Question

    Grandma has never been to school. When she was young, her family was poor and could not___________________her schooling. So grandma can only ___________________one or two Chinese words.

Over the years, she became a grandmother of eight. All her children have gone to school. She always encouraged them  _________________well in their studies. It has been her lifelong___________________to go to school. She knows that without education, it's ___________________to do anything.

___________________,her  children  didn't  disappoint  her.  They  grew up,___________________their examinations, and left home to start university in big cities.

Before the first granddaughter left home, grandma made a special gift for her ___________________hand—a pillow（枕头）filled with buckwheat hulls（荞麦壳）.

One of her grandsons ___________________the gift. “Grandma, young people buy the new kind of pillows which are modern, soft and comfortable. ” he said. “Why do you spend a whole day____________________ buckwheat hulls, washing and drying them and sewing（缝）the pillow? It's too much work. And it doesn't look so good.”

But grandma continued her work ____________________she finished making the pillow. Grandma told them very seriously, “____________________can compare with a good night's sleep.”

From that time, it became a ____________________in our family. And all the ____________________received a special homemade pillow from grandma when they left home to study.

Now, when I see the new ads on TV for an expensive pillow in North America, I laugh. The pillow is just like the one my grandma __________________for us—a pillow filled with buckwheat hulls!

1.A.receive B.understand C.afford D.choose

2.A.hear B.see C.speak D.know

3.A.do B.to do C.doing D.done

4.A.choice B.dream C.lesson D.chance

5.A.difficult B.easy C.boring D.proper

6.A.Luckily B.Slowly C.Recently D.Quietly

7.A.enjoyed B.missed C.passed D.attended

8.A.by B.to C.at D.on

9.A.laughed at B.looked for C.thought of D.talked about

10.A.buy B.buying C.to buy D.bought

11.A.because B.until C.since D.when

12.A.Something B.Anything C.Nothing D.Everything

13.A.prize B.memory C.rule D.tradition

14.A.children B.students C.parents D.teachers

15.A.bought B.cooked C.made D.found

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.C

8.A

9.A

10.B

11.B

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.C

【解析】

文章主要讲述从没上过学的“奶奶”鼓励她所有的孩子好好读书，并在孙儿们离开家去上学时亲手为他们每个人制作一个荞麦壳枕头的故事。

1.考查动词词义辨析。receive接到、收到，understand理解，afford承担得起，choose选择。由上文“her family was poor”可知，下文句意应为“她的家庭承担不起她的学费。”故选C。

2.句意：所以奶奶仅认识一两个汉字。

考查动词词义辨析。hear听到，see看见，speak说，know知道、了解。由上文“Grandma has never been to school.”可知，下文句意应为“所以奶奶仅认识一两个汉字。”故选D。

3.句意：她总是鼓励他们好好学习。

考查固定搭配。encourage sb. to do sth.鼓励某人做某事，固定搭配。do well in sth.相当于be good at (doing) sth.擅长于某事。故选B。

4.句意：去上学是她终生的梦想。

考查名词词义辨析。choice选择，dream梦想、理想，lesson课、课程，chance机会。由首段首句“Grandma has never been to school.”可知，“去上学是她终生的梦想。”故选B。

5.句意：她知道没有文化做任何事情都很困难。

考查形容词词义辨析。difficult困难的，easy容易的，boring无趣的，proper正确的。由上文“without education”可知，下文句意应为“做任何事情都很困难。”故选A。

6.句意：幸好，她的孩子没有让她失望。

考查副词词义辨析。luckily幸好、好在，slowly缓慢地，recently近段，quietly安静地。由下文“her children didn't disappoint her.”可知，句首应用副词“luckily”。故选A。

7.句意：他们长大了，通过了考试，离开家去大城市上大学。

考查动词词义辨析。enjoyed享受、欣赏，missed错过，passed通过，attended出席、参加。由句中“their examinations”可知，此空表示“通过了考试”。故选C。

8.句意：在第一个孙女离家之前，奶奶亲手为她做了一件特别的礼物。

考查固定搭配。by (hand)亲手，at (hand)在手边、在附近、即将到来来，on (hand)在手头上、握有。由句中“made a special gift for her”可知，此空表示“亲手”。故选A。

9.句意：她的一个孙子嘲笑这份礼物。

考查动词短语。laughed at嘲笑，looked for寻找，thought of想起，talked about谈论。根据下文这位孙子所说的话可知，他“嘲笑”奶奶的礼物。他认为奶奶亲手做的枕头既不美观还很费时。故选A。

10.句意：为什么你要花一整天的时间买荞麦壳，洗荞麦壳并晒干荞麦壳，然后缝枕头呢？

考查固定搭配。spend花费，常用结构：spend some money/ time doing sth.花费金钱/时间做某事。buy购买，动词原形，其动名词形式：buying。故选B。

11.句意：奶奶继续她的活儿直到做好枕头。

考查连词词义辨析。because因为，until直到，since自……以来，when当……时候。由主句“奶奶继续她的活儿”可知，从句意为“直到做好枕头”，所以用until来引导时间状语从句。故选B。

12.句意：没什么能和一晚优质的睡眠相比。

考查不定代词的用法。something某事、某物，anything任何事，nothing没有什么，everything一切、所有事物。根据语境可知，该句句意为“没什么能和一晚优质的睡眠相比。”也就是说“一晚优质的睡眠是最难得的。”在比较的句型中用nothing这样的词表示“最……”的含义。故选C。

13.句意：从那时起，这就成了我们家的传统。

考查名词词义辨析。prize奖品，memory记忆，rule规则、常规，tradition传统、风俗。由下文“... received a special homemade pillow from grandma when they left home to study.”可知，上文句意为“从那时起，这就成了我们家的传统”。故选D。

14.句意：所有的孩子在离家去上学时都收到了奶奶特制的枕头。

考查名词词义辨析。children孩子，students学生，parents父母，teachers老师。由下文“when they left home to study”可知，上文句意为“所有的孩子在离家去上学时都收到了奶奶特制的枕头。”下文的“they”指上文的“children”。故选A。

15.句意：那个枕头就像奶奶为我们制作的。

考查动词词义辨析。bought买，购买；buy的过去式。cooked煮，烹饪；cook的过去式。made制作，make的过去式。found找到，find的过去式。由第四段中的“grandma made a special gift for her”可知，该句句意为“那个枕头就像奶奶为我们制作的”。故选C。