Ⅰ. 完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 I want you to know about our neighborhood，Tangley Heights，a slum(贫民窟)．I didn’t go there much after I met Maxine and her disabled son Ronald and their friend，Miss Annie.In 1981 I was 12 years old.I __1__that once you are 12，you are too big for lots of things you used to __2__before，but you are too young for a job.So a whole group of us children were __3__with nothing to do，only standing at the corner to __4__if Maxine would come with popeyed(突眼的)Ronald.Somebody found that Ronald went to a school for mentally __5__kids and that every afternoon a special bus brought him home and that his mother was always there to __6__him off the bus. My mama could always make you feel special.She could see what my teachers could not，but that was a __7__between us.When my mama died，the secret died，too.It was Maxine who __8__me to her neighbor，Miss Annie，when I needed __9__with English.She told me to bring my book to her house every day after school.After a few weeks，Miss Annie said，“Vernon，I have never __10__you for money，but I would like you to help Maxine __11__up her yard.” I cleaned up the yard，and then put the __12__in a bag that Ronald held.Ronald stood there __13__ the bag as if it were the most important job on earth.When you first saw Ronald，he looked like a (n) __14__animal，but what I understood was that Ronald’s problem was __15__.Being scared made him look strange. 【解题导语】 记叙文。年仅12岁的作者Vernon的母亲去世了。在Maxine的引见下，他每天放学后跟着Miss Annie学英文。Annie不收Vernon的家教费用而是让他帮助Maxine清洁院子，因为她的儿子精神残疾。 1．A.described B．deserved C．discovered D．determined
解析：作者感悟人生的心理描写：作者发觉一旦你到了12岁，你年龄太大，做一些过去常做的事情已经不合适，但是你干工作年龄又太小。 答案：C 2．A.discuss B．do C．find D．think 解析：根据for lots of things(做工作)与for a job(干工作)以及下一句中的nothing to do判断，这里指做一些过去常做的事情。 答案：B 3．A.left B．dealt C．admired D．sent 解析：sb. be left with nothing to do某人处于无所事事的状态。“我们”这群孩子无所事事。 答案：A 4．A.ask B．wait C．see D．consider 解析：根据下文的Somebody found that...判断。站在拐角处看看他们母子俩是否来了。 答案：C 5.A.independent B．naughty C．frightened D．disabled 解析：与上文的her disabled son照应。Ronald就读于专为精神残障的孩子开办的学校。 答案：D 6．A.get B．catch C．teach D．guide 解析：get sb. off the bus接某人下车。每天下午母亲都要把Ronald从车上接下来。 答案：A 7．A.bridge B．gap C．secret D．wall 解析：根据下文的the secred died判断。母亲能够明白“我”的老师所不能明白的事情，但是这是我和母亲之间的一个秘密。 答案：C 8．A.moved B．introduced C．calmed D．settled 解析：之前“我”不认识Maxine的邻居Miss Annie，正是Ronald的母亲Maxine介绍“我”认识她的。 答案：B 9．A.curiosity B．test C．concern D．help 解析：“我”需要人帮助“我”学习英语，因此Miss Annie就要求“我”每天放学之后把书带到她家。答案：D 10．A.asked B．awarded C．combined D．paid 解析：为了让作者帮助Maxine家清洁院子，Miss Annie不向作者收取辅导费。 答案：A 11．A.bury B．trap C．clean D．dig 解析：与下文的I cleaned up the yard照应。 答案：C 12．A.money B．book C．rubbish D．dust 解析：清洁完毕院子之后，作者把垃圾放入Ronald拿着的袋子里。 答案：C 13．A.holding B．throwing C．closing D．carrying 解析：与上文的a bag that Ronald held照应。Ronald拿着袋子站在那里。 答案：A 14．A.energetic B．naughty C．beautiful D．ugly 解析：与上文的popeyed(突眼的)Ronald照应。第一次看见Ronald时，他看起来好像是丑陋的动物。 答案：D 15．A.doubt B．sadness C．fear D．character 解析：与下文的Being scared照应。作者认为Ronald的问题是有恐惧症，所以他的模样才显得奇怪，好像是丑陋的动物。 答案：C
Ⅱ. 词语填空 experience，be involved in，name after，face to face，have fun，come to life，base...on，along with，meet one’s need，charge for 1．They will do everything to ________ of the customers. 2．Come on! You’re sure to ________ at the party. 3．Do they ________ the use of the telephone? 4．One should always ________ his opinions ________ facts. 5．Although he is young，he also ________ working out the plan. 6．To our surprise，the match finally ________ in the second half. 7．He is proud of his invention ________ his name. 8．It is the first time in my life that I have ________ the true hunger. 9．After I talked with the head teacher ________，I was deeply encouraged. 10．________ a thankyou letter，he also sent me a pile of money. 答案：1.meet the needs 2.have fun 3.charge for 4.base；on 5.was involved in 6.came to life 7.named after 8.experienced 9.face to face 10.Along with
Ⅲ. 词汇运用 1．She suggested several ways to ________(使伤心的女孩高兴)． 2．________(由于种种原因)，this kind of animal died out. 3．The driver ________(收了我5元的出租车钱)． 4．Several boys of the group ________(被起诉) fighting in the street. 5．I think ________(讲座的门票) too expensive for a common student. 6．Your silence is ________(承认) of your guilt. 7．He ________(获利) of 5,000 dollars on the deal. 8．I think many local people will ________(从中受益) the development of the area. 9．The police will look into the case ________(涉及几个孩子的)． 10．The equipment is still at the ________(实验) stage. 11．________(科学技术的发展) has made it possbile to perform the operation. 12．You are ________(自愿的) to attend the party. 答案：1.amuse the sad girl 2. Owing to a variety of reasons 3.charged me 5 yuan for the taxi 4．were charged with 5.the admission to the lecture 6.an admission 7.made a profit 8.profit from 9.involving several children 10.experimental 11.The advance of science technology 12.voluntary Ⅳ.阅读理解 Each weekday，come rain or shine，a group of children，aged 3 to 6，walk into a forest outside Frankfurt to sing songs，build fires and roll in the mud. The birthplace of kindergarten is returning to its roots. While schools and parents elsewhere are pushing young children to read，write and surf the Internet earlier in order to prepare for an increasingly cutthroat(竞争激烈的) global economy，some little Germans are taking a less traveled path—deep into the woods. Germany has about 700 Wald kindergartens，or forest kindergartens，in which children spend their days outdoors all year round. Blackboards replaced by the Black Forest. Erasers give way to pine cones(松果). Hall passes aren’t required，but bug repellent(驱虫剂) is a good idea. The schools are a throwback(返回) to Friedrich Froebel，the German educator who opened the world’s first kindergarten，or children’s garden，more than 150 years ago. Mr. Froebel advised that young children should play in nature，free from too many numbers and letters. Only a small number of German children attend Wald kindergarten，but their numbers have been rising since local parent groups began setting up these programs in the mid1990s，following the lead of a Danish community. Similar schools exist in smaller numbers in Scandinavia，Switzerland and Austria.The concept
