Question

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben,        he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so       .The mother      that she herself would have to get her sons to do better in school. She told 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 put up his hand and the teacher let him     . “Why did Ben put up his hand?” his classmates wondered. He       said anything. What would he possibly want to say?Ben not only        the rock, but also said a lot about the rock. He named many other rocks in the same 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     .Later Ben went on to the        of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University (耶鲁大学)and at last became one of the best doctors in the USA. After Ben grew up, he        something about his mother that he did not know as a      . She, herself, had never learned how to      .

1.A. because  B. so                      C. but                          D. though 

2.A. clever                B. hard                       C. slow              D. quick

3.A. asked                 B. decided                C. forgot                    D. heard

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

5.A. class                   B. room            C. office                     D. lab

6.A. think                  B. leave            C. stand up          D. sit down

7.A. always      B. even             C. quickly             D. never 

8.A. found                 B. played                   C. knew            D. threw 

9.A. whether  B. when                     C. where                   D. why 

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

11.A. pictures          B. exercises              C. shops                     D. reports 

12.A. top                   B. end                        C. back             D. side

13.A. learnt     B. remembered       C. forgot                    D. guessed

14.A. doctor    B. child             C. children           D. teacher  

15.A. read                 B. work             C. teach                     D. show

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.C

9.C

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.A

14.B

15.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了一个母亲和儿子的故事。Ben在学校成绩很差，经常遭到同学的戏弄。母亲为了孩子变得优秀，要求他每周读一篇文章并想她汇报。Ben通过这种方式学到了很多知识，让老师和同学非常惊讶。他后来成为了一名优秀的医生。他长大后才知道，他母亲原来并不识字。

1.考查连词与语境理解。句意：她很担心他的儿子Ben,因为他在学校表现不好。这连个句子是因果关系，Because因为，故选A。  

2.考查形容词与语境理解。句意：班上的男孩总是戏弄他，因为他看起来是那么迟钝。A聪明；B努力；C迟钝;D快。联系上文，选C。

3.考查动词与语境理解。句意：母亲决定她自己要让孩子在学校表现好点。A问；B决定；C忘记；D听说，B符合语境。

4.考查名词与语境理解。句意：她让孩子们每周在图书馆读一本书并向她汇报。A通知；B信息；C书；D问题，C符合语境。

5.考查名词与语境理解。句意：一天，在Ben的课堂上，老师举起一块岩石问是否有人知道.A课堂；B房间；C办公室；D实验室，A符合句意。

6.考查动词与语境理解。句意：Ben举起手，老师让他站起来。从语境可知，老师让他站起来回答问题，故选C。

7.考查副词与语境理解。句意：他从不回答任何问题，他会说什么呢？从前文得知Ben在学校成绩差， “Why did Ben put up his hand?” his classmates wondered，同学们都好奇他怎么会举手，从而判断他之前是不回答问题的，故选D。

8.考查动词与语境理解。句意：Ben不仅认识岩石，而且还说了很多关于岩石的东西。Not only...but...不仅...而且...,故选C。

9.考查疑问词词与语境理解。句意：他说出了同一组中其他岩石的名词，而且知道老师从哪里找到的。 Whether是否；when什么时候； where 哪里；why  为什么，故选C。

10.考查形容词与语境理解。句意：老师和同学们都很吃惊。有前文可知，一向成绩差的Ben竟然知道这么多的东西，让同学和老师都很惊讶。A害怕，B吃惊；C担心；D不高兴，故选B。

11.考查名词与语境理解。句意：Ben就是从他的读书报告中所学到的这些。从前文 read a   4   a week and do a report about it for her每周读一本书并向她做读书汇报，可知选D。

12.考查名词与语境理解。句意：Ben成为班上的尖子生。从后文 When he finished high school, he went to Yale University (耶鲁大学)毕业后，他进了耶鲁大学，可知他后来成绩优异，故选A。

13.考查动词与语境理解。句意：长大后，Ben了解了她母亲的一些事，这是他在孩子的时候不知道的。A了解；B记得；C忘记；D猜测；A符合语境。

14.考查名词与语境理解。句意：长大后，Ben了解了她母亲的一些事，这是他在孩子的时候不知道的。跟grow up刚好形成对比，有冠词a,用单数，故选B。

15.考查动词与语境理解。句意：她自己根本就不会看书。这和前文的要求孩子读书，并向她做读书汇报刚好形成了反差。

考点：故事类短文。