题目内容
It was a lazy morning during the Christmas week. We were enjoying breakfast when the doorbell rang. It was a little girl, standing at the doorway with a piece of paper and a face that carried an expression of want, rather a common 1 during Christmas.
She murmured that the paper was her booklist and that she was going around 2 money to buy her schoolbooks. My children went inside and brought some 3 for her. This kind of incident happens very often in my hometown, 4 during Christmas.
From where I was seated, I could see her clearly. She looked about ten years old and she wore a dress too big for her. She spoke in a 5 voice and looked at me straight in the eye. Something made me get up and 6 her.
In answer to my questions, she said that her mother made hoppers and she 7 them before going to school. But the hopper money was not adequate to 8 the list; therefore, she was going from house to house asking for help.
Her voice told me the story; her eyes told me that it was 9 . I said I'd buy her what was on the list.
We drove to a nearby bookstore. She sat 10 , with a strange look on her face. When the clerk was taking all the things on the list, the little girl kept staring as if confused. Perhaps she had never 11 so many new things before. They were merely exercise books, pencils, pens and such things. She whispered her 12 to us. Strange, I hadn't been aware that giving such13 things to one in need, could bring me such a lot of happiness.
As we drove back, I could see the little girl in the mirror. All the gifts I had given in my life never14 up a face so much. She was grasping the parcel, smiling to herself. The total event made us all very 15 . Our Christmas became more meaningful.
- 1.
- A.problem
- B.sight
- C.moment
- D.experience
- A.
- 2.
- A.borrowing
- B.receiving
- C.begging
- D.lending
- A.
- 3.
- A.clothes
- B.books
- C.food
- D.coins
- A.
- 4.
- A.absolutely
- B.casually
- C.especially
- D.hardly
- A.
- 5.
- A.strange
- B.polite
- C.serious
- D.loud
- A.
- 6.
- A.care for
- B.speak to
- C.smile at
- D.hold to
- A.
- 7.
- A.sold
- B.needed
- C.collected
- D.used
- A.
- 8.
- A.buy
- B.make
- C.cover
- D.control
- A.
- 9.
- A.painful
- B.true
- C.moving
- D.interesting
- A.
- 10.
- A.happily
- B.eagerly
- C.anxiously
- D.silently
- A.
- 11.
- A.possessed
- B.bought
- C.seen
- D.accepted
- A.
- 12.
- A.surpr ise
- B.satisfaction
- C.thanks
- D.pleasure
- A.
- 13.
- A.simple
- B.wonderful
- C.expensive
- D.useful
- A.
- 14.
- A.lit
- B.made
- C.put
- D.shut
- A.
- 15.
- A.confused
- B.delighted
- C.amazed
- D.relieved
- A.
试题分析:本文叙述了作者在圣诞节期间遇到了一个小女孩因为没有买学习用品的钱,而在到处奔波讨钱,作者主动帮助她买了她所要的一切东西,使小女孩非常感动,同时作者也感到从来没有过的快乐。文章告诉我们当别人有困难时要互帮互助。
1.考查名词。problem问题; sight景象; moment片刻; experience经验。根据常识圣诞节期间,孩子应该是很高兴的,而这个孩子却露出不寻常的表情,所以是不是平常看到的景象,故选B。
2.考查动词。borrow借进; receive收到; beg乞求; lend借出。小女孩到处走着向别人乞求要钱,故选C。
3.考查名词。clothes衣服; books书; food食物; coins硬币。根据上文可知小女孩再要钱,所以许多孩子就都回家拿来一些硬币给这个小女孩,故选D。
4.考查副词。absolutely绝对地; casually随意地; especially尤其; hardly几乎不。这种事在“我”的家乡经常发生,尤其是圣诞节期间,故选C。
5.考查形容词。strange奇怪的; polite礼貌的; serious严重的; loud大声的。小女孩讲起话来很有礼貌。故选B。
6.考查动词短语。care for关心; speak to对……说话; smile at对……微笑; hold to坚持。根据From where I was seated,可知“我”当时是在坐着,某个东西使“我”站起来跟她说话,故选B。
7.考查动词。sell 卖; need需要; collect收集; use使用。她把妈妈做的储料器都卖了,故选A。
8.考查动词。Buy买; make制造; cover够付(费用),包含,覆盖; control控制。但是卖了储料器的钱还是不够支付小女孩的清单上写的这些东西,故选C。
9.考查形容词。Painful痛苦地; true真实地; moving动人的; interesting有趣的。她的眼睛告诉“我”,她说的是真的,故选B。
10.考查副词。happily高兴地; eagerly急切地; anxiously焦急地; silently沉默地。根据with a strange look on her face,她沉默地坐着,故选D。
11.考查动词。possess拥有; buy买; see看见; accept接受。作者带着小女孩买了这么多的东西,所以也许她以前没有拥有过这些,故选A。
12.考查名词。surprise惊奇; satisfaction 满意; thanks感谢; pleasure快乐。根据上文可知作者给她买了许多东西,所以她向“我”低声说着感谢,故选C。
13.考查形容词。simple简单地; wonderful好的; expensive 贵的; useful有用的。“我”从来没有意识到给出这么点的东西,就给她带来那么多的快乐,故选A。
14.考查动词短语。light up面露喜色; make up组成; put up举起; shut up关闭。在“我”的一生中给出了许多东西,但从来没有见过使她那么高兴的,故选A。
15.考查形容词。confused困惑的; delighted高兴的; amazed吃惊的; relieved安心的。根据Our Christmas became more meaningful可知整个事件使“我”很高兴。故选B
考点:故事类短文。
点评:一般情况下完形填空题语篇的第一句话和最后一句话都是完整的。针对这个特点,考生应该重点阅读这一头一尾的两个句子。快速阅读全文,掌握全文的大意和主题。在阅读全文时千万不要急于看文章后每个题目的选项,应该对空格所在的上下文仔细阅读,预测可能出现的答案。对于难以确定答案的题,要根据上下文语境,运用语法和词汇知识,反复推敲以求得解答。对于同义词和近义词的选项,在充分考虑到上下文具体语境下特别注意这些同义词和近义词搭配。完成全部问题后应该将答案带入文章再通读全文,核查答案是否合适、正确、尽量少出错误。
Sarah came running in saying, "Look what l found. " Over the top of the paper I was reading I saw a long object that made me jump. It was a piece of snakeskin that had been shed (脱皮) by one of our garden snakes.
'Isn't it beautiful?" said my wide-eyed 7~year-old daughter. I stared at the organic wrapper and thought to myself that it really was not that beautiful, but I did not want to disappoint Sarah. Everything children see for the first time is elementary to their sense of beauty and creativity. They see only merit (忧点) and excellence in the world.
"Why does it do this?" Sarah asked. I like to teach my children that there is something else going on besides what they see in front of them. "Snakes shed their skin because they need to renew themselves," I explained.
"Why do they need to renew themselves?" Sarah asked. "We often need to shed our skins, those coatings that we cover ourselves with," I said to my now absorbed daughter. "We outgrow some things and find other stuff unnecessary. This snake no longer needs this skin. It is probably too old, and the snake probably doesn't think it looks as smart in the skin as it once did. Like buying a new suit. "
Of course, I'm sure this explanation won't suit naturalists. But Sarah got the point. As we talked, I knew that she began to understand that renewal is part of progress; that we need to take a good look at ourselves, and rooms and schoolwork and creativity, and she began to see what we need to keep and what need to cast off. I was careful to point out that this is a natural process, not one to be forced.
"Snakes don't peel off their skin when they feel like it," I explained. "lt happens as part of their growth. "
"I see, Dad. " said Sarah. She then jumped off my lap, grabbed the snakeskin, and ran off.
I hoped she would remember this. Often, in order to find our real selves underneath the layers of community and culture we are cloaked (掩饰) in year after year, we need to start examining these layers. We need to gently peel some away, as we recognize them to be worthless, unnecessary, or flawed (有缺陷的); or at best, remember the things we discard(丢掉)to teach us how we can improve.
【小题1】When Sarah asked the author whether the snakeskin was beautiful,___________
A.he was shocked and jumped |
B.he tried to understand her point of view |
C.he thought that telling the truth was a merit |
D.he decided to teach her something about the garden |
A.Confused. | B.Boreci | C.Satisfied. | D.Excited. |
A.By reflecting on ourselves, we can better ourselves. |
B.It is necessary to force others to remove some things. |
C.The community and culture force us to change. |
D.It is natural to keep some old clothes. |
A.does not like nature much |
B.takes the chilcl's feelings lightly |
C.is both a logical and thoughtful person |
D.loves to see his daughter excited about animals |
A.The things we should cast off | B.A shed snakeskin in Sarah's eyes |
C.A natural part of our growth | D.Renewal for snakes and us |