Question

During the first week of the term, every student was given a job for which they would be responsible for the rest of that school year.

   Some jobs were more  26  than others, and the children were eager to be given one of the best ones. And the teacher would  27  who had been most responsible during the previous year. Among them Rita  28  . During the previous year she had followed all the teacher’s  29  perfectly.

   But that year there was a big  30  . Each child received one of the normal  31  , like cleaning the blackboard. But Rita’s job was very  32  . She was given a little box containing some sand and one ant. And even though the teacher  33  that this ant was a very special ant, it  34  Rita. Most of her classmates felt sorry for her and even her father  35  Rita to ignore it.  36  , Rita preferred to show the teacher her error by making the unimportant task into a special job.

   “ I will turn this little task into  37  great,” Rita said to herself.

   So Rita started  38 her little ant. She gave the ant the best food, and it grew bigger than anyone had expected…

   One day, the teacher  39  a man to the students and said he would tell them a  40  piece of news. The man said, “ Today they have announced the winner of the  41  , and this class is the winner! This class has been chosen to accompany me on a  42  to the tropical rainforest to investigate all kinds of insects.  43  all the schools of this region, it is this one that has best  44  for the little ant given to you. Well done!”

   That day the class was filled with joy. Everyone  45  Rita and thanked the teacher. And many children learnt that to be given the most important tasks you have to know how to be responsible for even the smallest tasks.

1.A. interesting  B. possible      C. necessary        D. creative

2.A. realize      B. doubt          C. argue            D. consider

3.A. stood up     B. stood out     C. stood for        D. stood by

4.A. opinions     B. concerns      C. instructions      D. experiments

5.A. curiosity    B. movement       C. surprise         D. chance

6.A. tasks        B. promises      C. dreams           D. purposes

7.A. different    B. ordinary           C. familiar         D. valuable

8.A. hoped        B. insisted    C. agreed          D. guessed

9.A. annoyed      B. inspired     C. satisfied          D. disappointed

10.A. supposed     B. forced       C. encouraged      D. admitted

11.A. Therefore    B. Otherwise    C. However        D. Moreover

12.A. something    B. nothing      C. everything        D. anything

13.A. developing   B. studying     C. comforting        D. writing

14.A. introduced   B. exposed      C. appealed        D. connected

15.A. terrible     B. confusing    C. wonderful       D. foolish

16.A. competition  B. challenge    C. conference        D. negotiation

17.A. journey      B. vacation     C. meeting           D. story

18.A. Between      B. Along      C. Besides         D. Among

19.A looked        B. paid        C. cared              D. worked

20.A. prized       B. congratulated    C. respected     D. celebrated

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.C

6.A

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.A

17.A

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】

1.考查形容词。结合下文the children were eager to be given one of the best ones可知“工作jobs”在孩子们眼中有好差之分，那也就是说在孩子们看来， 一些工作比另些要“有趣”。

2.考查动词。在分配工作，老师要考虑（consider）在过去的一年中谁是最负责的学生。

3.考查动词短语。在这些最负责的学生中Rita最为突出（stand out）。

4.考查名词。服从遵守老师的指导（instructions）。

5.考查名词。其他孩子得到是正常的任务normal tasks，与此构成转折，那Rita得到应是不同寻常的任务。是人们意想不到的，是与其他人的任务不同的。

6.考查名词。见30解析。

7.考查形容词。见30解析。

8.考查动词。根据后面的a very special ant可知，老师在此应是“强调，一再说（insist）”。

9.考查动词。结合下文the unimportant task可知， 照看一只蚂蚁使Rita很失望（disappoint）。

10.考查动词。encourage sb to do sth鼓励某人做某事。

11.考查副词。此题前后之间的意义是转折关系。

12.考查代词。“我要把这个小任务变成大事情（something）。”

13.考查动词。结合下文on a  42  to the tropical rainforest to investigate all kinds of insects可知Rita不只喂养the ant而且还研究study它。

14.考查动词。introduce sb to sb把某人介绍给某人。

15.考查形容词。结合this class is the winner!可知是好消息。

16.考查名词。四个选项中只有competition可能有获胜者winner。

17.考查名词。on a journry to去……旅行。

18.考查介词。引出后面最高级best的范围，用of或among+复数名词。

19.考查动词。care for照顾。

20.考查动词。congratulate sb祝贺某人。获胜者其实是应该是Rita，所以同学们她。