There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especiallythe younger one, Ben, (1)______he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokesabout him because he seemed so (2)______.

　　The mother (3)______ that she would, herself, have to get her sons to do better in school.She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a (4)_____ a week and so a reportabout it for her.

　　One day, in Ben's (5)______, the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Benput up has hand and the teacher let him (6)_____. “Why did Ben raise his hand?” theywondered. He (7)_______ said anything; what could he possibly want to say?

　　Well, Ben not only (8)_______ the rock; he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in itsgroup and even knew (9)______ the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were(10)_______.Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book (11)____.

　　Ben later went on to the (12)_____ of his class. When he finished high school, he went toYale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.

　　After Ben had grown up, he (13)_____ something about his mother that he did not know asa (14)_______.

　　She, herself, had never learned how to (15)_______.

　　( )1. A. because B. so C. but D. though

　　( )2. A. clever B. hard C. slow D. quick

　　( )3. A. asked B. decided C. forgot D. heard

　　( )4. A. notice B. message C. book D. question

　　( )5. A. class B. room C. office D. lab

　　( )6. A. think B. leave C. stand D. speak

　　( )7. A. always B. even C. quickly D. never

　　( )8. A. found B. played C. knew D. threw

　　( )9. A. whether B. when C. where D. why

　　( )10.A. afraid B. surprised C. worried D. unhappy

　　( )11.A. picture B. exercises C. shops D. reports

　　( )12.A. top B. end C. back D. behind

　　( )13.A. learnt B. remembered C. understood D. guessed

　　( )14.A. doctor B. child C. student D. teacher

　　( )15.A. read B. work C. teach D. slow

答案与解析：

    1.A. 后面这句话是前面内容的原因，这从句子的意思上可以直接看出来。

　　2.C. 孩子们与Ben开玩笑的原因是他的反应较慢，这从所给的四个词的词义上可以看出。

　　3.B. 由于孩子们的学习不好，他们的母亲才会做出决定自己努力去帮助他们。

　　4.C. 到图书馆肯定是去读书的。

　　5.A. 根据下句“the teacher held up a rock” 可知这是在课堂上。

　　6.D. 根据上句“Ben put up his hand” 可以知道Ben 举手之后，老师是会让他发言的。

　　7.D. 前文已经提到，Ben的反应较慢，所以他从不回答老师的问题的。这次，他举手回答问题，当然同学们会感到怀疑。

　　8.C. 根据下句“he said a lot about it” 可知Ben对rock 应该上懂的很多。

　　9.C. 根据所给词语的词义可知答案。

　　10.B. 当听完Ben的回答之后，老师和同学们一定会吃惊的。

　　11.D. Ben的这些知识都是从他读的书籍的报导中得到的，这是人们在图书馆中获取知识的途径。

　　12.A. 根据下句“When he finished high school, he went to Yale University.”可知Ben已经成为了一名好学生。

　　13.A. Ben 的一些知识和思想是从他母亲那里学来的。

　　14.B. Ben现在所懂的知识是他小时候所不了解的，其实任何人都是这样的。

　　15.A. 文章整体贯穿的是读书。

    Last year Tom left school. He came to Taipei to (1)______ a job. He went from onecompany to another but (2)_____ wanted him. Now he had little money. He had to go back tohis small town. So he came to the station. He felt (3)______ and tired. It was very late at nightand (4)_____ was full of people. They were waiting (5)_____ tickets of the last train. Hebought the last ticket, and he was very happy.

　　At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him. She asked him to sell her theticket. He gave her the ticket. He thought they needed it (6)______ he did. After (7)______left, he sat on the bench and didn't know (8)_____ to go. Just then, an old man came andsaid, “Young man, I (9)______ what you did to the woman. I have a big company. I need agood young man like (10)______. Would you like to work for me?”

　　( )1. A. find B. see C. look D. buy

　　( )2. A. everyone B. no one C. nothing D. something

　　( )3. A. happy B. interesting C. sad D. glad

　　( )4. A. the city B. the company C. the farm D. the station

　　( )5. A. to buy B. to sell C. to give D. to pass

　　( )6. A. less than B. more than C. smaller than D. worse than

　　( )7. A. Tom B. the bus C. the train D. the old man

　　( )8. A. what B. which C. why D. where

　　( )9. A. have seen B. don't know C. don't like D. have done

　　( )10.A. the woman B. you C. the baby D. her

答案与解析：

1.A. Tom到台北去是找工作的。

　　2.B. 通过前半句“He went from one company to another”，可知他走了多家公司;中间的连词but做了一个转折，表明没有一家公司愿意录用他。

　　3.C. 由于他没有找到工作，所以肯定会是很沮丧的。

　　4.D. 根据上句“He came to the station.”可知答案。

　　5.A. 在车站人们肯定是在等着买票的。

　　6.C. Tom把自己的票给了那个女人，是因为Tom认为她比他更需要这张票，因为她还带着一个正在哭闹的孩子。

　　7.C. 根据当时的情况，肯定是火车走了之后，Tom才坐在长凳上的。

　　8.D. 根据所给词的词义可知答案。

　　9.A. 只有那位老人看到当时的情景，他才会对Tom说这些话的。

　　10.B. 因为这是老人和Tom之间的对话，所以他们互相之间应该称呼”你”才对。