Question

    There was a woman in Detroit, who has two sons. She was worried _______ them, especially the younger one, Ben,  _______ he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class _______ fun of him because he seemed so _______.

The mother_______ that she would, herself, have to get her sons to do better in school. She _______ them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a _______ a week and do a report about it for her.

One day, in Ben’s _______ , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben _______ up his hand and the teacher let him ________ . “Why did Ben raise his hand?” the other students wondered. “He ________ said anything; what could he possibly want to say?” Well, Ben not only ________ the rock; he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew ________ the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were ________ . Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book ________.

Ben later went on to the ________ of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University(耶鲁大学)________ at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.

After Ben had grown up, he ________ something about his mother that he did not know as a ________ . She, herself, had never learned how to ________.

1.A.with B.on C.about D.over

2.A.because B.so C.but D.though

3.A.played B.got C.took D.made

4.A.clever B.slow C.hard D.quick

5.A.asked B.forgot C.decided D.heard

6.A.made B.told C.let D.considered

7.A.notice B.message C.question D.book

8.A.class B.room C.office D.kitchen

9.A.looked B.put C.took D.gave

10.A.think B.leave C.answer D.stand

11.A.never B.even C.quickly D.always

12.A.found B.played C.knew D.threw

13.A.whether B.where C.what D.why

14.A.afraid B.unhappy C.worried D.surprised

15.A.reports B.words C.shops D.pictures

16.A.side B.end C.back D.top

17.A.so B.or C.and D.however

18.A.remembered B.learnt C.saw D.guessed

19.A.child B.doctor C.worker D.teacher

20.A.work B.read C.sleep D.show

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。Ben小时反应迟钝，经常被同学取笑，于是，她的妈妈让她每周去图书馆看书，并作一篇报告。后来，Ben因此变得优秀了，最终成了一位出色的医生，才发现她的母亲并不会阅读。

1.

考查介词辨析。句意：她很担心他们，尤其是小儿子Ben，因为他在学校表现不好。A. with和；B. on在上面；C. about关于；D. over穿越。根据后文Ben，___2___ he was not doing well in school.可知Ben在学校表现不好，作为母亲很担心。be worried about“担心……”故选C。

2.

考查连词辨析。句意：她很担心他们，尤其是小儿子Ben，因为他在学校表现不好。A. because因为；B. so所以；C. but但是；D. though虽然。此处为原因状语从句，表示“因为”，应用because。故选A。

3.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他班上的男生都取笑他，因为他看起来太迟钝了。A. played玩耍；B. got得到；C. took带走；D. made制作。结合上文提到了Ben的母亲担心他，可推知班上的孩子们“取笑”Ben。make fun of“取笑”。故选D。

4.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他班上的男生都取笑他，因为他看起来太迟钝了。A. clever聪明的；B. slow迟钝的，缓慢的；C. hard努力的；D. quick快的。孩子们与Ben开玩笑的原因是他的反应较迟钝，其它选项不符合语境。故选B。

5.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：这位母亲决定，她自己必须让儿子们在学校表现得更好。A. asked询问；B. forgot忘记；C. decided决定；D. heard听到。结合后文that she would, herself, have to get her sons to do better in school.可知Ben的母亲决定（decided）要让两个儿子们在学校表现得更好。故选C。

6.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：她告诉他们每周去底特律公共图书馆读一本书，然后为她做一篇关于这本书的报告。A. made制作；B. told告诉；C. let让；D. considered考虑。结合后文them to go to the Detroit Public Library可知此处为短语tell sb to do sth.“告诉某人做某事”。故选B。

7.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：她告诉他们每周去底特律公共图书馆读一本书，然后为她做一篇关于这本书的报告。A. notice通知；B. message信息；C. question问题；D. book书。结合上文them to go to the Detroit Public Library可知母亲告诉他们去图书馆读书。故选D。

8.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：一天，在Ben的课上，老师举起一块石头问有没有人认识。A. class课堂，班级；B. room房间；C. office办公室；D. kitchen厨房。结合后文the teacher held up a rock可知是在课堂上。故选A。

9.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：Ben举手，老师让他回答。A. looked看；B. put放置；C. took带走；D. gave给予。根据后文up his hand可知Ben举起了手，短语put up one’s hand“举手”。故选B。

10.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：Ben举手，老师让他回答。A. think思考；B. leave离开；C. answer回答；D. stand站立。结合上文老师提出了问题，Ben举了手，所以老师让他来回答这个问题。故选C。

11.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：“他从不说话；他可能想说什么呢？” A. never从不；B. even甚至；C. quickly快地；D. always总是。结合前文可知，Ben的反应较迟钝，所以他从不回答老师的问题的。故选A。

12.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：Ben不仅认识那块石头，他还说了很多。A. found找到；B. played玩耍；C. knew认识，知道；D. threw扔。根据下句“he said a lot about it”可知Ben认识这块石头，还懂的很多。故选C。

13.

考查连接词辨析。句意：他说出了这组岩石中的其他岩石的名字，甚至知道老师是在哪里发现的。此处为宾语从句，从句中缺少地点状语，故应用where。故选B。

14.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：老师和学生都很惊讶。A. afraid害怕的；B. unhappy不开心的；C. worried担心的；D. surprised惊讶的。Ben原来表现不好，也不说话，所以这一次Ben在课堂上的表现让老师和同学都很感到很惊讶。故选D。

15.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：这些都是Ben从他的读书报告中学到的。A. reports报告；B. words话语；C. shops商店；D. pictures照片。根据第二段中a week and do a report about it for her可知这些都是Ben从他的读书报告中学到的。故选A。

16.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：Ben后来成了他班上的尖子生。A. side方面；B. end结束；C. back后背；D. top顶部。根据下句When he finished high school, he went to Yale University.可知Ben后来成了他班上的尖子生。the top of the class表示“班里的尖子生”故选D。

17.

考查连词辨析。句意：高中毕业后，他去了耶鲁大学，最终成为美国最好的医生之一。A. so所以；B. or或者；C. and并且；D. however然而。结合上下文语境，可知为承接关系，应用连词and。故选C。

18.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：Ben长大后，了解了一些他小时候不知道的关于母亲的事情。A. remembered记得；B. learnt了解，学习；C. saw看见；D. guessed猜测。结合后文Ben知道了母亲不识字的事情，可知他长大后了解了（learnt）一些小时候不知道的事情。故选B。

19.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：Ben长大后，了解了一些当他还是个孩子的时候不知道的关于母亲的事情。A. child孩子；B. doctor医生；C. worker工人；D. teacher老师。Ben长大后才了解到母亲不会阅读，当他是个小孩子的时候不知道这件事。故选A。

20.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：她自己也从来没有学会如何阅读。A. work工作；B. read阅读；C. sleep睡觉；D. show展示。文章整体贯穿的是阅读，故此处用read更符合语境。故选B。