Question

【题目】Choose the best answer and complete the passage（选择最恰当的选项完成短文）

Birthday party is on the way!

Thirty minutes ______ the party, volunteers arrive and get to work. They make delicious food, prepare exciting games and arrange colorfully wrapped boxes on a table. Soon it's time to play the music and welcome the eager guests. They rush in, ready to celebrate.

Every month, parties like this take place at homeless shelters across the country. They're hosted by a group called the Birthday Party Project. This non-profit ______ throws birthday parties for groups of kids who don't have a home. For many of them, it's the first birthday party they've ever had.

Paige Chenault is the founder of the Birthday Party Project. "Everyone wants a chance to feel known and seen, and a birthday is a ______ time to make it true. "says Chenault. She and her family threw the Birthday Party Project's first event in January 2012. "We realized our own community was a great place to start, "she says. Since then, the project has ______. Now it hosts about 50 monthly parties in 15 cities. More than 10,000 Children have celebrated their birthday at these events.

Eight-year-old Dipson is one of them. At the party held there in March 2019. Dipson unwrapped his gift: a new bicycle. "It was very fun,"he says. But Dipson also says he has learned a ______ from his party: "You can get a bit sick when you have too much chocolate cake. ,"he warns future party-goers.

Jamie Gates is the education supporter at the housing community where Dipson lives. The Birthday Party Project holds parties there each month. According to Gates, if she doesn't remember to tell the children the date of the next event, they'll ______ asking her until they get the answer. "Parents will come to the party, too," she says. "Everyone in the community loves it."

【1】A.overB.afterC.beforeD.during

【2】A.schoolB.organizationC.conferenceD.station

【3】A.suddenB.privateC.perfectD.safe

【4】A.grownB.begunC.frozenD.gone

【5】A.sayingB.subjectC.skillD.lesson

【6】A.dislikeB.keepC.missD.finish

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【6】B

【解析】

本文介绍了一家“生日派对计划” 非营利组织为无家可归的孩子们举办生日派对。

【1】句意：晚会开始前30分钟，志愿者们到达并开始工作。

A. over在……上面，B. after在……之后，C. before在……之前，D. during在…..期间。根据后文的They make delicious food, prepare exciting games and arrange colorfully wrapped boxes on a table.可知，他们做食物，准备游戏，在桌子上摆放色彩缤纷的盒子，这是在派对开始之前。故选C。

【2】句意：这个非营利组织为无家可归的孩子们举办生日派对。

A. school 学校，B. organization组织，C. conference 会议，D. station车站。根据前文的They're hosted by a group called the Birthday Party Project.可知，“生日派对计划”是一个组织。故选B。

【3】句意：陈纳德说：“每个人都想有机会让自己被了解、被看见，而生日正是实现这一愿望的最佳时机。”

A. sudden突然的，B. private私人的，C. perfect完美的，D. safe安全的。结合句意，生日派对是一个实现愿望的最好时机，故选C。

【4】句意：从那时起，这个项目就发展起来了。

A. grown 成长，发展，B. begun开始，C. frozen 冻结，D. gone离去的。根据后文的Now it hosts about 50 monthly parties in 15 cities.可知，如今，它在15个城市每月举办约50场派对。因此表示它发展起来了，故选A。

【5】句意：不过，迪普生也说，他从自己的政党那里得到了一个教训:“吃太多巧克力蛋糕可能会有点不舒服。”

A. saying 说，B. subject 科目，C. skill 技巧，D. lesson课。根据"You can get a bit sick when you have too much chocolate cake. "he warns future party-goers.可知，这是它警告来参加派对的人一个教训，故选D。

【6】句意：据盖茨说，如果她不记得告诉孩子们下一次活动的日期，他们会一直问她，直到他们得到答案。

A. dislike 不喜欢，B. keep保持，C. miss错过，D. finish完成。根据until they get the answer.可知，此处表示动作一致持续下去，故选B。

根据前后文的语境，认真辨析选项里的单词或短语的词义，结合词性，短语，句型，时态，语态和主谓一致，选出正确的选项。例如小题4，句意：从那时起，这个项目就发展起来了。

A. grown 成长，发展，B. begun开始，C. frozen 冻结，D. gone离去的。根据后文的Now it hosts about 50 monthly parties in 15 cities.可知，如今，它在15个城市每月举办约50场派对。因此表示它发展起来了，故选A。