Question

Eric was terribly ill. He couldn't move and had to spend all day in 31_________. Because his friends were not allowed to go near him, he felt quite 32_________ . Every day he just looked out of the 33 _________, doing nothing at all. As time passed, Eric became more and more hopeless.

One day, however, he saw something very 34 _________in the window. A panda was eating sandwiches there. Eric was very surprised. Before he could 35 _________what had happened, he saw a monkey playing the violin. After a while, he saw more and more 36_________ characters outside the window. This time he began to 37 _________a lot and could hardly stop.

No one would stop laughing when they saw a pig playing a drum, or a dog 38 _________a pair of glasses and acting like a teacher. Eric didn't tell anyone about this 39_________ he thought nobody would believe this. Anyway, those strange characters brought happiness back 40 _________his heart. Soon he got well and was able to go back to 41_________ again.

When class was over. Eric told his 42_________ about all the strange things he had seen. While he was talking, he saw something coming out of Tom's 43 _________. He wanted very much to know what it was, so he asked Tom 44 _________. Finally Tom had to 45_________ him what was in the bag. There, inside, were all the fancy-dress (假面) toys that Tom had used to cheer him up!

   And from that day on, Eric always did his best to make sure that no one was sad or lonely.

31. A. school  B. bed  C. church  D. class

32. A. happy   B. tired   C. sad   D. excited

33. A. window   B. book   C. door   D. wall

34. A. delicious   B. warm   C. useful   D. strange

35. A. find out   B. pick up   C. take away   D. get back

36. A. quiet   B. brave   C. funny    D. dangerous

37. A. cry   B. laugh   C. run   D. sing

38. A. making   B. selling   C. inventing   D. wearing

39. A. because   B. but   C. so   D or

40. A. for   B. with   C. into   D. by

41. A. work   B. school   C. town   D. hospital

42. A. parents   B. brothers   C. sisters    D. classmates 

43. A. eyes   B. shoes   C. jacket   D. schoolbag

44. A. again and again   B. as usual   C. day and night    D. in time

45. A. teach   B. show   C. lend   D. sell

Answer 1

【主旨大意】本篇短文通过讲述汤姆默默帮助病重男孩艾瑞克树立生活的希望的故事，告诉大家没有人是孤单悲伤地。

31. B 根据句意艾瑞克不能动，只能是躺在床上。

32. C 别的朋友都不和他玩，说明他感到很悲伤。

33. A look out of the window 意为“向窗外看”。

34. D 由后面的文章可知,这些事情很奇怪.

35. A find out意为弄明白，pick up意为捡起，take away意为拿走，get back意为取回。

36. C 只有funny和dangerous的比较级前面加more,但dangerous意为危险的，不符合本意。

37. B 由上面的句子知道这些可笑人物特征让艾瑞克笑了。

38. D 戴眼镜用wear.

39. A 解释原因用because,

40. C bring sth. into one’s heart给某人的内心带来…

41. B 病好了之后当然要去上学了。

42. D 下课之后，只能和同学们讲述自己的经历了。

43. D 由下文“what was in the bag”可知，应该是书包。

44. A again and again意为一次又一次地

45. B show意为出示给某人看。