Question

   It was a lovely spring afternoon. My classmates and I were playing happily on the playground when I let out a cry,u Ow!n Ow!Something in my shoe is biting me." Everyone was shocked by the cry.They took me into a classroom and were about to take off my 1   .“Which foot is it?”one asked.“Let us have a look."

   Suddenly,I remembered the holes in 2  socks. My family was very poor during those years.I wore welfare socks,which cost only a little,but those 3  welfare socks didn't last long.They soon had 4  at the bottom.

   I refused to take off my shoe.I 5   stand others seeing the holes in my sock.I tried to hold back my tears. Yet,each time the thing 6  my shoe bit me,tears raced down my face.

   My teacher,Miss Diane,hurried into the 7  .“What's wrong? ”she asked.

“ Something is biting her right foot,8  she doesn’t let us take off her shoe”’one of my classmates answered.

   Miss Diane lived next door to me. She 9   everything about my family. She put both hands on my shaking shoulders and 10  into my painful and hopeless eyes.

   “Oh,yes,it must be a sock-eating ant”.she said,as if she had 11  seen the thing inside the shoe.“I had a bite from one of those ants.By the time I got my shoe off,it had 12  almost the whole bottom off my sock."My classmates nodded while they were listening to the teacher 13  , although they all looked a little puzzled.

   Miss Diane took off my right shoe and sock and shook them over the dustbin.Two red ants 14  it.

   “Just what I thought. The ants have eaten part of her sock."When she stroked an alcohol cotton ball on the bites,she added ,“ You are such a 15   girl to take so many bites."

   The alcohol felt cool on the bites and a little girl's pride was saved by the “sock-eating ant” story.

1. A. shoe   B. shirt   C. hat   D. coat

2. A. his   B. her   C. my   D. your

3. A. free   B. wet   C. dirty   D. cheap

4. A. holes   B. boxes   C. stones   D. pockets

5. A. could   B. couldn’t   C. must   D. mustn't

6. A. on   B. near   C. under   D. in

7. A. office   B. playground   C. classroom   D. toilet

8. A. because   B. but   C. or   D. so

9. A. knew   B. forgot   C. taught   D. borrowed

10. A. looked   B. dropped   C. ran   D. got

11. A. hardly   B. already   C. still   D. only

12. A. turned   B. put   C. taken   D. eaten

13. A. angrily   B. sadly   C. carefully   D. happily

14. A .lived on   B. fell into   C. went over   D. turned to

15. A. lucky   B. friendly   C. brave   D. clever

Answer 1

1. A 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. A 12. D 13. C 14. B 15. C

[語篇解讀]本文主要講述了一個小女孩由于家里貧困，

只能穿帶洞的襪子。當(dāng)鞋里有東西咬她的時候，礙于面子不愿讓同學(xué)們脫鞋查看。一位挨著她家住的老師了解她家的情況。

她告訴大家她以前被紅螞蟻咬過的經(jīng)歷。螞蟻將她的襪子底部幾乎全部咬掉了。老師用這種方法保護(hù)了小女孩的自尊心。

1. A 根據(jù) Something in my shoe is biting me.可知答案，作者的 同學(xué)要把她的鞋脫掉檢查一下。故正確答案為A.

2. C句意:突然，我記起我襪子上的洞。根據(jù)語境和主語可以判斷答案為C項。

3. D我穿的是社會救濟(jì)的廉價的襪子，但那些便宜的襪子不 能穿很長時間。由前面的定語從句“which cost only a little” 可知那些襪子非常便宜。故正確答案為D選項。

4. A 由“those cheap welfare socks didn't last long” 可知很快作 者的襪子底部就破了。故正確答案為A選項。

5. B本題考查固定搭配。

couldn’t stand sb. doing sth.不能容忍 某人做某事。根據(jù)語境可知作者拒絕脫鞋的原因是不能容忍 其他人看到她襪子上的洞。故正確答案為B選項。

6. D本題考查介詞的辨析。：in my shoe在我的鞋里。故正確 答案為D選項。

7. C 由上文“They took me into a classroom”可知“我”的老師急 忙走進(jìn)教室。故正確答案為C選項。

8. B句意:我的一個同學(xué)回答:“有東西在咬她的右腳，但是她 不讓我們給她脫鞋�！北绢}考查的是表轉(zhuǎn)折的連詞but。故正 確答案為B選項。

9. A 由前一句“ Miss Diane lived next door to me." 可知老師和 作者是鄰居。所以她知道關(guān)于作者家庭的一切。故正確答案 為A選項。

10. A句意:她把雙手放在我顫抖的肩上，看著我痛苦和絕望 的雙眼。

look into one's eyes凝視某人的雙眼。故正確答案 為A選項。

11 .B already意為“已經(jīng)，早已”，符合上下文語境。

12. D文章中幾次出現(xiàn)了 bite (咬) 這個單詞的不同形式，反復(fù) 強(qiáng)調(diào)某物咬了某人。所以此處要選擇同義詞eaten。故正確 答案為D項。

13. C listen to sb. carefully意為“認(rèn)真聽某人說”。故正確答案 為C選項。

14. B句意:兩只紅螞蟻掉進(jìn)了垃圾箱。本題考查動詞短語辨析。

live on 靠 為生;fall into 掉落;go over 檢査;turn to

轉(zhuǎn)向，求助于。本句強(qiáng)調(diào)的是螞蟻掉落的動作。故正確答案 為B選項。

15. C本題考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)語境可知作者的老師在表 揚(yáng)作者勇敢。故正確答案為C選項。