Question

My l4-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat which was hanging at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass. While the other coats drooped(低垂), this one looked as if it were   36  itself up. The coat had beautiful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label and a(an)   37  price of $28, which was popular just then with   38 , but could cost several hundred dollars new. This coat was even better, bearing that   39  of classic elegance（优雅）. John tried it on and the fit was perfect.

John   40  the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. “Did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,” he said,   41  folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a   42  came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness (作对) and reasoned discussion replaced fierce   43 . He became more mannerly and   44 , eager to please. He would generously loan his younger brother his tapes and lecture him   45  his behavior.

When I mentioned this incident to his teacher and   46  what caused the changes, she said laughing. “It   47  be his coat!” Another teacher told him she was giving him a good   48  not only because he had earned   49  but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran into a friend “Could this be John?” he asked surprisingly,   50  John’s new height, assessing the cut of his coat and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.

John and I both know we should never   51  a person’s clothes for the real person within them.   52  there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for   53  what is on the inside to what is on the outside.

For John it is a time when it is as easy to try on different approaches to   54  as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape   55  all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.

1.                A．turning         B．showing         C．holding   D．hanging

2.                A．unreasonable    B．expected        C．acceptable    D．unbelievable

3.                A．adults          B．teenagers       C．women   D．strangers

4.                A．color          B．style           C．price D．size

5.                A．wore          B．carried         C．lent  D．sent

6.                A．carefully        B．comfortably     C．casually   D．quickly

7.                A．happiness       B．matter          C．smile D．change

8.                A．doubt          B．argument       C．fight D．war

9.                A．thoughtful      B．handsome       C．hopeful   D．curious

10.               A．of             B．with           C．on   D．at

11.               A．discovered      B．confirmed      C．concluded D．wondered

12.               A．can            B．should         C．will   D．must

13.               A．present        B．mark           C．word D．result

14.               A．it             B．them          C．this   D．one

15.               A．taking up       B．looking down to  C．checking up    D．looking up at

16.               A．trust           B．exchange       C．mistake   D．regard

17.               A．Though         B．But            C．Since D．So

18.               A．matching       B．attaching       C．relating   D．connecting

19.               A．career         B．life            C．study D．success

20.               A．how           B．why           C．where D．when

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.D

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了作者的儿子John一个偶然的机会买到了一件二手的衣服，儿子特别的喜欢，穿着去上学，其他的孩子也喜欢，就连儿子的老师也喜欢他的这件衣服，John从此像变了一个人。变得会体贴别人，关心别人了。

1.考查动词短语及上下文的呼应。turn up出现； show up露面； hold up举起； hang up挂断电话。其他的大衣都显得没精打采，惟独这件衣服气场不凡。故选C。

2.考查形容词及上下文的呼应。Unreasonable不合理的； expected 预期的；acceptable可接受的； unbelievable难以置信的。与下文but could cost several hundred dollars new.相对应，两者相比价格差距大，所以说28美元难以置信的   ，故选D。

3.考查名词及上下文的呼应。adults 成年人；teenagers青少年； women妇女；strangers陌生人。根据上文可知John 14岁和下文“Did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,”可以推知这件衣服在青少年中受欢迎。故选B。

4.考查名词及上下文的呼应。color颜色； style款式； price 价格； size尺寸。根据classic elegance（优雅）可知这里说的是款式，故选B。

5.考查动词及上下文的呼应。wear穿； carry携带； lend 借； send发送。

第二天约翰就穿着它去上学了。故选A。

6.考查副词及上下文的呼应。carefully仔细地； comfortably舒服地； casually随意地； quickly迅速地。他一边说，一边在椅子背儿上把衣服仔细地叠起来，并甩手把它展平。故选A。

7.考查名词及上下文的呼应。happiness 幸福； matter事情； smile微笑； change变化。在接下来的几周内，约翰慢慢地变了：变得听话而不再故意作对。故选D。

8.考查名词及上下文的呼应。doubt怀疑； argument争吵； fight斗争； war战争。遇事能心平气和地商讨而不再强词夺理。故选B。

9.考查形容词及上下文的呼应。thoughtful  体贴的； handsome英俊的； hopeful有希望的；curious好奇的。他变得更明事理、更有礼貌，也更体贴人了。故选A。

10.考查介词及上下文的呼应。lecture作“讲演,讲课”解时,是不及物动词。说“讲授某课程”时常与介词on连用,说“在某地讲演”时常与介词at〔in〕连用。他会很慷慨地把自己的磁带借给弟弟，并告诫他如何有良好的行为举止。故选C。

11.考查动词及上下文的呼应。discover发现； confirm确认； conclude推断； wonder纳闷。当我对他的一个老师提起这件事，并说我不知道这是为什么他变化这么大，故选D。

12.考查情态动词及上下文的呼应。can  会； should应该； will将； must一定。她笑着说：“一定是因为他的大衣！”故选D。  

13.考查名词及上下文的呼应。present礼物； mark分数； word消息； result结果。另一个老师告诉他，她要给他一个好成绩。mark作“分数,等级符号”解时,指某一学科的分数或用字母表示的等级,常与for〔in〕搭配,表示“得分”动词常用get〔gain〕。result还可表示“人、球队、团体参加考试或竞赛的结果、成绩”。作此解时,一般用复数形式。

故选B。

14.考查代词及上下文的呼应。这里用it代替mark，不仅仅因为他理应获得，还因为她喜欢他的大衣。故选A。

15.考查动词短语及上下文的呼应。take up拿起； look down to向下看； check up检查； look up at 向上看。看着约翰长高的个子。故选D。

16.考查动词及上下文的呼应。trust 信任； exchange 交换； mistake for误认为； regard看待。约翰和我都知道不应该以貌取人。故选C。

17.考查连词及上下文的呼应。though尽管；but但是； since既然；so因此。可穿着优雅为世人看，在思想上、言语上、行动上实践优秀的标准，以达到内外的和谐统一，这又另当别论。故选B。

18.考查动词短语及上下文的呼应。match to与……相搭配；attach to把……附在；relate to涉及； connect to 连接到。在思想上、言语上、行动上实践优秀的标准，以达到内外的和谐统一。故选A。

19.考查名词及上下文的呼应。career事业； life生活； study学习；     D. success成功。那时尝试不同的生活方式就如同试衣服一样简单。故选B。

20.考查关系词及上下文的呼应。先行词是landscape，故用where，它在定语从句中做状语。整个世界、整个未来在你面前展开，犹如一幅巨大的画卷，那里的每一扇门都敞开着。故选C。

考点：这是一篇记叙文。