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Sitienei, a 90-year-old grandmother, has become the world’s oldest primary school student. She is studying at the local primary school to learn to read and write. She is from a small ________ in Kenyan. She has spent most of her life________ as a midwife(接生婆)， helping women to give birth to babies. She wants to pass on her midwife skills to the young. She said she didn’t have a chance to go to school when she was ________ . So she wants all the children in her village to ________ .

The head teacher at the school said, “I’m proud________her. She is loved by every pupil. They all want to learn and play with ________ .”He also said, “She is doing well considering her ________.” I can say I have seen a big difference in this school________ she came.

Sitienei often said, “I want to tell children, ________ girls in poor areas, that ________ will be your wealth.” She added, “With education, you can be whatever you want to be——a doctor , a teacher, a scientist, and so on.

1.A. school           B. village        C. town         D. city

2.A. reading          B. work          C. playing       D. working

3.A. young           B. old            C. famous       D. free

4.A. study           B. work           C. leave        D. listen

5.A. for             B. with          C. of          D. in

6.A. her             B. me             C. him           D. you

7.A. chance          B. age           C. skills        D. ways

8.A. after            B. when          C. since         D. before

9.A. naturally       B. especially     C. luckily       D. certainly

10.A. friendship     B. future        C. competition   D. education

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了九十岁的肯尼亚奶奶成为世界上年龄最大的小学生。对此校长及本人都发表了自己的看法。

1.B考查名词及语境的理解。 A. school学校；B. village村庄；C. town镇；D. city城市。Sitienei来自肯尼亚的一个小村庄。根据后文她想让她的村庄的孩子学习，故选B。

2.D考查非谓语动词及语境的理解。 A. reading 读；B. writing写；C. playing玩；D. working工作。work as…,作为……工作。她一生的大部分时间都是作接生婆工作。结合句意，故选D。

3.A考查形容词及语境的理解。A. young年青的；B. old老的；C. famous著名的； D. free自由的，有空的。她说当她小的时候没有机会上学。结合句意，故选A。

4.A考查动词及语境的理解。 A. study学习； B. work工作；C. leave离开；D. listen听。根据上文她小的时候没有机会上学，所以她想让她的村庄的所有的孩子学习。故选A。

5.C考查名词及语境的理解。考查介词及语境的理解。 be proud of以……骄傲。校长说：我为她骄傲，她被所有的学生喜欢。故选C。

6.A考查代词及语境的理解。A. her她，她的；B. me我；C. him他；D. you你，你们。他们都想和她一起学习和玩。根据上文可知是指Sitienei，女性，故选A

7.B考查动词及语境的理解。考查名词及语境的理解。A. chance机会；B. age年龄； C. skills技巧；D. ways方法。考虑到她的年龄，她做的很好了。结合句意及实际情况，故选B。

8.C考查连词及语境的理解。A. after在……之后；B. when当；C. since自从；D. before在……之前。我可以说自从她来了我看到了在这个学校的巨大的影响。since自从……，现在现在完成时的标志词。结合句意及时态，故选C。

9.B考查副词及语境的理解。A. naturally自然地；B. especially尤其是； C. luckily 幸运地；D. certainly当然。我想告诉孩子们，尤其是贫困地区的孩子们。结合句意，故选B。

10.D考查名词及语境的理解。A. Friendship友情，友谊；B. Future将来；C. Competition作文；D. Education教育；句意：教育对于你来说是值得的。根据题意故选D。

考点：日常生活类短文