Question

My father grew up in Oklahoma during the early years of the Great Depression. He was the only living child of a hard?working farmer and a____mother.When Dad completed the eighth grade, my grandfather believed his only son would work on the farm. My grandmother, however, understood the door that education could open even in____economic times. She persuaded grandfather to____Dad to finish high school.

Dad worked hard and completed high school at the age of 16. At last, grandpa was to have his wish. Dad would work on the farm, easing the economic and physical ____grandpa carried. But grandmother again begged grandpa to permit my father to go to college.

After____, grandpa made the most difficult decision of his lifetime. He walked to the chicken coop (鸡笼子), where he did his____. Taking a shovel in his work-worn hands，grandpa dug up a jar that held all the family’s savings. He offered the jar and its precious____to Dad, saying, “Here boy, go and make something of yourself.”

Realizing that his family was sacrificing all their savings by in his education, Dad became a steward(管家) of those funds. He____his bachelor’s degree and then went on to the University of Oklahoma，where he graduated second in his____school class in 1936. Jobs were hard to come by when Dad graduated, so he opened his own practice and lived in a home with a dirt floor. He worked long hours, but I remember him____the great books he discovered in the course of his education with me.

Our family was changed by the long walk that grandpa took to the chicken coop. Education is more than an investment in our family. It is a treasure. I____my father to college and law school, and all of my children have also____ higher education. We have been transformed by a sacrifice made two generations ago by a loving. If grandfather had not been convinced by my persistent(固执的) grandmother, he would not have made the____.

1.A. beautiful B. devoted C. lazy D. curious

2.A. tough B. great C. peaceful D. competitive

3.A. permit B. take C. ask D. force

4.A. pains B. troubles C. burdens D. activities

5.A. graduation B. work C. reflection D. permission

6.A. cooking B. cleaning C. farming D. banking

7.A. books B. bills C. savings D. coins

8.A. investing B. storing C. treasuring D. raising

9.A. failed B. received C. offered D. needed

10.A. maths B. educat C. economics D. law

11.A. making B. writing C. protecting D. sharing

12.A. joined B. followed C. advised D. accompanied

13.A. sought B. insisted C. favored D. considered

14.A. toughly B. kindly C. rudely D. fully

15.A. sense B. use C. difference D. effect

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述作者的祖父母拿出自己所有的积蓄来让作者的父亲接受教育，从而改变了几代人的人生的故事。

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2.Realizing that his family was sacrificing all their savings可知作者父亲当时家庭的条件并不好。所有本句句意为：我的祖母相信即使在经济困难的时期，教育也可以打开一扇门。选项A意为艰苦的；选项B意为伟大的；选项C意为和平的；选项D意为有竞争力的。根据句意，选择A。

3.But grandmother again begged grandpa to permit my father to go to college.故此处应指她劝服祖母允许父亲去完成高中的学业。故选择A。

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6.grandpa dug up a jar that held all the family’s savings. 可知，祖父把一家的钱存放在这儿。故选择D，构成短语：do one’s banking,意为存钱。

7.grandpa dug up a jar that held all the family’s savings. 以及Realizing that his family was sacrificing all their savings 可知，这个罐子里装的是一家的积蓄。故选择C。

8.Education is more than an investment in our family也就是说他们把所有的积蓄用来投资父亲的教育。选项A意为投资；选项B意为存储；选项C意为珍视；选项D意为提高。根据句意选择A。

9.and then went on to the University of Oklahoma可知父亲又继续去大学念书，那么此空就是指拿到学士学位。选项A意为失败；选项B意为得到；选项C意为提供；选项D意为需要。根据句意，选择B。

10.my father to college and law school可知，父亲当时上的是法律学校。故选择D。

11. me，所以所填词必须要构成...with sb的结构。选项A意为制作；选项B意为写作；选项C意为保护；选项D意为分享。四个选项只有选项D最符合这个要求。句意为：虽然作者的父亲工作繁忙，但他仍与作者分享他在接受教育的过程中发现的经典的书。

12.Our family was changed by the long walk that grandpa took to the chicken coop.以及下文的all of my children have also___ higher education可知，父亲得到教育改变了我们整个家庭。所以作者本人也像他的父亲一样上了大学，学了法律。选项A意为加入；选项B意为追随；选项C意为建议；选项D意为伴随。根据句意，选择B。

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15. the difference，意为使大不相同，起了关键作用。故选择C。

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