閱讀理解 完形填空

InearlyautumnIappliedforadmissiontocollege.IwantedtogonowherebuttoCornellUniversity,butmymotherfoughtstronglyagainstit.WhenshesawmestudyingaphotographofmyfatheronthesportsgroundofCornell,shetoreitup.“Youcan’tsayit’snotagreatuniversity,justbecausePapawentthere.”“That’snotitatall.Anditisatopuniversity.”Shewasstillholdingthepiecesinherhand.“Butwecan’taffordtosendyoutocollege.”“Iwouldn’tdreamofaskingyouformoney.DoyouwantmetogetajobtohelpsupportyouandPapa?Thingsaren’tthatbad,arethey?”“No,”shesaid.“Idon’texpectyoutohelpsupportus.”Fatherborrowedmoneyfromhisrichcousinstostartasmalljewelleryshop,Hischiefcustomerswerehisoldcollegefriends.Togetnewcustomers,mymotherhadtohelp.Shepickedupalong-forgottenmembershipinthelocalleagueofwomen,sothatshecouldgettoknowmorepeople.Whetherthosepeoplewouldturnintocustomerswasanotherquestion.IknewthatmyParentshadtowaitforquitealongtimebeforetheirsmallinvestment(投資)couldshowreturns.What’smore,theyhadnotwantedenoughtoberichandsuccessful；otherwisetheycouldnotpossiblyhavemanagedtheirlivessobadly.Iwastornbetweenthedesiretohelpthemandchangetheirlives,andthedeterminationnottorepeattheirmistakes.IhadastrongbeliefinmypowertogetwhatIwanted.AftermonthsofhardstudyIwonafullcollegescholarship（獎學金）.Myfathercouldhardlycontrolhisprideinme,andmymothereventuallygaveinbeforemysuccess.TheauthorwasnotallowedtogotoCornellUniversitymainlybecauseA.hisfathergraduatedfromtheuniversity

B.hismotherdidnotthinksitagreatuniversity

C.hisparentsneededhimtohelpsupportthefamily

D.hisparentsdidnothaveenoughmoneyforhim54.Thefatherstartedhissmallshopwiththemoneyfrom.

A.alocalleagueB.hisuniversity

C.hisrelativesD.hiscollegefriends55.Whydidthemotherrenewhermembershipintheleague?A.Tohelpwithherhusband’sbusinessB.Toraisemoneyforherson

C.Tomeetherlong-forgottenfriendsD.Tobettermanageherlife56.Accordingtothetext,whatwastheauthordeterminedtodointhatautumn?

A.Togetawell-paidjobforhimselfB.ToimproverelationswithhismotherCCTogotohisdreamuniversityD.Tocarryonwithhisfather’sbusiness閱讀理解答案第四周閱讀理解&完形填空Mrs.Joneswasovereighty,butshestilldroveheroldcarlikeawomanhalfherage.Sheloveddrivingveryfast,andwasproudofthefact1shehadnever,inherthirty-fiveyearsofdriving,beenpunished2adrivingoffence(犯規(guī)，犯法).

Thenonedayshenearly3herrecord.Apolicecar4her,andthepolicemeninitsawher5aredlightwithoutstopping.Ofcourse,shewasstopped.Itseemed6thatshewouldbepunished.

7Mrs.Jonescameuptothejudge,helookedatherseriouslyandsaidthatshewas8oldtodriveacar,andthatthe9whyshehadnotstoppedatthered10wasmostprobablythathereyeshadbecomeweak11oldage,sothatshehadsimplynotseenit.

Whenthejudgehadfinishedwhathewas12,Mrs.Jonesopenedthebighandbagshewas13andtookouthersewing.Withoutsayingaword,she14aneedlewithaverysmalleye,andthreadeditatherfirstattempt.

Whenshehad15donethis,shetookthethreadoutoftheneedleagainandhanded16theneedleandthethreadtothejudge,saying,“Nowitisyour17.Isupposeyoudriveacar,andthatyouarequitesureaboutyourowneyesight.”

Thejudgetookthe18andtriedtothreadit.Afterhalfadozentries,hehadstillnotsucceeded.Thecase(案例)againstMrs.Joneswas19,andherrecord20unbroken.

1.A.whichB.whenC.thatD.this

2.A.aboutB.onC.toD.for

3.A.keptB.wonC.missedD.Lost

4.A.watchedB.afterC.followedD.ranafter5.A.passB.goC.runD.rush

6.A.sureB.indeedC.certainD.perhaps

7.A.BeforeB.WhileC.UntilD.When

8.A.soB.veryC.tooD.Quite9.A.causeB.reasonC.matterD.trouble

10.A.lightB.lampC.signD.one

11.A.withB.becauseC.forD.of

12.A.speakingB.sayingC.talkingD.telling

13.A.holdingB.gettingC.carryingD.bringing

14.A.tookB.broughtC.pickedD.chose

15.A.almostB.hardlyC.successfullyD.successful

16.A.bothB.allC.neitherD.either

17.A.timeB.turnC.chanceD.job

18.A.threadB.glassesC.needlesD.Needle19.A.dismissedB.passedC.settledD.studied

20.A.wasB.keptC.seemedD.remained

答案與解析：

1-5CDDCA6-10CDCBA11-15ABCDC16-20ABDAD

1．C．fact后接that,因為that引導的是一個同位語從句。

2．D．for表示被懲罰的原因。

3．D．她始終保持著記錄，但那天她差點兒丟了這個記錄，因為她闖了紅燈。

4．C．警車跟在她后面，用followed，而watched不妥，因為主語是警車，而不是人。ranafter也不對，警車在此之前沒理由追趕她。

5．A．passaredlight，而用go則要說goby。

6．C．用certain，不用sure，因為sure常用人作主語。

7．D．此處came為瞬間動詞，不能用while。

8．C．這是too…to結(jié)構，表示太…而不…

9．B．reason是說明某事某現(xiàn)象的理由，而cause則指火災、水災或事故的起因。

10．A．紅燈，用redlight。

11．A．with此處相當于becauseof。

12．B．強調(diào)說話的內(nèi)容用say，指說話的動作或講某種語言用speak。

13．C．表示隨身攜帶，不強調(diào)方向性，用carry，而bring則表示由遠往近帶來。

14．D．此處是挑了一根小眼的針，如用took,brought和pick都要加