One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16,I liked ____ better than driving our truck,____ this time I was not happy. My father had told me I’d have to ask for credit(赊账) at the store. Sixteen is a ____age,when a young man wants respect,not charity. It was 1976,and the ugly ___ of racial discrimination was ____ a fact of life. I’d seen my friends ask for credit and then stand,head down,while the store owner ___ whether they were “good for it.” I knew black youths just like me who were ___ like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery. My family was ___.We paid our debts. But before harvest,cash was short. Would the store owner ____ us? At Davis’s store,Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk,talking to a farmer. I nodded ____ I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my ____ to the cash desk,I said ____,“I need to put this on credit.” The farmer gave me an amused,distrustful ___.But Buck’s face didn’t change. “Sure,” he said ___.“Your daddy is ___ good for it.” He ___ to the other man. “This here is one of James Williams’s sons.” The farmer nodded in a neighborly __.I was filled with pride. James Williams’s son. Those three words had opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust. That day I discovered that the good name my parents had ____ brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors. Everyone knew what to ___ from a Williams: a decent person who kept his word and respected himself ____ much to do wrong.
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:C
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:D
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:C
小题17:B
小题18:A
小题19:B
小题20:D
题目分析:文章大意:本文讲述了16岁时那年,“我”遵父亲之命到商店买电线时所亲身体验的一件事情。作为黑人的我深深地感到社会上存在着种族歧视现象,因为我曾目睹我的朋友在赊账时受到老板的冷眼相待,但幸运的是,老板却爽快地答应了,因为我是James Williams的儿子。那件事使我明白了:正是父母的诚实、正直才赢得了老板和邻居们的尊敬。
小题1:B。逻辑推理题。根据下文 “_ 37_ this time I was not happy.”可知,作者平常很喜欢开车。nothing better than意思为“没有什么能比得上”,比较级表示最高级的含义。本句的意思为“十六岁的我最喜欢开车”。比较级表示最高级含义的例句: We couldn't have had worse news. 我们不可能有更坏的消息了。How beautiful she sings! I have never heard a better voice.她唱得多好听!我从来未听过这么美妙的嗓音。
小题2:C。逻辑推理题。上文中 “liked”与 “not happy” 构成转折关系 连词要用but。
小题3:A。形容词词义辨析。本句是由when引导的非限制性定语从句 对先行词a _3_age进一步补充说明。因此,此处所填的形容词应与 “when a young man wants respect not charity” 所表达的意思相同。 prideful“自豪的、傲慢的”,符合题意。这也与下文中的 “I was filled with pride” 相吻合。选项C的干扰性很大 respectful意思为 “尊重的,尊敬的 ( 向别人)表示尊敬的(feeling or showing respect)”.
小题4:B。考察背景知识与名词含义。racial discrimination:种族歧视,由此可知故事应发生在美国。20世纪60年代,在马丁.路德金领导了民权运动(The Civil Rights Movement)之后,黑人的权益逐渐改善,但种族歧视的残余依然存在。由下一句可知:黑人依然受歧视,也就是种族歧视的可怕的阴影(或残余)仍然是黑人必须面对的事实。shadow的意思为“阴影,阴暗面;影响。” intention:目的;shadow:阴影;habit:习惯;faith:信任。
小题5:C。副词词义辨析题。本题结合4题选择still“仍然”,表示“丑恶的种族歧视阴影依然在现实生活中存在”。just:刚刚、恰好;ever:曾经;thus:因此。
小题6:C。动词词义辨析题。guess认为,猜想;figure 料想,估计,后接that从句,不接whether从句。而question意思为“怀疑,对„„产生质疑”,后接whether从句。B项suspect的干扰性很强。suspect表示怀疑(不相信某事存在或属实),或觉得(尤指坏事)可能是事实,后接that从句,一般不接whether从句,要注意其用法。question:做动词,表示提问、询问;对.....提出疑问、怀疑,对某事物表示或感到怀疑,可接whether开头的宾语从句。C项与句意符合:而店主怀疑他们是否可信。
小题7:A。动词词义辨析题。本句意思为:每次象我一样的黑种人来商店的时候,店员总是把他们当作小偷似的暗中监视。watch表示“暗中监视某人。”注意accuse表示“指责,控告”,不合题意。dismiss:开除。
小题8:B.形容词词义辨析题。根据下文 “We paid our debts.But before harvest,cash was short.”和文章的最后一句“a decent person who kept his word and respect at himself”可知答案为honest。注意D项modest 意思为“谦虚的”。
小题9:D.动词词义辨析题。由上文可知,在“我”的心目中黑人经常受歧视,此处表示:缺少现金,老板是否赊账给我们,是否信任我们。trust “信任”。blame:指责;charge:控诉;excuse:原谅。
小题10:B.连词词义辨析题。分析动词nodded和passed之间的关系可知两动作同时发生,连词as 表示“当„„时候”,引导时间状语从句。once:一旦;until:直到。
小题11:A.名词词义辨析题。由首句 “One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm”可知,我去商店买电线,名词purchases意思为“购买之物”,这里指wire。C项orders意思为“预定的货物”,不合题意。favorite:最喜爱的东西。
小题12:D。 副词词义辨析题。因为没有现金,“我”当时年轻爱面子,很担心,害怕老板不赊账,故“我”小心翼翼地对老板说。 casually :随意地;confidently :自信地; cheerfully :高兴地。
小题13:A.动词短语辨析题。由下一句“But Buck’s face didn’t change.”可知选A项look,此处表示表情、神色、眼神。本句的意思为“那个农民以戏弄的、不相信的眼光看着我,然而巴克面不改色”。 give sb a look:看某人一眼;give sb a stare:瞪某人一眼;response反应;与make搭配,不与give搭配。comment:评价,做评论是make a comment,不是give a comment。
小题14:C。副词感情色彩辨析题。由下文可知,店主的态度与农民形成对比,关键词是But。从店主的话可知,“我”的父亲很讲诚信,总是能够偿还赊账。easily这里意思为“轻易地,轻松地,安然地”。用此词最能反映出老板不假思索,毫无疑问地同意给“我” 赊账。patiently:耐心地;eagerly:热心地、急切地;proudly:骄傲地。
小题15:D.副词词义辨析题。本句意思为:老板答应爽快,他知道Williams一家向来是诚实守信的,按时偿还赊账。
小题16:C。动词短语辨析题。老板与“我”对话之后又转向那个农民,turn to 意思为“转向”。point to: 指向。reply to:回答。introduce to:将某人介绍给另一个人。从下一句的内容:“这是詹姆斯.威廉斯的一个儿子。”可判断店主是在跟身边的那位农民说话。所以在说话之前店主应转向农民。
小题17:B.介词短语辨析题。由上文可知,这时那个农民对“我”的态度由起先amused distrustful转变为 neighborly(友好的)。in a neighborly way: 一种友好的方式。in a sense:在某种意义上。to a degree: 达到某种程度。in the mood for (doing)sth / to do sth:有做某事的想法。
小题18:A.name表示名声、名气。My family had earned是定语从句修饰先行词name,省去了关系代词that或which.。 earn the good name表示蠃得名声。注意B项的干扰性,deserve意思为“应受,值得(荣誉、惩罚、奖励等)”,与句意不符。earn:赢得。
小题19:B。动词词义辨析题。表示人们从 Williams家族身上所期待的,expect意思为“期待”。receive from: 收到某人的来信。collect:收集。require:要求。
小题20:D。本题考查对too„to结构的理解。本句的意思为:人人都知道Williams家族是诚实守信,自尊自重,以至不会做错事的正派家族。