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【題目】My father grew up in Oklahoma during the early years of the Great Depression. He was the only living child of a hardworking farmer and a____mother.When Dad completed the eighth grade, my grandfather believed his only son would work on the farm. My grandmother, however, understood the door that education could open even in____economic times. She persuaded grandfather to____Dad to finish high school.

Dad worked hard and completed high school at the age of 16. At last, grandpa was to have his wish. Dad would work on the farm, easing the economic and physical ____grandpa carried. But grandmother again begged grandpa to permit my father to go to college.

After____, grandpa made the most difficult decision of his lifetime. He walked to the chicken coop (雞籠子), where he did his____. Taking a shovel in his work-worn hands，grandpa dug up a jar that held all the family’s savings. He offered the jar and its precious____to Dad, saying, “Here boy, go and make something of yourself.”

Realizing that his family was sacrificing all their savings by in his education, Dad became a steward(管家) of those funds. He____his bachelor’s degree and then went on to the University of Oklahoma，where he graduated second in his____school class in 1936. Jobs were hard to come by when Dad graduated, so he opened his own practice and lived in a home with a dirt floor. He worked long hours, but I remember him____the great books he discovered in the course of his education with me.

Our family was changed by the long walk that grandpa took to the chicken coop. Education is more than an investment in our family. It is a treasure. I____my father to college and law school, and all of my children have also____ higher education. We have been transformed by a sacrifice made two generations ago by a loving. If grandfather had not been convinced by my persistent(固執(zhí)的) grandmother, he would not have made the____.

【1】A. beautiful B. devoted C. lazy D. curious

【2】A. tough B. great C. peaceful D. competitive

【3】A. permit B. take C. ask D. force

【4】A. pains B. troubles C. burdens D. activities

【5】A. graduation B. work C. reflection D. permission

【6】A. cooking B. cleaning C. farming D. banking

【7】A. books B. bills C. savings D. coins

【8】A. investing B. storing C. treasuring D. raising

【9】A. failed B. received C. offered D. needed

【10】A. maths B. educat C. economics D. law

【11】A. making B. writing C. protecting D. sharing

【12】A. joined B. followed C. advised D. accompanied

【13】A. sought B. insisted C. favored D. considered

【14】A. toughly B. kindly C. rudely D. fully

【15】A. sense B. use C. difference D. effect

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【4】C

【5】C

【6】D

【7】C

【8】A

【9】B

【10】D

【11】D

【12】B

【13】A

【14】D

【15】C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述作者的祖父母拿出自己所有的積蓄來讓作者的父親接受教育，從而改變了幾代人的人生的故事。

【1】考查形容詞辨析。從下文對祖母的描述可知，作者的祖母是一個全心全意為兒子奉獻的母親。選項A意為美麗的；選項B意為全心全意的；選項C意為懶惰的；選項D意為好奇的。故選擇B。

【2】考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段Realizing that his family was sacrificing all their savings可知作者父親當時家庭的條件并不好。所有本句句意為：我的祖母相信即使在經(jīng)濟困難的時期，教育也可以打開一扇門。選項A意為艱苦的；選項B意為偉大的；選項C意為和平的；選項D意為有競爭力的。根據(jù)句意，選擇A。

【3】考查動詞辨析。通過上文分析可知，作者祖母認為教育是有用的，以及But grandmother again begged grandpa to permit my father to go to college.故此處應(yīng)指她勸服祖母允許父親去完成高中的學業(yè)。故選擇A。

【4】考查名詞辨析。通過上文可知祖父在作者的父親讀完高中后就要求他回農(nóng)場工作。既然父親在農(nóng)場工作，那么相對應(yīng)的就是減輕了祖父所承受的經(jīng)濟和身體上的重擔。選項A意為痛苦；選項B意為麻煩；選項C意為負擔；選項D意為活動。故選擇C。

【5】考查名詞辨析。上文說祖母再次懇求祖父允許作者的父親繼續(xù)上大學。再根據(jù)下文祖父做出了這輩子最艱難的決定可知，祖父是在一番思考后才做出了這個決定。選項A意為畢業(yè)；選項B意為工作；選項C意為深思；選項D意為允許。故選擇C。

【6】考查動詞辨析。通過下文的grandpa dug up a jar that held all the family’s savings. 可知，祖父把一家的錢存放在這兒。故選擇D，構(gòu)成短語：do one’s banking,意為存錢。

【7】考查名詞辨析。此題為原詞重現(xiàn)。通過上下文的grandpa dug up a jar that held all the family’s savings. 以及Realizing that his family was sacrificing all their savings 可知，這個罐子里裝的是一家的積蓄。故選擇C。

【8】考查動詞辨析。通過上下文的描述可知，作者祖父母把所有錢拿出來給作者的父親讀書，以及下文的Education is more than an investment in our family也就是說他們把所有的積蓄用來投資父親的教育。選項A意為投資；選項B意為存儲；選項C意為珍視；選項D意為提高。根據(jù)句意選擇A。

【9】考查動詞辨析。通過下文的and then went on to the University of Oklahoma可知父親又繼續(xù)去大學念書，那么此空就是指拿到學士學位。選項A意為失��；選項B意為得到；選項C意為提供；選項D意為需要。根據(jù)句意，選擇B。

【10】考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)最后一段的my father to college and law school可知，父親當時上的是法律學校。故選擇D。

【11】考查動詞辨析。本句要特別注意下文的with me，所以所填詞必須要構(gòu)成...with sb的結(jié)構(gòu)。選項A意為制作；選項B意為寫作；選項C意為保護；選項D意為分享。四個選項只有選項D最符合這個要求。句意為：雖然作者的父親工作繁忙，但他仍與作者分享他在接受教育的過程中發(fā)現(xiàn)的經(jīng)典的書。

【12】考查動詞辨析。通過本段第一句Our family was changed by the long walk that grandpa took to the chicken coop.以及下文的all of my children have also___ higher education可知，父親得到教育改變了我們整個家庭。所以作者本人也像他的父親一樣上了大學，學了法律。選項A意為加入；選項B意為追隨；選項C意為建議；選項D意為伴隨。根據(jù)句意，選擇B。

【13】考查動詞辨析。通過上文可知，作者的孩子也追求更高的教育。選項A意為追求；選項B意為堅持；選項C意為贊同；選項D意為認為，考慮。根據(jù)句意，選擇A。

【14】考查副詞辨析。根據(jù)上文可知，祖父是被祖母勸服的。選項A意為大略地；選項B意為友善地；選項C意為粗魯?shù)�；選項D意為完全地。根據(jù)句意，選擇D。

【15】考查名詞辨析。本句考查了短語：make the difference，意為使大不相同，起了關(guān)鍵作用。故選擇C。