Question

Dinah is one of the most good-natured children that ever lived, but she is very, very lazy. There is nothing she likes, or used to like, so much as to curl up in some warm corner in the sun and do nothing.

Dinah’s mother wished very much that her child should learn to read, but the lady who tried to teach her soon give it up. “It is no   16  ,” she said, “Dinah   17  not learn. She is not stupid, but too lazy.”

It happened soon that a young man from Massachusetts came to the house where Dinah lived. He brought with him something no one else in the neighborhood had ever seen before－a pair of roller-skates.

When Dinah saw the young man going rapidly up and down the piazza (广场) on his skates she was so   18 . She ran after him like a cat, her black eyes shining.

One day the young man allowed her to   19  the skates. The child was too happy for words. Of course she fell down, but did not   20  at all.

“Look here, Dinah,” said the young man, “I understand that my aunt has been trying to teach you to read. Why didn’t you learn? Now, if you can read, I will send you a pair of good roller-skates.”

For a moment she said  21 , then exclaimed decidedly, “I’ll have those skates, sure.”

And she did. When she   22  her mind on her work, she could always do it well,  23  it was.

The lady who had before this found her   24   difficult a child to teach, now had no trouble. If Dinah showed the least   25  of her former laziness, the word SKATES was enough to draw her attention back to her lesson instantly.

On New Year’s morning she received a box marked in large printed letters:

MISS DINAH MORRIS,

Care of Mrs. Lawrence Delaney,

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

If she can read what is on the outside of this box she can have what is inside.

And as Dinah read every word clearly and quickly, of course she had the fine roller-skates the box held. And now sitting curled up in the sun, doing nothing, is not the thing she likes to do best.

1.	A．need B． way C． use D． importance

2.	A．shall B． will C． must D． can

3.	A．astonished B． terrified C． frightened D． shocked

4.	A．put up B． try out C． try on D． have on

5.	A．move B． hurt C． cry D． mind

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

7.	A．paid B． drew C． bent D． made

8.	A．whenever B． however C． whatever D． wherever

9.	A．such B． so C． still D． very

10.	A． sign B． impression C． mark D． expression

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.B

10.A

【解析】一双溜冰鞋改变了一个女孩！

1.固定句型。It is no use…没有用；根据上下文可知是让她学习是没有用的。

2.情态动词用法。Will愿意；根据句意可知她女儿不愿意学习，不是笨而是懒。

3.形容词辨析。根据上下文可知Dinah看到他穿着溜冰鞋快速的溜来溜去，根据很惊讶。

4.短语辨析。A举起，张贴，留宿；B试验；C试穿，试用；D穿着；结合句意可知他让她试穿溜冰鞋。

5.上下文串联。根据上文可知她分词喜欢溜冰，即使摔倒也不在乎。

6.上下文串联。根据下文的then exclaimed decidedly可知一开始她什么也没有说。

7.固定词组。Bend  on使致力于….。句意：只要她致力于工作，无论是什么工作，她都能做好。

8.考察让步状语从句。句意同上。

9.考察固定用法。Such后面要加名词短语，so后面要接形容词，副词短语，故B正确。

10.名词辨析。A迹象；B印象；C痕迹；D表情。结合句意可知是指表现出懒惰的迹象。