2023年初中英语阅读理解专题（三）

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Different things usually stand for different feelings. Red, for example, is the color of fire, heat, blood and life. People say red is an exciting and active color. They associate(使发生联系) red with a strong feeling like1 . Red is used for signs of2 , such as STOP signs and fire engines. Orange is the bright, warm color of3 in autumn. People say orange is a4 color. They associate orange with happiness. Yellow is the color of__5__. People say it is a cheerful color. They associate yellow too, with happiness. Green is the cool color of grass in__6__. People say it is a refreshing color. In general, people__7__two groups of colors: warm colors and cool colors. The warm colors are red, orange and__8__. Where there are warm color and a lot of light, people usually want to be__9__. Those who like to be with__10 _like red. The cool colors are__11_and blue. Where are these colors, people are usually worried. Some scientists say that time seems to__12 _more slowly in a room with warm colors. They suggest that a warm color is a good__13_for a living room or a__14_. People who are having a rest or are eating do not want time to pass quickly.__15 colors are better for some offices if the people working there want time to pass quickly.

1. A. sadnessB. angerC. administrationD. smile

2. A. roads B. ways C. danger D. places

3. A. landB. leaves C. grass D. mountains

4. A. lively B. dark C. noisy D. frightening

5. A. moonlight B. light C. sunlight D. stars

6. A. summer B. spring C. autumnD. winter

7. A. speak B. say C. talk about D. tell

8. A. greenB. yellow C. white D. gray

9. A. calm B. sleepy C. active D. helpful

10. A. the other B. another C. other one D. others

11. A. blackB. green C. golden D. yellow

12. A. go round B. go by C. go off D. go along

13. A. one B. way C. fact D. matter

14. A. factory B. classroom C. restaurant D. hospital

15. A. Different B. Cool C. Warm D. All

名师点评

不同颜色往往可以代表不同的心情。根据不同颜色的特点以及给人留下的感觉，颜色的选择在日常生活中往往也起着一定的作用。本文以其中的一些颜色为例作了相关的解释说明，是一篇知识性很强的文章。

答案简析

1.B。根据上文的strong feeling可知anger最合乎文意。

2.C。下文所列举的例子STOP signs和 fire engines都属于危险信号，故选择danger。

3.B。根据常识，黄色应是秋天树叶的颜色，故应选leaves。

4.A。下文提到人们把黄色和幸福联系起来，说明黄色是一个充满生机的颜色，故选lively。

5.C。下文提到黄色是令人愉快的颜色，根据常识太阳光的颜色是黄色，故选sunlight。

6.B。绿色是春季里草的颜色，故选spring。

7.C。speak后面往往接某种语言作宾语;say后面常接说话的内容;tell的宾语一般是人;talk about sth.意为谈论某事物。故C为正确选项。

8.B。根据上文对yellow的解释。说明yellow也属于warm color。

9.C。与下文喜欢冷色调的人相对应，再根据上文对各种暖色调的选择，active合乎文意为正确选项。

10.D。others相当于other people意为“别的人”。another指“另一个”。other one不可单独使用，the other one指“另外的一个”。

11.A。四个选项中只有black可归纳到冷色调当中去。

12.B。go around意为“到处走动”;go off 意为“离开，爆炸”;go along意为“前进，进行”;go by意为“走过，流逝”。根据文意，应选go by。

13.B。way根据上文，暖色调的环境下时间似乎过得更慢，说明暖色调是用来装饰居室和饭馆的好方法，故选择way。

14.C。比较四个场所只有饭馆适合使用暖色调。

15.B。与暖色调相对立，冷色调适用于办公室，以使人感觉时间过得比较快。

2

Charlie came from a poor village. His parents had __1__ money to send him to school when he was young. The boy was very sad. Mr. King lived next to him. He found the boy __2__ and had pity on him and lent some money to him. So the boy could go to school. He studied hard and __3__ all his lessons. When he finished middle school, the man introduced him to his friend in the town. And he began to work.

Once Mr. King was seriously hurt in an accident. Dying, he asked Charlie to take care of his daughter, Sharon. The young man __4__and several years later he married the girl. He loved her very much and tried his best to make her happy. He often bought beautiful clothes and delicious food for her. He was good at cooking and he cooked __5__ for her. So she became very fat and she felt it difficult to walk. And one day she found there was something wrong with her heart. Her husband wasn’t at home and she had to go to __6__at once. The doctors looked her over and told her__7__ eat meat, sugar, chocolate and things like these. She was afraid __8__ the doctor’s words and wrote all the names of the food on the paper. When she got home, she put the list on the table and __9__. When she returned home that afternoon, she found many kinds of food: meat, sugar and chocolate in the kitchen. Charlie was busy__10__there. As soon as he saw her, he said happily, “I’ve bought all the food you like, dear!”

1. A. noB. someC. muchD. enough

2. A. lazyB. cleverC. carefulD. hard

3. A. did well inB. was poor atC. was workingD. was good for

4. A. was angryB. thought hardC. agreedD. said “No.”

5. A. a littleB. a fewC. manyD. a lot

6. A. rest B. sleepC. hospitalD. work

7. A. should B. wouldC. to D. not to

8. A. to rememberB. to forgetC. to catchD. to teach

9. A. sleptB. went outC. cookedD. ate

10. A. readingB. seeingC. cookingD. writing

名师点评

本文讲述了查理为报答金先生生前对自己的大恩大德，在娶了金先生女儿为妻之后精心照料她，却导致妻子营养过剩而患病去医院检查。医生列出她不能吃的食物，深爱妻子的查理不明情况，反而照单为妻子买了上面的各种食物。

答案简析

1. A。查理家境贫困，父母没有钱资助他上学，故选no。

2. B。根据下文，查理不负众望，说明他聪明好学，故选clever。

3. A。查理学习刻苦，并顺利完成了学业，说明他各门功课成绩较好，故选did well in。D选项介词用错，正确词组为was good at。

4. C。根据下文查理娶了金先生女儿为妻并精心呵护她，说明查理同意了金先生的请求，故选agreed。

5. D。根据下文妻子胖得不能走路，说明她食物吃得多。此外食物为不可数名词，因此只能用a lot of来修饰。

6. C。心脏不好，应去医院检查，下文指出为她检查的正是医生，故选hospital。

7. D。由于她的病是因营养过剩引起的，医生应让她不要吃肉，糖果之类的食物，故选not to。

8. B。她害怕忘了医生的指示，因此将其写在纸上，故选to forget。

9. B。与下文相对应，这里应填went out。

10. C。擅长烹饪的查理将菜买回之后，肯定要忙着为爱妻做饭，故cooking为正确答案。

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Why do I want to go to college? No one has ever asked me __1 _a question. But many times I have asked myself. I have __2__ a whole variety of reasons. __3__ important reason is that I want to be a better man.

Many things make human beings different __4__ or better than or even superior to animals.

One of the most important things is __5__. If I fail to receive higher education, my education __6__. As I want to be a fully __7__ man, I must get a well-rounded education, which good colleges and universities are supposed to __8__. I know one can get educated in many ways, but colleges and universities are __9__ the best places to teach me how to educate myself. Only when I am well-educated, will I be a better human being and __10__fit into society.

1. A. quiteB. soC. suchD. another

2. A. come up withB. agreed withC. been fed up withD. got on well with

3. A. Most B. The mostC. MoreD. Much

4. A. toB. aroundC. betweenD. from

5. A. educationB. weatherC. temperatureD. science

6. A. finishedB. don’t finishC. will not finishD. has finished

7. A. developB. developedC. developingD. experience

8. A. improveB. graduateC. hearD. provide

9. A. betweenB. amongC. insideD. outside

10. A. can goodB. may betterC. be able to betterD. be able to best

名师点评

本文主要围绕“我为什么要上大学?”这一话题展开讨论，首先介绍了教育对人发展的重要性，然后说明大学在教育中的地位，从而层次分明地解释了上大学的原因。

答案简析

1. C。such常用在不定冠词或名词前修饰可数名词或不可数名词，表示“此类的”、“这种的”，故such为正确选项。

2. A。come up with意为“提出、找出”;agree with意为“同意”;be fed up with意为“对……厌倦”;get on well with意为“和……相处得好”。根据文意A为正确选项。

3. B。上文讲到我曾找到过各种各样的原因，其中最重要的原因应当是……，因此这里应用important的最高级，故选the most。

4. D。固定结构be different from 表示“不同于……”。

5. A。本段着重说明了教育在人的发展中的作用，以及大学在教育中的地位。作为总括句，本空应填education。

6. C。这是一个含有条件状语从句的复合句，意为“如果我不能受到更高等的教育，我就无法完成我的学业”，故选will not finish为正确选择。

7. B。这里只能选可作定语的选项。过去分词developed表示“成熟的”，为正确选项。

8. D。大学应是提供高等教育的地方, provide符合文意为正确选项。

9. B。介词among可表示”包括……在内”为正确选项。

10. C。与前半句相对应，这里仍应用比较级，而may better意思不对，因此be able to better为正确选项。

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Farley worked for the Canadian government. One day, he was __1__ to learn more about wolves. Do wolves kill lots of caribou(北美驯鹿)? Do they kill people?

They gave him lots of food and clothes and guns. Then they put him on a plane and took him to __2__. The plane put him down and went away. There were no houses or people in this place. But there were lots of animals and lots of wolves.

People tell terrible stories about wolves. They say wolves like to kill and eat people. Farley remembered these stories, and he was __3__. He had his gun with him__4_.

Then one day, he saw a group of wolves. There was a mother wolf with four baby wolves. A father wolf and another young wolf lived with them.

Farley watched these wolves every day. The mother was a very __5__ mother. She gave milk to her babies. She gave them lessons about life. They learned how to __6__food. The father wolf got food for the mother. The young wolf __7__ the children. They were a nice, happy family—wolf family! Farley did not need his __8__ any more. In a short time, he got on well with the family. Farley watched them for five months. He learned that many stories about the wolves were __9__. Wolves do not eat people, and they do not eat many large animals. And he also learned bad things about men. It was men who killed many caribou and wolves.

Later, Farley wrote a book about wolves. He wanted people to __10__them and not to kill them.

1. A. seenB. toldC. heardD. found

2. A. a small townB. a big cityC. a far placeD. a lonely village

3. A. afraid B. happyC. angryD. tired

4. A. at times B. all the timeC. once a week D. every afternoon

5. A. bad B. good C. hungry D. thirsty

6. A. cook B. make C. getD. pick

7. A. shouted atB. looked intoC. laughed at D. played with

8. A. food B. clothes C. gun D. plane

9. A. not good B. not true C. not easy D. not clear

10. A. grow B. have C. teach D. understand

名师点评

狼历来被世人视为凶残的动物,事实是否的确如此呢?带着这一疑问，Farley进行了实地考察，在和狼进行了零距离的接触后, 改变了自己的观点。本文告诉我们要学会根据事实说话。

答案简析

1.B。Farley是政府工作人员。从上下文得知, 他是被派去进行调查和研究狼的习性的，故选told。

2.C。根据下文飞机把Farley送到了一个没有房屋和人的地方, 说明了这个地方不可能是城市,小镇和村庄故a far place为正确答案。

3.A。狼吃人的恐怖故事给孤身一人的Farley带来的应是afraid。

4.B。因为Farley害怕, 所以枪应始终不能离身。all the time意为“一直、始终”。

5.B。根据下文的描述，狼妈妈给孩子们喂奶，对孩子们进行训练，可见是一位好妈妈，故选good。

6.C。狼只能猎取食物, 而不能烧食物, 生产食物。get合乎文意，为正确答案。

7.D。shout at意为“朝……大声叫喊”;look into意为“调查、观察”;laugh at意为“嘲笑……”。这三个词组都不符文意。play with意为“和……一起玩耍”，合文意为正确答案。

8.C。the nice happy wolf family让Farley不再害怕，因此也就不再需要枪了，故选择gun.。

9.B。因为他的亲身体验与他所听到的相违背，说明以前关于狼的说法是不对的, 故选not true。

10. D。understand意为“了解”合乎文意，为正确答案。

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Many people think that Americans1 their cars almost more than anything else. When2__people are fourteen years old, they want to have their__3_cars. They don’t ask for a car from their4__. So many of them work in_5_time during their last year of high school to buy a car. Learning to6 _and getting a driver’s license may be one of the most exciting things in a young person’s life.

Some people almost7 _go to a doctor when they are ill. But they will __8_their cars to a garage as soon as they think there is a9 . On Saturdays or Sundays some people may10 most of their time washing and repairing their cars.

1. A. preferB. loveC. driveD. play

2. A. littleB. big C. old D. young

3. A. newB. own C. expensive D. cheap

4. A, friendsB. teachers C. parents D. brothers

5. A. freeB. busyC. study D. good

6. A. makeB. mendC. wash D. drive

7. A. alwaysB. neverC. often D. usually

8. A. takeB. carryC. pull D. lift

9. A. questionB. wrongC. mistake D. problem

10. A. costB. getC. spend D. use

名师点评

本文介绍了美国人尤其是年轻人对于轿车的厚爱，并列举了一些事例加以说明。让人们看到了一个发达国家的富裕和人民生活的繁荣。

答案简析

1. B。通过下文的事例不难看出美国人对汽车不是一般的喜欢，故用love it，较贴近文章的意思。

2. D。按常识，十四五岁的人应称为年轻人，故应说young。

3. B。根据下文他们不想通过索要来获取别人的小轿车，而是想拥有自己的小汽车，故选own。

4. C。如果说想要索要小汽车的话，那只有先从父母亲那儿开始了，故应选parents。

5. A。十四五岁的年轻人大多在上学，所以工作占用的应是上学期间的空隙，故应选free。

6. D。要想获得驾照得先学开车，故应选drive。

7. B。与下文“车子一有问题就去修理”相对应，有些人病了却从不看医生，故应选never。

8. A。carry应为“搬运”，push 为“推”，lift 意思为“举，提起”都不合文意，take sth. to 某地，意为“把……带到……”。

9. D。只能选择一个名词, 表示汽车的“故障,毛病”, 故选problem。

10. C。spend some time doing sth.为一个固定搭配，意为“花时间干某事”。

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Who designed (设计) the first helicopter (直升飞机)? Who __1__ of the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most__2__? There is an answer __3__ all these questions --- Leonardo de Vinci (达芬奇).

Leonardo may have been the greatest genius (天才) __4__ have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn’t __5__ a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked.

But Leonardo __6__ an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master ( 大师) painter, and as he got older he became__7__more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand ten different ways __8__ he was ready to paint.

Many of Leonardo’s wonderful paintings are still with __9__ today. You may know one of his most famous works the __10__ woman known as the Mona Lisa.

1. A. tookB. madeC. paintedD. invented

2. A. artistsB. doctors C. painters D. people

3. A. toB. of C. for D. from

4. A. the scientistsB. the artistsC. the worldD. people

5. A. draw B. paint C. workD. build

6. A. was justB. wasn’t justC. wasn’tD. was no longer

7. A. less B. noC. even D. very

8. A. before B. afterC. because D. when

9. A. himB. usC. themD. you

10. A. interestingB. cryingC. smilingD. surprising

名师点评

本文介绍了堪称世界上最伟大的天才——达•芬奇在发明、艺术等方面为人类所作的巨大贡献，文章层次分明，通俗易懂。

答案简析

1.C。为了引出话题人物━━达•芬奇，这里引用了设问手法，问题应表示“是谁画了世界上最著名的画”，故选择动词painted。

2.B。对人体比较了解的莫过于医生了，将达•芬奇与医生相比才能显示其对人体的精通。故选择doctors。

3.A。介词to常表示一一对应的关系，“问题的答案”习惯表达为an answer to a question。

4.D。达•芬奇应是世人所知道的天才中最伟大的人，the world 一般指每个人，相当于第三人称单数，故people为正确选项。

5.D。draw和paint不合文意, work为不及物动词，不能直接接宾语。在那个时代，达•芬奇所不能做的应是制造飞机，故选择build。

6.B。这一句起承上启下的作用，意为“达•芬奇不仅仅是一名发明家”，故选择 wasn’t just。

7.C。less和no不合文章，very不能用来修饰比较级，而even常用来修饰比较级，意为“甚至更……”，故为正确选项。

8.A。为了使自己的画达到最高境界，应在画这幅画之前去尝试不同的画法，所以应选before。

9.B。达•芬奇的画今天依然保存在世，为本文作者以及读者所共享，所以应选us。

10.C。达•芬奇的名作━━Mona Lisa以画中人物面部神秘的微笑而名扬天下，故选smiling。

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Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they __1__ their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”

At last one of them said, “What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can __2__ fill the basket.” __3__man answered, “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I am not going to work at __4__ so foolish.” He __5__ his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying __6__. At last the well was almost __7__.

As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. __8__ he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You __9__so well in this little thing,” he said, “ __10__ now I know I can believe you with many things.”

1. A. finishedB. didC. beganD. had

2. A. everB. neverC. easilyD. no

3. A. The otherB. AnotherC. OneD. A second

4. A. anything B. somethingC. nothing D. everything

5. A. picked upB. put awayC. took awayD. threw away

6. A. waterB. basketC. wellD. work

7. A. fullB. emptyC. filledD. clean

8. A. WhileB. As soon asC. BeforeD. Since

9. A. have doneB. will doC. doD. are doing

10. A. whatB. whyC. whenD. that

名师点评

本文讲述了一个国王为了考验两个人，让他们往篮子里打水，忠诚的人不遗余力地往空篮子里打水，直到国王归来。结果不仅获得了一枚金戒指，而且得到了国王的信任。

答案简析

1.C。这里did和finished都表示完成了这项工作，而给篮子装满水是不可能的，国王应在两人开始打水后不久离开，所以应选began。

2.B。往篮子里盛满水是永远不可能的，故选择never。

3.A。两者中的另一个用the other加名词来表示。

4.C。the first man想离开，因为他觉得自己干的是无用功，故选择nothing意为“从事某项工作”。

5.D。pick up意为“捡起”，pick away意为“放好”，take away意为“取走”，而throw down意为“扔掉、丢弃”，比较贴近文意，为正确选项。

6.A。根据文意，另一个人一直在打水，故选water。

7.B。不停地打水必然会导致井空，故选empty。

8.B。while引导从句时，从句应用延续性动词，before和since不符合文意，as soon as…表示“一……就”为正确选项。

9.A。国王是因为这个诚实的人所做过的事情而表扬他，所以应用完成时态have done。

10.D。国王讲的最后一句话是含有 “so……that”结构的复合句，意为“如此……以致”故选that。

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Food is very important. Everyone needs to __1__well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is __2__. We begin to get knowledge even __3__ we are very young. Small children are __4__ in everything around them. They learn __5__ while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to __6__ story books, science books…, anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and __7__ to find out answers. What is the best__8__ to get knowledge? If we learn by ourselves, we will get __9__ knowledge. If we are __10__ getting answers from others and do not ask why, we will never learn well. When we study in the right way, we will learn more and understand better.

1. A. sleepB. readC. drinkD. eat

2. A. sportB. exerciseC. knowledgeD. meat

3. A. untilB. whenC. afterD. so

4. A. interested B. interestingC. weakD. better

5. A. everythingB. somethingC. nothingD. anything

6. A. lendB. readC. learnD. write

7. A. tryB. haveC. refuseD. wait

8. A. placeB. schoolC. wayD. road

9. A. littleB. fewC. manyD. the most

10. A. oftenB. alwaysC. usuallyD. something

名师点评

本文说明了知识的重要性，介绍了一个人学习知识的过程以及获取知识的最佳途径，是一篇可读性较强的文章。

答案简析

1.D。本句承接上文，进一步强调食物的重要性，要有强壮的体魄得吃得好，故选eat。

2.C。根据下文，大脑所需要的食物应为knowledge。

3.B。按常理一个人在小的时候就开始学习了，所以应用when引导这里的时间状语从句。

4.A。小孩对知识的接受主要依靠于他们对事物产生的兴趣，词组be interested in sth 表示“对……感兴趣”，而interesting用来形容令人感兴趣的事物，故选择interested。

5.B。孩子们在耳听眼观的过程中经常会学到一些东西。everything过于绝对化 ，nothing、anything 不合文意，应选 something。

6.B。随着年龄的增长，孩子们开始read各类书籍而不是write，learn在这里搭配不当。

7.A。孩子们在学习过程中发现问题时，由于求知的欲望，应尽力去解决问题，故选择try。

8.C。本段主要就学习方法展开讨论，该句应为总括句，空白处当然应填入ways。

9.D。与后面的方法比起来，作者认为独立自主的学习为最佳方法，最佳方法当然应使人获得最多的知识，故选择the most。

10.B。be always doing sth 意为“总是干某事”。

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Someone says, “Time is money.” But I think time is __1__ important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is2 it’ll never3 . That’s4 we mustn’t waste time.

It goes without saying that the5 is usually limited. Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do6__ useful.

But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and __7 . They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own __8 .

In a word, we should save time. We shouldn’t9 today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to10 .

1. A. muchB. lessC. much lessD. even more

2. A. costB. boughtC. goneD. finished

3. A. returnB. carryC. takeD. bring

4. A. whatB. thatC. becauseD. why

5. A. moneyB. timeC. dayD. food

6. A. nothingB. somethingC. anythingD. everything

7. A. readingB. writingC. playingD. working

8. A. timeB. foodC. moneyD. life

9. A. stopB. leaveC. letD. give

10. A. loseB. saveC. spendD. take

名师点评

文章讲述了时间的重要性。金钱用完了可以再来，但时间却是一去不复返。告诫我们要珍惜时间，不能虚度年华。

答案简析

1.D。该句中多音节形容词important的比较级应是 more important ，用even来修饰比较级，故选 even more important。

2.C。这里表示时间流逝，故选gone。

3.A。时间流逝就不会再回来，根据文意应选return。

4.D。上文解释了我们为什么不能浪费时间，承接上文应用why。

5.B。时间的流逝悄无声息，故应选 time。

6.B。根据文意可知，我们应珍惜时间，做一些有用的事情，故选something。

7.C。该句列举了一些人浪费时间的例子，四个选项中只有playing能和smoking, drinking 相提并论，故选playing。

8.D。根据文意，浪费时间就是浪费自己的生命，故选life。

9.B。leave意为“留下，剩下”。根据文意，我们不能把今天的事留到明天做，故选 leave。

10.A。这里表示浪费时间，故选lose。

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Nasreddin was a poor man, so he tried to grow __1__he could in his own garden, so that he would not have to buy so many in the market.

One evening he heard a noise in his garden and looked out of the window. A white ox had got into the garden and __2__ his vegetables. Nasreddin at once took his stick, ran out and chased the ox, but he was too old to catch it. When he got back to his garden, he found that the ox had ruined most of his precious vegetables.

__3__, while he __4__in the street near his house, he saw a cart with two white oxen which looked very much like the one that __5__ his vegetables. He was carrying his stick with him, __6__he at once began to beat the two oxen with it. As neither of them looked more like the ox that had eaten his vegetables than the other, he beat both of them equally hard.

The owner of the ox and cart was drinking coffee in a __7__ coffee-house. When he saw __8__ Nasreddin was doing __9__ his animals, he ran out and shouted, “What are you doing? What have those poor animals done to you for you to beat them like that?”

“You keep out this!” Nasreddin shouted back, “This is a matter between me and one of these two oxen. He knows very well __10__ I am beating him!”

1. A. so many vegetablesB. many vegetables

C. as many as vegetablesD. as many vegetables as

2. A. was eatingB. ateC. had eatenD. has eaten

3. A. Next dayB. Next morning

C. Last morningD. The next morning

4. A. walksB. wakedC. was walkingD. walking

5. A. ruinedB. had eatenC. ateD. had ruin

6. A. soB. andC. butD. or

7. A. besideB. nearbyC. nearD. near by

8. A. thatB. whichC. whyD. what

9. A. forB. toC. withD. on

10.A. reasonB. whenC. whyD. because

名师点评

这是一个笑话，贫农Nasreddin在街上碰到两头牛，搞不清是哪一头毁坏了他家的菜园，于是用棒子将两头牛一起抽打，牛主人制止时，他却强词夺理，无理取闹。

答案简析

1.D。习惯用语as many as possible 意为“尽可能多的”合乎文意，为正确选项。

2.A。过去进行时强调过去正在进行的动作，根据文意Nasreddin看到牛正在吃蔬菜，故选 was eating 。

3.D。指过去某一天的第一天或第二天早上、晚上，应用the next day/morning/evening。故应选The next morning 。

4.C。在从句动作进行的过程中，主句动作发生了，这时从句常用进行时态，故选择was walking 。

5.B。牛吃蔬菜是贫农上街之前的事，文章本身讲的是过去的故事，指过去的过去应用过去完成时，故选had eaten。

6.A。从句子意思看，空白处前后构成因果关系，故选择so。

7.B。形容词nearby一般作定语，表示“不远的，附近的”，合乎文意，为正确选项。

8.D。这里需要一个引导词，引导saw的宾语从句，同时在句子里作do的宾语，故选 what。

9.B。do sth. to sb.结构中to后面常接动作的对象。

10.C。牛主人问及Nasreddin打牛的原因，这里需要一个引导词引导 knew的宾语从句，且在从句中作状语，根据上文可知这里应填 why。

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Tom grows the nicest vegetables and fruits and the most beautiful flowers in the village. Plants grow in Tom’s garden all through the __1__ and they are much __2__.

Tom cuts some flowers for his sitting room table, eats some fruits and vegetables, but he __3__ most of them in the market. His vegetables, fruit and flowers are so __4__ and beautiful that they sold much more __5__ in the market than those of other villagers.

How does Tom grow these beautiful things? He is so __6__ that he just sits under his orange tree with his radio.

He __7__ the music all day.

That is quite true. Tom __8__ things in spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he sits with his radio. And everything __9__. It is the music that does the work. Tom knows more clearly that music makes the biggest vegetables and the most beautiful flowers. Plants love __10__as much as people.

1. A. weekB. monthC. seasonD. year

2. A. betterB. worseC. lessD. later

3. A. buysB. sellsC. borrowsD. lends

4. A. dearB. badC. bigD. small

5. A. politelyB. quicklyC. slowlyD. carefully

6. A. angryB. busyC. tiredD. lazy

7. A. listens toB. hearsC. watchesD. speaks

8. A. fillsB. plantsC. throwsD. makes

9. A. doesB. moves C. growsD. plays

10.A. workB. rainC. storiesD. music

名师点评

本文介绍了汤姆庭园中各种植物的生长以及销售情况，并说明了懒惰的汤姆为什么能长出这么好的植物。

答案简析

1. D。根据下文汤姆春夏秋冬都会在园子里种各种植物，说明园子里一年到头都长着植物，故year为正确选项。

2. A。很明显，汤姆的植物园比村子里其余人的应好得多，故应用比较级better。

3. B。根据文意，汤姆到市场上去应是卖自己种植的花，水果及蔬菜，故选sells。

4. C。这里应选择一个褒义形容词修饰汤姆的蔬菜水果，故只能选big。

5. B。因为蔬菜水果长得好，所以在市场上卖得很快，故quickly为正确选项。

6. D。根据下文汤姆没有花很多的时间去管理园子而是坐在树下听音乐，故选lazy。

7. A。表示听音乐这一动作应用listen to 。

8. B。根据文意，汤姆春夏秋冬在园子里是在种各种植物，故选plant。

9. C。grows在这里表示园子里的一切在不断地生长。

10. D。上文讲到音乐使得园子里的一切又大又美，说明植物也像人一样喜欢音乐，故选music。

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For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping-watching TV and buying things by phone. Now teleshopping is starting in Europe. In some __1__countries, people can turn on their __2__ and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys and __3__ things.

Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden. __4__, the biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in fifteen European countries, and in one year, it makes $10 million. In France, there are two teleshopping channels, and the French __5__ about $ 20 million a year in buying things through those channels.

In Germany, __6__last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for one hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can__7__for telebusiness, including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company. German __8__ are hoping these will help them sell more things.

Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without __9__. With all the traffic problems in cities, going shopping is not an easy thing. But at the same time, other Europeans __10__ like this new way of buying things. They call __11__ “junk on the air.” Many Europeans usually worry about the quality of the things __12__ on TV. They think high quality is the most important thing, and they don’t believe they can be sure about the quality of the things __13__.

The need of high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be __14__ the American companies. They will have to be more careful about __15__ of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see by themselves.

1. A. EuropeanB. AsianC. AmericanD. African

2. A. lightsB. switchesC. radiosD. TVs

3. A. some elseB. another manyC. the otherD. many other

4. A. Such asB. For exampleC. For teleshoppingD. It is like

5. A. takesB. costC. spendsD. spend

6. A. to B. untilC. unlessD. by

7. A. beginB. leaveC. openD. turn on

8. A. peopleB. womenC. businessmenD. officials

9. A. to go outB. going out

C. to buy thingsD. buying things

10. A. stillB. don’tC. evenD. won’t

11. A. teleshoppingB. TVC. radioD. telephone

12. A. appearingB. coming outC. for saleD. to buy

13. A. in the shopB. on TVC. they boughtD. by this way

14. A. the same withB. different from

C. as big asD. larger than

15. A. the numberB. the qualityC. the placesD. the buyers

名师点评

本文介绍了发源于美国并流行于欧洲各国的电话购物法，说明了电话购物法的发展情况以及受大众欢迎的原因，同时也指出了这种购物法存在的问题，并提出了解决这些问题的途径。

答案简析

1. A。上文讲到电话购物法在欧洲也开始起步，本句承接上文，对欧洲的情况作进一步介绍，因此，应选European。

2. D。电话购物法,应通过看电视选择物品，然后电话订购, 故应选TVs。

3. D。else为副词不用来修饰名词作定语。the other things意为“别的所有商品”不合文意，选项many other things意为“别的许多商品”为正确选项。

4. B。such as中的as为介词，因此该词组用于列举时，后面常直接接名词或名词性短语。而for example用于列举时与后面例子常用逗号隔开。因此B为正确选项。

5. D。分析句子，不难发现本句使用了“spend money in dong something”这一结构，且主语the French为第三人称复数，故应用spend的原形。

6. B。该句子表示“在德国，每天电话购物法仅在一个频道播放一个小时，这种情况一直持续到去年”，表示某状态一直持续到某个点时间，应用“until + 点时间”。

7. C。这里open表示“开放，开张，营业”，本句表示电影频道对电话购物实行了开放政策，可用来进行电话购物。

8. C。很明显，电话购物法为商人销售产品提供了一个极佳的渠道。因此本句表达了商人的愿望。

9. B。without为介词。后面应跟动词的-ing形式。根据文意，going out应为正确选项。

10. B。根据本句开头的But以及下文内容，这里提到的是对电话购物持反对态度的人。故选don’t。

11. A。一些人不喜欢电话购物法，称其为“垃圾”。故应选teleshopping。

12. C。人们担心的是电视上正在销售的产品的质量。A，B意思不对。for sale表示“待售”，为正确选项。

13. B。电话购物法令人们担心的是电视上展销的商品的质量，而不是商店里的商品，也不是已经买到手的商品。故选on TV。

14. B。根据上文，欧洲人的购物观念与美国人有所不同。因此电话购物公司也得采取不同的措施。固定结构be different form意为“不同于……”为正确答案。

15. B。根据上文，消费者关心的是质量。因此电话购物公司必须对质量倍加小心。故选择quality。

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Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town. I wanted to have a rest before catching the rain. I__1__ a newspaper and some chocolate and __2__into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to __3__ at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, __4__ the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of coffee.

When I came back with the coffee, There was someone __5__ in the next seat. __6__ was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and __7__ bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate!

Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to have any __8__. I just read the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me in __9__.Then he took a __10__ piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got it.

The boy gave me a strange look, then __11__ up. As he left, he shouted out, “There’s something __12__with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, __13__ I didn’t want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had __14__ a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to __15__. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!

1. A. stoleB. boughtC. soldD. wrote

2. A. went B. sat C. seated D. looked

3. A. sit B. seat C. lie D. laugh

4. A. pushed B. took C. put D. pulled

5. A. jumpingB. playing C. sittingD. sleeping

6. A. He B. It C. Who D. What

7. A. cut B. washed C. covered D. colored

8. A. coffee B. trouble C. chocolateD. matter

9. A. carelessness B. anger C. surpriseD. happiness

10. A. firstB. second C. very D. last

11. A. stood B. took C. cried D. looked

12. A. strange B. wrong C. OK D. funny

13. A. and B. but C. so D. while

14. A. spelt B. corrected C. made D. found

15. A. finish B. leave C. jump D. shop

名师点评

这是“我”外出购物时的一次尴尬的经历，故事贴近生活，生动有趣，读这样的文章有助于我们在今后的生活中避免出现类似的错误。

答案简析

1. B。为了消磨时间，“我”买了报纸和巧克力，故选bought。

2. A。由文章推理出，“我”走进了一家咖啡店，故应选went。

3. A。to sit at 是作为tables的后置定语，意为“可以在旁边就坐的桌子” 。

4. C。按常理“我”应把报纸等放在桌子上，而不是推到或拉到桌子上故应选 put。

5. C。由下文可知，回来时“我”发现他开始吃“我”的东西，说明他坐在桌旁，故选 sitting。

6. A。由下文可知，对方是一个男子，故用he指代。

7. D。头发应是被染成红色的，故应选colored。

8. B。面对这样一个男子，“我”不想惹麻烦，trouble合乎文意为正确选项。

9. C。由下文可知，“我”吃的是这个男子的巧克力，这引起了对方的某一反应，比较四个选项，再根据上文，用名词surprise比较合乎当时的情形。

10. B。习惯用语“a second + 名词”，常用来表示“再一个，又一个”

11. A。根据文意可知那个男孩起身要走，故选择stood。

12. B。男孩生气了，必定说了发泄的话，比较四个选项wrong为最佳选择。

13. B。男孩骂了“我”导致大家都朝“我”看，而“我”不想与他争吵，可见“我”的反应与上文描述的气氛恰恰相反，故选择but构成转折关系。

14. C。固定搭配make a mistake意为“犯了个错误”。

15. B。“我” 在喝完咖啡准备离开时发现了自己的过错，故应选leave。

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Rosa liked making up stories. She was so __1__that her classmates believed her from time to time. In fact, the whole class believed her! At first she supposed it was __2__. Now, as she got up to __3__before the class, She knew that make –believe stories had some way of coming back to make you sad.

Rosa’s parents were separated. Nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her mother in an apartment on Anderson Street. But when summer__4__, she went to her father’s farm in Arizona.

The farm was great! Rosa rode horses and __5__with some farm work. Her father, however, was so __6__that he couldn’t find time to go places with her. When she arrived each summer, her father would __7__ her at the airport and take her out to eat. And the day she went back to the __8__ he would always buy her a present.

When summer came to a close, Rosa __9__ to her mother. At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a __10__ to talk about.

Not long after __11__ began, Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library. They talked about many exciting __12__, like England and Germany. When Rosa’s friends asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was not __13__. Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at, she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to __14__.

When the class began studying England, Mr. Thomas asked Rosa to tell all the things she could __15__ about her trip to England!

1. A. afraidB. worriedC. sureD. happy

2. A. joke B. funC. turn D. game

3. A. talk B. teach C. show D. travel

4. A. passed B. arrived C. lasted D. changed

5. A. made B. played C. helped D. did

6. A. weak B. pleasedC. busy D. lonely

7. A. show B. visit C. meetD. send

8. A. farm B. cityC. family D. school

9. A. wrote B. calledC. moved D. returned

10. A. family B. schoolC. teacher D. farm

11. A. meeting B. schoolC. summer D. talk

12. A. people B. cities C. languages D. places

13. A interesting B. true C. longD. same

14. A. England B. GermanyC. farm D. home

15. A. think B. see C. remember D. read

名师点评

本文讲述了父母已离异的罗莎喜欢编谎言骗人，从中获得乐趣。暑假过后其他同学都在谈假期中的家庭旅游时，罗莎只得自欺欺人，骗大家说她与爸爸去了英国。结果上课时，老师让她谈英国的情况时，她无话可说了。

答案简析

1. C。罗莎的谎言经常让同学们信以为真，说明她骗人时自信心强，把握大。故选择sure.。

2. B。与下文罗莎自欺欺人相对应，一开始她认为骗人是件快乐的事，故选择fun。

3. A。根据文意，经过这件事后她意识到骗人其实就是骗自己，这种意识在平时与大伙交谈时更为强烈，故选talk。

4. B。夏天到时，罗莎就会到爸爸农场去度假，故选arrive。

5. C。help with sth. 意为“帮助干些事情”。

6. C。爸爸没时间陪她去其它地方游玩，说明爸爸很忙，故选busy。

7. C。这里meet表示爸爸去机场接她。

8. B。在农场度假结束后，罗莎应返回城里，故选city.

9. D。根据文意暑假结束了，罗莎要返回到妈妈身边。故选 returned.

10. A。与上文相对应，她的朋友都在谈假期与家人的旅游，罗莎因此希望拥有一个完整的家庭。

11. B。假期结束了，新学期又开始了，且下文讲到了学校里的事情，故选school。

12. D。下文的例子既不是城市也不是人或语言而是两个国家，只有选places。

13. B。别人问起她夏天的旅游情况时，她只有编织一些不真实的事情骗大家，故选true。

14. A。下文老师让她讲在英国旅行的情况，说明她骗大家去了英国，故选England。

15. C。老师让罗莎对过去的事情进行回忆并讲述，故选remember。

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Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story __1__their children. And they must have realized how difficult it is to write a __2__ children’s book. Either the author has aimed (定目标) too __3__, so that children can’t follow what is in his ( or more often, her ) story, __4__the story seems to be talking to the readers.

The best children’s books are __5__ very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy(令人满意的) the __6__ who hears the story and the adult(成年人) who __7__ it. Unfortunately(不幸的是), there are in fact few books like this, __8__ the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not __9__ to solve. This may be why many of the books regarded as __10__of children’s literature(文学) were in fact written for __11__ “Alice in Wonderland” is perhaps the most obvious(明显)of this.

Children, left for themselves, often __12__ the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in a bookshop or a __13__ and he will more willingly choose the books written in an unimaginative (并非想象的 ) way, or have a look at the most children’s comics(连环图书), full of the stories and jokes which are the rejections of teachers and righting-thinking parents.

Perhaps we parents should stop __14__ to brainwash(洗脑)children into accepting(接受)our taste in literature. After all, children and adults are so __15__ that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose we’ll just have to compromise(妥协)over the bedtime story.

1. A. toB. inC. withD. around

2. A. short B. long C. bad D. good

3. A. easy B. short C. high D. difficult

4. A. and B. but C. or D. so

5. A. both B. neither C. either D. very

6. A. child B. father C. mother D. teacher

7. A. hearsB. buys C. understands D. reads

8. A. but B. howeverC. so D. because

9. A. hard B. easy C. enough D. fast

10.A. articles B. work C. arts D. works

11. A. grown-ups B. girls C. boys D. children

12. A. are B. show C. find D. add

13. A. school B. home C. office D. library

14. A. going B. liking C. trying D. preferring

15. A. same B. friendlyC. different D. common

名师点评

本文说明了写一本供孩子读的好书并非一件容易的事，并且告诫家长不要一味强迫孩子接受大人的观点，因为孩子和大人在兴趣方面不尽相同。本文具有一定的教育意义，有助于改变家长一些错误的观点。

答案简析

1.C。read to somebody 意为“读给某人听”，to后面接动作的对象。

2.D。根据下文可知，存在的困难在于如何把孩子们的书写好。故选 good。

3.C。书中的内容让孩子们无法理解，说明作者的目标定得高。故选 high。

4. C。与前文either 对应，这里应用or. “either…or” 意义为“要么……要么……”。

5. B。与下半句的nor 对应，这里应用neither。“ neither…nor…” 意为“既不……也不……”。

6.A。satisfy的宾语除了读故事的成年人以外，当然就是听故事的孩子。故选child。

7.D。孩子听的故事越来越少，家长把讲故事当成读故事。故选reads。

8.C。前后两句形成因果关系，所以应用so引导结果状语从句。

9.B。上文讲好书越来越少，说明去发现好书并非是容易的事。故选easy。

10.B。名词 works 意为“作品”。

11.A。根据后面所举的例子以及文意，现在被认为是孩子们读的作品，实际上是为成年人所写的。故选grown-ups。

12.A。show interest in something 意为“对……感兴趣”。

13.B。孩子们选书的地点一般是书店或是图书馆。故选library。

14.D。try to do something 意为“想法设法做某事”，符合当今社会实际情况，为正确选项。

15.C。家长不要期望孩子门会接纳他们的观点，因为两者大不相同。故选择different。

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Mrs. Ball had a son. His name was Mick. She __1__ him very much and as he was not a __2__ child, she was always __3__ that he might be ill, __4__ she used to take him to see the best __5__ in the town four times a year to be looked __6__.

During one of these __7__, the doctor gave Mick all kinds of tests and then said to him, “Have you had any __8__ with your nose or ears recently?” Mick __9__ for a second and then answered, “Yes, I __10__.”

Mrs. Ball was very __11__. “But I’m sure you have __12__ told me that, Mick!” She said worriedly. “Oh, really?” Said the doctor __13__. “And what trouble have you with your nose and ears, my boy?” “Well,” answered Mick, “I always have trouble with them when I’m __14__ my sweater off, because the __15__ is very tight.”

1. A. loved B. hated C. missed D. cared

2. A. richB. cleverC. strongD. happy

3. A. afraidB. surprisedC. gladD. sure

4. A. whichB. forC. butD. so

5. A. playerB. teacherC. doctorD. lawyer

6. A. roundB. overC. forD. after

7. A. talksB. yearsC. visitsD. stays

8. A. answerB. thingC. wordD. trouble

9. A. waitedB. thoughtC. stoodD. looked

10. A. didB. willC. haveD. do

11. A. excitedB. interestedC. pleasedD. surprised

12. A. alreadyB. justC. neverD. always

13. A. angrilyB. seriouslyC. happilyD. carefully

14. A. turningB. takingC. keepingD. putting

15. A. collarB. noseC. mouthD. ear

名师点评

深爱儿子的鲍尔夫人一直为儿子的健康忧虑，常带他去医院看病，甚至被儿子脱毛衣引起眼睛和鼻子的不适而虚惊一场。

答案简析

1.A。根据下文鲍尔夫人常带儿子去看病可见她非常爱儿子，故选择loved。

2.C。鲍尔夫人担心儿子会有病，常带他医院，说明Nick没有强壮的体魄，故选择Strong。

3.A。上文讲到鲍尔夫人爱儿子，那么儿子的健康状况应让做妈妈的担心才对，而不是惊奇或快乐，故选择afraid。

4.D。两分句从意思上看，应为因果关系，因此应用so引导这个结果状语从句。

5.C。生病了当然是去看医生，再根据下文意思，应选择doctor。

6.B。look over为固定词组，意为“检查”。

7.B。上文提到一年要去医院检查四次，下文将要讲到其中一年里发生的一件事情，故选years从而形成对应。

8.D。have trouble with sth 意为“在某方面有麻烦”为一习惯用语。

9.B。医生问了一个问题，他要作出回答，因此得思考一会儿，故选择thought。

10.C。医生的问题用了现在完成时态，对之作出的回答也应用现在完成时，即：Yes ，I have。

11.D。深爱儿子的妈妈第一次听说儿子鼻子、眼睛有问题应感到惊讶，故选择surprised。

12.C。妈妈感到惊讶是因为她从未听儿子提到过这回事，故应选never。

13.B。医生对自己经常检查的病人，出现新的病情应作为严肃的事情来处理，故应选seriously。

14.B。take a sweater off意为“脱去毛线衣”。

15.A。穿毛衣时衣领子挤压眼、鼻引起疼痛，故应选collar。

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The computer plays an important part in our everyday life. It is one of the great __1__in the world in the __2__ century. It works for us not only at home, in the offices, in big shops, __3__ at schools. Today it is used __4__ many ways. It really __5__ the world large wealth (财富) and happiness.

The first computer in the world was __6__ Enid. It was built in America in 1946. It was __7__ and heavy. __8__ it was born, it has been developing very fast. Until now it has gone __9__ four periods(时期，阶段)and changed a lot. There’re many kinds of computers. Computers are getting smaller and smaller and computing faster and faster. It becomes more and more __10__.

The computer can do most of the things __11__ the people. It can help us to __12__ about the real world more quickly, to learn __13__ we want to learn and to think __14__ ourselves. __15__ a student in the twenty-first century, you must work hard at it.

1. A. inventions B. discoveries C. robots D. inventors

2. A. twenty-first B. twenties C. twelfth D. twentieth

3. A. also B. but also C. too D. either

4. A. in B. to C. by D. over

5. A. takes B. helps C. gets D. brings

6. A. found B. inventedC. called D. bought

7. A. easy B. small C. large D. light

8. A. For B. Until C. When D. Since

9. A. by B. across C. through D. against

10.A. serious B. harmful. C. dangerous D. helpful

11.A. for B. to C. at D. with

12.A. set B. tell C. know D. talk

13.A. what B. that C. which D. who

14.A. of B. about C. out D. for

15.A. For B. Be C. As D. To

名师点评

本文介绍了电脑的产生、发展以及在我们日常生活中广泛的使用，针对一些人对将来电脑会控制人类的担忧，作者提出了自己的看法。

答案简析

1.A。one of 后要用可数名词的复数形式，根据文章意思，可知答案是A。

2.D。要表达第几个世纪，应该用“序数词+century”，而根据常识，计算机是二十世纪的产物，A项“二十一世纪”与实际不符合。

3.B。固定搭配not only…but (also)… 意思是“不但……而且……”。所以答案是B。

4.A。in many ways为一固定用法，表示“在许多方面”。

5.D。根据文章大意，可知答案是D，表示“给人们带来财富和快乐”。

6.C。因为Enid是名字，故用called。

7.C。根据常识可知老式计算机庞大而笨重，故填large。

8.D。该句句意为“自它诞生之日起，它的发展就非常迅速”，since在意思和时态上与主句呼应，为正确选项。

9.C。动词短语go through表示“经历……”。

10.D。

11.A。用介词for+宾语表示“为人们做事”，故选A。

12.C。know about表示“了解”，侧重于有关某人或某事的具体情况。

13.A。learn后面接的是一个宾语从句，而且连接词在从句中做learn 的宾语，所以只能用what，因为that在宾语从句中是纯连词，只能起连接作用，不能做句子成分。

14.D。think of表示“想起;认为”;think about表示“考虑”;think out表示“想出”;根据文章含义，答案应是D。

15.C。介词as表示“作为”，为正确选项。

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You may think there is only sand in the desert of the world, __1__ it is not true. In the desert, as we know, there is a little __2__, but it is not __3__ for most plants. Still we can see some plants __4__ in the desert.

There is__5__ in some places in the desert. We __6__ these places oases. In the oases, there are villages and towns. People grow __7__ kinds of crops in the fields there.

People __8__ live outside the oases. They have camels, sheep and other animals. These animals depend __9__ the desert plants for their food and do not need __10__ water.

The __11__ are useful to the desert people in many ways. They eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use the camels for carrying water, food, tents and something else.

The people of the desert have to keep moving from place to place. They must always look12 grass or desert plants for their animals. When there is no more food for their animals, they move to __13__ place. The desert people are __14__. No man in the desert would ever refuse __15__ the people in trouble and give them food and water.

1. A. andB. butC. orD. so

2. A. rainB. rainsC. windD. winds

3. A. goodB. good enoughC. enough goodD. enough

4. A. liveB. to liveC. livesD. lived

5. A. stonesB. plantsC. woodD. water

6. A. sayB. tellC. callD. find

7. A. everyB. allC. aD. one

8. A. alsoB. tooC. eitherD. still

9. A. withB. inC. onD. by

10. A. a littleB. fewC. muchD. any

11. A. waterB. plantsC. cropsD. animals

12. A. atB. forC. upD. after

13. A. otherB. the otherC. the othersD. another

14. A. wellB. friendC. friendlyD. carefully

15. A. helpB. helpsC. helpingD. to help

名师点评

本文讲述了人类是如何利用沙漠中的绿洲、动物，并依靠自身的努力而得以在沙漠中种植庄稼，从而生存下来。说明人定胜天的道理。

答案简析

1. B。空白部分两句构成转折关系，故选择并列连词but。

2. B。沙漠中风多雨少，rain一词为不可数名词，其复数形式rains表示雨水多，故应选rain。

3. D。这里讲沙漠中的一点点雨水，并不能满足大多数植物生长的需要，故选择enough。

4. A。see sb. do sth.意为“看见某人做某事”，这里应用省去to 的动词不定式。

5. D。沙漠之所以出现绿洲的根本原因是有了水，故选water。

6. C。call 在这里意为“将……称为……”为正确选项。

7. B。every, a和one 后面都应该接可数名词单数，不能放在kinds 前面。all kinds of 意为“各种各样的”。

8. A。表示“也”时，too 一般放在肯定句末，either放在否定句末，also 放在句中，在此为正确选项，而still 不合题意。

9. C。固定说法depend on意为“依靠”、“凭借”。

10. C。一些动物能在沙漠中生存下来，说明了他们适应了这里雨水稀少的气候，不像其他动物那样需要太多的水，故选择much。

11. D。通读本段不难发现，本段承上文接着讲述动物的用途，故选animals。

12. B。固定说法look for 意思为“寻找”。

13. D。other 后接可数名词时应用复数形式;the other 后接可数名词单数时表示两者中的另一个，不合文意。

14. C。根据下文沙漠里的人从不会拒绝帮助别人，说明他们彼此友好。

15. D。固定搭配refuse to do sth.意为“拒绝干某事”。

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Once upon a time, a rich man wanted to make a trip (旅行) to another town. He tried not only to take things to sell but also to take money to1 things with. He2 to take ten servants with him. They would3 the things to sell and the food to4 on their trip. Before they started, a little boy ran up to5 and asked to6 with them.

The rich man said to the little boy, “Well,7 may go with us.8 you are the smallest, the thinnest and the weakest of all my9 , you can’t carry a10 load (担子). You must11 the lightest one to carry.” The boy thanked his master and chose the biggest load to carry. That was bread.

“You are12 .” said his master, “That is the biggest and the heaviest one.” The boy said13 and lifted the load gladly.

On the trip they walked for days and at last they got to the town. All the servants were tired14 the little servant. Do you know15 ? Most of the bread was eaten during the trip and a little was left when they arrived at the town.

1. A. eatB. buyC. changeD. get

2. A. decidedB. likedC. hopedD. tried

3. A. takeB. bringC. carryD. borrow

4. A. cookB. eatC. buyD. drink

5. A. themB. the servants(仆人)

C. the roadD. the rich man

6. A. stopB. stayC. goD. talk

7. A. youB. heC. ID. they

8. A. SinceB. IfC. BecauseD. But

9. A. familyB. guestsC. servantsD. things

10. A. heavyB. lightC. smallD. difficult

11. A. eatB. chooseC. pick upD. understand

12. A. braveB. rightC. cleverD. foolish

13. A. sorryB. nothingC. angrilyD. good-bye

14. A. besidesB. ofC. exceptD. with

15. A. whoB. himC. thatD. why

名师点评

本文讲述了一个聪明的小男孩的故事。他要求加入一位富人的旅行，在得到同意后选择担子时，看似愚蠢地选择了最大、最重的担子。而这恰恰就是他的聪明之处，因为他所挑的面包在途中是被边走边吃的，到达目的地时已所剩无几。阅读这故选foolish。篇文章时要注意句子的整体理解，如第8、9、10这三题。

答案简析

1. B。这位富人不仅带了东西去卖，而且带钱去“买”东西。解这道题时要注意将句中and前后的内容进行比较。

2. A。根据他的想法，他“决定”要带十个仆人。这件事完全可以由他自己决定，所以没有必要“希望带……”或“努力带……”，故C、D不合题意。

3. C。carry在句中意为“携带、运送”;take 意为“带走”;bring意为“带来”。本句意为“他们将运送要卖的东西和在路上要吃的食物”。下文的第10、11两题所在的句子也有提示。

4. B。参照第3题。

5. D。一个小男孩来找这位富人，要求和他们一起走，故选 the rich man。

6. C。参照第5题。

7. A。富人同意小男孩随行。

8. D。此句和上文是转折关系,意为“但是你是我的仆人中最小的、最瘦的、最弱的一个，你不能挑重担”，故选but。

9. C。参照第8题。

10. A。参照第8题。

11. B。此句意为“你要选择挑最轻的担子”，“pick up”意为“捡起”，不合文意，故选choose。

12. D。主人看到这个小仆人选择了最重的担子，感到他很“愚蠢”，故选foolish。。

13. B。听了主人的话，小男孩“什么也没说”，而是高兴地挑起了担

子。

14. C。由于小男孩的聪明，“除了”他自己，其他仆人都累坏了。

15. D。Do you know why? 用在文章最后用来引出原因，告诉读者其中的奥妙。

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Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier to make sure that they were not smuggling anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming__1__the hill towards the frontier, __2__ a bike with a pile of goods of old straw on it. When the bike __3__ the frontier, Peter would stop the man and __4__ him take the straw off and untie it. Then he would examine the straw very __5__ to see __6__ he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man’s pockets __7__ he let him tie the straw again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always __8__ to find gold or other valuable things __9__ in the straw, he never found __10__. He was sure the man was __11__ something, but he was not __12__ to think out what it could be.

Then one evening, after he had looked __13__ the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets __14__ usual, he __15__ to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things __16__ this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is? I’m an old man, and today’s my last day on the __17__. Tomorrow I’m going to __18__. I promise I shall not tell __19__ if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for __20__. Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”

1. A. towardsB. downC. toD. up

2. A. fillingB. pullingC. pushingD. carrying

3. A. arrivedB. appearedC. cameD. reached

4. A. askB. orderC. makeD. call

5. A. carefullyB. quicklyC. silentlyD. horribly

6. A. thatB. whereC. howD. whether

7. A. beforeB. afterC. firstD. so

8. A. luckyB. hopingC. thinkingD. wondering

9. A. had beenB. hiddenC. hidingD. have been

10. A. nothingB. somethingC. everythingD. anything

11. A. takingB. smugglingC. stealingD. pushing

12. A. possibleB. strongC. ableD. clever

13. A. throughB. thoroughlyC. uponD. up

14. A. likeB. moreC. thenD. as

15. A. toldB. criedC. orderedD. said

16. A. crossB. pastC. acrossD. into

17. A. thingB. workC. jobD. duty

18. A. restB. backC. retireD. retreat

19. A. everyoneB. anyoneC. no oneD. someone

20. A. momentB. long timeC. sometimeD. some time

名师点评

这篇完型填空讲述了身为边防检查员的彼得明知一个工厂工人在走私货物却无法抓住对方的把柄。在退休的前一天，彼得恳请其说出真相，结果令彼得恍然大悟。

答案简析

1.D。根据下文这个工人越过边界后，走下山坡，所以到达边界之前应在朝山上走。故选up。

2.C。这名工人是在推着一辆装有稻草的自行车，故选动词pushing。

3.D。这里表达的是到达边界之意arrive, come为不及物动词不可直接接 the frontier，故选reached。

4.C。ask与order后接不定式的复合结构时，动词前应有to, make后接不定式的复合结构时，动词前to要省去。根据下文应选make。

5.A。彼得想发现这个工人在走私什么，所以应仔细地检查。故选carefully。

6.D。这里根据文意，应选择表示“是否”之意的whether作宾语从句的引导词。

7.A。根据常理，彼得应先检查这个工人的口袋才能让他捆起稻草走人，故选before。

8.B.根据文意，彼得心中一直怀着查获走私物品的希望，故选hoping。

9.B。这里things和hide之间是被动关系,现在分词hiding作定语时表示主动，所以应用过去分词hidden作后置定语表被动。

10.D。本句中否定词never及文意决定了这里应选 anything。

11.B。四个选项从语法上讲都可以，只能从文意上进行区分，smuggling意为“走私”，是正确选项。

12.C。固定结构be able to do sth. 意为“能够干某事”。

13.A。习惯用语look through 意为“彻底检查”。

14.D。“as usual”为固定短语，意为“象平常一样”。

15.D。tell, order后面应直接接人作宾语表示告诉某人和命令某人，而用say应为say to sb. 故said为正确选项。

16.C.这里应选择一个介词构成介词短语在句中做状语。介词past 表“经过”;across 强调“从一边到另一边”;而into 表示“进入到……里面”。根据文意across应为正确选项。

17.C。“on the job”为一常用短语。意为“执行公务”。

18.C。因为今天是彼得最后一天上班说明明天他就要退休retire。

19.B。根据句中否定词not 及文意应选anyone。

20.D。本句说明这个工人回答彼得的问题之前沉默了一会儿。A选项应用a moment;C选项表示某一点时间;D选项表示一段时间或一会儿，为正确选项。

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