Question

There was a woman in Detroit(底特律), who has two sons. She was worried__them, especially the younger one, Ben,__he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made fun of him because he seemed so slow.

The mother decided that she would, herself, have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a__a week and do a report about it for her.

One day, in Ben’s __ the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him speak. “Why did Ben raise his hand?” the class wondered. He___said anything; what could he possibly want to say?

Well, Ben not only ___ the rock: he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew___the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were_____. Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book ____.

Ben later went on to the top of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.

After Ben had grown up, he ____ something about his mother that he did not know as a child. She, herself, had never learned how to read.

1.A. about B. on C. with D. over

2.A. because B. so C. but D. though

3.A. notice B. message C. book D. question

4.A. class B. room C. house D. library

5.A. always B. even C. quickly D. never

6.A. found B. played C. knew D. threw

7.A. whether B. when C. where D. why

8.A. afraid B. surprised C. worried D. unhappy

9.A. pictures B. exercises C. shops D. reports

10.A. learnt B. remembered C. understood D. guessed

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