故选C。

44. B【解析】考查名词词义辨析。tooth“牙齿”，mind“头脑”，leg“腿”，arm“胳膊”。坐在她们旁边的这对年期年轻夫妇见此场景，认为这位女子的脑子有问题。故选B。

45. C【解析】考查动词词义辨析。由语境可知，此时这名女子又大声地喊叫。故选C。

46. A 【解析】考查副词的辨析。finally“最后”，luckily“幸运地”，similarly“相似地”，probably“或许”。由下文可知，最后这对夫妇禁不住询问老妇人她女儿的病情，A项符合句意。故选A。

47. D【解析】考查名词词义辨析。由上文中的“…a good doctor”可知，此处表示“我们刚刚从医院看病回来。”故选D。

48. B【解析】考查动词词义辨析。start“开始”，improve“改善”，change“改变，变化”，appeared“出现”。由前句“你应该去一家更好的医院”可推知，看起来她女儿的病情没有改善。故选B。

49. C【解析】考查形容词辨析。ill“生病的”，deaf“哑的”，blind“失明的”，weak“虚弱的”。由下句“今天她第一次看到了世界”可知，她的女儿出生时就双目失明了。故选C。

50. C【解析】考查动词辨析。tell“告诉”，find“找到”，surprise“使吃惊”，please“请”。由故事可知，不要在你真正了解别人之前就去评判他们。真相可能会让你大吃一惊。故选C。

(2017·四川绵阳)B

My great-grand mother, Winifred Hastings, got rich in a mining(采矿) town out West. But her 46 didn’t come from gold or silver, but from soup, steak, apple pie, and good coffee.

In the early 1900’s, Winifred arrived in Silver City with her husband. But he caught a fever and died suddenly. With the little money she had, Winifred decided to open a practical restaurant to 47 all the hungry miners in town.

The restaurant had only wooden boxes for tables, but business was very good 48 . The miners 49 that Winifred was a great cook, 50 they ate

in her restaurant every day.

One time, Winifred had a small accident in the restaurant. A fire started in the kitchen and her customers had to put it out. “The town mayor walked in 51 there was still a lot of smoke in the room. “Winifred,” he said, “What are you cooking back there?” Everybody 52 .

In 1905, Winifred got married again and moved out of town. On her 53 day in Silver City, a photographer took her picture. The picture is over my desk at home. It shows Winifred with about fifty miners standing in front of the restaurant. At the top of the photo 54 says: TO WINIFRED, THE BEST COOK IN THE WEST. 55 YOUR BOYS.

46. A. wealth B. skill C. family D. health 47. A. cost B. entertain C. warm D. feed 48. A. sometimes B. anyway C. somewhere D. anywhere 49. A. found out B. looked through C. came across D. thought up 50. A. but B. and C. since D. although 51. A. if B. after C. while D. before 52. A. cried B. laughed C. replied D. followed 53. A. best B. worst C. first D. last 54. A. he B. she C. it D. one 55. A. WITH B. FOR C. BY D. FROM 题材：人物故事

【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。本文主要讲述了作者的奶奶Winifred帮助困难矿工，深受矿工爱戴的故事。

46. A【解析】考查名词词义辨析。根据上句got rich in a mining(采矿) town out West可推知，Winifred Hastings的“财富”不是来自金银，而是来自开饭店。故选A。 47. D【解析】考查动词词义辨析。根据上文语境open a practical restaurant和下文语境all the hungry miners可推知：开饭店的目的是“供给”给矿上饥饿的矿工。故选D。

48. B【解析】考查副词词义辨析。分析句意可知：尽管饭店只用木箱子当桌子，

但是生意无论怎么样都很好。故选B。

49. A【解析】考查动词短语辨析。根据下句“Winifred是一个好厨师”可推知，矿工是“发现”。故选A。

50. B【解析】考查连词词义辨析。根据上句“Winifred是一个好厨师”和下句“矿工每天都在饭店”是“顺承”关系，故选B。

51. C【解析】考查连词词义辨析。分析句意可知，当房间里有很多烟的时候，镇长就走进去了。故选C。

52. B【解析】考查动词词义辨析。根据上文镇长问的一句话“你在后面做了什么菜”可推知，镇长的话让矿工都笑了。故选B。

53. D【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。根据上句“moved out of town”可知，从这个镇上迁走，说明是“最后一天”。故选D。

54. C【解析】考查代词词义辨析。it指代下面说话的内容。故选D。

55. D 【解析】考查介词词义辨析。与上文TO WINIFRED可知与FROM YOUR BOYS相对应。故选D。

(2017·安徽) A

Henry Bond was about seven years old when his father died. His mother found it 46 to support the large family. However, she tried her best to do so. Also, she 47 Henry, the eldest son, to school.

At one time, Henry needed a grammar book for his study. His family was so 48 that his mother could not afford one.

One morning, Henry found that a deep snow had fallen, and the 49 wind was blowing. “Ah,” he said, “it is an ill wind that blows nobody good.” With these words, he ran to the house of a neighbor, and offered his 50 to move away the snow around it. The offer was accepted. When he finished the work, he received his 51 . Then he went to another place for the 52 purpose, and then to another, 53 he had earned (挣得) enough to buy a grammar book.

From that time, Henry was 54 the first in all his classes. He knew no such word as “ 55 ”, and he succeeded in all he tried to do. Having the will, he always found the way.

46. A. easy

B. fun B. sent B. small B. warm B. choice B. pay

C. difficult C. followed C. rich C. cool C. money C. letter C. same C. since

D. possible D. lent D. poor D. hot D. interest D. study D. boring D. until D. seldom D. give

47. A. returned 48. A. large 49. A. cold 50. A. service 51. A. book 52. A. last 53. A. if

B. strange B. because B. never B. fail

54. A. always 55. A. help

C. already C. try

题材：人物故事 【主旨大意】

本文是一篇记叙文。小男孩Henry的父亲早逝，家境贫寒。尽管如此，母亲还是坚持让Henry上学。为了减轻家庭负担，懂事的Henry通过自己帮助别人扫雪等方法赚点钱买了一本语法书。从此他懂得一个道理：只要有信念，总会找到成功的方法。

46. C【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。从文章第一句知，Henry父亲早逝，从下文Henry通过自己的劳动赚钱买语法书的描述知，仅凭妈妈支撑这个大家庭确实很困难。故选C。

47. B【解析】考查动词词义辨析。从下文Henry买语法书的描述知，这里说的是妈妈送家中最大的孩子Henry去上学。故选B。

48. D【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。从后一分句his mother could not afford one及上下文的描述知，Henry的家庭很穷，买不起一本语法书。故选D。 49. A【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。从前一分句a deep snow had fallen知，这里说的是寒风呼啸。故选A。

50. A【解析】考查名词词义辨析。从语境知，Henry家境贫寒，他只有通过替邻居扫雪（即提供服务）来获得一点钱买语法书。故选A。

51. B【解析】考查名词词义辨析。从下文“Henry挣得足够的钱买语法书”的描述知，在替邻居扫完雪后，Henry得到了报酬。故选B。