Question

    Steve, a 12-year-old boy, has been failing since first grade. He generally went _______ ... until he joined Miss White’s class.

“You all did pretty well,” she told the _______ as she went over the test results, “_______ one boy, and it breaks my heart to tell you this, but ...” She hesitated, looking at Steve. “The _______ boy in the seventh grade is failing my class.” Steve _______ his eyes and carefully examined his fingertips.

After that, Steve refused to do his _______. Miss white was very _______ and tried to encourage him to study. “Give yourself a(n) _______! Don’t give up on your life!” Miss White told him, yet it didn’t _______.

Then one day, she said, “Steve! Please! I care about you!”

________, Steve got it. Someone cared about him.

He spent the whole afternoon thinking about what he should do. Arriving at his house after school, feeling determined, he headed to his bedroom to ________.

Monday morning, Miss White gave a ________ on the weekend homework. Steve ________ through the test, and was the first to hand in his paper. Miss White looked it over in total ________. The smartest boy in the seventh grade had just ________ his first test.

From that moment, nothing was the same for Steve. He discovered that not only could he learn, but he was ________ it.

After high school, Steve joined the Nave. During his naval career, he ________ many young people who might not have believed in themselves to build up confidence.

Miss White saved one boy who ________ changing many lives.

You see, it’s simple, really. A(n) ________ can take place within the heart of one boy, all because of one teacher, who ________.

1.A. unchallenged B. unaccompanied C. unnoticed D. unpunished

2.A. class B. staff C. colleagues D. parents

3.A. besides B. except C. instead of D. regardless of

4.A. laziest B. richest C. happiest D. smartest

5.A. opened B. closed C. raised D. dropped

6.A. research B. homework C. housework D. report

7.A. impressed B. surprised C. anxious D. embarrassed

8.A. chance B. excuse C. praise D. reward

9.A. stop B. work C. matter D. happen

10.A. Luckily B. Gradually C. Naturally D. Suddenly

11.A. study B. sleep C. cry D. play

12.A. question B. lesson C. quiz D. result

13.A. hurried B. lived C. broke D. saw

14.A. victory B. shock C. sadness D. anger

15.A. attended B. designed C. passed D. failed

16.A. ready for B. responsible for C. tired of D. good at

17.A. forced B. discouraged C. met D. inspired

18.A. put up B. gave up C. ended up D. took up

19.A. problem B. change C. recovery D. improvement

20.A. cares B. believes C. understands D. remembers

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.D

18.C

19.B

20.A

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。怀特小姐对她的其中一位学生Steve的关心让他发生了巨大的改变，让他从一个考试不及格的学生变成了一个擅长学习并且后来鼓励他人对自己有信心的人。

1.考查形容词辨析。A. unchallenged无挑战的；B. unaccompanied无伴侣的；C. unnoticed不被注意的，被忽视的；D. unpunished未被惩罚的。12岁的男孩Steve自一年级以来考试一直不及格。直到他进入怀特小姐的班级，他一直都被人忽视。Steve表现一直不好，所以被人忽视。故C项正确。

2.考查名词辨析。A. class班级；全班学生；B. staff职员；C. colleagues同事；D. parents父母。本句是怀特小姐在考试结束以后对全班学生所说的话“除了一个男孩之外，你们所有人都表现很好”。故A项正确。

3.考查介词及介词短语辨析。A. besides除……之外（包括在内）；B. except除……之外（不包括在内）；C. instead of代替，而不是；D. regardless of不管。怀特小姐在考试结束以后对全班学生说“除了一个男孩之外，你们所有人都表现很好”。Steve表现不好，并没有被包括在内，应该使用except，故B项正确。

4.考查形容词辨析及上下文串联。A. laziest最懒惰的；B. richest最富有的；C. happiest最幸福的；D. smartest最聪明的。根据15空所在句“The smartest boy in the seventh grade had just ___15___ his first test.”可知，怀特小姐认为Steve是最聪明的男孩。故D项正确。

5.考查动词辨析。A. opened打开；B. closed关闭；C. raised提高；抚育；D. dropped下降；掉下。听到老师说的话，Steve低下了头。D项符合语境。故D项正确。

6.考查名词辨析及常识。A. research研究；B. homework家庭作业；C. housework家务；D. report报告。自那以后，Steve拒绝做家庭作业。根据常识可知，7年级的孩子通常不会搞研究、写报告；学生被老师批评以后，不写作业是正常反应。故B项正确。

7.考查形容词辨析及常识。A. impressed印象深刻的；B. surprised惊讶的；C. anxious焦虑的；D. embarrassed尴尬的。当学生不做作业的时候，老师通常都很焦虑着急。故C项正确。

8.考查名词辨析。A. chance机会，可能性；B. excuse借口；C. praise表扬；D. reward奖励。本句是怀特小姐鼓励Steve所说的话“给你自己一个机会，不要放弃生活”，故A项正确。

9.考查动词辨析。A. stop停止；B. work工作；起作用；C. matter重要，有关系；D. happen发生；碰巧。怀特小姐鼓励Steve，但她的鼓励并不起作用，没有效果。故B项正确。

10.考查副词辨析。A. Luckily幸运地是；B. Gradually逐渐地；C. Naturally自然地；D. Suddenly突然。有一天，怀特小姐对Steve说“我很关心你！”突然，Steve知道有人在关心着他。根据下文可知，老师的关心让他做出了改变。故D项正确。

11.考查动词辨析及上下文串联。A. study学习；研究；B. sleep睡觉；C. cry哭泣；D. play玩耍。根据下一段可知，他第一次通过考试，说明他开始认真学习了。本句指他回家以后就去卧室里学习了。故A项正确。

12.考查名词辨析及上下文串联。A. question问题；B. lesson课程，教训；C. quiz测试；D. result结果。根据下一段“…his first test”可知，老师对学生进行了测试。故C项正确。

13.考查动词辨析及上下文串联。A. hurried匆忙，赶紧；B. lived生活，居住；C. broke折断，打破；D. saw看见。根据后句中“was the first to…”可知，他是第一个交卷的学生，说明他做题的速度很快。故A项正确。

14.考查名词辨析及上下文串联。A. victory胜利；B. shock震惊；惊讶；C. sadness悲伤；难过；D. anger愤怒。根据第一句“Steve, a 12-year-old boy, has been failing since first grade.”可知，Steve一直考试不及格，这次他居然通过了考试，而他之前一直考试不及格。这让怀特小姐很惊讶。故B项正确。

15.考查动词辨析。A. attended参加；B. designed设计；C. passed通过；D. failed失败。Steve不仅参加了考试，第一个交卷，而且还通过了考试，所以才会让老师很惊讶。故C项正确。

16.考查形容词短语辨析。A. ready for为……做好准备；B. responsible for对……负责；C. tired of厌倦……；D. good at擅长……；从那一刻开始，一切都变了。Steve发现自己不仅能够学习而且还擅长学习。上下文是递进关系，good at表示他擅长学习。故D项正确。

17.考查动词辨析。A. forced强迫；B. discouraged使……泄气；阻止；C. met遇见；D. inspired鼓舞；激励。后来Steve参加了海军，他鼓励了很多不相信自己的人建立了自信。D项正确。

18.考查动词短语辨析。A. put up张贴；搭建；留宿；B. gave up放弃；C. ended up以……结束，最终；D. took up占据；从事于；开始做。怀特小姐挽救了一个男孩，后来这个男孩最终改变了很多人的生活。动词短语end up doing与横线后的changing many lives一致。故C项正确。

19.考查名词辨析。A. problem问题；B. change改变；C. recovery恢复，康复；D. improvement提高；改善。老师关心学生，学生的心理发生了改变。这一切就是如此简单。故B项正确。

20.考查动词辨析及上下文串联。A. cares关心；B. believes相信；C. understands理解；D. remembers记得。根据第9空后“Steve! Please! I care about you!”可知，正是因为老师的关心，Steve才有了很大的变化。故A项正确。