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a friend of my mother39。s. They __1__ together in the anthropology(人類學(xué) ) department at Rice University. This was __2__ the late 1970s. He must have been in his early 30s. He had __3__ been an academic, and he had just __4__ some degree or other, and I think he was not quite __5__ what he wanted to do next. She suggested that he __6__ teaching at the middle school where her __7__ were students. My brothers and I had to stop __8__ him Harold and switch to Mr. Burris. He was __9__ like our other teachers. For one thing, he was a man. The only man in the school who did not teach P. E. Also, he __10__ a puter. I think he built it himself. His __11__ was neat but somehow exotic(獨(dú)特的 ). He __12__ lively and seriously, and he pointed his __13__ at us a lot. It was immediately __14__ that the range of his knowledge went far beyond anything we were ever going to __15__ on in class. He invented games for us. In the fall, we were each __16__ countries that we represented in an international __17__ market. Wars were declared. Mineral deposits were __18__. Fortunes were made and lost. In the spring, he put up a __19__ on which he had pasted a hundred faces __20__ out of newspapers and magazines. 【語(yǔ)篇大意】 本文是一篇記敘文,作者介紹了與媽媽曾經(jīng)在一起做研究工作后來(lái)成為自己老師的 Burris先生的情況。 1. B. studied C. lived D. taught 答案 B [聯(lián)系下文. ..some degree or other 可知作者的媽媽與作者提到的 Mr. Burris一起在 Rice University 的人類學(xué)院 “ 做研究 ” ,由下文. ..academic 以及此人成為作者的老師也可以推出此處意思為 “ 做研究 ” ,還沒有工作。 ] 2. B. on C. by D. beyond 答案 A [此處意思 “ 在 20世紀(jì) 70年代晚期 ” ,這種表達(dá)習(xí)慣用介詞 in。 ] 3. B. usually C. always D. seldom 答案 C [聯(lián)系上文與作者媽媽在一起做研究工作以及下文. ..some degree or other 和what he wanted to do “ 一直 ” 在做研究,不知道以后具體做什么,故是一名 “ 學(xué)者 ” ,答案 C“ 總是;老是 ” 合適。 ] 4. B. got C. gaine