Question

Childhood curiosity can last a lifetime and I learned this from my son, Bill. When he was very young, I often took him to the      . He loved to read and often needed to        the books he’d read in order to borrow more books. One unintended          of his nonstop reading habits was that he even      at the dinner table. His mother, Mary, and I did our best to        him that, on certain social          , reading while dining with others was not a good thing.

Every summer the teachers at his school      give the students a reading list, and there was a contest to see who could read the most books. He was so        , and he always wanted to win. And he often        . But the main reason why he read so obsessively (着迷地) was that he was so      . He didn’t just want to learn about        things. He wanted to learn about everything.

We helped      his curiosity in every way.     an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we’d turn to the   , looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud. Thus my son came to realize that if you have a question, the      exists somewhere. All you have to do is        it.

Bill remains as much of a   today as when he was a child, and he seems to          everything he reads. He’s often        to share what he’s learned with the next person he meets. He        reads at the dinner table, though — which is a good thing because the books he’s attracted to now are increasingly unappetizing (引不起食欲的): The Eradication of Infectious Diseases, Mosquitoes, Malaria & Man, and Rats, Lice, and History.

1.A. school      B. office      C. library       D. museum

2.A. return      B. store      C. talk       D. pick

3.A. advantage   B. discovery    C. explanation   D. consequence

4.A. play        B. read       C. study       D. laugh

5.A. convince    B. promise      C. inform       D. advise

6.A. issues      B. services      C. occasions     D. duties

7.A. could       B. would       C. should       D. might

8.A. sincere     B. crazy      C. positive      D. competitive

9.A. went       B. failed      C. did       D. proved

10.A. curious     B. confident     C. diligent      D. excellent

11.A. simple      B. past       C. any       D. some

12.A. protect      B. develop      C. examine     D. follow

13.A. Until       B. If          C. Though          D. Because

14.A. teacher     B. newspaper    C. partner          D. dictionary

15.A. person      B. book      C. answer           D. matter

16.A. find        B. use       C. tell             D. ask

17.A. speaker     B. reader       C. maker          D. user

18.A. imagine     B. believe      C. create         D. remember

19.A. eager       B. afraid      C. careful         D. sure

20.A. now and again  B. at all time  C. no longer      D. just now

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.B

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲了，童年的好奇心能保持一生。作者的儿子——比尔，非常喜欢阅读，对一切事都感到好奇。作者为了培养比尔的好奇心，做了很多事。作者和他的妻子经常带比尔到图书馆，并帮助他改掉在餐桌上阅读的习惯和学会如何找到问题的答案。若干年后，比尔仍然喜欢阅读，并且改掉了在餐桌上阅读的习惯。

1. 学校；B. 办公室；C. 图书馆；D. 博物馆。根据文中“He loved to read…”可知他喜欢读书。读书应该是图书馆，故选B。

2. 归还； B. 储存； C.谈话 ；D. 挑选，摘。文中“…often needed to the books he’d read in order to borrow more books.”意思是…通常需要归还他已经读过的书以便于能够借更多的书，故选A。

3.题3】考查名词辨析。 A. 优势 ；B.发现； C. 解释； D.结果。文中“One unintended of his nonstop reading habits was”意思是他的不间断阅读的习惯造成了一个意外的结果…故选择D。

4.题4】考查动词辨析。A. 玩；B.读；C. 学习，研究；D. 笑。根据“…he even at the dinner table”的前半句提到“reading habits”,即阅读习惯，可知应该是在餐桌上读书。故选B。

5.题5】A.使…相信 ；B.允许；C.通知；D. 建议。前文讲到比尔甚至在餐桌上阅读，所以“I did our best to 35 him that…”大意应该是我尽最大努力使他相信…故选A。

6.题6】考查名词辨析。A.问题，刊物；B. 服务；C. 场合；D. 责任，职责。文中“dining with others”即和其他人一起吃饭，这是使一种场合。故选C。

7.题7】考查情态动词辨析。A. 能够；B. 会 ；C.应该；D.可以。文中“Every summer the teachers at his school 37 give the students a reading list,”意思是每年夏天，他学校的老师们会给学生列一个需要阅读书籍的目录。故选B。

8.题8】考查形容词辨析。A. 真诚的，诚挚的；B. 疯狂的，狂热的 C.正的，积极的； D. 好竞争的，竞争的。文中提到“he always wanted to win.”可知比尔是一个好竞争的人，故选D。

9.题9】考查动词辨析。A.去，进行； B. 失败；C. 做；D. 证明。前文提到他一直想赢，10.题9】空后面“But the main reason why he read so obsessively (着迷地)…” 有转折之意：但是他对阅读如此着迷的原因是…可知他是经常失败。故选B。

11.考查形容词辨析。A. 好奇的；B. 自信的；C. 勤奋的 D. 优秀的。根据文中“He wanted to learn about everything. ”可知比尔想了解一切事。即比尔对任何事情到都感到好奇。故选A。

12. 任何；D. 一些。根据文中“He wanted to learn about everything. ”可知比尔不紧是想了解某些事情，而是想了解所有事。故选D。

13. 保护；B. 发展，显现；C. 检查；D. 理解，跟随。后文提到碰到不熟悉的词汇，作者将会查词典，找出这个单词，然后大声读出它的意思。可知作者是帮助比尔培养他的好奇心。故选B。

14. 直到....B. 如果；C. 尽管；D. 因为。文中 “ 43 an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we’d turn to…”为条件状语从句，“43 an unfamiliar word came up in conversation”

为条件状语。意思是如果在出现不熟悉的单词，我们将去...故选B。

15.考查名词辨析。A. 老师；B. 报纸；C.搭档；D.词典。文中提到“... looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud.”意思是找到这个单词，然后大声读出它的意思。查找单词应该是在词典上找。故选D。

16. 人；B.书；C. 答案；D.事件，重要性。文中“if you have a question, the 45 exists somewhere.”意思是如果你遇到问题，它的答案就在某个地方。故选C。

17. 使用；C. 告诉；D. 问。前文提到如果你遇到问题，它的答案就在某个地方。可知你需要做的是找到它，故选A。

18.考查名词辨析。A.说话者；B. 读者 ；C. 做事者；D. 使用者。文中“Bill remains as much of a 47 today as when he was a child,”大意是比尔仍然和他小时候一样好读书。故选B。

19. 相信C. 创造D. 记得。文中提到He’s often 49 to share what he’s learned with the next person he meets大意是他和他接下来遇到的人分享他所了解的。可知比尔仍然记得他阅读过的书籍的内容。故选D。

20. 渴望的，热切的；B. 害怕的；C. 小心的；D. 确信的。文中“He’s often 49 to share what he’s learned with the next person he meets”意思是他渴望向和他接下来遇到的人分享他所了解的。故选A。

21. 时不时地；B. 一直；C.不再；D. 刚才。前文提到作者一直想改掉比尔在餐桌在阅读的习惯，而且“the books he’s attracted to now are increasingly unappetizing (引不起食欲的)”，作者又说“which is a good thing”，可知比尔已经改掉了在餐桌上阅读的习惯。故选C。

考点：考查记叙文阅读。