Joshua, my son, is fifteen years old. He was born with Down Syndrome (唐氏綜合癥). In the last fifteen years. I have experienced many difficult and stories. However, right now I want to just stick to the topic of . When Joshua was born, the doctor us not to “waste our time, energy or money". They claimed that our son would never accomplish anything. They told us he would never walk, talk or learn to use the toilet. , we were not about to accept the words. However, we weren’t really sure what to expect.
Therefore, we expected him to develop at his own pace, with a lot of help and encouragement, but only to develop little. We decided that we saw progress we could never give up. Very early on, we knew in our hearts that we had to have high expectations, but how high? We could not set goals for him that he could not ever possibly reach. , if we did not have high hopes, the chances would be very slim for him to work to his potential.
When Joshua was four and a half years old, his younger sister, CJ, was three and attended the same preschool in a younger class. The school an art contest and all the children in it presented pictures. The pictures were hung on the wall and the president of the local church, who was not personally with the children, was appointed to be the .
On the day of the contest, I made my through the crowded parents to see Cf’s picture, it was likely to be hung there, but Joshua's class pictures were not yet up and I didn’t think twice about seeing his picture leaving the building. You see, I had no expectation that Joshua would win; it was for me to know that he was able to draw a picture and have it with those of the other children.
Well, when I returned to the kids, you can image my when I discovered that Joshua was the winner from his class! Proud and excited, he told everyone, “I won the contest! I it! ”
CJ kept insisting that she had won too and it was certainly a feeling to know that Joshua had achieved something that hissister had not. After that I decided to keep my expectations . It seems that most people work to whatever expectations are set for them. Why should Joshua be any ?
1.A. inspiring B. frustratingC. encouragingD. exciting
2.A. expectation B. loveC. educationD. instruction
3.A. suggested B. hopedC. persuadedD. advised
4.A, Luckily B. UnfortunatelyC. NaturallyD. Generally
5.A. due to B. as long asC. so far asD. in case
6.A. However B. BesidesC. ThusD. Therefore
7.A. charged B. preparedC. engagedD. ran
8.A. familiar B. similarC. friendlyD. close
9.A. host B. teacherC. headmasterD. judge
10.A. effectB. wayC. forceD. Struggle
11.A. whereB. asC. whenD. that
12.A. afterB. duringC. beforeD. once
13.A. excitedB. enoughC. amazingD. pleased
14.A. displayedB. hangedC. takenD. replaced
15.A. take upB. keep upC. get upD. pick up
16.A. surpriseB. expectation C. joyD. amusement
17.A. gotB. drewC. madeD. defeated
18.A. specialB. extraordinaryC. curiousD. mixing
19.A. onB. highC. greatD. easy
20.A. difficultB. upsetC. disappointedD. different
1.B
2.A
3.D
4.A
5.B
6.A
7.D
8.A
9.D
10.B
11.B
12.C
13.B
14.A
15.D
16.A
17.C
18.A
19.B
20.D
【解析】
試題分析：文章講述了一個患有唐氏綜合癥的孩子的故事。Joshua患有先天性唐氏綜合癥，醫生告訴他父母，Joshua將不會走路、說話、生活不能自理，讓他們不要在Joshua身上花費時間和精力。但是，作者夫婦沒有放棄Joshua，當Joshua的畫獲得班級第一名時，作者感到驚喜和欣慰，并決定像正常孩子那樣去看待Joshua。
1.difficult and stories根據and表并列可知，空白處所填詞與difficult近義，A、C、D都是積極詞匯，故選B。
2.However, we weren’t really sure what to expect.可知，作者談的是期望，故選A。
3.the doctor us not to “waste our time,醫生建議作者不要浪費時間......，suggest不能加sb to do sth，advise sb to do sth建議某人做某事，故選D。
4.we were not about to accept the words作者不愿意聽取醫生的建議，不想放棄這個孩子，對孩子來說，是幸運的，故選A。
5.We decided that we saw progress we could never give up.作者夫婦決定，只要孩子有一點進步，他們就不會放棄，故選B。
6.We could not set goals for him... if we did not have high hopes,”可知，前后表示轉折關系，故選A。
7.The school an art contest學校舉辦美術競賽，故選D。
8.who was not personally with the children當地教堂和孩子們不熟悉的長老，故選A。
9.was appointed to be the 教堂長老擔任競賽的裁判，故選D。
10.I made my through the crowded我在人群里擠著走，make one’s way艱難行進，故選B。
11.連接詞辨析。A哪里；B正如，像，作為；C當，既然；D無意義。 it was likely to be hung there,正如CJ的畫很有可能掛在那里，故選B。
12.介詞辨析。A在......之后；B在......期間；C在......之前，趁......還沒；D一次，曾經，一旦。I didn’t think twice about seeing his picture leaving the building作者認為在離開教學樓之前都不會看到兒子的畫，故選C。
13.形容詞辨析。A興奮的；B足夠的；C令人驚奇的；D高興的，滿足的。根據“I had no expectation that Joshua would win”可知，作者認為，知道兒子能畫畫并得到展示就足夠了，it was for me to know that he was able to draw a pictur。故選B。
14.動詞辨析。A展示；B絞死；C拿走；D取代。have it with those of the other children讓自己的畫進行展示，故選A。
15.短語辨析。A占據，從事；B跟上，繼續；C起床；D撿起，學會，車接。Well, when I returned to the kids根據上文可知，作者后來離開了，現在是來接孩子們，故選D。
16.名詞辨析。A驚喜；B期望；C歡樂；D愉悅，娛樂。you can image my when I discovered that Joshua was the winner from his class!對作者來說，看到兒子獲勝，是一個很大的驚喜，故選A。
17.動詞辨析。A到達，得到；B畫，拉，吸引；C制作，使得；D打敗。“I won the contest! I it! ”我贏了，我做到了。make it成功，故選C。
18.形容詞辨析。A特殊的；B非凡的；C好奇的；D混合的。it was certainly a feeling to know that Joshua had achieved something that hissister had not兒子做到了妹妹CJ沒有做到的事情，這是一種特別的感受，故選A。
19.考查固定搭配。A在......上；B高的；C很好；D容易的。根據第二段“we knew in our hearts that we had to have high expectations, but how high?”可知，作者想對兒子抱以很高的期望，兒子獲勝后，作者決定對兒子抱以很高的期望，故選B。
20.形容詞辨析。A困難的；B煩惱的；C令人失望的；D不同的。根據“It seems that most people work to whatever expectations are set for them.”可知，作者想把兒子當作一個正常人來看待，故選D。
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