When I was twelve years old, my family were the first black people to move into an all-whi

When I was twelve years old, my family were the first black people to move into an all-white part of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Many of our new   1   weren’t very welcoming. Some of the adults said   2   that we should return where we came from. The   3   sometimes threw stones at me or   4    me home from school.

Most of my teachers   5   ignored me, but not Dorothy Bean, my history teacher. Miss Bean was angry at how badly I was being   6  , but she didn’t say this to me. Miss Bean showed her   7   for me by teaching me just like anyone else.   8   being unnoticed, I was given a   9   to show that I was smart. Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me   10   for myself. She insisted on knowing what I thought about difficult   11  . Was Thomas Jefferson right to buy Louisiana from France? Why? She   12   me to have an opinion and to be able to   13   it up. Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for oneself was the real   14   to success in learning.

One day, when I was not   15   in class, Miss Bean suddenly threw an eraser at me. Unbelievably, the eraser hit me right on the hand and   16   my pencil flying. The whole class was   17   at first, then started laughing. This incident became famous in the school and,   18   it happened to me, the students wanted to get to   19   me. So that’s the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target, and how I became just another   20   in school.

1. A. friends       B. relatives          C. fellows        D. neighbors

2. A. kindly       B. pitifully          C. angrily        D. anxiously

3. A. seniors          B. children          C. enemies         D. elders

4. A. drove        B. took             C. helped        D. carried

5. A. hardly       B. simply           C. suddenly     D. widely

6. A. taught       B. fooled            C. picked       D. treated

7. A. dislike       B. thanks            C. respect      D. gifts

8. A. Instead of       B. In memory of      C. In case of      D. In spite of

9. A. question     B. chance            C. test         D. place

10. A. care         B. look              C. work         D. think

11. A. exams    B. history          C. questions        D. books

12. A. got          B. forced          C. allowed        D. expected

13. A. back         B. set             C. put            D. give

14. A. notice      B. key             C.attention           D. attitude

15. A. looking up      B. paying attention   C. reading aloud     D. getting along

16. A. sent        B. found           C. saw            D. kept

17. A. moved    B. calmed          C. worried         D. shocked

18. A. when        B. once            C. because        D. whether

19. A. ask         B. know            C. punish         D. admire

20. A. kid         B. problem          C. teacher          D. example

1. D  由于刚刚搬进(move into)这个白人居住区，所以新结识的应是邻居。

2. C  因歧视而讨厌他们的到来，故愤怒地说。

3. B  对十二岁的“我”扔石头并把“我”从学校赶回家，这些更像同龄孩子的行为，再与前文中的adults 相对照，可确定此处用children。

4. A  该社区的孩子对“我”是不友好的，所以不可能做出B、C、D三项中的行为：带（帮、抬）我回家。Drove是“驱赶”的意思。

5. B  hardly 与 ignored连用，则意为不忽视, 与语境相悖; 从行文逻辑上看此处无须表达“突然”或“广泛”之意，故排除C、D两项；simply此处用以加强语气，相当于just，可译为“简直”，“就这么简单！”。

6. D  Miss Bean对“我”受到的不公正的对待表示愤慨。这种不公正的对待既来自一些教师，也来自一些学生。另外，教师对“我”的不公正对待主要表现为不提问、不关心（ignored），但并不等同于不好好教，故排除A项。B、C两项离题较远，不难排除。

7. C  本题考查在语境中选词的能力。前文说作者受到了不公正的待遇，受人歧视，Miss Bean对此感到愤怒。她通过像教别人一样教“我”表达她的一种感情，这种感情与别人 的相反：别人歧视，我尊重。

8 A  此处讲述的是“我”在Miss Bean课堂上受到的对待：不是被忽视，而是被给表现的机会。

9. B  参见上题。

10. D  答案依据在下文：Miss Bean努力引导“我”养成独立思考的习惯。

11. C  下文紧接着便是Miss Bean一个question，作为例子。

12 D  根据语境，Miss Bean期待（而不是命令、强迫或允许）“我”有自己的见解并能有理由支撑见解。

13 A  it指opinion。back up意为“全力支持”。

14 B  独立思考是学习成功的关键。Key to sth.  打开……的钥匙；做好……的关键。D项干扰较大，但thinking for oneself 是一种行为，而不是一种态度，故attitude不太恰当。

15. B  课上精力不集中才会受到惩罚。

16. A  send sth. flying 意为“使……飞起来”； keep sth. flying意为“使……飞个不停”。

17. D

18. C

19. B  由于这件事在全校出了名，很多人都想认识“我” 。

20. A  全文主要讲述Miss Bean 如何帮助“我”改变不被同学和老师接纳、不能溶入学校生活的状态。通过巧妙的“惩罚”，使“我”成为全校注意的对象，结果成为该校和别的孩子一样的另一个孩子（another kid）。