One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square,? ? ? ? Susan's cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face ? ? ? first into the mud. David ? ? ? her mother's side, “Are you all right, Mom” ? ? , Susan pulled herself up, “I'm okay, Honey,” she said.

Susan was falling more ? since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a ? ? danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having ? ? ? of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked ?? ? .

　　One day, David's teacher announced? a ? ? ? homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an ? ? ? ," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children.

　　An idea ? ? ? David one evening. If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice. “What if I ? ? ? your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother.

　　“ ? ? ? the sharp end would scratch(劃破) floors,” Susan said.

　　“No, Mom, I ? ? make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off? the button and the ? ? ? returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father ? ? ? as Susan used it to walk 50 feet about the ? ? ? . Happily Susan cried out, “It ? ? ? !”

In July 1999, David was? ? ? national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate ? ? .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his cane is becoming well accepted.

1.A. Where??? ?? B.while? ?????? C.when?? ???? D. then

2.A. fell????????????? ???? ?? B. touched????????????? ??? C. lay????????????? ?????? D. dropped

3.A. stood by????????????? ??? B. rushed to????????????? ??? C. looked at????????????? ?? D. ran around

4.A. Firmly????????????? ??? B. Easily????? ????????????? C. Quickly????????????? ??? D. Shakily

5.A. slowly????????????? ??? B. frequently????????????? ??? C. freely????????????? ??????? D. heavily

6.A. hiding????????????? ??? B. certainly????????????? ??? C. possible????????????? ??? D. waiting

7.A. method????????????? ??? B. disease????????????? ??? C. trouble????????????? ??????? D. hope

8.A. few????????????? ??????? B. little????????????? ??????? C. much????????????? ??????? D. more

9.A. useful????????????? ??? B. strange????????????? ??? C. common????????????? ??? D. special

10.A. appearance????????????? B. invention????????????? ??? C. experience????????????? ??? D. experiment

11.A. reminded????????????? B. encouraged?? ????????????? C. occurred????????????? ??? D. hit

12.A. fastened????????????? B. stuck????????????? ??????? C. fixed????????????? ??????? D. tied

13.A. So????????????? ??? B. And????????????? ??????? C. For????????????? ??????? D. But

14.A. might????????????? ??? B. would????????????? ??????? C. did????????????? ??????? D. need

15.A. pen????????????? ??? B. hand????????????? ??????? C. cane????????????? ??????? D. nail

16.A. watched????????????? B. supported????????????? ??? C. noticed????????????? ??? D. helped

17.A. street????????????? ??? B. ice????????????? ??????? C. yard????????????? ????? ? D. square

18.A. works????????????? ??? B. operates????????????? ??? C. succeeds????????????? ??? D. helps

19.A. declared????????????? B. received????????????? ??? C. won????????????? ??????? D. praised

20.A. more slowly????????????? B. more carefully????????????? C. more clearly????????????? D. faster

 

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.A

19.A

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了大衛(wèi)在完成老師留的讓孩子想一個發(fā)明的家庭作業(yè)時(shí)，想起媽媽在冰上行走容易摔跤的事情，就發(fā)明出一種類似圓珠筆原理的手杖。最終他憑借此項(xiàng)發(fā)明成為“發(fā)明美國”贏家的故事。

1.考查連詞。 Where在哪；while當(dāng)...什么時(shí)候；when當(dāng)...什么時(shí)候；then然后。此處引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句，因此排除A、D兩項(xiàng)，while和when都能引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句，但while從句須用延續(xù)性動詞，且從句動作與主句動作同時(shí)發(fā)生，而when 從句謂語動詞可為延續(xù)性動詞或非延續(xù)性動詞，此處“滑倒”是非延續(xù)性動詞。故選C。

2.考查動詞。Fell落到；touched????????????? 接觸；lay躺；dropped下降。根據(jù)句意：她的臉第一次摔進(jìn)泥里。故選A。

3.考查詞組。stood by站在旁邊；rushed to火速趕往...；looked at看；ran around與異性交往。根據(jù)句意：大衛(wèi)沖到她身邊。故選B。

4.考查副詞。Firmly堅(jiān)定地；Easily容易地；Quickly迅速地；Shakily顫抖地。 根據(jù)常識可知摔倒后很疼，顫顫巍巍地站起來。故選D。

5.考查副詞。Slowly慢慢地；frequently頻繁地；freely自由地；heavily沉重地。根據(jù)句意：自從她走路困難后，蘇珊更頻繁地摔跤了。故選B。

6.考查形容詞。Hiding隱藏的；certainly當(dāng)然；possible可能的；waiting等待的。根據(jù)句意：每一寸的冰是一個可能的危險(xiǎn)。certainly是副詞，可排除。其余兩個不符合語境。故選C。

7.考查名詞。Method方法；disease弊��；trouble麻煩；hope希望。根據(jù)下文可知小男孩在講話上有問題，因此他自己也有麻煩。故選C。

8.考查副詞。 Few幾乎沒有；little很少；much非常；more更多。根據(jù)上文可知小男孩在講話上有問題，因此他在學(xué)校不怎么說話，一次C、D兩項(xiàng)排除。Few后面跟附屬可數(shù)名詞，是形容詞，此處用副詞。故選B。

9.考查形容詞。Useful有用的；strange奇怪的；common普通的；special特殊的。根據(jù)句意：一天,大衛(wèi)的老師宣布了一項(xiàng)特殊的作業(yè)。下文提到“美國發(fā)明”，一項(xiàng)鼓勵孩子發(fā)明創(chuàng)造的比賽，這是件特殊事情。故選D。

10.考查名詞。Appearance外貌；invention發(fā)明；experience經(jīng)驗(yàn)；experiment實(shí)驗(yàn)。根據(jù)下文提到“發(fā)明美國”，一項(xiàng)鼓勵孩子發(fā)明創(chuàng)造的比賽，因此這里是讓孩子們想出個發(fā)明來。故選B。

11.考查動詞。 Reminded提醒；encouraged鼓勵；occurred發(fā)生；hit被...想起。根據(jù)句意：一天晚上他有了個想法。故選D。

12.考查動詞。Fastened固定；stuck刺；fixed安裝；tied系。根據(jù)句意：如果我把釘子安裝在你的手杖底部會怎么樣。固定搭配Fix to 意思是把...安裝到...上。故選C。

13.考查連詞。So所以；And并且；For因?yàn)椋?/span>But但是。根據(jù)后面句意說會把地板劃壞的，可知雖然不會摔倒了，但會損壞地板，前后意思是相反的。故選D。

14.考查助動詞。 Might可能；would將會；did助動詞（構(gòu)成疑問句和否定句）；need需要。根據(jù)句意：不,媽媽,我將使它像一個圓珠筆。故選B。

15.考查名詞。Pen鋼筆；hand手；cane手杖；nail釘子。根據(jù)上文提到的要把釘子安裝到手杖底部，因此指是釘子。故選D。

16.考查動詞。Watched看；supported支持；noticed注意；helped幫助。根據(jù)句意：大衛(wèi)和他的父親看著蘇珊用它來走50英尺的冰。故選A。

17.考查名詞。Street街道；ice冰；yard院子；square廣場。根據(jù)上文可知大衛(wèi)是為了防止媽媽在冰上摔倒才有了這個發(fā)明，因此他看媽媽在冰上試著行走。故選B。

18.考查動詞。Works起作用了；operates操作；succeeds成功；helps幫助。根據(jù)上文提到蘇珊在冰上走沒有摔倒，可知這項(xiàng)發(fā)明起作用了。故選A。

19.考查動詞。declared????????????? 宣布；received收到；won贏；praised表揚(yáng)。根據(jù)句意：1999年7月,大衛(wèi)被宣布是“發(fā)明美國”的勝利者。故選A。

20.考查副詞比較級。more slowly更慢地；more carefully更小心地；more clearly更清晰地；faster更快。根據(jù)常識可知與人交流要求吐字要清楚，別人才能聽懂你在說什么。故選C。

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