Question

Cloze 2(2015广东广州) 

    Once,a king loved music so much that he searched the world for the best instrument there was.One day,a magic man 1        the king a harp (竖琴) .

    The king took it to the palace,but 2       he played it,the harp sounded terrible. Many 3       people tried it. They agreed that the harp was 4        and the king had been fooled. The harp was thrown out as rubbish.

    A poor little girl 5        found the harp,and even though she didn’t know how 6              it,she decided to have a try. She played and played,the whole day through,for months and years.The music she produced was never perfect , 7        each time it sounded a little bet- ter.

    Then one day,suddenly,the harp started to play the most beautiful music.lt was in fact 8              magic harp,and could only be played well by someone who would put in the necessary effort.

    The king heard the music from his window,and called the girl to the palace.When the king saw that she was playing his old harp,he was filled 9        joy.At that moment he made the girl his own private 10        , giving her and her family many riches.

1. A. offer   B. offers   C. offered   D. has offered

2. A. when   B. before   C. if   D. because

3. A. another   B. other   C. others   D. the other

4. A. used   B. using   C. useless   D. uselessness

5. A. late   B. lately   C. latest   D. later

6. A. played   B. to play   C. playing   D. to playing

7. A. so   B. and   C. or   D. but

8. A. a   B. an   C. the   D. /

9. A. in   B. of   C. by   D. with

10. A. music   B. musical   C. musician   D. musically 

Answer 1

1. C 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. D 8. A 9. D 10. C

Cloze 2

[语篇解读]本文是一篇记叙文。一位国王特别喜欢音乐，他得到一种乐器——竖琴，但却因为不会弹奏将其丢弃。后来竖琴被一位小女孩捡到，意想不到的事情发生了。故事简单但却非常具有教育意义。

1. C由设空处前的One day可知应用一般过去时。

2. A由句意“……但当他弹奏的时候，竖琴听起来很糟糕”可知答案 为A项。

3. B another表示三者或者三者以上的“另一个”；other表示“其他 的”，后可接名词;the other表7K两者中的“另一个”。根据句意“很 多其他的人尝试过”且后有名词people ,可知答案为B项。

4. C由后文中的was thrown out as rubbish可知他们认为是无用的，故 用形容词作表语，故答案为C项。

5. D late迟到;lately最近;latest最新的;later.后来。根据句意“一个 贫穷的小女孩后来发现了那把竖琴……”可知答案为D项。

6. B分析句子结构可知，这里用“疑问词+不定式”作宾语，故答案为B项。

7. D根据句意“她弹奏的音乐从来都不完美，但每次听起来都会稍好 些”可知前后分句是转折关系，故答案为D项。

8. A根据句意“实际上它是一把有魔力的竖琴……”可知此处表示泛 指，又harp是可数名词单数且magic以辅音音素开头，故答案为A项。

9. D be filled with 表示“充满 ”。

10. C music 音乐;musical 音乐’的;musician 音乐家，乐师；musically 音 乐上。根据句意“就在那时他让小女孩成为他的私人乐师……”可 知答案为C项。

[长难句]A poor little girl later found the harp,and even though she didn’t know how to play it,she decided to have a try. —个贫穷的小女孩后来发现了那把竖琴，尽管她不知道如何弹奏它，但她决定试一试。

本句中how to play it作know的宾语，even though引导让步状语从句.，表示“尽管 ”，decide to do sth.决定做某事，have a try试一试。