2016银川一中一模英语试题及答案(4)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was eighteen, I couldn’t wait to get my first job, which meant I made the first step toward adulthood.
But it was difficult to get a work permit. One day I was dropped off by my parents at the 41 , where applicants took their physical tests for work permits. Although I had night blindness, my vision was clearer during the day, which helped me walk 42 by myself. Then the doctor began the 43 . He looked into my eyes with a bright light. “I suggest your parents take you to an eye specialist,” he said, “I 44 you have a retinal(视网膜) disease. If you do, you’ll never 45 a day in your life…”
My parents did take me to specialists. After much time and money spent seeking an 46 result, it was determined that I had an eye disease that slowly 47 a person of sight. But still, during daylight, I could walk without 48 . I could read, but not for hours. My eyes began to 49 and words slipped off the page when I read more than a few pages. However, no matter how tired my eyes became, I never gave up reading. I knew the 50 of great writers as well as the most popular music stars. Their words were powerful, which 51 me to try writing. Soon writing brought me a lot of 52 each time I completed a paper.
Then an important phone call from an editor changed my life. An article I 53 appeared in a local newspaper. The newspaper, to my 54 , continued to print my work. Next, a book series published several of my essays. I got interested in writing and 55 up with each acceptance. On the pages, readers never knew of my blindness 56 I chose to present it. For me, finding my voice through writing gave me the pride and satisfaction I 57 so many years ago. Now, I have numerous essays and articles in 58 .
Should I be thanking that misguided doctor? By falsely predicting that I could never work a day, he fueled my 59 into success. He set the bar too 60 and focused on what I wouldn’t be able to do. Yet I proved what I could do.
41. A. station B. company C. clinic D. lab
42. A. silently B. proudly C. suddenly D. easily
43. A. operation B. treatment C. examination D. argument
44. A. suspect B. acknowledge C. confirm D. advocate
45. A. rest B. work C. live D. sleep
46. A. urgent B. obvious C. accurate D. ordinary
47. A. reminds B. robs C. warns D. informs
48. A. assistance B. medicine C. allowance D. balance
49. A. dance B. shine C. widen D. tear
50. A. houses B. habits C. names D. addresses
51. A. asked B. permitted C. forced D. encouraged
52. A. pleasure B. worry C. trouble D. stress
53. A. admitted B. penned C. wanted D. described
54. A. shame B. admiration C. delight D. disappointment
55. A. gave B. lit C. came D. put
56. A. although B. after C. since D. unless
57. A. feared B. sought C. brought D. rejected
58. A. mind B. use C. time D. print
59. A. imagination B. personality C. motivation D. responsibility
60. A. low B. far C. long D. close
第II卷 (非选择题)
注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第二节：（共10小题；每题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
It is natural that young people are often 61 （comfort） when they are with their parents.
They say that their parents don’t understand them. They often think that their parents are out of touch with modern ways, 62 they are too serious and too strict with their children, and that they seldom give their children a free hand.
Parents often find 63 difficult to win their children’s trust and they always forget how they themselves felt when young.
Young people like to act without much thinking. It is one of their ways to show that they have grown up and they can face any difficult situation. Adults worry 64 （much） easily. Most of them plan things ahead.
Young people make their parents angry with their 65 （choose） in clothes, in entertainment and in music. But they do not mean to cause any trouble: It just shows that they feel cut off 66 the adult’s world, and they have not yet been accepted into their world. That’s why young people want to make a new culture of 67 own. And if their parents do not like their music or entertainment or clothes or their way of speech, this will make the young people very happy.
