Question

    When I was eight years old, Mother told me to put my coat on because we were going somewhere ______. Usually, that meant we were going to see someone important. I would at least get a new toy. I asked which one it would be that day, and she told me that I would get something ______ than a toy. She said I would get “access (通道) to a world of toys.”

I had no idea what she meant. Did that mean we were buying a toy ______?

But we did not end up at any toy store. Neither did we finally see anyone we knew. ______, mother pulled her car into a parking lot in front of a building that looked like something out of the past. It didn't have a modern ______ at all.

We took stone steps up to the entrance. Only then I found out what this place was, because there was a sign that ______“Marcy Public Library”. We pushed the door open, and mother led me to the front desk. “I'd like to get my daughter a library card”, she told the man ______ the desk. He asked her to fill out a form. “What kind of books do you like to read?” he asked. I was too shy to ______. I only smiled. “Well, you’ll find it out in time,” he said.

I do not remember ______ I picked out that first day, but I know that in the years that followed I read through the books on history, books of poetry, and books about art. The library opened up a world that I ____ knew that day.

So my mother was right. Getting a library card was like getting access to a world of toys.

1.A.special B.strange C.lovely D.strict

2.A.worse B.better C.cheaper D.uglier

3.A.model B.car C.card D.store

4.A.Otherwise B.However C.Moreover D.Instead

5.A.smell B.look C.taste D.feeling

6.A.said B.printed C.spoke D.named

7.A.over B.above C.on D.behind

8.A.choose B.reply C.borrow D.scream

9.A.what B.how C.when D.why

10.A.ever B.always C.never D.already

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

【解析】

短文讲述了在我八岁生日那天，妈妈带我去了一个特别的地方。刚开始我以为妈妈会带我去买玩具或者去见重要的人，结果意料之外她带我来到了图书馆并且给我办了一张借书证，原来妈妈送我的生日礼物不是玩具而是借书证。从那天起，我读了许多不同类型的书，这个图书馆为我打开了世界的大门，从那之后，我才明白妈妈之前对我说的话“一张借书证就像是走进玩具世界的通道”。

1.句意：在我八岁生日那天，妈妈让我穿上外套，因为我们要去一个特别的地方。

special特别的；strange奇怪的；lovely可爱的；strict严格的。根据分析下文“Usually, that meant we were going to see someone important. I would at least get a new toy通常，这意味着我们会去见一些重要的人。我至少会买个新玩具。”可知这是以往作者过生日的方式，但是通过分析妈妈回答作者的话“She said I would get ‘access to a world of toys’她说我可以进入一个玩具世界”我们可以推断出妈妈这次不是带她去买玩具，而是去不同往常的特别的地方，故选A。

2.句意：她告诉我，我会得到比玩具更好的东西

worse更差的；better更好的；cheaper更便宜的；uglier更丑陋的。根据分析下文“She said I would get ‘access to a world of toys’她说我能进入一个玩具世界”我们可以发现玩具世界是比玩具更好的东西，所以在这四个选项中只有B项better符合原句语义，故选B。

3.句意：那意味着我们要买下整个玩具店吗？

model模型；car车；card 卡片；store商店。根据分析下文“But we did not end up at any toy store 但我们最终没有去任何玩具店”我们可以发现这里出现了玩具商店，这表明了上文同样出现了toy store，这是词义复现，故选D。

4.句意：相反，母亲把她的车停在一栋很旧的大楼对面的停车场里。

Otherwise否则；However然而；Moreover而且；Instead相反。联系上文“But we did not end up at any toy store. Neither did we finally see anyone we knew我们最后没有去任何一家玩具商店也没有去见任何一个重要的人”且联系下文“mother pulled her car into a parking lot in front of a building that looked like something out of the past妈妈把她的车停在了一个很旧的大楼的对面的停车场里”可知妈妈最后的行为与我想象的行为是相反的，故选D。

5.句意：它没有现代化的外观。

smell气味；look样子；taste味道；feeling感觉。根据分析上文“mother pulled her car into a parking lot in front of a building that looked like something out of the past妈妈把她的车停在了一个很旧的大楼的对面的停车场里”可知这栋大楼是很旧的外观，故选B。

6.句意：直到那时我才发现这个地方是什么，因为有一个牌子上写着“Marcy公共图书馆”。

said说；printed印刷；spoke说话；named取名字。通过分析原句“ Only then I found out what this place was, because there was a sign that （）“Marcy Public Library”我们可以发现其中sign是标牌的意思，一般标牌上的内容是用来告诉人们消息的，将B项、C项和D项分别带入原句中，我们发现其翻译不通顺且不符语境，将其排除，而将A项said带入原句中其翻译流畅，故选A。

7.句意：“我想给我女儿办一张借书卡”，她告诉书桌后面的那个人。

over在上方；above在上方；on在上面；behind在后面。根据分析原句“ “I'd like to get my daughter a library card”, she told the man （） the desk”我们可以发现the man后面的内容是用来修饰man的修饰语，所以将其A项、B项和C项分别带入原句中，我们发现其并不符合逻辑，将D项带入原句，我们发现句子符合逻辑且翻译流畅，故选D。

8.句意：我是如此的害羞所以我没有回答他。

choose选择；reply回答；borrow 借；scream尖叫。根据分析前文“What kind of books do you like to read?’ he asked你喜欢读什么样的书？他问 ”从中我们可以发现图书馆的工作人员在询问作者喜欢读哪种类型的书，所以按照逻辑思维来看，此处应该是作者需要回答工作人员的问题，故选B。

9.句意：我记不得第一天我是选的什么类型的书。

what什么；how如何；when何时；why为什么。根据上文图书馆工作人员询问作者想要读什么类型的书，且联系下文“but I know that in the years that followed I read through the books on history, books of poetry, and books about art”可知作者在之后读过了许多不同类型的书，通过联系上下文，我们可以推断出此处应该理解为作者记不得当时选择的是书的什么类型，故选A。

10.句意：在那一天，图书馆为我打开了我从未了解的世界的大门。

ever从来；always总是；never从未；already已经。结合全篇文意来看，作者在八岁之前是个过生日只会想到玩具的孩子，在妈妈带她去到图书馆之前，她不知道世界是什么样子的，通过妈妈的引导，她才开始阅读，开始了解世界，因此这里应该理解为就在妈妈带她去图书馆的那天，图书馆为作者打开了她之前从未了解的世界大门，故选C。