ForPineda,itwasalongwaytosucceed.HisstorybeganinElSalva...
問題詳情：
For Pineda, it was a long way to succeed.
His story began in El Salvador; where he was born with something wrong with his mouth. He had great___16___in speaking. At age 2, his family’s house burned down. Pineda was hurt ___17___,and his legs needed to be cut. His mother died when he was 8, and he___18___years on the streets before he was taken in by an orphanage(孤兒院).
Finally, at the orphanage, Pineda began to receive support and encouragement. He taught himself to play the guitar. He began his___19___with other musicians. Then the group went to Chicago, where Pineda, then 18,____20____the attention of many people, who wondered what they could do to help him.
A hospital offered him free medical care. A rich man agreed to___21___for Pineda’s tickets to and from El Salvador.
When he was in the hospital, Pineda began___22___music, and wondered if he might be able to record his own album(音樂專輯)．Soon with the help of a musician, “The Sound of Gratitude(感激)” was born. On October 15th, Pineda went to a Chicago club to___23___his new songs to strangers, and to the friends who had helped him come so far.
It was ___24___that Pineda had come into such a good luck, after having so many years of hardship(艱難). “We have a___25___in El Salvador, ‘Suffer(受難）first, then enjoy. ’ I guess that’s what’s happening. ” he said.
16. A. preparation B. difficulty C. development D. conversation
17. A. politely B. wisely C. simply D. seriously
18. A. spent B. used C. cost D. took
19. A. speech B. education C. performance D. suggestion
20. A. influenced B. caught C. refused. D. separated
21. A. ask B. look C. pay D. wait
22. A. writing B. lending C. selling D. praising
23. A. learn B. lead C. find D. play
24. A. freezing B. amazing C. outgoing D. embarrassing
25. A. meeting B. crossing C. saying D. meaning
【回答】
16. B 17. D 18. A 19. C 20. B 21. C 22. A 23. D 24. B 25. C
【解析】
文章大意：作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了皮內達自幼多災多難，不僅有語言障礙還失去了雙腿以及父母，然而他憑藉自己在音樂界闖出了一片天，告訴我們人生應該是先苦後甜的。
16句意：他說話有很大困難。考查名詞辨析及語境理解。A. preparation預備、準備；B. difficulty困難；C. development發展；D. conversation交談。根據上文he was born with something wrong with his mouth.他出生的時候嘴有毛病，可推知他說話有很大困難，故*選B。
17.句意：皮內達受了重傷。考查副詞辨析及語境理解。A. politely有禮貌地；B. wisely聰明地；C. simply簡單地；D. seriously嚴重地。根據下文his legs needed to be cut.他的腿需要截肢，可推知皮內達受傷應是很嚴重地，故*選D。
18.句意：在被孤兒院收養之前，他在街上流浪了多年。考查動詞辨析及語境理解。A. spent 意為“花費”，主語通常為人，常用結構為spend some time/money (in) doing sth.花費時間（金錢）做某事，或 spend some time/money on sth.在…上花費時間（金錢）。 B. used使用。C. cost意為“花費”，主語通常為物，常用結構為 sth. cost （sb.）some money。 D. took意為“佔用、花費”，主語通常為形式主語 it或物，常用結構為It takes/took sb some time to do sth.“花費某人多長時間去做某事”。本題根據題幹可知應用spend some time on sth.結構，故*選A。
19.句意：他開始和其他音樂家一起演出。考查名詞辨析及語境理解。A. speech演講；B. education教育；C. performance演出、表演；D. suggestion建議。根據上文He taught himself to play the guitar. 他自學了*吉他，結合He began his___4___with other musicians. 可推知是他開始和其他音樂家一起演出，故*選C。
20.句意：在那裡，18歲的皮內達引起了很多人的注意。考查動詞辨析及語境理解。A. influenced影響；B. caught引起、抓住；C. refused.拒絕；D. separated分開。根據下文who wondered what they could do to help him.人們想知道自己能做些什麼來幫助他，可推知是在那裡，18歲的皮內達引起了很多人的注意，catch the attention of“引起注意”；故*選B。
21.句意：一個富人同意支付皮皮內達往返薩爾瓦多的機票。考查動詞辨析及語境理解。A. ask問；B. look看；C. pay 付款、支付；D. wait等待。根據後面的Pineda’s tickets to and from El Salvador.可知此處表達的是“支付、為…付款”，pay for固定片語，意為“付款”，故*選C。
22.句意：在住院期間，皮內達開始寫歌。考查動詞辨析及語境理解。A. writing寫；B. lending借；C. selling賣；D. praising讚揚。根據下文and wondered if he might be able to record his own album(音樂專輯)．他想錄制他自己的音樂專輯，可推知他在住院期間，開始寫歌，writing music“寫歌、創作音樂”，故*選A。
23.句意：皮內達去芝加哥的一個俱樂部給陌生人和幫助他走到現在的朋友們演奏他的新歌。考查動詞辨析及語境理解。A. learn學會；B. lead領導；C. find找到、發現；D. play演奏。根據後面的關鍵詞new songs，可知皮內達是去俱樂部給人們演奏他的新歌，故*選D。
24.句意：令人驚奇的是，經過這麼多年的艱苦奮鬥，皮涅達終於有了這麼好的運氣。考查形容詞辨析及語境理解。A. freezing結*的；B. amazing令人驚奇的；C. outgoing開朗的；D. embarrassing使人尷尬的。根據下文Pineda had come into such a good luck, after having so many years of hardship(艱難). 皮內達經過這麼多年的艱苦奮鬥有了這麼好的運氣，可推知應是令人感動驚奇的，故*選B。
25.句意：薩爾瓦多有句諺語說：“先苦後樂”。考查名詞辨析及語境理解。A. meeting會議；B. crossing十字路口；C. saying諺語、格言；D. meaning意義。根據下文Suffer(受難）first, then enjoy.可知中是一句諺語，故*選C。
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