中考英语完形填空：一位美国母亲的教子故事

There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, 1 he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made joked about him because he seemed so 2 .

The mother 3 that she herself would have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a 4 a week and do a report about it for her.

One day, in Ben’s 5 , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him 6 . Why did Ben raise his hand? They wondered. He 7 said anything, what could he possibly want to say?

Well, Ben not only 8 the rock; he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew 9 the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were 10 . Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book 11 .

Ben later went to the 12 of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.

After Ben grew up, he 13 something about his mother that he did not know as a 14 .

She, herself, had never learned how to 15 .

1. A. because B. so C. but D. though

2. A. clever B. had C. slow D. quick

3. A. asked B. decided C. forgot D. heard

4. A. notice B. message C. book D. question

5. A. class B. room C. office D. lab

6. A. think B. leave C. stand D. speak

7. A. always B. even C. quickly D. never

8. A. found B. played C. knew D. threw

9. A. whether B. when C. where D. why

10. A. afraid B. surprised C. worried D. unhappy

11. A. pictures B. exercises C. shops D. reports

12. A. top B. end C. back D. side

13. A. learned B. remembered C. understood D. guessed

14. A. doctor B. child C. student D. teacher

15. A. read B. work C. teach D. show

教师点评

本文介绍了美国一位平凡的母亲亲身教子的故事，父母是孩子的第一位教师，他们的一言一行深深地影响到孩子的成长和成材。文中的这位母亲通过自己的努力，使得智商不高的儿子成为栋梁之材，不能不使人沉思。

答案简析：

1. A。从句意看应是因果关系, 所以用because。

2.C.大家嘲笑Ben，显然是因为他反应比较迟钝，四个选项只有C 符合题义。

3.C.从后面的一段话中，我们不难得知是她决定亲自指导她的儿子，故选B 。

4.C.母亲叫他到图书馆读什么，我们从后面“Ben had knew it from doing one of his book…”可知是book。

5. A。在课堂上。

6. D。从上文可知老师让他发言。

7. D。我们可知Ben 举手想回答老师的提问，而他一向迟钝, 这很反常。答案可知是D。

8. C。从Ben的回答中我们可知他懂得一些关于那块石头的事，故选C。

9. C。从句意看, 选C 最合适，意为“他还知道老师是在哪儿找到它的”。

10.B.Ben的回答当然让大家很吃惊，故选B。

11.D.从上文可知Ben读的是report。

12.A.从后面Ben的表现可知，他应当成绩很好了，在班上遥遥领先。

13.A.本题关键在于考查learn和understand 的区别，两个词的意思分别是“得知”和“理解”的意思，故选learn比较合适。

14.B.作为一个小孩，他所不知道的一些事实。

15.A.最后一句话道出事情的真相，所以选A。