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一、阅读理解。
“How do you account_for your remarkable achievements in life？”Queen Victoria of the UK asked Helen Keller.“How do you explain the fact that even though you were both blind and deaf，you were able to achieve so much？”
Ms.Keller's answer is a tribute(致敬)to her kind teacher.“If it had not been for Anne Sullivan，the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown.”
According to American speaker Zig Ziglar，Anne Sullivan was no stranger to hardship.She was almost sightless and was，at one time，diagnosed as hopelessly“insane” by her caregivers.She was locked in the basement of a mental institution.Occasionally，Anne would violently attack anyone who came near.Most of the time she generally ignored everyone in her presence.
An elderly nurse believed there was hope，however，and she made it her work to show love to the child.Every day she visited Anne，and she left cookies for her and spoke words of love and encouragement.She believed Anne could recover，if only she were shown love.
Eventually，doctors noticed the change in the girl.Where they once witnessed anger and hate，they now noted gentleness and love.They moved her upstairs where she continued to improve.Then the day finally came when this seemingly “hopeless”child was released.
Anne Sullivan grew into a young woman with a desire to help others as she，herself，was helped by the kind nurse.It was she who saw the great potential in Helen Keller.She loved her，disciplined(管教)her, played with her, pushed her and worked with her until the flickering candle that was her life became a beacon(灯塔)of light to the world.Anne Sullivan worked wonders in Helen's life；but it was a loving nurse who first believed in little Anne and lovingly transformed an uncommunicative child into a kind teacher.
“If it had not been for Anne Sullivan，the name of Helen Keller would have remained unkno
wn.”But if it had not been for a kind and dedicated nurse，the name of Anne Sullivan would have remained unknown.
1．What does the underlined part“account for”in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A．show B．prove
C．explain D．present
2．What do we know from the third paragraph?
A．Anne Sullivan had very normal behavior.
B．Anne Sullivan was ignored by everyone.
C．Anne Sullivan was kept away from her parents.
D．Anne Sullivan was believed to have a mental problem.
3．What would be the best title for the text?
A．The Power of Love
B．Making a Difference
C．A Good Teacher
D．Remarkable Achievements
【难句分析】Anne Sullivan worked wonders in Helen's life；but it was a loving nurse who first believed in little Anne and lovingly transformed an uncommunicative child into a kind teacher.
分析：本句中是强调句，强调的部分是“a loving nurse” ，意为“把……变成了……”。
译文：Anne Sullivan在海伦的生命中创造了奇迹，但是正是富有爱心的护士第一次相信小安
妮，并慈爱地把一个寡言少语的小孩变成了一个亲切的老师。
1．C 考查词义猜测。根据第一段最后一句“‘How do you explain the fact that even though you were both blind and deaf, you were able to achieve so much？’”，并结合第一句的语境可推知，account for与explain同义，故选C。
2．D 考查细节理解。根据第三段第二句和第三句“She was almost sightless and was，at one time，diagnosed as hopelessly‘insane’by her caregivers.She was locked in the basement of a mental institution”，并结合对本段的整体理解可推知，当时人们认为Anne Sullivan患有精神疾病，故选D。A项表示Anne Sullivan的行为非常正常，这与第三段倒数第二句“Occasionally, Anne would violently attack anyone who came near”相悖；B项表示Anne Sullivan被大家都忽略了，这与下文中提到的护士对她的关爱不符；C项表示Anne Sullivan远离她的父母，文章中并没有提到，故排除。
3．A 考查标题判断。根据全文尤其是对文章最后一段的整体理解可知，如果没有Anne Sullivan，海伦·凯勒就不会为人所知；如果没有那个富有爱心的护士，Anne Sullivan也不会被人知晓，这些都体现了爱的力量，故选A。
二、单项选择
1.The government urged that every effort _______ to bring down house prices.
A. should make B. would be made C. be made D. must be made
【答案】C
2.This software _______ protect computers from being attacked by viruses and it took my brother a long time to _______ how to start it.
A. is intended for; come out B. intends to ; turn out
C. is meant to; figure out D. is meant for; work out
【答案】C
【解析】be intended for专门为……准备；come out出版，出来；sb. intend to do某人打算
做……，turn out结果是，出席(某项活动)；be meant to do 被专门用来做……；figure out弄明白；be meant for打算/注定要做/成为……；work out解决，算出。句意：这个软件被专门用来保护电脑免遭病毒袭击的，花了我哥哥花很长时间才弄明白怎样使用它。
3.The song Take Me Home，Country Roads has much _______ to people，for few people can avoid getting caught up in its originally real country music.
A. appeal B. access C. potential D. devotion
【答案】A
wavin flag knaan【解析】句意：歌曲《乡村之路带我回家》对人们十分有吸引力，因为几乎没有人不会被这种真正原始的乡村音乐所打动。have much appeal to对……有很大吸引力；access进入；potential潜力；devotion奉献。
4.Despite the fact that his words often fail to _______ when he sings, Jay Zhou has a very large number of fans in the mainland.
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