题目内容
11.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 (21)Bmother.When Dad completed eighth grade,my grandfather believed his only son would work on the farm.My grandmother,(22)D,understood the door that education could open even in (23)Aeconomic times.She persuaded grandfather to (24)ADad 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 (25)Cgrandpa carried.But grandmother again (26)Bgrandpa to permit my father to go to college.
After(27)C,grandpa made the most difficult decision of his lifetime.He walked to the chicken coop(鸡笼子),where he did his(28)D.Taking a shovel in his work-worn hands,grandpa(29)Ba jar that held all the family's savings.He offered the jar and its precious (30)Cto Dad,saying,"Here boy,go make something of yourself."
Realizing that his family was (31)Aall their savings by investing in his education,Dad became a steward of those funds.He (32)Bhis bachelor's degree and then went on to the University of Oklahoma,where he graduated second in his (33)Dschool class in 1936.Jobs were hard to (34)Cwhen 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 (35)Dthe great books he discovered in the course of his education with me.
Our family was changed by the long walk grandpa took to the chicken coop.Education is (36)Aan investment in our family.It is a treasure.I(37)Bmy father to college and law school,and all of my children have also (38)Ahigher education.We have been transformed by a sacrifice made two (39)Dago by a loving,if not fully convinced,grandfather and a persistent grandmother and that has made all the(40)C.
21.A.beautiful | B.devoted | C.lazy | D.curious |
22.A.so | B.thus | C.otherwise | D.however |
23.A.tough | B.great | C.peaceful | D.competitive |
24.A.permit | B.take | C.ask | D.force |
25.A.pains | B.troubles | C.burdens | D.activities |
26.A.refused | B.begged | C.ordered | D.required |
27.A.graduation | B.work | C.reflection | D.permission |
28.A.cooking | B.cleaning | C.farming | D.banking |
29.A.picked up | B.dug up | C.broke up | D.cut up |
30.A.books | B.bills | C.contents | D.coins |
31.A.sacrificing | B.storing | C.treasuring | D.wasting |
32.A.failed | B.received | C.offered | D.needed |
33.A.maths | B.education | C.economics | D.law |
34.A.come off | B.come about | C.come by | D.come on |
35.A.making | B.writing | C.protecting | D.sharing |
36.A.more than | B.rather than | C.other than | D.less than |
37.A.joined | B.followed | C.advised | D.companied |
38.A.sought | B.insisted | C.favored | D.considered |
39.A.years | B.centuries | C.decades | D.generations |
40.A.sense | B.use | C.difference | D.effect. |
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.
解答 21-25 BDAAC 26-30 BCDBC 31-35 ABDCD 36-40 ABADC
21.B 考查形容词辨析.从下文对祖母的描述可知,作者的祖母是一个全心全意为儿子奉献的母亲.devoted意思是"忠诚的,挚爱的,全心全意的",符合语境;故选B.
22.D 考查句意理解.根据上下文可知,作者的祖母的观点和祖父的观点截然不同,故用however,表示转折;故选D.
23.A 考查形容词辨析.作者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.tough"艰苦的,艰难的",符合语境;故选A.
24.A 考查动词辨析.作者的祖母说服了祖父,允许作者的父亲完成高中的学业.permit somebody to do something"允许某人做某事",符合语境.第二段最后一句中的"permit"也是提示;故选A.
25.C 考查名词辨析.作者的父亲将在农场里工作,减轻作者的祖父所承受的经济和身体上的重担.burden意思是"负担,重担",符合语境;故选C.
26.B 考查动词辨析.作者的祖母再次恳求祖父允许作者的父亲继续上大学.beg somebody to do something"恳求某人做某事",符合语境;故选B.
27.C 考查名词辨析.经过审慎的思考,作者的祖父作出了一生中最艰难的决定.reflection意思是"沉思,审慎的思考",符合语境;故选C.
28.D 考查动词辨析.作者的祖父走到鸡笼子旁,那里放着他存的钱.根据下文的"savings"可知,此处应用banking,do one's banking"存钱",符合语境;故选D.
29.B 查动词短语辨析.作者的祖父手拿着铁铲,挖出了一个坛子,里面放着家里所有的积蓄.dig up"挖掘出",符合语境.pick up"拿起";break up"破碎,解散";cut up"切碎";故选B.
30.C 考查名词辨析.作者的祖父把这个坛子连同里面的宝贵的东西(即钱)给了作者的父亲.content"所容纳的物品,所含之物",符合语境.而bills与coins太片面;故选C.
31.A 考查动词辨析.作者的父亲意识到他的家庭拿出了所有的积蓄投资到他的教育上.sacrifice"牺牲,献出",符合语境;故选A.
32.B 考查动词辨析.从下文中的"went on to"可知,作者的父亲拿到了学士学位并继续学习.receive"拿到",符合语境;故选B.
33.D 考查名词辨析.从最后一段第四句中的"law school"可知,作者的父亲在1936年,毕业于法律专业,故选择D项.
34.C 考查动词短语辨析.作者的父亲毕业的时候,工作很难找,故come by符合语境,意思是"设法得到(或获得)".come off"举行";come about"发生";come on"偶然遇见,偶然发现";故选C.
35.D 考查动词辨析.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.share意思是"分享",符合语境;故选D.
36.A 考查句意理解.教育在作者的家中不仅仅是一笔投资,它是一笔宝贵的财富.more than"超出,多于",符合语境;故选A.
37.B 考查动词辨析.作者像他的父亲一样上了大学,也学了法律.follow"遵循,跟随",符合语境;故选B
38.A 考查动词辨析.作者所有的孩子也都追求更高的教育.seek"追求,寻求",符合语境;故选A.
39.D 考查名词辨析.两代人之前,作者的祖父母作出的牺牲改变了大家.根据文章推理可知,应选generation"一代,一辈";故选D.
40.C 考查名词辨析.这种牺牲让所有的一切变得大不相同.make all the difference意思是"使大不相同,起了关键作用",符合语境;故选C.
点评 做完形填空首先要通读全文,了解大意,一篇完形填空的文章会有许多空格,所以,必须先通读一遍,才能大概了解文章内容,千万不要看一句,做一句.其次要逐句分析,前后一致,选择答案时,要考虑整个句子的内容,包括搭配、时态、语法等.这篇完型要多注意:填空时多联系上下文,注意固定搭配,答案全部填完后,再通读一遍文章,检查是否通顺流畅了,用词得当,意思正确.
A. | severely | B. | universally | C. | originally | D. | extremely |
A. | Moving | B. | Moved | C. | Being Moved | D. | To moved |
As I walked along the hallway,I saw a variety of people and felt many things(44)Athrough my mind.I heard a small laugh of joy and(45)Bmy head to see what had happened.
A woman was standing in the hallway,saying to her husband beside:"(46)Dis okay!Your baby is moving around like always in my belly(肚子)."The man smiled and said:"Our child must have a(47)Clike mine."They smiled at each other and walked(48)Baway.A small new (49)Amakes so many people so happy.
I was(50)Dwhy my parents always looked so(51)Cwhen I told them that I felt unwell.Parents(52)Btheir children's lives more dearly than their own.
Another noise.I heard a nurse say:"We are (53)Cthe operation.Don't worry."An operation is something that I have feared ever since (54)A.I fear the (55)Dof it.If an operation is(56)B,everybody is happy.But if not,the world seems to(57)A.After all,we know the people around us will leave our world (58)C.
Facing the forces of life and death,we are as (59)Das drops of water in an ocean,only there to be pushed back and forth.
I felt myself (60)Ain that exact moment and place,in my deepest thoughts.
41.A.As | B.Because | C.Although | D.When |
42.A.frightened | B.excited | C.worried | D.surprised |
43.A.going for | B.going through | C.going over | D.going into |
44.A.flash | B.appear | C.form | D.fly |
45.A.held | B.raised | C.rose | D.kept |
46.A.Nothing | B.Something | C.Anything | D.Everything |
47.A.hobby | B.behavior | C.character | D.movement |
48.A.quietly | B.happily | C.sadly | D.hurriedly |
49.A.life | B.boy | C.daughter | D.person |
50.A.realized | B.told | C.recognized | D.reminded |
51.A.down | B.unhappy | C.worried | D.nervous |
52.A.see | B.treat | C.look | D.think |
53.A.getting | B.experiencing | C.doing | D.carrying |
54.A.childhood | B.fatherhood | C.adulthood | D.neighborhood |
55.A.danger | B.failure | C.certainty | D.uncertainty |
56.A.good | B.successful | C.quick | D.easy |
57.A.darken | B.change | C.brighten | D.stop |
58.A.early | B.temporally | C.permanently | D.quickly |
59.A.abundant | B.important | C.necessary | D.unimportant |
60.A.grow up | B.rise up | C.grow old | D.grow crazy |
A. | so that | B. | if only | C. | in case | D. | as if |