Question

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When I was a young girl growing up in Russia,I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could do this was to work in the brick (砖) factory in my town,16 get married to someone.

I was very 17 when I told my father I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say ,“No!You are going to college. ” He surprised me when he said, “OK. Let's go to the brick factory. ”

Two days 18,he took me to the factory.

When we 19 at the factory gate,my father spoke to the guard (nH) and one minute later we were inside. My father said, “ 20 your time. Look around. ” I walked around the factory looking at the building,the workers,and listening to the 21 .

It was terrible. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home. ”

He asked me ,“ 22 do you think of the factory?”

“It's horrible (可怕的) ，” I replied.

“And marriage is even 23！” he said.

I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard so I could 24 into a good college. I 25 studying English so I decided to learn languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the brick factory,I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me.

16. A. when   B. but

   C. or   D. after

17. A. nervous   B. excited

   C. happy   D. angry

18. A. before   B. away

   C. late   D. later

19. A. reached   B. arrived

   C. got   D. came

20. A. Lose   B. Cost

   C. Take   D. Waste

21. A. voice   B. noise

   C. music   D. song

22. A. What   B. Which

   C. How   D. Why

23. A. better   B. more

   C. worse   D. less

24. A. join   B. get

   C. study   D. stay

25. A. enjoyed   B. hated

   C. disliked   D. interested

Answer 1

16.C 17. A 18. D 19. B 20. C 21. B 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. A

U. 16.C “to work in the brick (砖) factory in my town”与“get married to someone”之间是选 择关系。

17. A句意：当我告诉父亲我想辍学时，我很 紧张。

18. D 19. B arrive意为“到达”，后面跟i_n/_at,再接地 点，此处表示“我们到达工厂大门工厂大 门”为小地点，介词用at。

20. C根据下文‘‘我环顾工厂”可知此处表示 “利用你的时间，看看吧”。

21. B根据下文“It was terrible."可知此处表 示“听到噪声”。

22. A根据答语“It's horrible ”可知此处表不“你认为这家工厂怎么样”，“What do you think of... ?”意为“你认为......怎么样？”

23. C根据上文对工厂的描述可知，此处表示

“结婚更糟糕”。

24. B

25. A根据下文“我决定在大学学习语言”可 知，此处表示“我喜欢学习英语”。