【正文】 ake 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(wù)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(wù)故事類(lèi)文章。主要講述了十歲的Esther Okade好像和同齡孩子沒(méi)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(chǎng)。但她又在同齡人中脫穎而出，她十歲上了大學(xué)并介紹了她大學(xué)時(shí)的生活。 （1）句意：當(dāng)你遇見(jiàn)Esther Okade的時(shí)候，她看起來(lái)真的像一個(gè)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(lè)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(chǎng)。所以她和同齡的孩子是一樣的，她也是一個(gè)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(chǎng)。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(gè)英國(guó)年輕人脫穎而出的是她也是一名大學(xué)生的事實(shí)。A fact，事實(shí)，B news，新聞，C report，報(bào)告，prize，文章。根據(jù)下文 college student 可知，她是一名大學(xué)生是一個(gè)客觀事實(shí)，所以用fact，事實(shí)。故選A。 （4）句意： Esther 來(lái)自一個(gè)英國(guó)的小鎮(zhèn)威爾遜，她是這個(gè)國(guó)家最年輕的大學(xué)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(xué)生是很小的，所以她是最年輕的大學(xué)生之一，故選B。 （5）句意：這個(gè)10歲的天才女孩在今年一月進(jìn)入了公開(kāi)大學(xué)并且是班級(jí)里的尖子生。A finished，完成，B left，離開(kāi)，C entered，進(jìn)入，D owned，屬于。根據(jù)她是一名大學(xué)生可知，她進(jìn)入了大學(xué)。指考上大學(xué)時(shí)，用enter，進(jìn)入，entered the college，進(jìn)入大學(xué)，故選C。 （6）句意：我的媽媽用一種好方式來(lái)教我。in ... a way，用……方式，固定搭配。因此用介詞短語(yǔ)in a nice way，故選A。 （7）句意：她補(bǔ)充說(shuō)，我想要在兩年內(nèi)完成課程。A game，游戲，B course，C match，比賽，D report，報(bào)告。根據(jù)她進(jìn)入大學(xué)可知，在大學(xué)里應(yīng)該是完成課程，故選B。 （8）句意：我想要在我15歲時(shí)擁有自己的銀行，因?yàn)槲蚁矚g數(shù)字和人。并且銀行是一個(gè)幫助人們的一個(gè)好方式。A because，因?yàn)?，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(shí)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(gè)幫助人們的一個(gè)好方式?？芍?，這兩句話是有因果關(guān)系的，因?yàn)橄矚g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(rèn)為Esther是在父母的壓力下才早早進(jìn)入大學(xué)，她否認(rèn)了這一說(shuō)法。A put，放置，put...into...，把……放入……里，B brought，帶來(lái)，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(jué)得她7歲進(jìn)入大學(xué)早可知，她父母不希望她太早上大學(xué)，但是有很多人覺(jué)得她是被強(qiáng)迫的，故push表達(dá)了一直強(qiáng)迫的意味，故選C。 （10）句意： 其實(shí)我7歲開(kāi)始就想要上大學(xué)了A finally，最后，B properly，正是，C especially，尤其是，D actually，其實(shí)。根據(jù)But her mom thought she was too young. 可知， Ester 其實(shí)想要7歲上大學(xué)，但媽媽覺(jué)得她有點(diǎn)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(xún)問(wèn)，帶有懇求的意味，D shopping，購(gòu)物。根據(jù)But her mom thought she was too young. 可知，媽媽覺(jué)得她有點(diǎn)小，不同意她這么早上大學(xué)，所以是Ester詢(xún)問(wèn)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(shí)，她的媽媽開(kāi)始在家教她，很快就察覺(jué)了女兒在數(shù)學(xué)方面上的天賦。A toys，玩具，B math，數(shù)學(xué)，C dresses，連衣裙，D music，音樂(lè)。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(xué)相關(guān)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(xué)校。A In fact，事實(shí)上，B So far，如此遠(yuǎn)，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(jīng)過(guò)了幾周后，她不想回到那個(gè)學(xué)校了。所以在3歲時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)了她的天賦后，最初送到了私立學(xué)校，但她不想回去了。所以應(yīng)使用at first，故選C。 （14）句意： 他們甚至都不讓我說(shuō)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(gè)學(xué)校了，不想上學(xué)使用原因的，只有D even，甚至，他們甚至不讓我說(shuō)話符合邏輯，故選D。 （15）句意：我們將會(huì)在家里做點(diǎn)什么，直到我認(rèn)為到了義務(wù)性教育的時(shí)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(duì)爸爸說(shuō)的話，所以，人稱(chēng)應(yīng)該用，我們，we，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】 本文是一篇人物故事類(lèi)文章。做題時(shí)應(yīng)仔細(xì)閱讀原文，把握文章主要內(nèi)容，聯(lián)系上下文，并結(jié)合選項(xiàng)含義，從而選出正確答案。9．閱讀下面短文，掌握大意,然后從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 Many books have been written about the art of giving. And we also know that it39。s hard to give people a gift, 1 a personal one. If we want to make it better, we should understand who you will give the gift to and their likes and 2 . As is often the case, some little kids think they don39。t get enough gifts 3 some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too 4 . For example, when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree, it is enough to make her very 5 . Gift giving is different in different 6 . Here are some of their likes. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given away to someone 7 , because many people have enough things and don39。t want 8 gifts themselves. In Canada, a tree can help remember a 9 . In the US, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buying them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People don39。t need to 10 too much money. Instead, making a meal for him or her is enough. To make things 11 , some people would rather just give money. In some cultures, however, 12 money can make people unfortable. When someone gives me money, it just makes me think they39。re being lazy, says John Wilso