Question

阅读下面短文。从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Have you ever really had a ________? One who saw you as a raw but ________ thing, a jewel that could be ________ to a proud shine? If you are lucky enough to find such teachers, you will always find your way.

My old professor’s death ________ came in 1994. Doctors guessed he had two years left. Morrie knew it was ________. Do I droop and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left? He had asked himself. ________ everyone was going to die, he could be ________ great value, right? He could be a human ________ for students to learn.

The last class of my old professor’s life had only ________ student. I was the student. The last class ________ once a week in his house, by a window in the study ________ he could watch a small plant shed its pink leaves. The subject was The Meaning of Life. You were ________ to respond to questions, and you were expected to raise questions of your own. You were also required to perform physical tasks now and then, such as lifting the professor’s head to a comfortable spot on the pillow or placing his glasses on the ________ of his nose. Kissing him good-bye earned you extra ________. Many topics were ________, including love, work, community, family, aging, forgiveness, and, finally, death.

I ________ sometimes at the person I was before I rediscovered my old professor. I want to talk to that person. I want to tell him to pay attention when your loved ones are speaking，as if it ________ the last time you might hear them. I know I cannot do this. None of us can ________ what we’ve done, or relive a life already recorded. But if Professor Morris Schwartz taught me anything, it was this: there is no ________ thing as “too late” in life. He was ________ until the day he said good-bye.

1.A. professorB. parentC. teacherD. tutor

2.A. preciousB. ripeC. usefulD. worthless

3.A. changedB. polishedC. madeD. turned

4.A. statementB. announcementC. condemnD. sentence

5.A. longerB. lessC. manyD. much

6.A. SinceB. AlthoughC. BeforeD. With

7.A. inB. ofC. withD. at

8.A. novelB. fictionC. classicD. textbook

9.A. fewB. a fewC. oneD. little

10.A. broke outB. took placeC. occurredD. happened

11.A. whereB. whenC. whichD. what

12.A. requestedB. demandedC. askedD. expected

13.A. faceB. bridgeC. eyebrowD. cheekbone

14.A. reputationB. moneyC. creditD. time

15.A. coveredB. containedC. preservedD. excluding

16.A. look upB. look downC. look aheadD. look back

17.A. isB. wasC. wereD. will be

18.A. doB. redoC. undoD. misdo

19.A. soB. so aC. such aD. such

20.A. changingB. livingC. lastingD. leaving

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.A

16.D

17.C

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：作者回忆了上莫里教授的最后一门课程的过程和感受，并向莫里教授表达了深深的谢意，因为他从教授那里学到了最珍贵的一课：生活中永远没有“太迟”。

1. 考查名词。A. professor教授；B. parent父或母；C. teacher教师；D. tutor助教。根据后面的If you are lucky enough to find such teachers可知此处的意思是：你曾真正拥有一位良师吗？故选C。

2. 考查形容词。A. precious珍贵的；B. ripe成熟的；C. useful有用的；D. worthless无价值的。一位认为你虽然未加雕琢却弥足珍贵的老师，故选A。

3. 考查动词。A. changed改变；B. polished擦亮；C. made制造；D. turned转变。一位视你为珠宝，认为你充满智慧并能打磨出骄傲光芒的老师吗？故选B。

4. 考查名词。A. statement陈述；B. announcement宣布；C. condemn谴责；D. sentence宣判。我的老教授的死亡判决是在1994年的夏天下达的。故选D。

5. 考查形容词。A. longer更长；B. less更少；C. many很多（修饰可数名词复数）；D. much很多（修饰不可数名词）。医生估计他还有两年的时间，而莫里知道他的时日还要更短。故选B。

6. 考查连词。既然每个人都有一死，他为何不能死有所值呢？Since意为“既然”，符合语境，故选A。

7. 考查介词。既然每个人都有一死，他为何不能死有所值呢？be of great value意为“be of great value”，故选B。

8. 考查名词。A. novel小说；B. fiction小说；C. classic经典著作；D. textbook教科书。他可以让别人去研究。他可以成为一本关于人的教科书。故选D。

9.相似、相近词辨析。A. few几乎没有（修饰可数名词）；B. a few几个，少数几个；C. one一个；D. little几乎没有（修饰不可数名词）。我的老教授一生中的最后一门课只有一个学生。故选C。

10. 考查动词。A. broke out爆发；B. took place发生，举行；C. occurred发生，突然想起；D. happened发生（偶然发生）。最后一门课程每星期在他家里上一次，故选B。

11. 考查定语从句关系词。最后一门课程每星期在他家里上一次，就在书房的窗前，他在那儿可以看到淡红色的树叶从一棵小木槿上掉落下来。故选A。

12. 考查动词。A. requested请求；B. demanded要求；C. asked问；D. expected期盼。根据与其并列的下一句中you were expected to可知，本题选D。

13. 考查名词。A. face脸；B. bridge桥；C. eyebrow眉毛；D. cheekbone颧骨。你还要不时干一些体力活，比如把教授的头在枕头上挪动一下，或者把眼镜架到他的鼻梁上。故选B。

14. 考查名词。A. reputation名声；B. money金钱；C. credit信用，学分；D. time时间。分别时亲吻他能得到额外的学分。故选C。

15. 考查动词。A. covered覆盖；B. contained包括；C. preserved保护，保持；D. excluding排除，拒绝。课堂上不需要教材，但覆盖的话题很多，包括爱情、工作、社会、家庭、衰老、谅解，以及最后的话题——死亡。故选A。

16. 考查动词词组。A. look up查找，向上看；B. look down轻视；C. look ahead计划未来，预测未来；D. look back回顾。有时，我会回想在我再次找到老教授之前的那个自己。故选D。

17. 考查虚拟语气。本句用了虚拟语气，虚拟语气中be只有一种形式，就是were。要注意倾听所爱之人的言语，就仿佛这是你最后一次听他们说话一样。故选C。

18. 考查动词。A. do做；B. redo重做；C. undo取消；D. misdo做错。没有人取消我们已经做过的事，没有人能重新生活。故选C。

19. 考查上下文串联。那就是：生活中永远没有“太迟”。故选D。

20. 考查形容词。A. changing改变的；B. living现存的；C. lasting持久的；D. leaving离开。直到他与世长辞的最后一刻他都没有停止改变。故选A。

【经典讲解】

1.“one”在此作“a profound decision”的同位语，其后是省略了“that”的定语从句。从 句中还包含另一个定语从句 “he came out of the doctor’s office with a sword hanging over his head”，用来修饰 “the day”。介词短语 “with a sword hanging over his head ” 作伴 随状语，修饰谓语动词“came”。

2.三个句子中的情态动词“would”都表示“意愿”之意。前两句谈到老师不愿发生的事情，副词“instead”的使用，使第三句和前两句形成鲜明对比，显示了这位老师的与众不同。

3.句中的“study”是“书房”的意思，“where”引导的定语从句用来修饰“study”。感 官动词“watch”构成的结构“watch sb. do sth.”表示目睹动作发生的全过程。

4.句中的“the person”是指拜访老师之前的过去的自己。这一段是作者的内心独白，通过 对两个不同阶段的自己的对比，对两个自己的不同精神世界的对比，作者感人至深地向 可亲可敬的莫里教授表达了深深的谢意，更使读者真实地感受到了教授的崇高和伟大。

5.“as if”引导的从句使用了虚拟语气，“be”动词为“were”，表示对现在的虚拟。

6.西纽顿（West Newton)是马萨诸塞州（Massachusetts)的一个村庄，位于纽顿中北部。

考点：考查人物传记类阅读