Question

There was a woman in Detroit(底特律), who has two sons. She was worried__them, especially the younger one, Ben,__he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made fun of him because he seemed so slow.

The mother decided that she would, herself, have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a__a week and do a report about it for her.

One day, in Ben’s __ the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him speak. “Why did Ben raise his hand?” the class wondered. He___said anything; what could he possibly want to say?

Well, Ben not only ___ the rock: he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew___the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were_____. Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book ____.

Ben later went on to the top of his class. When he finished high school, he  went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.

After Ben had grown up, he ____ something about his mother that he did not know as a child. She, herself, had never learned how to read.

1.A. about    B. on    C. with    D. over

2.A. because    B. so    C. but    D. though

3.A. notice    B. message    C. book    D. question

4.A. class    B. room    C. house    D. library

5.A. always    B. even    C. quickly    D. never

6.A. found    B. played    C. knew    D. threw

7.A. whether    B. when    C. where    D. why

8.A. afraid    B. surprised    C. worried    D. unhappy

9.A. pictures    B. exercises    C. shops    D. reports

10.A. learnt    B. remembered    C. understood    D. guessed

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.A

【解析】本文讲述了本在学校学习不好，他的母亲让他和哥哥到底特律图书馆一周读一本书，并且做一个读书报告给她。后来，本知道了很多其他学生不知道的事。他上了耶鲁大学，成为一名美国最优秀的医生之一。他长大后才知她的母亲不知道如何读书。

1.A

考查介词及语境的理解。A. about 关于；B. on 在……上面；C. with 和……一起；D. over超过；句意：她担心他们，尤其是小儿子本。be worried about担心，故选A。

2.A

考查连词及语境的理解。A. because 因为； B. so 所以； C. but 但是； D. though尽管；句意：因为他在学校表现不好。此处解释担心的原因，故用连词because，故选A。

3.C

考查名词及语境的理解。A. notice 通知； B. message 消息； C. book 书； D. question问题；句意：她告诉他们去底特律公共图书馆一周读一本书，然后为她做一份报告。根据go to the Detroit Public Library可知去图书馆，应是去读书，故选C。

4.A

考查名词及语境的理解。A. class 班级； B. room 房间； C. house 房子；D. library图书馆；句意：一天，在本的班里，老师举起一块石头，问是否有人知道它。根据the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it.可知老师问问题，应是在班里，故选A。

5.D

考查副词及语境的理解。A. always总是； B. even 甚至； C. quickly很快的； D. never从不；句意：他从不说任何事。根据前文的“Why did Ben raise his hand?” the class wondered.可知全部都想知道本为什么会句首回答问题，由此可知本在班里以前从不说话，故选D。

6.C

考查动词及语境的理解。A. found 找到；B. played 玩； C. knew知道；D. threw扔；句意：本不仅知道这块石头：他说了很多关于那块石头的事。根据he said a lot about it.可知他了解那块石头，因此知道它，故选C。

7.C

考查代词及语境的理解。A. whether 是否； B. when 何时； C. where哪里； D. why为什么；句意：他在小组中命名了其他石头，甚至知道老师在哪里找到的它。根据前文的he said a lot about it.可知此处关于那块石头的信息，应是在哪里找到的它，故选C。

8.B

考查形容词及语境的理解。A. afraid 害怕的； B. surprised 惊讶的；C. worried 担心的； D. unhappy不高兴的；句意：老师和学生们感到惊讶。结合前文可知本以前上课不说话，现在说出了很多关于这块石头的事，因此老师和同学们会感到惊讶，故选B。

9.D

考查名词及语境的理解。A. pictures 图片； B. exercises 练习； C. shops 商店； D. reports报道；句意：本都是通过做其中一个读书报告学到这个。根据前文的She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a___3___a week and do a report about it for her.可知此处指的是读书报告，故选D。

10.A

考查动词及语境的理解。A. learnt 学习； B. remembered 记住； C. understood 理解； D. guessed猜测。句意：本长大后，他了解了小时候不知道的关于母亲的事。learn sth about sb了解关于某人的某事，故选A。

点睛：根据前后文的语境，结合词性，短语，句型，时态，语态，词义辨析和主谓一致，选出正确的选项。例如小题3，句意：她告诉他们去底特律公共图书馆一周读一本书，然后为她做一份报告。根据go to the Detroit Public Library可知去图书馆，应是去读书，故选C。