Dinah is one of the most good-natured children that ever lived, but she is very, very lazy. There is nothing she likes, or used to like, so much as to curl up in some warm corner in the sun and do nothing.
Dinah’s mother wished very much that her child should learn to read, but the lady who tried to teach her soon give it up. “It is no 16 ,” she said, “Dinah 17 not learn. She is not stupid, but too lazy.”
It happened soon that a young man from Massachusetts came to the house where Dinah lived. He brought with him something no one else in the neighborhood had ever seen before－a pair of roller-skates.
When Dinah saw the young man going rapidly up and down the piazza (广场) on his skates she was so 18 . She ran after him like a cat, her black eyes shining.
One day the young man allowed her to 19 the skates. The child was too happy for words. Of course she fell down, but did not 20 at all.
“Look here, Dinah,” said the young man, “I understand that my aunt has been trying to teach you to read. Why didn’t you learn? Now, if you can read, I will send you a pair of good roller-skates.”
For a moment she said 21 , then exclaimed decidedly, “I’ll have those skates, sure.”
And she did. When she 22 her mind on her work, she could always do it well, 23 it was.
The lady who had before this found her 24 difficult a child to teach, now had no trouble. If Dinah showed the least 25 of her former laziness, the word SKATES was enough to draw her attention back to her lesson instantly.
On New Year’s morning she received a box marked in large printed letters:
MISS DINAH MORRIS,
Care of Mrs. Lawrence Delaney,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
If she can read what is on the outside of this box she can have what is inside.
And as Dinah read every word clearly and quickly, of course she had the fine roller-skates the box held. And now sitting curled up in the sun, doing nothing, is not the thing she likes to do best.
【小题1】A．needB． way C． use D． importance【小题2】A．shallB． willC． mustD． can【小题3】A．astonishedB． terrifiedC． frightenedD． shocked【小题4】A．put upB． try outC． try onD． have on【小题5】A．moveB． hurtC． cryD． mind【小题6】A．somethingB． nothing C． anythingD． everything【小题7】A．paidB． drewC． bent D． made【小题8】A．wheneverB． howeverC． whatever D． wherever【小题9】A．suchB． so C． stillD． very【小题10】A． signB． impressionC． markD． expressionC
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(答案→)C
解析：一双溜冰鞋改变了一个女孩！
【小题1】固定句型。It is no use…没有用；根据上下文可知是让她学习是没有用的。
【小题2】情态动词用法。Will愿意；根据句意可知她女儿不愿意学习，不是笨而是懒。
【小题3】形容词辨析。根据上下文可知Dinah看到他穿着溜冰鞋快速的溜来溜去，根据很惊讶。
【小题4】短语辨析。A举起，张贴，留宿；B试验；C试穿，试用；D穿着；结合句意可知他让她试穿溜冰鞋。
【小题5】上下文串联。根据上文可知她分词喜欢溜冰，即使摔倒也不在乎。
【小题6】上下文串联。根据下文的then exclaimed decidedly可知一开始她什么也没有说。
【小题7】固定词组。Bend on使致力于….。句意：只要她致力于工作，无论是什么工作，她都能做好。
【小题8】考察让步状语从句。句意同上。
【小题9】考察固定用法。Such后面要加名词短语，so后面要接形容词，副词短语，故B正确。
【小题10】名词辨析。A迹象；B印象；C痕迹；D表情。结合句意可知是指表现出懒惰的迹象。