Question

When I was in high school, I didn’t know anything about engineering. At that time, when the car I drove needed repairing, I was afraid to take it to the   . Because honestly, the mechanic could have   me an electric can opener and said, “This is part of your car and it’s   -----pay me to fix it.” Then I wouldn’t have known any better.

At the end of my junior year of high school, I heard about a summer program   to interest girls in engineering. The six-week program was free, and students were   college credits and a dorm room at the University of Maryland. I applied to the program, not because I wanted to be an engineer, but because I was looking forward to    and wanted to stay away from my parents for six weeks.

I was accepted to the program and I earned six engineering credits. The next year I entered the university as an engineering student. Five years later I had a degree and three good job offers.

I can’t help shaking   I hear about studies that show women are   when it comes to math. They imply that I am a little stupid. I’m not, but I   know that if I hadn’t met with that summer program, I wouldn’t be an engineer.

When I was growing up, I was told, as many students were, to do what I was best at. But I didn’t know what that was. Most people think that when you are   something, it comes easily to you. But this is what I discovered: just because a subject is   to learn, it does not mean you are not good at it. You just have to grit your teeth and work hard to get good at it. Once you do, there’s good   that you will enjoy it more than anything else.

1.A. engineer        B. salesman       C. factory       D. mechanic

2.A. shown           B. given          C. brought      D. taken

3.A. old            B. broken         C. fixed          D. dirtied

4.A. designed       B. performed       C. controlled    D. described

5.A. sent          B. afforded        C. offered     D. awarded

6.A. independence   B. success         C. happiness    D. beauty

7.A. until          B. when           C. since        D. before

8.A. at a disadvantageB. at a loss      C. in a trap      D. in a shock

9.A. never          B. do              C. hardly        D. nearly

10.A. good at       B. bad at         C. interested in  D. devoted to

11.A. easy          B. funny           C. difficult      D. interesting

12.A. will           B. feeling        C. desire         D. chance

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.D

【解析】

试题分析：在上中学时，我对机械一无所知，车坏了只能去找机修工。我参加的一个暑假班改变了这一切，也让我成为机械专业的大学生。

1.D 考查名词。A. engineer 发动机；B. salesman 推销员；C. factory 工厂；D. mechanic技工，机修工；根据常识，车坏了需要修理要找机修工，故选D。

2.A 考查动词A. shown 展示，出示；B. given 给；C. brought 带来；D. taken 拿走；机修工就会拿出一个电动开罐器给我看，show符合语境，故选A。

3.B 考查形容词。 A. old 旧的，老的；B. broken 破损的，出故障的； C. fixed 固定的； D. dirtied 脏的；机修工对我说：“这是你的汽车的一部分，它坏了，给我钱，我修修。”broken符合语境，上文的“when the car I drove needed repairing,”也是提示，故选B。

4.A 考查形容词。A. designed 被设计好的，目的是，旨在；B. performed 被表现的； C. controlled 被控制的；D. described 被描述的；本处用designed to作定语修饰名词a summer program 表示“一个旨在让女生对机械感兴趣的培训项目”，故选A。

5.C 考查动词。A. sent 送，邮寄；B. afforded 负担得起；C. offered 提供；D. awarded 奖励；根据语境可知这个为期六周的培训项目是免费的，学生们被提供大学的学分和一间宿舍，offer sb. sth.给某人提供某物，故选C。

6.A 考查名词。A. independence 独立；B. success成功；C. happiness幸福，开心；D. beauty 美貌，美；我申请这个培训项目不是想成为工程师，而是渴望独立，想摆脱父母六周，故选A。

7.B 考查连词。A. until 直到；B. when 当……时；C. since 自从；D. before 在……之前；当我听到一些对女性不利的课程时，我禁不住浑身发抖，when符合语境，故选B。

8.A 考查介词短语。A. at a disadvantage 处于不利地位； B. at a loss 混乱； C. in a trap处在困境中；D. in a shock震惊；根据常识，数学等理科学科对女生来说是不利的，故选A。

9.B 考查副词。A. never 从不；B. do 助动词，强调谓语，的确；C. hardly几乎不；D. nearly将近；根据语境“但是我的确明白，要不是那个暑期培训项目，我就不会成为工程师”可知此处用助动词do强调谓语动词know，故选B。

10.A 考查形容词短语。 A. good at 擅长，某方面做得好；B. bad at某方面糟糕； C. interested in对……感兴趣的；D. devoted to致力于，贡献；多数人认为，当你擅长某事时，它就很容易，be good at 符合语境，故选A。

11.C 考查形容词。A. easy 容易的；B. funny 滑稽可笑的；C. difficult 困难的；D. interesting有趣的；通过我的经历，我发现，一门课程难学，并不意味着你学不好它，故选C。

12.D 考查名词。A. will 意愿；B. feeling 感觉，情感；C. desire 渴望， 欲望；D. chance机遇，机会；一旦你刻苦学习这门课程，你就有好机会享受到它的乐趣，chance符合语境，故选D。

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