Question

I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid,   1.  I dreamed of becoming a doctor.

My mother was a  2.. Through her work, she observed that  3.  people spent a lot more time  4. than they did watch television. She  5. that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and  6. written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and under-line the important 7. . Years later we realized her marks were only a  8.  My mother was a illiterate (文盲). Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be  9..

When I entered high school I was an A-student,  10. not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from being an A—student then to a B--student then to a C-student, but I didn't 11. . I was cool.One night my mother came home from working her multiple jobs and I  12. about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay, I will give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and  13. bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything left over, you can have all that you want." I was very  14. with that arrangement but  15.  I got through allocating (分配) money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a  16. over our heads and any kind of food on the table, much less to buy clothes. I also  17. that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success  18. intellectual preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A—student

 19. , and eventually I fulfilled my dream and I became a  20. .

21.               A．that           B．which          C．when D．who

22.               A．woman servant   B．teacher        C．scientist   D．nurse

23.               A．healthy         B．successful       C．powerful  D．clever

24.               A．searching       B．reading         C．working   D．training

25.               A．ordered        B．insisted         C．suggested  D．announced

26.               A．hand in         B．turn over       C．pick up    D．cut down

27.               A．titles           B．magazines       C．books D．parts

28.               A．game          B．trick           C．pleasure   D．task

29.               A．anybody        B．nobody         C．somebody D．everybody

30.               A．and           B．so             C．but   D．or

31.               A．know          B．care           C．face  D．stop

32.               A．thought        B．chatted         C．complained D．worried

33.               A．repairing       B．cleaning        C．rubbing   D．watching

34.               A．encouraged     B．puzzled         C．moved    D．pleased

35.               A．now that        B．if             C．when D．since

36.               A．wall           B．house          C．window   D．roof

37.               A．realized        B．imagined       C．believed   D．noticed

38.               A．suited          B．required        C．made D．matched

39.               A．even          B．forever         C．before    D．again

40.               A．professor       B．expert         C．doctor    D．boss

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：这是一篇记叙文。作者出生于一个贫穷的单亲家庭，母亲没有什么文化，但却很注重孩子们的教育。在母亲的帮助与教导下，作者克服了重重困难，实现了自己当医生的梦想。这一成功的事例说明，在教育子女上，父母才是最好的老师。

1.考查定语从句：修饰when I was just a kid,用when，选C

2.考查名词：A. woman servant女佣B. teacher老师C. scientist科学家D. nurse护士，从下文的My mother was a illiterate (文盲).可知选A

3.考查形容词：A. healthy健康的B. successful 成功的C. powerful有力的D. clever聪明的，据母亲观察，成功（successful）人士花在阅读上的时间要比在看电视上多得多。选B

4.考查动词：A. searching搜寻B. reading读书C. working工作D. training训练，解析同上题，选B

5.考查动词：A. ordered命令B. insisted 坚持C. suggested 建议D. announced宣布，妈妈宣布我和弟弟每周只能看三到四个预先挑选好的电视节目。选D

6.考查词组：A .hand in上交B. turn over翻转C. pick up 捡起D. cut down减少，母亲非常严厉。我们每人必须阅读从底特律公共图书馆借来的两本书，还要上交读书心得。选A

7.考查名词：A. titles标题B. magazines 杂志C. books书D. parts部分，妈妈会在重要的部分划线。选D

8.考查名词：A. game游戏B. trick诡计C. pleasure 快乐D. task任务，由My mother was illiterate.得知，此处是一个计谋。选B

9.考查不定代词：A. anybody 任何人B. nobody没有人C. somebody一些人D. everybody每个人，虽然我们没有钱，但在书里，我们可以到任何地方，见任何人，选A

10.考查连词：读中学时，我曾是个优等生（top），但（but）好景不长。选C

11.考查动词：A. know 知道B. care在乎C. face面对D. stop停止，成绩下降了，但我还不在乎。选B

12.考查动词：A. thought想B. chatted 聊天C. complained抱怨D. worried担心，作者抱怨没有漂亮的意大利针织衫，选C

13.考查动词：A. repairing 修理B. cleaning 打扫C. rubbing擦D. watching看，打扫浴室。选B

14.考查形容词：A. encouraged鼓励的B. puzzled 困惑的C. moved 感动的D. pleased高兴的，满意的，句意是作者对妈妈的安排很满意。选D

15.考查连词：A. now that既然B. if如果C. when 当…时候D. since自从，但当我把该花的钱都分配完毕，手里已分文不剩（nothing）。选C

16.考查名词：A. wall墙B. house房子C . window窗户D. roof屋顶，keep a roof over our heads我的母亲不愧是个理财能手，她能让我们有地方住、有各样的食物吃，更不用说买衣服了（clothes）。选D

17.考查动词：A. realized 意识到B. imagined想象C. believed 相信D. noticed注意，通过这件事，我还意识到，一时的满足并不会给我带来什么成就（get anywhere）。选A

18.考查动词：A. suited适合B. required 要求C. made制作D. matched匹配，而成功需要智力上的准备。选B

19.考查副词：A. even甚至B. forever永远C. before 之前D. again再一次，我再次回到A等生。选D

20.考查名词：A. professor教授B. expert 专家C. doctor医生 D. boss老板，从第一句话I dreamed of becoming a doctor.可知选 C

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