Question

【题目】 Grandma Kong is from the western countryside of China. She has spent nearly _______years adopting(收养）and raising abandoned（被遗弃的）children. She gives them food to eat and sends them to school to get an _______.

Kong first adopted an abandoned child in the 1970s. She found she couldn't stop there. Though in poor health, the kind woman _______ adopting abandoned children and raising them as her own. Over the last 48 years, she has adopted over 40 children. _______ of them have grown up and become doctors or lawyers.

It costs Kong a lot to raise so many children. There were times she couldn't put enough _______on the table. She chose to leave home to look for leftovers（残羹剩饭）in the rubbish. To her great _______, things got much better with time. Now her grown-up children help her to bring up their _______brothers and sisters.

Kong always believes that education is the best way to get out of poverty（贫穷）, _______ she makes sure that all her children go to school. She said, "I told my children that it was quite _______ for them to study hard and that it was their only chance to change their lives."

Kong's story has ________ thousands of people's hearts. Many of them say she is a great mother and a good example to follow.

【1】A.thirtyB.fortyC.fifty

【2】A.educationB.answerC.exam

【3】A.stopsB.keepsC.regrets

【4】A.NoneB.SomeC.All

【5】A.foodB.waterC.paper

【6】A.sadnessB.pityC.pleasure

【7】A.youngerB.elderC.taller

【8】A.butB.orC.so

【9】A.strangeB.impossibleC.necessary

【10】A.separatedB.touchedC.protected

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【5】A

【6】C

【7】A

【8】C

【9】C

【10】B

【解析】

本文主要向我们介绍孔奶奶的善行。

【1】

句意：她花了近50年的时间收养和抚养被遗弃的孩子。

thirty三十；forty四十；fifty五十。根据后文“Over the last 48 years, she has adopted over 40 children.”可知，在过去的48年里，她收养了40多个孩子。48年接近50年，故选C。

【2】

句意：她给他们食物吃，送他们去学校接受教育。

education教育；answer回答；exam考试。根据“She gives them food to eat and sends them to school to get an ___2___.”可知，她给他们食物吃并送他们去学校，去上学是为了得到教育，故选A。

【3】

句意：虽然这位好心的妇女身体不好，却一直收养被遗弃的孩子，把他们当作自己的孩子抚养。

stops停止；keeps继续；regrets后悔。分析“Though in poor health, the kind woman ___3___ adopting abandoned children and raising them as her own.”可知，此处是Though引导的让步状语从句，前后构成让步关系，表示“虽然这位好心的妇女身体不好，却一直收养被遗弃的孩子”的含义，此处强调“继续”。故选B。

【4】

句意：他们中的一些人长大后成为了医生或律师。

None三者及以上都不；Some一些；All所有。分析句意可知，此处描述收养的四十几个孩子中的一些长大后成为了医生或律师，强调“一些”。故选B。

【5】

句意：很多次，她没有足够的食物摆到餐桌上。

food食物；water水；paper纸。根据后文“She chose to leave home to look for leftovers（残羹剩饭）in the rubbish.”可知，她选择离开家去垃圾中找残羹剩饭，所以应该是食物不够。故选A。

【6】

句意：使她高兴的是，随着时间的推移，情况越来越好了。

sadness悲伤；pity遗憾；pleasure快乐。分析“To her great ___6___, things got much better with time.”可知，情况越来越好了，所以她很高兴。故选C。

【7】

句意：现在她的孩子们帮她抚养他们年更小的弟弟妹妹。

younger更年轻；elder更老；taller更高。分析“Now her grown-up children help her to bring up their ___7___brothers and sisters.”可知，是长大的孩子帮助她抚养更小的孩子。故选A。

【8】

句意：孔一直认为教育是摆脱贫困的最好方法，所以她确保她所有的孩子都能上学。

but但是，表转折；or或者，表选择；so所以，表结果。分析“Kong always believes that education is the best way to get out of poverty（贫穷）, ___8___ she makes sure that all her children go to school.”可知，她认为教育是摆脱贫困的最好方法，所以她确保她所有的孩子都能上学，此处强调结果。故选C。

【9】

句意：我告诉我的孩子们，努力学习是非常必要的，这是他们唯一的机会来改变自己的生活。

strange陌生的，奇怪的；impossible不可能的；necessary必要的。分析句子可知，此处表示“努力学习是非常必要的”，强调必要性，其他两项不符合语境，故选C。

【10】

句意：孔的故事感动了成千上万人的心。

separated分离；touched触摸，感动；protected保护。分析句意可知，很多人说她是一位伟大的母亲，是一个值得学习的好榜样，所以她的故事感动了成千上万人的心，其他两项不符合语意。故选B。