Question

    As a kid, I loved everything about school. I loved books, ________ , tests and homework. Most of all I longed to someday march down the aisle (通道) to receive my _______ .That seemed more attractive even than getting married. But at 15, I had to ________ because my parents couldn’t ________ my school education. My hope of getting a diploma was dead.

Pretty soon, I married. I had three children, and I thought: “There ________ my diploma.”

Even so, I wanted my children to be educated. But Linda, our youngest child, had juvenile arthritis (幼年型关

节炎) in her _________ and knees, which made it _________ for her to function (活动) in a normal classroom.

One day, I saw an ad in the newspaper for evening courses.

“That's the answer,” I said to myself. Linda always felt ________ in the evening, so I would just sign her up for night schoo1.

Linda was busy ________ out enrollment (入学) forms when the secretary said, “Mrs. Schantz, why don't you come back to _________ ?”

I _________, “There's no way! I'm 55!”

______ he insisted, and before I knew what I had done, I was enrolled for classes in English and crafts. “This is only an experiment,” I _________ him, but he just smiled. To my surprise, both Linda and I thrived (茁壮成长) in evening school. I went back again the next semester, and my grades _________ improved.

It was ________ going to school again, but it was no game. Sitting in a class full of kids was embarrassing, ________ most of them were respectful and encouraging. During the day, I still had loads of housework to do. But when I was down, Linda encouraged me. “Mom, you can't ________ now!” And when she was down, I _________her. Together we saw it through. At last, I got my diploma. ________ , my classmates all voted for me to be class speaker, and I got a $ 3, 000 college scholarship.

Yes, Mom, I was late for school, but I got there ________ .

1.A.parents B.teachers C.trees D.flowers

2.A.job B.present C.prize D.diploma

3.A.drop out B.watch out C.keep out D.find out

4.A.cost B.afford C.spend D.buy

5.A.exists B.comes C.goes D.lies

6.A.hands B.head C.throat D.stomach

7.A.1ikely B.convenient C.awful D.impossible

8.A.worse B.excited C.better D.exhausted

9.A.filling B.giving C.taking D.sending

10.A.work B.school C.home D.office

11.A.1aughed B.told C.cried D.shouted

12.A.And B.But C.Although D.So

13.A.informed B.asked C.comforted D.warned

14.A.regularly B.rarely C.gradually D.normally

15.A.frightening B.moving C.amusing D.exciting

16.A.as if B.even if C.in case D.if only

17.A.continue B.rest C.abandon D.hesitate

18.A.distracted B.discouraged C.cheered D.defeated

19.A.To my surprise B.To my satisfaction C.To my regret D.To my horror

20.A.completely B.frequently C.immediately D.finally

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.C

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Mrs Schantz小时候很喜欢上学，因为负担不起学费而辍学。她55岁时和女儿一起上夜校并获得了大学奖学金，最终实现自己小时候梦想。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：作为小孩子，我喜欢关于学校的一切。我喜欢书，老师，考试和作业。A. parents父母B. teachers老师C. trees树木； D. flowers花。作者喜欢的是和学校有关的，因此只有选项B正确。故选B。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我渴望有一天大步走过通道拿到我的文凭。A. job工作；B. present礼物；C. prize奖；D. diploma文凭，学历。结合下文，My hope of getting a diploma was dead.可知作者希望获得文凭。故选D。

3.考查动词短语辨析。句意：但是在15岁的时候，我不得不辍学因为父母支付不起学费。A. drop out辍学；B. watch out 当心；C. keep out远离，避开； D. find out找出。下文说作者获得学历的梦想破灭了，有提到学费，可推断出父母付不起学费而辍学。故选A。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是在15岁的时候，我不得不辍学因为父母支付不起学费。A. cost 花费；B. afford负担得起；C. spend花费，度过； D. buy购买。根据句意可知此处为短语can’t /couldn’t afford负担不起。故选B。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：很快，我结婚了，有了三个孩子。我想我的文凭泡汤了。A. exists B. comes C. goes D. lies作者辍学后，结婚生子，文凭没了。根据句意可知此处应用go“消失，不见”， there goes sth.意为：某事泡汤了。故选C。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：即使这样，我希望我的孩子们接受教育。但是我们的最小的孩子Linda手和膝盖部位患有幼年型关节炎。A. hands手；B. head头；C. throat咽喉；D. stomach胃。根据前面的幼年型关节炎可知，只有选项A符合，故选A。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但是我们的最小的孩子Linda手和膝盖部位患有幼年型关节炎，这让她在正常学校的教室里活动是不可能的。A. 1ikely B. convenient C. awful D. impossible根据意思因为琳达有幼年性关节炎，在正常学校的教室里活动是不可能的。根据句意可知impossible符合语境，故选D。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Linda晚上感觉要好很多，因此我要给她报名上夜校。A. worse更糟糕的；B. excited激动的；C. better更好的；D. exhausted筋疲力尽的。根据下文so I’ll just sign her up for night schoo1.，我给她报名上夜校可知，琳达在晚上感觉要好很多。故选C。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Linda正忙于填写表格，这时秘书说：Mrs. Schantz你为什么不回来上学呢？ A. filling填写；B. giving给与；C. taking带走；D. sending发送。根据句意可知此处应用固定搭配fill out forms填写表格。故选A。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：Linda正忙于填写表格，这时秘书说：Mrs. Schantz你为什么不回来上学呢？A. work工作；B. school学校；C. home家；D. office办公室。根据上可知，作者之前退学，未能完成学业，因此，秘书应该是建议作者返校完成自己的学业。故选B。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我笑着说：这是不可能的，我都55了。A. 1aughed大笑；B. told告诉；C. cried哭；D. shouted大喊。结合情境可知，作者应该是笑着说。故选A。

12.考查连词词义辨析。句意：但是他依然坚持，我还没意识到我做了什么，我已经报完名了。A. And和；B. But但是；C. Although尽管；D. So因此。从上文我们知道，作者拒绝了夜校秘书的提议，但是他还是坚持，所以也报名了。故选B。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我提醒他“这只是个实验”，他只是笑了笑。A. informed告知；B. asked询问；C. comforted安慰D. warned提醒，警告。根据上下文可知做这个报名有点被迫的感觉，所以选项D. warn“提醒，警告”符合语境。故选D。

14.考查副词词义辨析。句意：下个学期我又回来上学，我的成绩不断提高。A. regularly定期地；B. rarely罕有地；C. gradually逐渐地；D. normally正常地。经过自己的努力作者的成绩应该是不断提高，下文也有提示。故选C。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：再次上学还是很激动的，但是这不是玩游戏。A. frightening令人震惊的； B. moving令人感动的；C. amusing愉快的；D. exciting令人激动的。作者辍学几十年后再次上学应该是很激动，很兴奋。故选D。

16.考查连词词义辨析。句意：和一群孩子坐在一起还是挺尴尬的，尽管大多数人都尊重和鼓励我。A. as if好像；B. even if即使，尽管；C. in case以防，万一；D. if only但愿。根据句意可知选项B符合语境。故选B。

17.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我情绪低落的时候，Linda鼓励我：妈妈，你不能放弃。A. continue继续；B. rest休息； C. abandon放弃；D. hesitate犹豫。根据上下文可知，女儿鼓励作者，故选C。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当她情绪低落时，我鼓励她。A. distracted使分心；B. discouraged使泄气；C. cheered鼓舞；D. defeated击败。根据上句可知作者和女儿互相鼓励。故选C。

19.考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：令我惊讶的是，全班同学一致同意选我做发言人，并且我获得了3000元的大学奖学金。A. To my surprise令我惊讶的是； B. To my satisfaction令我满意的是；C. To my regret令我后悔的事；D. To my horror令我恐惧的是。根据句意可知选项A符合语境。故选A。

20.考查副词词义辨析。句意：是的，妈妈，我上学晚了，但我最终还是到达了。A. completely完全；B. frequently频繁地；C. immediately立刻；D. finally最终，最后。根据句意可知选项D. finally（最终，最后）符合语境。故选D。