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【題目】When I was in high school, I didn’t know anything about engineering. At that time, when the car I drove needed repairing, I was afraid to take it to the . Because honestly, the mechanic could have me an electric can opener and said, “This is part of your car and it’s -----pay me to fix it.” Then I wouldn’t have known any better.

At the end of my junior year of high school, I heard about a summer program to interest girls in engineering. The six-week program was free, and students were college credits and a dorm room at the University of Maryland. I applied to the program, not because I wanted to be an engineer, but because I was looking forward to and wanted to stay away from my parents for six weeks.

I was accepted to the program and I earned six engineering credits. The next year I entered the university as an engineering student. Five years later I had a degree and three good job offers.

I can’t help shaking I hear about studies that show women are when it comes to math. They imply that I am a little stupid. I’m not, but I know that if I hadn’t met with that summer program, I wouldn’t be an engineer.

When I was growing up, I was told, as many students were, to do what I was best at. But I didn’t know what that was. Most people think that when you are something, it comes easily to you. But this is what I discovered: just because a subject is to learn, it does not mean you are not good at it. You just have to grit your teeth and work hard to get good at it. Once you do, there’s good that you will enjoy it more than anything else.

【1】A. engineer B. salesman C. factory D. mechanic

【2】A. shown B. given C. brought D. taken

【3】A. old B. broken C. fixed D. dirtied

【4】A. designed B. performed C. controlled D. described

【5】A. sent B. afforded C. offered D. awarded

【6】A. independence B. success C. happiness D. beauty

【7】A. until B. when C. since D. before

【8】A. at a disadvantageB. at a loss C. in a trap D. in a shock

【9】A. never B. do C. hardly D. nearly

【10】A. good at B. bad at C. interested in D. devoted to

【11】A. easy B. funny C. difficult D. interesting

【12】A. will B. feeling C. desire D. chance

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【6】A

【7】B

【8】A

【9】B

【10】A

【11】C

【12】D

【解析】

試題分析：在上中學(xué)時，我對機械一無所知，車壞了只能去找機修工。我參加的一個暑假班改變了這一切，也讓我成為機械專業(yè)的大學(xué)生。

【1】D 考查名詞。A. engineer 發(fā)動機；B. salesman 推銷員；C. factory 工廠；D. mechanic技工，機修工；根據(jù)常識，車壞了需要修理要找機修工，故選D。

【2】A 考查動詞A. shown 展示，出示；B. given 給；C. brought 帶來；D. taken 拿走；機修工就會拿出一個電動開罐器給我看，show符合語境，故選A。

【3】B 考查形容詞。 A. old 舊的，老的；B. broken 破損的，出故障的； C. fixed 固定的； D. dirtied 臟的；機修工對我說：“這是你的汽車的一部分，它壞了，給我錢，我修修。”broken符合語境，上文的“when the car I drove needed repairing,”也是提示，故選B。

【4】A 考查形容詞。A. designed 被設(shè)計好的，目的是，旨在；B. performed 被表現(xiàn)的； C. controlled 被控制的；D. described 被描述的；本處用designed to作定語修飾名詞a summer program 表示“一個旨在讓女生對機械感興趣的培訓(xùn)項目”，故選A。

【5】C 考查動詞。A. sent 送，郵寄；B. afforded 負擔(dān)得起；C. offered 提供；D. awarded 獎勵；根據(jù)語境可知這個為期六周的培訓(xùn)項目是免費的，學(xué)生們被提供大學(xué)的學(xué)分和一間宿舍，offer sb. sth.給某人提供某物，故選C。

【6】A 考查名詞。A. independence 獨立；B. success成功；C. happiness幸福，開心；D. beauty 美貌，美；我申請這個培訓(xùn)項目不是想成為工程師，而是渴望獨立，想擺脫父母六周，故選A。

【7】B 考查連詞。A. until 直到；B. when 當(dāng)……時；C. since 自從；D. before 在……之前；當(dāng)我聽到一些對女性不利的課程時，我禁不住渾身發(fā)抖，when符合語境，故選B。

【8】A 考查介詞短語。A. at a disadvantage 處于不利地位； B. at a loss 混亂； C. in a trap處在困境中；D. in a shock震驚；根據(jù)常識，數(shù)學(xué)等理科學(xué)科對女生來說是不利的，故選A。

【9】B 考查副詞。A. never 從不；B. do 助動詞，強調(diào)謂語，的確；C. hardly幾乎不；D. nearly將近；根據(jù)語境“但是我的確明白，要不是那個暑期培訓(xùn)項目，我就不會成為工程師”可知此處用助動詞do強調(diào)謂語動詞know，故選B。

【10】A 考查形容詞短語。 A. good at 擅長，某方面做得好；B. bad at某方面糟糕； C. interested in對……感興趣的；D. devoted to致力于，貢獻；多數(shù)人認為，當(dāng)你擅長某事時，它就很容易，be good at 符合語境，故選A。

【11】C 考查形容詞。A. easy 容易的；B. funny 滑稽可笑的；C. difficult 困難的；D. interesting有趣的；通過我的經(jīng)歷，我發(fā)現(xiàn)，一門課程難學(xué)，并不意味著你學(xué)不好它，故選C。

【12】D 考查名詞。A. will 意愿；B. feeling 感覺，情感；C. desire 渴望， 欲望；D. chance機遇，機會；一旦你刻苦學(xué)習(xí)這門課程，你就有好機會享受到它的樂趣，chance符合語境，故選D。