HenryBondwasabouttenyearsoldwhenhisfatherdied．Hismotherfoundit（16）toprovideforalargefamily．Bygoodmanagement，however，she（17）todoso，andalsotosendHenry，theoldest，toschool，andtobuyhim，forth

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Henry Bond was about ten years old when his father died．His mother found it（16）___ to provide for a large family．By good management，however，she（17）___to do so，and also to send Henry，the oldest，to school，and to buy him，for the most parts such books as he needed．
At one time，however．Henry wanted a（18）___in order to join a class，and his mother could not（19）___him with the money to buy it．He was very much troubled about it，and went to bed with a heavy heart，thinking what could be done．
（20）___ he woke in the morning，he found that a deep snow had fallen，and the cold wind was blowing（21）___．"Ah，"said he，"every problem brings an advantage for some people，"
He rose，ran to the house of a neighbor，and offered his service to dear a path around his house．The（22）___was accepted．When he had completed this work，and received his pay，he went to（23）___place for the same purpose，and then to another，until he had gotten enough money to buy a grammar．
When school began，Henry was（24）___his seat，the happiest boy there，ready to begin the lesson in his new book．
From that time，Henry was always the first in all his classes．He knew no such word as fail，but always（25）___in all he tried．Having the will，he always found the way．

16．A．successful	B．easy	C．difficult	D．important
17．A．agreed	B．managed	C．decided	D．tried
18．A．seat	B．notebook	C．schoolbag	D．grammar
19．A．provide	B．protect	C．promise	D．produce
20．A．Because	B．If	C．As soon as	D．Until
21．A．quietly	B．slowly	C．hard	D．hardly
22．A．offer	B．agreement	C．plan	D．decision
23．A．other	B．another	C．the other	D．some
24．A．over	B．in	C．at	D．with
25．A．resulted	B．arrived	C．failed	D．succeeded．

Answer 1

16．答案：C 考查形容词及语境的理解，successful成功的，easy容易的，difficult困难的，important重要的，根据上文可知"亨利的父亲去世了"由此这里应该为"母亲发现很难养活一个大家庭．"故选：C．
17．答案：B 考查动词及语境，agree同意，manage设法，decide决定，try试图，根据下文"她妈妈送年龄最大的亨利上学，并给他买大部分他需要的书．"可知她的妈妈在设法经营这个家庭，并且成功了．故选：B．
18．答案：D 考查名词及语境的理解，阅读短文第四段可以找到"…until he had gotten enough money to buy a grammar．直到他得到足够的钱买一本语法书．"这里应该是亨利想要一本语法书，故选：D．
19．答案：A 考查动词固定用法，provide提供，protect保护，promise承诺，produce生产，根据词组…him with the money，动词provide可以这样用，其它三个动词没有这样的用法，结合句意：他的母亲无法提供钱给他买．他非常焦虑不安，怀着沉重的心情上床睡觉，思考着能做什么．故选：A．
20．答案：C  考查连词的用法，because因为，if如果，as soon as一…就…，until直到，根据前后句的时间关系判断，应该是他一醒来，就发现已经下了很深的雪，冷风刮得很猛烈，所以应用as soon as引导时间状语从句．故选：C．
21．答案：C 考查副词及语境的理解 quietly安静地，slowly慢慢地，hard猛烈地，hardly几乎不，根据语境"下了很深的雪"，冷风应该刮得很猛烈．故选：C．
22．答案：A 考查名词及语境的理解，offer主动提议，agreement协议，plan计划，decision决定，根据上文"他向邻居提供服务，为他清扫出一条道路．"由此可知：邻居接受了这个提议，故选：A．
23．答案：B 考查形容词修饰名词作定语，根据上文"亨利到了一个邻居家打扫之后"，他又带着同样的目的去了另外一个地方．another泛指另一个．故选：B．
24．答案：B 考查介词词组 根据when引导的从句（当学校开始上课时）可以推断出：亨利应该在自己的座位上，in one's seat在座位上，故选：B．
25．答案：D 考查动词及语境的理解，根据上文From that time，Henry was always the first in all his classes"从那时起，亨利在他所有的班级一直是第一名，以及下文Having the will，he always found the way："拥有决心，他总是找到办法．"可以推断出：他不会放弃，对于所有努力的事总是能成功．根据词组succeed in sth．成功做某事，故选：D．