Question

Childhood curiosity can last a lifetime and I learned this from my son, Bill. When he was very young, I often took him to the . He loved to read and often needed to the books he’d read in order to borrow more books. One unintended of his nonstop reading habits was that he even at the dinner table. His mother, Mary, and I did our best to him that, on certain social , reading while dining with others was not a good thing.

Every summer the teachers at his school give the students a reading list, and there was a contest to see who could read the most books. He was so , and he always wanted to win. And he often . But the main reason why he read so obsessively (著迷地) was that he was so . He didn’t just want to learn about things. He wanted to learn about everything.

We helped his curiosity in every way. an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we’d turn to the , looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud. Thus my son came to realize that if you have a question, the exists somewhere. All you have to do is it.

Bill remains as much of a today as when he was a child, and he seems to everything he reads. He’s often to share what he’s learned with the next person he meets. He reads at the dinner table, though — which is a good thing because the books he’s attracted to now are increasingly unappetizing (引不起食欲的): The Eradication of Infectious Diseases, Mosquitoes, Malaria & Man, and Rats, Lice, and History.

1.A. school B. office C. library D. museum

2.A. return B. store C. talk D. pick

3.A. advantage B. discovery C. explanation D. consequence

4.A. play B. read C. study D. laugh

5.A. convince B. promise C. inform D. advise

6.A. issues B. services C. occasions D. duties

7.A. could B. would C. should D. might

8.A. sincere B. crazy C. positive D. competitive

9.A. went B. failed C. did D. proved

10.A. curious B. confident C. diligent D. excellent

11.A. simple B. past C. any D. some

12.A. protect B. develop C. examine D. follow

13.A. Until B. If C. Though D. Because

14.A. teacher B. newspaper C. partner D. dictionary

15.A. person B. book C. answer D. matter

16.A. find B. use C. tell D. ask

17.A. speaker B. reader C. maker D. user

18.A. imagine B. believe C. create D. remember

19.A. eager B. afraid C. careful D. sure

20.A. now and again B. at all time C. no longer D. just now

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.B

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講了，童年的好奇心能保持一生。作者的兒子——比爾，非常喜歡閱讀，對一切事都感到好奇。作者為了培養(yǎng)比爾的好奇心，做了很多事。作者和他的妻子經(jīng)常帶比爾到圖書館，并幫助他改掉在餐桌上閱讀的習慣和學會如何找到問題的答案。若干年后，比爾仍然喜歡閱讀，并且改掉了在餐桌上閱讀的習慣。

1. 學校；B. 辦公室；C. 圖書館；D. 博物館。根據(jù)文中“He loved to read…”可知他喜歡讀書。讀書應該是圖書館，故選B。

2. 歸還； B. 儲存； C.談話 ；D. 挑選，摘。文中“…often needed to the books he’d read in order to borrow more books.”意思是…通常需要歸還他已經(jīng)讀過的書以便于能夠借更多的書，故選A。

3.題3】考查名詞辨析。 A. 優(yōu)勢 ；B.發(fā)現(xiàn)； C. 解釋； D.結果。文中“One unintended of his nonstop reading habits was”意思是他的不間斷閱讀的習慣造成了一個意外的結果…故選擇D。

4.題4】考查動詞辨析。A. 玩；B.讀；C. 學習，研究；D. 笑。根據(jù)“…h(huán)e even at the dinner table”的前半句提到“reading habits”,即閱讀習慣，可知應該是在餐桌上讀書。故選B。

5.題5】A.使…相信 ；B.允許；C.通知；D. 建議。前文講到比爾甚至在餐桌上閱讀，所以“I did our best to 35 him that…”大意應該是我盡最大努力使他相信…故選A。

6.題6】考查名詞辨析。A.問題，刊物；B. 服務；C. 場合；D. 責任，職責。文中“dining with others”即和其他人一起吃飯，這是使一種場合。故選C。

7.題7】考查情態(tài)動詞辨析。A. 能夠；B. 會 ；C.應該；D.可以。文中“Every summer the teachers at his school 37 give the students a reading list,”意思是每年夏天，他學校的老師們會給學生列一個需要閱讀書籍的目錄。故選B。

8.題8】考查形容詞辨析。A. 真誠的，誠摯的；B. 瘋狂的，狂熱的 C.正的，積極的； D. 好競爭的，競爭的。文中提到“he always wanted to win.”可知比爾是一個好競爭的人，故選D。

9.題9】考查動詞辨析。A.去，進行； B. 失��；C. 做；D. 證明。前文提到他一直想贏，10.題9】空后面“But the main reason why he read so obsessively (著迷地)…” 有轉折之意：但是他對閱讀如此著迷的原因是…可知他是經(jīng)常失敗。故選B。

11.考查形容詞辨析。A. 好奇的；B. 自信的；C. 勤奮的 D. 優(yōu)秀的。根據(jù)文中“He wanted to learn about everything. ”可知比爾想了解一切事。即比爾對任何事情到都感到好奇。故選A。

12. 任何；D. 一些。根據(jù)文中“He wanted to learn about everything. ”可知比爾不緊是想了解某些事情，而是想了解所有事。故選D。

13. 保護；B. 發(fā)展，顯現(xiàn)；C. 檢查；D. 理解，跟隨。后文提到碰到不熟悉的詞匯，作者將會查詞典，找出這個單詞，然后大聲讀出它的意思�？芍�作者是幫助比爾培養(yǎng)他的好奇心。故選B。

14. 直到....B. 如果；C. 盡管；D. 因為。文中 “ 43 an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we’d turn to…”為條件狀語從句，“43 an unfamiliar word came up in conversation”

為條件狀語。意思是如果在出現(xiàn)不熟悉的單詞，我們將去...故選B。

15.考查名詞辨析。A. 老師；B. 報紙；C.搭檔；D.詞典。文中提到“... looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud.”意思是找到這個單詞，然后大聲讀出它的意思。查找單詞應該是在詞典上找。故選D。

16. 人；B.書；C. 答案；D.事件，重要性。文中“if you have a question, the 45 exists somewhere.”意思是如果你遇到問題，它的答案就在某個地方。故選C。

17. 使用；C. 告訴；D. 問。前文提到如果你遇到問題，它的答案就在某個地方�？芍�你需要做的是找到它，故選A。

18.小題17】考查名詞辨析。A.說話者；B. 讀者 ；C. 做事者；D. 使用者。文中“Bill remains as much of a 47 today as when he was a child,”大意是比爾仍然和他小時候一樣好讀書。故選B。

19. 相信C. 創(chuàng)造D. 記得。文中提到He’s often 49 to share what he’s learned with the next person he meets大意是他和他接下來遇到的人分享他所了解的�？芍�比爾仍然記得他閱讀過的書籍的內容。故選D。

20. 渴望的，熱切的；B. 害怕的；C. 小心的；D. 確信的。文中“He’s often 49 to share what he’s learned with the next person he meets”意思是他渴望向和他接下來遇到的人分享他所了解的。故選A。

21. 時不時地；B. 一直；C.不再；D. 剛才。前文提到作者一直想改掉比爾在餐桌在閱讀的習慣，而且“the books he’s attracted to now are increasingly unappetizing (引不起食欲的)”，作者又說“which is a good thing”，可知比爾已經(jīng)改掉了在餐桌上閱讀的習慣。故選C。

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