Malat Leuth Wei, 25, loves being in the gym, flying across the court in a specialized wheelchair. The games are incredibly ___46___, with screeching (刺耳的) tires, crashing metal and the impressive teamwork and courage of the athletes ___47___.
Wei was born in what is now South Sudan and had polio (小儿麻痹症) at age 3. Worse still, his father went ___48___ during the civil wars leading to the country’s eventual independence in 2011. During those unsettled times, Wei and his mother ___49___ at a camp in Ethiopia, where Wei remembers crawling around on his arms on dirt roads before getting a ___50___. When he was 12, they moved to Houston.
He had a tough time ___51___ in the United States. It was quite late in his childhood to make such a huge move, and he was ___52___ in sixth grade despite knowing very little English. Some kids made fun of him, but a more ___53___ group introduced him to the ___54___ that would change the direction of his life.
Wei went to the park with all the children in the ___55___ to go play basketball with them. He was the only one ___56___ from a wheelchair. The fact that they actually treated him as equal and not somebody ___57___ turned out to be where everything started.
Wei ___58___ every opportunity to play and compete with them. “It means the world to me just to share my ___59___ with the world, of what I have accomplished in life, from where I came from, with ___60___, not knowing how to read or write English.” says Wei.
46．A．easy B．intense C．complex D．close
47．A．in vain B．in style C．on display D．on line
48．A．missing B．fighting C．starving D．begging
49．A．wandered about B．turned up C．ended up D．dropped by
50．A．shelter B．passport C．walking-stick D．wheelchair
51．A．training B．schooling C．adjusting D．travelling
52．A．assigned B．appointed C．admitted D．ranked
53．A．inspiring B．interesting C．challenging D．accepting
54．A．legend B．motto C．sport D．culture
55．A．neighborhood B．camp C．city D．country
56．A．shooting B．rising C．chasing D．kicking
57．A．more B．better C．less D．worse
58．A．loses B．treasures C．deserts D．doubts
59．A．message B．victory C．emotion D．failure
60．A．everything B．nothing C．anything D．something
46．B
47．C
48．A
49．C
50．D
51．C
52．C
53．A
54．C
55．A
56．A
57．D
58．B
59．A
60．D
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【导语】
本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了因小麻痹症而无法行走的Malat Leuth Wei跟着妈妈移民美国后，在生活中遇到很多困难，但最终篮球这项运动让他找到了勇气，给他带来自信。
46．
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：比赛的激烈程度令人难以置信，轮胎发出刺耳的声音，金属碰撞，运动员们展现出令人印象深刻的团队合作和勇气。A. easy容易的；B. intense激烈的；C. complex复杂的；D. close近的。根据下文“with screeching (刺耳的) tires, crashing metal”可知，比赛很激烈的。故选B项。
47．
考查介词短语辨析。句意：比赛的激烈程度令人难以置信，轮胎发出刺耳的声音，金属碰撞，运动员们展现出令人印象深刻的团队合作和勇气。A. in vain徒劳；B. in style流行；C. on display展出，展示；D. on line在线。根据句中“the impressive teamwork and courage”可知，团队合作和勇气在比赛中得到展示。故选C项。
48．
考查动词词义辨析。句意：更糟糕的是，他的父亲在2011年独立前的内战中失踪。A. missing丢失；B. fighting战斗；C. starving挨饿；D. begging乞讨。下文“Wei and his mother 4 at a camp in Ethiopia”没有提到他的父亲，由此推知，他的父亲在内战中失踪。故选A项。
49．
考查动词短语辨析。句意：在那些动荡不安的日子里，Wei和他的母亲住进了埃塞俄比亚的一个营地，Wei记得，在那里，在得到轮椅之前，他一直用胳膊在土路上爬行。A. wandered about闲逛；B. turned up出现；C. ended up最后到了……；D. dropped by顺便拜访。根据上文“unsettled times”和下文“a camp in Ethiopia”可知，他和母亲流落到了埃塞俄比亚的营地。故选C项。
50．
考查名词词义辨析。句意：在那些动荡不安的日子里，Wei和他的母亲住进了埃塞俄比亚的一个营地，Wei记得，在那里，在得到轮椅之前，他一直用胳膊在土路上爬行。A. shelter遮蔽物；B. passport护照；C. walking-stick手杖；D. wheelchair轮椅。根据上文“crawling around on his arms”可知，在得到轮椅之前他只能在地上爬。故选D项。
51．
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在美国，他适应生活方面经历了一段艰难的时期。A. training训练；B. schooling教育；C. adjusting适应；D. travelling旅行。根据下文“knowing very little English”和“Some kids made fun of him”可知，在适应美国生活上遇到困难。故选C项。
52．
考查动词词义辨析。句意：童年时期的这次搬家太迟了，尽管他对英语知之甚少，但他还是被录取到了六年级。A. assigned分派，分派；B. appointed任命；C. admitted接纳，接收；D. ranked把……分等级。根据句中“in sixth grade”可知，他被录到了六年级。故选C项。
53．
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一些孩子取笑他，但一个更鼓舞人心的团队将他带入了这项改变了他人生方向的运动。A. inspiring鼓舞人心的；B. interesting有趣的；C. challenging富于挑战性的；D. accepting赞同的。根据上文“Some kids made fun of him”和转折连词but可知，这个团队(group)没有取笑他，而是鼓励他参加篮球运动。故选A项。
54．
考查名词词义辨析。句意：一些孩子取笑他，但一个更鼓舞人心的团队将他带入了这项改变了他人生方向的运动。A. legend传说；B. motto座右铭；C. sport体育运动；D. culture文化。根据下文“Wei went to the park with all the children in the 10 to go play basketball with them”可知，他被带入的是篮球这项运动。故选C项。
55．
考查名词词义辨析。句意：Wei和邻近街区的孩子们去公园和他们一起打篮球。A. neighborhood街区；B. camp营地；C. city城市；D. country国家。根据句中“went to the park”可知，他应该是和邻近街区的孩子们一起打球。故选A项。
56．
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他是唯一一个从轮椅上投球的人。A. shooting投(球)；B. rising上升；C. chasing追赶；D. kicking踢。根据上文“play basketball”可知是投球。故选A项。
57．
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他们平等地对待他，而不把他视作更差的人，这一事实最终成为一切的开始。A. more更多的；B. better更好的；C. less更少的；D. worse更差的。根据句中“treated him as equal”可知，队友们并没有因为他残疾而把他看作更差的人。故选D项。
58．
考查动词词义辨析。句意：Wei珍惜每一次与他们比赛的机会。A. loses遗失；B. treasures珍惜；C. deserts舍弃；D. doubts怀疑。根据下文“It means the world to me”可知，他珍惜比赛的机会，这对他来说很重要。故选B项。
59．
考查名词词义辨析。句意：因为不知道读或写英语，对我来说，用某种方式与世界分享我的信息，分享我在生活中取得的成就，分享我来自哪里，意义重大。A. message信息；B. victory胜利；C. emotion情绪；D. failure失败。根据上文“share”和下文“of what I have accomplished in life, from where I came from”可知，他通过参加比赛来分享关于他的信息。故选A项。
60．
考查代词词义辨析。句意：因为不知道读或写英语，对我来说，用某种方式与世界分享我的信息，分享我在生活中取得的成就，分享我来自哪里，意义重大。A. everything每件事物；B. nothing没有什么；C. anything任何事物；D. something某事。根据“not knowing how to read or write English”可知，他不会读不会写，所以需要用某些方式或事情(with something)来分享自己的信息。故选D项。
