Question

【題目】

Dad was an English teacher who taught high school students. Mom _______ at home and homeschooled their four children. Three of us had no trouble learning, but my sister Catherine still could not _______ by fifth grade, and worse still, did not even know the alphabet.

My mother did some research and found that Catherine had some kind of learning disability. She sent Catherine to a public school to _______ some help. Catherine made many friends at school and pleased with everyone for telling creative stories in class, but she still couldn't master reading. After all the testing was done, the school had my _______ come in. They were told that according to the test results, they should just take Catherine home.

Tears of sadness ran down my dad's cheeks, but my mom made up her mind quietly. As they walked back to the car, she turned to him and said, "I know she's not_______."

Soon after, my mom discovered a learning system that focused heavily on lesson repetition ( 重復(fù) ) and building slowly on the previous ( 先前的 ) exercises. She worked with Catherine for four hours every morning while the rest of us studied on our own. It was hard for both of them, but she often told a crying Catherine, "_______ is not a choice. You are going to learn to read, and we'll both try! You have to learn to read! You will learn to read."

In time, Catherine got it. By the time she graduated ( 畢業(yè) ) from eighth grade, she was reading almost at grade level. She continued _______ and was reading above grade level when she graduated from high school.

Catherine came to love reading and writing. All of this because of a wonderfully devoted ( 摯愛的 ) mother who was truly the best _______ ever—for all four of us.

【1】A.helpedB.stayedC.cameD.went

【2】A.listenB.speakC.readD.write

【3】A.getB.giveC.learnD.teach

【4】A.motherB.fatherC.friendsD.parents

【5】A.shyB.politeC.stupidD.clever

【6】A.praiseB.kindnessC.courageD.failure

【7】A.forgettingB.improvingC.explainingD.playing

【8】A.teacherB.classmateC.learnerD.researcher

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【6】D

【7】B

【8】A

【解析】

文章大意：本文是一篇記敘文，文章講的是作者的媽媽克服困難教作者的妹妹Catherine學(xué)習(xí)閱讀的文章。

【1】句意：媽媽呆在家里，在家教育他們的四個孩子。

helped幫助；stayed呆著；came來；went去，根據(jù)后文“homeschooled their four children.”可知，應(yīng)該是待在家里，故選B。

【2】句意：我妹妹凱瑟琳到五年級還不會讀書。

listen聽；speak說；read讀；write寫，根據(jù)后文“but she still couldn't master reading”可知，應(yīng)該是不會讀，故選C。

【3】句意：她把凱瑟琳送到一所公立學(xué)校去尋求幫助。

get得到；give給；learn學(xué)習(xí)；teach教，根據(jù)前文“She sent Catherine to a public school”可知，應(yīng)該是希望得到幫助，故選A。

【4】句意：在所有的測試完成后，學(xué)校讓我父母進來了。

mother媽媽；father爸爸；friends朋友們；parents父母，根據(jù)后文“They were told that according to the test results, they should just take Catherine home”可知，主語是兩個人，應(yīng)該是父母，故選D。

【5】句意：我知道她不傻。

shy害羞的；polite有禮貌的；stupid愚蠢的；clever聰明的，根據(jù)前文“I know she's not”可知，應(yīng)該是愚蠢的，表明母親對女兒是有信心的，故選C。

【6】句意：失敗不是一個選擇。

praise贊揚；kindness善良；courage勇氣；failure失敗，根據(jù)后文“You are going to learn to read, and we'll both try!”可知，應(yīng)該填失敗，故選D。

【7】句意：她繼續(xù)進步，高中畢業(yè)時閱讀水平在年級水平以上。

forgetting忘記；improving提高；explaining解釋；playing玩，根據(jù)后文“was reading above grade level when she graduated from high school”可知，應(yīng)該是提高，故選B。

【8】句意：因為一位非常摯愛的母親，她是我們四個人最棒的老師。

teacher老師；classmate同班同學(xué)；learner學(xué)習(xí)者；researcher研究員，根據(jù)后文“ever—for all four of us”可知，應(yīng)該是老師，故選A。

做完型填空時，首先要通讀課文，明白主旨大意，然后再做題。做完型時要記住“瞻前顧后想結(jié)果”這一原則，根據(jù)上下文以及語境做題，切忌主觀臆斷。另外，平時還要多多積累詞匯。完型填空�？济�詞、動詞、形容詞和副詞等辨析。做詞義辨析題時，首先要確認四個選項的含義，然后分析語境和邏輯關(guān)系，確定答案。

例如題目5中，首先確定四個選項含義，shy害羞的；polite有禮貌的；stupid愚蠢的；clever聰明的，根據(jù)前文“I know she's not”可知，應(yīng)該填愚蠢的，表明母親對女兒有信心，故選C。