Question

阅读下面短文，从A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入短文中相应空白处的最佳答案。

Maria Gomez was born in Peru. She grew up in a small village. She        when she was six years old. She went to elementary school, but she         to high school. Her family was very       _and she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old. She       in a shoe factory.

When Maria was seventeen years old, her family       __to the United States. First they lived in Los Angeles, and then they moved to San Francisco. When Maria        __in the United States, she was not happy.

She missed her friends in Peru, and she didn't       _ a word of English. She began to study English at night,      _ worked in a factory during the day.

Maria studied very hard, and now she speaks English well. She’s still        at night, but now she is studying typing. She wants       a typist. Maria still misses her friends in Peru. But she is very happy now, and she hopes she will have a good future in the new country.

1.A. went to school B. go to school  C. goes to school   D. begins school

2.A. went           B.didn't go    C. began      D. wasn't

3.A. rich           B. poor          C. happy      D. glad

4.A. works           B. is working    C. is going to work  D. worked

5.A. moved          B. go          C. stayed     D. lived

6.A. reached        B. arrived       C. got       D. moved

7.A. tell           B. talk          C. know      D. say

8.A. when            B. so           C. or        D. and

9.A. studying        B. studied       C. study      D. studies

10.A. to do         B. do           C. to be      D. be

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是Maria因为家庭穷困，很早就辍学去工作。后来他们家从秘鲁搬到了美国，一开始她很不开心，后来她找到了可以做的事情，她变得开心起来。虽然她还是想念秘鲁的朋友，但是她也希望自己在美国有一个好的未来。

1.A考查动词时态及语境的理解。句意：她六岁的时候开始上学。went to school 上学，一般过去时态；go to school 去上学；goes to school 去上学，第三人称单数形式；begins school开始上学，第三人称单数形式。根据文意可知，这篇短文使用的是一般过去时态，故选A。

2.B考查动词及语境的理解。句意：她上了小学，但是她没有上中学。went去，过去式； didn’t go 没有去；began 开始wasn’t没有。根据文意可知，Maria没有上中学，故应选B。

3.B考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：她的家庭很穷，在她13岁的时候，她就不得不去工作。rich 富有的；poor 穷的；happy 开心的；glad高兴的。根据句意可知，因为家里穷，所以才不上学去工作。故选B。

4.D考查动词时态及语境的理解。句意：她在一家鞋厂工作。works 工作，第三人称单数形式；is working 现在进行时态；is going to work 打算去工作；worked工作，过去式。根据文意可知，这篇短文使用的是一般过去时态，故应选D。

5.A考查动词及语境的理解。句意：当Maria17岁的时候，她们一家搬到了美国。moved 搬家，搬走；go 去；stayed 呆，停留；lived居住。根据文意可知，Maria出生在Peru，所以这里应该是搬家到了美国，故选A。

6.B考查动词及语境的理解。句意：当Maria来到美国的时候，她非常的不开心。reached 到达，及物动词，后面直接跟名词；arrived 到达，不及物动词，后跟介词at或in；got 到达，后跟介词to；moved 搬家。根据句意和空后的in可知选B。

7.C考查动词及语境的理解。句意：她想念她秘鲁的朋友，而且她不知道一个英语单词。tell 告诉；talk 谈话；know 知道；say说。根据句意可知，Maria不会英语，故选C。

8.D考查连词及语境的理解。句意：晚上她开始学习英语，白天在工厂里工作。when 当…时候；so 因此；or 或者；and 和，并且。根据句意可知，这里表示并列的关系，故应选D。

9.A考查动词及语境的理解。句意：她晚上仍然在学习，但是她现在学的是打字。studying 学习；study 动词原形；studied 过去式；studies第三人称单数形式。根据空前的She’s可知，这句话使用的是现在进行时态，故应选A。

10.动词不定式及语境的理解。句意：她想成为一个打字员。to do 去做；do 做；to be 成为；be是，成为。这里使用的句型是want to be…想要成为……，故根据句意可知选C。

考点：日常生活类短文。