As a kid, I spent my summers with my grandparents in Texas. And every few summers, we’d __16__ the caravan (旅游团队), a group of Airstream trailer owners who __17__ together around the U.S. and Canada． I loved and worshipped my grandparents and I really looked __18__ to these travels. On one particular __ 19__ ，I was about 10 years old. I was rolling around in the backseat. My grandfather was __20__ . And my grandmother had the passenger seat. She smoked throughout these trips, and I hated the __21__. At that age, I’d take any excuse to make estimates(估计) and do minor __22__．At any rate, I decided to do the math for my __23__. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days, estimated the number of __24__ per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I’d come up with a reasonable number, I poked my head into the __25__ of the car, tapped my grandmother __26__ the shoulder, and proudly proclaimed, “At two minutes per puff, you've taken nine years off your __27__!” Because the ad said, every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes __28__ smoker’s life． I expected to be applauded for my __29__ and arithmetic skills. That’s not what happened．__30__, my grandmother burst into __31__. I sat in the backseat and did not know what to do. My grandfather was a highly intelligent, __32__ man. He had never said a harsh word to me. He pulled __33__ onto the shoulder of the highway. He stopped and got out of the car, __34__ me, and after a bit of silence，he gently and __35__ said, “Jeff, one day you’ll understand that it’s harder to be kind than clever.”
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:D
小题10:D
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:A
小题19:B
小题20:C
本文主要讲了我与祖父母和一些乘客一起去旅行，途中看到祖母吸烟，我计算了她的生命因为吸烟而减少的年数，使祖母很伤心。最后祖父告诉我，有时候善良比聪明更难
小题1:B 词义和上下文辨析。A拿，取；采取；接受（礼物等）；耗费（时间等）B加入C出席D拜访 句意：每个夏天，我们都会加入旅游团队 故选B
小题2:C 词义辨析。A工作B学习C旅行D探索 由上文的“旅游团队”知他们是一起旅行的。故选C
小题3:A 短语辨析。A look forward期望。。。B look backward 回头望C look toward 向前看 D look upward 向上看 句意：我很期望那些旅行者 故选A
小题4:C 词义和上下文辨析。A假期B研究C旅行D返回 句意：在一次特殊的旅行中 故选C
小题5:D 词义辨析。A谈话B阅读C训练D驾驶 句意：我的祖父子在驾驶。故选D
小题6:B 词义和上下文辨析。A场景B气味C乐队D类型 根据上下文可知，我不喜欢祖母吸烟的气味。故选B
小题7:A 词义辨析。A算数B问题C游戏D问题 句意：我做未成年人的算数 故选A
小题8:B 词义和上下文辨析。A祖父B祖母C拜访者D汽车 下文说“我”计算雪茄，则说明此处是与祖母有关的。故选B
小题9:D 词义辨析。A事例B吸烟C种类D烟头 句意：估计了雪茄的烟头 故选D
小题10:D 词义和上下文辨析。A窗户B座位C后面D前面 第二段中说“我”坐在后座，所以现在要把头伸到前面去。 句意：我把头伸到前面去 故选D
小题11:C 介词辨析。在肩膀上用on 故选C
小题12:B 词义辨析。A旅行B生命C距离D日期 句意：每两分钟你喷出一口烟，你就少了9年的生命。 故选B
小题13:D 短语辨析A take away 带走B take from 从。。。带来C take with带着 D take off 脱掉 使离开；(飞机)起飞；发起；起跳 句意：是吸烟者的生命离开 故选D
小题14:A 词义和上下文辨析。A聪明B冷静C开心D能力 句意：我期待为我的聪明而鼓掌 故选A
小题15:B 词义和上下文辨析。A最终B而不是，代替C不幸的D尽管 我的祖母没有表扬我反而哭了 选B
小题16:C 词义辨析。A话语B大笑C哭泣D尖叫 句意：我的祖母哭了起来。故选C
小题17:D 词义辨析。A固执的B有决心的C孤单的D安静的 由下文“我的祖父没有责骂我”可知我的祖父一直很安静。 故选D
小题18:A 短语辨析。A pull over靠在路边B pull in吸引；（火车）进站；节省；拘留C pull away（尤指车辆）开始移动D pull up 拔出来 句意：我的祖父把车靠在路边故选A
小题19:B 词义辨析。A注意B看C怒视D扫视 句意：我的祖父看着我 故选B
小题20:C 词义辨析。A生气地B激动地C冷静地D冷酷地 由上文he gently可推出他温和冷静的对我说 故选C