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【题目】完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My father was a highly educated, intelligent gentleman. He could debate or discuss for hours on almost any topic and hold your in the process. I thought there was nothing he wasn’t to do.

A few days before my younger brother’s 7th birthday, Dad planned to assemble（装配）a new as a special birthday surprise. After nearly an hour of the instructions, Dad was still unable to the new bike together. Later he the paper of instructions, up his tool box, and decided to take the bike back to the local toy store and pay extra to have it correctly assembled there. an idea came to him, as he called out to Lovett, the quiet little man who cut our grassland.

“Lovett, have you ever assembled a boy’s bicycle?”

As Lovett walked towards the bike, Dad handed him the . Lovett handed it back to him, saying, “No, thanks. I can’t read. When you can’t read, you have to .” Less than 15 minutes later, the new bicycle was assembled, with no parts remaining. Dad shook Lovett’s hand, patted him on the back, thanked him, and hid the bike.

On the night after my brother received his shiny new gift, Dad announced at the family dinner table what had happened several days earlier. He took great in telling it over and over again — he used it as an example of thinking.

He did not refer to illiteracy（文盲）, but strongly taught us to use our . The joke was on my father, he was able to turn it into a learning tool, and I liked him even more after that incident. I also gained a new for Lovett. To me he had been the old yard man who didn’t much, but after that day, he seemed to smile , even walk taller. It’s amazing what a real nod of approval can do to lift people up.

【1】A. belief B. breath C. view D. attention

【2】A. willing B. able C. lucky D. capable

【3】A. bicycle B. toy C. computer D. boat

【4】 A. reviewing B. reading C. examining D. searching

【5】A. bring B. get C. work D. put

【6】A. looked through B. folded up C. turned to D. devoted to

【7】A. brought B. added C. picked D. set

【8】A. effort B. tax C. service D. money

【9】A. Then B. Thus C. Since D. Though

【10】 A. tools B. routines C. instructions D. orders

【11】A. exchange B. think C. learn D. admit

【12】A. partly B. largely C. hardly D. fully

【13】 A. separate B. different C. major D. spare

【14】A. care B. action C. delight D. risk

【15】 A. resources B. heads C. knowledge D. hands

【16】 A. so B. but C. or D. and

【17】A. respect B. reward C. relief D. regard

【18】A. never B. ever C. always D. often

【19】A. say B. show C. care D. earn

【20】A. colder B. weaker C. broader D. grayer

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】B

【5】D

【6】B

【7】C

【8】D

【9】A

【10】C

【11】B

【小题12】D

【13】D

【14】C

【15】B

【16】B

【17】A

【18】C

【19】A

【20】C

【解析】本文是篇记叙文。父亲是一个接受过高等教育的、有智慧的人，在“我”眼中父亲无所不能。但有一次，父亲给弟弟装配一辆自行车作为生日礼物，按照说明书却发现安装不了，最后是一位目不识丁却爱思考的园丁帮忙解决了问题。

【1】D考查名词。A. belief信念，信仰； B． breath呼吸； C. view观点； D． attention主意，关注。由前半句可知父亲可以就任何话题进行数小时的辩论或讨论，在此过程中可以抓住你的 “注意力(attention)” ，故选D。

【2】B考查形容词。A. willing心甘情愿的； B． able有能力的；C. lucky 幸运的；D． capable有才干的。由前两句可知父亲的能力很强，认为他是没有什么不会做的 (be able to) 。故选B。

【3】A考查名词。A. bicycle自行车； B. toy 玩具；C. computer 电脑；D．boat小船。下文第44空后的bike提示选A项。

【4】B考查动词。A. reviewing 回顾，复习；B． reading阅读；C. examining检查； D． searching搜寻。装配自行车前得 “阅读(reading)” 说明书。故选B。

【5】D考查动词。A. bring 拿来，带来；B． get得到；C. work 工作；D． put放。put...together意为 “组合，装配” 。故选D。

【6】B考查动词词组。A. looked through 浏览，识破；B． folded up折叠；C. turned to 转向；D． devoted to致力于。由下文父亲决定将自行车送回当地的商店, 花钱让人组装可知, 将说明书 “折叠起来 (folded up)” 。故选B。

【7】C考查动词。A. brought拿来，带来； B． added增加；C. picked 挑选；D． set放置。父亲决定花钱让人组装自行车，所以将工具箱 “收起来 (picked up)” 。故选C。

【8】D考查名词。A. effort 努力；B． tax税金； C. service服务； D． money金钱。

请玩具店组装自行车自然要额外付费，故选D项。

【9】A考查副词。A. Then然后； B． Thus因此；C. Since既然； D． Though尽管。该句的两个分句间已经有连词as，所以此处不应该是连词，而是副词。根据语境可知应该用then。

【10】C考查名词。A. tools工具； B． rotes死记硬背；C. instructions 说明；D． orders订单，命令。由下文 “I can't read” 可知，Lovett不识字，所以应该是instructions。故选C。

【11】B考查动词。A. exchange交换； B． think想，认为；C. learn 学习；D． admit承认。不识字的话就得动脑筋去 “想(think)” 。故选B。

【12】D考查副词。A. partly 部分地，在一定程度上；B． largely主要地，大部分；C. hardly 几乎不；D． fully充分地。由下文 “with no __53__parts remaining” 可知 “完整地(fully)” 装好了自行车。故选D。

【13】D考查形容词。A. separate分离的； B． different不同的；C. major主要的； D． spare业余的，额外的，备用的。由语境可知装好了自行车，自然就没有剩下 “多余的(spare)” 的零件。故选D。

【14】C考查名词。A. care 关心；B． action行动； C. delight高兴； D． risk冒险。

父亲反反复复地给我们讲这件事，把这件事作为要思考的例子。所以父亲是“喜爱(take delight in)”讲这件事情的。故选C。

【15】B考查名词。A. resources资源； B． heads 大脑，头；C. knowledge知识； D． hands手。父亲用这个例子要我们学会使用我们的 “大脑(heads)” 去思考。故选B。

【16】B考查连词。A. so所以； B． but但是；C. or或者，否者； D． and和。前后表示转折关系。故选B。

【17】A考查名词。A. respect 尊重；B． reward报酬；C. relief安慰，减轻； D．regard主意，问候。通过Lovett的事例，作者对他有了新的 “尊敬 (respect)” 。故选A。

【18】C考查副词。A. never从来没有； B．ever曾经；C. always 总是；D. often经常。对于作者来说，Lovett “一直(always)” 是一名沉默少言的老园丁。故选C。

【19】A考查动词。A. say 说；B．show展示；C. care 关心；D．earn赚取。由上文中 “Lovett，the quiet little man” 可知Lovett沉默少言。故选A。

【20】C考查形容词比较级。A. colder更冷； B. weaker更虚弱；C. broader更宽； D． grayer更苍白。 “我” 对Lovett有了新的尊敬，这是对他的肯定，所以此后他似乎笑得“更灿烂 (broader)”。故选C。