Question

  There was a woman in Detroit,who had two sons. She was worried about them,especially the younger one,Ben,because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class played jokes on him because he seemed so 1        The mother 2      that she would help her sons to do 3        in school by herself. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to 4      a book a week and do a book report for her.

  One day,in Ben's class,the teacher held up a rock and asked 5        anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him 6       "Why did Ben raise his hand?" All of his 7        whispered (耳语) and wondered. "He 8       said anything. What could he possibly want to say?" To their surprise,Ben not only 9        the rock,but also said a lot about it. He 10       other rocks in its group and even knew 11        the teacher had found it. The teacher and the other students were 12        Ben had learned this from doing one of his book 13       

  Later Ben became the 14        student of his class. When he finished high school,he went to Yale University and 15        became one of the best doctors in theUnited States.

(   ) 1. A. clever   B. difficult   C. slow   D. quick

(   ) 2. A. seemed   B. decided   C. wondered   D. told

(   ) 3. A. well   B. had   C. right   D. good

(   ) 4. A. see   B. find   C. read   D. buy

(   ) 5. A. that   B. if   C. how   D. why

(   ) 6. A. think   B. leave   C. ask   D. answer

(   ) 7. A. classmates   B. students   C. teachers   D. friends

(   ) 8. A. always   B. ever   C. sometimes   D. never

(   ) 9. A. found   B. played   C. knew   D. heard

(   ) 10. A. said   B. told   C. called   D. named

(   ) 11. A. whether   B. what   C. where   D. why

(   ) 12. A. afraid   B. amazed   C. worried   D. unhappy

(   ) 13. A. pictures   B. exercises   C. shops   D. reports

(   ) 14. A. top   B. slow   C. low   D. rich

(   ) 15. A. at first   B. at the end   C. at last   D. now

Answer 1

1. C 根据上下文可推断,Ben班里的男孩总爱戏弄他，因为他好像很迟钝，由此可知答案为C.

2. B 由文意知此处意为"这位母亲决定帮助她的儿子们……"，由此可知答案为B.

3. A 由前后文可知此处意为：她会自己帮助她的儿子们在学校里表现得好一些。do well"表现得好"。

4. C 句意为"她告诉他们每个星期都要去the Detroit Public Library看一本书，并做读书笔记"。

5. B 句意为"……老师拿起一块岩石，问是否有人认识它"，表示"是否"要用if或whether,故答案为B.

6. D 句意为"Ben举起手，老师让他回答这个问题"。

7. A 由上文可知，Ben当时在教室里上课，由此可知本题答案为classmates"同学们"。

8. D 由whispered"耳语"and wondered以及句中的anything知应用never"从不"。

9. C 由上文提到的asked if anyone knew it可知此处答案为C.

10. D 此处要用name的意思，表示"说出……的名字"。

11. C 句意为"他说出了与这块岩石同类的其他岩石的名字，甚至还知道老师是在哪里找到这块岩石的"，由此可知答案为C。

12. B afraid为"害怕的"，amazed为"惊讶的"， worried为"担忧的"，unhappy为"不高兴的"。由上下文可知，老师和其他同学都很惊讶，故答案为B.

13. D 由第1段结尾处的do a book report for her可推断出答案。

14. A the top student为"优等生"。

15. C at first意为"首先",at the end意为"结束时"，at last意为"最后",now意为"现在"。句意为"……最终成了美国最好的医生之一"， 由此可知答案为C。