《2025年能力素养与学力提升九年级英语上册译林版》

五、完形填空
(2020·江苏连云港)It is hard to imagine how a person is to spend the whole life when only the head and hands are able to move.
Xu Ruiyang, an 18-year-old student from Kunming, has suffered(遭受) from spinal muscular atrophy(脊髓性肌肉萎缩) ____1____ she was 2 years old. At that time, the doctor said that most children with spinal muscular atrophy will only live a few years.
The family did not give up, or even just ____2____. To help Xu Ruiyang live with dignity(尊严), her parents ____3____ her living and learning skills strictly. Opening a book or raising hands, some very easy actions for common people, ____4____, are big challenges for Xu. She had to use her head or ____5____ to work together with hands to finish these actions.
When she started learning to write, she couldn't even ____6____ a pen. But she never gave up. Once she lost the pen, she picked it up and ____7____ writing. Xu finally could write 500 Chinese characters before becoming a primary school student, after ____8____ thousands of times.
Over the past few years, Xu has overcome many problems, including the ____9____ caused by the disease. Her parents worried about her health and ____10____ her to drop out of school, but Xu's answer was no. "____11____ I read a book and do my homework, the pain is gone," said Xu.
When asked by reporters on how to deal with difficulties, Xu calmly said, "Patience. When you can't change anything, crying is useless, so just be ____12____."
In Xu's opinion, her sunny and self-confident ____13____ comes from the love of her parents.
"If we are not able to make her live longer, we can make her life wider," said Xu's father. They travelled across China and more than 20 ____14____ all over the world, including Italy, Thailand and Singapore. During these trips, she developed an interest in learning a ____15____ language. "I think it's cool to learn about other countries' culture and express your feelings to others," said Xu.
Last June, she finished China's Gaokao and received an offer from Sichuan International Studies University.
( A )1. A. since
B. before
C. after
D. until
( C )2. A. discuss
B. depend
C. complain
D. change
( B )3. A. managed
B. trained
C. praised
D. expected
( D )4. A. moreover
B. perhaps
C. especially
D. however
( C )5. A. legs
B. feet
C. mouth
D. knees
( A )6. A. hold
B. drop
C. pass
D. find
( B )7. A. stopped
B. continued
C. succeeded
D. regretted
( D )8. A. imagining
B. counting
C. recording
D. practising
( D )9. A. cancer
B. fever
C. sadness
D. pain
( C )10. A. warned
B. forced
C. advised
D. allowed
( B )11. A. As well as
B. As soon as
C. As a result
D. As usual
( A )12. A. patient
B. quiet
C. relaxed
D. active
( A )13. A. personality
B. appearance
C. disability
D. achievement
( B )14. A. cities
B. countries
C. communities
D. colleges
( C )15. A. standard
B. modern
C. foreign
D. common

答案： 1.A 2.C 3.B 4.D 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.D 9.D 10.C 11.B 12.A 13.A 14.B 15.C