题目内容
【题目】完形填空
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
He was known everywhere as a great artist. People1 from miles around to admire his beautiful2 His name was Pygmalion,and he lived long,long3 in Athens,Greece.
Pygmalion4 his art for many years. His desire 5excellence made him spend months6a single work of art. He would not stop7he felt it was perfect.8the years passed,his work became9 Pygmalion painted flowers which looked 10natural that people tried to11them. He painted fruits which looked so12that people wanted to eat them. Everyone13 looked at the pictures he had painted was14by their beauty.
As the years passed it15only his pictures that made him famous,Pygmalion16 made perfect pieces of sculpture.He could take a plain piece of wood17stone and make it beautiful. He could make a rough stone as18as glass. He worked long and hard to make his statues as real as possible. Often visitors who came to see his work began talking to someone. They were surprised when that person didn't19They were even more surprised20they realized they were talking to a statue. It always gave Pygmalion pleasure when people were surprised this way.
(1)A.went B.came C.wandered D.hung
(2)A.work B.job C.treasure D.person
(3)A.since B.before C.ago D.after
(4)A.practiced B.worked C.exercised D.acted
(5)A.at B.on C.in D.for
(6)A.on B.for C.during D.in
(7)A.since B.when C.after D.until
(8)A.As B.When C.While D.After
(9)A.well B.better C.good D.more
(10)A.very B.so C.as D.really
(11)A.smell B.look C.see D.buy
(12)A.true B.real C.good D.like
(13)A.when B.which C.who D.whom
(14)A.delighted B.amused C.enjoyed D.drawn
(15)A.was B.wasn't C.weren't D.were
(16)A.however B.either C.yet D.also
(17)A.and B.or C.neither D.nor
(18)A.good B.nice C.smooth D.pretty
(19)A.speak B.talk C.answer D.say
(20)A.when B.after C.before D.until
【答案】(1)、B
(2)、A
(3)、C
(4)、A
(5)、D
(6)、A
(7)、D
(8)、A
(9)、B
(10)、B
(11)、A
(12)、B
(13)、C
(14)、D
(15)、B
(16)、D
(17)、B
(18)、C
(19)、C
(20)、A
【解析】本文是一篇人物传记,皮格马利翁是一位高超的艺术家,善雕刻。他的作品非常逼真,人们叹为观止。
(1)考查动词。people came from miles around...“人们从周围数英里来到这里……”。A、went“去”;B、came”来“;C、wandered“徘徊,流浪”;D、hung“徘徊”。选B。
(2)考查名词。A、work”工作,作品“;B、job”工作“;C、treasure”珍宝“;D、person”人“。 work在此处指“作品”,选A。
(3)考查词义。A、since”自从,既然“;B、before”在......以前“;C、ago”之前“;D、after”在.....之后“。long,long ago“很久以前”,固定搭配。选C。
(4)考查动词。practiced his art for many years“搞了很多年的艺术”。A、practiced“实践,实行,开业从事”;B、worked“工作”;C、exercised“练习”;D、acted“扮演,行动”。选A。
(5)考查介词。desire后常跟“for+名词”或接不定式,表示某方面的愿望。故选D。
(6)考查介词。spend time on sth.“固定短语,在某事上花费时间”,选A。
(7)考查连词。A、since”自从,既然“;B、when”当.....的时候“;C、after”在.....之后“;D、until”直到“。此处考查not...until...结构,表示“直到……才……”。故选D。
(8)考查连词。A、As”因为,当.....的时候,虽然,按照,随着......”;B、When”当.....的时候“;C、While”在.....期间,然而“;D、After“在.....之后”句意:随着时间的推移....,as引导一个时间状语从句,表示“随着时间的推移……”。故选A。
(9)考查形容词。A、well“(身体)好”;B、better“更好”;C、good“好”;D、more“更.....”。...his work became better“……他的作品越来越好”。这是与以前相比较。故选B。
(10)考查副词。A、very“很”;B、so“如此”;C、as“像”;D、really“确实”。此处考查so...that...结构,表示“如此……以至于……”。选B。
(11)考查动词。A、smell“闻,闻起来”;B、look“看,看起来”;C、see“看见”;D、buy“买”。句意:他画的花是如此逼真,以至于人们想闻一闻。只有smell这一动作才能说明他的作品水平高。选A。
(12)考查形容词。A、true“真的”;B、real“实在的”;C、good“好的”;D、like“喜欢,像”。real表示某物是真的,而不是假的;true表示某事是真实的,而不是蓄意捏造的。“他画的水果如此真实,以至于人们想吃”,与上文的闻一闻相对应。选B。
(13)考查定语从句。who looked at the pictures he had painted是定语从句,修饰everyone。故选C。
(14)考查形容词。A、delighted“高兴的”;B、amused“愉快的,顽皮的”;C、enjoyed“享受的”;D、drawn“吸引的”。be drawn by sth.固定短语“被某事吸引”。此处指大家都被图画的美丽所吸引。d选D。
(15)考查动词。句意:不仅仅是他的画使得他出名,暗示还有其他的事情。选B。
(16)考查副词。A、however“然而”;B、either“或者,也”;C、yet“但是”;D、also“也”。在这四个副词中,只有also用于句中。either可以表示“也”,用于否定句的句末。选D。
(17)考查连词。or表示“或者”;wood or stone“木头或石头”,选B。
(18)考查形容词。A、good“好的”;B、nice“美好的”;C、smooth“光滑的”;D、pretty“美丽的”。as smooth as glass“像玻璃一样光滑”。用smooth(光滑的)与前面的rough(粗糙的)相呼应。选C。
(19)考查动词。句意:他的雕塑如此逼真,参观的人们向“那人”说话,“那人”不回答。选C。
(20)考查连词。when引导一个时间状语从句,表示“当……的时候”。句意:当他们意识到他们在和一座雕塑说话的时候,他们更为吃惊。故选A。