五、完形填空。
A woman in the USA has a son. His name is Ben. She is worried about
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because he is not doing well in school. Boys in his class often play jokes on him because he seems so
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. The mother decides to help her son to do something
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in school. She tells him to go to the Public Library to
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a book every week and do a book report for her.
One day, in Ben's class, the teacher picks up a rock and asks if(是否)
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knows it. Ben puts up his hand and the teacher lets him
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. “Why does Ben raise his hand?” all of his
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whisper and wonder. “He
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says anything. What does he want to say?” To their surprise(惊讶), Ben
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a lot about the rock. He can name other rocks in its group and even knows
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the teacher finds it. The teacher and the
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students are surprised. Ben learns this from doing one of his
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reports.
Later, Ben becomes the
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student of his class. When he finishes high school, he goes to Yale University and at last
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one of the best doctors in the United States.
After Ben grows up, he knows something about his mother that he doesn't know as a
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. His mother never learns how to read.
(
A
)1. A. him B. her C. it D. me
(
B
)2. A. clever B. slow C. modern D. quick
(
D
)3. A. bad B. badly C. slowly D. good
(
A
)4. A. read B. see C. watch D. look
(
C
)5. A. anything B. nothing C. anybody D. nobody
(
B
)6. A. ask B. answer C. leave D. think
(
C
)7. A. students B. teachers C. classmates D. friends
(
D
)8. A. always B. usually C. sometimes D. never
(
B
)9. A. calls B. knows C. asks D. listens
(
D
)10. A. who B. what C. why D. where
(
C
)11. A. others B. another C. other D. else
(
D
)12. A. study B. English C. picture D. book
(
A
)13. A. best B. last C. poor D. rich
(
A
)14. A. becomes B. finishes C. helps D. gets
(
D
)15. A. father B. doctor C. teacher D. child
