Question

    Michael Johnson, a teacher at Davis High School in California, gave each of his students $25. He asked them to _______ other people with the money. The assignment (任务) was not _______, but he _______ expected them to do it.

Michael had one _______: the student had to write a paper answering _______ they used the money, how it affected the _______ and how it affected the student. He said that he would _______ the reports and read them aloud at the end of the term.

The semester came and went. Of the 64 students, only three _______ the assignment. The teacher was disappointed.

But some teenagers were not _______ by the students' behavior.

"I'm not surprised," said Ashley Reeves, 16. "It wasn't graded or anything, ________ most students probably thought it would just ________ their time."

Reeves said that if she had been given the money, she might have acted ________.

I might have spent the money on ________, she said. "It's ________ for our own needs to come first."

Other teens such as Lindsey Freeland, a student at Davis High School had a(n) ________ opinion on the matter.

"I'm embarrassed by the ________, "she wrote. "If I were given this opportunity, I would have taken it ________ a challenge and used the ________ to help the community."

Nieshia Smith completed Johnson's assignment. She gave her $25 to the Make A Wish Foundation (基金会). Nieshia said her peers had ________ her.

"Teenagers sit down and watch TV for hours, but they can't ________ a couple of minutes helping someone else!" she said.

1.A.reward B.help C.give D.connect

2.A.supported B.related C.delivered D.graded

3.A.hardly B.never C.still D.even

4.A.requirement B.grade C.wish D.case

5.A.who B.what C.how D.whether

6.A.giver B.receiver C.neighbor D.family

7.A.collect B.write C.praise D.discuss

8.A.forgotten B.liked C.managed D.completed

9.A.shocked B.satisfied C.moved D.confused

10.A.while B.so C.since D.though

11.A.turn up B.show up C.take up D.break up

12.A.as well B.much better C.in a different way D.in the same way

13.A.myself B.others C.something D.anything

14.A.certain B.right C.natural D.important

15.A.strange B.different C.interesting D.unique

16.A.teacher B.money C.assignment D.result

17.A.for B.on C.as D.by

18.A.money B.time C.energy D.occasion

19.A.encouraged B.reminded C.disappointed D.persuaded

20.A.waste B.spend C.spare D.save

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.C

20.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了，Michael老师给每个学生25美元，让他们用这些钱去帮助需要的人，结果64名学生中只有3名学生完成了任务。

1.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他要求他们用钱帮助别人。A. reward奖励；B. help帮助；C. give给；D. connect联系。由下文的a couple of minutes helping someone else可知，Michael老师给学生钱，是让他们去帮助别人。故选B项。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：这项任务没有分等级。A. supported支持；B. related联系；C. delivered传送；D. graded评分等级。由下文的It wasn't graded or anything可知，这个任务不会评定等级。故选D项。

3.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：但他仍然希望他们这样做。A. hardly几乎不；B. never从未；C. still仍然；D. even甚至。由本句but he _3_ expected them to do it语境可知，但他仍然希望他们完成这项任务。故选C项。

4.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：迈克尔有一个要求。A. requirement需求；B. grade级别；C. wish希望；D. case案例。由下文的the student had to write a paper answering可知，老师有一个要求。故选A项。

5.

考查连词词义辨析。句意：学生必须写一篇论文，回答他们如何使用这笔钱，它如何影响接收者，以及它如何影响学生。A. who谁；B. what什么；C. how如何；D. whether是否。由下文的how it affected the _6_ and how it affected the student可知，论文中要写明他们如何使用这些钱的。故选C项。

6.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：学生必须写一篇论文，回答他们如何使用这笔钱，它如何影响接收者，以及它如何影响学生。A. giver给予者；B. receiver接收者；C. neighbor邻居；D. family家庭。由下文的and how it affected the student可知，学生是给钱的人，这些钱是如何影响到接收钱的人的。故选B项。

7.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他说他会收集报告并在学期末大声朗读。A. collect收集；B. write写；C. praise赞扬；D. discuss讨论。由下文的the reports and read them aloud at the end of the term可知，老师会收集学生的报告。故选A项。

8.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：在64名学生中，只有3人完成了任务。A. forgotten忘记；B. liked喜欢；C. managed设法；D. completed完成。由本句Of the 64 students, only three _8_ the assignment语境可知，只有3人完成了任务。故选D项。

9.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但一些青少年对学生的行为并不感到震惊。A. shocked震惊；B. satisfied满意；C. moved感动；D. confused困惑。由下文的I'm not surprised可知，一些青少年对此并不震惊。故选A项。

10.

考查连词词义辨析。句意：“我一点也不惊讶，”16岁的艾希礼·里夫斯说，“它没有评分，所以大多数学生可能认为这会占用他们的时间。”A. while当……的时候；B. so因此；C. since自从；D. though尽管。由上文的It wasn't graded or anything可知，这项任务不会评分，因此学生认为完成它会占用时间。故选B项。

11.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：“我一点也不惊讶，”16岁的艾希礼·里夫斯说，“它没有评分，所以大多数学生可能认为这会占用他们的时间。”A. turn up出现、把声音调大；B. show up露面；C. take up占用；D. break up分手。由上文的It wasn't graded or anything可知，这项任务不会评分，因此学生认为完成它会占用时间。故选C项。

12.

考查介词短语辨析。句意：里夫斯说，如果给了她钱，她可能也会这样做。A. as well也；B. much better更好；C. in a different way以不同的方式；D. in the same way以相同的方式。由上下文语境可知，里夫斯对与她类似的学生没用钱去帮助别人这一行为，并不感到惊讶，因为里夫斯也会把钱用到自己身上，所以她得到钱后也会以相同的方式去做。故选D项。

13.

考查代词词义辨析。句意：她说：“我可能把钱花在自己身上了。”A. myself我自己；B. others其他人；C. something某事；D. anything任何事。由下文的our own needs to come first可知，她可能会把钱用在自己身上。故选A项。

14.

考形容词查词义辨析。句意：我们自己的需要自然是第一位的。A. certain确定的；B. right正确的；C. natural自然的；D. important重要的。由上文的I might have spent the money on _13_可知，里夫斯认为个人需求第一位是很自然的。故选C项。

15.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：其他青少年，比如戴维斯高中的林赛·弗里兰，对这件事有不同的看法。A. strange奇怪的；B. different不同的；C. interesting有趣的；D. unique独一无二的。由下文语境可知，林赛·弗里兰对这个结果感到尴尬，说明她对这件事有不同的观点。故选B项。

16.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：“结果让我很尴尬，”她写道。A. teacher教师；B. money钱；C. assignment任务；D. result结果。由下文语境可知，她说她如果被给予机会，她会用钱去帮助他人，所以她对只有三个人完成任务的结果感到尴尬。故选D项。

17.

考查介词词义辨析。句意：如果给我这个机会，我会把它当作一个挑战，用这笔钱帮助社区。A. for对于；B. on在……上；C. as作为；D. by通过……方式。由本句I would have taken it__17_ a challenge语境可知，她会把这当成一个挑战。故选C项。

18.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：她把25美元捐给许愿基金会。A. money钱；B. time时间；C. energy精力；D. occasion场合。由上文语境可知，Michael老师给25美元让学生去帮助人，林赛·弗里兰她如果被给予机会，她会用钱去帮助社区。故选A项。

19.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：尼西亚说她的同龄人让她失望。A. encouraged鼓励；B. reminded提醒；C. disappointed使失望；D. persuaded劝说。由上文的She gave her $25 to the Make A Wish Foundation可知，尼西亚觉得她的同龄人让她失望。故选C项。

20.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：“青少年坐下来看几个小时的电视，但他们不能花几分钟帮助别人！”她说。A. waste浪费；B. spend花费；C. spare留出；D. save节约。由上文的Teenagers sit down and watch TV for hours可知，青少年宁愿坐下来看电视，也不花时间去帮助他人。故选B项。