Question

My l4-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat which was hanging at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass. While the other coats drooped, this one looked as if it were   36  itself up. The coat had beautiful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label and a(an)  37  price of $28, which was popular just then with   38  , but could cost several hundred dollars new. This coat was even better, bearing that   39  of classic elegance. John tried it on and the fit was perfect.

John   40  the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile "Did the kids like your coat?" I asked. "They loved it," he said,   41  folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a   42  came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness and reasoned discussion replaced fierce   43 . He became more mannerly and   44 , eager to please. He would generously loan his younger brother his tapes and lecture him   45  his behavior.

When I mentioned this incident to his teacher and   46  what caused the changes, she said laughing. "It   47  be his coat!" Another teacher told him she was giving him a good   48  not only because he had earned   49  but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran into a friend “Could this be John?" he asked surprisingly,   50  John's new height, assessing the cut of his coat and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.

John and I both know we should never   51  a person's clothes for the real person within them.   52  there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for   53  what is on the inside to what is on the outside.

For John it is a time when it is as easy to try on different approaches to   54  as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape   55  all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.

1.                A．turning         B．holding         C．showing  D．hanging

 

2.                A．unreasonable    B．expected       C．unbelievable   D．acceptable

 

3.                A．teenagers       B．adults          C．women   D．strangers

 

4.                A．color          B．price           C．style D．size

 

5.                A．sent           B．carried         C．lent  D．wore

 

6.                A．casually        B．comfortably     C．carefully  D．quickly

 

7.                A．happiness       B．change         C．smile D．matter

 

8.                A．doubt          B．fight           C．argument D．war

 

9.                A．thoughtful      B．handsome       C．hopeful   D．curious

 

10.               A．of             B．on            C．with  D．at

 

11.               A．wondered      B．confirmed      C．concluded D．discovered

 

12.               A．can            B．must           C．will   D．should

 

13.               A．present        B．mark           C．word D．result

 

14.               A．this            B．them          C．it D．one

 

15.               A．looking up at    B．looking down to  C．checking up    D．taking up

 

16.               A．trust           B．mistake         C．exchange  D．regard

 

17.               A．But            B．Though         C．Since D．So

 

18.               A．attaching       B．connecting      C．relating   D．matching

 

19.               A．career         B．life            C．study D．success

 

20.               A．where         B．why           C．how  D．when

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.B

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍作者的儿子因为穿了优雅的外套，言行举止都发生了变化，说明我们的内在要和穿的衣服匹配，年轻人要选择正确的人生方向。

1.考查词组：hold up支撑住，和前面的droop弯曲，下垂，枯萎，形成对比。选B

2.考查形容词：A. unreasonable 不合理的 B. expected预料的C. unbelievable 难以置信的 D. acceptable可以接受的，后面的句子：but could cost several hundred dollars new.可知新的要几百美元，现在的28美元的价格是令人难以置信的。选C。

3.考查名词：因为14岁的孩子喜欢，所以是受年轻人欢迎。选A

4.考查名词：A. color颜色B. price价格C. style风格D. size大小，尺寸，句意：这是经典的款式。选C。

5.考查动词：A. sent派送B. carried携带C. lent借D. wore穿，这里指约翰第二天穿着外套上学校。选D。

6.考查副词：A. casually随意地B. comfortably舒服地C. carefully仔细地D. quickly迅速地，约翰仔细的把它折叠放在椅背上。选C

7.考查名词：从后面的描写可以看出约翰身上有了变化（change）。选B

8.考查名词：和前面的Agreement对应的是argument，选 C

9.考查形容词：A. thoughtful考虑周到的B. handsome英俊的C. hopeful有希望的， D. curious好奇的，句意：他变得更加有礼貌和考虑周到。选A。

10.考查介词：lecture sb on sth，训斥，教训某人某事，选B

11.考查动词：A. wondered想知道，B. confirmed   证实C. concluded总结D. discovered发现，句意：我想知道是什么导致他的改变。选A。

12.考查情态动词：must be表示 肯定推测，那一定是那件外套。选B

13.考查名词：give sb a good mark给某人好分数。选B

14.考查代词：it代指前面的a good mark。选C

15.考查词组：look up at抬头看，表示约翰长高了。选A

16.考查动词短语：mistake …for…把…错当成…，句意：我们不能把一个人的衣服错当成一个人真正的内在，选B

17.考查连词：前面说不能以穿的衣服评价一个人，后面说穿些优雅的衣服也可以说明问题。是转折关系。选A

18.考查动词辨析：A. attaching附上B. connecting连接C. relating关联D. matching相配，表示外表和内在要匹配，选D。

19.考查名词：约翰来说，这是个阶段采取什么样的人生道路和穿衣服一样容易。选B

20.考查定语从句，先行词是a vast landscape定语从句中缺少地点状语。选A

考点：考查人生百味类短文

点评：文章故事内容浅显，但寓意深刻，学生要理解作者的真正的意图，主要考查在上下文中对词义的辨析理解，要求考生有一定的思维转换能力。对于文章的上下文串联有较强的理解，语法规则的使用和辨析要求较高。