B
One of the phrases which greatly puzzled（使……困惑）me was “entertaining angels（天使）unaware”. How could anybody be unaware of entertaining an angel? I’ve never thought that angelic qualities could hide under very ordinary voices and in everyday bodies.
My angel, as it turned out, hid inside the little body of my school teacher, Miss McKenzie. To me she was always a little old lady, with her grey hair framing a round rosy face and caught up in an old-fashioned bun（发髻）on top of her head.
Although I enjoyed Miss McKenzie’s approval（赞同）, I never really felt very close to her. I had never asked her advice as to what I should do when I left school. Surely there was only one thing to do: Get a job and make money as quickly as possible. But Miss McKenzie had other ideas. We in our house knew nothing of scholarships for fatherless children. The idea of a child from a working-class family going to college was the very thing of storybooks.
Unknown to us, she forced the headmaster to put my name forward for a special scholarship open to children who showed a gift, and who would receive further education. He agreed, although he was a bit worried about the cost of keeping me at college for a whole year. No earnings from me, and costs and clothes to be covered, for, of course, only the fees（学费）would be paid if I won.
Miss McKenzie brushed all argument aside. To this day I can remember my complete surprise when, on being asked if she felt I had any special qualities, this elderly teacher banged the desk with her hand, and declared（断言）in an American saying I never thought she knew, “I’d stake（以……打赌）my bottom dollar on this girl!”
I shook at the passion（激情）in her voice, and at her trust in me. “What if I fail her?” I thought to myself. “What if she has to pay all the money back if I let her down?” I had a sense of responsibility and I shouldn’t let her down.
The time at college went by quickly. At the end of my year at college, I was able to lay before her the college gold medal as the year’s top student and a whole pile of awards.
And suddenly as I looked at her, and saw her eyes shining with pride behind the gold-rimmed glasses, I realized how widely she had thrown open the door of chance for me. And I knew for the first time what the phrase “entertaining angels unaware” meant. For there, standing before me in class, was my very own angel, Miss McKenzie.
— An excerpt from Shoes Were for Sunday by Molly Weir
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A. explain why she always kept a safe distance from Miss McKenzie
B. compare the inner qualities of Miss McKenzie with her ordinary appearance
C. point out that she and Miss McKenzie both came from an ordinary family
D. show the influence of the strong trust Miss McKenzie had in her
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A. highly impossible B. of no use C. quite common D. of great importance
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A. The courage to face danger. B. The plan to solve problems.
C. The chance to achieve dreams. D. The duty to do something well.
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A. surprised and encouraged B. ashamed and unwilling
C. uncertain and stressed D. worried and purposeful
（
A. think back on her schooldays and her past achievements
B. express her thankfulness to one of her school teachers
C. stress the importance of equal chance of education
D. encourage readers to find the angels around them
One of the phrases which greatly puzzled（使……困惑）me was “entertaining angels（天使）unaware”. How could anybody be unaware of entertaining an angel? I’ve never thought that angelic qualities could hide under very ordinary voices and in everyday bodies.
My angel, as it turned out, hid inside the little body of my school teacher, Miss McKenzie. To me she was always a little old lady, with her grey hair framing a round rosy face and caught up in an old-fashioned bun（发髻）on top of her head.
Although I enjoyed Miss McKenzie’s approval（赞同）, I never really felt very close to her. I had never asked her advice as to what I should do when I left school. Surely there was only one thing to do: Get a job and make money as quickly as possible. But Miss McKenzie had other ideas. We in our house knew nothing of scholarships for fatherless children. The idea of a child from a working-class family going to college was the very thing of storybooks.
Unknown to us, she forced the headmaster to put my name forward for a special scholarship open to children who showed a gift, and who would receive further education. He agreed, although he was a bit worried about the cost of keeping me at college for a whole year. No earnings from me, and costs and clothes to be covered, for, of course, only the fees（学费）would be paid if I won.
Miss McKenzie brushed all argument aside. To this day I can remember my complete surprise when, on being asked if she felt I had any special qualities, this elderly teacher banged the desk with her hand, and declared（断言）in an American saying I never thought she knew, “I’d stake（以……打赌）my bottom dollar on this girl!”
I shook at the passion（激情）in her voice, and at her trust in me. “What if I fail her?” I thought to myself. “What if she has to pay all the money back if I let her down?” I had a sense of responsibility and I shouldn’t let her down.
The time at college went by quickly. At the end of my year at college, I was able to lay before her the college gold medal as the year’s top student and a whole pile of awards.
And suddenly as I looked at her, and saw her eyes shining with pride behind the gold-rimmed glasses, I realized how widely she had thrown open the door of chance for me. And I knew for the first time what the phrase “entertaining angels unaware” meant. For there, standing before me in class, was my very own angel, Miss McKenzie.
— An excerpt from Shoes Were for Sunday by Molly Weir
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B
）4. The writer writes paragraphs 2-5 in order to .A. explain why she always kept a safe distance from Miss McKenzie
B. compare the inner qualities of Miss McKenzie with her ordinary appearance
C. point out that she and Miss McKenzie both came from an ordinary family
D. show the influence of the strong trust Miss McKenzie had in her
（
A
）5. The underlined sentence in paragraph 3 shows that it was for a child from a working-class family to go to college.A. highly impossible B. of no use C. quite common D. of great importance
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D
）6. What does the underlined word “responsibility” mean?A. The courage to face danger. B. The plan to solve problems.
C. The chance to achieve dreams. D. The duty to do something well.
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A
）7. In paragraph 6, the writer felt when she heard Miss McKenzie’s passionate voice.A. surprised and encouraged B. ashamed and unwilling
C. uncertain and stressed D. worried and purposeful
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B
）8. The writer’s main purpose of writing this passage is to .A. think back on her schooldays and her past achievements
B. express her thankfulness to one of her school teachers
C. stress the importance of equal chance of education
D. encourage readers to find the angels around them
答案：4. B 5. A 6. D 7. A 8. B
解析：
【分析】
解题思路：先通读全文把握文章主旨（作者回忆小学老师Miss McKenzie帮助来自工人家庭的自己申请奖学金上大学，最终获奖，体会到“无心款待天使”的含义）；再针对每个题目，定位原文对应段落，明确题干要求，对比选项与原文信息，排除错误选项，得出正确答案。
【解析】
4. 解析：题干问作者写2-5段的目的。第2段描述Miss McKenzie普通的外貌，第3段说明作者认为工人家庭孩子上大学如同故事中的事，第4段写老师帮作者申请奖学金，第5段体现老师对作者的信任。这部分内容是对比老师普通的外表与她对作者的帮助（内在的天使品质），对应选项B。A选项“保持距离”不是段落核心目的，C选项“来自普通家庭”非重点，D选项“信任的影响”仅为部分内容，故选B。
5. 解析：第3段划线句“工人家庭孩子上大学是故事书里的事”，说明这种情况几乎不可能，对应选项A（高度不可能）。B“没用”、C“常见”、D“重要”均不符合文意，故选A。
6. 解析：“responsibility”所在句提到作者担心让老师失望，认为自己有责任做好事，词义为“做好某事的责任”，对应选项D。A“面对危险的勇气”、B“解决问题的计划”、C“实现梦想的机会”均不匹配，故选D。
7. 解析：第6段作者听到老师充满激情的声音，原文提到作者因老师的激情和信任而震动，结合后文作者获奖的结果，说明当时作者是惊讶且被鼓励的，对应选项A。B“羞愧不愿”、C“不确定压力”、D“担心有目的”均不符合，故选A。
8. 解析：全文围绕老师帮助作者上大学、作者最终获奖展开，核心是表达对老师的感谢，对应选项B。A“回忆学校和成就”过于表面，C“强调教育机会平等”非重点，D“鼓励找身边天使”是引申而非主要目的，故选B。
【答案】
4.B 5.A 6.D 7.A 8.B
【知识点】
阅读理解细节理解、阅读理解词义猜测、阅读理解主旨大意
【点评】
本文为记叙文，通过作者与小学老师的故事，考察学生对文章细节、词义及主旨的理解，需学生精准定位原文信息，分析上下文逻辑，排除干扰项，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6
解题思路：先通读全文把握文章主旨（作者回忆小学老师Miss McKenzie帮助来自工人家庭的自己申请奖学金上大学，最终获奖，体会到“无心款待天使”的含义）；再针对每个题目，定位原文对应段落，明确题干要求，对比选项与原文信息，排除错误选项，得出正确答案。
【解析】
4. 解析：题干问作者写2-5段的目的。第2段描述Miss McKenzie普通的外貌，第3段说明作者认为工人家庭孩子上大学如同故事中的事，第4段写老师帮作者申请奖学金，第5段体现老师对作者的信任。这部分内容是对比老师普通的外表与她对作者的帮助（内在的天使品质），对应选项B。A选项“保持距离”不是段落核心目的，C选项“来自普通家庭”非重点，D选项“信任的影响”仅为部分内容，故选B。
5. 解析：第3段划线句“工人家庭孩子上大学是故事书里的事”，说明这种情况几乎不可能，对应选项A（高度不可能）。B“没用”、C“常见”、D“重要”均不符合文意，故选A。
6. 解析：“responsibility”所在句提到作者担心让老师失望，认为自己有责任做好事，词义为“做好某事的责任”，对应选项D。A“面对危险的勇气”、B“解决问题的计划”、C“实现梦想的机会”均不匹配，故选D。
7. 解析：第6段作者听到老师充满激情的声音，原文提到作者因老师的激情和信任而震动，结合后文作者获奖的结果，说明当时作者是惊讶且被鼓励的，对应选项A。B“羞愧不愿”、C“不确定压力”、D“担心有目的”均不符合，故选A。
8. 解析：全文围绕老师帮助作者上大学、作者最终获奖展开，核心是表达对老师的感谢，对应选项B。A“回忆学校和成就”过于表面，C“强调教育机会平等”非重点，D“鼓励找身边天使”是引申而非主要目的，故选B。
【答案】
4.B 5.A 6.D 7.A 8.B
【知识点】
阅读理解细节理解、阅读理解词义猜测、阅读理解主旨大意
【点评】
本文为记叙文，通过作者与小学老师的故事，考察学生对文章细节、词义及主旨的理解，需学生精准定位原文信息，分析上下文逻辑，排除干扰项，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6