Question

A newly­trained teacher named Mary went to teach at a Navajo Indian Reservation.Every day，she would ask five of the young Navajo students to______the chalkboard and complete a simple math problem from______homework.

They would stand there，silently，______to complete the task.Mary couldn’t______.Nothing she had studied in her educational curriculum helped，and she______hadn’t seen anything like it in her student­teaching days back in Phoenix.

What am I doing wrong？Could I have chosen five students______can’t do the problem？Mary would wonder.No，______couldn’t be that.Finally she_____the students what was wrong.And in their answers，she learned a_24__lesson from her young______pupils about self­image and a(n)______of self­worth.

______seemed that the students respected each other’s individuality and knew that______of them were capable of doing the problems.______at their early age，they understood the senselessness of the win­lose approach in the classroom.They believed no one would______if any students were shown up or embarrassed at the______.So they______to compete with each other in public.

Once she understood，Mary changed the system______she could check each child’s math problem individually，but not at any child’s expense______his classmates.They all wanted to learn，______not at someone else’s expense.

1.A. go to    B. come to    C. get close to    D. bring

2.A. his    B. their    C. his own    D. her

3.A. happy    B. willingly    C. readily    D. unwilling

4.A. work it out    B. figure it out    C. figure out it    D. figure it

5.A. almost    B. certainly    C. hardly    D. never

6.A. which    B. what    C. who    D. whom

7.A. they    B. it    C. everything    D. each

8.A. asked    B. questioned    C. told    D. understood

9.A. outstanding    B. surprising    C. annoying    D. frightening

10.A. sunburned    B. tender    C. Indian    D. naughty

11.A. sense    B. image    C. way    D. aspect

12.A. When    B. What    C. It    D. There

13.A. none    B. no one    C. each    D. not    all

14.A. Especially    B. Even though    C. Even so    D. Even

15.A. lose    B. win    C. achieve    D. answer

16.A. time    B. situation    C. desk    D. condition

17.A. refused    B. rejected    C. tried    D. promised

18.A. if    B. so that    C. unless    D. in case

19.A. in favour of    B. instead of    C. by means of    D. in front of

20.A. and    B. but    C. so    D. or

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.A

18.B

19.D

20.B

【解析】试题分析：新老师玛丽在纳瓦霍印第安保留地做老师，每天她请五个学生到黑板上做题以便检查他们的作业，但是学生总是站在那里，不愿意完成任务。最后玛丽了解到这是因为学生们想要维护他们的自我形象和自尊，不愿意让任何一个学生尴尬。了解到这些，玛丽老师改变了检查方法。

1.考查动词辨析。A. go to去；B. come to来；C. get close to接近；D. bring带来。每天让五个Navajo Indian（纳瓦霍印第安）学生来黑板前做简单的数学题。故选B。

2.考查代词辨析。A. his他的；B. their他们的；C. his own他自己的；D. her她的。根据上文中的five of the young Navajo students可知，这里用their。故选B。

3.考查形容词辨析。A. happy快乐的；B. willingly愿意地；C. readily乐意地；D. unwilling不愿意的。根据上文提到的stand there，silently可推断，学生不愿意完成这个任务。故选D。

4.考查动词短语辨析。A. work it out计算出；B. figure it out弄清楚；C. figure out it弄清楚；D. figure it眼明手快。为什么学生不愿在黑板上做？Ｍary弄不明白了。她在教育课程中学到的东西也不能帮助她弄清这个问题，她在Phoenix教学生的那些日子当然不会遇到这样的事情。代词it应置于动词和副词之间。故选B。

5.考查副词辨析。A. almost 几乎；B. certainly当然；C. hardly几乎不；D. never从不。根据上文Nothing she had studied in her educational curriculum helped可推断。她在教育课程中学到的东西也不能帮助她弄清这个问题，她在Phoenix教学生的那些日子当然也不会遇到这样的事情。故选B。

6.考查定语从句。Ｍary开始反思：是不是我选了五个不会做这道题的学生？“___6___can’t do the problem”是定语从句修饰students，从句中作主语，指人用关系代词who。故选C.

7.考查代词辨析。A. they他们；B. it它；C. everything一切；D. each每一个。由No推断句意为：情况不是那样。这里用it，代指上文提到的事情。故选B。

8.考查动词辨析。A. asked问；B. questioned询问；C. told告诉；D. understood理解。根据下文提到的in their answers可推断，这里应该用asked。故选A。

9.考查形容词辨析。A. outstanding杰出的；B.surprising吃惊的；C. nnoying讨厌的；D. frightening令人恐惧的。根据语境推断句意为：从纳瓦霍印第安小学生的回答中，她了解到这是因为他们的自我形象意识和自尊感，这令她感到惊讶。故选B。

10.考查形容词辨析。A. sunburned晒黑的；B. tender脆弱的；C. Indian印第安的；D. naughty淘气的。根据文章第一句提到的at a Navajo Indian Reservation可知，她教的是纳瓦霍印第安小学生。故选C。

11.考查名词辨析。A. sense感觉；B. image形象；C. way方法；D. aspect方面。self­worth指的是对自身价值的感觉。故选A。

12.考查连词辨析。A. When当……时候；B. What什么；所有……的；C. It(可用作形式主语)；D. There在那里。似乎他们尊重彼此的个性。It seems（ed）that+从句是固定句型，表示“似乎……”。故选C.

13.考查部分否定。A. none一点也没有；B. no one没有人；C. each每个；D. not all并不是所有的。他们知道并不是所有的学生都能做出那些数学题。“并不是所有的”表示部分否定，用“not all”。故选D。

14.考查副词辨析。A. Especially尤其；B. Even though即使；C. Even so即使如此；D. Even甚至。甚至在他们这么小的年龄，他们也理解在教室里输赢的无意义。故选D.

15.考查动词辨析。A. lose失去；B. win赢；C. achieve获得；D. answer回答。他们认为如果任何人在那时被揭露出不会做都会感到尴尬，没有人会赢。故选B。

16.考查名词辨析。A. time时间；B. situation处境；C. desk书桌；D. condition状况。他们认为如果任何人在那时被揭露出不会做都会感到尴尬，没有人会赢。此处指上文提到的在黑板上做题的时候。at that time“在那时”。故选A。

17.考查动词辨析。A. refused拒绝；B. rejected排斥；拒绝；C. tried尝试；D. promised许诺。因此他们拒绝在公共场所彼此竞争。这里要用“refuse”，reject 含有“拒绝接受”之意。故选A。

18.考查状语从句。A. if如果；B. so that以便于；C. unless除非；D. in case以防。一旦玛丽理解了，她就改变了检查方法以便她可以单独检查每个孩子的数学问题。故选B。

19.考查介词短语辨析。A. in favour of支持；赞成；B. instead of代替；C. by means of借助于；D. in front of在……前面。根据上文the chalkboard可推断句意为：不以任何一个孩子在他的同学面前尴尬为代价。故选D。

20.考查连词辨析。A. and和；B. but但是；C. so因此；D. or或者。他们都想学习，但是不以任何别人为代价。上下文是转折关系。故选B。