Question

Christopher Reeve is best known as the man who played Superman always fighting against the forces of evil(邪惡). He came to ___1___ the victory of good over bad. Now he has taken on his ___2___ fight. 

In 1995, ___3___ riding his horse, Christopher Reeve was thrown to the ground. He broke his ___4___ and has been paralyzed ever since. He cannot move a muscle ___5___ his shoulder level and for six months after his accident he could not even ___6___ without help. ___7___, in spite of his terrible injuries, his goal is to carry on as ___8___ a life as he can. He now spends a lot of time traveling around America ___9___ for people who are in the same ___10___ as he is.

Over 215, 000 Americans suffer from spinal cord(脊髓) injuries, but 90% of them survive(幸存) and live to a great age. Almost ＄9 billion is spent every year ___11___ for these people, yet only ＄5 million is spent on the ___12___ to find a cure. Christopher Reeve is a very ___13___ man who, at the age of 9, will not accept that he will ___14___ walk again. He and many others believe that the only thing stopping ___15___ from finding a cure for their injuries is ___16___ for research. 

In 1996, he founded the Christopher Reeve Foundation(CRF) to raise funds(資金) for medical research to treat and find a cure for spinal cord injuries, and also to support programs that improve the quality of life for ___17___ people. Christopher Reeve makes the best of his ___18___. He has conquered his ___19___. He has even returned to the ___20___ world with a ＄5, 000 wheelchair that can be controlled by sucking or puffing on a straw.

1. A. show      B. play    C. stand for    D. win

2. A. hard       B. serious       C. interesting  D. own

3. A. when      B. before        C. after   D. by

4. A. shoulder        B. arm    C. back   D. hand

5. A. above     B. below        C. from   D. of

6. A. stand      B. work   C. breathe       D. think

7. A. And       B. however     C. Still    D. So

8. A. normal   B. pleased       C. easy    D. ordinary

9. A. caring    B. writing       C. looking      D. speaking

10. A. country B. illness        C. situation   D. part

11. A. treating        B. caring        C. serving       D. curing

12. A. research       B. patients      C. hospital      D. medicine

13. A. strong   B. young        C. determined        D. handsome

14. A. later     B. possibly     C. hardly        D. never

15. A. hospitals      B. scientists   C. chemists     D. patients

16. A. money  B. equipment  C. time    D. views

17. A. sick      B. disabled    C. ordinary     D. poor

18. A. spinalcord    B. illness        C. position      D. spirit

19. A. fear      B. spinalcord        C. disability    D. victory

20. A. business       B. movie      C. sports  D. pleasant

Answer 1

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解析:

本文是敘述Christopher Reeve以扮演與邪惡勢力作斗爭的超人而出名。在一次騎馬運動中被摔傷致殘，他堅強地戰勝病魔的故事。

1. C。根據上文和后面 victory 可得出答案，stand for 意思是“代表、象征”。

2. D。他以前扮演與邪惡勢力作斗爭，“現在”跟自己的病魔作斗爭。

3. A。根據后面句子的動作和前面分詞所表示的動作是同時發生的，因此答案選 when，其余不符語境。

4. C。從下文的He cannot move a muscle …his shoulder level 可知他的“背部”摔傷了。

5. B。因為肩以上沒有多少肌肉，再根據前面的 paralyzed(癱瘓)和背部摔傷來判斷是肩“以下”(below)的肌肉不能動彈。

6. C。從病情的嚴重性和后面的 without help 可知不通過幫助連“呼吸”都困難。

7. B。根據下文主句的意思，前面是表示轉折關系，因此選however。

8. A。根據前面讓步狀語判斷，雖然他受傷非常嚴重，但是他的目標是盡可能地像“正常”(因為癱瘓，不是普通)人一樣生活。

9. D。從上文來看，因為他癱瘓了，他花了許多時間游遍全國，所以只能是“游說”(speaking)。

10. C。根據上文敘述他殘廢了，再根據后面的 as he is 得出答案：像他那樣情況(situation)的人。

11. B。根據上文美國有215,000脊髓受傷的人，有90%幸存并能活到很大年齡，從每年花費90億美元判斷，使用這些錢是為患者“治”病的，即“關心，照料”這些人。

12. A。根據后面的 to find a cure 得知花費500萬美元是為了“研究”(research)發現治愈的方法。

13. C。根據上下文判斷，他是一位“意志堅強的”(determined)人。

14. D。因為他是一位意志堅強的人，所以他不能接受“不能再走路”的事實。

15. B。根據上下文 research 一詞可以得出是科學家(scientists)。

16. A。根據上文500萬美元用來找到治愈脊髓癱瘓病的研究，money 指用來研究的“資金”。

17. B。如上所述，都是為改善“殘疾”人的生活。

18. C。根據動詞 make 盡他的職責，其余都是表示疾病或精神，不與 make 一起使用。

19. C。因為他是一位意志堅強的人，作了很大的努力，因此說他已經戰勝了他的“殘疾”(disability)。

20. B。根據文章第1段第1句話可得出答案。