Question

      Sitienei,a 90-year-old Kenyan grandmother,has become the world's oldest primary school student. She is studying at the local primary school to learn to read and write. She is from a small 16 in Kenya. She has spent most of her life 17 as a midwife (接生婆) ，helping women to give birth to babies. She wants to pass on her midwife skills to the young. She said she didn^ have a chance to go to school when she was 18 So she wants all the children in her village to 19

   The head teacher at the school said ,“ I'm proud 20 her. She is loved by every pupil. They all want to learn and play with 21 v He also said ,‘‘She is doing well consid- ering her 22 . I can say I have seen a big difference in this school 23  she came.

   Sitienei often said ,“I want to tell children, 24 girls in poor areas,that 25 will be your wealth. She added,uWith education,you can be whatever you want to be—a doctor,a teacher,a scientist,and so on.v

16. A. school   B. village C. town   D. city

17. A. reading   B. writing C. playing   D. working

18. A. young   B. old C. famous   D. free

19. A. study   B. work C. leave   D. listen

20. A. for   B. with C.of   D. in

21. A. her   B. me C.him   D. yoii

22. A. chance   B. age C. skills   D. ways

23. A. after   B. when C. since D. before

24. A. naturally   B. especially C.luckily   D.         certainly

25. A. friendship   B. future C. competition   D. education

Answer 1

16. B 17. D 18. A 19. A 20. C 21. A 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. D

16. B由第一段最后一句中的in her village可知選B.

17. D接生婆應(yīng)是她的工作，故選D.

18. A由第一段 第一、二句可推斷出她小的時候沒有機(jī)會上 學(xué)。答案為A項

19. A由上文可知Sitienei因為自己沒有機(jī)會上學(xué)，所以她希 望她村里的孩子們都去學(xué)習(xí)。

20. C be proud of...為 感到自豪。

21. A play with sb.和某人一起玩兒。由上文可知學(xué)生們喜歡她，故可推斷他們喜歡和她一起玩兒。

22. B由上下文可知考慮到她的年齡，她做得很好。

23. C由空前的現(xiàn)在完成時及空后的一般過去時可知應(yīng)用

since 

24. B肯尼亞貧窮地區(qū)的女孩子很少接受教育，故用especially 此處特強調(diào)女孩子。

25. D根據(jù)后面一句的With education可知答案為D項。