Question

Jane Scott is fourteen. She began to study in a middle school last year. She likes dancing and singing and     a lot of time on them. But she hates math and does not work hard at it. She thinks it’s     to learn math. She falls behind her   and once failed the math exam. She decided to     . Her father is angry     her when he finds out about it.

It was a Sunday. Mr Scott gave a call to his     who teaches math in another school. He hoped she would come and teach his daughter     to study math. The woman came and said， “You are a clever girl， Jane. I’m sure you can do well in math if you work hard at it.”

“I’m afraid I can’t， Aunt，” said Jane. “Girls cannot be good at math.”

“I don’t agree，” said the woman， “I was good at it when I was a girl. You must do more exercises and practice math problems again and again    you master the subject. Remember： Practice makes perfect. Here is a math problem. Think about it and keep working till you get it right.”

“OK，” said the girl. “I will try.”

About an hour later， Jane took the exercise book to her aunt and said， “I have done the problem ten     .”

“Well done!” her aunt said     . “What result did you get?”

“Ten different ones.”

1.A. spends  B. costs    C. takes    D. pays

2.A.easy   B. necessary   C. difficult   D. exciting

3.A. parents  B. subjects   C. teachers   D. classmates

4.A. give away  B. give up   C. give out   D. give off

5.A. by   B. for    C. to        D. with

6.A. brother  B. wife    C. sister    D. mother

7.A. how    B. where    C. what    D. why

8.A. after   B. when    C. if     D. until

9.A. time   B. times    C. ways    D. minutes

10.A. nervously B. quietly       C . happily   D. angrily

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：此篇文章介绍的是一个小女孩不擅长数学，她爸爸让她姑姑来教她。姑姑告诉她，熟能生巧，只要加大练习力度，就可以提高。但是小女孩做了十遍那道题，得出了十个不同的结果的故事。

1.A 考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：他们喜欢唱歌和跳舞，他们花费大量的时间在上面A花费时间B花费金钱；C做事花费时间；D付款。根据句意，故选A。

2.C 考查形容词辨析及语境的理解。句意：她认为学习数学很困难。A容易的；B必要的；C困难的；D令人兴奋的。根据句意，故选C。

3.D考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：她落在了她的同班同学后面。A父母；B科目；C老师；D同班同学。此题考查名词，根据句意，故选D。

4.B考查动词短语辨析及语境的理解。句意：她想要放弃。此题考查固定短语give up放弃。根据句意，故选B。

5.D考查介词辨析及语境的理解。句意：她的父亲很生她的气。此题考查be angry with生某人的气。根据句意，故选D。

6.C考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：Mr Scott给他的妹妹打了电话，在学校教数学的人。A兄弟；B妻子；C姐妹；D妈妈；此题考查名词。根据句意，故选C。

7.A考查特殊疑问词辨析及语境的理解。句意：他希望她能来教她的女儿怎样学数学。A怎样；B在哪；C什么；D为什么。此题考查特殊疑问词。根据句意，故选A。

8.D考查连词辨析及语境的理解。句意：你必须大量的做练习，一而再，再而三地练习数学难题直到你真正掌握了这一学科。根据句意，故选D。

9.B考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：我已经做这个难题十遍了。此题考查名词times次数；根据句意，故选B。

10.C考查副词及语境的理解。句意：她姑姑高兴的说：“做得很好。”根据句意，故选C。

考点：考查故事类短文。