Question

完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）

There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially（尤其） the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class played jokes on him because he seemed so    1   . The mother   2   that she would help her sons to do   3   in school by herself. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to   4   a book a week and do a book report for her.

One day, in Ben’s class, the teacher held up a rock and asked   5   anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him   6   . “Why did Ben raise his hand?” all of his.

   7  whispered and wondered. “He    8  said anything. What could he possibly want to say?” To their surprise, Ben not only   9   the rock, but also said a lot about it. He   10  other rocks in its group and even knew   11  the teacher had found it. The teacher and the other students were   12 . Ben had learned this from doing one of his book   13   .

Later Ben became the   14   student of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and   15   became one of the best doctors in the United States.

1.                A．clever          B．difficult         C．slow D．quick

2.                A．seemed        B．decided        C．wondered D．told

3.                A．well           B．bad            C．right D．good

4.                A．see            B．find            C．read D．buy

5.                A．that           B．if              C．how D．why

6.                A．think           B．leave           C．ask  D．answer

7.                A．classmates      B．students        C．teachers  D．friends

8.                A．always         B．ever           C．sometimes    D．never

9.                A．found          B．played          C．knew D．heard

10.               A．said           B．told           C．called D．named

11.               A．whether        B．what           C．where D．why

12.               A．afraid          B．amazed         C．worried   D．unhappy

13.               A．pictures        B．exercises       C．shops D．reports

14.               A．top            B．slow           C．low   D．rich

15.               A．at first         B．at the end       C．at last D．now

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文记述了一个在班内表现不好，受同学们嘲笑的学生在母亲的帮助下，成为头等生，并最终成为一名受欢迎的医生的故事。

1.联系上文，人们开他的玩笑，可知选C，因为他显得如此迟钝。

2.词义辨析。A.似乎，好像B.决定 C.怀疑，想知道D.告诉。结合语境可知他的母亲决定帮助他的儿子，故选B。

3.联系上文可知句意为，在学校靠做好。短语do well in在某方面干得好、故选A。

4.联系下文可知是让他们每周读一本书，故选C，读。

5.考查连词。A.以至于B.是否C.怎样D.为什么。结合语境可知是问是否有人认识它。故选B。

6.联系上文老师的提问，可知是让本来回答，故选D，回答。

7.联系下文可知本句指的是他的同学们在低语，怀疑他是否认识。故选A，同学们。

8.联系前文同学们对他的嘲笑，可知他们认为他从来没有说过什么，故选D，从来没有。

9.联系上文老师问是否有人认识这块石头，及前文同学们的吃惊，可知认出了这块石头。故选C，认识。

10.词义辨析。A.说B. 告诉C.喊叫，打电话D.命名，叫出。联系下文可知他叫出了其它石头的名字，故选D。

11.词义辨析。A.是否B.什么C.在哪儿D.为什么。结合语境可知句意为：甚至直到老师在哪儿找到的它。故选C。

12.联系上文老师同学们对本的一贯印象及本今天的表现，可知他们很震惊。故选B，震惊的。

13.联系上文他的母亲让他为自己做一个读书报告。可知选D，报告。

14.结合语境可知他成为了班内的头等学生，故选A，顶部的，头等的。

15.短语辨析。A.首先B.最终，在终点C.最后，终于D.现在。结合语境可知他终于成为了美国最受欢迎的医生之一。故选C。

考点：有关成长的记述文