Question

    Grandma Kong is from the western countryside of China. She has spent nearly _______years adopting(收养）and raising abandoned（被遗弃的）children. She gives them food to eat and sends them to school to get an _______.

Kong first adopted an abandoned child in the 1970s. She found she couldn't stop there. Though in poor health, the kind woman _______ adopting abandoned children and raising them as her own. Over the last 48 years, she has adopted over 40 children. _______ of them have grown up and become doctors or lawyers.

It costs Kong a lot to raise so many children. There were times she couldn't put enough _______on the table. She chose to leave home to look for leftovers（残羹剩饭）in the rubbish. To her great _______, things got much better with time. Now her grown-up children help her to bring up their _______brothers and sisters.

Kong always believes that education is the best way to get out of poverty（贫穷）, _______ she makes sure that all her children go to school. She said, "I told my children that it was quite _______ for them to study hard and that it was their only chance to change their lives."

Kong's story has ________ thousands of people's hearts. Many of them say she is a great mother and a good example to follow.

1.A.thirty B.forty C.fifty

2.A.education B.answer C.exam

3.A.stops B.keeps C.regrets

4.A.None B.Some C.All

5.A.food B.water C.paper

6.A.sadness B.pity C.pleasure

7.A.younger B.elder C.taller

8.A.but B.or C.so

9.A.strange B.impossible C.necessary

10.A.separated B.touched C.protected

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.C

10.B

【解析】

本文主要向我们介绍孔奶奶的善行。

1.

句意：她花了近50年的时间收养和抚养被遗弃的孩子。

thirty三十；forty四十；fifty五十。根据后文“Over the last 48 years, she has adopted over 40 children.”可知，在过去的48年里，她收养了40多个孩子。48年接近50年，故选C。

2.

句意：她给他们食物吃，送他们去学校接受教育。

education教育；answer回答；exam考试。根据“She gives them food to eat and sends them to school to get an ___2___.”可知，她给他们食物吃并送他们去学校，去上学是为了得到教育，故选A。

3.

句意：虽然这位好心的妇女身体不好，却一直收养被遗弃的孩子，把他们当作自己的孩子抚养。

stops停止；keeps继续；regrets后悔。分析“Though in poor health, the kind woman ___3___ adopting abandoned children and raising them as her own.”可知，此处是Though引导的让步状语从句，前后构成让步关系，表示“虽然这位好心的妇女身体不好，却一直收养被遗弃的孩子”的含义，此处强调“继续”。故选B。

4.

句意：他们中的一些人长大后成为了医生或律师。

None三者及以上都不；Some一些；All所有。分析句意可知，此处描述收养的四十几个孩子中的一些长大后成为了医生或律师，强调“一些”。故选B。

5.

句意：很多次，她没有足够的食物摆到餐桌上。

food食物；water水；paper纸。根据后文“She chose to leave home to look for leftovers（残羹剩饭）in the rubbish.”可知，她选择离开家去垃圾中找残羹剩饭，所以应该是食物不够。故选A。

6.

句意：使她高兴的是，随着时间的推移，情况越来越好了。

sadness悲伤；pity遗憾；pleasure快乐。分析“To her great ___6___, things got much better with time.”可知，情况越来越好了，所以她很高兴。故选C。

7.

句意：现在她的孩子们帮她抚养他们年更小的弟弟妹妹。

younger更年轻；elder更老；taller更高。分析“Now her grown-up children help her to bring up their ___7___brothers and sisters.”可知，是长大的孩子帮助她抚养更小的孩子。故选A。

8.

句意：孔一直认为教育是摆脱贫困的最好方法，所以她确保她所有的孩子都能上学。

but但是，表转折；or或者，表选择；so所以，表结果。分析“Kong always believes that education is the best way to get out of poverty（贫穷）, ___8___ she makes sure that all her children go to school.”可知，她认为教育是摆脱贫困的最好方法，所以她确保她所有的孩子都能上学，此处强调结果。故选C。

9.

句意：我告诉我的孩子们，努力学习是非常必要的，这是他们唯一的机会来改变自己的生活。

strange陌生的，奇怪的；impossible不可能的；necessary必要的。分析句子可知，此处表示“努力学习是非常必要的”，强调必要性，其他两项不符合语境，故选C。

10.

句意：孔的故事感动了成千上万人的心。

separated分离；touched触摸，感动；protected保护。分析句意可知，很多人说她是一位伟大的母亲，是一个值得学习的好榜样，所以她的故事感动了成千上万人的心，其他两项不符合语意。故选B。