Question

    John sat ______ to me when we were in No. 1 Middle School. He had a serious ______ in communicating with people. One always had to guess ______ he was saying. Besides (此外), ______ of my classmates did not like to be with him, because his hands and shirts were always ______. I tried to let him know the importance of being clean by ______ him many times a day to wash his hands. But he just could not ______.

One day, our teacher Miss Lee walked up to John. ______ saying anything, she took John to the washroom. Slowly, Miss Lee washed his ______ and told him that he should keep himself clean. She did that every day for one month. ______, John understood.

1.A.behind B.by C.next D.near

2.A.question B.problem C.trouble D.hobby

3.A.that B.what C.all D.why

4.A.most B.fewest C.few D.more

5.A.dirty B.clean C.new D.old

6.A.talking B.saying C.speaking D.telling

7.A.know B.think C.understand D.see

8.A.With B.Without C.After D.Above

9.A.face B.feet C.shirts D.hands

10.A.At last B.At first C.Such as D.So far

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.A

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.A

【解析】

本文讲述了作者的同学约翰很脏，不洗手。作者说了很多次让他洗手，他似乎不明白。后来，他的老师每天给他洗手，一个月后，他明白了他应该洗手。

1.句意：我们在第一中学的时候，约翰坐在我旁边。

A. behind在……的后面，B. by通过，C. next靠近，D. near附近，next to “在旁边”，故选C。

2.句意：他在与人交流方面有严重的问题。

A.question问题，B. problem难题，C. trouble麻烦，D. hobby爱好。have a problem in doing

sth“在做某事方面有困难，有问题”，故选B。

3.句意：人们总是不得不猜测他在说什么。

A. that那个，B. what什么，C. all所有的，D. why为什么。此处作为动词saying的宾语，用what，故选B。

4.句意：此外，我的大多数同学不喜欢和他在一起，因为他的手和衬衫总是很脏。

A. most大多数，B. fewest最少的，C. few很少的，D. more更多的。most of“大多数的”，故选A。

5.句意：此外，我的大多数同学不喜欢和他在一起，因为他的手和衬衫总是很脏。
A. dirty脏的，B. clean干净的，C. new新的，D. old旧的。根据后文“I tried to let him know the importance of being clean by ___6___ him many times a day to wash his hands.”可知，他的手是脏的。故选A。

6.句意：我试着让他知道清洁的重要性，告诉他每天要洗手很多次。

A. talking谈话，B. saying说，强调说话的内容；C. speaking说，强调说某种语言；D. telling告诉。tell sb to do sth“告诉某人去做某事”，故选D。

7.句意：但他就是不明白。

A. know知道，B. think认为，C. understand理解，D. see看见。连词but前后表示转折关系，but前表示我告诉他去洗手，but后表示他不明白。故选C。

8.句意：她什么也没说就把约翰带到了洗手间。

A. With带有，B. Without没有，C. After在……之后，D. Above在……之上。根据anything用于否定句，因此用without，故选B。

9.句意：李老师慢慢地给他洗了手，并告诉他要保持清洁。

A. face脸，B. feet脚，C. shirts衬衫，D. hands手。根据前文的“by ___6___ him many times a day to wash his hands.”可知，此处表示洗手，故选D。

10.句意：她每天都这样做，坚持了一个月。约翰终于明白了。

A. At last最后，B. At first首先，C. Such as例如，D. So far迄今为止。根据上句的语境可知，老师每天给他洗手，坚持了一个月，他才终于明白要洗手，因此用at last。故选A。