Question

【题目】 Choose the best answer and complete the passage（选择最恰当的选项完成短文）：

Tom is a four - year - old child. He is studying at college because he is too intelligent for school. Tom has computer lessons at the West London Institute. He ______ well before he was one year old. When he was eighteen months old, he took telephone messages for his parents. At the age of two, he began to learn French. The strange thing about Tom is that he taught himself to read even ______ he could speak. His father said, "We were so surprised that he could read so soon. And he ______ my spelling if I made mistakes."

When Tom went to school, his teachers just gave him pictures to colour and toys to play with and didn't have time to prepare special lessons for him. Tom tried two different schools, but he was ______ and unhappy. Then his parents decided that he couldn’t stay at a/an ______ school, but they had no idea what to ______ him. Then the West London Institute offered to help. Tom spends some of his time there, and also studies at home. Now he reads newspapers every day, and he can play the violin very well. His father said, “ Tom is our life. He is a clever child and we want to help him in every way."

【1】A.dancedB.ateC.spokeD.slept

【2】A.beforeB.afterC.unlessD.but

【3】A.learnedB.correctedC.laughedD.stared

【4】A.boredB.boringC.excitedD.exciting

【5】A.ordinaryB.expensiveC.specialD.nearby

【6】A.deal withB.argue withC.play withD.do with

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】A

【5】A

【6】D

【解析】

本文讲述了聪明的汤姆，他四岁上大学，汤姆在西伦敦学院学习计算机课程。汤姆有些时间在西伦敦学院，有时在家里学习。现在他每天看报纸，他的小提琴拉得很好。他父亲希望尽一切努力去帮助他。

【1】句意：他不到一岁就讲得很好了。

danced跳舞；ate吃；spoke讲话；slept睡觉；根据“He ___1___ well before he was one year old. ”他不到一岁就 很好了，后文是18个月就可以给他父母电话留言，所以此处应是讲话，故选C。

【2】句意：汤姆的奇怪之处在于，他甚至在会说话之前就自学了阅读。

before在……之前；after在……之后；unless除非；but但是；分析句子“The strange thing about Tom is that he taught himself to read even ___2___ he could speak.”正常一般人是先说话，再看书学习，此处说是奇怪的事情，所以是甚至说话之前就会自学，故选A。

【3】句意：如果我写错了，他会纠正我的拼写错误。

learned学习；corrected修正，纠正；laughed笑；stared开始；根据分析句子“And he ___3___ my spelling if I made mistakes”如果我写错了，他会 我的拼写错误。此处应该是纠正错误，故选B。

【4】句意：汤姆尝试了两所不同的学校，但他感到无聊和不快乐。

bored感到无聊的；boring无聊的；excited感到激动的；exciting令人激动的；根据“ Tom tried two different schools, but he was ___4___ and unhappy”汤姆尝试了两所不同的学校，但他感到 和不快乐，此处应该是无聊，因为-ed形容词修饰人，故选A。

【5】句意：然后他的父母决定他不能留在一所普通的学校。

ordinary普通；expensive昂贵 ；special特殊；nearby附近；根据前文他很聪明，他尝试了两所学校，感觉不开心，所以普通的学校已经不适合他，故选A。

【6】句意：但是他们不知道该拿他怎么办。

deal with处理；argue with争吵；play with玩耍；do with处理；根据what to do with =how to deal with表示“怎么处理”，根据句中有“what to”，故选D。