(2013·高考陕西卷，D)About 30 years ago，I left Cuba for the United States with my son.After getting settled finally in Brunswick，New Jersey，I enrolled(注册) my son in kindergarten.Several weeks later，my son’s teacher asked me to meet him at his office.

In the teacher’s office，and exchange of greetings was followed by his questions：“Is your son mentally retarded(弱智的)？Does he suffer from any kind of mental disability？”

Was he talking about my wonderful Scola? NO，no，it can’t be.What a helpless，lonely moment！I told him that Scola was a quiet，sweet little boy，instead.I asked him why he was asking me all these questions.

My son could not follow the teacher’s directions，he told me，and thus，Scola was disrupting the class，Didn’t he know my son did not speak English yet?

He was angry；“Why hasn’t your son been taught to speak English? Don’t you speak English at home？”

No，I didn’t speak English at home，I replied.I was sure my son would learn English in a couple of months，and I didn’t want him to forget his native language.Well，wrong answer！What kind of person would not speak in English to her son at home and at all times? “Are you one of those people who come to this country to save dollars and send them back to their country，never wanting to be a part of this society？”

Needless to say，I tried to tell him I was not one of “those people”．Then he told me the meeting was over，and I left.

As I had expected，my son learned to speak English fluently before the school year was over.He went on to graduate from college and got a job，earning close to six figures.He travels widely and leads a well?adjusted，contented life.And he has benefited from being bilingual(双语的)。

Speaking more than one language allows people to communicate with others；it teaches people about other cultures and other places—something very basic and obviously lacking in the“educator”I met in New Jersey.

1.The teacher asked the author to his office________.

A．to discuss Scola’s in?class performance

B．to get Scola enrolled in kindergarten

C．to find a language partner for Scola

D．to work out a study plan for Scola

2.What does the underlined word“disrupting” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Breaking B．Following

C．Attending D．Disturbing

3.The author’s attitude towards being bilingual may best be described as________.

A．critical B．casual

C．positive D passive

4.This text is likely to be selected from a book of________.

A．medicine B．education

C．geography D history

（2011·陕西卷）C

In early autumn I applied for applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University,but my mother fought strongly againsnst it. When she saw me studying a photograph of my father on the sports ground of Cornell,she tore it up.

“You can’t say it’s not a great university,just because Papa went there.”

“That’s not it at all.And it is a top university.”She was still holding the pieces in her hand. “But we can’t afford to send you to college.”

“I wouldn’t dream of asking you for money.Do you want me to get a job to help suppont you and Papa?Things aren’t that bad,are they?”

“No,”she said. “I don’t expect you to help support us.”

Father borrowed money form his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop,His chief customers were his old college friends.To get new customers,my mother had to help.She picked up a long-forgotten membership in the local league of women,so that she cound get to know more people. Whether those people would turn into customers was another question. I knew that my Parents had to wait for quite a long time before their small investment (投资) could show returns.What’s more ,they had not wanted enough to be roch and successful ；otherwise they cound not possibly have managed their lives so badly.

I was torn between the desave to help them and change,their lives,and the determinstion not to repeat their mistakes.I had a strong belief in my power to go what I wanted.After months of hard study I won a full college scholarship（奖学金）.My father could hardly contain his pride in me,and my mother eventually gave in before my success.

53.The author was not allowed to go to Cornell University mainly because

A.      his father grduated from the university

B.      his mother did not thinks it a great university

C.      his parents needed him to help support the family

D.     his parents did not have enough money for him

54.The father srarted his small shop with the money from          .

A.a local league                 B.his university

C.his relatives                  D.his college friends

55.Why did the mother renew her membership in the league?      

A.To help with her husband’s business   B.To raise money for her son

C.To meet her long-forgotten friends     D.To better manage her life

56.According to the text,what was the author determined to do in that autumn? 

A.      To get a well-paid job for himself

B.      To improve relations with his mother

C.      To go to his dream university

D.     To carry on with his father’s business

（2011·陕西卷）B

Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first person to win it twice. However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.

Born in September, 1987, Irene Curie was the first of the Curies’ two daughters. Along with nine other children whose parents were also famous scholars, Irene studied in their own school, and her mother was one of the teachers. She finished her high school education at the College of Sévigné in Paris.

Irene entered the University of Paris in 1914 to prepare for a degree in mathematics and physics. When World War I began, Irene went to help her mother, who was using X-ray facilities（设备） to help save the lives of wounded soldiers.Irene continued the work by developing X-ray facilities in military hospitals in France and Belgrum. Her services were recognised in the form of a Military’s Medal by the French government.

    In 1918, Irene became her mother’s assistant at the Curie Institute. In December 1924, Frederic Joliot joined the Institute, and Irene taugh him the techniques required for his work. They soon fell in love and were married in 1926. Their daughter Helene was born in 1927 and their son Pierre five years later.

Like her mother, Irene combined family and career. Like her mother, Irene was awarded a Nobel Prize, along with her husband, in 1935. Unfortunately, also like her mother, she developed leukemia because of her work with radioactivity（辐射能）. Irene Joliot-Curie died from leukemia on March 17, 1956.

49．Why was Irene Curie awarded a Military Medal?【】

A.Because she received a degree in mathematics.

B.Because she contributed to saving the wounded.

C.Because she won the Nobel Prize with Frederic.

D. Because she worked as a helper to her mother.

50．Where did Irene Curie meet her husband Frederio joliot?【】

A.At the Curie Institute.       B.At the Cniversity of Paris.

C.At a military hospital.       D.At the College of Sevigne.

51．When was the second child of Irene Curie and Frederic Joliot born?【】

A. In 1932.     B. In 1927.      C. In 1897.     D. In  1926.

52． In which of the following aspects was Irene Cuire different from her mother?【】

A.Irene worked with radioactivity.    B.Irene combined family and career.

C.Irene won the Nobel Prize once     D.Irene died from leukemia.

．（陕西卷17）. John opened the door. There _____ he had never seen before.            

  A. a girl did stand    B. a girl stood     C. did a girl stand  D. stood a girl

 (06·陕西B卷)

The child in the hospital bed was just waking up after having a throat(喉咙)　operation.His throat  21  ,and he was afraid.However.the young nurse  22  By his bed  smiled so  23  hat the little boy smiled back.He  24  to be afraid.The young  nurse  was  May Paxton  25   e was deaf　(聋的).May Paxton graduated  26   the Missouri School for the Deaf near the year 1909.Three years   27  she went to see Dr.Richard son about   28  nurse.Dr Richardson was one of the founders of  Mercy Hospital of Kansas City.  29  had never heard of a deaf nurse.She told May that her  30  would be very low and that the work would be   31   . However,May said that hard work did  not frighten her.Dr. Richardson was  32  her,and accepted May as a student nurse.

Dr.Richardson never  33  her decision  34  ,she was so pleased with May’s work that she later accepted two other deaf women as student nurses.The  35  was Miss Marian Finch,who was hard of  36  .The second was Miss Lillie Bessie.These three were   37  “the silent angles(天使) of Mercy Hospital”during the  38  they worked there.

Dr.Richardson often  39  her faith in the girls’ ability to learn nursing.She wrore to May,“For three years,you have been with us… It is wonderful to me that no man.  40   or child ever,to my knowledge,made a complaint(投诉)　against you…”

21.A.cut                       B.burt                   C.wounded                   D.darnaged

22.A.standing                B.jurnping              C.lying                         D.crying

23.A.shyly                    B sadly                  C.cheerfully                  D.weakly

24.A.continued              B.began                 C.stopped                     D.forgot

25.A.for                       B.so                      C.and                           D.but

26.A.as                        B.from                  C.with                          D.in

27.A.later                            B.before                C.ago                           D.then

28.A.seeking                 B.changing            C.hiring                        D.becoming

29.A.You                      B.She                    C.We                           D.He

30.A.money                  B.check                 C .pay                          D.price

31.A.easy                            B.disappointing   C.joyful                         D.difficult

32.A.angry with            B.sagtisfied with     C.sorry for                   D.ashamed of

33.A.regretted               B.thought of          C.liked                         D.believed

34.A.In fact                  B.In a hurry           C.In surprise                 D.In public

35.A.one                      B.others                C.first                          D.other

36.A.reading                 B.hearing               C.listening                    D.writing

37.A.offered                 B.chosen               C.told                           D.called

38.A.year                            B.month                C.time                          D.term

39.A.spoke of               B.said                    C.heard of                    D.noticed

40.A.person                  B.wornan                     C.boy                           D.girl