五、完形填空。
A woman in the USA has a son. His name is Ben. She is worried about because he is not doing well in school. Boys in his class often play jokes on him because he seems so . The mother decides to help her son to do something in school. She tells him to go to the Public Library to a book every week and do a book report for her.
One day, in Ben's class, the teacher picks up a rock and asks if(是否) knows it. Ben puts up his hand and the teacher lets him . “Why does Ben raise his hand?” all of his whisper and wonder. “He says anything. What does he want to say?” To their surprise (惊讶), Ben a lot about the rock. He can name other rocks in its group and even knows the teacher finds it. The teacher and the students are surprised. Ben learns this from doing one of his reports.
Later, Ben becomes the student of his class. When he finishes high school, he goes to Yale University and at last one of the best doctors in the United States.
After Ben grows up, he knows something about his mother that he doesn't know as a . His mother never learns how to read.
()1. A. him B. her C. it D. me
()2. A. clever B. slow C. modern D. quick
()3. A. bad B. badly C. slowly D. good
()4. A. read B. see C. watch D. look
()5. A. anything B. nothing C. anybody D. nobody
()6. A. ask B. answer C. leave D. think
()7. A. students B. teachers C. classmates D. friends
()8. A. always B. usually C. sometimes D. never
()9. A. calls B. knows C. asks D. listens
()10. A. who B. what C. why D. where
()11. A. others B. another C. other D. else
()12. A. study B. English C. picture D. book
()13. A. best B. last C. poor D. rich
()14. A. becomes B. finishes C. helps D. gets
()15. A. father B. doctor C. teacher D. child

1. A 【点拨】根据“A woman in the USA has a son.”可推断,用 him。故选 A。
2. B 【点拨】根据“because he is not doing well in school”可推断,他应该是“迟钝的”。故选 B。
3. D 【点拨】修饰不定代词应用形容词,排除 B、C,根据语境可知应填 good。故选 D。
4. A 【点拨】根据“do a book report for her”可推断,此处应该是表达读书,read a book 读书。故选 A。
5. C 【点拨】根据语境可知,老师应该是问有没有人知道它。故选 C。
6. B 【点拨】根据“Ben puts up his hand”可推断,应该是老师让他回答问题。故选 B。
7. C 【点拨】根据语境可知,应该是同学们。故选 C。
8. D 【点拨】根据 anything 可知,这应该是一个否定句。故选 D。
9. B 【点拨】根据“He can name other rocks in its group”可推断,本应该是对这块石头了解很多。故选 B。
10. D 【点拨】根据“the teacher finds it”可推断,本甚至知道老师在哪里找到它的。故选 D。
11. C 【点拨】此空后接复数名词 students,应填 other。故选 C。
12. D 【点拨】根据“do a book report for her”可知,是从之前做的读书报告中学到的。故选 D。
13. A 【点拨】根据“he goes to Yale University”可推断,本应该是成了班里最好的学生。故选 A。
14. A 【点拨】根据“one of the best doctors in the United States”可推断,他应该是成为医生。故选 A。
15. D 【点拨】根据“His mother never learns how to read.”和上文内容可推断,本应该是知道了他小时候不知道的事。故选 D。

【分析】
做完形填空时，首先需通读全文，把握文章核心内容（本文讲述美国母亲帮助学业不佳的儿子Ben通过读书提升自我，最终成为优秀医生的故事）；接着逐空分析，结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配及语法知识选择答案；最后通读全文验证，确保逻辑通顺、符合文意。
【解析】
1. 前文提到“has a son”，此处指代儿子，用宾格形式him，故选A。
2. 根据“not doing well in school”可知Ben学业不好，同学捉弄他是因为他迟钝，slow符合语境，故选B。
3. 此处修饰不定代词something需用形容词，结合语境母亲想帮Ben做有益的事，good符合，故选D。
4. 根据后文“do a book report”可知是去读书，read a book是固定搭配，故选A。
5. 老师问是否有人知道这块石头，anybody表示“任何人”，符合语境，故选C。
6. Ben举手，老师让他回答问题，answer符合，故选B。
7. 班里的同学低声议论，classmates符合语境，故选C。
8. Ben平时从不说话，never表示否定，符合语境，故选D。
9. Ben能说出其他岩石的类别，说明他对这块石头了解很多，knows符合，故选B。
10. Ben甚至知道老师在哪里找到的这块石头，where符合语境，故选D。
11. 此处修饰复数名词students，other表示“其他的”，符合用法，故选C。
12. Ben从读书报告中学到了这些知识，book符合，故选D。
13. 他上了耶鲁大学，说明成为班里最好的学生，best符合，故选A。
14. 最终成为美国最好的医生之一，becomes符合，故选A。
15. Ben长大后知道了小时候不知道的事，child对应小时候，故选D。
【答案】
1.A 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.C 8.D 9.B 10.D 11.C 12.D 13.A 14.A 15.D
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、代词用法、词义辨析
【点评】
本文以温情叙事展现了母爱的力量，通过Ben的成长故事考察学生语篇理解、词汇辨析与运用能力，是初中英语常见题型，注重语境分析。
【难度系数】
0.6