Question

Mary Smith

When Mary Smith was a 1 ,she wanted to be a teacher, 2 she liked children. When she

was twenty,she began teaching in a small school. She was a good teacher,and she 3 a lot with the children in her class. They 4 her teaching. One day 5 of the girls in her class said to her,

“Miss Smith, 6 does a man’ s hair become grey before his beard (胡子) does?” Mary laughed and answered，“I don't know. Helen,do you know?” “I 7 ，either,Miss Smith,said Helen, ^“but it happened to my father. ” The 8 children in the class laughed when they heard this. Then a boy said, “I 9,Miss Smith. A man ’ s hair becomes grey 10 because it^，s sixteen years older than his

beard.

() 1. A. woman   B. student   C. teacher   D. wife

() 2. A. so   B. but   C. that   D. because

() 3. A. cried   B. shouted   C. learned   D. laughed

() 4. A. refused   B. enjoyed   C. thought   D. wanted

() 5. A. one   B. a   C. an   D. two

() 6. A. when   B. how   C. why   D. whether

() 7. A. know   B. don't know   C. am sure   D. am afraid

() 8. A. other   B. another   C. some   D. few

() 9. A. think   B. know   C. guess   D. sure

() 10. A. fast   B. slowly   C. first   D. last

Answer 1

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1. B 考查名词辨析。woman“女士”；student“学生”；teach*

er“老师”；wife“妻子”。根据句意“Mary Smith在读 书的时候想要成为一个老师”可知选B项。

2. D考查连词辨析和行文逻辑。_so“因此”；_but“但是”；

that“以至于”；because“因为”。根据前文讲Mary想 要成为老师，此处应该是讲她的理由，可知选D项。

3. D 考查动词辨析。cried“哭泣”；shouted“叫 ”；learned

学习；laughed “笑”。根据則文 “ She was a good teacher”她是个好老师所以她会和学生一起欢笑，可 知选D项。

4. B 考查动词辨析。_ref_used “拒绝”；enjoyed “享受”；

thought“思索”；wanted“想要”。根据句意学生在课 堂上和Mary —起欢笑看得出他们很享受课堂，可知 选B项。

5.A考查量词辨析。one“一个”；a“一个”，冠词；an“-

个”，冠词;two“两个”。根据下文可知有一个小女孩 提问，因为接“of the girls”，可知选A项。

6. C考查副词辨析。when“什么时候”；how“怎么样”；

why“为什么”；whether“是否”。根据句意“为什么男 人的头发比胡子先变灰?”可知选C项。

7. B考查动词辨析。know“知道”；don’t know“不知道”；

am sure“肯定”；am afraid“害怕”。根据“either”知道 Helen也不知道为什么，可知选B项。

8.  A考查形容词辨析。other“其余的”；another“另一

个”；some“一些”；few“几乎没有”。根据“The”以及 句意:“其余的学生听到这都笑了”，可知选A项。

9. B考查动词辨析。think“想”；know“知道”；guess“猜”；sure“确定”。根据与前文的“don’t know”对应，可知选B项。

10. C考查副词辨析。fast “快地”；slowly “缓慢地”；first “最先”；last“最后”。根据句意:“头发比胡子先变灰”，可知选C项。