Question

【題目】 Up until I went to school, I was a happy child. Then kids found out that learning was difficult for me and they would point out and call me names. I ______ math, English, and science. I remember sitting in class one day, divided up into groups, when a girl in my group stood up, pointing to me, and said, “I’m not going to work with that stupid boy!” It made me feel terrible.

Through primary school and middle school, I could ______ read. A professional came to our home one day, after putting me through a number of tests, he told my mother that I would never be able to read. My mother was so ______ that she told him to leave the house.

Years later, as a new high school student, I ______ a science fiction book one day, and to my great joy, it was suddenly easy to read. The stories in the book stimulated my imagination. Then the words weren’t words anymore ______ pictures in my head. I started to read other books and really got interested in reading. I started learning better and using larger words.

It was about at this time that I began to excel at arts. I learned that I have an incredible eye for shapes and designs. I write about my experiences. I write poetry, too. Towards the end of high school, I won a lot of ______ .

Grades are important. But there is so much more to an education than good grades. So don’t let grades get in the way of your education.

【1】A.was fond ofB.was careful withC.was poor atD.was good at

【2】A.hardlyB.nearlyC.actuallyD.usually

【3】A.happyB.excitedC.surprisedD.angry

【4】A.picked upB.took upC.looked upD.put up

【5】A.soB.orC.butD.and

【6】A.honestyB.humorC.safetyD.honor

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】A

【5】C

【6】D

【解析】

短文是一篇記敘文，告訴我們成績很重要。但是，除了好成績之外，教育還有更多的東西。所以不要讓成績妨礙你的教育。

【1】A項(xiàng)，be fond of “喜歡”。B項(xiàng)，be careful with “小心；照顧”。C項(xiàng)，be poor at “對……不擅長”。D項(xiàng)，be good at “對……擅長”。結(jié)合文意，孩子們發(fā)現(xiàn)學(xué)習(xí)對“我”而言很困難，由此可推知“我”不擅長（be poor at）數(shù)學(xué)、英語和科學(xué)。故正確答案為C。

【2】結(jié)合文意，一名教授給“我”做了測試，發(fā)現(xiàn)“我”不能閱讀。由此推斷在小學(xué)和中學(xué)時期，“我”幾乎不（hardly）能閱讀。nearly 意為“幾乎，差不多”，actually 意為“事實(shí)上”，usually 意為“通常地”，均不符合文意。故正確答案為A。

【3】根據(jù)文意，教授告訴媽媽“我”不能閱讀后，媽媽讓教授離開。從媽媽的這一行為可以看出媽媽是生氣的（angry）。happy 意為“開心的，高興的”，excited 意為“激動的，亢奮的”，surprised 意為“驚訝的，感到意外的”，均不符合文意。故正確答案為D。

【4】A項(xiàng)，pick up “撿起；偶然拿起”。B項(xiàng)，take up “占用；開始從事（某個工作）”。C項(xiàng)，look up “查找；拜訪（某人）”。D項(xiàng)，put up “張貼；舉起；搭建”。根據(jù)文意，幾年后，當(dāng)“我”成為一個高中生后的某一天，“我”偶然拿起（pick up）一本科幻小說，讓“我”十分開心的是，閱讀突然變得非常容易了。故正確答案為A。

【5】根據(jù)文意，這本書激發(fā)了“我”的想象力，突然之間在“我”的腦海里，字就不再是字了，而是（but）變成了一幅幅圖片。so 意為“所以，因此”，or 意為“或者”，and 意為“和，并且”，均不符合文意。故正確答案為C。

【6】根據(jù)文意，“我”在藝術(shù)上開始有了優(yōu)異的表現(xiàn)，“我”了解到“我”在形狀與設(shè)計上十分有天賦，“我”寫下了“我”的經(jīng)歷，也寫了一些詩，在高中結(jié)束的時候，“我”收獲了許多榮譽(yù)（honor）。honesty 意為“誠實(shí)”，humor 意為“幽默”，safety 意為“安全”，均不符合文意。故正確答案為D。