Question

When I was eight years old, my mother told me to put my coat on because we were going to go somewhere_______. Usually, that meant we were going to see someone important. I would at least get a new toy. I asked which one it would be that day, and she told me that I would get something _________than a toy. She said I would get “access（通道）to a world of toys.”I had no real idea what she meant. Did that mean we were buying a toy _______?

But we did not end up at any toy store. Neither did we finally see anyone we knew.

_______, mother pulled her car into a parking lot in front of a building that looked like something out of the past. It didn’t have a modern_________at all.

We took stone steps up to the entrance. Only then I found out what this place was, because there was a sign that _______“Marcy Public Library”. We pushed the door open, and my mother led me to the front desk. “I’d like to get my daughter a library card”, she told the man_________the desk. He asked her to fill out a form. “What kind of books do you like to read?” he asked. I was too shy to _________. I only smiled. “Well, you’ll find it out in time,” he said. I do not remember_________I picked out that day, but I know that in the years that followed I read through books on history, books of poetry, and books about art. The library opened up a world that I __________knew that day.

So my mother was right. Getting a library card was like getting the access to a world of toys.

1.A.special B.strange C.lovely D.strict

2.A.worse B.better C.cheaper D.uglier

3.A.model B.car C.card D.store

4.A.Otherwise B.However C.Anyway D.Instead

5.A.smell B.look C.taste D.feeling

6.A.said B.printed C.spoke D.read

7.A.over B.above C.on D.behind

8.A.choose B.reply C.borrow D.scream

9.A.what B.how C.when D.why

10.A.ever B.always C.never D.already

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

【解析】

本文讲述了作者在八岁的时候，他的妈妈给他办了一张图书卡，从那以后，他阅读了很多有关历史、艺术、诗歌的书，长大后他才明白是图书馆打开了世界的大门。

1.句意：当我八岁的时候，我妈妈告诉我穿上外套，因为我们要去一些特别的地方。

special 特别的；strange 奇怪的；lovely 活泼的；strict 严格的。空格处是修饰somewhere，从句意上，排除C选项。根据Usually, that meant we were going to see someone important“通常，那意味着我们要去见某些重要的人”，可知，空格处表示“特别的地方”，所以填special。故选A。

2.句意：妈妈告诉我将会得到比玩具更好的东西。

worse 更差；better 更好；cheaper 更便宜；uglier 更丑陋。句中有than，所以用形容词的比较级。根据下文介绍可知，最后作者是得到了一张图书卡，所以此空处表示“比玩具更好的东西”，用better符合语境。故选B。

3.句意：那意味着我们将要买一个玩具商店吗？

model 模型；car 汽车；card 卡；store 商店。空格前不定冠词a，空格处填可数名词单数。根据She said I would get “access to a world of toys”，可知，妈妈的这句话让作者误以为妈妈所说的玩具世界意味着要买一个玩具商店，所以空格处填store。故选D。

4.句意：妈妈把车开进了一座大楼前的停车场，那座大楼看起上像是过去的某个东西。

otherwise 否则；however 然而；anyway 无论如何；instead 相反地。根据But we did not end up at any toy store. Neither did we finally see anyone we knew，可知，作者以为妈妈会带他去玩具商店或见什么认识的人，但是，事实上并不是这样的，所以空格处填instead符合语境。故选D。

5.句意：它看起来一点也不现代。

smell 闻；look 看；taste 尝；feeling 感觉。固定搭配not…at all 一点也不。根据a building that looked like something out of the past，可知，这个大楼看起来一点也不现代，所以空格处填look。故选B。

6.句意：因为有一个牌子写着“马西公共图书馆”。

said 说；printed 印；spoke 说；read 读。固定搭配，形容指示牌上写着什么内容，用动词say。因为空格所在句子用的是一般过去时，所以空格处填said。故选A。

7.句意：她跟在桌子后面的那个人说：“我想给我女儿办一张图书卡”。

over 在……上（垂直）；above 在……上（不一定垂直）；on 在……上（与物体相互接触）；behind 在……后。根据my mother led me to the front desk，可知，此人是站在前台接待处桌子的后面，所以填介词behind。故选D。

8.句意：我不好意思回答，我只有微笑。

choose 选择；reply 回答；borrow 借；scream 尖叫。固定搭配too…to 太……而不能。根据I only smiled，可知，空格处表示“我不好意思回答”，所以空格处填reply。故选B。

9.句意：我不记得那天我挑选出什么。

what 什么；how 怎样；when 何时；why 为什么。根据句意，空格处是作pick out的宾语，所以用疑问词what。故选A。

10.句意：图书馆为我打开了一个我从未知晓的世界。

ever 曾经；always 总是；never 从不；already 已经。根据but I know that in the years that followed I read through books on history, books of poetry, and books about art，可知，经过这些年的阅读经历，我才知道图书馆是为我打开了一个全新的世界，而这种意识在我妈妈带我办卡的那天之前是从未有的，所以空格处用never符合语境。故选C。