11. A. friend B. address C. name D. idea

【解析】选C。此处指Pranke开始用谷歌搜索“无臂”时出现了Jessica的名字。

12. A. meet B. resemble C. phone D. follow

【解析】选A。根据下文中的“her dream came true: they came across Cox”可知此处应用meet, 指Pranke希望RE有一天能见到Jessica Cox。

13. A. suspected B. demanded C. considered D. wondered

【解析】选D。根据语境可知, 此处指的应是RE想知道(wondered)自己是否可以看看Cox用脚驾驶的飞机。 14. A. teach B. show C. promise D. warn

【解析】选B。此处指Cox想向RE表明(show)有些人没有手臂也很快乐。

15. A. If B. While C. Since D. Unless

【解析】选A。如果RE要专注于一件事, Pranke希望那是她的能力(ability)而不是她的残疾。根据语境可知, 此处应用if引导条件状语从句。

16. A. dream B. ability C. ambition D. goal

【解析】选B。后面的not her “disability”亦是提示。 17. A. admit B. doubt C. expect D. realize

【解析】选D。根据语境可知, 此处指她认为她的女儿开始意识到(realize)她能够像其他人一样做事情, 只是可能有点与众不同(different)。

18. A. different B. difficult C. strange D. funny 【解析】选A。根据语境可知选A。 19. A. obviously B. merely C. mainly D. completely

【解析】选B。她仅仅(merely)是个3岁的孩子, 所以展望未来(future)并不是她能想到的事儿。 20. A. life B. view C. future D. success 【解析】选C。参见上题解析。 Ⅱ. 短文改错

Mr Zhang is sixty years old and had retired. He taught our biology when we were in Grade One. He taught very good. He tried his best to make his classes lively.

He usually made good preparations for the lessons and was strict in us. Each time when we made mistakes in our homework, he would ask us to correct it. I was poor in biology. He often helps me with my study patiently. With his help I made great progresses. He was very kind to his students. As experienced teacher, he was respected or loved by all the students.