注意�？疾閯釉~辨析及語境理解。A. influenced影響；B. caught引起、抓住；C. refused.拒絕；D. separated分開。根據(jù)下文who wondered what they could do to help him.人們想知道自己能做些什么來幫助他，可推知是在那里，18歲的皮內(nèi)達(dá)引起了很多人的注意，catch the attention of“引起注意”；故答案選B。

【6】句意：一個富人同意支付皮皮內(nèi)達(dá)往返薩爾瓦多的機票�？疾閯釉~辨析及語境理解。A. ask問；B. look看；C. pay 付款、支付；D. wait等待。根據(jù)后面的Pineda’s tickets to and from El Salvador.可知此處表達(dá)的是“支付、為…付款”，pay for固定詞組，意為“付款”，故答案選C。

【7】句意：在住院期間，皮內(nèi)達(dá)開始寫歌�？疾閯釉~辨析及語境理解。A. writing寫；B. lending借；C. selling賣；D. praising贊揚。根據(jù)下文and wondered if he might be able to record his own album(音樂專輯)．他想錄制他自己的音樂專輯，可推知他在住院期間，開始寫歌，writing music“寫歌、創(chuàng)作音樂”，故答案選A。

【8】句意：皮內(nèi)達(dá)去芝加哥的一個俱樂部給陌生人和幫助他走到現(xiàn)在的朋友們演奏他的新歌。考查動詞辨析及語境理解。A. learn學(xué)會；B. lead領(lǐng)導(dǎo)；C. find找到、發(fā)現(xiàn)；D. play演奏。根據(jù)后面的關(guān)鍵詞new songs，可知皮內(nèi)達(dá)是去俱樂部給人們演奏他的新歌，故答案選D。

【9】句意：令人驚奇的是，經(jīng)過這么多年的艱苦奮斗，皮涅達(dá)終于有了這么好的運氣。考查形容詞辨析及語境理解。A. freezing結(jié)冰的；B. amazing令人驚奇的；C. outgoing開朗的；D. embarrassing使人尷尬的。根據(jù)下文Pineda had come into such a good luck, after having so many years of hardship(艱難). 皮內(nèi)達(dá)經(jīng)過這么多年的艱苦奮斗有了這么好的運氣，可推知應(yīng)是令人感動驚奇的，故答案選B。

【10】句意：薩爾瓦多有句諺語說：“先苦后樂”�？疾槊�詞辨析及語境理解。A. meeting會議；B. crossing十字路口；C. saying諺語、格言；D. meaning意義。根據(jù)下文Suffer(受難）first, then enjoy.可知中是一句諺語，故答案選C。

解答完形填空首先要通讀全文，掌握大意。結(jié)合選項初步弄清短文寫了些什么內(nèi)容。在理解全文意思的基礎(chǔ)上，結(jié)合文章內(nèi)容對空缺句子作合乎邏輯的推理。必須弄清空缺詞句的確切含義，空缺詞句與其前后句的意義銜接必須自然、合理，最后根據(jù)語境，結(jié)合選項，選出正確答案。如，第1小題，根據(jù)上文he was born with something wrong with his mouth.他出生的時候嘴有毛病，可推知他說話有很大困難，故答案選B。第10小題，根據(jù)下文Suffer(受難）first, then enjoy.可知中是一句諺語，故答案選C。