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【題目】Many years ago, Dad worked as a farmhand. At that time, he had a horse. Every Saturday he ___to the town after dinner and spent a few hours on social ___with other farmhands, such as drinking, chatting, and playing cards in the café. On Saturday evenings, the café was ___because many farmhands were there. Before midnight Dad returned home on his horse, quite satisfied with his life. In his words, he ___thought of changing his job.

At the age of 31, Dad married my mother who was a school teacher. In the following spring I came ___into the world. Life became ___, so my mother felt unsatisfied. She told Dad that they must make a ___.

My mother had ___of how some famous persons, especially Thomas Edison who was born in a poor family, fought against fate and achieved fame(名譽(yù)) and____. And she hoped that I would some day become a great leader ruling men or cities and Dad should be a successful businessman. So she ___Dad to give up his job as a farmhand, sell his horse and ___a small business of his own. And I went to high school and college. She even sent me abroad for ___education when I graduated from college. Under the drive of my mother’s hope, Dad and I ___what we have today. Dad runs a big international company and I am a successful lawyer enjoying great fame in my country, ___not a leader as my mother expected.

Dad said, without my mother, we wouldn’t be what we are today; at least, he would remain a farmhand. So he got a lesson of life —sometimes we really need ___from outside.

【1】A. rode B. walked C. ran D. drove

【2】A. conversations B. games C. relationships D. activities

【3】A. cold B. crowded C. quiet D. dirty

【4】A. often B. ever C. never D. sometimes

【5】A. laughing B. singing C. sleeping D. crying

【6】A. happy B. easy C. hard D. busy

【7】A. living B. change C. decision D. house

【8】A. dreamed B. heard C. thought D. spoken

【9】A. honesty B. money C. success D. energy

【10】A. warned B. made C. allowed D. advised

【11】A. start B. find C. design D. sell

【12】A. farther B. further C. easier D. closer

【13】A. showed B. kept C. lost D. achieved

【14】A. though B. if C. and D. since

【15】A. a job B. a leader C. drive D. a mother

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【6】C

【7】B

【8】B

【9】C

【10】D

【11】A

【12】B

【13】D

【14】A

【15】C

【解析】本篇文章難度適中，主要講述父親遇到母親之前在一個(gè)農(nóng)場工作，每天過著自我滿足的生活，直到我出生，生活變得很艱難，在母親對我的鼓勵(lì)和期待下，父親開始了生意生涯，我也致力于我的學(xué)業(yè)，后來我們都小有成就

【1】句意“每個(gè)周六，他都會在吃完晚餐后騎馬進(jìn)城，然后和其他的農(nóng)場工人參加社交活動”。本題考查動詞辨析。A.騎；B.走路；C.跑；D.開車。根據(jù)Before midnight Dad returned home on his horse可知，午夜前，父親騎馬回去，故選A。

【2】句意“每個(gè)周六，他都會在吃完晚餐后騎馬進(jìn)城，然后和其他的農(nóng)場工人參加社交活動”。本題考查名詞辨析。A.對話；B.游戲；C.關(guān)系；D.活動。根據(jù)such as drinking, chatting, and playing cards in the café可知，父親花費(fèi)時(shí)間在活動上，故選D。

【3】句意“周六晚上，咖啡廳很擠，因?yàn)楹芏噢r(nóng)場工人都在那里”。本題考查形容詞辨析。A.冷的；B.擁擠的；C.安靜的；D.臟的。根據(jù)because many farmhands were there可知，許多農(nóng)場工人都在咖啡館，所以是擁擠的。故選B。

【4】句意“用他的話說，他都未想著要換工作”。本題考查副詞辨析。A.經(jīng)常；B.曾經(jīng)；C.從不；D.有時(shí)。根據(jù)quite satisfied with his life可知，他對工作非常滿意，所以從未想著要換工作，故選C。

【5】句意“第二年春天，我哭著來到了世上”。本題考查動詞辨析。A.笑；B.唱歌；C.睡覺；D.哭。根據(jù)常識可知，剛出生的嬰兒是哭，故選D。

【6】句意“生活變得艱難起來，我的母親感覺不滿意”。本題考查形容詞辨析。A.高興的；B.容易的；C.艱難的；D.忙碌的。根據(jù)so my mother felt unsatisfied可知，我的母親感覺不滿意，所以是艱難的，故選C。

【7】句意“她告訴父親，他們必須做出改變”。本題考查名詞辨析。A.生活；B.改變；C.決定；D.房子。根據(jù)So she ___10___Dad to give up his job as a farmhand, sell his horse and ___11___a small business of his own可知，母親告訴父親必須做出改變，故選B。

【8】句意“我的母親聽說過許多名人通過與命運(yùn)斗爭后獲得名譽(yù)和成功的故事，特別是出生在貧困家庭的愛迪生”。本題考查動詞辨析。A.夢想；B.聽說；C.認(rèn)為；D.說話。hear of聽說，故選B。

【9】句意“我的母親聽說過許多名人通過與命運(yùn)斗爭后獲得名譽(yù)和成功的故事，特別是出生在貧困家庭的愛迪生”。本題考查名詞辨析。A.誠實(shí)；B.錢；C.成功；D.精力。根據(jù)And she hoped that I would some day become a great leader ruling men or cities and Dad should be a successful businessman可知，母親希望我變成領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，希望我父親成為一名成功的商人，都是希望我們成功，故選C。

【10】句意“所以母親建議父親放棄他農(nóng)場的工作，賣掉他的馬并自己開始做點(diǎn)小生意”。本題考查動詞辨析。A.警告；B.做；C.允許；D.建議。根據(jù)Dad to give up his job as a farmhand, sell his horse and ___11___a small business of his own以及advise sb to do sth可知，母親建議父親放棄他的工作、賣掉他的馬并開始做生意。故選D。

【11】句意“所以母親建議父親放棄他農(nóng)場的工作，賣掉他的馬并自己開始做點(diǎn)小生意”。本題考查動詞辨析。A.開始；B.發(fā)現(xiàn)；C.設(shè)計(jì)；D.賣。根據(jù)句意可知，母親讓父親放棄農(nóng)場的工作并賣掉馬，開始做生意，故選A。

【12】句意“當(dāng)我大學(xué)畢業(yè)后，我的媽媽甚至送我去國外深造”。本題考查形容詞辨析。A.更遠(yuǎn)的（距離上的）；B.更遠(yuǎn)的（抽象上的遠(yuǎn)）；C.更容易的；D.更近的。further education深造，故選B。

【13】句意“在我母親希望的驅(qū)動下，我的父親和我有了今天的成就”。本題考查動詞辨析。A.展示；B.保持；C.丟失；D.獲得。根據(jù)Dad runs a big international company and I am a successful lawyer enjoying great fame in my country, ___14___not a leader as my mother expected可知，指的是我和我父親今天所獲得的成就。故選D。

【14】句意“我父親經(jīng)營了一個(gè)國際公司，我盡管沒有成為母親期望的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者，但是我成為一名在國內(nèi)享有極高聲譽(yù)的律師”。本題考查連詞辨析。A.盡管；B.如果；C.和；D.自從。根據(jù)前后文可知，表示讓步，故選A。

【15】句意“所以他學(xué)到了生活中的一課：有時(shí)我們真的需要外部的驅(qū)動”。本題考查名詞辨析。A.工作；B.領(lǐng)導(dǎo)；C.驅(qū)動；D.母親。根據(jù)Dad said, without my mother, we wouldn’t be what we are today; at least, he would remain a farmhand可知，我們需要外部的驅(qū)動，故選C。