Question

【题目】完形填空。

I enjoy telling stories. To those parents and teachers who telling children’s stories, I have an important — tell your story seriously. No matter how silly you think it is, ________ it is good enough to tell, you should tell it seriously. You should tell the story ________ the attitude (态度) of the children towards it. Perhaps I can make it by telling a story.

A few students of a class had prepared the story of “The Fisherman and His Wife”. The first girl felt that it was a silly story. She tried to tell it ________ , but some parts of it ________ her feel ashamed. When she came to the words, “Oh, man of the sea, come, listen to me. For Alice, my wife …” she said them very ________ . The next time she came to the same words, she said them so fast and so low that they ________ be heard. And when she tried to repeat the words the last time, she could ________ go on.

Of course everybody laughed, but the flavor (意味) of the story was broken.

Now, it was Kate’s turn to tell the ________ story. Each of her rising and falling tones (声调) showed her ________ attitude to the story. When she repeated the words, “Oh, man of the sea, come …”, the whole class could ________ the fisherman’s feeling.

Those words may ________ silly, but they are important for expressing the fisherman’s feeling. If the person who tells the story thinks they are silly, ________ can see no flavor at all! So please tell your story seriously.

【1】A. forget B. finish C. prefer D. hate

【2】A. mistake B. trouble C. decision D. suggestion

【3】A. so B. until C. if D. although

【4】A. in B. with C. about D. without

【5】A. clearer B. louder C. more important D. more successful

【6】A. simply B. well C. badly D. quietly

【7】A. left B. got C. watched D. made

【8】A. slowly B. easily C. quickly D. impolitely

【9】A. need B. needn’t C. could D. couldn’t

【10】A. hardly B. still C. always D. mostly

【11】A. latest B. oldest C. same D. different

【12】A. negative B. serious C. general D. strange

【13】A. hide B. change C. invent D. imagine

【14】A. sound B. taste C. smell D. feel

【15】A. tellers B. listeners C. singers D. Members

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【5】A

【6】B

【7】D

【8】C

【9】D

【10】A

【11】C

【12】B

【13】D

【14】A

【15】B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲的是作者给那些喜欢给孩子们讲故事的父母和老师的一条非常重要的建议——严肃地的讲故事。

【1】C考查动词与语境理解。A. forget 忘记；B. finish完成；C. Prefer更喜欢；D. Hate讨厌。句意：对那些喜欢给孩子们讲故事的父母和老师们来说，我有一条很重要的建议。根据句意及题干分析此题应选C。

【2】D考查名词与语境理解。A. Mistake错误；B. Trouble麻烦；C. Decision决定；D. Suggestion建议。句意：对那些喜欢给孩子们讲故事的父母和老师们来说，我有一条很重要的建议。根据句意及语境此题应选D。

【3】C考查连词与语境理解。A. so 因此；B. Until直到；C. if 如果；D. Although虽然。句意：无论你认为这个故事多么愚蠢，如果它足够好去讲，你应该严肃的讲出来。根据句意及语境此空是“如果”的意思，故选C。

【4】B考查介词与语境理解。A. In在里面；B. With用；C. About大约；D. Without没有。句意：你应该用孩子们倾向的态度来讲这个故事。根据句意及题干分析“用”什么态度应用介词with，故选B。

【5】A考查比较级词与语境理解。A. Clearer更清楚的；B. Louder更大声的；C. more important 更重要的；D. more successful更成功的。句意：可能通过讲故事我能使这一点更清楚些。根据句意及语境此题应选A。

【6】B考查副词与语境理解。A. Simply简单地；B. Well好地；C. badly 坏地；D. Quietly安静地。句意：她尽力地把它讲好，但故事有些部分使她感到难为情。根据句意及语境此题应选B。

【7】D考查动词与语境理解。A. Left离开；B. Got得到；C. Watched看到；D. made 使。句意：她尽力地把它讲好，但故事有些部分使她感到难为情。根据句意及题干分析此题考查make sb. do sth.，故选D。

【8】C考查副词与语境理解。A. Slowly慢地；B. Easily容易地；C. Quickly迅速地；D. Impolitely不礼貌地。句意：她把这些说地很快。根据句意及语境此题应选C。

【9】D考查情态动词与语境理解。A. Need需要；B. needn’t不必；C. could 能够；D. couldn’t不能。句意：她把它们说得太快且太低以至于这些话不能被听到。根据句意及题干分析是不能够被听到，故选D。

【10】A考查副词与语境理解。A. hardly 几乎不；B. Still仍然；C. Always总是；D. Mostly大多数。句意：当她试图最后一次重复这些话时她几乎不能继续了。根据句意及语境是她几乎不能继续了，故选A。

【11】C考查最高级与语境理解。A. Latest最晚的；B. Oldest最老的；C. Same相同的；D. Different不同的。句意：现在轮到凯特来讲同一个故事。根据句意及语境是她们讲的是同一个故事，故选C。

【12】B考查形容词与语境理解。A. negative 否定的；B. Serious严肃的；C. General普遍的；D. Strange奇怪的。句意：她的抑扬顿挫的语调表明她对这个故事严肃的态度。根据句意及语境此题应选B。

【13】D考查动词与语境理解。A. Hide藏；B. Change改变；C. Invent发明；D. imagine 想像。句意：全体同学能想象出这个渔翁的感觉。根据句意及语境此题应选D。

【14】A考查名词与语境理解。A. Sound听起来；B. Taste尝起来；C. Smell闻起来；D. Feel感觉起来。句意：这些话语可能听起来有些愚蠢。根据句意及语境此空是听起来的意思，故选A。

【15】B考查名词与语境理解。A. tellers 讲故事的人；B. Listeners倾听者；C. singers 歌手；D. Members成员。句意：如果讲故事的人认为这很愚蠢，听故事的人根本就看不出故事本身的味道。根据句意及语境此题应选B。