单选题 In his youth, Knute Axelbrod wanted to learn many languages, to know everything about human history, to (1) wise by reading great books. When he first came from Europe (2) the state of North Dakota, he worked in a mill all day (3) studied all evening. Then he met Lena Wesselius and married her at the age of eighteen. After that there was a farm to pay (4) , and there were children to (5) . For many years Axelbrod had no time to study.
Finally he had a farm (6) was free from debt, with good soil and plenty of animals. But (7) then he was sixty-three years old and ready (it seemed) to die. His wife was (8) . His sons had grown (9) and gone away. His work was done. He was (10) and alone.
Axelbrod's daughter and (11) begged him to live with them, but he (12) . "No," he said, "You must learn to be (13) .You will come and live here (14) my farm, and (15) will pay me four hundred dollars a year (16) the use of it. (17) I will not live here with yon. I will watch you from my hill."
He built himself a small house on the hill, (18) he cooked his (19) , made his bed, and read many books from the public library. He began to feel that he was (20) free than ever before in his life.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 逻辑衔接题。本题可采用排除法。while表示两个动作同时进行，而all day和all evening不可能同时进行，且while后面如果接studied则应该用现在分词，排除A；文中的worked和studied是并列关系，排除C、D项；故选B。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。raise意为“养育”，结合句意“有孩子需要______”可知，C正确；bring需要加up才能表示“抚养”，排除；rear意为“饲养”，排除。feed“喂食，糊口”，raise比feed内涵更广，故选C。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 惯用搭配题。by含“到…为止”之意，本句的意思是“但当时他已63岁了”，所以B正确；for表示“对…”，at表示时间点，即“当他63岁时”，from表示“从他63岁起”，均不符合句意，排除。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。联系上下文可推断，空格处应填一个形容词，故排除A、B；而dead意为“死的”，deadly意为“致命的”，结合句意可知，C正确。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。free意为“空闲的”，结合句意“他______且孤独”可知，A正确；unneeded意为“无用的”，unemployed意为“失业的”，busy意为“忙碌的”，均排除。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。联系上下文可推断，空格处应填入一个形容词，故排除C、D项；independent意为“独立的，自立的”，结合句意“你们必须学会______”可知，A正确；dependent意为“依靠的，依赖的”，排除。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 逻辑衔接题。联系上下文可知，此处应为转折关系，所以A正确，即“但是我不会和你们住在一起”；so意为“因此”，therefore意为“所以”，then意为“然后”。