题目内容
Mr Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often 1 some books from the library. He keeps 2 to the radio every morning and reading 3 after supper. So he knows much and teaches well. His 4 worship（崇拜）him very much. Mike, Mr Clarke’s little son，is only nine. He 5 likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr Clarke always thinks he’s too 6 to understand him and chooses_ 7 ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied with（对…满意）it．
One day Mike read 8 about the electric lights（电灯）and was 9 it．When his father told him to do some housework，he went on thinking of it．He asked him 10 questions，and his father answered all．Then his father said proudly，“Fathers always know 11 than sons!”The boy thought for a while and said，“ 12 !”
“Oh? Why?”
Mike didn’t answer and asked， 13 ，“Who invented the electric lights?”
“ 14 .”answered Mr Clarke．
“Why didn’t his father invent them，then?”
Looking at his son，Mr Clarke didn’t know 15 to answer !
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【小题1】D
【小题2】B
【小题3】A
【小题4】C
【小题5】A
【小题6】B
【小题7】D
【小题8】C
【小题9】B
【小题10】C
【小题11】A
【小题12】D
【小题13】A
【小题14】C
【小题15】B
解析试题分析：
【小题1】D 动词辨析。A发现B卖C买D借；指他从图书馆里结束来看。
【小题2】B 固定词组listen to the radio指听无线电；他经常看书，听无线电，所以知识丰富。
【小题3】A 名词辨析。A报纸B信件C故事D消息；晚饭以后看报纸是人们经常做的事情。
【小题4】C 上下文串联。根据文章第一句：他在学习工作，那么他的学生崇拜他。
【小题5】A 上下文串联。父亲喜欢看书，儿子也喜欢看书，also表示也；
【小题6】B 形容词辨析。A老B年轻C聪明D有能力；Clarke认为他的儿子太小了不能理解。
【小题7】D 上下文串联。他认为儿子太年轻所以都选择最容易的问题来回答。
【小题8】C 代词辨析。A所有事情B没有事情C一些事情D任何事情；Mike阅读了关于电灯事情。
【小题9】B 形容词短语辨析。A担忧B感兴趣C害怕D生气；儿子阅读了一些关于电灯方面的事情，很感兴趣。所以问了很多问题。
【小题10】C 形容词辨析。Few, little指否定的意思；a few修饰可数名词复数形式；a little修饰不可数名词。后面的questions是可数名词复数形式，使用a few修饰。
【小题11】A 考查形容词。根据后面的than，说明使用比较级；排除BD项。C项表示否定的意思。
【小题12】D 上下文串联。前句说：爸爸总是比儿子知道得多。以及后面的问题，说明两个人的意见不一致。
【小题13】A 副词辨析。A然而B细心地C迅速地D明亮地；Mike没有回答他的问题，反而询问他…
【小题14】C 考查常识。常识：电灯是有爱迪生发明出来的。
【小题15】B 语法分析。What与不定式连用作为动词know的宾语,同时what也作为answer的逻辑宾语。
考点：考查故事类短文阅读
点评：本文讲述了Clarke和儿子之间的一次有趣的对话。关于父亲为什么比儿子知道得多的问题。本文内容比较简单，整个完形填空大题，设空科学合理，考生不难从中领会大意，从而下手会比较顺利，从选项中可以看出，本大题主要还是考查了词汇的辨析与运用，但更加注重综合语言能力的运用，需要根据故事情节，了解词汇用法的同时，结合语境，做出准确的判断。
走进文言文系列答案We use an average of 158 liters of water a day in Britain, for which we pay a bargain price of 28p a liter, but much of this is just cash down the drain, according to water companies.
Most are campaigning to cut the amount we use. And the frontline weapon in their campaign is the water meter (计量器). They want us all to have one and one company is seeking powers to make this compulsory.
The Government is anxious for us to use less water, too. Elliot Morley, the Environment Minister, says he is impressed by the savings when a meter is installed. In most homes, consumption drops by 20 percent.
He also thinks consumers get a good deal from meters. He said, “Most people would find that they would either be exactly the same or better off with water meters and it is a fairer way of paying for water.”
At present, only 25% of households have meters and most of those are in East Anglia. They are installed by water companies, and households then have about ￡43 added to each bill to cover the cost of installing and reading the meter.
Barrie Clarke, a spokesman for Water UK, said, “We want everyone to be more water wise—to think about the amount of water they use. But with our climate change and different weather patterns, over time it will make economic and environmental sense to think how we use water. This may mean meters.”
Mr. Clarke believes the easiest way to save water is to use less in the garden. In one hour, a sprinkler uses the same amount of water as the average family of four uses in a day—about 632 liters. He said that gardeners should water in the evening so that it dose not evaporate in the heat of the day and that every household should have a water butt to collect rainwater for use in the garden.
【小题1】Which of the following is NOT the advantage of installing water meters?
| A．Water consumption drops. |
| B．It’s fairer to pay for water. |
| C．They’re installed for free. |
| D．People are more water wise. |
| A．water meters are welcome by British people |
| B．people will be better off with water meters |
| C．everyone has become wiser to use water now |
| D．saving water is both good to economy and environment |
| A．about 126 liters | B．about 158 liters |
| C．about 506 liters | D．about 632 liters |
| A．change into steam and disappears |
| B．absorb the heat of the day |
| C．sink into the soil |
| D．turn into ice |
| A．using less on the garden |
| B．using a sprinkler |
| C．watering in the evening |
| D．gathering rainfall for garden use |