Question

【题目】A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill. Usually she would play in the small garden. She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill. she loved her parents and her family*she desired to live in such a house and all day about how wonderful and exciting it must feel to live there.

At the age when she gained some skill and sensibility (识别力)，she her mother for a bike ride outside the garden. The little girl knew where she was heading! Down the hill and across the valley, she rode to the of the golden house.

As she got off her bike and put it against the gate post, she focused on the path to the house and then on the house itself. She was very disappointed when she that all the windows were and rather dirty.

So and heart-broken, she didn't go any further. She and all of a sudden she saw an amazing . There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden. Looking at her little home, she that she had been living in her golden house filled with love and care. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!

【1】 A. Unless B. Although C. Since D. But

【2】 A. dreamed B. worried C. asked D. shouted

【3】 A. span>different B. scientific C. musical D. basic

【4】 A. begged B. blamed C. invited D. paid

【5】 A. madly B. rapidly C. exactly D. possibly

【6】 A. windows B. steps C. center D. gate

【7】 A. getting B. introducing C. leading D. moving

【8】 A. felt B. learned C. concluded D. found

【9】 A, transparent B. bright C. plain D. wide

【10】 A. anxious B. angry C. serious D. sad

【11】 A. turned around B. cheered up C. settled down D. dropped in

【12】 A. hill B. valley C. background D. sight

【13】 A. imagined B. decided C. realized D. guessed

Answer 1

【答案】【1】 B

【2】 A

【3】 D

【4】 A

【5】 C

【6】 D

【7】 C

【8】 D

【9】 C

【10】 D

【11】 A

【12】 D

【13】 C

【解析】【1】 前后两个句子之间存在转折关系，所以选择although,表示虽然小女孩热爱自己的父母和自己的家，但是她对山谷时面的房子充满了憧憬和渴望。

【2】 根据上文“she desired to live in such a house"可知，小女孩整天梦想着那栋漂亮房子里面的精彩生活。dream about“梦想，向往”。

【3】 根据语境可知，随着年龄的增长，小女孩有了基本的技能和识别力，所以要求变高了。

【4】 根据下丈可知，小女弦的妈妈最终答应了她的请求，显然此处表示她请求妈妈允许她骑着自行车到花园外面去。

【5】 根据上下文内容可知，小女孩像出笼的小鸟一样兴奋，她心里早就确切地知道自己想去哪里。

【6】 根据下文内容可知，小女孩骑着自行车来到那栋金色房子的大门口。

【7】 lead to在此处意为“通往，通向”。小女孩首先盯着通往房子的那条小路看，然后盯着房子本身。

【8】 根据语境可知，当小女孩走近了发现事物的真相，她感到非常失望.

【9】 plain在此处意为“简单的，平常的”，与第一段第三句中的shining golden windows形成鲜明对比。

【10】 根据下文的"heart-broken"可知，看到真相后小女孩的梦想破灭了，她十分难过，十分伤心。

【11】 根据下文内容可知，当小女孩无意中一转身，突然，她看到了令人惊叹的一幅景象。turn around“转身”；cheer up“高兴起来，振作起来”；settle down“定居，平息”；drop in“顺便拜访”。

【12】 下文的句子所描述的是一幅美丽的景象，就像小女孩站在自己家看到的山谷对面的景象一样。

【13】 站到一个不同的角度看着自己的家，小女孩意识到，原来自己一直生活在充满关爱的金色房子里。