Question

My neighbor’s children love playing hide-and-seek (捉迷藏) as all children do, but no one   36   that a game they played last week would be reported in the local newspaper.

One afternoon, they were playing in the vacant lot (空地)down by the corner. Young Paul, who is only five years old, found the perfect place to   37  . His sister, Natalie, had   38   her eyes and was counting to ten when Paul noticed the mail box at the corner and that the metal door was standing open. The mailman had just   39   several bags of mail and had carried them to his truck which was standing a few feet away. Paul climbed   40   the mail box and pulled the door closed so hard that it   41  . Soon realizing what he had done, he became   42   and started crying. At that time, Natalie was looking for him everywhere but could not find him. It was   43   that she happened to stand at the corner for a minute and heard her brother’s cries. She   44   ran to tell the mailman who hurried back from his   45   to unlock the metal door. Paul was now   46  , but he had such a bad fright that he could not stop crying. The mailman, however, soon found a way of making him   47   again. He told him that the next time he wanted to hide in a mail box, he should remember to put a stamp on himself!

1.A. realized          B. warned          C. imagined         D. wondered

2.A. hide              B. watch           C. rest             D. sleep

3.A. opened            B. shut            C. raised           D. wiped

4.A. lost              B. found           C. taken out        D. put in

5.A. through           B. over            C. out of           D. into

6. A. broke            B. fell down       C. opened           D. locked

7. A. surprised        B. frightened      C. excited          D. angry

8.A. lucky             B. a pity          C. possible         D. strange

9.A. suddenly          B. slowly          C. immediately      D. carelessly

10. A. home            B. truck           C. mail box         D. post office

11. A. found           B. hidden          C. happy            D. free

12.A. laugh            B. cry             C. climb in         D. play

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.D

12.A

【解析】文章讲述的是孩子们在玩捉迷藏，不小心被锁在邮箱里了，后来被救出来的故事。

1.句意理解，孩子们都喜欢玩捉迷藏，但是没有人能够想象的到他们上个星期玩的游戏被当地报纸报道了。

2.上下文，因为孩子们在玩捉迷藏，所以此处指的是他找到了一个躲藏的很好的地方。

3.上下文，因为他们是在玩捉迷藏，所以有的孩子要把眼睛闭上

4.上下文，根据had carried them to his truck可知，邮递员是把包裹拿出来，并送到卡车上。

5.句意理解，他爬进了邮箱

6.句意理解，他把邮箱的门关的非常用力，以致于把邮箱的门锁起来了，

7.上下文，根据后面的started crying可知，他当时非常害怕

8.上下文，根据后面的 she happened to stand at the corner for a minute and heard her brother’s cries可知，幸运的是，她竟然听到了她弟弟的哭声。

9.句意理解，她一听到弟弟的哭声，就立即跑去告诉邮递员

10.上下文，根据上文的had carried them to his truck可知，邮递员在卡车上。

11.句意理解，他被送锁住的邮箱里救了出来，所以此处用自由了

12.句意理解，邮递员看到他哭了，为了逗笑他，跟他说下次要发现他在邮箱里，要给他贴个邮票。