摘要:) 猜想;料想 [+] I suspect they’ll come. 我想他们会来的. n. 嫌疑犯;可疑分子[C] adj. 可疑的;受到怀疑的;不可信的[] His motives were suspect with others. 他的动机受到其他人的怀疑. cater vi.

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A boy of 14 has become the youngest student to win a place at Cambridge University. Arran Fernandez, who was  16 at home by his father, Neil, will 17  a mathematics degree at Fitzwilliam College next month and he hopes to have a career as a research mathematician to 18  the Riemann hypothesis(黎曼猜想) that has confused the brightest minds. It will make him the youngest Cambridge student  19 14-year-old William Pitt the Younger studied there in 1773.

Last night the child genius said: “I am looking forward to going to the  20  . I have started the first-year books  21   and it is all right, not too  22  . I can understand it. I am excited about going to Cambridge,  23  I am used to making records about being the youngest in education. It isn’t the youngest moment that is so important to me--  24  I’m more interested in going to Cambridge than comparing   25  with other people who go there.”

But  26 his age he will not be able to    27  many of the alcohol-fuelled festivities(庆典) traditionally  28  to Freshers’ Week. “I don’t think I’m missing too much fun,” he insisted. “Even if I was 18, I wouldn’t want to go out  29 . ”

Arran,  30   plans to join the bird-watching society instead and go boating while at university, was five when he  31  the youngest person to be  32   a GCSE (General Certificated of Secondary Education), after passing maths. He was offered the   33  to learn at Cambridge in 2010, when he was 14, on the condition he gained an A-level in physics, which he  34  with an A+ grade. Arran had already gained an A grade in further maths last year.

Cambridge also asked him to attend three GCSEs in subjects which were not related to maths and physics to  35   his knowledge. He gained A+s in English literature and French and an A in English language this summer.

1.

A.educated

B.equipped

C.arranged

D.evaluated

 

2.

A.run

B.operate

C.end

D.start

 

3.

A.work out

B.make out

C.help out

D.break out

 

4.

A.before

B.after

C.since

D.but

 

5.

A.festivities

B.lectures

C.contests

D.literature

 

6.

A.especially

B.already

C.hardly

D.gradually

 

7.

A.difficult

B.easy

C.interesting

D.boring

 

8.

A.therefore

B.but

C.additionally

D.and

 

9.

A.fortunately

B.merely

C.actually

D.mentally

 

10.

A.it

B.them

C.themselves

D.myself

 

11.

A.because of

B.instead of

C.except for

D.as for

 

12.

A.pick out

B.join in

C.pick up

D.join up

 

13.

A.added

B.addicted

C.related

D.encouraged

 

14.

A.smoking

B.singing

C.drinking

D.dancing

 

15.

A.who

B.which

C.that

D.he

 

16.

A.turned

B.seemed

C.grew

D.became

 

17.

A.presented

B.awarded

C.rewarded

D.submitted

 

18.

A.tendency

B.treaty

C.profit

D.opportunity

 

19.

A.improved

B.achieved

C.reserved

D.represented

 

20.

A.reduce

B.improve

C.broaden

D.insure

 

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In a city of south India lived a young man who was always dreaming of becoming rich. He often heard about some traders in his city who gathered a great deal of   1    in the course of their travels across the world. He believed he could also make a great achievement although he didn’t have any   2   in business at all. So, one fine day, the young man set out on a long   3

in search of trade opportunities.

   4    though, he did not become as rich as he had thought he would. Worse, he spent more money on his travels than he   5    in the course of his trade. All this made him feel confused and   6   , but he refused to return home without   7   .

One day, while he was wandering on the shore in a seaside town, his eyes   8    on an object which he thought should be a large ship at a distance.

When I become rich, I shall buy a ship just like that one and   9    around the world,” he said ambitiously. Then he waited to see the ship enter the harbor. As the ship got closer, it lost its   10    dimensions(规模) and looked more like a small boat. When the boat reached the   11   , the young man let out a big heavy sigh because he discovered that it was only a bunch of logs tied together. He was terribly   12   to see such a raft(木筏).

Finally he understood. Just as he   13    a lot of time on fruitless speculation(猜想) about the “ship”, his expectations of getting   14    was also without any real basis. Therefore, he decided to return home and    15     up a more practical job.

1. A. energy               B. knowledge            C. resource                 D. fortune

2. A. expectation        B. experience             C. interest                   D. ambition

3. A. journey             B. partnership           C. vacation                 D. period

4. A. Unreasonably      B. Unbelievably         C. Unconsciously         D. Unfortunately

5. A. begged             B. borrowed            C. earned                   D. adopted

6. A. uncertain            B. excited                 C. patient                    D. indifferent

7. A. hesitation           B. success                 C. problem                 D. income

8. A. depended          B. focused                 C. insisted                D. lived

9. A. show                 B. turn                      C. sail                   D. fly

10. A. correct          B. formal                C. real                     D. grand

11. A. bank              B. shore                    C. ocean                   D. bottom

12. A. disappointed     B. pleased                 C. puzzled               D. astonished

13. A. saved               B. valued                C. wasted                       D. created

14. A. rich               B. learned                 C. smart                D. strong

15. A. set                B. gave                     C. made                     D. took

 

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