Question

In November 1979，pupils in England were able to watch a new TV program called Monkey. Most of them were    this story for the first time. However, this story is not      to Chinese children. The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is the main character in the traditional Chinese book Journey to the West.
The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a       ! This is because he can make seventy-two      to his shape and size, turning himself into different animals and objects.  But       he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a person. To fight bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make     so small that he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he is able to make it big and long.
The Monkey King has     the children of China for many years. And as soon as the TV program came out more than thirty years ago, Western children became        in reading this story because the clever Monkey King keeps fighting to help the weak and never gives up.
【小题1】A. writing        B hearing               C. telling
【小题2】A. famous        B popular               C. new
【小题3】A. monkey       B man                  C. horse
【小题4】A. friends        B monkeys             C. changes
【小题5】A. unless         B because               C. however
【小题6】A. himself        B the stick              C. the teacher
【小题7】A. trained        B excited               C. taught
【小题8】A. worried       B relaxed               C. interested

Answer 1

【小题1】B
【小题2】C
【小题3】A
【小题4】C
【小题5】A
【小题6】B
【小题7】B
【小题8】C

解析试题分析：这篇短文讲了有关中国名著《西游记》中的主角孙悟空的情况，文中简单介绍了猴王的基本情况，以及其深受中外儿童喜欢的原因。
【小题1】考查动词与语境理解。A. writing写；B hearing 听；C. telling告诉，句意：他们大多数第一次听到这个故事。根据句意及题干分析“听到”应是hear，故此空应填B。
【小题2】考查形容词与语境理解。A. famous著名的；B popular流行的；C. new新鲜的，此题句意：然而这个故事对中国孩子来讲并不新鲜。中国的孩子对孙悟空的故事并不陌生，所以此题选C。
【小题3】考查名词与语境理解。A. monkey猴子；B man人；C. horse马，句意：事实上他有时看上去甚至不像猴子。根据句意及上下文此题选A。
【小题4】考查名词与语境理解。A. friends朋友；B monkeys猴子；C. changes变化，句意：这是因为他会72种变化，他能把自己变成不同的动物或物体。根据句意此题选C。
【小题5】考查连词与语境理解。A. unless除非；B because因为；C. however然而，句意：除非他把尾巴藏起来，否则他就不能把自己变成人。根据句意“除非”应是unless，故此题选A。
【小题6】考查名词与语境理解。A. himself他自己；B the stick棒子；C. the teacher教师，句意：有时他能把金箍棒变得很小，能藏进耳朵里。根据句意及上下文此题选B。
【小题7】考查动词与语境理解。A. trained训练；B excited 激动；C. taught 教，句意：猴王已经使中国的孩子们兴奋了很多年，根据句意此题选B。
【小题8】考查形容词与语境理解。A. worried担心；B relaxed放松；C. interested有趣的，句意：西方的孩子们开始变得有兴趣读这个故事，根据句意及上下文此题选C。
考点：教育类短文。