11.A.even       B.already

C.still      D.merely

解析：选A。此处用even，意义更进一步，更加形象地表示家长对孩子的关心。语意“有时他们甚至为孩子提供功课上的帮助，好像他们是老师一样。”

12.A.marks      B.efforts

C.pains   D.words

解析：选A。文中讲的是家长对自己的孩子的关心。家长对孩子的关心无非是孩子的成长和学习成绩，因此此处应该用marks“成绩，分数”。

13.A.at       B.beyond

C.in       D.with

解析：选D。他们就与学业有关的一切责备孩子。be/have to do with sb./sth.是固定用法，表示“关心，与……有关”。

14.A.nearly      B.really

C.seldom      D.hardly

解析：选B。根据语境可知老师此处对孩子是肯定的，故用really“真正地，确实地”。

15.A.satisfied      B.careful

C.strict      D.cautious

解析：选C。be strict with“对……严格”，是固定搭配，此处与前面第二段的倒数第二句照应。

16.A.working      B.playing

C.staying      D.joking

解析：选A。句中提到“老师想让家长知道老师在教育孩子方面是专家”，work在此能够表达出老师跟孩子一起，教育孩子这层含义。

17.A.fed       B.observed

C.attended     D.greeted

解析：选B。observe“观察，观测”。句意：老师们已经观察过很多学生甚至家长。从下面一句可知答案。

18.A.pleased      B.worried

C.disappointed     D.experienced

解析：选D。老师在教育孩子方面是很有经验的，be experienced at“对……有经验”，是固定搭配。其余选项不合题意。

19.A.content      B.doubtful

C.aware      D.suspicious

解析：选C。aware“意识到”。句意：老师们意识到家长想让孩子做好。content“满足的”;doubtful“可疑的，不确定的”;suspicious“怀疑的”。

20.A.stages      B.classes

C.schools      D.projects

解析：选A。句意：老师们知道在不同的年龄和阶段孩子们应该能够做的事情。stage“阶段，时期”，符合题意。

Ⅳ.阅读理解

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(2011年天津河西区检测)I used to watch her from my kitchen window.She seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground.The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during break.I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball.I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids.She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net.The boys always tried to stop her but no one could.I began to notice her at other times，basketball in hand，playing alone.

One day I asked her why she practiced so much.Without a moment of hesitation she said，“I want to go to college.The only way I can go is to get a scholarship.I am going to play college basketball.I want to be the best.My daddy told me if the dream is big enough，the facts don’t count.”Well，I had to give it to her—She was determined.I watched her through those junior high years and into high school.Every week，she led her school team to victory.

One day in her senior year，I saw her sitting in the grass，head in her arms.I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside her.Quietly I asked what was wrong.“Oh，nothing，” came a soft reply，“I am just too short.” The coach told her that at 5’5” she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team—much less offered a scholarship.So she should stop dreaming about college.She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment.I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet.She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong.They just did not understand the power of a dream.He told her that if she truly wanted a scholarship and that nothing could stop her except one thing—her own attitude.

The next year，as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game，she was offered a scholarship and on the college team.She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of.

【解题导语】　本文讲述了一个小女孩为了实现自己的梦想而拼搏、奋斗，最终如愿以偿的故事。告诉我们一个道理：如果有梦想，有恒心，一切皆有可能。

1.The author was probably the girl’s __________.

A.neighbor　　　　　　　 B.friend

C.mother       D.teacher

解析：选A。根据第一段首句“I used to watch her from my kitchen window.”以及第二段首句“One day I asked her why she practiced so much.”可知作者经常能看到这个女孩，但对她又不了解，所以最有可能的是她的邻居，故选A。

2.Why was the girl heartbroken?

A.She was considered too short to be a top player.

B.Her coach stopped her training because of her height.

C.She couldn’t be on a college basketball team.

D.She wouldn’t be admitted by an ideal college.

解析：选A。从文中第三段中的“I am just too short.”可知答案。

3.We can learn from the passage that__________.

A.her family wouldn’t like to pay her college fees

B.her father forced her to play basketball in college

C.being a top basketball player can win you a scholarship for college

D.she wouldn’t like to turn to his father for help when in difficulty

解析：选C。从第三段中的“she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team—much less offered a scholarship.”可以得知答案为C。

4.Which word can best describe her father?

A.Encouraging.     B.Optimistic.

C.Stubborn.      D.Cruel.

解析：选A。从“My daddy told me if the dream is big enough，the facts don’t count.”“...her father said those coaches were wrong.They just did not understand the power of a dream.He told her that if she truly wanted a scholarship and that nothing could stop her except one thing—her own attitude.”可以推出答案为A。

5.Which proverb best matches the story?

A.Practice makes perfect.

B.Rome was not built in a day.

C.Where there is a will，there is a way.

D.Pride comes before a fall.

解析：选C。本文讲述的是一个励志故事，所以C项“有志者事竟成”符合题意。

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