Question

【题目】完形填空。

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案，并将其字母标号填入题前括号内。

A hippo(河马) lived in a river next to a big tree. One day, _______ bird came to live in the tree. The bird sang all day up there, and the hippo thought she was so talented(有天赋的). He felt ________ that he was a hippo. But the bird told him he should feel happy because he was so big and he ________ swimming.

One day, the hippo decided to come out of the _______ and climb up the tree to sing like a bird. Of course, he ________ climb up the tree. The hippo got very angry, so he knocked the tree over(撞倒) with his big _______. Then he stood on the leaves of the tree and began ________.

Sadly, the hippo couldn't sing. He made terrible noise, and when the other animals ________ his singing, they all laughed at him. The hippo felt bad and ________ trying to act like a bird. He decided to go back to his ________ way of life. Once again, he lived in the river happily. "In fact my ordinary(平常的) life is nice and interesting." he thought.

【1】A. a B. an C. the D. /

【2】A. surprised B. sad C. excited D. calm

【3】A. was interested in B. was sure about C. was friendly to D. was good at

【4】A. hall B. river C. zoo D. house

【5】A. must B. mustn't C. could D. couldn't

【6】A. sound B. idea C. body D. dream

【7】A. singing B. sleeping C. swimming D. talking

【8】A. believed B. heard C. showed D. cared

【9】A. began B. remembered C. forgot D. stopped

【10】A. unhealthy B. bad C. old D. unusual

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】B

【5】D

【6】C

【7】A

【8】B

【9】D

【10】C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：一只河马羡慕小鸟的歌喉，想像她那样唱歌。有一天，河马决定从河里出来，爬到树上像鸟一样唱歌。由于自己的体重爬不上树，就用身体把树撞倒，站到树枝上继续唱歌，其它的动物听到河马的歌声后，都嘲笑他。河马受到了嘲笑，不在坚持自己的做法，回到自己的去处，恢复往日的那种生活方式，又重新快活起来。

【1】A考查冠词及语境理解。句意：一天，有一只鸟飞到树上居住。第一次出现，泛指，故答案为A。

【2】B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：他悲伤自己只是一只河马。A. surprised吃惊的；B. sad 悲伤的；C. excited 兴奋的；D. calm平静的。河马羡慕那只小鸟，感到伤心难过。故答案为B。

【3】D考查词组辨析及语境理解。句意：因为它很大又擅长于游泳。A. was interested in 对……感兴趣； B. was sure about确信； C. was friendly to 对……友好；D. was good at擅长于。依据句意，小鸟应该为自己的游泳特长感到高兴。答案为D。

【4】B考查名词及语境理解。句意：有一天，河马决定从河里出来，爬到树上像鸟一样唱歌。 A. hall 大厅；B. river河流；C. zoo动物园；D. house房子。河马原来住在河里面。故从河里出来，答案为B。

【5】D考查情态动词及语境理解。句意：当然，它不能爬到树上。A. must必须；B. mustn't 千万别；C. could 可以；D. couldn't不可以。河马身体笨重，当然不能爬树，答案为D。

【6】C考查名词及语境理解。句意：因此，它用肥大的身躯把树撞倒了。A. sound 声音；B. idea 想法；C. body 身体；D. dream梦想。依据句意，答案为C。

【7】A考查分词及语境理解。句意：然后，它站到枝头上开始唱歌。A. singing 唱歌；B. sleeping 睡觉；C. swimming游泳；D. talking谈论。河马羡慕小鸟的歌喉，想自己唱歌。答案为A。

【8】B考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：当其它的动物听到他的歌声。 A. believed 相信；B. heard 听说；C. showed 出示；D. cared关心。依据句意，其它的动物听到河马的歌声后，都嘲笑他。答案为B。

【9】D考查动词及语境理解。句意：河马感到难过，不在试图像鸟那样活动唱歌。 A. began 开始；B. remembered 记住；C. forgot忘记；D. stopped停止。结合语境理解，河马受到了嘲笑，不在坚持自己的做法。答案为D。

【10】C考查形容词及语境理解。句意：他决定回到往日的那种生活方式。A. unhealthy不健康的；B. bad坏的；C. old 年老的；D. unusual不寻常的。依据语境，河马回到自己的去处，恢复往日的那种生活方式，又重新快活起来。答案为C。