An amazing teacherYears ago a John Hopkins

题目内容：

An amazing teacher

Years ago a John Hopkins professor gave a group of graduate students this task: Go to the slums（贫民窟）. Took 200 boys, between the ages of 12 and 16, and 31their background and environment, then 32their chances for the future.

The students, after consulting social statistics, talking to the boys, and collecting much data， concluded that 90 percent of the boys would 33some time in prison.

Twenty-five years later 34group of graduate students was given the job of 35the prediction. They went back to the same area. Some of the boys---by then 36---were still there, a few had died, some had moved away, but they got in touch with 180 of the 37200.They found that only four of the group had ever been sent to 38.

Why was it that these men, who had lived in a breeding place of crime, had such a surprisingly good record? The researchers were 39told,“Well, there was a teacher…”

They pressed（追问）further, and found that in 75 percent of the cases it was the same woman. The researchers went to this teacher, now living in a home for retired teachers. How had she had this brilliant 40on that group of children? Could she give them any reason why these boys should have remembered her?

“No,” she said,“No，I really couldn’t.”And then， thinking back 41the years, she said musingly（沉思地）,42to herself than to her questioners,“Ｉloved those boys…”

小题1:

A．look into

B．make up

C．show up

D．result in小题2:

A．control

B．arrange

C．desert

D．predict小题3:

A．cost

B．spend

C．take

D．waste小题4:

A．others

B．the other

C．another

D．other小题5:

A．cursing

B．convincing

C．applying

D．testing小题6:

A．teachers

B．students

C．men

D．professors小题7:

A．native

B．rare

C．recorded

D．discouraged小题8:

A．slums

B．society

C．prison

D．school小题9:

A．continually

B．optimistically

C．curiously

D．officially小题10:

A．reflection

B．harmony

C．effect

D．existence小题11:

A．before

B．after

C．in

D．over.小题12:

A．less

B．more

C．better

D．worse

最佳答案：

小题1:A

小题2:D

小题3:B

小题4:C

小题5:D

小题6:C

小题7:C

小题8:C

小题9:A

小题10:C

小题11:D

小题12:B

答案解析：

本文讲述了教授给研究生布置的任务是调查在贫民窟生活的200个男孩的家庭背景，并预测他们的未来。本文给我们的启示是：爱可以创造奇迹。一位女教师的爱感化了她的学生，影响那些在贫民窟的男孩有积极的人生态度。

小题1:考查词组：A. look into调查B. make up组成，编造C. show up出现D. result in结果，导致，教授给研究生布置的任务是调查在贫民窟生活的200个男孩的家庭背景，选A。

小题2:考查动词：A. control控制B. arrange安排C. desert沙漠D. predict预测，预测他们的未来，选D。

小题3:考查动词：A. cost花费B. spend 花费，度过，C. take 带走，花费 D. waste浪费，总结说有90%的男孩要在监狱度过。选B。

小题4:考查代词：A. others泛指其他人B. the other特指：另一个C. another 泛指，另一个 D. other泛指，其他，后面要接名词，表示另一群学生被给了检测这个预言的任务。选C。

小题5:考查动词：A. cursing诅咒B. convincing使…相信C. applying应用D. testing检验，解析同上一题。选D。

小题6:考查名词：A. teachers老师B. students 学生C. men男子D. professors教授，当时的男孩现在已经成了男人。选C。

小题7:考查形容词：A. native当地的，B. rare罕见的，C. recorded记录的 D. discouraged泄气的，表示当时记录的200个里面的180个。选C。

小题8:考查名词：A. slums平民窟B. society社会C. prison监狱D. school学校，上文说这些男孩90%要进监狱，现在只有20个进过监狱。选C。

小题9:考查副词：A. continually连续的，B. optimistically乐观的C. curiously 好奇地， D. officially官方的，研究者被连续的问及。选A。

小题10:考查名词：A. reflection反映B. harmony和谐C. effect影响D. existence存在，她怎么会对这群孩子有这么大的影响呢？选C。

小题11:考查连词：A. before在…前面B. after在…后面C. in在…里面D. over.结束，经过一段时间，回顾这么多年以来。选D。

小题12:考查形容词的比较级：A. less更少B. more更多C. better更好D. worse更糟，

词组：more…than…与其是…不如是…，与其是和研究者说话不如说是自言自语。选B。

点评：故事类题材是一直高考的重点内容，本文讲述对200名生活在贫民窟的男孩的生活进行追踪调查的故事，趣味性强，难度适中，非常切合高考阅读取材。解答推理判断类试题时，要从文中找到设题的句子或段落，在四个选项中找到与原句意思相符的陈述。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。