Question

There was a woman in Nanjing , who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially(尤其) the younger one, Ben,       he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed(看似) so      .

    The mother       that she herself would have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the library to read a     a week and do a report about it for her.

One day, in Ben’s      , the teacher held up a rock（石头） and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him      . Why did Ben raise his hand? They wondered（想知道）. He    said anything, what could he possibly want to say?

    Well, Ben not only       the rock; he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew       the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were   . Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book      .

Ben later went to the       of his class. When he finished high school, he went to University （大学）and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.

After Ben grew up, he       something about his mother that he did not know as a    .

She, herself, had never learned how to      .

1.A. because       B. so                  C. but            D. though

2.A. clever         B. had                C. slow           D. quick

3.A. asked         B. decided             C. forgot          D. heard

4.A. notice         B. message            C. book           D. question

5.A. class         B. room               C. office          D. lab

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

7.A. always        B. even               C. quickly        D. never

8.A. found        B. played              C. knew          D. threw

9.A. whether      B. when               C. where          D. why

10.A. afraid        B. surprised            C. worried        D. unhappy

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

12.A. top          B. end                C. back           D. side

13.A. learned       B. remembered         C. understood      D. guessed

14.A. doctor        B. child                C. student         D. teacher

15.A. read         B. work               C. teach           D. show

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.D

8.C

9.C

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.A

14.B

15.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：本文主要叙述了一位母亲如何教育自己两个孩子成才的故事。一个目不识丁的母亲却教会了孩子如何读书成才，让读书改变了孩子的命运。

1.A 考查连词及语境的理解。A因为；B所以；C但是；D虽然。空前是原因，后面是结果，故选A。

2.C 考查形容词辨析及语境的理解。A聪明的；B坏的；C慢的；D快速的。根据词义辨析和空前的made jokes可判断答案C。

3.B 考查动词辨析及语境的理解。A询问；B决定；C忘记；D听说。从空后的内容判断是：由于孩子在学校受到同学的嘲笑，母亲“决定”亲自让自己的孩子在学校做得更好。故选B。

4.C 考查名词及语境的理解。A注意，便条；B口信，信息；C书；D问题。根据空前的library可判断选C。

5.A 考查名词辨析及语境的理解。A班级、课堂；B房间；C办公室；D实验室。空后有teacher和asked就可判断这是在课堂上。故选A。

6.D 考查上下文串联。根据空前的asked可判断是answer，故选D。

7.D 考查副词辨析及语境的理解。A总是；B甚至；C快速地；D从不。根据空前学生们的疑惑和空后的“他可能说什么”可判断，Ben以前“从不”回答问题，故选D。

8.C 考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：Ben不仅仅认识这块石头，还就这块石头滔滔不绝。found发现；palyed玩；knew知道；threw扔。根据空后的said a lot about it选择C。

9.C 考查连词辨析及语境的理解。句意：他还说出了这块石头家族中其他的石头，甚至还知道老师在哪里找到的石头。whether是否；when何时；where何地；why为什么。故选C。

10.B 考查形容词辨析及语境的理解。A恐怕，担心的；surprised吃惊的；worried担心的；unhappy不幸福的。从前文“学生们取笑Ben并认为他不可能认识这块石头”到“Ben不仅认识石头而且还知道石头之外的许多”，这足以让老师和学生们大吃一惊，故选B。

11.D 考查名词辨析及语境的理解。A图画，照片；B练习；C商店；D报告。句意：Ben都是从他的一本读书报告中知道的所有这一切。故选D。

12.A 考查名词辨析及语境的理解。A顶部，顶端；B结尾；C背部；D边感情。句意：后来Ben成为了班里最好的学生。故选A。

13.A 考查动词辨析及语境的理解。learned知道，学会；remembered记得，记起；understood理解；guessed猜测。此处说的是Ben长大后，故此处应是“知道”了关于母亲的故事，learn sth about sb知道关于某人的事情。故选A。

故选A。

14.B 考查名词辨析及语境的理解。A医生；B孩子；C学生；D老师。as a child当是一个孩子的时候。句意：Ben长大后他知道了小时候不知道的关于母亲的故事。故选B。

15.A 考查动词辨析及语境的理解。A读书；B工作；C教学；D展示。她，自己，从来不知道如何读书。故选A。

考点：考查教育类短文。