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　　While I studied at school, I felt a great difficulty in learning my Latin translations. I was always very 1 in using a dictionary, and 2 it most difficult, while to other boys it seemed no 3 .

　　I formed an alliance (盟友) with a boy in the Sixth Grade. He was very clever and 4 read Latin as easily as English. My friend for his part was almost as 5 troubled by the English essays he had to write for the headmaster as I was 6 these Latin words. We agreed together that he should 7 me my Latin translations and that I should do his essays. The arrangement 8 wonderfully. The headmaster seemed quite 9 with my work, and I had more time to myself in the morning. On the other hand, once a week 10 I had to compose the essays for my friend. For several months no difficulty 11 , but once we were nearly caught out.

　　One afternoon, the headmaster 12 my friend to discuss one essay with him in a lively spirit, "I was interested in this 13 you make here. I think you might have gone further. Tell me 14 you had in your mind." The headmaster continued in this 15 for some time to the fear of my friend. However, the headmaster, not wishing to 16 an occasion of praise into 17 of fault-finding, finally 18 him go. He came back to me like a man who had had a very narrow 19 and I made up my mind to make every effort to study my 20 .

(1) A．quick

B．slow

C．hard

D．good

(2) A．made

B．got

C．found

D．left

(3) A．trouble

B．difference

C．labor

D．worry

(4) A．might

B．would

C．should

D．could

(5) A．very

B．little

C．much

D．few

(6) A．for

B．by

C．in

D．to

(7) A．change

B．take

C．forgive

D．tell

(8) A．worked

B．tried

C．happened

D．developed

(8) A．angry

B．satisfied

C．frightened

D．sad

(10) A．or so

B．or else

C．as usual

D．as far as

(11) A．became

B．seemed

C．lay

D．appeared

(12) A．called

B．taught

C．arranged

D．sent

(13) A．aim

B．goal

C．point

D．opinion

(14) A．why

B．how

C．which

D．what

(15) A．excitement

B．way

C．meaning

D．disappointment

(16) A．turn

B．leave

C．grow

D．become

(17) A．none

B．one

C．either

D．some

(18) A．ordered

B．asked

C．took

D．let

(19) A．surprise

B．escape

C．hope

D．chance

(20) A．reading

B．writing

C．translations

D．essays

Answer 1

答案：B;C;A;D;C;B;D;A;B;A;D;A;C;D;B;A;B;D;B;C
解析：

(1) 由首句中的felt a great difficulty可知，我不擅长学拉丁文翻译。be slow in doing sth. 意为"对做某事不在行，不擅长"。 (2) 本题考查形式宾语it的动词搭配。此处指我不擅长使用字典，并且发现它是最困难的。find"发现"，符合语境。 (3) 本句用表转折的while一转，使"我发现使用字典最困难"与"其他男孩不视之为难题"形成鲜明对比。 (4) 此处指他能够像读英语一样读好拉丁文。could表示能力，符合语境。 (5) 本题考查程度副词。由上下文可知，此处为肯定语气，little和few都表示否定意义。as much...as...为固定搭配，意为"跟……一样……；差不多"。 (6) 此处应与上半句的by the English essays相呼应，故用by。 (7) 句意：我们商定，他将拉丁文翻译告诉我，而我帮他写论文。tell sb. sth. 为固定搭配，表示"告诉某人某事"。 (8) work在此表示"起作用，进展"，符合题意。 (9) 由上文他们的分工合作进展顺利可知，校长对我的作业非常满意，故用satisfied。be satisfied with意为"对……感到满意"。 (10) 句意：大约每周一次，我就不得不帮我的朋友写作文。or so意为"大概，大约，左右"，符合语境。or else"否则"；as usual"照常"；as far as"远到，直到；至于"。 (11) 此处指几个月以来没有出现问题，与"The arrangement... wonderfully"相呼应。appear为系动词，意为"出现"。 (12) call sb. to do sth. 意为"打电话给某人干某事"，其他三项用在此处句意不通。 (13) 句意：我对你这里阐述的观点很感兴趣。make one's point意为"阐明某人的观点"，为习惯搭配。 (14) 此处用what引导宾语从句，且在从句中作宾语，指校长让朋友告诉他心里想的是什么。 (15) in this way为固定搭配，意为"用这种方式"。此处指用朋友所害怕的方式继续着。 (16) 句意：然而，校长并不想将表扬之意变成挑剔的讨论。由上下文可知选A。turn sth. into sth.为固定搭配，意为"将……变成……"。 (17) one在此处指代前文的an occasion，以避免重复。 (18) let sb. do sth. 表示"让某人做某事"。由句意"最后让他走了"，可知应选D。order sb. to do sth. 表示"命令某人做某事"；ask sb. to do sth.表示"叫某人做某事"。 (19) a narrow escape意为"侥幸逃脱，死里逃生"，为习惯用法，符合文章情节发展。 (20) 纵观全篇，前文我怕学的是拉丁文翻译，因而现在想好好学习的当然也是Latin translations，与文章第一句相呼应，故选C。