As an exchange student, I have been staying in a host family in Beijing for the past five months. The parents are   36  in their mid-30s and the son just turned 5. In exchange for room and board, I teach their son   37 .
Like in many of the other Chinese families, he’s an only child. And though he has   38 plastic trucks and boxes full of crayons, I don’t know   39  he has the time to play. When he’s not in the kindergarten, he’s taking after-school classes. On the weekends, the boy goes to more classes. He has one day off―Sunday.
Compared to his schedule, I feel like my childhood was   40  a waste of time. I learned how to climb trees and draw cartoons. I wasn’t learning Chinese at his age. But he and lots of other children are learning English. Both his parents dream that he will have   41  jobs, higher pay, and bigger houses.
The boy seems to take no interest   42  learning English. He doesn’t need a teacher, but a playmate. He is,   43 , only 5. When I think about my life as a 5-year-old, I know for sure I wasn’t half as   44  as he is.
In the evening, when his parents   45  him to speak with me in English, he gets   46 . He lies on the floors, hides under the table and climbs on the furniture. When he finally stops   47 , and starts talking, it isn’t in English, but it isn’t in Chinese,   48 . He speaks in his own language.
He   49  not be a very good student, but I’m not a great teacher. I just want to be his big brother   50  can speak in gibberish(胡言亂語) with him and help draw trucks, robots or spiders.

【小題1】
A．bothB．a(chǎn)llC．eitherD．none
【小題2】
A．drawingB．ChineseC．EnglishD．playing
【小題3】
A．a(chǎn) hundred ofB．hundreds ofC．hundred ofD．hundreds
【小題4】
A．whenB．whatC．whereD．that
【小題5】
A．hardlyB．neverC．usuallyD．a(chǎn)lmost
【小題6】
A．moreB．fewerC．betterD．worse
【小題7】
A．withB．inC．forD．on
【小題8】
A．a(chǎn)fter allB．a(chǎn)t allC．first of allD．a(chǎn)ll the time
【小題9】
A．busilyB．busiestC．busierD．busy
【小題10】
A．makeB．pushC．haveD．let
【小題11】
A．frustratedB．relaxedC．pleasedD．injured
【小題12】
A．moveB．to moveC．movingD．moved
【小題13】
A．tooB．a(chǎn)lsoC．a(chǎn)s wellD．either
【小題14】
A．canB．mayC．mustD．need
【小題15】
A．whoB．whomC．whoseD．which


【小題1】A
【小題1】C
【小題1】B
【小題1】A
【小題1】D
【小題1】C
【小題1】B
【小題1】A
【小題1】D
【小題1】B
【小題1】A
【小題1】C
【小題1】D
【小題1】B
【小題1】A

解析【小題1】考查不定代詞。both和either指兩者；all和none指三者以上的人或物。作者住在北京一戶人家住了五個月。那家的主人都是35歲左右。Both指“兩者都”故選A。
【小題1】根據(jù)第三段可知，作者住的那家的孩子跟其他孩子一樣，也在學(xué)英語。故作為交換，作者教小孩英語。故選C。
【小題1】考查數(shù)詞的用法。Hundred、thousand等與數(shù)字連用時(shí)不能用復(fù)數(shù)，且不與of連用。表示虛數(shù)時(shí)，單獨(dú)使用，可以用復(fù)數(shù)，且與of連用。故選B。
【小題1】孩子放學(xué)要上補(bǔ)習(xí)班，周末上更多的課。故作者說不知道何時(shí)才有時(shí)間玩那些玩具。故選A。
【小題1】hardly“幾乎不”；never“從不”；usually“通�！保籥lmost“幾乎；差不多”。A、B表示否定；C指頻率。作者認(rèn)為自己的童年幾乎是在浪費(fèi)時(shí)間。故選D。
【小題1】后半句用的都是比較級，故此處用比較級。即“更好的”工作。故選C。
【小題1】take interest in sth.“對......感興趣”；故選B。
【小題1】考查短語辨析。after all“畢竟，終究”；at all“根本”；first of all“最重要的是”；all the time“一直”。句意“畢竟他才5歲”，故選A。
【小題1】考查as... as的用法。as... As中的第一個as是副詞，第二個是連詞。中間用形容詞或副詞的原級。故選D。
【小題1】make/have/let后加動詞原形，排除A、C、D；push“推”，小孩不情愿，父母硬要他說英語。故選B。
【小題1】小孩發(fā)脾氣在地上打滾，亂躲藏，B、C表示的是好的情況；D“受傷的”；A“沮喪的”。故選A。
【小題1】“停止做某事”用stop doing sth.；stop to do sth.是“停下去做另一事”。故選C。
【小題1】小孩說的語言既不是英語，也不是漢語；而是他自己的語言。否定句用either表示“也”。故選D。
【小題1】考查情態(tài)動詞表推測。Can“可能”；may“可能”；must“一定”；may的可能性沒can大；may not意為“可能不”，此處語氣比較舒緩，“就算孩子不是一個好學(xué)生，我也不是一個好老師�！惫蔬xB。
【小題1】考查定語從句。Brother是先行詞，指人用who/whom，who作主語；whom作賓語。故選A。

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