An amazing teacher

Years ago a John Hopkins professor gave a group of graduate students this task: Go to the slums（貧民窟）. Took 200 boys, between the ages of 12 and 16, and 31  their background and environment, then 32  their chances for the future.

The students, after consulting social statistics, talking to the boys, and collecting much data， concluded that 90 percent of the boys would 33  some time in prison.

Twenty-five years later 34  group of graduate students was given the job of 35  the prediction. They went back to the same area. Some of the boys---by then 36 ---were still there, a few had died, some had moved away, but they got in touch with 180 of the 37 200.They found that only four of the group had ever been sent to 38 .

Why was it that these men, who had lived in a breeding place of crime, had such a surprisingly good record? The researchers were 39  told,“Well, there was a teacher…”

They pressed（追問）further, and found that in 75 percent of the cases it was the same woman. The researchers went to this teacher, now living in a home for retired teachers. How had she had this brilliant 40  on that group of children? Could she give them any reason why these boys should have remembered her?

“No,” she said,“No，I really couldn’t.”And then， thinking back 41  the years, she said musingly（沉思地）,42  to herself than to her questioners,“Ｉloved those boys…”

1.                A．look into        B．make up        C．show up D．result in

 

2.                A．control         B．a(chǎn)rrange         C．desert    D．predict

 

3.                A．cost           B．spend          C．take D．waste

 

4.                A．others          B．the other       C．a(chǎn)nother   D．other

 

5.                A．cursing         B．convincing       C．a(chǎn)pplying D．testing

 

6.                A．teachers        B．students        C．men D．professors

 

7.                A．native          B．rare            C．recorded D．discouraged

 

8.                A．slums          B．society         C．prison    D．school

 

9.                A．continually      B．optimistically     C．curiously  D．officially

 

10.               A．reflection       B．harmony        C．effect D．existence

 

11.               A．before         B．a(chǎn)fter           C．in    D．over.

 

12.               A．less            B．more          C．better     D．worse

 

 

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.C

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了教授給研究生布置的任務(wù)是調(diào)查在貧民窟生活的200個男孩的家庭背景，并預(yù)測他們的未來。本文給我們的啟示是：愛可以創(chuàng)造奇跡。一位女教師的愛感化了她的學(xué)生，影響那些在貧民窟的男孩有積極的人生態(tài)度。

1.考查詞組：A. look into調(diào)查B. make up組成，編造C. show up出現(xiàn)D. result in結(jié)果，導(dǎo)致，教授給研究生布置的任務(wù)是調(diào)查在貧民窟生活的200個男孩的家庭背景，選A。

2.考查動詞：A. control控制B. arrange安排C. desert沙漠D. predict預(yù)測，預(yù)測他們的未來，選D。

3.考查動詞：A. cost花費B. spend 花費，度過，C. take 帶走，花費 D. waste浪費，總結(jié)說有90%的男孩要在監(jiān)獄度過。選B。

4.考查代詞：A. others泛指其他人B. the other特指：另一個C. another 泛指，另一個 D. other泛指，其他，后面要接名詞，表示另一群學(xué)生被給了檢測這個預(yù)言的任務(wù)。選C。

5.考查動詞：A. cursing詛咒B. convincing使…相信C. applying應(yīng)用D. testing檢驗，解析同上一題。選D。

6.考查名詞：A. teachers老師B. students 學(xué)生C. men男子D. professors教授，當(dāng)時的男孩現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)成了男人。選C。

7.考查形容詞：A. native當(dāng)?shù)氐模珺. rare罕見的，C. recorded記錄的 D. discouraged泄氣的，表示當(dāng)時記錄的200個里面的180個。選C。

8.考查名詞：A. slums平民窟B. society社會C. prison監(jiān)獄D. school學(xué)校，上文說這些男孩90%要進監(jiān)獄，現(xiàn)在只有20個進過監(jiān)獄。選C。

9.考查副詞：A. continually連續(xù)的，B. optimistically樂觀的C. curiously 好奇地， D. officially官方的，研究者被連續(xù)的問及。選A。

10.考查名詞：A. reflection反映B. harmony和諧C. effect影響D. existence存在，她怎么會對這群孩子有這么大的影響呢？選C。

11.考查連詞：A. before在…前面B. after在…后面C. in在…里面D. over.結(jié)束，經(jīng)過一段時間，回顧這么多年以來。選D。

12.考查形容詞的比較級：A. less更少B. more更多C. better更好D. worse更糟，

詞組：more…than…與其是…不如是…，與其是和研究者說話不如說是自言自語。選B。

考點：考查故事類短文

點評：故事類題材是一直高考的重點內(nèi)容，本文講述對200名生活在貧民窟的男孩的生活進行追蹤調(diào)查的故事，趣味性強，難度適中，非常切合高考閱讀取材。解答推理判斷類試題時，要從文中找到設(shè)題的句子或段落，在四個選項中找到與原句意思相符的陳述。

 

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