一、完形填空(每小题 1 分，满分 10 分)
Jenny was ready to join the after - school activities which are the same every year. She arrived at the classroom when Ms Corey was speaking, “This year, you may become ABC Volunteers. You will go to the city 1 to help people learn how to read.” Jenny was interested right away, “It's something 2!”
It was the first day for the ABC Volunteers. Inside the library Ms Corey said, “Jenny, your student is Roberto. Look, he is sitting at the study desk.” Jenny looked 3. The only man sitting at the desk was a man with white hair. “I'm Roberto,” the man said. “Hi, I'm Jenny,” said Jenny. Roberto looked older than her grandfather! How 4 for her to be teaching him.
Jenny sat down beside Roberto. “When I was a child,” he said, “I could not go to school because I had to work. I 5 learned to read. Now my son 6 me to live with him. I said to myself, ‘Roberto, 7 you want to live in a busy city, you must learn to read English.’ So here I am.”
Jenny found that she had a great responsibility (责任). Jenny planned to teach Roberto the alphabet (字母表). Then she could teach him how the letters worked 8 to make words.
On the last day of this activity, Roberto took out a letter.

() 1. A. hall
B. library
C. school
D. square
() 2. A. formal
B. tiring
C. different
D. popular
() 3. A. around
B. up
C. down
D. out
() 4. A. suitable
B. natural
C. lucky
D. strange
() 5. A. never
B. seldom
C. often
D. always
() 6. A. invited
B. taught
C. paid
D. picked
() 7. A. but
B. if
C. so
D. and
() 8. A. together
B. apart
C. hard
D. alone
() 9. A. dream
B. fact
C. gift
D. spirit
() 10. A. trusted
B. saved
C. changed
D. greeted

【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲了 Jenny 作为志愿者在图书馆教 Roberto 学阅读的事。
1. B 根据“Inside the library Ms Corey said”可知，Jenny 要去的地方是图书馆。故选 B。
2. C 根据“Jenny was ready to join the after - school activities which are the same every year.”及“This year, you may become ABC Volunteers.”可知，与往年的活动对比，这件事是不同的。故选 C。
3. A 根据“The only man sitting at the desk was a man with white hair.”可知，Jenny 是环顾四周看到了这位男士，look around 表示“环顾四周”。故选 A。
4. D 根据“Roberto looked older than her grandfather!”可知，这种情况让她觉得奇怪。故选 D。
5. A 根据“I could not go to school because I had to work.”可知，他从未学过阅读。故选 A。
6. A 根据“Now my son... me to live with him.”并结合语境可知，儿子邀请他一起住。故选 A。
7. B “you must learn to read English”是“想住在城市”的条件，因此此处应用 if 引导条件状语从句。故选 B。
8. A 根据“Then she could teach him how the letters worked... to make words.”可知，字母是组合在一起构成单词的。故选 A。
9. C 根据“Thank you for teaching me... You gave me a wonderful...”可知，教他阅读是一份有意义的馈赠。故选 C。
10. A 根据“She was young but he... her as a teacher.”并结合语境可知，他信任她的教学。故选 A。

【分析】
做完形填空时，需先通读全文把握主旨（本文讲述Jenny作为志愿者在图书馆教年长的Roberto学阅读的故事），再结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配逐一推导答案：每道题都要联系前后文线索，比如第1题根据后文“Inside the library”确定地点；第2题对比往年相同活动，判断今年活动的特殊性；第3题结合“look around”固定搭配及语境找人物；第4题根据Roberto的年龄判断Jenny的感受；第5题结合Roberto没上学的经历判断是否学过阅读；第6题结合语境判断儿子邀请他同住；第7题根据条件状语从句用法选连词；第8题结合字母构成单词的逻辑选副词；第9题结合信件语境判断“馈赠”类词汇；第10题结合教学语境判断信任的含义。
【解析】
1. B 根据后文“Inside the library Ms Corey said”可知，Jenny要去的地点是图书馆，故选B。
2. C 根据前文“Jenny was ready to join the after-school activities which are the same every year.”及“This year, you may become ABC Volunteers.”可知，今年的活动和往年不同，故选C。
3. A 根据后文“The only man sitting at the desk was a man with white hair.”可知，Jenny是环顾四周找到Roberto，“look around”是固定搭配，意为“环顾四周”，故选A。
4. D 根据前文“Roberto looked older than her grandfather!”可知，Jenny觉得教这么年长的人很奇怪，故选D。
5. A 根据前文“I could not go to school because I had to work.”可知，Roberto从未学过阅读，故选A。
6. A 根据语境“Now my son... me to live with him.”可知，儿子邀请Roberto一起住，故选A。
7. B 此处表达“如果想住在繁忙的城市，必须学英语”，是条件状语从句，用if引导，故选B。
8. A 根据“how the letters worked... to make words”可知，字母组合在一起构成单词，故选A。
9. C 根据信件语境“Thank you for teaching me... You gave me a wonderful...”可知，教他阅读是一份很棒的馈赠，故选C。
10. A 根据语境“她年轻但他信任她作为老师”，“trusted”符合文意，故选A。
【答案】
1.B 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.A 6.A 7.B 8.A 9.C 10.A
【知识点】
完形填空、语境理解、词义辨析
【点评】
本文是贴近学生生活的记叙文，主要考查学生对上下文语境的理解、词汇词义辨析及固定搭配的掌握，需结合文章细节推理答案，整体难度适中，适合中等水平学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.5