Several years ago I studied in a university in the biggest city in our country. It’s beautiful but it’s hot in __1__. So I usually returned to my hometown when my __2__ began. It is not big, but it’s cool and quiet. I could __3__ in the daytime and have a good sleep at night.
One day I had some __4__ to solve. But I didn’t take the dictionaries home. My father told me Charlie, one of my __5__, had a good library. I went to his house at once. We didn’t see each other after I __6__ middle school. At first he didn’t recognize me. He __7__ me up and down. And then he called out, “Oh, dear! It’s you, Fred!”
Of course we were __8__ to meet each other again and talked a lot about our schoolmates and __9__. Later on he showed me around his library. It wasn’t big but there were a lot of nice books in it. And the dictionaries I __10__ were in them too. At last I said, “__11__ you lend some dictionaries to me, please?”
“I’m sorry I don’t lend any books to __12__,” said the young man.
“Are you afraid I’ll __13__ them?”
“No, I’m not. I’m afraid you won’t __14__ them to me. Look! All the books are not __15__, but borrowed!”
1. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
2. A. birthday B. Saturday C. Sunday D. holiday
3. A. study B. play C. rest D. run
4. A. words B. sentences C. problems D. stories
5. A. brothers B. sisters C. aunts D. classmates
6. A. finished B. heard C. saw D. met
7. A. lifted B. carried C. looked D. pulled
8. A. angry B. happy C. worried D. sad
9. A. doctors B. teachers C. workers D. drivers
10. A. looked for B. read C. wrote D. looked at
11. A. Need B. Must C. May D. Can
12. A. other B. the other C. others D. another
13. A. lose B. sell C. throw D. know
14. A. pay B. return C. use D. look after
15. A. made B. picked C. won D. bought
名师点评
这篇短文主要讲了Charlie家里有许多藏书，却没有一本是自己买的，所以他从不借书给别人，因为他怕别人都和他一样。本题的不少答案只从缺空所在句子的语意和语法是无法确定的，解题是要联系上下文及一般常识进行推理。
答案简析
1. B。hot应该指的是夏天的天气情况。
2. D。大学生暑假回家度假。
3. A。学生暑假应该不忘学习。
4. C。solve problems意为“解决问题”。
5. D。根据下文可得知。
6. A。finish middle school表示“中学毕业”。
7. C。look sb. up and down表示“上下打量某人”，这时look用作及物动词。
8. B。老同学相见自然是高兴。
9. B。同学之间谈论的主要对象一般应该是同学和老师。
10. A。根据上下文得知“我”正在寻找一本字典。
11. D。这里指征求别人的意见，故用can。
12. C。泛指其他人，故用复数。
13. A。“我”以为他怕我把书弄丢，所以不借。
14. B。根据下文得知他的书都是借的，所以他不愿借给我，怕我也象他一样借书不还。
15. D。这些书都不是买的，而是借的。
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Mr. Wang teaches English in a middle school. He likes his work very much. He wanted 1 a teacher even when he was a young boy.
There are six classes in a school day at Mr. Wang's middle school. Mr. Wang teachers five of these six classes. 2 his "free" hour from 2 to 3 in the afternoon, Mr. Wang 3 meet with parents, check students' homework and 4 many other things. So Mr. Wang works hard from the moment he gets to school early in the morning until he leaves for home late in the afternoon, and his "free" hour is not free at all.
In his English lesson, Mr. Wang sometimes teaches poems (诗). He likes poems very much, and he likes Li Bai’s poems 5 of all.
In his fifth class today, Mr. Wang taught a poem. He wrote the poem on the blackboard and read it. As soon as he finished 6 the poem, the students began to ask questions. He answered all the questions. Then he asked his students to talk about the poem. 7 one wanted to stop when the bell rang.
8 home, Mr. Wang thought about the fifth class. He was happy about what he did as a teacher. Every one of his students 9 the poem. When they started to talk, they forgot about the time. He did not have to make them 10 . He only had to answer their questions and help them understand the poem.
1. A. was B. being C. to be D. be
2. A. In B. At C. To D. On
3. A. has to B. has C. able to D. will
4. A. take care for B. care of
C. take care of D. be careful of
5. A. better B. good C. well D. best
6. A. reading B. to read C. read D. doing
7. A. Not B. No C. Have no D. Any
8. A. By the way B. To his way
C. On his way D. In the way
9. A. liked B. asked C. had D. wanted
10. A. learning B. to learn
C. learn D. leant
名师点评
Mr. Wang是一位英语老师，他热心于教育，忙于教学，工作负责，课堂上善于启发学生回答问题，讨论问题。即使在回家的途中，仍沉浸在课堂活跃气氛的回忆中。
答案简析
1. C。语法结构 want后面跟不定式。
2. B。时间点后面跟介词at。
3. A。has to意思是“不得不，必须”。这里引出所要做的事。
4. C。固定短语。
5. D。此句后面有 at all这一比较范围，故用最高级。
6. A。finish后面跟动名词。
7. B。课堂上学生们积极发言，没有人想停下来。
8. C。on one’s way home意思是“在回家的路上”。
9. A。学生受老师的影响也开始爱诗歌了。
10. C。语法结构：make sb.do sth。
