题目内容
【题目】完形填空
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming to this concert. I hope you have enjoyed the music.
The purpose of this concert is to _________ money for children in Africa. Every day _________ children in Africa die because they have diseases or have not enough _________ .There are two main reasons. First, there are no jobs for the children's parents, so they have no money to buy food or_________. Second, the governments in many African countries do not have the money to take care of poor people.
Most African counties are poor. The land is not good for _________ food and the weather is also bad for farming. The Feed Africa Fund _________ a lot of money every year on food for poor people in Africa. The money comes _________ people like you-kind, generous people who do not want to see children die from hunger. Just one dollar can buy enough rice or corn to _________ a family of four for three days.
How much do you spend on food every day? Ten dollars? Twenty dollars? I am sure you can spend a little _________ on your own food so that you have a few dollars for the Feed Africa Fund.
Ladies and gentlemen, we will now take a _________ .Please be generous. Thank you.
【1】A. borrow B. raise C. pay D. donate
【2】A. hundred B. hundred of C. three hundreds D. hundreds of
【3】A. to eat B. to sleep C. to play D. to enjoy
【4】A. clothes B. houses C. cars D.
【5】A. growing B. inventing C. eating D. seeing
【6】A. costs B. spends C. takes D. pays
【7】A. to B. from C. with D. without
【8】A. feed B. build C. develop D. buy
【9】A. more B. few C. less D. least
【10】A. show B. kindness C. look D. collection
【答案】
【1】B
【2】D
【3】A
【4】D
【5】A
【6】B
【7】B
【8】A
【9】C
【10】D
【解析】
试题分析:短文大意:这篇短文是在一个慈善音乐会上的发言词,主要介绍了在非洲有许多孩子每年死于饥饿和疾病,以及大部分非洲国家所面临的困境。号召人们伸出援助之手,每天节约几美元,来帮助这些贫穷的人。
【1】B考查动词及语境理解。句意:这场音乐会的目的是为非洲的孩子们筹集资金。borrow借入; raise筹集;pay付款;donate捐赠。联系下文money for children in Africa.可知此处指的是为非洲的孩子们筹集资金,所以选B。
【2】D考查数词及语境理解。句意:每天有数以百计的非洲孩子死亡,因为他们有疾病或没有足够的吃的。hundred百;hundred of不符合英语表达习惯;three hundreds不符合英语表达习惯;hundreds of成百上千的,许许多多的。联系下文可知此处指的是概数, 所以选D。
【3】A考查动词及语境理解。句意:每天有数以百计的非洲孩子死亡,因为他们有疾病或没有足够的吃的。to eat吃;to sleep睡觉;to play玩;to enjoy欣赏。结合语境可知此处指的是没有足够的吃的东西,所以选A。
【4】D考查名词及语境理解。句意:首先,没有工作的孩子的父母,所以他们没有钱买食物或药。 Clothes衣服;houses房屋;cars汽车;medicine药。联系上文孩子们的死因,及前文food可此处指的是药品,所以选D。
【5】A考查动词及语境理解。句意:土地不适宜种植食物,天气也不对耕作不好。Growing种植; inventing 发明;eating吃;seeing看见。联系下文plants 植物,可知此处指的是种植庄稼,所以选A。
【6】B考查动词及语境理解。句意:非洲的食物基金每年要花费很多钱为穷人购买食物。cost用于 sth costs sb sth,主语必须是物,多指花费金钱,少数情况可指花费时间、气力,有时表示成本的消耗;lend借给;spend用于sb spend...on sth或者sb spend...in doing sth(in可以省略),spend的主语必须是人,可以指花费时间、也可以指花费金钱;pay的基本用法是:(1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱(给某人)买……。 (2)pay for sth. 付……的钱。 (3)pay for sb. 替某人付钱。(4)pay sb. 付钱给某人。联系下文on food for people in Africa描述,所以选B。
【7】B考查介词及语境理解。句意:钱来自于像你这样的,慷慨的人,饿to 到;from 从;with和,有;without无。Come from来自,是一个固定短语,所以选B。
【8】A考查动词及语境理解。句意:只要一美元可以购买足够的大米或玉米,可供一个四口之家吃三天。 feed饲养,喂养;build建立;develop发展; buy买。联系下文,可知此处指的是养育一个四口之家,所以选A。
【9】C考查形容词及语境理解。句意:我相信你可以在自己的食物上少花一点钱。more 更多的; few 较少的;less 较少的;least最少的。结合语境可知此处指的是少花一点钱在自己的食物上,而money是不可数名词,所以选C。
【10】D考查名词及语境理解。句意:女士们,先生们,我们现在要进行募捐了,请慷慨大方的捐献。show 展示;kindness慈善;look看;collection募捐,收集。联系上文描述,可知此时要进行募捐了,所以选D。