题目内容
The father often buys his son English learning materials, ____at encouraging him to learn English.
- A.aim
- B.aimed
- C.to aim
- D.aiming
试题分析：考查过去分词做状语，be aimed at doing…，旨在做…,这句话前面是完整的句子，后面是状语，用过去分词做状语，句意：爸爸经常给儿子买英语学习材料，目的是鼓励他学习英语。选B。
考点：考查过去分词做状语
点评：现在分词还是过去分词做状语主要取决于动词和逻辑主语的关系：如果动词和逻辑主语是被动关系，用过去分词，如果动词和逻辑主语是主动关系，用现在分词。有的短语是be+过去分词+介词构成，做状语就用过去分词。
When a first-time father saw his newborn son, he immediately noticed the baby's ears obviously standing out from his head. He expressed his concern to the nurse that some children might tease his child. A doctor examined the baby and reassured the new dad that his son was healthy- the ears presented only a minor problem with its appearance.
But the nervous father persisted. He wondered if the child might suffer psychological effects of ridicule, or if they should consider plastic surgery. The nurse assured him that it was really no problem, and he should just wait to see if the boy grows into his ears.
The father finally felt more optimistic about his child, but now he worried about his wife's reaction to those large ears. She had been delivered by operation, and had not yet seen the child.
“She doesn't take things as easily as I do,” he said to the nurse.
By this time, the new mother was settled in the recovery room and ready to meet her new baby. The nurse went along with the dad to lend some support in case this inexperienced mother became upset about her baby's large ears.
The baby was in a receiving blanket with his head covered for the short trip through the cold air-conditioned corridor. The baby was placed in his mother's arms, who eased the blanket back so that she could look at her child for the first time.
She took one look at her baby's face and looked to her husband and gasped, “Oh, Honey! Look! He has your ears!”
No problem with Mom. She married those ears...and she loves the man to whom they are attached.
The poet Kahlil Gibran said, “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” It's hard to see the ears when you're looking into the light.
1.When the father first saw his baby, he was worried that________.
A. The baby might not grow up healthily
B. The baby might be laughed at by others.
C. The baby might disappoint its mother
D. the baby might have mental problems.
2.According to the doctor and nurse, the baby’s ears________.
A. could not function well. B. looked the same as others.
C. only caused a small problem. D. needed to have plastic surgery.
3. What is true about the baby’s mother?
A. She blamed her husband for the baby’s big ears.
B. She was the first to discover the baby’s large ears.
C. She suggested having an operation on the baby immediately.
D. She found something similar between the baby and its father.
4. What does the underlined word they refer to?
A. The ears. B. The parents
C. The doctor and nurse. D. The problems
5. What’s the function of the last paragraph?
A. To advise readers to listen carefully.
B. To draw a conclusion from the story.
C. To criticize the wrong attitude to physical beauty.
D. To stress the importance of doctor-patient relationship.