摘要： 阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。The 84-year-old American woman, Janet Fein received her bachelor’s degree fr
阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The 84-year-old American woman, Janet Fein received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Dallas last week. Fein grew up in the Bronx area of New York City. When she was in high school, she just wanted to finish and get a job. After 41 early, at the age of 16, she went to work as a secretary. After getting married, she spent 18 years staying home with her five children. She then held several jobs 42 she retired at age 77. But even then, she was not ready to 43 during the retirement. 
She worked for 20 years on earning an associated degree, which she received in 1995. But Fein told the AP she also 44 to earn a bachelor’ s degree “with all of my heart. ” Fein took part in a state program that lets people who are 65 and 45 take free classes at public universities in Texas. State officials say about 2, 000 people used the 46 last year.
Even with all of her life experiences, she said she 47 reading, writing papers and learning new things. “With each class I 48 knew a lot, but I want more. And that made me happy. ” Fein kept going to class even as her health conditions 49 . During her studies, it became 50 for her to use a walker (拐杖) to 51 and she required oxygen. She even 52 knee problems. So, instead of going to the university, Fein took online classes to finish the remaining part of her degree requirements. She never showed (a) 53 of giving up even with all of her difficulties. Fein even made friends with other students.
Many people set the 54 of graduating from college at a very young age while Janet Fein waited a life time for her chance to reach that goal. As the saying goes, it’s never too late to learn. Learning can help people live a 55 life.
【文章大意】讲述了美国一位84岁的女士Janet Fein通过努力获得了德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校的学士学位。
41. A. working B. graduating
C. learning D. beginning
【解析】选B。考查词义辨析。 working工作; graduating毕业; learning学习; beginning开始。 当时她在读高中, 所以应该是毕业得早, 故选B。
42. A. while B. after C. before D. unless
【解析】选C。考查连词词义辨析。while当……时; after在……之后; before在……之前; unless除非。在她77岁退休之前她都有好几份工作, 故选C。
43. A. lie down B. work hard
C. get off D. take a rest
【解析】选D。考查动词短语词义辨析。lie down躺下; work hard努力工作; get off下车, 脱下; take a rest休息。但是在她退休期间她也不准备休息, 故选D。
44. A. bought B. wanted
C. introduced D. ordered
【解析】选B。考查动词词义辨析。bought买; wanted想要; introduced介绍; ordered命令。她想全心全意努力得到一个学士学位, 故选B。
45. A. older B. better C. faster D. bigger
【解析】选A。考查形容词词义辨析。older更年老的; better更好的; faster更快的; bigger更大的。这门课程是开给65岁甚至更年老的人, 故选A。
46. A. experience B. degree
C. program D. ability
【解析】选C。考查名词词义辨析。experience经历; degree程度; program项目; ability能力。上文提到这是一个州立的项目, 故选C。
47. A. stopped B. made C. enjoyed D. disliked
【解析】选C。考查动词词义辨析。 stopped停; made做; enjoyed享受; disliked不喜欢。她享受阅读、写论文和学习新事物, 故选C。
48. A. yet B. still C. even D. already
【解析】选D。考查副词词义辨析。yet至今; still仍然; even甚至; already早已。每节课她早就了解了, 但是她想要学更多, 故选D。
49. A. worsened B. improved
C. increased D. lost
【解析】选A。考查动词词义辨析。worsened变差; improved提高; increased增加; lost丢失。她甚至在她身体状况变糟糕时都坚持去学校, 故选A。
50. A. easy B. necessary
C. fortunate D. true
【解析】选B。考查形容词词义辨析。easy容易的; necessary有必要的; fortunate幸运的; true真的。使用拐杖变得有必要, 故选B。
51. A. look around B. get around
C. take exercise D. go straight
【解析】选B。考查动词短语词义辨析。look around四周看看; get around到处走走; take exercise锻炼; go straight直走。用拐杖去到处走走, 故选B。
52. A. became B. moved
C. had D. turned
【解析】选C。考查动词词义辨析。became成为; moved移动; had有; turned转动。她甚至膝盖有问题, 故选C。
53. A. sign B. care C. lack D. style
【解析】选A。考查名词词义辨析。sign迹象; care关心; lack缺乏; style风格。她没表现过要放弃的迹象, 故选A。
54. A. example B. method
C. goal D. standard
【解析】选C。考查名词词义辨析。example例子; method方法; goal目标; standard标准。下文 reach that goal完成目标可知, 此处为建立目标, 故选C。
55. A. strict B. meaningful
C. careful D. normal
【解析】选B。考查形容词词义辨析。strict严格的; meaningful有意义的; careful小心的; normal正常的。学习能帮助人们生活得有意义, 故选B。
