Question

      Sitienei,a 90-year-old Kenyan grandmother,has become the world's oldest primary school student. She is studying at the local primary school to learn to read and write. She is from a small 16 in Kenya. She has spent most of her life 17 as a midwife (接生婆) ，helping women to give birth to babies. She wants to pass on her midwife skills to the young. She said she didn^ have a chance to go to school when she was 18 So she wants all the children in her village to 19

   The head teacher at the school said ,“ I'm proud 20 her. She is loved by every pupil. They all want to learn and play with 21 v He also said ,‘‘She is doing well consid- ering her 22 . I can say I have seen a big difference in this school 23  she came.

   Sitienei often said ,“I want to tell children, 24 girls in poor areas,that 25 will be your wealth. She added,uWith education,you can be whatever you want to be—a doctor,a teacher,a scientist,and so on.v

16. A. school   B. village C. town   D. city

17. A. reading   B. writing C. playing   D. working

18. A. young   B. old C. famous   D. free

19. A. study   B. work C. leave   D. listen

20. A. for   B. with C.of   D. in

21. A. her   B. me C.him   D. yoii

22. A. chance   B. age C. skills   D. ways

23. A. after   B. when C. since D. before

24. A. naturally   B. especially C.luckily   D.         certainly

25. A. friendship   B. future C. competition   D. education

Answer 1

16. B 17. D 18. A 19. A 20. C 21. A 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. D

16. B由第一段最后一句中的in her village可知选B.

17. D接生婆应是她的工作，故选D.

18. A由第一段 第一、二句可推断出她小的时候没有机会上 学。答案为A项

19. A由上文可知Sitienei因为自己没有机会上学，所以她希 望她村里的孩子们都去学习。

20. C be proud of...为 感到自豪。

21. A play with sb.和某人一起玩儿。由上文可知学生们喜欢她，故可推断他们喜欢和她一起玩儿。

22. B由上下文可知考虑到她的年龄，她做得很好。

23. C由空前的现在完成时及空后的一般过去时可知应用

since 

24. B肯尼亚贫穷地区的女孩子很少接受教育，故用especially 此处特强调女孩子。

25. D根据后面一句的With education可知答案为D项。