Question

Martin is a fifteen-year-old boy. He used to be a“problem child”, but a recent? ???? with his mother changed his life. He didn’t use to give his mother many problems. ??? , after his father’s death a few years ago, Martin’s life became ???? more difficult. His mother couldn’t afford to pay for her child’s education. To do this, she ???? work, and so was often not at home.

His mother looked after him as ????? as she could. Unfortunately, Martin still caused problems. He was not ???? in studying and he often got in to trouble. Luckily, his mother was very ???? and didn’t give up trying to help him. In the end, she ???? a difficult decision:to send him to a boys’boarding school. Martin hated it and used to cause a lot of trouble.

One day, he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. The teacher said it was necessary for Martin to ???? with his mother. Martin called his mother, but to his ???? , this phone call changed his life. “It was exactly ???? Ineeded, ”he said. “My mother helped me to understand how much she had given me. She also told me that even though my father was no longer with us, he was ???? me and would always take pride in every thing good I do. That’s when I decided to change. I realize that ???? my father died, I have been afraid of being alone, and have tried to make my mother pay more attention to me. ”

　　 Now Martin has ???? changed. He has been working hard and is now one of the best students in his class. How was he able to change?His mother’s???? helped him to feel good about himself.

1.A. conversation??? ?? B. report???? ?? C. survey???? ? D. speech

2.A. So?????????????? B. But??????? ? C. Therefore?? ? D. However

3.A. very??? ???????? B. many?????? ? C. much??????? D. too

4.A. could??????????? B. had to???? ??? C. should????? D. would

5.A. soon???????????? B. quickly??? ?? C. well??????? ? D. good

6.A. pleased????????? B. tired????? ??? C. bored?????? ? D. interested

7.A. worried????????? B. patient??? ??? C. careful???? ?? D. serious

8.A. made???????????? B. took?????? ?? C. got???????? D. thought

9.A. argue??????????? B. say??????? ? C. discuss???? ?? D. talk

10.A. surprised??????? B. surprising ??? C. surprise??? ?? D. surprises

11.A. which??????????? B. what?????? C. that??????? ?? D. how

12.A. seeing?????????? B. noticing?? ?? C. helping???? ?? D. watching

13.A. since??????????? B. before???? ?? C. after?????? ?? D. when

14.A. always?????????? B. hardly???? ?? C. really????? ?? D. just

15.A. advice?????????? B. love?????? ?? C. idea?????? ? D. decision

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了馬丁是一個(gè)十五歲的孩子，他過(guò)去是一個(gè)問(wèn)題孩子，自從幾年前他爸爸死后，他的生活變的更難了，他媽媽不能支付起他的學(xué)費(fèi)，為了賺錢，他媽媽經(jīng)常不在家，不幸的是，馬丁仍然會(huì)導(dǎo)致麻煩，最近媽媽與馬丁的一次談話，改變了他的生活，現(xiàn)在他努力學(xué)習(xí)，成為班里最好的孩子之一。

1.考查名詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。根據(jù)句意，最近與他媽媽的一次談話改變了他的生活。A. conversation 對(duì)話，B. report 報(bào)告，C. survey 調(diào)查， D. speech演講。故選B。

2.考查連詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。根據(jù)句意，他過(guò)去不經(jīng)常給媽媽惹麻煩，然而，幾年前爸爸死后，馬丁的生活變的更難了。So與Therefore都表示所以，But但是，表示轉(zhuǎn)折，后直接加句子， However然而，也表示轉(zhuǎn)折，與后面的句子用逗號(hào)隔開(kāi)。故選D。

3.考查副詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。根據(jù)句意，馬丁的生活變得更難了。more difficult是比較級(jí)，much、a little、far、even、a lot、a bit等修飾比較級(jí)。故選C。

4.考查情態(tài)動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。根據(jù)句意，為了給孩子交學(xué)費(fèi)，他不得不工作，所以經(jīng)常不在家。had to 不得不，必須。故選B。

5.考查副詞詞組及語(yǔ)境的理解。根據(jù)句意，他媽媽盡可能好的照顧她。as…as one can盡可能……的。故選C。

6.考查形容詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。根據(jù)句意，他不再對(duì)學(xué)習(xí)感興趣，be interesred in是固定詞組，故選D。

7.考查形容詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。根據(jù)句意，幸運(yùn)的是，他媽媽很有耐心，沒(méi)有放棄努力幫助他，A. worried 擔(dān)心的，B. patient有耐心的， C. careful仔細(xì)的，小心的，D. serious嚴(yán)肅的，認(rèn)真的。故選A。

8.考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。根據(jù)句意，最終，她做了一個(gè)艱難的決定，送他去男孩子寄宿學(xué)校。make a decision做決定，是固定詞組。故選A。

9.考查動(dòng)詞詞組及語(yǔ)境的理解。根據(jù)句意，老師說(shuō)，馬丁和他媽媽談?wù)勈呛苡斜匾�的�?/span>A. argue with與..爭(zhēng)吵， say不與with連用C. discuss討論D. talk with sb.與某人談?wù)劇９蔬xD。

10.考查固定詞組及語(yǔ)境的理解。根據(jù)句意，但是令他吃驚的是，這個(gè)電話改變了他的生活。to one’s surprise令某人吃驚的是，故選C。

11.考查連接詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。根據(jù)句意，這正是我需要的。what指需要的內(nèi)容，故選B。

12.考查動(dòng)詞詞組及語(yǔ)境的理解。根據(jù)句意，她也告訴我，即使爸爸不在了，他正注視著我，并以我做的每一件好的事為驕傲。A. seeing看到，強(qiáng)調(diào)看的結(jié)果；B. noticing注意；C. helping 幫助；D. watching注視，觀看。故選D。

13.考查連詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。根據(jù)語(yǔ)法，自從我意識(shí)到爸爸死后，我一直害怕獨(dú)自一個(gè)人，努力使我媽媽多關(guān)心我。主句用現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，從句用since+過(guò)去的時(shí)間點(diǎn)。

故選A。

14.考查副詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。根據(jù)句意，現(xiàn)在馬丁真的變了。A. always總是，一直；B. hardly幾乎不；C. really 真的；D. just僅僅。故選C。

15.考查名詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。根據(jù)句意，他媽媽的愛(ài)幫他感到自信A. advice 建議；B. love 愛(ài)；C. idea想法，主義；D. decision決定。故選B。

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