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【题目】完形填空 阅读短文，从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(15分)

Frank was a very talkative little boy. He never saw a new thing asking a great many questions about it.

His ____ was very patient and kind. When it was ____ to answer his questions, she would do so. Sometimes she would say, “You are not ____ enough to understand that, my son. When you are ten years old, you may ask me about it, and I will tell you.”

The first time Frank saw an hourglass(沙漏), he was very much interested, but he did not know ____ it was. His mother said, ‘An hourglass is made in the ____ of the figure 8. The sand is put in at one end, and runs through a small hole in the ____. As much sand is put into the glass as will run through in an hour.

When Frank watched the little stream of sand, he was impatient, ____ it would not run faster. “Let me ____ it, mother,” said Frank： “It is lazy, and will never get through.” “Oh yes, it will, my son,” said his mother. “The sand moves down little by little, but it moves all the time.” “When you look at the ____ of the clock, you think they go very slowly, and so they do； but they never ____.”

“While you are playing, the sand is running, grain(颗粒) by grain. The hands of the clock are moving, second by second. At night, the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times. The hour hand of the clock has moved al around its face. This is because they keep working every ___. They do not stop to think how much they have to do, or how long it will ____ them to do it. Now Frank’s mother wanted him to learn a little poem, but he said, “Mother, I can ____ do it.”

His mother said, “Study all the time. Never stop to ask how long it will take to learn it. You will be able to say it very soon.”

Frank ____ his mother’s advice. He studied line after line, very busily； and in one hour and a half he knew the poem perfectly.

【1】A. without B. except C. for D. about

【2】A. father B. brother C. mother D. sister

【3】A. hard B. proper C. impossible D. useless

【4】A. popular B. wise C. friendly D. old

【5】A. what B. why C. how D. who

【6】A. size B. shape C. time D. number

【7】A. middle B. back C. front D. top

【8】A. so B. because C. before D. until

【9】A. kick B. touch C. drop D. shake

【10】A. faces B. time C. hands D. surface

【11】A. stop B. worry C. walk D. talk

【12】A. year B. minute C. day D. month

【13】A. bring B. leave C. take D. offer

【14】A. finally B. easily C. carefully D. hardly

【15】A. refused B. allowed C followed D. Forgot

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】A

【6】B

【7】A

【8】B

【9】D

【10】C

【11】A

【12】B

【13】C

【14】D

【15】C

【解析】

试题分析：小男孩弗兰克非常健谈，如果他看见一个新鲜东西，就会问很多问题，他的母亲总是不厌其烦地、耐心和蔼地，尽力回答可以回答的问题。有一次弗兰克看到了一个沙漏，他向妈妈请教沙漏的作用，他的妈妈借此对弗兰克进行了教育：你只要一直坚持学习，不要停下来问需要多长时间，自然就能学会的。弗兰克听从了母亲的教导，勤奋学习，懂得了赞美诗含义。

【1】A句意：如果他看见一个新鲜东西，就会问很多问题。A.without没有；B.except 除……之外；C. for为了；D. About关于。根据语意和语境故答案选A。

【2】C句意：他的母亲总是不厌其烦地、耐心和蔼地，尽力回答可以回答的问题。A. Father爸爸；B. brother 哥哥，弟弟；C. Mother妈妈； D. Sister姐姐，妹妹。根据下句“...enough to understand that, my son…”描述和句意，答案选C。

【3】B句意：他的母亲总是不厌其烦地、耐心和蔼地，尽力回答可以回答的问题。A. Hard努力的，艰苦的；B. proper 适当的；C. impossible 不可能的；D. Useless除非。根据语意和语境理解，答案故选B。

【4】D句意：“孩子，现在你还小……”这里孩子小，就是年龄不够大。A. popular 受欢迎的；B. Wise聪明的；C. Friendly友好的；D. Old年龄大的，旧的。根据语意和语境的理解答案故选D。

【5】A句意：第一次他看见沙漏。他很感兴趣，但不知道那是什么。A. what什么；B. why为什么；C. how 怎么样；D. who谁。根据语意和语境的理解答案故选A。

【6】B句意：按 8字外形制成沙漏，是古代的一种计时器。 A. size大小；B. shape形状；C. time时间；D. number数量。根据语意和语境的理解答案故选B。

【7】A句意：沙子被放在一端，并且流经中间的小孔。A. middle 中间；B. Back后面；C. Front前面；D. Top顶部。根据语意和语境的理解答案故选A。

【8】B句意：那细细的沙流流得好慢，弗兰克看着看着，不耐烦了。A. so 所以；B. Because因为；C. Before以前；D. Until直到。根据语意和语境的理解答案故选B。

【9】D句意：“妈妈，让我帮助它摇一摇吧。”A. kick 踢；B. touch触摸；C. drop扔；D. Shake摇动。根据语意和语境的理解答案故选D。

【10】C句意：你观察钟表上的指针，是否发现也走得极其慢。The hands of the clock 时钟的手/指针。A.faces脸；B. time 时间；C. hands 手；D. surface表面。根据语意和语境的理解答案故选C。

【11】A句意：你观察钟表上的指针，是否发现也走得极其慢。不过，它们并没停下来过。A. stop 停止；B. Worry担心；C. Walk步行；D. Talk说话。根据语意和语境的理解答案故选A。

【12】B句意：这是因为它们每分钟都在工作。A. year年；B.minute分钟；C. day白天；D. month月。根据语意和语境的理解答案故选B。

【13】C句意：你只要一直坚持学习，不要停下来问需要多长时间，自然就能学会的。It takes sb sometime to do sth。干某事花费某人时间。 A. bring带来；B.leave离开；C. Take花费；D. offer提供。根据语意和语境的理解答案故选C。

【14】D句意：不要吧，我可学不会，妈妈。 A. finally 最后；B. easily 容易地；C. carefully仔细地；D.hardly简直不。根据语意和语境的理解答案故选D。

【15】C句意：听从了母亲的教导，弗兰克非常勤奋地一行一行地学了起来。 A.refused拒绝；B. allowed 允许；C.followed听从；D.forgot忘记。根据语意和语境的理解答案故选C。