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课后阅读作业 十二
Module 3 Period 4
Ⅰ. 完形填空
I was a late arrival to university. I didn’t enroll(入学)until my 74th year, and wasn’t to 1 until last week. At 78, I 2 a BA(文学士)in history at Birkbeck University of London(伦敦大学伯贝克学院).
I grew up in wartime Britain and my 3 was completely destroyed by the war. By the time I left 4 , aged 15, I had been to 11 different schools. 5 the war, I worked as a black cab driver for 42 years, but always 6 that I hadn’t received education. So I enrolled at Birkbeck, which is best at evening 7 .
I soon realized that 8 the education I had missed as a child wouldn’t be 9 . I didn’t understand a word of my first 10 . With the support of my teachers, I began my study. When I had 11 three weeks into the course, my teacher 12 told me, “You will get this BA, no matter what. Any problems, you come and see me. ”The other students also helped to 13 me through.
It hasn’t been an easy journey, but I feel 14 to have experienced student life. The day when I found out I’d 15 my degree was full of joy. You can 16 be sure that you’re going to make it until you’ve 17 it through the last exam.
The graduation ceremony last week was one of the 18 moments of my life. My wife, my two sons, my classmates and my teachers were all there to 19 the moment with me. When I heard my name read out and 20 the stage I was able to say that I truly had realized a lifetime aim.
【语篇概述】“我”74岁才上大学, 上周刚毕业。78岁的“我”取得了伦敦大学的历史学学士学位, “我”这一生终于如愿以偿了。 1. A. work
B. drive
C. graduate
D. study
【解析】选C。背景常识题。根据下文内容可知, 这里的意思是“我是上周刚毕业的”。 2. A. started
B. finished
C. taught
D. devoted
【解析】选B。词语辨析题。74岁时入学, 78岁“完成”了伦敦大学的历史学学士学位的学习。finish表示“完成”。 3. A. education
B. hobby
C. health
D. job
【解析】选A。背景常识题。本句是第二段的主题句, 根据后面的描述可知, “我”在英国的战乱时期成长, 战争完全毁了“我”的“学业”。 4. A. home
B. war
C. college
D. school
【解析】选D。词语辨析题。根据后半句I had been to 11 different schools. 可知, 这里的意思是“15岁离开学校时, 我上过11所不同的学校”。 5. A. After
B. Before
C. During
D. Until
【解析】选A。习语搭配题。根据后面的I worked as a black cab driver for 42 years可知, 应该是战争结束“后”。
6. A. imagined understood
B. felt C. found D.
【解析】选B。词语辨析题。根据上文可知, “我”接受过教育, 但“我”总“觉得”自己没接受过教育。 7. A. dresses
B. papers
C. activities
D. classes
【解析】选D。背景常识题。根据第一段可知Birkbeck为伦敦大学的一个学院, “我”在Birkbeck上夜大。所以只有D项符合语境。 8. A. looking up C. putting up
B. making up D. setting up
【解析】选B。短语辨析题。根据后面的the education I had missed as a child可知, 这里说的是“弥补那些孩提时错过的课”。make up在这里表示“弥补”; look up抬头看, 查找; put up举起, 建立, 张贴; set up建立, 创立, 安排。 9. A. easy
B. hard D. unhappy
C. comfortable
【解析】选A。词语辨析题。根据下文的描述可知, 这句话的意思应该是“很快我就意识到, 要弥补那些孩提时错过的课并不是一件容易的事”。
10. A. homework C. lesson
B. exam D. experiment
【解析】选C。词语辨析题。上第一节“课”“我”一点都不懂。 11. A. doubts
B. quarrels