Question

   It was a lovely spring afternoon. My classmates and I were playing happily on the playground when I let out a cry,u Ow!n Ow!Something in my shoe is biting me." Everyone was shocked by the cry.They took me into a classroom and were about to take off my 1   .“Which foot is it?”one asked.“Let us have a look."

   Suddenly,I remembered the holes in 2  socks. My family was very poor during those years.I wore welfare socks,which cost only a little,but those 3  welfare socks didn't last long.They soon had 4  at the bottom.

   I refused to take off my shoe.I 5   stand others seeing the holes in my sock.I tried to hold back my tears. Yet,each time the thing 6  my shoe bit me,tears raced down my face.

   My teacher,Miss Diane,hurried into the 7  .“What's wrong? ”she asked.

“ Something is biting her right foot,8  she doesn’t let us take off her shoe”’one of my classmates answered.

   Miss Diane lived next door to me. She 9   everything about my family. She put both hands on my shaking shoulders and 10  into my painful and hopeless eyes.

   “Oh,yes,it must be a sock-eating ant”.she said,as if she had 11  seen the thing inside the shoe.“I had a bite from one of those ants.By the time I got my shoe off,it had 12  almost the whole bottom off my sock."My classmates nodded while they were listening to the teacher 13  , although they all looked a little puzzled.

   Miss Diane took off my right shoe and sock and shook them over the dustbin.Two red ants 14  it.

   “Just what I thought. The ants have eaten part of her sock."When she stroked an alcohol cotton ball on the bites,she added ,“ You are such a 15   girl to take so many bites."

   The alcohol felt cool on the bites and a little girl's pride was saved by the “sock-eating ant” story.

1. A. shoe   B. shirt   C. hat   D. coat

2. A. his   B. her   C. my   D. your

3. A. free   B. wet   C. dirty   D. cheap

4. A. holes   B. boxes   C. stones   D. pockets

5. A. could   B. couldn’t   C. must   D. mustn't

6. A. on   B. near   C. under   D. in

7. A. office   B. playground   C. classroom   D. toilet

8. A. because   B. but   C. or   D. so

9. A. knew   B. forgot   C. taught   D. borrowed

10. A. looked   B. dropped   C. ran   D. got

11. A. hardly   B. already   C. still   D. only

12. A. turned   B. put   C. taken   D. eaten

13. A. angrily   B. sadly   C. carefully   D. happily

14. A .lived on   B. fell into   C. went over   D. turned to

15. A. lucky   B. friendly   C. brave   D. clever

Answer 1

1. A 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. A 12. D 13. C 14. B 15. C

[语篇解读]本文主要讲述了一个小女孩由于家里贫困，

只能穿带洞的袜子。当鞋里有东西咬她的时候，碍于面子不愿让同学们脱鞋查看。一位挨着她家住的老师了解她家的情况。

她告诉大家她以前被红蚂蚁咬过的经历。蚂蚁将她的袜子底部几乎全部咬掉了。老师用这种方法保护了小女孩的自尊心。

1. A 根据 Something in my shoe is biting me.可知答案，作者的 同学要把她的鞋脱掉检查一下。故正确答案为A.

2. C句意:突然，我记起我袜子上的洞。根据语境和主语可以判断答案为C项。

3. D我穿的是社会救济的廉价的袜子，但那些便宜的袜子不 能穿很长时间。由前面的定语从句“which cost only a little” 可知那些袜子非常便宜。故正确答案为D选项。

4. A 由“those cheap welfare socks didn't last long” 可知很快作 者的袜子底部就破了。故正确答案为A选项。

5. B本题考查固定搭配。

couldn’t stand sb. doing sth.不能容忍 某人做某事。根据语境可知作者拒绝脱鞋的原因是不能容忍 其他人看到她袜子上的洞。故正确答案为B选项。

6. D本题考查介词的辨析。：in my shoe在我的鞋里。故正确 答案为D选项。

7. C 由上文“They took me into a classroom”可知“我”的老师急 忙走进教室。故正确答案为C选项。

8. B句意:我的一个同学回答:“有东西在咬她的右脚，但是她 不让我们给她脱鞋。”本题考查的是表转折的连词but。故正 确答案为B选项。

9. A 由前一句“ Miss Diane lived next door to me." 可知老师和 作者是邻居。所以她知道关于作者家庭的一切。故正确答案 为A选项。

10. A句意:她把双手放在我颤抖的肩上，看着我痛苦和绝望 的双眼。

look into one's eyes凝视某人的双眼。故正确答案 为A选项。

11 .B already意为“已经，早已”，符合上下文语境。

12. D文章中几次出现了 bite (咬) 这个单词的不同形式，反复 强调某物咬了某人。所以此处要选择同义词eaten。故正确 答案为D项。

13. C listen to sb. carefully意为“认真听某人说”。故正确答案 为C选项。

14. B句意:两只红蚂蚁掉进了垃圾箱。本题考查动词短语辨析。

live on 靠 为生;fall into 掉落;go over 检査;turn to

转向，求助于。本句强调的是蚂蚁掉落的动作。故正确答案 为B选项。

15. C本题考查形容词辨析。根据语境可知作者的老师在表 扬作者勇敢。故正确答案为C选项。