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. becauseB. soC. butD. though

　　2.A. cleverB. had C. slow D. quick

　　3.A. asked B. decidedC. 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. rememberedC. understoodD. guessed

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

　　15.A. read B. work C. teach D. show

　　學(xué)而思名師點(diǎn)評(píng)

　　本文介紹了美國(guó)一位平凡的母親親身教子的故事，父母是孩子的第一位教師，他們的一言一行深深地影響到孩子的成長(zhǎng)和成材。文中的這位母親通過自己的努力，使得智商不高的兒子成為棟梁之材，不能不使人沉思。

　　答案簡(jiǎn)析

　　1. A。從句意看應(yīng)是因果關(guān)系， 所以用because。

　　2.C.大家嘲笑Ben，顯然是因?yàn)樗�反�?yīng)比較遲鈍，四個(gè)選項(xiàng)只有C 符合題義。

　　3.C.從后面的一段話中，我們不難得知是她決定親自指導(dǎo)她的兒子，故選B 。

　　4.C.母親叫他到圖書館讀什么，我們從后面“Ben had knew it from doing one of his book…”可知是book。

　　5. A。在課堂上。

　　6. D。從上文可知老師讓他發(fā)言。

　　7. D。我們可知Ben 舉手想回答老師的提問，而他一向遲鈍， 這很反常。答案可知是D。

　　8. C。從Ben的回答中我們可知他懂得一些關(guān)于那塊石頭的事，故選C。

　　9. C。從句意看， 選C 最合適，意為“他還知道老師是在哪兒找到它的”。

　　10.B.Ben的回答當(dāng)然讓大家很吃驚，故選B。

　　11.D.從上文可知Ben讀的是report。

　　12.A.從后面Ben的表現(xiàn)可知，他應(yīng)當(dāng)成績(jī)很好了，在班上遙遙領(lǐng)先。

　　13.A.本題關(guān)鍵在于考查learn和understand 的區(qū)別，兩個(gè)詞的意思分別是“得知”和“理解”的意思，故選learn比較合適。

　　14.B.作為一個(gè)小孩，他所不知道的一些事實(shí)。

　　15.A.最后一句話道出事情的真相，所以選A。

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