【文章內容簡介】 e and banking is a great way to help people. And when people think her parents have 9 her into starting university early, Ester disagrees. Esther 10 wanted to start when she was seven. But her mom thought she was too young. After three years of 11 , mother Efe agreed to take the idea at last.Esther39。s mother noticed her daughter39。s natural ability for 12 shortly after she began homeschooling her when Esther was only three. 13 , Esther39。s parents took her into a private school. But after a few short weeks, Esther cried out in tears and she said, I don39。t want to go back to that school. They 14 don39。t let me talk! In the UK, you do not have to start school until you are five. Education is not pulsory（義務的）until that age so I thought OK, and 15 will be doing little things at home until then. Maybe by the time she39。s five she will change her mind. said Esther39。s mother.1. A. strangeB. monC. braveD. helpful2. A. putting onB. waiting forC. laughing atD. playing with3. A. factB. newsC. reportD. prize4. A. wildestB. youngestC. funniestD. friendliest5. A. finishedB. leftC. enteredD. owned6. A. inB. byC. withD. on7. A. gameB. courseC. matchD. report8. A. becauseB. ifC. althoughD. unless9. A. putB. broughtC. pushedD. pulled10. A. finallyB. properlyC. especiallyD. actually11. A. followingB. teachingC. askingD. shopping12. A. toysB. mathC. dressesD. music13. A. In factB. So farC. At firstD. As usual14. A. onlyB. stillC. justD. even15. A. IB. weC. youD. they【答案】 （1）B；（2）D；（3）A；（4）B；（5）C；（6）A；（7）B；（8）A；（9）C；（10）D；（11）C；（12）B；（13）C；（14）D；（15）B； 【解析】【分析】 短文大意：本文是一篇任務故事類文章。主要講述了十歲的Esther Okade好像和同齡孩子沒什么不一樣，她喜歡打扮成《冰雪奇緣》里的艾爾莎，喜歡和芭比娃娃玩，也喜歡去公園和商場。但她又在同齡人中脫穎而出，她十歲上了大學并介紹了她大學時的生活。 （1）句意：當你遇見Esther Okade的時候，她看起來真的像一個普通的十歲小孩。A strange，奇怪的，陌生的，B mon。普通的，C brave，勇敢的，D helpful，樂于助人的。根據(jù) She loves dressing up as Elsa from Frozen（《冰雪奇緣》），playing withBarbie toys and going to the park or shopping.可知，她喜歡打扮成《冰雪奇緣》里的艾爾莎，喜歡和芭比娃娃玩，也喜歡去公園和商場。所以她和同齡的孩子是一樣的，她也是一個普通法人十歲小孩。故選B。 （2）句意：她喜歡打扮成《冰雪奇緣》里的艾爾莎，喜歡和芭比娃娃玩，也喜歡去公園和商場。A putting on，穿上，B waiting for，等待，C laughing at，嘲笑，D playing with，和……玩。根據(jù) Barbie toys ，芭比娃娃可知，是和芭比娃娃一起玩，故選D。 （3）句意：但是讓這個英國年輕人脫穎而出的是她也是一名大學生的事實。A fact，事實，B news，新聞，C report，報告，prize，文章。根據(jù)下文 college student 可知，她是一名大學生是一個客觀事實，所以用fact，事實。故選A。 （4）句意： Esther 來自一個英國的小鎮(zhèn)威爾遜，她是這個國家最年輕的大學生之一。A wildest，狂熱的，B youngest，最年輕的，C funniest，最有趣的，D friendliest，最友善的。根據(jù) 10yearold child ，十歲的孩子可知，十歲的大學生是很小的，所以她是最年輕的大學生之一，故選B。 （5）句意：這個10歲的天才女孩在今年一月進入了公開大學并且是班級里的尖子生。A finished，完成，B left，離開，C entered，進入，D owned，屬于。根據(jù)她是一名大學生可知，她進入了大學。指考上大學時，用enter，進入，entered the college，進入大學，故選C。 （6）句意：我的媽媽用一種好方式來教我。in ... a way，用……方式，固定搭配。因此用介詞短語in a nice way，故選A。 （7）句意：她補充說，我想要在兩年內完成課程。A game，游戲，B course，C match，比賽，D report，報告。根據(jù)她進入大學可知，在大學里應該是完成課程，故選B。 （8）句意：我想要在我15歲時擁有自己的銀行，因為我喜歡數(shù)字和人。并且銀行是一個幫助人們的一個好方式。A because，因為，B if，如果，C although，雖然，D unless，除非。根據(jù) I want to have my own bank by time I39。m fifteen years old ，我想要在我15歲時擁有自己的銀行，和 I like numbers and I like people ，and banking is a great way to help people. 我喜歡數(shù)字和人，并且銀行是一個幫助人們的一個好方式?？芍?，這兩句話是有因果關系的，因為喜歡數(shù)字和人，才想要擁有自己的銀行。故選A。 （9）句意：或許有人認為Esther是在父母的壓力下才早早進入大學，她否認了這一說法。A put，放置，put...into...，把……放入……里，B brought，帶來，brought...into...，把……帶到……里，C pushed，壓，pushed...into...，把……壓到……里，D pulled，拉，pulled...into...，把……拉入……里。根據(jù) But her mom thought she was too young.他媽媽覺得她7歲進入大學早可知，她父母不希望她太早上大學，但是有很多人覺得她是被強迫的，故push表達了一直強迫的意味，故選C。 （10）句意： 其實我7歲開始就想要上大學了A finally，最后，B properly，正是，C especially，尤其是，D actually，其實。根據(jù)But her mom thought she was too young. 可知， Ester 其實想要7歲上大學，但媽媽覺得她有點小。故選D。 （11）句意： 我懇求了三年，媽媽埃菲才終于同意A following，跟隨，B teaching，教授，C asking，詢問，帶有懇求的意味，D shopping，購物。根據(jù)But her mom thought she was too young. 可知，媽媽覺得她有點小，不同意她這么早上大學，所以是Ester詢問懇求了三年，媽媽才最終同意。故選C。 （12）句意： 埃絲特僅有3歲時，她的媽媽開始在家教她，很快就察覺了女兒在數(shù)學方面上的天賦。A toys，玩具，B math，數(shù)學，C dresses，連衣裙，D music，音樂。根據(jù)I like numbers and I like people 可知，她喜歡數(shù)字，而數(shù)字是與數(shù)學相關的，故選B。 （13）句意：最初， 埃絲特的父母讓女兒上了一所私立學校。A In fact，事實上，B So far，如此遠，C At first，最初，D As usual，通常。根據(jù)But after a few short weeks， Esther cried out in tears and she said, I don39。t want to go back to that school. 可知，經過了幾周后，她不想回到那個學校了。所以在3歲時，發(fā)現(xiàn)了她的天賦后，最初送到了私立學校，但她不想回去了。所以應使用at first，故選C。 （14）句意： 他們甚至都不讓我說話A only，僅僅，B still，仍然，C just，剛剛，D even，甚至。根據(jù)I don39。t want to go back to that school. 可知，她不想回那個學校了，不想上學使用原因的，只有D even，甚至，他們甚至不讓我說話符合邏輯，故選D。 （15）句意：我們將會在家里做點什么，直到我認為到了義務性教育的時候。A I，我，B we，我們，C you，你，你們，D they，他們。根據(jù) Maybe by the time she39。s five she will change her mind. said Esther39。s mother. 可知，這是媽媽對爸爸說的話，所以，人稱應該用，我們，we，故選B。 【點評】 本文是一篇人物故事類文章。做題時應仔細閱讀原文，把握文章主要內容，聯(lián)系上下文，并結合選項含義，從而選出正確答案。二、閱讀理解6．閱讀理解 In ancient China, a woman told the best stories. She married an emperor（皇帝）.Sadly, one day, this woman became ill and died. Everyone thought the emperor would soon find another favourite among his wives, but the emperor was very sad. He spent more and more time in his garden, and less and less time caring for the needs of his people. Everyone in the kingdom was worried. One day, a priest（牧師）passed when some children were playing with their dolls. The dolls made dancing shadows on the wall. This gave the priest an idea. He knew the stories the emperor39。s wife used to tell. What if he could bring those stories to life？ The priest made a puppet（木偶）out of bits of clay（黏土）.He painted the puppet to look somewhat like the emperor39。s wife. When the puppet was finished, the priest silently walked into the emperor39。s garden, carrying his puppet, a candle and a curtain. He placed the curtain near the emperor39。s chair. He placed his candle, his puppet and himself behind the curtain. He waited for the emperor to appear. The emperor did not even notice the curtain at first. The dancing shadow drew his eyes. As the priest moved the puppet behind the curtain, he told wonderful stories as the emperor39。s wife. It seemed as if his wife had been spending time with him. The emperor was no longer sad. At the end of each busy day, the emperor went into his garden to visit his shadow wife and hear her stories once again. That is how shadow puppets first began.（1）Why did everyone in the kingdom feel worried? A.Because the emperor was too sad to care about his country.B.Because the emperor couldn39。t hear the stories any more.C.Because the emperor