Question

【题目】 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. 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 _______. The sand put into the glass 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 ______ , 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 all 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.withoutB.exceptC.forD.about

【2】A.fatherB.brotherC.motherD.sister

【3】A.popularB.wiseC.friendlyD.old

【4】A.whatB.whyC.howD.who

【5】A.sizeB.shapeC.timeD.number

【6】A.middleB.backC.frontD.top

【7】A.soB.becauseC.beforeD.until

【8】A.kickB.touchC.dropD.shake

【9】A.easilyB.slowlyC.successfullyD.carefully

【10】A.facesB.timeC.handsD.surface

【11】A.stopB.worryC.walkD.talk

【12】A.yearB.minuteC.dayD.month

【13】A.bringB.leaveC.takeD.offer

【14】A.finallyB.easilyC.carefullyD.hardly

【15】A.refusedB.allowedC.followedD.forgot

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】B

【6】A

【7】B

【8】D

【9】B

【10】C

【11】A

【12】B

【13】C

【14】D

【15】C

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要介绍了Frank是一个爱问问题的孩子。有一次，他看见沙漏，很感兴趣，但是觉得沙子漏得太慢了。通过妈妈的解释，他明白了很多事情无论做起来要花多长时间，只要坚持一直做下去就能成功。

【1】句意：他看到一件新东西总是问很多问题。

without没有；except除了；for为了；about大约，根据前文“Frank was a very talkative little boy”“弗兰克是个很健谈的小男孩”可知，遇到新事物，他会提出很多问题，所给空前面有never，所以应该填的是without构成双重否定，故选A。

【2】句意：他母亲很有耐心，也很善良。

father父亲；brother哥哥，弟弟；mother妈妈；sister姐姐，妹妹，根据第三段第二行“His mother said”“他的妈妈说”可知，应该是他的妈妈，故选C。

【3】句意：你还没到能理解的年龄，儿子。

popular受欢迎的；wise明智的；friendly友好的；old老的，年纪大的，根据后文“When you are ten years old, you may ask me about it”“当你10岁的时候，你可以问我”可知，有的问题要到他足够大的时候才能理解，故选D。

【4】句意：但是他不知道它是什么。

what什么；why为什么；how怎样；who谁，根据前文“he did not know”“他不知道”和后面的“it was”“它是”可知，应该是他不知道它是什么，故选A。

【5】句意：沙漏被做成数字8的形状。

size尺寸；shape形状；time时间；number数字，根据前面的“A hourglass”“沙漏”和后面的“the figure 8”“数字8”可知，应该是数字8的形状，故选B。

【6】句意：沙子放在一端，穿过中间的一个小孔。

middle中间；back后面；front前面；top顶端，根据所给空前面的句子“runs through a small hole”“穿过一个小孔”可知，应该是穿过中间的一个小孔，故选A。

【7】句意：当弗兰克看着沙流动的时候，他很不耐烦，因为它流得不快。

so所以；because因为；before在……之前；until直到，根据前文的“he was impatient”“他不耐烦”和后面的“it would not run faster”“它流得不快”可知，应该是因为，故选B。

【8】句意：让我晃一下它，妈妈。

kick踢；touch触碰；drop落下；shake晃动，根据后文“It is lazy, and will never get through”“它是懒惰的，永远也过不去”可知，在Frank看来，想要沙子漏得快一点，应该晃动沙漏，故选D。

【9】句意：沙子慢慢地往下流。

easily容易地；slowly慢地；successfully成功地；carefully仔细地，根据后文的“you think they go very slowly”“你认为它们走得慢”可知，应该是流的慢，故选B。

【10】句意：当你看时钟上的指针的时候。

faces脸；time时间；hands指针；surface表面，根据后文的“you think they go very slowly”“你认为它们走得慢”可知，应该是表的指针走得慢，故选C。

【11】句意：但是它们从未停止。

stop停止；worry担心；walk步行；talk谈话，根据前文“you think they go very slowly, and so they do”“你认为它们走得慢，确实是的”和后面的“but they never”“但是它们从未”可知，应该是从未停止，故选A。

【12】句意：这是因为他们每分钟都在工作。

year年；minute分钟；day白天；month月，根据前文“The hour hand of the clock has moved all around its face”“时钟的时针绕着它的圆转了一圈”可知，应该是每分钟都在工作，故选B。

【13】句意：他们要花多长时间做它。

bring带来；leave离开；take花费；offer提供，根据所给空前面的“how long”和固定搭配it takes sb some time to do sth“花费某人多长时间做某事”，故选C。

【14】句意：我几乎做不到。

finally最后地；easily容易地；carefully认真地；hardly几乎不，根据前文“Now Frank’s mother wanted him to learn a little poem, but he said”“Frank的母亲想让他学一首小诗，但他说”可知，应该是我几乎做不到，故选D。

【15】句意：Frank采纳了他妈妈的建议。

refused拒绝；allowed允许；followed接受，遵循；forgot忘记，根据所给空后面的句子“He studied line after line”“他一行接一行地学习”以及固定搭配follow one’s advice“听从某人的建议，采纳某人的建议”，故选C。