Children are born with a natural desire of learning. They are curios and concerned about 36 around them. They are 37 to learn anything that amazes them. They have so many 38 that they keep on asking. They can bore the 39 all day long with many 40 questions which they will never feel bored with. Why? This is because learning is their 41 , perhaps an instinct of human beings. They just can't help. But 42 , they feel bored with learning, especially when learning becomes a boring 43 for them, especially after school has become a 44 of their life, especially when they have to 45 teachers who tell them again and again to 46 to recite and memorize things they don't want to learn, and especially 47 they realize school is not what they once 48 to be but something that, according to their parents, they must rely on in order to 49 a good fame or a good job or a good future. That is to say, learning has become a 50 , which they are forced or 51 to face. So it is the teachers and parents who have thrown the heavy 52 on the children. And meanwhile, the competitive society is also to blame. The children have been 53 of their pleasure and happiness that they could have enjoyed from the natural learning.

　　Therefore, my 54 to the students’ learning is that they 55 enjoy learning, enjoy the pleasure that they could feel from learning itself. Find back the long lost desire and curiosity of learning in their childhood.

　　36.A.nothing B.anything C.everything D.something

　　37.A.curious B.proud C.nervous D.eager

　　38.A.questions B.reactions C.problems D.troubles

　　39.A.students B.adults C.parents D.teachers

　　40.A.funny B.boring C.bored D.practical

　　41.A.ability B.excuse C.characteristic D.nature

　　42.A.gradually B.eventually C.however D.therefore

　　43.A.duty B.exercise C.task D.remark

　　44.A.pleasure B.part C.occasion D.success

　　45.A.face B.follow C.escape D.imitate

　　46.A.repeat B.copy C.report D.reply

　　47.A.before B.since C.after D.when

　　48.A.forbidden B.attracted C.intended D.expected

　　49.A.require B.achieve C.earn D.indicate

　　50.A.promise B.service C.must D.choice

　　51.A.pleased B.recommended C.obliged D.experienced

　　52.A.burden B.confidence C.difficulty D.challenge

　　53.A.informed B.deprived C.accused D.approved

　　54.A.encouragement B.persuation C.suggestion D.decision

　　55.A.must B.should C.might D.could

　　【解题导语】学习本来是孩子们天生的、本能的、自然的、快乐的求知过程，孩子们应该因为学习而感到满足和幸福，他们本来渴望了解自然，喜欢探索他们感兴趣的领域，他们本来可以因为学习而废寝忘食，乐此不彼，因为学习对于他们本来是件幸福和快乐的事情。可是是谁剥夺了他们的快乐?是谁让他们在面对书本的时候不再感到幸福而是莫大的压力?

　　【答案与简析】36—40：CDABB 41—45：DACBA 46—50： ADDBC 51—55： CABCB

　　36.C 解答该题的关键是要准确区别anything与everything在肯定句中所表达的意义。关心一切事情，含有整体性，应用everything，anything用于肯定句时，表示强调，该句没有强调之意。

　　37.D eager渴望的，be eager to do sth.渴望作某事;curious 好奇的;

　　38.A question 有疑而问,并且有待回答的问题; reaction(to)对......的反应;problem“问题、习题”，着重指客观存在的亟待解决的“问题”，尤其指棘手或难以解决的“问题”。Troubles“麻烦”，不和题意。

　　39.B adults包括parents和teachers;显然不是students。

　　40.B boring指的是“令人厌倦的”,指事物让人觉的厌倦;tired意为“疲劳的，厌倦的”,通常是由于过度疲劳等引起的疲劳;practical“实际的”。

　　41.D nature“本性;性质”;excuse“借口,理由”;characteristic意为“特征;特色”,比较注重外在的; ability “能力,才干;技能”。意思为“学习是他们的天性”。

　　42.A gradually“逐渐地;逐步地”，表示事态的发展;eventually“最后，最后”，表示某事的结果;however “然而;仍然”，表转折;therefore“因此,所以”，表示因果关系。

　　43.C task“任务, 工作“;duty”义务,责任;职务”;exercise“运动,训练”;remark 非正式评论。

　　44.B part“部分，角色,作用”;...pleasure“愉快,快乐，乐趣,乐事”;occasion“场合,时刻;时机”;success“成功,成就，成功的人或事”。

　　45.A face“面对”;follow“遵照,采用,仿效;听懂”;imitate“模仿,仿效”;/ escape“逃跑,逃脱”;control“控制”。下文也提到。

　　46.A repeat“重复,重说,重做;背诵”copy “抄写;复印”; report“汇报，报告”;reply“答复,回答”。句意为“……重复背诵一些记忆性的东西。”

　　47.D when“当……时候”;when，before和after都是从属连词，表示时间先后;since既可表时间，也可表原因。根据句意，可知选when。

　　48.D expect“期望”;forbidden“禁止”;attract“吸引，引起”;intended“想要,打算”;

　　49.B “……为了获得好的荣誉，工作和将来”。achieve“得到，获得，多指成就、目标、幸福的取得”，正合题意;require“需要;要求”;earn“赚;挣得”，指因工作等而得到报酬或待遇;indicate“表明”。

　　50.C “学习成了一种必须做的事情”。must此处为名词“必须做的事情”;如To learn English well is a must. 学好英语是非常必要的。promise“承诺”;service;“服务,帮助”;choice“选择(机会),抉择”。

　　51.C obliged:迫使,用于be obliged to do sth.被迫干某事;recommend“推荐,介绍;劝告”;please“使高兴,请”;experience“经历”。

　　52.A 根据上文“是老师和父母把沉重的担子加在了他们身上”。burden“担子,重担”;confidence“信任;信赖;信心”;difficulty“困难;难事;困境”;challenge“挑战”。

　　53.B “孩子们被剥夺了幸福和快乐”。deprive sb. of sth.剥夺某人某事;be (well) informed of(about)“对......消息灵通”;accuse sb. of... 控告某人犯有......;approve(of)“赞成, 满意”。

　　54.C 根据上下文看，此处应是作者的建议(suggestion)。Encouragement“鼓励，激励”;persuasion “劝说，说服”;decision“决定，决议”。

　　55.B 根据上文既然是建议，学习就应该(should)是享受学习，…….。其他不和语境。

　　(三)

　　Once there lived a rich merchant(商人) and a poor shoemaker in the same house. The merchant occupied the second floor, 36 the shoemaker lived and worked in a small room on the first floor. The shoemaker was one of the 37 persons on earth. He worked from morning till night, singing merrily. His heart was filled with 38 , whenever he saw the boots and shoes 39 . Now the merchant upstairs was so rich that he 40 knew how much wealth he had. He was always 41 over his gold and silver coins far into the night. Even in bed his uneasiness(不安) about his riches kept him 42 . When at last he had been asleep for an hour or two, up came the song of the happy shoemaker, who was an 43 riser. It continued all day and was a (n) 44 to the merchant. Day by day the merchant grew more and more tired through want of 45 . He asked a wise friend of his how he could put an 46 to the shoemaker’s song. “Well, if I were you, I would give the shoemaker a hundred pounds,” answered his friend. “You are rich enough to do that, I suppose. Ask for nothing in 47 . Simply give the money.” The merchant 48 the advice.

　　When the shoemaker 49 the bag that had been sent by the merchant, he was 50 to find shining coins. “I must hide this from the eyes of my neighbors. If they see it, they will think that I have stolen it,” he thought. “I will 51 it away even from my wife.” So he hid the bag of money under the floor. From then on he 52 his neighbors as much as he could. His wife who had been the best 53 to him, became troublesome. Now his mind was too much set on the money bag to 54 to his work with diligence(勤劳). He could not sing merrily now. 55 he thought of the money bag, he became uneasy and unhappy.

　　36.A.for B.therefore C.but D.however

　　37.A.poorest B.happiest C.richest D.shortest

　　38.A.smile B.sorrow C.sadness D.joy

　　39.A.being repaired B.repair C.to repair D.to be repaired

　　40.A.always B.completely C.hardly D.entirely

　　41.A.hiding B.counting C.calculating D.figuring

　　42.A.awake B.nervous C.frightened D.asleep

　　43.A.early B.happy C.noisy D.late

　　44.A.threat B.matter C.trouble D.alarm

　　45.A.sympathy B.understanding C.sleep D.treatment

　　46.A.end B.notice C.information D.stop

　　47.A.trouble B.need C.turn D.return

　　48.A.refused B.agreed C.asked D.followed

　　49.A.stole B.opened C.received D.closed/carried

　　50.A.excited B.amazed C.ashamed D.disappointed

　　51.A.throw B.keep C.give D.put

　　52.A.avoided B.thanked C.helped D.attract

　　53.A.companion B.fellow C.shoemaker D.merchant

　　54.A.tend B.turn C.attend D.come

　　55.A.Wherever B.Whatever C.Whenever D.However

　　36—40：CBDDC 41—45：BAACC 46—50：ADDBB 51—55：BAACC

　　【解题导语】本文讲述了一位富商和一位穷鞋匠的故事。这位富商很有钱，但老是担心他的钱财，整天不能入眠;而这位穷鞋匠虽穷，但很快乐，整天唱个不停。因此这位富商在朋友的指点下，把一袋子钱无偿地给了穷鞋匠，从此这位“富”鞋匠不在快乐了。

　　36.C 考查连词。此处表示转折。D项为副词，AB不合句意。

　　37.B 考查上下文。根据下文“singing merrily”可以看出B项最符合语境和句意。

　　38.D 考查介词与名词搭配。be filled with joy 表示满心(非常)高兴。不能说be filled with smile。

　　39.D 考查动词。D表示“要被修理”;A表示“正在被修理”;B、C为主动形式且C不应带to。

　　40.C 考查语意及副词。根据句意此处表示否定意义“几乎不”;A、B和D都表示肯定，根据下文意思选C。

　　41.B 考查动词。count…coins“数钱”;CD表示计算。

　　42.A 考查语境理解。“对钱财的担心使他不能入睡”，故选A。C表示“恐惧”。

　　43.A 考查语意和形容词。根据前文“快乐的鞋匠经常早起”，故选A。B与前文重复;D的意思相反。

　　44.C 考查语境理解。根据句意：这也成了对商人来说一件头疼的事，故选C(trouble)。

　　45.C 考查名词。根据句意：由于缺乏睡眠，故商人每天身心疲惫。A项与文意不符。

　　46.A 考查动词。put an end to“结束, 终止”

　　47.D 考查短语意义。in return“作为回报”;in trouble“有麻烦”;in need“急需”;in turn“依次, 轮流”，根据句意选D。

　　48.D 考查动词。follow one’s advice“”采纳，接受建议”。

　　49.B 考查语境。根据后文提示，B项表示“打开钱袋”;C项为“收到”与后文不符。

　　50.B 考查语意和形容词。根据句意“当打开钱袋时，看到金闪闪的银子，感到非常惊奇”与文意相符。其它与文意不符。

　　51.B 考查动词短语。keep sth. away from…“避开……”故选B。其它不合语境。

　　52.A 考查动词。鞋匠怕商人怀疑他偷钱，尽可能地避开商人，故选A。B表感激;C表帮助;D表吸引，都不合语境。

　　53.A 考查名词。根据句意“他的妻子曾经是他的知己，此时已形同陌路。”A“知己，伴侣”其它不和语境。

　　54.C 考查动词短语。attend to“关心，从事”;此处表示“他把全部的心思都放在了钱袋上而无暇顾及/关心自己的生意。tend to“倾向于”;turn to“转向，求助于”;come to“达到，共计”等均不合句意。

　　55.C 考查连词。无论何时想起这些钱，就感到不自在，不高兴。ABD与位意不符。