Question

【题目】B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage （选择最恰当的选项完成短文）

Books have magical power. They contain knowledge and knowledge makes our human become wiser and stronger. Between their pages, readers can be transported to anywhere imaginable and become just about anyone ... or anytime. ____________ , many children all over the world don’t have access to books.

For several years now, Maria Keller, a teenager from Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been trying to change that fact.

When she was 8 years old, Maria already loved reading. She also noticed that some of her classmates didn’t read as much as she did. When she asked her mother why that was, her mother said that they might not be able to ______books. Maria had never thought of this. She couldn’t believe that some children didn’t have bedtime stories read to them, and she became______to change this.

With her mother’s help. Maria created a non-profit organization which is dedicated（致力于）to collecting and distributing books to children_______

During the early stages of Read Indeed, Maria set the goal of collecting and distributing I million books by the time she was 18.

It didn’t take long to reach that goal. Up till now, she has collected over 2.4 million books and has shipped them to many states and countries around the world.

She said, “I cannot live without books. As I continue my mission（使命）. I have learned that the number of kids who have no books is in the hundreds of millions. So I just can’t______. even after reaching my original goal of 1 million books.”

She recently set a new goal:to distribute donations to kids in need in every state in the US, and every country in the world. She keeps records of her_______ on a large map at the warehouse（仓库）where her books are stored and sorted.

【1】A.SoB.HoweverC.After allD.Instead

【2】A.chooseB.affordC.shareD.read

【3】A.excitedB.usedC.supposedD.determined

【4】A.in safetyB.in dangerC.in needD.in trouble

【5】A.set outB.give upC.get offD.take up

【6】A.industryB.researchC.progressD.study

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】B

【6】C

【解析】

本文讲述玛利亚帮助贫困儿童读书的故事。

【1】句意：然而，全世界还有许多孩子没有机会读书。

so 所以；however 然而；after all 毕竟；instead 反而。第一段空格处前文讲述读书的带来的好处，空格后表示世界上还有一些孩子是没有机会读书的，上下文是转折关系，并且空格后有逗号，所以用转折关系连词however。故选B。

【2】句意：当她问她妈妈这是为什么，她的妈妈告诉她也许他们买不起书。

choose 选择；afford支付；share 分享；read 阅读。根据前文“She also noticed that some of her classmates didn’t read as much as she did”她注意到她的一些同学读的书没有她多，可推测是孩子不能支付买书的费用。故选B，

【3】句意：她不能相信一些孩子是没有睡前故事的，所以她决定要改变这个状况。

excited 兴奋的；used 被用来；supposed 假设；determined 决定。become是系动词，后接形容词。根据前文“She couldn’t believe that some children didn’t have bedtime stories read to them”，可推测下文要表达的是她下定决心要改变它。固定搭配be determined to do sth 下定决心做某事。故选D。

【4】句意：在她妈妈的帮助下，玛利亚创建了一个零利润的机构，收集书籍和发放一些书籍给需要的孩子。

in safety 安全中；in danger 危险中；in need 有需要；in trouble 麻烦中。根据文章的最后一段“She recently set a new goal:to distribute donations to kids in need in every state in the US”，可知，她创建的机构是为了帮助有需要的孩子们。故选C。

【5】句意：所以我不能放弃，甚至是在达到了我初始设定的100万本的这个目标后。

set out出发；give up 放弃；get off 下车；take up占据。根据前文“I have learned that the number of kids who have no books is in the hundreds of millions”，可推测，大概有1亿的孩子是没有书的，所以尽管在达到她初定的目标后，还不能放弃，还要继续。故选B。

【6】句意：她在储存书的仓库墙上的一张大地图记录了她的进展。

industry 工业；research 研究；progress 进展；study学习。根据空格后on a map，可推测在地图上记录她的进展，空格用progress符合句意。故选C。