Question

The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, who dreamed of becoming a doctor.

My mother was a . Through her work, she observed that people spent a lot more time reading than they watching television. She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV during the week. With our time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a . My mother was illiterate（文盲）.

When I entered high school I was a(n) student, but not for long. I began to like the fancy clothes. I wanted to the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home from her various jobs and I about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay, I'll give you all the money I have this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With the money , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want." I was very pleased with that but once I got through allocating（分配）money, there was left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep the roof over our heads and any kind of food on the table, let alone buy . I also realized that my wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my and became an A-student again, and I realized my dream and I became a doctor.

My story is really my mother's story--a woman with formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around, especially her children. There is no job more important than . This I believe.

1.A. nurse B. teacher C. servant D. doctor

2.A. honest B. hardworking C. reliable D. successful

3.A. spent B. paid C. did D. took

4.A. programmes B. plays C. films D. games

5.A. weekend B. free C. evening D. play

6.A. read B. present C. teach D. translate

7.A. trick B. means C. tool D. joke

8.A. extreme B. normal C. immoral D. top

9.A. get rid of B. break away from C. hang out with D. keep in touch with

10.A. complained B. forgot C. worried D. argued

11.A. deposited B. exchanged C. earned D. won

12.A. left over B. paid off C. used up D. carried out

13.A. proposal B. command C. requirement D. arrangement

14.A. much B. none C. something D. nothing

15.A. garments B. shirts C. houses D. books

16.A. television B. money C. desire D. dream

17.A. guys B. mother C. school D. studies

18.A. happily B. eventually C. immediately D. exactly

19.A. little B. low C. strict D. high

20.A. persuading B. educating C. parenting D. working

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章是一篇記敘文。作者出生于一個貧窮的單親家庭。然而，在母親的幫助和教導(dǎo)下，作者

克服了重重困難，最終實現(xiàn)了自己的夢想，成為了一名醫(yī)生。這個成功的事例告訴我們：在教育子女上，父母才是最好的老師。

1.小題1】考查名詞辨析。A護士；B教師；C傭人，仆人，雇員；D醫(yī)生。根據(jù)第二段最后“My mother was illiterate（文盲）. ”可知，作者的母親是文盲，由此可知，她從事的工作應(yīng)該是傭人，根據(jù)第三段“scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms”可知答案，故選C。

2.形容詞辨析。A真誠的；B刻苦的，努力的；C可靠的，真實可信的；D成功的。she observed that people spent a lot more time reading作者的母親在工作中注意到，成功人士花很多時間看書，故選D。

3.動詞辨析。A花費，度過；B支付；C做，代替前文的動詞；D帶走，花費。spent a lot more time reading than they watching television花在看書上的時間比花在看電視上的要多很多，這里用助動詞did代替spent，故選C。

4.名詞辨析。A節(jié)目；B游戲，比賽，戲劇；C電影；D比賽，游戲。I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV during the week作者一周只能看兩三個電視節(jié)目，根據(jù)上一句可知，作者母親認為要想成功就得多看書少看電視，故選A。

5.名詞和形容詞。A周末；B自由的，空閑的；C夜晚；D游戲，玩耍。With our time, we had to read two books在空閑時間，作者兄弟倆必須看書，故選B。

6.動詞辨析。A讀，看；B交給，贈送，介紹，出現(xiàn)；C教；D翻譯。and written book reports to her作者兄弟倆需要把讀書筆記交給母親，present sth to sb把......交給某人，故選B。

7.名詞辨析。A惡作劇，計謀，訣竅；B方法；C工具；D玩笑。根據(jù)“My mother was illiterate（文盲）.”可知，因為母親是文盲，她對作者的讀書筆記的批注只是一種監(jiān)督手段，多年后，作者兄弟倆發(fā)現(xiàn)母親做的批注只是一個督促他們認真看書的計謀，故選A。

8.形容詞辨析。A極其；B正常的；C不正常的；D最高的，頭等的，頂上的。But表示轉(zhuǎn)折，再根據(jù)下句可知，作者進入高中時是一個優(yōu)等生，但是好景不長，根據(jù)下一行“I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student.”可知，作者剛開始是優(yōu)等生，故選D。

9.動詞短語。A消除；B脫離；C閑逛，陪伴；D保持聯(lián)系。I began to like the fancy clothes.因為作者開始喜歡漂亮的衣服，于是作者就想和伙伴們到處閑逛，故選C。

10.動詞辨析。A抱怨；B忘記；C擔(dān)心；D爭論，主張。I about not having enough Italian knit shirts.作者開始抱怨意大利針織衫不夠多，complain about sth抱怨......，故選A。

11.動詞辨析。A儲蓄，寄存，放置；B交換；C掙得；D贏得。I'll give you all the money I have this week母親把這一周通過擦地板和清理洗手間掙的錢給作者，故選C。

12.動詞短語。A留下，剩下，推遲；B還清，解雇，成功；C用完；D執(zhí)行，完成。根據(jù)“and you can buy the family food and pay the bills...you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want”可知，母親讓作者購買食物和付賬單，剩下的錢可以用來買針織衫，故選A。

13.名詞辨析。A提議，建議；B命令，控制，掌握；C要求；D安排。I was very pleased with that 作者對這樣的安排非常滿意，be pleased with對......感到滿意，故選D。

14.不定代詞。A很多；B一個也沒有；C某物；D什么也沒有。there was left作者把錢分配好之后發(fā)現(xiàn)一點也沒有剩余，這里指“一點也沒有”，故選B。

15.名詞辨析。A衣服；B襯衫；C房子；D書。根據(jù)上文“you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want”可知，作者原本打算用剩下的錢買針織衫，即衣服，故選A。

16.名詞辨析。A電視；B金錢；C欲望，渴望；D夢，夢想。I also realized that my wasn't going to get me anywhere.作者也意識到自己的欲望不會給自己帶來什么成就，故選C。

17.名詞辨析。A男人，家伙；B母親；C學(xué)校；D書房，學(xué)習(xí)，研究。根據(jù)“Success required intellectual preparation...and became an A-student again”可知，作者重新把心思放在了學(xué)習(xí)上，故選D。

18.副詞辨析。A開心地；B最終；C立即；D確切地。and I realized my dream and I became a doctor最終，作者實現(xiàn)了夢想，成了一名醫(yī)生，故選B。

19.形容詞辨析。A少的；B低的；C嚴格的；D高的。a woman with formal education or property母親幾乎沒有接受過正規(guī)教育，有著很少的財產(chǎn)，故選A。

20.動詞辨析。A勸說；B教育；C養(yǎng)育；D工作。根據(jù)“who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around”可知，作者強調(diào)的是母親這份職業(yè)的重要性，There is no job more important than .沒有比養(yǎng)育子女更重要的工作了，故選C。

考點：教育類短文閱讀