6.第一节(共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In1973,I was teaching elementary school.Each day,27kids 41 “The Thinking Laboratory.”That was the 42 students voted for after deciding that “Room 104” was too 43 .
Freddy was anaverage 44 ,but not an average person .He had therare balance of fun and compassion(同情).He would 45 the loudest over fun and be the saddest overanyone’s 46 .
Before the schoolyear 47 ,I gave the kids a special 48 , T-sherts with the words “Verbs Are Your 49 on them. I had advised the kids that whileverbs(动词)may seemdull ,most of the 50 things they do throughout their lives will beverbs.
Through the years,I’d run into former students who would provide 51 on old classmates. Ilearned that Freddy didseveral jobs after his 52 from high school and remained the same 53 person I met forty yearsbefore .Once, while working overnight at a store, he let a homeless man 54 inhis truck. Another time ,he 55 a friend money to buy a house .
Just last year,Iwas 56 aworkshop when someone knocked at the classroom door. A woman 57 the interruption and handed me an envelope. Istopped teaching and 58 it up. Inside were the “Verbs” shert and a 59 from Freddy’s monther. “Freddy passed away onThanksgiving. He wanted you to have this.”
I told thestory to the class. As sad as it was, Icouldn’t help smiling . Although Freddy was taken from us,we all 60 somethingfrom Freddy.
(41) A. built B. entered C. decorated D. ran
(42) A. name B. rule C. brand D. plan
(43) A. small B. dark C. strange D. dull
(44) A.scholar B. student C. citizen D. worker
(45) A. speak B. sing C. question D. laugh
(46) A.misfortune B. disbelief C. dishonesty D. mistake
(47) A.changed B. approached C. returned D. ended
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(48)A.lesson B.gife C.report D.message
(49)A.friends B.Awards C.Masters D.Tasks
(50) A.simple B.unique C. fun D.clever
(51)A.assessments B. comments C.instructions D.updates
(52)A.graduation B. retirement C.separation D.resignation
(53) A.daring B.modest C.caring D.smart
(54) A.wait B.sleep C.study D.live
(55) A.paid B.charged C.lent D.owed
(56)A.observing B.preparing C. designing D.conducting
(57)A.regretted B.avoided C.excused D.ignored
(58) A.opened B.packed C.gave D.held
(59)A.picture B.bill C.note D.diary
(60) A.chose B.took C.expected D.borrowed
答案
(41)B(42)A(43)D(44)B(45)D(46)A(47)D(48)B(49)A(50)C(51)D
(52)A(53)C(54)B(55)C(56)D(57)C(58)A(59)C(60)B
解析
(41)考查上下文串联。A.built 建造 B. entered 进入 C.decorated 装饰 D.ran，跑步，根据句意，每天，27个孩子都会进入思想实验室，因此选B。
(42)考查上下文串联。A. name名字， B. rule规则，C. brand品牌， D. plan计划，结合文意：应该是“思想实验室”这个“名字”是同学们投票得来的，故选A。
(43)考查上下文串联。A. small小的，B. dark 黑的， C. strange 奇怪的， D. dull无聊的，由后文可知，同学们是因为“104班级”这个名字太“无聊”才把名字改为“思想实验室”的，故选D
(44)考查上下文串联。A. scholar学者， B. student学生， C. citizen市民， D. worker工人，通读全文可知Freddy是作者的一名“学生”，故选B。
(45)考查上下文串联。A. speak 说， B. sing 唱歌， C. question质问， D. laugh大笑，结合文意：对于好玩的事情，他会“笑”地最大声，故选D。
(46)考查上下文串联。A. misfortune不幸， B. disbelief怀疑，C. dishonesty 不诚实， D. mistake错误，根据前句：Freddy在有趣和富有同情心之间可以做到罕见的平衡，所以对于任何人的“不幸”，他会很悲伤，故选A。
(47)考查上下文串联。A. changed 改变， B. approached接近， C. returned返回，D. ended结束，结合句意：在学期“结束”之前，我……，故选D。
(48)考查上下文串联。A.lesson课，教训， B.gift礼物， C.report 报告，D.message信息，根据后文可知作者送给Freddy一件衬衫，即一个特殊的礼物，故选B。
(49)考查上下文串联。A.friends 朋友，B.Awards奖， C.Masters 主人，D.Tasks任务，结合文意：衬衫上写着“动词是你的朋友”，故选A。
(50)考查上下文串联。A.simple 简单的，B.unique独特的， C. fun 有趣的，D.clever聪明的，根据转折词while, 可知前后句意是相反的，“尽管动词也许看起来很无聊，但人们的一生当中做的大部分有趣之事都将是动词”，“无聊”与“有趣”相对，故选C。
(51)考查上下文串联。A.assessments评估，B. comments评论， C.instructions 指导， D.updates更新，根据句意：我遇到过以前的学生，他们常常会提供一些老同学的“最新情况”，故选D。
(52)考查上下文串联。A.graduation毕业， B. retirement退休，C.separation 分离，D.resignation辞职，结合文意：在Freddy高中毕业后，做了好几份工作，故选A。
(53)考查上下文串联。A.daring勇敢的， B.modest 谦虚的，C.caring贴心的， D.smart聪明的，根据后一句他让无家可归的人睡在了他的卡车上，可知他仍然是很爱关照人的，贴心的，故选C.。
(54)考查上下文串联。A.wait等待，B.sleep 睡觉， C.study 学习， D.live居住，结合文意：他让一位无家可归的人“睡在”他的卡车上，故选B。
(55)考查上下文串联。A paid，支付B charged，索要C lent，借出D owed欠，结合文意，还有一次，他借钱给朋友，让朋友买房，因此选C。
(56)考查上下文串联。A observe观察，B prepare准备，C design设计，D conduct组织，实施 ，结合上下文，我正在班里组织一个专题研讨会的时候，突然有人敲门，因此选D。
(57)考查上下文串联。A.regretted 后悔，遗憾， B.avoided避免，C.excused原谅，宽恕， D.ignored忽视，结合上下文：因为当时正在上课，所以这名女子为自己的打断行为要求得到原谅，故选C.。
(58)考查上下文串联。A.opened打开，B.packed打包， C.gave给予， D.held握住，结合文意：我停止教学，打开信，故选A.。
(59)考查上下文串联。A.picture 图片， B.bill 账单，C.note 纸条，便笺， D.diary日记，根据后文的描述，可知衬衫上是一个便笺，上面写着……，故选C.。
(60)考查上下文串联。A.chose 选择， B.took 拿走， C.expected 期待， D.borrowed借入，结合文意：尽管Freddy离开了我们，我们从他的身上也带走了一些东西，故选B。