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【题目】完形填空
An village had a1tradition. At the beginning of every year, any boy who had reached the age of majority(the state of legally being an adult) was given land and money to build a home. The boy had to 2 his home before winter. If this home failed to endure the cold weather in winter, the villagers could not 3him in any way.
On 4 Paul and Marc reached their majority. They 5 theri land and money and decided to search nearby villages for ideas on building their homes. In each village, they found the nicest 6and talked to the owners. Each owner gladly offered 7 .
After Marc saw several homes, he 8the best ideas and went back to his own land. Paul, 9, continued collecting more ideas. Soon he had so many great ideas that he began to 10 some of them. And he always believed he could find even better ideas in the next village.
Marc began building his home. He had several 11 starts, but his home gradually rose from his land. By fall, Marc had finished his home. It wasn't perfect, but it was strong and he could 12 it later. Paul enjoyed all the beautiful homes and 13 with home owners. The first snow came and Paul, realizing he was running out of time.14back to his land. He built the best home he could in the time he had, but it was 15. The first winter storm destroyed his home and he froze to16 . The villagers mourned for him.Marc 17 the winter. Each year, Marc searched for other good ideas he could use to make his own home look better. He became a leader in the village,18a family, and lived a happy and content life.
We all build and improve our own mental homes. It's 19 and fun for us to search for ideas from other mental home owners ,but we only improve our own mental home if we actually 20 the best ideas.
(1)A.strange B.hopeful C.literary D.voluntary
(2)A.find B.make C.complete D.buy
(3)A.help B.encourage C.scold D.persuade
(4)A.winter B.summer C.autumn D.spring
(5)A.exchanged B.received C.recognized D.advised
(6)A.girls B.jobs C.houses D.presents
(7)A.rooms B.drinks C.attention D.advice
(8)A.expected B.gathered C.created D.understood
(9)A.similarly B.finally C.however D.furthermore
(10)A.forget B.believe C.replace D.change
(11)A.fine B.amazing C.false D.rapid
(12)A.repair B.rebuild C.sell D.improve
(13)A.conversations B.achievements C.struggles D.arguments
(14)A.drove B.rushed C.flew D.moved
(15)A.weak B.funny C.small D.excellent
(16)A.blindness B.death C.sadness D.illness
(17)A.experienced B.loved C.survived D.spent
(18)A.brought B.earned C.contacted D.raised
(19)A.slow B.easy C.dangerous D.special
(20)A.welcome B.get C.collect D.apply
【答案】(1)、A
(2)、C
(3)、A
(4)、D
(5)、B
(6)、C
(7)、D
(8)、B
(9)、C
(10)、A
(11)、C
(12)、D
(13)、A
(14)、B
(15)、A
(16)、B
(17)、C
(18)、D
(19)、B
(20)、D
【解析】文章通过讲述两个年轻人 Paul 和Marc出去建房子的事情告诉我们做任何事情都要有计划。
(1)考查形容词。A. strange奇怪的;B. hopeful有希望的;C. literary文学的;D. voluntary自愿的。根据下文内容可知这是一个很奇怪的传统,不提供任何帮助让年轻人自己造房子。这种事不合常理,故选A.
(2)考查动词。A. find发现;B. make制造;C. complete完成;D. buy购买。指要在冬天到来之前完成房子的建设,表示完成,故选C.
(3)考查动词。A. help帮助;B. encourage鼓励;C. scold责骂;D. persuade说服。此处指村民们不会以任何方式帮助他们,与上文的让他们自己盖房子一致,故选A.
(4)考查名词。A. winter冬季;B. summer夏季;C. autumn秋季;D. spring春季。根据开头At the beginning of every year,any boy who had reached the age of majority (the state of legally being an adult) was given land and money to build a home.可知男孩们每年在春天达到成年,接受任务,故选D.
(5)考查动词。A. exchanged交换;B. received收到;C. recognized认识;D. advised建议。指他们接受了给他们的土地和钱,着手盖房子。故选B.
(6)考查名词。A. girls女孩;B. jobs工作;C. houses房子;D. presents礼物。他们到各个村庄去看好房子,和主人交流,那些漂亮房子的主人也给了他们很好的建议。指为盖房子做准备,故选C.
(7)考查名词。A. rooms房间;B. drinks饮料;C. attention注意力;D. advice建议。那些漂亮房子的主人也给了他们很好的建议,指盖房子的建议,故选D.
(8)考查动词。A. expected期望;B. gathered收集;C. created创造;D. understood明白。指Marc收集到很多好主意,回去建房子。表示收集建议,故选B.
(9)考查副词。A. similarly类似地;B. finally最后;C. however然而;D. furthermore此外。Marc已经回去建房子了,而Paul还在继续寻找好主意。表示转折和对比,故选C.
(10)考查动词。A. forget忘记;B. believe相信;C. replace代替;D. change改变。指Paul得到的主意很多,他都忘记了一些。故选A.
(11)考查形容词。A. fine好的;B. amazing令人惊异的;C. false错误的;D. rapid迅速的。此处指他开始盖房子的时候犯了很多错误,但是房子还是慢慢地建起来了。but表示转折,故选C.
(12)考查动词。A. repair修理;B. rebuild重建;C. sell卖;D. improve改善。指Marc的房子虽然不完美,但是足够坚固,而且他还有时间来提高改善。指修缮房子,故选D.
(13)考查名词。A. conversations谈话;B. achievements业绩;C. struggles斗争;D. arguments争论。此处指Paul仍然在欣赏那些漂亮房子仍然在和主人谈论房子,指有关房子的谈话,故选A.
(14)考查动词。A. drove驾驶;B. rushed匆忙;C. flew飞;D. moved移动。此处指下雪了,Paul意识到时间不够了,所以才匆忙跑回去。故选B.
(15)考查形容词。A. weak不牢固的;B. funny有趣的;C. small少的;D. excellent极好的。仓促建起来的房子肯定不够牢固,根据常识故选A.
(16)考查名词。A. blindness失明;B. death死亡;C. sadness悲哀;D. illness疾病。暴风雪来了房子倒塌了,Paul也被冻死了。根据下句The villagers mourned for him.可知Paul死了,故选B.
(17)考查动词。A. experienced经历;B. loved热爱;C. survived幸存;D. spent花费。指Marc存活了下来,下文He became a leader in the village给了提示,故选C.
(18)考查动词。A. brought带来;B. earned挣得;C. contacted交往;D. raised抚养。指Marc有了自己的家庭,养活了一家人。故选D.
(19)考查形容词。A. slow慢的;B. easy容易的;C. dangerous危险的;D. special特别的。此处指从别人那里找到主意很容易也很有趣,但是如果我想真正运用最好的主意,我们要改善我们自己的精神。故选B.
(20)考查动词。A. welcome欢迎;B. get得到;C. collect收集;D. apply运用,应用。此处指运用最好的主意,故选D.