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f four, Katie Hilton had dreamed of being a dancer. “The 1 thing that I loved was dance. ” She told CNN news. That 2 nearly ended one night in 2007. Hilton, then a 16yearold high school senior in St. Maria, Texas, was in a car accident that put her in the hospital for 56 days and left her 3 from the 4 down. For most people, that would have 5 any hope of a dancing career. For Hilton, it was the 6 . 7 a barrier, her wheelchair 8 her. “I wanted to 9 to my munity and myself that I was still 10 . ” She told the journalist. So she 11 dancing in her wheelchair along with her nondisabled classmates every day in her whole student age. After 12 , she set up a website to include women like her. She met people online who had suffered similar injuries and shared her determination, and she 13 them to dance with her. Hoping to reach more people in a 14 city, Hilton moved to New York in 2017 and formed a team of disabled dancers, which is very famous in the US now. “I just want to spread the belief that ’dance is dance, whether you are walking or 15 ’ ” She was in favor of any activities that were beneficial to them. Hilton has achieved what many of us never will: her childhood dream. She is a real dancer. 【語篇概述】這是一篇記敘文。本文講述因遭遇意外而下半身癱瘓的女孩Katie Hilton身殘志堅(jiān), 樂觀向上, 仍然追求舞蹈夢想, 并用自己的行為影響更多殘疾人的勵志故事。1. A. same B. different C. only D. lucky【解析】選C??疾樾稳菰~詞義辨析。句意: 女孩告訴CNN: “舞蹈是我唯一喜歡的事情。” same相同的。 different不同的。 only唯一的。 lucky幸運(yùn)的。根據(jù)前文的Since the age of four, Katie Hilton had dreamed of being a dancer. 可知Hilton從4歲起就想成為舞蹈家, 故此處用“舞蹈是我唯一喜歡的事情”符合語境, 故選C項(xiàng)。2. A. dream B. habitC. situation D. recreation【解析】選A。考查名詞詞義辨析。句意: 這個(gè)夢想幾乎在2007年一個(gè)晚上終結(jié)。dream夢想。 habit習(xí)慣。 situation狀況。 recreation消遣。 娛樂。根據(jù)前文的Since the age of four, Katie Hilton had dreamed of being a dancer. 可知此處用“夢想”符合語境, 故選A項(xiàng)。3. A. asleep B. deadC. paralyzed D. blind【解析】選C??疾樾稳菰~詞義辨析。句意: 這場事故使得她自腰以下癱瘓。asleep睡著的。 dead死的。 paralyzed癱瘓的。 blind瞎的。根據(jù)下文的So she ______dancing in her wheelchair可知她坐著輪椅跳舞, 故推測她癱瘓了, 故選C項(xiàng)。4. A. wrist B. toes C. waist D. fingers【解析】選C??疾槊~詞義辨析。句意: 同上。wrist手腕。 toes腳趾。 waist腰。 fingers手指。根據(jù)下文的So she ______dancing in her wheelchair可知她坐著輪椅跳舞, 故推測她是從腰處往下癱瘓, 故選C項(xiàng)。5. A. abandoned B. acquiredC. consisted D. destroyed【解析】選D。考查動詞詞義辨析。句意: 對大數(shù)人來說, 那幾乎會摧毀任何一個(gè)人的舞蹈生涯的希望。 abandoned拋棄, 放棄。 acquired獲得。 consisted由……組成。 destroyed毀壞。結(jié)合常識, 癱瘓導(dǎo)致不能跳舞, 故此處用“毀壞”符合語境, 故選D項(xiàng)。6. A. dilemma B. ending C. section D. beginning【解析】選D。考查名詞詞義辨析。句意: 對Hilton來說, 這卻是一個(gè)開始。 dilemma進(jìn)退兩難的境地。 ending結(jié)束。 section部分。 beginning 開始。 結(jié)合上下文, 此處是指Hilton開始學(xué)著坐在輪椅里跳舞, 所以這對她來說是開始, 故選D項(xiàng)。7. A. Rather than B. More thanC. Other than D. Or rather【解析】選A。考查固定短語詞義辨析。句意: 而不是一個(gè)障礙, 輪椅反而激勵了她。Rather than而不是。 More than超過, 不僅僅是, 極其, 遠(yuǎn)非。 Other than除了。 Or rather更確切地說。根據(jù)下文的So she ______dancing in her wheelchair along with her nondisabled classmates every day可知她每天在輪椅里和同學(xué)練習(xí)跳舞, 所以對她來說輪椅不是障礙, 故選A項(xiàng)。8. A. handled B. squeezedC. demanded D. inspired【解析】選D??疾閯釉~詞義辨析。句意: 同上。 handled解決。 squeezed壓榨。 demanded要求。 inspired激勵。聯(lián)系句意可知, 前后句為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系, 故此處用“激勵”符合語境, 故選D項(xiàng)。9. A. prove B. unite C. motivate D. absorb【解析】選A??疾閯釉~詞義辨析。句意: 她對記者說: “我想向公眾和我自己證明我仍然是正常的?!?prove證明。 unite聯(lián)合, 團(tuán)結(jié)。 motivate激勵。 absorb吸收, 吸引。結(jié)合上下文, 此處是指盡管癱瘓了但是Hilton還是想證明自己和正常人一樣, 他們能做的, 她照樣能做到, 故選A項(xiàng)。10. A. gifted B. normal C. healthy D. qualified 【解析】選B??疾樾稳菰~詞義辨析。句意: 同上。gifted有天賦的。 normal正常的。 healthy健康的。 qualified合格的。結(jié)合上下文可知, 此處是指盡管她癱瘓了但依然想像正常人那樣去跳舞, 去實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的夢想, 可知此處用“我想