Question

【题目】One evening I was resting in a cafe. I_______ a pair of newly-bought white leather shoes, which were rather expensive. Then a boy came to me.

He was in a(n) ______ shirt, looking pale and about eleven. As soon as I began to speak, he opened the_______ in his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing(擦鞋). He bent down, ____ my leather shoes, and began to shine them. He was busy doing his work ______ heavy rain began to pour down. People rushed to the cafe for protection from the rain. More and more people crowded into the cafe and gradually(逐渐地) separated the boy from me.

Hours passed, and it turned ______ I had no shoes on my feet and ______ where the boy had been. I thought he would not ______ my shoes, and that I would have to go home on my bare(光着的) feet.

When it was near midnight, the ______ ended, and there were fewer and fewer people in the cafe. The cafe was to be______ . I had to move to the door. Just as I went to the gate, I ______found that a boy of about eleven, looking very familiar, was sleeping at the ______ with his head leaning against(斜靠) a box and his upper body(上身) being _______ He held a package(包裹) made of his shirt tightly in his arms.

I shook him slightly and woke him up. He woke up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he recognized(认出) me. Then he opened the package _____ , gave me my leather shoes, and said sorry to me shyly. I_______ him and wrapped him with his unfit shirt, which had wrapped my leather shoes. On my way home, the image of the boy stayed in my mind.

【1】A. took B. wore C. mended D. owned

【2】A. old B. unfit C. small D. dirty

【3】A. bag B. package C. box D. suitcase

【4】A. put off B. show off C. put on D. took off

【5】A. when B. after C. because D. since

【6】A. dark B. light C. grey D. bright

【7】A. thought B. wondered C. guessed D. imagined

【8】A. shine B. keep C. return D. carry

【9】A. rain B. coffee C. time D. work

【10】A. opened B. locked C. stopped D. closed

【11】A. shortly B. surprisedly C. sadly D. immediately

【12】A. table B. door C. bed D. cafe

【13】A. wet B. bare C. pale D. cold

【14】A. finally B. suddenly C. unfriendly D. hurriedly

【15】A. recognized B. studied C. paid D. beat

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 B

【2】 B

【3】 C

【4】 D

【5】 A

【6】 A

【7】 B

【8】 C

【9】 A

【10】 D

【11】 B

【12】 B

【13】 B

【14】 D

【15】 C

【解析】

本文通过一个小男孩为作者擦皮鞋的故事，为读者勾勒出了一个诚实善良的小男孩的形象。

【1】句意：我穿了一双新买的白皮鞋。A. took采取，拿；B. wore穿戴；C. mended修理；D. owned拥有。根据后面的He bent down, _4_ my leather shoes, and began to shine them.可知，此处意思是我穿着一双新买的白皮鞋。答案为B。

【2】句意：他穿着一件不合适的衬衫。A. old旧的；B. unfit不适合的；C. small小的；D. dirty脏的。根据下文中的句子I_15_ him and wrapped him with his unfit shirt.可知，男孩穿的衬衫不合适，答案为B。

【3】句意：我一开口，他就打开手中的盒子，拿出擦鞋的工具。A. bag包；B. package包裹；C. box盒子；D. suitcase手提箱，衣箱。根据下文中的句子根据with his head leaning against a box可知这里填box，答案为C。

【4】句意：他弯下腰，脱下我的皮鞋，开始擦亮它们。A. put off推迟；B. show off炫耀；C. put on穿上；D. took off脱下。根据下文中的句子I had no shoes on my feet and _7_ where the boy had been.可知，男孩是把皮鞋脱下来擦，答案为D。

【5】句意：他正忙于工作，此时天开始下起了大雨。A. when当……的时候；B. after在……之后；C. because因为；D. since自从。when放在过去进行时构成的主句之后时，表示“某事正在进行时，另一件事情发生了”，when就在那时，故答案选A。

【6】句意：几个小时过去了，天变黑了。A. dark黑暗的；B. light轻的，明亮的；C. grey灰色的；D. bright明亮的。根据When it was near midnight the 9 ended，and there were fewer and fewer people in the café.可知这里是表达“天变黑了”，答案为A。

【7】句意：我脚上没有鞋子，想知道那个男孩在哪儿。A. thought想，认为；B. wondered想知道；C. guessed猜测；D. imagined想象。 结合语境理解可知，作者的鞋子没有了，肯定在擦皮鞋的男孩那里，因此想知道男孩在哪里，答案为B。

【8】句意：我以为他不会还我的鞋子。A. shine擦皮鞋；B. keep保持；C. return归还；D. carry携带。根据后面的句子and that I would have to go home on my bare(光着的) feet.可知，这里想说我认为他不会归还我的鞋了，故选C。

【9】句意：午夜时分，雨停了。A. rain雨；B. coffee咖啡；C. time时间；D. work工作。根据He was busy doing his work when heavy rain began to pour down．因此说“午夜时分雨停了”，答案为A。

【10】句意：咖啡馆就要关门了。A. opened打开；B. locked锁上；C. stopped 停下；D. closed关闭。因为午夜时分咖啡馆的人越来越少，因此就要关门了，答案为D。

【11】句意：我惊奇地发现一个十一岁左右的男孩，看起来很面熟。A. shortly马上；B. surprisedly惊奇地；C. sadly悲哀地；D. immediately立即。结合语境，“我”本以为找不到小男孩了，却在门口看到了他，所以“我”很吃惊。故答案选B。

【12】句意：他把头斜靠在一个箱子上，上身赤裸着睡在门口。A. table桌子；B. door门；C. bed床；D. café咖啡。根据前面的句子I had to move to the door. Just as I went to the gate可知，小男孩睡在了门口，答案为B。

【13】句意：上身赤裸着睡在门口，手里紧紧抱着一个用衬衫做成的包裹。A. wet湿的；B. bare赤裸的；C. pale苍白的；D. cold冷的。根据he held a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms．可知他的上身赤裸着，故选B。

【14】句意：然后他急忙打开包裹，把我的皮鞋还给我。A. finally最后；B. suddenly 突然；C. unfriendly不友好的；D. hurriedly匆忙地。结合语境理解，小男孩睡在门口不走的目的就是想归还作者的鞋子，因此见到作者后会马上打开包裹，把鞋送给作者，答案为D。

【15】句意：我付钱给他。A. recognized认出；B. studied学习；C. paid付款；D. beat打击。小男孩做的是擦皮鞋的职业，因此作者会付钱给小孩，答案为C。

完形填空题与单项选择题不同，它给出的是一篇意思较为完整的短文。做该题型试题时，首先应跳过空格通读全文，以全文为背景，联系句子的上下文进行推理和判断，从4个选项中选出一项进行试填。考生可以从词义用法、固定搭配、逻辑推理和上下文的联系等方面去考虑。最后应再把全文通览一遍，细心检查所选答案能否使短文上下连贯，前后呼应，词句通顺，使短文意思完整。检查时还应从语法、惯用法、逻辑推理和事情发生的情节等方面进行考虑，以达到准确无误之目的。例如第10小题是考查动词词义辨析，结合语境理解，由于是午夜时分，顾客越来越少，因此咖啡馆即将关门停止营业，故答案应选D。