Question

【题目】阅读下面短文,掌握其大意, 从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案。

Blake threw the toy across the room. It broke into pieces. “Blake!” his mom shouted. ”______ did you do that?” She took him to the corner of the room and made him face the wall. “You have to stay here for fifteen minutes and think about what you did. The broken pieces can ______ someone.”

When fifteen minutes had passed, he turned around and said sorry to his mom, and then he was ______ to go out to play. His mom walked over to the corner where Blake had faced and ______ her hands on the wall. “A frog,” she said in surprise. She smiled and ______ to do something surprising.

While he was gone, his mum got busy with her ______. The hours passed quickly and soon Blake was home again. It was supper time. His mom put the plates of food on the table. Blake just ______ his. “I don’t like salad. I hate it.” He wasn’t ______.

“Just try it. I didn’t give you much.”

“No, I don’t want salad.”

Mom was ______. “You go and stand in the corner for five minutes and think about how lucky you are to have ______.”

When Blake got to the corner, he started to smile. “Frogs!” He looked at the wall. His mom had ______ the green frogs on the wall, each sitting on a lily pad, their long tongues sticking out, trying to ______ flies. Blake laughed. When it was time for his coming back, he still stayed at the corner.

“Why hasn’t Blake come back to eat his supper?” Dad wondered.

“He must be ______ the frogs.” Mum laughed. “Go and look.”

They both got up and went into the other room. “He ______ to spend so much time these days facing the wall. I thought it might make it a little less ______ for him.”

“That’s a gift of love,” Dad said, smiling.

【1】A. When B. How C. Why D. Where

【2】A. kill B. hurt C. shoot D. pollute

【3】A. allows B. invited C. refused D. reminded

【4】A. cleaned B. waved C. rubbed D. reached

【5】A. forget B. decided C. pretended D. meant

【6】A. housework B. project C. exhibition D. business

【7】A. waited for B. gave away C. ate up D. stared at

【8】A. hungry B. serious C. polite D. pleased

【9】A. silent B. nervous C. angry D. embarrassed

【10】A. food B. fun C. clothes D. money

【11】A. bought B. placed C. painted D. raised

【12】A. touch B. protest C. taste D. catch

【13】A. drawing B. enjoying C. counting D. feeding

【14】A. prefers B. offers C. seems D. disagrees

【15】A. boring B. interesting C. disappointing D. inspiring

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【6】B

【7】D

【8】D

【9】C

【10】A

【11】C

【12】D

【13】B

【14】C

【15】A

【解析】本文大意：本文描述了一个发生在家庭中的温情故事。小Blake因为淘气摔碎玩具而受到妈妈的惩罚，面壁思过。妈妈发现墙上有一只可爱的青蛙，感到十分惊讶，因此决定给Blake一个惊喜，又在墙壁上画了几只青蛙。晚餐时间当Blake回家时，Blake没有吃自己盘子里的食物，妈妈因此让Blake去墙角面壁思考食物来之不易，妈妈发现最近一段时间儿子对墙上画的青蛙很感兴趣。

【1】C

句意：你为什么要那么做？A. When何时；B. How如何；C. Why为什么；D. Where在哪儿。小Blake把玩具卡车扔到地上，碎了一地，妈妈很生气，追究原因，会问“你为什么要那么做？”，故答案为C。

【2】B

句意：这些碎片会伤害别人。A. kill杀死；B. hurt伤害；C. shoot 射击；D. pollute污染。玩具车的碎片会伤到别人，故答案为B。

【3】A

句意：然后他被允许出去玩。A. allowed允许； B. invited 邀请；C. refused拒绝； D. reminded提醒，使想起。be allowed to do sth.被允许做某事。面壁思过之后，小男孩被允许出去玩，故答案为A。

【4】C

句意：妈妈走到Blake刚才站着面对的墙壁，用手擦拭墙壁。A. cleaned打扫，清理；B. waved 挥手； C. rubbed 擦拭；D. reached到达。结合句意，答案为C。

【5】B

句意：她笑了笑，决定做些令人惊奇的事情。A. forget 忘记；B. decided决定； C. pretended假装；D. meant打算，意思是。当妈妈发现墙上的青蛙时，十分惊讶，想给孩子一点惊喜，因此“决定”做点不同寻常的事情，故答案为B。

【6】B

句意：当他离开的时候，他的妈妈忙于她的计划。A. housework家务活；B. project 项目，计划；C. exhibition 展览；D. business商业，生意。根据文章内容可知，project指的是妈妈开始作画。故答案为B。

【7】D

句意：布莱克只是盯着自己的食物。7. A. waited for 等待；B. gave away赠送；C. ate up 吃光 D. stared at凝视，盯着。根据前文他妈妈把餐盘放在桌上，Blake看了看属于他的那份，发现里面有沙拉，他很不乐意，很明显Blake没吃，只是用眼睛盯着，故答案D更符合题意。

【8】D

句意：他很不开心。A. hungry 生气的；B. serious严肃的；C. polite 有礼貌的；D. pleased高兴的。Blake很讨厌沙拉，不喜欢吃，当他看到餐桌上有沙拉时会不高兴，故答案为D。

【9】C

句意：妈妈很生气。A. silent 沉默的；B. nervous紧张不安的；C. angry生气的； D. embarrassed尴尬的，窘迫的。根据后文提示，Blake妈妈又让他去面壁5分钟可知她妈妈很生气，答案为C。

【10】A

句意：想一想你有食物吃是多么的幸运。A. food食物；B. fun 乐趣；C. clothes 衣服；D. money钱。根据前后文提示，妈妈在墙壁上画了几只青蛙找虫吃，再结合题意可知Blake应该很庆幸有食物吃，而不应该挑三拣四。故答案为A。

【11】C

句意：他的妈妈在墙上又画了绿色的青蛙。A. bought买；B. placed放置；C. painted 绘画；D. raised提高。上文提到墙上只有一只青蛙，多出来的应该是妈妈画上去的，故答案为C。

【12】D

句意：伸出长长的舌头，试图捕捉苍蝇。A. touch 接触；B. protest抗议；C. taste 品尝；D. catch捉住。青蛙伸出长舌头，是为了捕捉苍蝇，故答案选D。

【13】B

句意：他一定在欣赏青蛙。A. drawing 绘画；B. enjoying喜欢，欣赏；C. counting 数一数；D. feeding喂养。Blake好长时间没有回来，一定对青蛙很感兴趣，故B答案最符合题意。

【14】C

句意：这几天他似乎花了太多时间面对墙壁。A. prefers更喜欢；B. offers提供； C. seems 好像；D. disagrees不同意。seem to do sth. 似乎做某事。父母认为孩子似乎最近花了很多时间在面对墙壁时欣赏青蛙上，故答案为C。

【15】A

句意：我想这可能会让他少一点无聊。A. boring 无聊的；B. interesting有趣的；C. disappointing失望的；D. inspiring鼓舞人心的。上文提到Blake花费大量的时间在欣赏青蛙上，说明他对青蛙感兴趣，因此这里用减少无聊更合理，答案为A。