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 fun of him because he seemed so .
The mother that she would,herself,have to get her sons to do better in school.She 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 up his hand and the teacher let him .“Why did Ben raise his hand?” they 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 of his class.When he finished high school,he went to Yale University (耶鲁大学) 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 .
She,herself,had never learned how to .
1.A.about B. on C. with D. over
2.A.because B. so C. but D. though
3.A.played B. got C. took D. made
4.A.clever B. hard C. slow D. quick
5.A.asked B. decided C. forgot D. heard
6.A.made B. let C. told D. considered
7.A.notice B. message C. book D. question
8.A.class B. room C. office D. lab
9.A.looked B. gave C. took D. put
10.A.think B. leave C. stand D. speak
11.A.always B. even C. quickly D. never
12.A.found B. played C. knew D. threw
13.A.whether B. when C. where D. why
14.A.afraid B. surprised C. worried D. unhappy
15.A.pictures B. exercises C. shops D. reports
16.A.top B. end C. back D. side
17.A.so B. and C. or D. however
18.A.learnt B. remembered C. understood D. guessed
19.A.doctor B. child C. student D. teacher
20.A.read B. work C. teach D. show
Then Peter worked as a university teacher, made it possible for him to support a large family.
A. what B. which
C. who D. that
The first thing he does every morning is to read through the job offers in the newspapers.
A. advertised B. advertising
C. to be advertised D. being advertised
All added up, there are now only ten students in the mountain school, but ten years ago there were .
A. ten times more B. ten times much
C. more ten times D. much ten times
A new approach is suggested by the health expert effectively losing weight.
A. on B. about C. for D. to
I a report about the air pollution in my hometown all the morning and haven’t finished it yet.
A. wrote B. have been writing
C. was writing D. have written