Question

    Kevin White is an 8-year-old boy from Salt Lake City. He started school two years ago but he has _________ been able to ride the school bus with the other kids. Because of a serious illness, he needs _________ care even on the way to school. His parents drive him to _________ each day.

When he heard that a service dog could allow him to ride the bus, he _________ to get one at once. However, his family didn’t have that much _________. So Kevin came up with an idea to raise money by selling _________.

After Kevin told his father what he _________, his father helped him grow vegetables in their yard. To let people know about Kevin’s _________ on September 26, Kevin’s dad wrote _________ article online, telling people what happened to Kevin and __________ he wanted to do. The story touched many people’s hearts __________ they wanted to lend Kevin a hand. In just a few weeks, Kevin’s vegetables were __________. People even began giving __________ own vegetables to Kevin to sell.

With the help of others, Kevin has __________ over 21,000 dollars in all. Kevin said he would use the money to buy service dog and give the money left __________ other children in need.

1.A.always B.often C.never

2.A.special B.strange C.usual

3.A.work B.school C.home

4.A.wanted B.went C.refused

5.A.food B.time C.money

6.A.fruit B.vegetables C.flowers

7.A.heard B.said C.thought

8.A.life B.story C.problem

9.A.a B.an C.the

10.A.what B.which C.that

11.A.and B.but C.or

12.A.put out B.given out C.sold out

13.A.our B.your C.their

14.A.sent B.raised C.donated

15.A.to B.for C.from

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.B

10.A

11.A

12.C

13.C

14.B

15.A

【解析】

这篇短文讲述的是8岁的男孩Kevin患有重病，他不能独自坐校车上学。服务犬可以帮助Kevin坐校车上学，但需要很多钱买到，于是Kevin就想通过卖菜筹集钱。当人们听说了Kevin的故事之后，他们都给Kevin伸出了援助之手，Kevin很快就把钱筹集够了。

1.

句意：他两年前开始上学，但他从来不能和其他孩子一起坐校车。

考查副词辨析及语境。always总是；often经常；never从不。根据下文“Because of a serious illness, he needs ____2____ care even on the way to school. His parents drive him to ____3____ each day.”可知，Kevin患有重病，需要照顾，他不能坐校车上学，他的父母开车送他上学。故选C。

2.

句意：因为一场重病，他即使在上学的路上也需要特殊照顾。

考查形容词辨析及语境。special特殊的，特别的；strange奇怪的，陌生的；usual通常的。根据句意和常识可知，Kevin患有重病，所以需要特殊的照顾。故选A。

3.

句意：每天他的父母开车送他去学校。

考查名词辨析及语境。work工作；school学校；home家。根据上文“He started school two years ago but he has ____1____ been able to ride the school bus with the other kids.”可知，Kevin不能和其他孩子一起坐校车上学，因此这里应说的是父母送他去学校。故选B。

4.

句意：当他听说服务犬可以让他坐公共汽车时，他想马上买一条。

考查动词辨析及语境。wanted想要；went去；refused拒绝。根据下文“However, his family didn’t have that much ____5____ . So Kevin came up with an idea to raise money by selling ____6____ .”可知，Kevin想通过卖菜来筹集钱买一条服务犬，所以这里表示“想要……”，故选A。

5.

句意：然而，他家里没有那么多钱。

考查名词辨析及语境。food食物；time时间；money钱。根据下句话“So Kevin came up with an idea to raise money by selling ____6____ .”，Kevin想要通过……来筹钱，所以这里是说他的家里没有太多钱。故选C。

6.

句意：所以Kevin想出了一个卖蔬菜来赚钱的主意。

考查名词辨析及语境。fruit水果；vegetables蔬菜；flowers花。根据下文“In just a few weeks, Kevin’s vegetables were ____12____ . People even began giving ____13____ own vegetables to Kevin to sell.”可知，Kevin想通过卖菜来筹钱。故选B。

7.

句意：Kevin告诉他爸爸他的想法后，他爸爸帮他在院子里种蔬菜。

考查动词辨析及语境。heard听到，听说；said说；thought想；思考。根据上文“So Kevin came up with an idea to raise money by selling ____6____ .”可知，Kevin想到了通过卖菜来筹钱，这里是他把自己的想法告诉了爸爸。故选C。

8.

句意：9月26日，为了让人们知道Kevin的故事，Kevin的爸爸在网上写了一篇文章，告诉人们Kevin的遭遇和他想做的事情。

考查名词辨析及语境。life生活；story故事；problem问题。根据下文“The story touched many people’s hearts”可知，Kevin的爸爸把Kevin的故事写成了文章，这个故事打动了很多人。故选B。

9.

句意：9月26日，为了让人们知道Kevin的故事，Kevin的爸爸在网上写了一篇文章，告诉人们Kevin的遭遇和他想做的事情。

考查冠词辨析及语境。a和an是不定冠词，修饰可数名词单数，表示泛指一个……；an用元音音素前；the是定冠词，修饰名词表示特指。根据句意可知，这里表示泛指“写了一篇文章”，并且空后的article是元音/a:/开头，应用an修饰。故选B。

10.

句意：9月26日，为了让人们知道Kevin的故事，Kevin的爸爸在网上写了一篇文章，告诉人们Kevin的遭遇和他想做的事情。

考查连词辨析及语境。根据句子结构可知，该空引导的是宾语从句。what连接代词，什么，所……的，在从句中作主语或宾语；which哪一个；that引导宾语从句时，没有意义，在从句中不作成分。根据句意和句子结构可知，该空代指“他所做的事情”，在从句中作宾语，应用what引导。故选A。

11.

句意：这个故事感动了许多人的心，他们想帮助Kevin。

考查连词辨析及语境。and和，而且；but但是；or或者；否则。根据句意可知，空前“…touched many people’s hearts”和空后“wanted to lead Kevin a hand”是承接关系，应用and连接，故选A。

12.

句意：仅仅几个星期，Kevin的蔬菜就卖光了。

考查动词短语辨析及语境。put out扑灭；given out分发；发出；精疲力竭；sold out卖完。根据文意“People even began giving ____13____ own vegetables to Kevin to sell.”可知，有了人们的帮助，Kevin的菜很快就卖完了。故选C。

13.

句意：人们甚至开始把他们自己的蔬菜给Kevin卖。

考查物主代词辨析及语境。our我们的；your你的；their他们的。根据句意可知，这句话的主语是people，因此该空代指“人们的”，应用their，故选C。

14.

句意：在其他人的帮助下，Kevin总共筹集了21，000多美元。

考查动词辨析及语境。sent发送；寄；raised筹集；donated捐赠。根据上文“So Kevin came up with an idea to raise money by selling ____6____ .”可知，Kevin卖菜是为了筹钱买服务犬。故选B。

15.

句意：Kevin说他会用这笔钱买一只服务犬，然后把剩下的钱给其他需要帮助的孩子。

考查介词辨析及语境。to到；for为了；因为；from从，来自。根据句子结构可知，这句话使用了give sth. to sb.这个短语，意为“把某物给某人”，故选A。