1、Thursday 正确 _ 错误 _（2020常德市第二中学高三开学考试） Kim Stemple was a special-education teacher. In 2012, she found herself in a Boston hospital being 1 for one of several diseases she had been diagnosed (诊断) with. The normally energetic Stemple was naturally getting very 2 . And then a friend gave her a medal.Be
2、fore she got too 3 to exercise, Stemple had been a marathon runner. The medal came from a 4 partner who had just 5 a half marathon in Las Vegas and hoped the medal would act as a kind of 6 . It worked like magic.After Stemple hung the medal on the wall, other 7 said they wanted medals too. That got
3、Stemple 8 .“A medal is a simple way to give a 9 message,” she told others. And so was born her charity, We Finish Together, which 10 medals from strangers runners, dancers, swimmers, singers, and even spelling bee winners and gives them to all sorts of people 11 .People who have received the medals
4、have 12 hospital patients, people from homeless shelters, etc. Part of the process involves the 13 owner writing a personalized note on the ribbon (绶带).“This helps them 14 with someone,”says Stemple.“If they receive a medal, they know someone 15 .”Can a simple medal 16 make a difference? Yes, says J
5、oan Musarra, who suffers from a serious lung disease.“When I 17 my package containing my new 18 and the notes of positive, warm thoughts, I was very 19 ,”she wrote to Stemple. “At that moment, I was sitting on my sofa breathing through an oxygen cannula (氧气管) because my lungs were so weak. It 20 so
6、much to me to feel that I am not alone.”1AcheckedBacceptedCvisitedDtreated2AfriendlyBunhappyCgenerousDimpolite3AsickBtiredClazyDbusy4AdancingBteachingCracingDplaying5AenteredBfinishedCtrained forDheard of6AencouragementBassessmentCexperimentDpunishment7AdoctorsBpatientsCsingersDrunners8AsucceedingBb
7、reathingCthinkingDworrying9AsecretBbriefCstrangeDpositive10AcollectsBprotectsCwinsDseparates11Ain needBin placeCin actionDin power12AmetBincludedCthankedDignored13AinnocentBbeneficialCcurrentDoriginal14AcompeteBconnectCagreeDcompare15AappearsBsuffersCcaresDpays16AhardlyBnormallyCsuddenlyDreally17Aop
8、enedBexchangedClostDneeded18AbookBtoolCmedalDphoto19AscaredBsurprisedCconfusedDexcited20AlendsBsellsCmeansDadds答案解析【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文。身患疾病的Stemple住院时收到朋友送的一块奖牌，受到了极大的鼓励，由此产生灵感，创办了慈善机构We Finish Together，收集奖牌给那些需要鼓励的人。1D考查动词词义辨析。句意：2012年，她在波士顿的一家医院接受治疗，原因是她被诊断出患有几种严重的疾病之一。A. checked检查；B. accepted接受；C. visi
9、ted拜访，参观；D. treated治疗。根据空后的for one of several diseases she had been diagnosed (诊断) with可知，她在接受“治疗（treated）”。故选D项。2B考查形容词词义辨析。句意：正常情况下精力充沛的Stemple自然变得非常不高兴。A. friendly友好的；B. unhappy不高兴的；C. generous慷慨的；D. impolite不礼貌的。根据上文可知Stemple生病住院，所以此处指不高兴，故选B项。3A考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在她病得不能锻炼之前，Stemple曾是一名马拉松运动员。A. sick生
10、病的；B. tired疲惫的；C. lazy懒惰的；D. busy忙碌的。根据上文中的she found herself in a Boston hospital可知，此处指在她“生病（sick）”不能锻炼之前。故选A项。4C考查动词词义辨析。句意：这枚奖牌来自一个赛跑的同伴，他在Las Vegas 刚完成一场半程马拉松，希望这枚奖牌能起到鼓励的作用。A. dancing跳舞；B. teaching教学；C. racing赛跑；D. playing玩。根据上文中的Stemple had been a marathon runner可知，给她奖牌的朋友是以前一起“赛跑的（racing）”伙伴。故
11、选C项。5B考查动词词义辨析。句意：这枚奖牌来自一个赛跑的同伴，他在Las Vegas 刚完成一场半程马拉松，希望这枚奖牌能起到鼓励的作用。A. entered进入；B. finished完成；C. trained for为训练；D. heard of听说。既然已经拿到奖牌，说明已“完成（finished）”比赛。故选B项。6A考查名词词义辨析。句意：这枚奖牌来自一个赛跑的同伴，他在Las Vegas 刚完成一场半程马拉松，希望这枚奖牌能起到鼓励的作用。A. encouragement鼓励；B. assessment评估；C. experiment实验；D. punishment惩罚。结合语境
12、可知，Stemple生病，同伴把奖牌拿给她应是鼓励她，故选A项。7B考查名词词义辨析。句意：Stemple把奖牌挂在墙上后，其他病人说他们也想要奖牌。A. doctors医生；B. patients病人；C. singers歌手；D. runners跑步者。根据上文Stemple在医院及下文“People who have received the medals have_12_hospital patients”可知，接受奖牌的人是医院的病人，所以此处指其他病人也想要奖牌，故选B项。8C考查动词词义辨析。句意：那使Stemple 想：“奖牌是传递积极信息的简单方式。”A. succeedin
13、g成功；B. breathing呼吸；C. thinking想，思考；D. worrying担心。“A medal is a simple way to give a_9_message”是她的想法，故选C项。9D考查形容词词义辨析。句意：那使Stemple 想：“奖牌是传递积极信息的简单方式。”A. secret秘密的；B. brief简明的；C. strange奇怪的，陌生的；D. positive积极的。根据语境及常识可知，奖牌传递的是积极的信息，故选D项。10A考查动词词义辨析。句意：她的慈善事业We Finish Together就这样诞生了，从陌生人那里收集奖牌，包括跑步者，舞者，
14、游泳者，歌手，甚至拼字比赛冠军，然后把它们给各种需要的人。A. collects收集；B. protects保护；C. wins赢得；D. separates分开。根据“and gives them to all sorts of people”可知，此处是从陌生人那里收集奖牌，故选A项。11A考查固定短语辨析。句意：她的慈善事业We Finish Together就这样诞生了，从陌生人那里收集奖牌，包括跑步者，舞者，游泳者，歌手，甚至拼字比赛冠军，然后把它们给各种需要的人。A. in need需要；B. in place就位；C. in action行动中；D. in power掌权。结合下
15、一段“People who have received the medals have_12_hospital patients, people from homeless shelters, etc.”可知，接受奖牌的人是医院病人，无家可归的人等，所以此处指把奖牌给那些需要的人，故选A项。12B考查动词词义辨析。句意：接受奖牌的人包括医院病人，无家可归的人等。A. met遇见；B. included包括；C. thanked感谢；D. ignored忽视。根据空后“hospital patients, people from homeless shelters, etc”是接受奖牌的人的范围
16、，所以此处指包括，故选B项。13D考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这个过程的一部分是奖牌最初的所有者在绶带上写一个个性化的便条。A. innocent无辜的；B. beneficial有益的；C. current当前的；D. original最初的，原始的。根据下文收到奖牌的人看到the notes of positive, warm thoughts可知，此处指让奖牌最初的所有者在绶带上写些个性化的内容。故选D项。14B考查动词词义辨析。句意：Stemple 说：“这有助于他们与他人建立联系”。A. compete竞争；B. connect连接；C. agree同意；D. compare比较。根据
17、语境并结合下一句“If they receive a medal, they know someone_15_.”可知，奖牌的最初所有者在绶带上写些个性化的内容能使接受奖牌的人与他人联系起来，故选B项。15C考查动词词义辨析。句意：如果他们接受奖牌，他们就知道有人关心他们。A. appears出现，显露；B. suffers遭受；C. cares关心，在意；D. pays支付。结合上文奖牌的最初所有者在绶带上写些个性化的内容可知，接受奖牌的人知道有人关心他们，故选C项。16D考查副词词义辨析。句意：一块简单的奖牌真的能起作用吗？A. hardly几乎不；B. normally正常地；C. su
18、ddenly突然；D. really真正。下文谈的是收到奖牌的人的感受，根据Yes可知，此处是问奖牌是否“真的（really）”有作用。故选D项。17A考查动词词义辨析。句意：她写信给Stemple：“当我打开含有新奖牌的包裹和充满积极、温暖思想的话语，我非常激动。”A. opened打开；B. exchanged交换；C. lost丢失；D. needed需要。根据下文Joan Musarra谈到自己的感受可知，她应是打开包裹，看到新奖牌和便条，故选A项。18C考查名词词义辨析。句意：她写信给Stemple：“当我打开含有新奖牌的包裹和充满积极、温暖思想的话语，我非常激动。”A. book书
19、；B. tool工具；C. medal奖牌；D. photo照片。结合文章内容可知，Joan Musarra是接受奖牌的一个病人，所以此处指包裹里有新的奖牌，故选C项。19D考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她写信给Stemple：“当我打开含有新奖牌的包裹和充满积极、温暖思想的话语，我非常激动。”A. scared害怕的；B. surprised惊讶的；C. confused困惑的；D. excited兴奋的，激动的。根据文章最后一句“to feel that I am not alone”可知，看到新奖牌，Joan Musarra觉得激动，故选D项。20C考查词词义辨析。句意：我感到自己并不孤单，这对我来说意义重大。A. lends借给；B. sells卖；C. means意味着；D. adds增加。根据下文中的feel that I am not alone 可知，此举对于她“意义（means）”重大。故选C项。
