Question

Lilly was a French Canadian girl who grew up in the farming community.When she was 16，her father____her to drop out of school to contribute to the family income.With English as her second language and____education，the____didn’t look bright for Lilly.

Lilly’s father was a stubborn man who____took “no” for an answer.He____Lilly to find a job.With small hope of gaining____，each day she would just ride to the city，walk____about and return home at dusk.

On one of her____，Lilly saw a sign at a big company.__ __，she knocked on the very first door.In her____English，Lilly told the office manager she was interested in the secretarial position.The manager ____to give the girl a chance.He directed her to type a letter，and then____.Lilly looked at the clock and saw it was 11∶40 am.She thought everyone would be leaving for____at noon，when she could____away in the crowd.But she knew she should____the letter.

On her first try，Lilly____one line of five words and made four mistakes.On her second attempt，she completed a full paragraph，but still made many mistakes.She looked at the clock：11∶55—five minutes to____.Just then the manager walked in.He came directly to Lilly，read the letter and said，“Lilly，you’re doing____work！”

With those simple words of encouragement，her desire to escape disappeared and her____began to grow.Lilly thought，“Well，if he thinks it’s good，then it must be good.I think I’ll stay！” Lilly did stay—all because someone had given a____and uncertain girl the gift of self?confidence when she knocked on the door.

1.A.reminded B．forced C．encouraged D．helped

2.A.poor B．formal C．good D．modern

3.A.advice B．promise C．future D．change

4.A.always B．usually C．sometimes D．rarely

5.A.warned B．told C．a(chǎn)llowed D．begged

6.A.employment B．experience C．judgment D．independence

7.A.carefully B．happily C．a(chǎn)imlessly D．rapidly

8.A.steps B．trips C．purposes D．choices

9.A.Bravely B．Proudly C．Calmly D．Cautiously

10.A.broken B．perfect C．written D．fluent

11.A.refused B．decided C．pretended D．failed

12.A.stopped B．continued C．left D．sighed

13.A.lunch B．life C．fun D．luck

14.A.break B．slip C．pass D．drive

15.A.read B．write C．a(chǎn)ttempt D．deliver

16.A.went over B．picked up C．gave away D．got through

17.A.freedom B．success C．discussion D．reward

18.A.terrible B．excellent C．honest D．easy

19.A.belief B．patience C．confidence D．strength

20.A.shy B．lonely C．selfless D．modest

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】文章大意：Lilly到一家公司求職，面試時(shí)她本來打算放棄，后來因?yàn)榻?jīng)理給予的鼓勵(lì)和自信而被成功錄用了。

1.小題1】當(dāng)她16歲時(shí)，她的父親強(qiáng)迫(forced)她輟學(xué)來為家里賺錢。

2.由上文的“drop out of school”可知她沒有受到良好的教育。poor不佳的，差的，符合語境。

3.既然英語是她的第二語言，且她所受的教育不好，根據(jù)常識(shí)可判斷她的前途(future)不是很光明。

4.Lilly的父親是一個(gè)固執(zhí)的人，他幾乎不允許孩子說半個(gè)“不”字。rarely很少，難得，符合語境。

5.他吩咐(told) Lilly去找一份工作。

6.由上文Lilly找工作可知，應(yīng)選employment雇用。

7.每天她都騎車到市里，漫無目的地(aimlessly)四處走走，黃昏的時(shí)候回家。

8.此處選trips指找工作的旅程。

9.此處指她敲門時(shí)的忐忑心情。Cautiously小心地，謹(jǐn)慎地，符合語境。

10.broken English蹩腳的英語，是固定用法。第一段提到的“English as her second language and____education”是線索提示。

11.由下文的“He directed her to type a letter”可知，他決定(decided)給Lilly一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)。

12.他指示她打一封信，然后就離開(left)了。

13.由上文的時(shí)間11∶40 am以及下文的at noon可知，她想人人都會(huì)在中午去吃午餐(lunch)，到時(shí)她就可以混在人群中溜掉。

14.參見上題解析。slip away溜出去，悄悄離開。

15.但她知道她應(yīng)該嘗試(去打)那封信。attempt嘗試，符合語境。

16.get through完成，符合語境。下文中的completed(完成)是線索提示

17.還有五分鐘就自由(freedom)了，此處表示她想逃離的心情。

18.由下文的“simple words of encouragement”可知，此處為表揚(yáng)的話語。故選excellent。

19.聽到這些簡(jiǎn)單的鼓勵(lì)的話語，她想逃離的愿望消失了，而且自信心(confidence)開始增強(qiáng)。

20.由上文的“她小心翼翼地敲門”可知，她是一個(gè)害羞的(shy)女孩。