Question

【題目】"I've been writing a book，John. Do you think anyone would be interested in _____ it?" said the old lady.

John took over the papers from her shaking hand and let her sit in a chair. He remembered her rich _____ in the early days of the Old West. He looked through the papers. "It's good，Grandma，" he said gently. Then realizing that she ______ hear him，he shouted into her ears，"I think it's very good. I'll send it to a publisher(出版商). "

Ten days later，he reported that the publisher had read a few _____ . He agreed to publish it, and he had paid $ 100 for the copyright(版權(quán)). _____ money would be given as an advance(預(yù)付款).Every month, John brought her $100 with a letter from the publisher telling about the progress of the book.

One morning，three months after her 100th birthday, Grandma didn't get up. The doctor told her that she couldn't _____ more than a few days. She was ready to go，but she first wanted her book to be in print. John promised that she could get it very soon.

Grandma held on until the day the book came into her hands. She proudly touched her book with her fingers，tears in her eyes. Two hours later，she died peacefully, _____ holding her book.

Her granddaughter took the book and _____ it. "Why, it's just blank (空白的)pages!" She cried in surprise. John's face turned _____ . Then the girl understood. There never was a book. It was John ______ ，who couldn't take away his grandmother's only hope，had written the letters and sold his car to pay the advance.

【1】A. borrowing B. publishing C. reading D. lending

【2】A. advice B. experiences C. thoughts D. family

【3】A. couldn't B. needn't C. mustn't D. wouldn't

【4】A. words B. letters C. pages D. books

【5】A. Some B. Much C. Enough D. More

【6】A. die B. stop C. last D. stay

【7】A. still B. yet C. always D. then

【8】A. closed B. opened C. turned on D. turned off

【9】A. white B. red C. grey D. yellow

【10】A. herself B. himself C. him D. her

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】D

【6】C

【7】A

【8】B

【9】B

【10】B

【解析】試題分析：這是一篇感人的孝心故事，約翰為了完成奶奶最后的心愿——出版自己的書，他自己代替出版商寫了回信，賣掉了汽車來支付書的預(yù)付款，并奶奶臨終前拿到了書而平靜地死去，表現(xiàn)了約翰的感恩和孝心。

【1】句意：你認(rèn)為有人會(huì)對(duì)出版它感興趣嗎？考查動(dòng)詞辨析題。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)都是動(dòng)名詞形式，A. borrowing借入；B. publishing出版；C. reading讀；D. lending借出。根據(jù)下文I think it's very good. I'll send it to a publisher.，結(jié)合句意和語境，可知她是想出版自己的書，故選B。

【2】句意：他記得她在舊西部早期的豐富經(jīng)歷�？疾槊�詞辨析題。A. advice建議；B. experiences經(jīng)歷；C. thoughts思想；D. family家庭。rich 富有的/豐富的，指錢財(cái)、經(jīng)歷等。根據(jù)句意和語境，可知選B。

【3】句意：他意識(shí)到她聽不見他的聲音，就大聲喊叫起來。考查情態(tài)動(dòng)詞辨析題。A. couldn't不可能，表判斷；B. needn't不需要；C. mustn't一定不，表禁止；D. wouldn't用于委婉說法，表邀請(qǐng)或建議。根據(jù)下文he shouted into her ears，結(jié)合句意和語境，可知選A。

【4】句意：十天后，他報(bào)告說出版商已經(jīng)讀了幾封信。考查名詞辨析題。A. words詞語（話）；B. letters書信；C. pages頁碼；D. books書。read讀；根據(jù)句意，結(jié)合前文內(nèi)容，可知選ABD三項(xiàng)意思都與句意不合，故C。

【5】句意：每個(gè)月都會(huì)有更多的錢。考查形容詞比較級(jí)。A. Some一些；B. Much很多，后接不可數(shù)名詞；C. Enough足夠的；D. More許多的，用作much、a lot of和many的比較級(jí)。much money許多錢；根據(jù)句意和語境，可知需用much的比較級(jí)，故選D。

【6】句意：醫(yī)生告訴她不會(huì)超過幾天�？疾閯�(dòng)詞辨析題。A. die死；B. stop停止；C. last持續(xù)；D. stay停留。more than超過；根據(jù)句意和語境，可知ABD三個(gè)選項(xiàng)意思都與句意不符，故選C。

【7】句意：兩個(gè)小時(shí)后，她平靜地死去，手里還拿著她的書。考查副詞辨析題。A. still仍然，表遞進(jìn)；B. yet還，多用于否定句，表轉(zhuǎn)折；C. always一直；D. then然后。本句前后是遞進(jìn)關(guān)系，需用still；根據(jù)句意和語境，可知選A。

【8】句意：她的孫女拿了書并打開它。考查動(dòng)詞辨析題。A. closed合上；B. opened打開；C. turned on打開（開關(guān)等）；D. turned off關(guān)閉（電源等）。turn on/off多用于電器、電源；close與句意不合；根據(jù)句意和語境，可知選B。

【9】句意：約翰的臉變紅了�？疾槊�詞辨析題。A. white白色；B. red紅色；C. grey灰色；D. yellow黃色。根據(jù)句意和語境，可知ACD三項(xiàng)意思都與句意不合，故選B。

【10】句意：是約翰自己，他寫了信，賣掉了汽車來支付預(yù)付款�？疾榉瓷泶�詞辨析。A. herself她自己；B. himself他自己；C. him他；D. her她。John人名，不可用物主代詞修飾，可用反身代詞做同位語；根據(jù)句意，可知選B。