My father grew up in Oklahoma during the early years of the Great Depression. He was the only living child of a hard?working farmer and a____mother.When Dad completed the eighth grade, my grandfather believed his only son would work on the farm. My grandmother, however, understood the door that education could open even in____economic times. She persuaded grandfather to____Dad to finish high school.

Dad worked hard and completed high school at the age of 16. At last, grandpa was to have his wish. Dad would work on the farm, easing the economic and physical ____grandpa carried. But grandmother again begged grandpa to permit my father to go to college.

After____, grandpa made the most difficult decision of his lifetime. He walked to the chicken coop (雞籠子), where he did his____. Taking a shovel in his work-worn hands，grandpa dug up a jar that held all the family’s savings. He offered the jar and its precious____to Dad, saying, “Here boy, go and make something of yourself.”

Realizing that his family was sacrificing all their savings by in his education, Dad became a steward(管家) of those funds. He____his bachelor’s degree and then went on to the University of Oklahoma，where he graduated second in his____school class in 1936. Jobs were hard to come by when Dad graduated, so he opened his own practice and lived in a home with a dirt floor. He worked long hours, but I remember him____the great books he discovered in the course of his education with me.

Our family was changed by the long walk that grandpa took to the chicken coop. Education is more than an investment in our family. It is a treasure. I____my father to college and law school, and all of my children have also____ higher education. We have been transformed by a sacrifice made two generations ago by a loving. If grandfather had not been convinced by my persistent(固執(zhí)的) grandmother, he would not have made the____.

1.A. beautiful B. devoted C. lazy D. curious

2.A. tough B. great C. peaceful D. competitive

3.A. permit B. take C. ask D. force

4.A. pains B. troubles C. burdens D. activities

5.A. graduation B. work C. reflection D. permission

6.A. cooking B. cleaning C. farming D. banking

7.A. books B. bills C. savings D. coins

8.A. investing B. storing C. treasuring D. raising

9.A. failed B. received C. offered D. needed

10.A. maths B. educat C. economics D. law

11.A. making B. writing C. protecting D. sharing

12.A. joined B. followed C. advised D. accompanied

13.A. sought B. insisted C. favored D. considered

14.A. toughly B. kindly C. rudely D. fully

15.A. sense B. use C. difference D. effect

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述作者的祖父母拿出自己所有的積蓄來讓作者的父親接受教育，從而改變了幾代人的人生的故事。

1.

2.Realizing that his family was sacrificing all their savings可知作者父親當(dāng)時(shí)家庭的條件并不好。所有本句句意為：我的祖母相信即使在經(jīng)濟(jì)困難的時(shí)期，教育也可以打開一扇門。選項(xiàng)A意為艱苦的；選項(xiàng)B意為偉大的；選項(xiàng)C意為和平的；選項(xiàng)D意為有競爭力的。根據(jù)句意，選擇A。

3.But grandmother again begged grandpa to permit my father to go to college.故此處應(yīng)指她勸服祖母允許父親去完成高中的學(xué)業(yè)。故選擇A。

4.

5.

6.grandpa dug up a jar that held all the family’s savings. 可知，祖父把一家的錢存放在這兒。故選擇D，構(gòu)成短語：do one’s banking,意為存錢。

7.grandpa dug up a jar that held all the family’s savings. 以及Realizing that his family was sacrificing all their savings 可知，這個(gè)罐子里裝的是一家的積蓄。故選擇C。

8.Education is more than an investment in our family也就是說他們把所有的積蓄用來投資父親的教育。選項(xiàng)A意為投資；選項(xiàng)B意為存儲；選項(xiàng)C意為珍視；選項(xiàng)D意為提高。根據(jù)句意選擇A。

9.and then went on to the University of Oklahoma可知父親又繼續(xù)去大學(xué)念書，那么此空就是指拿到學(xué)士學(xué)位。選項(xiàng)A意為失��；選項(xiàng)B意為得到；選項(xiàng)C意為提供；選項(xiàng)D意為需要。根據(jù)句意，選擇B。

10.my father to college and law school可知，父親當(dāng)時(shí)上的是法律學(xué)校。故選擇D。

11. me，所以所填詞必須要構(gòu)成...with sb的結(jié)構(gòu)。選項(xiàng)A意為制作；選項(xiàng)B意為寫作；選項(xiàng)C意為保護(hù)；選項(xiàng)D意為分享。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)只有選項(xiàng)D最符合這個(gè)要求。句意為：雖然作者的父親工作繁忙，但他仍與作者分享他在接受教育的過程中發(fā)現(xiàn)的經(jīng)典的書。

12.Our family was changed by the long walk that grandpa took to the chicken coop.以及下文的all of my children have also___ higher education可知，父親得到教育改變了我們整個(gè)家庭。所以作者本人也像他的父親一樣上了大學(xué)，學(xué)了法律。選項(xiàng)A意為加入；選項(xiàng)B意為追隨；選項(xiàng)C意為建議；選項(xiàng)D意為伴隨。根據(jù)句意，選擇B。

13.

14.

15. the difference，意為使大不相同，起了關(guān)鍵作用。故選擇C。

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