先通讀短文,掌握其大意,然后從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出一個可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳答案,并將其標(biāo)號填入題前括號內(nèi)。
(一)
Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So one day he asked God: “They tell me you are sending me to ___1___ tomorrow, how am I going to live there being so small and ___2___?” God replied, “Among the many angels, I ___3___ one for you. She will be waiting for you and will ___4___ you.”
But the child wasn’t sure he really ___5___ to go. “But tell me, here in Heaven, I don’t do anything else ___6___ sing and smile, that’s enough for me to be ___7___.” “Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel’s ___8___ and be happy.” “And how am I going to be able to ___9___ when people talk to me, if I don’t know the language that men talk?” “Your angel will tell you the most beautiful ___10___, and your angel will teach you how to ___11___.”
“And what am I going to do when I want to ___12___ to you? ” “Your angel will place your hands ___13___ and will teach you how to pray[祈禱].” “I’ve heard that on earth there are bad men. Who will ___14___ me?” “Your angel will defend you ___15___ it means giving its life.” “But I will always be sad ___16___ I will not see you anymore.” “Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the way for you to come ___17___ to me, but I will always be next to you.”
At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from earth could already be ___18___. And the child in a hurry asked softly: “Oh God, if I am about to leave now, please tell me my angel’s ___19___.” “Your angel’s name is of no ___20___, you will call your angel: ‘Mommy’.”
( )1. A. earth B. moon C. sun D. hell
( )2. A. hopeful B. strong C. helpless D. clever
( )3. A. sent B. chose C. brought D. sold
( )4. A. make use of B. make sense of C. take interest in D.? take? care? of
( )5. A. started B. wanted C. stopped D. finished
( )6. A. and B. or C. while D. but
( )7. A. sad B. quiet C. happy D. bright
( )8. A. love B. hatred C. friendliness D. coldness
( )9. A. think B. stand C. understand D. sleep
( )10. A. stories B. words C. books D. sights
( )11. A. walk B. swim C. fly D. speak
( )12. A. talk B. sing C. shout D. ask
( )13. A. apart B. away C. aside D. together
( )14. A. teach B. protect C. keep D. love
( )15. A. even if B. as if C. if only D. only if
( )16. A. therefore B. bu C. because D. and
( )17. A. back B. away C. forward D. besides
( )18. A. seen B. learnt C. heard D. caught
( )19. A. face B. name C. place D. number
( )20. A. respect B. experience C. character D. importance
(二)
There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard. He was very hard working, and the farm always prospered under his care. But he knew that his three sons despised the ___1___ work, and were ___2___ to make wealth, through adventure.
When the farmer was ___3___, and felt that his time had come to die, he called the three sons to him and said, “My sons, there is a pot of ___4___ hidden in the olive ___5___. Dig for it, if you wish it.”The sons ___6___ to get him to tell them ___7___ what part of the orchard the gold was hidden; but he would tell them ___8___ more. ___9___ the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; ___10___ they did not know ___11___ the hiding place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.
They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to ___12___, round the tree-roots and between them. But no pot of gold was to be ___13___. It seemed as if someone must have ___14___ it, ___15___ as if the farmer had been wandering in his wits. The three sons were bitterly ___16___ to have all their work for nothing.
The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore ___17___ fruit than they had ever given; when it was ___18___, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold. And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly ___19___ what the ___20___ father had meant when he said, “There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”
( )1. A. factory B. school C. farm D. home
( )2. A. dare B. eager C. want D. need
( )3. A. kind B. rich C. young D. old
( )4. A. olive B. gold C. fruit D. coin
( )5. A. orchard B. market C. tree D. garden
( )6. A. used B. forgot C. came D. tried
( )7. A. for B. at C. in D. on
( )8. A. nothin B. something C. any D. things
( )9. A. After B. Before C. Within D. By
( )10. A. whether B. although C. if D. since
( )11. A. there B. where C. what D. which
( )12. A. another B. others C. the other D. one
( )13. A. found B. made C. given D. hidden
( )14. A. brough B. seen C. known D. stolen
( )15. A. so B. but C. or D. and
( )16. A. satisfied B. interested C. happy D. disappointed
( )17. A. fewer B. more C. wors D. less
( )18. A. sold B. grew C. eaten D. picked
( )19. A. learnt B. understood C. thought D. studied
( )20. A. strict B. smart C. wise D. clever
參考答案與解析
(一)
【答案與解析】一個即將出生的小孩面對未知的世界很是彷徨,于是他問上帝在塵世中誰會讓他快樂,誰會教他說話,誰會保護(hù)他;上帝告訴孩子,他已經(jīng)為其選派了一個天使,可以替他解決所有這些問題,而這個天使,孩子將叫她“媽媽”。
1. A。這個孩子here in Heaven(現(xiàn)在在天堂),而根據(jù)but voices from earth could already be…(但是來自塵世的聲音已經(jīng)可以……)可知孩子即將要去的地方是“塵世(earth)”,所以答案為A。
2. C。因為這是一個a child ready to be born(即將出生的孩子),所以他擔(dān)心自己很small(小)且會很“無助(helpless)”,這樣很難生存,所以答案為C。
3. B。因為天堂有很多的天使,所以Among the many angels(在這么多天使中間),上帝只能“選擇(choose)”一個去陪伴孩子,所以答案為B。
4. D。既然孩子擔(dān)心自己小且無助而無法生存,所以上帝選派這個天使等待孩子是為了“照顧(take care of)”他,所以答案為D。
5. B。根據(jù)孩子不斷找塵世的茬,認(rèn)為塵世沒有天堂好的表現(xiàn)可以推測還是不“想(want)”去塵世,所以答案為B。
6. D。天堂是一個美好的地方,所以推測孩子在這里“除了(but)”sing and smile(唱歌與歡笑)以外就不要做任何事了,所以答案為D。
7. C。因為孩子不確定自己是否想去塵世,這說明天堂里只要sing and smile(唱歌與歡笑)的生活讓他很“快樂(happy)”,所以答案為C。
8. A。因為Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day(你的天使每天都會為你歌唱,為你歡笑),從此可以感覺到的只有“愛(love)”是最合適的,且根據(jù)最后一句話you will call your angel: ‘Mommy’(你將稱呼你的天使為“媽媽”)可知這是在形容媽媽的工作,孩子從自己媽媽那里感覺到的最有可能的就是“愛(love)”了,所以答案為A。
9. C。因為孩子I don’t know the language that men talk(我不懂人類的語言),所以當(dāng)有人跟他說話時,孩子就不能“懂得(understand)”別人在說什么,所以答案為C。
10. B。因為孩子I don’t know the language that men talk(我不懂人類的語言),所以天使就必須教給孩子“語言(words)”才可以解決這個問題,所以答案為B。
11. D。除了要懂得人類的語言以外,孩子也能與別人交流,所以天使還要教會孩子“說話(speak)”,所以答案為D。
12. A。根據(jù)天使teach you how to pray(教你如何祈禱)可知孩子是想跟上帝“交談(talk)”,所以答案為A。
13. D。因為人們在向上帝祈禱時都是雙手交叉的,也就是說祈禱時必須要把手放到“一起(together)”,所以答案為D。
14. B。因為on earth there are bad men(在塵世中有很多壞人),所以孩子希望有人能“保護(hù)(protect)”他,所以答案為B。
15. A。作為孩子守護(hù)天使的母親為了保護(hù)自己的孩子是愿意付出任何代價的,也就是說“即使(even if)”要giving its life(付出自己的生命),天使也會保護(hù)孩子的,所以答案為A。
16. C。I will not see you anymore(我再也見不到你了)是孩子will always be sad(總會傷心)的原因,所以答案為because。
17. A。因為孩子本來是在天堂上帝的身邊的,只是現(xiàn)在去了塵世,天使需要告訴孩子如何再“回到(back)”上帝身邊,所以答案為A。
18. C。因為是voices from earth( 來自塵世的聲音),所以是“被聽到(heard)”,所以答案為C。
19. B。根據(jù)Your angel’s name is of no...(你的天使的名字并不……)可知孩子想知道天使的“名字(name)”,所以答案為B。
20. D。孩子問起天使的名字,可是上帝卻只告訴他you will call your angel: ‘Mommy(你將稱呼你的天使為“媽媽”),由此可知上帝告訴他,反正都會叫天使為媽媽,所以名字并“不重要(of no importance)”,答案為D。
(二)
【答案與辨析】本文講述了一個農(nóng)夫在臨終前給三個兒子留下遺囑說自己的橄欖園里埋著黃金,三個兒子在奮力挖掘黃金的過程中也無意地耕耘了土壤,果園豐收了,三個兒子也明白了勤勞創(chuàng)造財富的人生真諦。
1. C。上文已經(jīng)提到了一個農(nóng)夫經(jīng)營著一處種植橄欖樹的果園,所以此處顯然應(yīng)該選擇與其職業(yè)相關(guān)的farm work(農(nóng)活),其他選項與本文沒有關(guān)聯(lián),所以不選。
2. B。后文可以看出農(nóng)夫的兒子們熱衷于尋找寶藏和探險,和want相比eager的語氣更加強(qiáng)烈,更加符合語境,所以選擇eager。
3. D。后文提到,農(nóng)夫知道自己已經(jīng)快要死了,所以此處應(yīng)該選擇old,說明農(nóng)夫已經(jīng)步入晚年了,這樣才符合下文的說明。
4. B。農(nóng)夫死后兒子們一直在尋找黃金,聯(lián)系上下文可知此處農(nóng)夫所說的埋藏的東西應(yīng)該是gold,下文雖然提到了money,但是并沒有指出是coin,所以D也不選。
5. A。文章第一段已經(jīng)出現(xiàn)了olive orchard下文中兒子們尋找黃金的地點也還是在 olive orchard,所以選擇A。
6. D。這句話的意思是兒子們想方設(shè)法讓農(nóng)夫說出埋藏金子的具體位置,所以應(yīng)該是try to do sth,come to是指去哪里,forget to 是指忘記了做某件事情,used to是指慣于做某件事情,都和文意不搭配,所以選擇D。
7. C。從上文可知黃金是被埋藏在橄欖園的地下,at和on都不符合這樣的空間位置,for不表示空間位置,所以此處顯然應(yīng)該選擇in。
8. A。這句話的意思是農(nóng)夫已經(jīng)無法告訴兒子們?nèi)魏侮P(guān)于黃金埋藏地點的事情了,所以應(yīng)該選擇nothing,其他選項均表示農(nóng)夫還告訴了兒子們一些事情,與文章意思不符合,所以不選。
9. A。這句的意思是在農(nóng)夫死后他的兒子們開始尋找黃金,根據(jù)文意可以推斷此處應(yīng)該選擇After。before表示在農(nóng)夫死之前,within是“在……之內(nèi)”,by不符合語法規(guī)律,所以不選。
10. D。此處的since表示既然,這句是說農(nóng)夫的兒子們既然不知道黃金在哪,于是商量解決的辦法,if表示“如果”,weather表示“無論”,although表示“盡管”,這幾個選項顯然都是不正確的。
11. B。兒子們不知道埋黃金的地點,此處的疑問代詞應(yīng)該選擇表示方位處所的where,其他幾項均不符合,there不是疑問代詞、what表示是什么,which表示哪一個,都與文意不符。
12. C。這句話的意思是兒子們從橄欖園的一端尋找到另一端,故此處為…one…the other,選擇C。
13. A。兒子們找遍整個橄欖園也沒有找到任何黃金。此處選擇found,其他各項不符合文意,made意思是制造,given意思是給予,hidden意思是隱藏。
14. D。前文提到兒子們沒有找到黃金,那么聯(lián)系上文可知他們懷疑黃金已經(jīng)被別人偷走了,被人看見了、知道了或者是拿走了語氣都過輕,不符合文章所要表達(dá)的意思,所以選擇”stolen”。
15. C。這句話的意思是黃金或者是被人偷走了,或者是他們的父親告訴他們時已經(jīng)神志不清了,表示選擇性的猜測,所以此處選or。
16. D。兒子們找遍了橄欖園也沒有找到黃金,可想而知他們心情應(yīng)該是失望的,而不可能感覺到滿意(satisfied)、高興(happy)、或者是感興趣(interested),所以應(yīng)該選擇disappointed。
17. B。因為翻找黃金也改善了橄欖園的土地,聯(lián)系上下文可推斷橄欖的產(chǎn)量應(yīng)該是增加了,而不會減少或者變差,所以選擇more。
18. A。這句話的意思是橄欖產(chǎn)量增加了,兒子們將出產(chǎn)的橄欖售出之后獲得了一罐黃金。根據(jù)文意應(yīng)選擇sold,grew是指成長,eaten是指吃掉了,而picked則是指摘下,只有售出后才有收入。
19. B。這句話的意思是兒子們收獲了黃金之后才明白了父親臨終所說的話,所以此處應(yīng)該選擇understood,其他選項不符合文意。
20. C。統(tǒng)觀全文可以知道,文中所塑造的是一位英明的父親,選擇wise,其他的選項的意義不夠貼切,strict是指“嚴(yán)厲的”,smart意思是“敏捷的、靈巧的”,clever意思是“聰明伶俐的”。