Test 1
My firstborn son was diagnosed with autism(自闭症)．His speech wasn't __1__ right.To our relief，my daughter who was born two years after him was __2__ normally.Though the doctors at the time informed us that the __3__ were only one in ten thousand that we would have another child with autism，a part of me was __4__．When my wife was pregnant，I repeated this __5__ “Please let my son be normal！” over and over.
__6__，as my thirdborn child grew up，it soon became clear that the doctors had been __7__．He had an even more extreme form of autism.While his brother __8__ learned to talk and read，my youngest son could say only a few words.
The journey that followed has been a __9__ one for us.It has been full of not only stress and pain but also learning and __10__．In the end it is my two boys who __11__ me how to love and how to live.Their inborn joy and laughter brighten my soul every day of my life.
Sometimes life says “No” to something we __12__ in order to give us something much better.Sometimes we don't know why some of our wishes are __13__ while others aren't.All I know is that we are all loved.Life has a __14__ for us all.Live your life with love then and believe life will lead you down the path you are __15__ to go.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者的三个孩子当中有两个患有自闭症。然而，作者并没有因此怨恨生活，反而从这两个孩子身上学到了很多。在作者看来，生活拒绝我们的某些请求只是为了给予我们更好的东西。
1．A.shown B．developing
C．losing D．recognized
解析：根据文章首句可知，作者的第一个儿子患有自闭症，他的说话能力没有按照正常的规律发育。
答案：B
2．A.functioning B．struggling
C．growing D．working
解析：根据to our relief可知，小女儿发育正常。
答案：C
3．A.wishes B．tasks
C．effects D．chances
解析：尽管当时医生确信他们再生一个患自闭症孩子的几率只有万分之一，但作者内心还是感到害怕。
答案：D
4．A.afraid B．curious
C．sad D．angry
解析：参见上题解析。
答案：A
5．A.motto B．prayer
C．promise D．action
解析：根据空后的内容可知，当发现妻子怀孕时，作者一遍又一遍地重复着这句祈祷：“请让我的儿子正常！”
答案：B
6．A.Therefore B．However
C．Moreover D．Otherwise
解析：本空前后内容构成转折：然而，当作者的第三个孩子长大后，作者很快发现医生们是错的，小儿子患有比哥哥更严重的自闭症。
答案：B
7．A.wrong B．brilliant
C．reliable D．stubborn
解析：参见上题解析。
答案：A
8．A.hardly B．frequently
C．eventually D．occasionally
解析：根据文章首句内容可知，作者的大儿子患有自闭症，所以当大儿子终于学会说话和阅读的时候，小儿子才只会说几个字。
答案：C
9．A.short B．strange
C．dangerous D．difficult
解析：根据下一句的“It has been full of not only stress and pain...”可知，对于作者一家来说，接下来的人生道路是很艰难的。
答案：D
10．A.judgment B．instruction
C．progress D．proof
解析：本空与learning并列。它充满了压力和痛苦，但也有学习和进步。
答案：C
11．A.ask B．train
C．recommend D．teach
解析：根据本空后的“...how to love and how to live”以及后两句内容可知，最终，是作者的两个儿子教会作者如何去爱以及如何生活。
答案：D
12．A.look up B．ask for
C．go through D．rely on
解析：根据上文所讲的作者无数次的祈祷都没有被满足的事实以及下一句的our wishes可知，有时候，生活拒绝我们的请求，是为了给予我们更好的东西。
答案：B
13．A.expressed B．respected
C．considered D．answered
解析：有时候，我们不知道为什么有些愿望得以实现，而有些却没有。
答案：D
14．A.plan B．tip
C．prediction D．responsibility
解析：根据本段首句“Sometimes life says ‘No’ to something we __12__ in order to give us something much better.”可知，生活对我们每个人都有安排。
答案：A
15．A.meant B．forced
C．challenged D．advised
解析：根据上一句的内容可知，生活对我们每个人都有安排。因此，带着爱去生活，相信生活会引领你一路走下去，走向注定的方向。
答案：A
