Question

    Many people set an academic goal: graduating from college. ______, One woman waited a long time to ______ that goal. Last week, 84-year-old Janet Fein received her bachelor’s ______ of sociology (社会学) from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Fein ______ in New York City. In high school, she just wanted to ______ and get a job. After ______ early, at the age of 16, she went to work. After getting married, she spent 18 years staying home with her children. She held several jobs throughout her life, ______ 20 years as a secretary at a Dallas hospital. But she still wanted to ______ a bachelor’s degree.

Fein ______ a program that lets people aged 65 and older take free classes at universities. “With each class I already ______ a lot, but then I also learned a lot.” Health experts say continuing with education later in life is one way to keep ______. They believe keeping active and giving yourself something to look forward to is a ______ move.

In Fein’s case, she kept going to class even as her health conditions ______. She needed to use a walker (助步器) to get around and required oxygen. She also ______ knee problems. So, Fein took ______ classes to finish the last part of her degree requirements. But she never showed ______ of giving up.

Tracy Glass, Fein’s classmate, said Fein’s personal ______ of world events — like the women’s movement — improved a lot of class discussions. Their sociology teacher Carol Lanham ______ that Fein made the classroom experience more meaningful for other students.

Fein has also ______ her caregiver Renee Brown. At 53, she plans to begin nursing school to ______ her career. Fein told her, “Renee, you can do it. If I can do it, you can do it, and you will feel so good about it.”

1.A.However B.Therefore C.Instead D.Moreover

2.A.miss B.accept C.set D.reach

3.A.position B.application C.offer D.degree

4.A.got by B.grew up C.passed by D.took off

5.A.teach B.study C.finish D.retire

6.A.working B.settling down C.graduating D.giving up

7.A.supposing B.regarding C.concerning D.including

8.A.earn B.make C.check D.abandon

9.A.took part in B.was in charge of C.handled with D.was aware of

10.A.paid B.knew C.considered D.forgot

11.A.awake B.calm C.fit D.quiet

12.A.positive B.frustrating C.special D.difficult

13.A.improved B.worsened C.strengthened D.required

14.A.caused B.solved C.developed D.destroyed

15.A.academic B.regular C.additional D.online

16.A.symbols B.significance C.signs D.signals

17.A.memories B.opinions C.preferences D.interests

18.A.criticized B.agreed C.argued D.recommended

19.A.praised B.amazed C.comforted D.inspired

20.A.start B.further C.change D.discover

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.C

17.A

18.B

19.D

20.B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。本文讲述了珍妮特·费恩在84岁高龄获得社会学学士学位的励志故事。

1.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，一位女人等待了很久才有机会实现这一目标。A. However然而；B. Therefore 因此；C. Instead反而；D. Moreover 此外。根据前文“Many people set an academic goal: graduating from college.”可知很多人都设下了从大学毕业的学术目标，根据后文“One woman waited a long time to ___2___ that goal”和“84-year-old Janet Fein received her …University of Texas at Dallas.”可知女人Janet Fein等了很久才有这个机会，到八十多岁才获得大学学位。一般人都在二十多岁毕业，而她等了这么久，所以前后文是转折关系，故选A项。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，一位女人等待了很久才有机会达成这一目标。A. miss错过；想念；B. accept接受；C. set 放；置；D. reach 达到。根据“Last week, 84-year-old Janet Fein received …from the University of Texas at Dallas.”可知这位女人等待了很久才有机会实现从大学毕业的目标，reach the goal意为“达成目标”符合句意。故选D项。

3.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：上周，84岁的珍妮特·费恩（Janet Fein）拿到了得克萨斯大学达拉斯分校的社会学学士学位。A. position位置，方位；B. application 申请；C. offer提议; D. degree 程度；学位。根据“of sociology (社会学) from the University of Texas at Dallas.”可知珍妮特·费恩获得的是得克萨斯大学达拉斯分校的社会学学士学位（bachelor’s degree）。故选D项。

4.

考查词组辨析。句意：费恩在纽约市长大。A. got by通过；经过；B. grew up 长大；C. passed by经过；走过；D. took off 起飞。根据下文“. In high school, she just wanted to …early, at the age of 16, she went to work.”可知这一段在介绍珍妮特·费恩的个人成长经历，所以这里要表达的是她在纽约市长大。故选B项。

5.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：读高中时，她只想毕业找份工作。A. teach教；B. study 学习；C. finish完成；结束；D. retire 退休。根据后文“get a job.”可知她只想找份工作，这说明她想结束高中学业去找工作。故选C项。

6.

考查动词词义和词组辨析。句意：16岁早早毕业后，她就去工作了。A. working工作；B. settling down定居；安定下来；C. graduating 毕业；D. giving up 放弃。根据后文“at the age of 16, she went to work”可知费恩在16岁的时候去工作了，这说明她之前已经从高中毕业不读书了，故选C项。

7.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：她一生中做过好几份工作，包括在达拉斯一家医院当了20年秘书。A. supposing 假设；认为；B. regarding认为；把……看作；C. concerning涉及；关系到；D. including 包括。根据“She held several jobs throughout her life,”可知费恩做过好几份工作，在达拉斯一家医院当了20年秘书也是其中一份工作，故选D项。

8.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：但她仍然想获得一个学士学位。A. earn获得； B. make做；制造；C. check核对；D. abandon 放弃。费恩仍然想获得一个学士学位，earn意为“获得”符合句意。故选A项。

9.

考查词组辨析。句意: 费恩参加了一个项目，该项目允许65岁及以上的老人在公立大学免费就读。A. took part in 参加；B. was in charge of掌控；C. handled with处理；D. was aware of 意识到。根据“a program that lets people aged 65 and older take free classes at universities.”可知有个项目允许65岁及以上的老人在公立大学免费就读，根据前文“Last week, 84-year-old Jane… Dallas.”可知费恩拿到了一个学士学位，说明费恩是参加了这个项目进入了大学，故选A项。

10.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：她说：“即便充分了解每节课的内容，但还是能学到不少知识。”A. paid支付；B. knew知道；了解；C. considered考虑；D. forgot 忘记。根据“but then I also learned a lot.”可知费恩说她仍然学到了很多，此处与前文形成转折关系，说明费恩其实已经知道不少课程的内容，但仍然收获颇丰。故选B项。

11.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：健康专家表示，晚年继续接受教育是保持健康的一种方法。A. awake醒着的；B. calm 冷静的 C. fit 健康的；D. quiet 安静的。根据“Health experts”可知这是关于保持健康的内容，故选C项。

12.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：保持积极的心态并且有所期待是非常积极的一步。A. positive积极的；B. frustrating令人灰心的；C. special 特别的；D. difficult 困难的。 keeping active and giving yourself something to look forward to（保持积极的心态并且有所期待）这是非常积极向上的，故选A项。

13.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：以费恩来说，即使健康状况恶化，她仍坚持上课。A. improved提升；B. worsened 恶化；变得更坏；C. strengthened 加强；D. required 要求。根据后文“She needed to use a walker (助步器) to get around and required oxygen. She also ___14___ knee problems.”可知费恩需要借助助步器行走，还需要吸氧。她的膝盖状况也不好。这说明她的健康状况恶化了。故选B项。

14.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：她的膝盖状况也不好。A. caused导致；引起；B. solved 解决；C. developed 患(病); 出现(问题)；D. destroyed 摧毁; 毁灭。根据“knees problems”可知费恩的膝盖也有问题，故选C项。

15.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：所以费恩参加了在线课程，以完成学位要求的最后一部分课程。A. academic学术的；B. regular 整齐的；定期的；C. additional 附加的；另外的；D. online 在线的；网上经营的。根据前文“he needed to use a walker (助步器) to get around and required oxygen. She also ___14___ knee problems.”可知费恩的身体健康状况很不好，所以为了完成学位，她应该是参加了网上课程，这样不用奔波。故选D项。

16.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：但她从未有过放弃的迹象。A. symbols象征；B. significance意义；重要性；C. signs 迹象；D. signals 信号。根据“But”可知虽然费恩身体状况不好只能参加网上课程，但是她没想过放弃，没有放弃的迹象。故选C项。

17.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：特蕾西·格拉斯（Tracy Glass），费恩的同学，说费恩对妇女运动等世界大事的个人印象提高了课堂讨论的氛围。 A. memories记忆；B. opinions 意见；C. preferences 偏爱；优先；D. interests 兴趣。根据“84-year-old Janet Fein”可知费恩已经84岁了，她一定经历过妇女运动等世界大事，所以这里要表达的是费恩对妇女运动等世界大事的个人记忆提高了课堂讨论的氛围。故选A项。

18.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：她们的社会学老师卡罗尔·拉纳姆（Caro Lanham）也认同费恩让课堂体验对其它学生来说更具意义。A. criticized批评；B. agreed 同意；C. argued争论；D. recommended 推荐。根据“Tracy Glass, … class discussions.”可知费恩促进提高了课堂讨论，她的老师自然也会认同费恩让课堂体验对其它学生来说更具意义。故选B项。

19.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：费恩也激励了自己的看护员蕾妮·布朗（Renee Brown）。A. praised 赞扬；B. amazed使惊讶；C. comforted安慰；D. inspired 激励；启发。根据后文“Fein told her, “Renee, you can do it. If I can do it, you can do it, and you will feel so good about it.””可知费恩激励她的看护员，鼓励她可以做到自己想做的。故选D项。

20.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：今年53岁的她计划进入护理学校来进一步提升自己的事业。A. start开始；B. further促进；推进；C. change改变；D. discover发现。根据“plans to begin nursing school”可知费恩的看护员决定进入护理学校，这说明她想促进自己的护理事业。故选B项。