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填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 As a kid, I loved everything about school. I loved books, 1 , tests and homework. Most of all I longed to someday march down the aisle (通道) to receive my 2 .That seemed more attractive even than getting married. But at 15, I had to 3 because my parents couldn39。t 4 my school education. My hope of getting a diploma was dead. Pretty soon, I married. I had three children, and I thought: There 5 my diploma. Even so, I wanted my children to be educated. But Linda, our youngest child, had juvenile arthritis (幼年型關(guān)節(jié)炎) in her 6 and knees, which made it 7 for her to function (活動(dòng)) in a normal classroom. One day, I saw an ad in the newspaper for evening courses. That39。s the answer, I said to myself. Linda always felt 8 in the evening, so I would just sign her up for night schoo1. Linda was busy 9 out enrollment (入學(xué)) forms when the secretary said, Mrs. Schantz, why don39。t you e back to 10 ? I 11 , “There39。s no way! I39。m 55!” 12 he insisted, and before I knew what I had done, I was enrolled for classes in English and crafts. “This is only an experiment,” I 13 him, but he just smiled. To my surprise, both Linda and I thrived (茁壯成長) in evening school. I went back again the next semester, and my grades 14 improved. It was 15 going to school again, but it was no game. Sitting in a class full of kids was embarrassing, 16 most of them were respectful and encouraging. During the day, I still had loads of housework to do. But when I was down, Linda encouraged me. “Mom, you can39。t 17 now!” And when she was down, I 18 her. Together we saw it through. At last, I got my diploma. 19 , my classmates all voted for me to be class speaker, and I got a $ 3, 000 college scholarship. Yes, Mom, I was late for school, but I got there 20 .1. A. parentsB. teachersC. treesD. flowers2. A. jobB. presentC. prizeD. diploma3. A. drop outB. watch outC. keep outD. find out4. A. costB. affordC. spendD. buy5. A. existsB. esC. goesD. lies6. A. handsB. headC. throatD. stomach7. A. 1ikelyB. convenientC. awfulD. impossible8. A. worseB. excitedC. betterD. exhausted9. A. fillingB. givingC. takingD. sending10. A. workB. schoolC. homeD. office11. A. 1aughedB. toldC. criedD. shouted12. A. AndB. ButC. AlthoughD. So13. A. informedB. askedC. fortedD. warned14. A. regularlyB. rarelyC. graduallyD. normally15. A. frighteningB. movingC. amusingD. exciting16. A. as ifB. even ifC. in caseD. if only17. A. continueB. restC. abandonD. hesitate18. A. distractedB. discouragedC. cheeredD. defeated19. A. To my surpriseB. To my satisfactionC. To my regretD. To my horror20. A. pletelyB. frequentlyC. immediatelyD. finally【答案】 (1)B;(2)D;(3)A;(4)B;(5)C;(6)A;(7)D;(8)C;(9)A;(10)B;(11)A;(12)B;(13)D;(14)C;(15)D;(16)B;(17)C;(18)C;(19)A;(20)D; 【解析】【分析】本文一篇記敘文,Mrs Schantz小時(shí)候很喜歡上學(xué),因?yàn)樨?fù)擔(dān)不起學(xué)費(fèi)而輟學(xué)。她55歲時(shí)和女兒一起上夜校并獲得了大學(xué)獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金,最終實(shí)現(xiàn)自己小時(shí)候夢(mèng)想。 (1)考查名詞。句意:作為小孩子,我喜歡關(guān)于學(xué)校的一切。我喜歡書,老師,考試和作業(yè)。A. parents“父母”;B. teachers“老師”;C. trees“樹木”; D. flowers“花”。作者喜歡的是和學(xué)校有關(guān)的,故選B。 (2)考查名詞。句意:我渴望有一天大步走過通道拿到我的文憑。A. job“工作”;B. present“禮物”;C. prize“獎(jiǎng)”;D. diploma“文憑,學(xué)歷”。根據(jù)下文,My hope of getting a diploma was dead.”可知作者希望獲得文憑。故選D。 (3)考查動(dòng)詞短語。句意:但是在15歲的時(shí)候,我不得不輟學(xué)因?yàn)楦改钢Ц恫黄饘W(xué)費(fèi)。A. drop out“輟學(xué)”;B. watch out“當(dāng)心”;C. keep out“遠(yuǎn)離,避開”;D. find out“找出”。下文說作者獲得學(xué)歷的夢(mèng)想破滅了,有提到學(xué)費(fèi),可推斷出父母付不起學(xué)費(fèi)而輟學(xué)。故選A。 (4)考查動(dòng)詞。句意:但是在15歲的時(shí)候,我不得不輟學(xué)因?yàn)楦改钢Ц恫黄饘W(xué)費(fèi)。A. cost“花費(fèi)”;B. afford“負(fù)擔(dān)得起”;C. spend“花費(fèi),度過”; D. buy“購買”。can39。t /couldn39。t afford“負(fù)擔(dān)不起”,故選B。 (5)考查動(dòng)詞。句意:很快,我結(jié)婚了,有了三個(gè)孩子。我想我的文憑泡湯了。A. exists“存在” ,B. es“來”; C. goes“去”; D. lies“躺,位于”。作者輟學(xué)后,結(jié)婚生子,文憑沒了。 there goes ,“某事泡湯了”。故選C。 (6)考查名詞。句意:即使這樣,我希望我的孩子們接受教育。但是我們的最小的孩子Linda手和膝蓋部位患有幼年型關(guān)節(jié)炎。A. hands“手”;B. head“頭”;C. throat“咽喉”;D. stomach“胃”。根據(jù)上文幼年型關(guān)節(jié)炎可知,選A。 (7)考查形容詞。句意:但是我們的最小的孩子Linda手和膝蓋部位患有幼年型關(guān)節(jié)炎,這讓她在正常學(xué)校的教室里活動(dòng)是不可能的。A. likely “可能的”; B. convenient“方便的”; C. awful “可怕的, 糟糕的,非常的,極壞的” ;D. impossible“不可能的”。因?yàn)榱者_(dá)有幼年性關(guān)節(jié)炎,在正常學(xué)校的教室里活動(dòng)是不可能的。故選D。 (8)考查形容詞。句意:Linda晚上感覺要好很多,因此我要給她報(bào)名上夜校。A. worse“更糟糕的”;B. excited“激動(dòng)的”;C. better“更好的”;D. exhausted“筋疲力盡的”。根據(jù)下文“so I39。ll just sign her up for night school.”,我給她報(bào)名上夜??芍者_(dá)在晚上感覺要好很多。故選C。 (9)考查動(dòng)詞。句意:Linda正忙于填寫表格,這時(shí)秘書說:Mrs. Schantz你為什么不回來上學(xué)呢? A. filling“填寫”;B. giving“給”;C. taking“帶走”;D. sending“發(fā)送”。fill out forms固定短語,“填寫表格”。故選A。 (10)考查名詞。句意:Linda正忙于填寫表格,這時(shí)秘書說:Mrs. Schantz你為什么不回來上學(xué)呢?A. work“工作”;B. school“學(xué)?!保籆. home“家”;D. office“辦公室”。根據(jù)上文可知,作者之前退學(xué),未能完成學(xué)業(yè),因此,秘書應(yīng)該是建議作者返校完成自己的學(xué)業(yè)。故選B。 (11)考查動(dòng)詞。句意:我笑著說:這是不可能的,我都55了。A. laughed“大笑”;B. told“告訴”;C. cried“哭”;D. shouted“大喊”。根據(jù)情境可知,作者應(yīng)該是笑著說。故選A。 (12)考查連詞。句意:但是他依然堅(jiān)持,我還沒意識(shí)到我做了什么,我已經(jīng)報(bào)完名了。A. And“和”;B. But“但是”;C. Although“盡管”;D. So“因此”。根據(jù)上文可知,作者拒絕了夜校秘書的提議,但是他還是堅(jiān)持,所以也報(bào)名了。故選B。 (13)考查動(dòng)詞。句意:我提醒他“這只是個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)”,他只是笑了笑。A. informed“告知”;B. asked“詢問”;C. forted“安慰”;D. warned“提醒,警告”。根據(jù)語境可知做這個(gè)報(bào)名有點(diǎn)被迫的感覺,故選D。 (14)考查副詞。句意:下個(gè)學(xué)期我又回來上學(xué),我的成績不斷提高。A. regularly“定期地”;B. rarely“罕有地”;C. gradually“逐漸地”;D. normally“正常地”。經(jīng)過自己的努力作者的成績應(yīng)該是不斷提高,下文也有提示。故選C。 (15)考查形容詞。句意:再次上學(xué)還是很激動(dòng)的,但是這不是玩游戲。A. frightening“令人震驚的”; B. moving“令人感動(dòng)的”;C. amusing“愉快的”;D. exciting“令人激動(dòng)的”。作者輟學(xué)幾十年后再次上學(xué)應(yīng)該是很激動(dòng),很興奮。故選D。 (16)考查連詞。句意:和一群孩子坐在一起還是挺尷尬的,盡管大多數(shù)人都尊重和鼓勵(lì)我。A. as if“好像”;B. even if“即使,盡管”;C. in case“以防,萬一”;D. if only“但愿”。故選B。 (17)考查動(dòng)詞。句意:當(dāng)我情緒低落的時(shí)候,Linda鼓勵(lì)我:媽媽,你不能放棄。A. continue“繼續(xù)”;B. rest“休息”; C. abandon“放棄”;D. hesitate“猶豫”。根據(jù)語境可知,女兒鼓勵(lì)作者,故選C。 (18)考查動(dòng)詞。句意:當(dāng)她情緒低落時(shí),我鼓勵(lì)她。A. distracted“使分心”;B. discouraged“使泄氣”;C. cheered“鼓舞”;D. defeated“擊敗”。根據(jù)上文可知作者和女兒互相鼓勵(lì)。故選C。 (19)考查介詞短語。句意:令我驚訝的是,全班同學(xué)一致同意選我做發(fā)言人,并且我獲得了3000元的大學(xué)獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金。A. To my surprise“令我驚訝的是”; B. To my satisfaction“令我滿意的是”;C. To my regret“令我后悔的事”;D. To my horror“令我恐懼的是”。故選