Question

    In March of 2019, Peter Tabichi, a 36-year-old teacher from a remote village in Kenya, was voted the best teacher in the world out of 10,000 applicants and won Varkey Foundation’s Global Teacher Prize of $1 million.

For the past 12 years, Tabichi has worked as a math and science teacher hoping that his lessons will give students a chance to _______ their situations. However, working at a Secondary School in a remote village in Kenya hasn’t been _______. The school only has one computer and unreliable Internet _______. As a result, he is often forced to travel to a cyber café to download _______ for his science classes. The school also has no library or laboratory. To make matters worse, there are not enough _______ for all the students.

Unfortunately, the semi-arid(半干旱的) village experiences droughts and famines _______. “Most of the students come from very poor families. They’re not able to _______ because they haven’t had enough meals at home,” Tabichi said. Thus, he also teaches students and locals about famine-resistant _______. To help those in poverty afford food, uniforms, and books, he _______ 80 percent of his salary.

One of the other major ________that Tabichi faces is trying to keep kids in school as long as possible. According to Tahichi, 95 percent of his students live in poverty and around 30 percent are either orphans or are being ________ by single parents. As a result, Kids are easy to__________out of school.

With great efforts, he has also ________ to set up science clubs, addressed food insecurity issues, and helped bring ________ between several ethnic groups and religions.

________ his tireless work, his students have ________ for the 2019 INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair in Arizona, USA. He said “I’m ________ of my students. We lack facilities that many school ________ for granted, so as a teacher, I just want to have a ________ impact not only on my country but on the whole of Africa.”

Tabichi plans to use the prize money to improve the school and feed the ________. He also hopes his accomplishment will inspire other to push past all the obstacles.

1.A.check B.control C.improve D.realize

2.A.normal B.easy C.short D.hard

3.A.access B.barrier C.relation D.source

4.A.programs B.approaches C.comments D.resources

5.A.subjects B.chances C.books D.teachers

6.A.naturally B.suddenly C.frequently D.gradually

7.A.distinguish B.calculate C.strengthen D.concentrate

8.A.crops B.habits C.areas D.signals

9.A.called off B.gave away C.dropped in D.put out

10.A.expectations B.challenges C.characters D.performances

11.A.paid B.raised C.earned D.adopted

12.A.drop B.make C.get D.move

13.A.happened B.promised C.managed D.arranged

14.A.peace B.share C.talent D.target

15.A.In response to B.Regardless of C.In honor of D.Thanks to

16.A.qualified B.preserved C.approved D.mentioned

17.A.fond B.proud C.ashamed D.tired

18.A.turn B.get C.take D.view

19.A.immediate B.practical C.general D.positive

20.A.rich B.young C.old D.poor

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一位来自肯尼亚一个偏远村庄的36岁教师Peter Tabichi的故事。2019年3月, 他从一万名申请者中被评为全球最佳教师，并获得了Varkey基金会颁发的100万美元全球教师奖金。

1.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：在过去的12年里，Tabichi一直当一名数学和科学老师，希望他的课程能给学生一个改善他们处境的机会。A. check检查；B. control控制；C. improve改进，改善；D. realize实现。Tabichi希望通过读书，那些孩子能够改善目前的处境。故选C项。

2.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，在肯尼亚一个偏远村庄的中学工作并不容易。A. normal正常的；B. easy容易的；C. short短的；D. hard艰难的。根据下文“The school only has one computer…The school also has no library or laboratory. To make matters worse, there are not enough 5 for all the students.”可知，学校教学条件很差。在这样的学校工作肯定不容易。故选B项。

3.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：学校只有一台电脑，互联网接入也不稳定。A. access（对计算机存储器的）访问，进入；B. barrier障碍；C. relation关系；D. source来源。根据下文“he is often forced to travel to a cyber café to download 4 for his science classes.”可知，学校的网络接入不稳定，不能上网。故选A项。

4.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：因此，他经常被迫去网吧下载他的科学课程所需的资源。A. programs程序；B. approaches方法；C. comments评论；D. resources资源。根据“for his science classes”可知，是下载上课所需要的教学资源。故选D项。

5.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：更糟糕的是，没有足够的书给所有的学生。A. subjects科目；B. chances机会；C. books书籍；D. teachers老师。上文提到“no library or laboratory”，可知学校缺乏教学必需的东西，甚至不能给所有的学生提供书本。故选C项。

6.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：不幸的是，这个半干旱的村庄经常经历干旱和饥荒。A. naturally自然而然地；B. suddenly突然地；C. frequently频繁地；D. gradually逐渐地。根据“semi-arid(半干旱的)”可知，村子遭遇干旱和饥荒很频繁。故选C项。

7.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们无法集中注意力，因为他们在家没吃饱。A. distinguish区分，区别；B. calculate计算；C. strengthen加强；D. concentrate集中注意力。按常理， 肚子没吃饱，上课注意力就不能集中。 故选D项。

8.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：因此，他也向学生和当地人教授关于可以抵抗饥荒的农作物的知识。A. crops农作物，庄稼；B. habits习惯；C. areas地区；D. signals信号。根据“famine-resistant”可知，是向他们讲关于能抵抗饥荒的农作物的知识。故选A项。

9.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：为了帮助那些贫困的人买得起食物、校服和书籍，他捐出了自己工资的80%。A. called off取消；B. gave away捐赠，赠送；C. dropped in顺便拜访；D. put out扑灭。根据“those in poverty”可知，他把自己的薪水捐赠出去，帮助贫困的人。故选B项。

10.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：Tabichi面临的另一个主要挑战是让孩子们上学的时间尽可能地长。A. expectations期望；B. challenges挑战；C. characters性格，角色；D. performances表演。根据下文“Kids are easy to 12 out of school.”可知，由于贫困和家庭环境，那里的孩子很容易放弃上学。如何让孩子继续上学是Tabichi面临的挑战。故选B项。

11.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：据Tahichi说，他的学生95%生活在贫困中，大约30%是孤儿或者由单亲父母抚养长大。A. paid付款；B. raised抚养，养育；C. earned挣钱；D. adopted收养。根据“single parents”可知，有些孩子是由单亲父母抚养大的。故选B项。

12.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：因此，孩子们很容易辍学。此处是考查“动词+out of”短语的辨析。A. drop out of中途辍学；B. make out of由……制成；C. get out of摆脱；D. move out of搬走。根据上文“One of the other major 10 that Tabichi faces is trying to keep kids in school as long as possible.”可知，由于贫困和家庭环境，很多学生中途辍学。故选A项。

13.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：经过巨大的努力，他还设法建起了科学俱乐部，解决了粮食不安全问题，并帮助实现了几个民族和宗教之间的和平。此处是“动词+ to do…”短语的辨析；A. happened to do碰巧做……；B. promised to do许诺做……；C. managed to do设法做……；D. arranged to do 安排做……。此处manage to do 指“设法做某事，并且成功了”。故选C项。

14.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：经过巨大的努力, 他还设法建起了科学俱乐部，解决了粮食不安全问题，并帮助实现了几个民族和宗教之间的和平。A. peace和平；B. share分享；C. talent天才；D. target目标。根据“between several ethnic groups and religions”可知，他给几个不同的民族和宗教之间带来和平。故选A项。

15.

考查介词短语辨析。句意：多亏了他不知疲倦的努力, 他的学生取得了参加2019年在美国亚利桑那州举办的英特尔国际科学与工程博览会的资格。A. In response to回应；B. Regardless of不管，不顾，尽管；C. In honor of为纪念；D. Thanks to多亏了，由于。由于他孜孜不倦的工作，他的学生才能取得资格。故选D项。

16.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：多亏了他不知疲倦的努力，他的学生取得了参加2019年在美国亚利桑那州举办的英特尔国际科学与工程博览会的资格。A. qualified取得资格，有资格；B. preserved保存，保留；C. approved批准，赞同；D. mentioned提到。他的学生获得了参加博览会的资格。故选A项。

17.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他说：“我为我的学生感到骄傲”。此处是“be+形容词+of”短语的辨析。A. be fond of喜欢；B. be proud of 以……为自豪；C. be ashamed of感到羞愧的；D. be tired of感到厌倦的。在这么艰苦的条件下，他的学生能有资格参加国际级别的博览会。作为老师，他感到骄傲。故选B项。

18.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们缺少很多学校认为是理所当然有的设施。A. turn转向；B. get得到；C. take拿走；D. view看待，查看。根据句意，此处是短语take .... for granted“认为……是理所当然的”。学校理所当然有的一些设施，Tabichi所在的学校没有。故选C项。

19.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：因此，作为一名教师，我想不仅对我的国家，而且对整个非洲产生积极的影响。”A. immediate立即的；B. practical实际的；C. general一般的，总体的；D. positive积极的。Tabichi想通过参加博览会，对整个非洲都产生积极的影响。故选D项。

20.

考查名词词义辨析。句意： Tabichi计划用发给他的奖金来改善学校，救济穷人。此处是“the+形容词”表示一类人。A. the rich富人；B. the young年轻人；C. the old老年人；D.the poor穷人。根据“feed”可知，Tabichi想用奖金给穷人买食物。故选D项。