Question

【题目】 When I was about six years old, my brother David and I visited our aunt, Mary. We stayed in her house for a night. David was only 4 years old, and was still _________of the dark, so Mary left the hall light on when we slept.

However, David __________the grey moths(蛾) flying around the hall light. He asked Mary to make the moths go away. When she asked ____________, he simply said, “Because they are ugly and scary, I don’t like them.” Mary laughed and said, “Being ugly outside doesn’t ________not being beautiful inside. In fact, moths are one of the most beautiful animals in the animal world.

“Once, the angels ( 天使) were ___________. They were sad because it was raining heavily. The ___________little moths hated to see others so sad. They decided to make a rainbow(彩虹) to cheer up the angels. They thought if the butterflies(蝴蝶) ____________, they could make a beautiful rainbow together.

“Then one of the moths went to ask the butterflies for help. Bu t the butterflies didn’t want to ________any of their colors, so the moths decided to make a rainbow themselves. They beat their wings very hard and the colors on them made a rainbow. They kept giving a little more and a little more ____________the rainbow went across the sky. They had given away all their colors except grey, which didn’t match the beautiful rainbow.

“Then the once—colorful moths became ___________. The angles saw the rainbow and smiled…” My brother went to sleep with that story and hasn’t feared months since then.

【1】A.sureB.afraidC.proudD.happy

【2】A.likedB.letC.hatedD.killed

【3】A.howB.whatC.whenD.why

【4】A.makeB.meanC.knowD.hope

【5】A.laughingB.playingC.cryingD.talking

【6】A.uglyB.angryC.kindD.sad

【7】A.refusedB.advisedC.helpedD.left

【8】A.turn upB.pick upC.give upD.look up

【9】A.untilB.unlessC.afterD.since

【10】A.redB.yellowC.greenD.grey

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【5】C

【6】C

【7】C

【8】C

【9】A

【10】D

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要讲的是作者和四岁的弟弟去姑妈玛丽家住了一晚，然后弟弟不喜欢飞蛾，姑妈讲了飞蛾为什么是灰色的故事。

【1】句意：大卫才4岁，还怕黑，所以我们睡觉时玛丽把门厅的灯开着。

sure确定的；afraid害怕的；proud自豪的；happy开心的，根据前文的“David was only 4 years old”“大卫只有四岁”可知，应该是怕黑，故选B。

【2】句意：然而，大卫讨厌灰蛾子在大厅灯光周围飞来飞去。

liked喜欢；let让；hated讨厌；killed杀死，根据后文的“He asked Mary to make the moths go away”“他让玛丽把飞蛾赶走”可知，应该是讨厌，故选C。

【3】句意：当她问为什么时。

how怎样；what什么；when什么时候；why为什么，根据后文的“Because they are ugly and scary, I don’t like them”“因为它们又丑又令人害怕，我不喜欢它们”可知，应该是问为什么，故选D。

【4】句意：外表丑陋并不意味着内心不美。

make制作，成为；mean意味着；know知道；hope希望，根据后文的“moths are one of the most beautiful animals in the animal world”“飞蛾是动物界最美丽的动物之一”可知，应该是外表丑陋并不意味着内心不美，故选B。

【5】句意：以前，天使们总是哭。

laughing笑；playing玩；crying哭；talking谈话，根据后文的“They were sad”“它们很伤心”可知，应该是天使们总是哭，故选C。

【6】句意：善良的小飞蛾讨厌看到别人这么伤心。

ugly丑陋的；angry生气的；kind善良的；sad伤心的，根据后文的“They decided to make a rainbow(彩虹) to cheer up the angels”“他们决定做一道彩虹来让天使们开心”可知，应该是善良的小飞蛾，故选C。

【7】句意：他们认为如果蝴蝶帮忙的话，他们可以一起做一道美丽的彩虹。

refused拒绝；advised建议；helped帮助；left离开，根据后文的“one of the moths went to ask the butterflies for help”“其中一只飞蛾去请求蝴蝶的帮助”可知，应该是帮忙，故选C。

【8】句意：但是蝴蝶们不想放弃它们的任何一种颜色。

turn up出现；pick up捡起；give up放弃；look up查阅，根据后文的“so the moths decided to make a rainbow themselves”“于是飞蛾决定自己做一道彩虹”可知，应该是蝴蝶不想放弃它们的颜色，故选C。

【9】句意：它们坚持一点一点的努力直到彩虹铺满天空才停下来。

until直到；unless除非；after在……之后；since自从，根据所给空前面的“kept giving”“一直努力”和后面的“the rainbow went across the sky”“彩虹铺满天空”可知，应该是直到，故选A。

【10】句意：一些曾经彩色的飞蛾变成了灰色。

red红色的；yellow黄色的；green绿色的；grey灰色的，根据前文“They had given away all their colors except grey, which didn’t match the beautiful rainbow”可知，就差灰色，它们就能制成彩虹了，故选D。