先通读短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案,并将其标号填入题前括号内。
(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
参考答案与解析
(一)
【答案与解析】一个即将出生的小孩面对未知的世界很是彷徨,于是他问上帝在尘世中谁会让他快乐,谁会教他说话,谁会保护他;上帝告诉孩子,他已经为其选派了一个天使,可以替他解决所有这些问题,而这个天使,孩子将叫她“妈妈”。
1. A。这个孩子here in Heaven(现在在天堂),而根据but voices from earth could already be…(但是来自尘世的声音已经可以……)可知孩子即将要去的地方是“尘世(earth)”,所以答案为A。
2. C。因为这是一个a child ready to be born(即将出生的孩子),所以他担心自己很small(小)且会很“无助(helpless)”,这样很难生存,所以答案为C。
3. B。因为天堂有很多的天使,所以Among the many angels(在这么多天使中间),上帝只能“选择(choose)”一个去陪伴孩子,所以答案为B。
4. D。既然孩子担心自己小且无助而无法生存,所以上帝选派这个天使等待孩子是为了“照顾(take care of)”他,所以答案为D。
5. B。根据孩子不断找尘世的茬,认为尘世没有天堂好的表现可以推测还是不“想(want)”去尘世,所以答案为B。
6. D。天堂是一个美好的地方,所以推测孩子在这里“除了(but)”sing and smile(唱歌与欢笑)以外就不要做任何事了,所以答案为D。
7. C。因为孩子不确定自己是否想去尘世,这说明天堂里只要sing and smile(唱歌与欢笑)的生活让他很“快乐(happy)”,所以答案為C。
8. A。因为Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day(你的天使每天都会为你歌唱,为你欢笑),从此可以感觉到的只有“爱(love)”是最合适的,且根据最后一句话you will call your angel: ‘Mommy’(你将称呼你的天使为“妈妈”)可知这是在形容妈妈的工作,孩子从自己妈妈那里感觉到的最有可能的就是“爱(love)”了,所以答案为A。
9. C。因为孩子I don’t know the language that men talk(我不懂人类的语言),所以当有人跟他说话时,孩子就不能“懂得(understand)”别人在说什么,所以答案为C。
10. B。因为孩子I don’t know the language that men talk(我不懂人类的语言),所以天使就必须教给孩子“语言(words)”才可以解决这个问题,所以答案为B。
11. D。除了要懂得人类的语言以外,孩子也能与别人交流,所以天使还要教会孩子“说话(speak)”,所以答案为D。
12. A。根据天使teach you how to pray(教你如何祈祷)可知孩子是想跟上帝“交谈(talk)”,所以答案为A。
13. D。因为人们在向上帝祈祷时都是双手交叉的,也就是说祈祷时必须要把手放到“一起(together)”,所以答案为D。
14. B。因为on earth there are bad men(在尘世中有很多坏人),所以孩子希望有人能“保护(protect)”他,所以答案为B。
15. A。作为孩子守护天使的母亲为了保护自己的孩子是愿意付出任何代价的,也就是说“即使(even if)”要giving its life(付出自己的生命),天使也会保护孩子的,所以答案为A。
16. C。I will not see you anymore(我再也见不到你了)是孩子will always be sad(总会伤心)的原因,所以答案为because。
17. A。因为孩子本来是在天堂上帝的身边的,只是现在去了尘世,天使需要告诉孩子如何再“回到(back)”上帝身边,所以答案为A。
18. C。因为是voices from earth( 来自尘世的声音),所以是“被听到(heard)”,所以答案为C。
19. B。根据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)”,所以答案为B。
20. D。孩子问起天使的名字,可是上帝却只告诉他you will call your angel: ‘Mommy(你将称呼你的天使为“妈妈”),由此可知上帝告诉他,反正都会叫天使为妈妈,所以名字并“不重要(of no importance)”,答案为D。
(二)
【答案与辨析】本文讲述了一个农夫在临终前给三个儿子留下遗嘱说自己的橄榄园里埋着黄金,三个儿子在奋力挖掘黄金的过程中也无意地耕耘了土壤,果园丰收了,三个儿子也明白了勤劳创造财富的人生真谛。
1. C。上文已经提到了一个农夫经营着一处种植橄榄树的果园,所以此处显然应该选择与其职业相关的farm work(农活),其他选项与本文没有关联,所以不选。
2. B。后文可以看出农夫的儿子们热衷于寻找宝藏和探險,和want相比eager的语气更加强烈,更加符合语境,所以选择eager。
3. D。后文提到,农夫知道自己已经快要死了,所以此处应该选择old,说明农夫已经步入晚年了,这样才符合下文的说明。
4. B。农夫死后儿子们一直在寻找黄金,联系上下文可知此处农夫所说的埋藏的东西应该是gold,下文虽然提到了money,但是并没有指出是coin,所以D也不选。
5. A。文章第一段已经出现了olive orchard下文中儿子们寻找黄金的地点也还是在 olive orchard,所以选择A。
6. D。这句话的意思是儿子们想方设法让农夫说出埋藏金子的具体位置,所以应该是try to do sth,come to是指去哪里,forget to 是指忘记了做某件事情,used to是指惯于做某件事情,都和文意不搭配,所以选择D。
7. C。从上文可知黄金是被埋藏在橄榄园的地下,at和on都不符合这样的空间位置,for不表示空间位置,所以此处显然应该选择in。
8. A。这句话的意思是农夫已经无法告诉儿子们任何关于黄金埋藏地点的事情了,所以应该选择nothing,其他选项均表示农夫还告诉了儿子们一些事情,与文章意思不符合,所以不选。
9. A。这句的意思是在农夫死后他的儿子们开始寻找黄金,根据文意可以推断此处应该选择After。before表示在农夫死之前,within是“在……之内”,by不符合语法规律,所以不选。
10. D。此处的since表示既然,这句是说农夫的儿子们既然不知道黄金在哪,于是商量解决的办法,if表示“如果”,weather表示“无论”,although表示“尽管”,这几个选项显然都是不正确的。
11. B。儿子们不知道埋黄金的地点,此处的疑问代词应该选择表示方位处所的where,其他几项均不符合,there不是疑问代词、what表示是什么,which表示哪一个,都与文意不符。
12. C。这句话的意思是儿子们从橄榄园的一端寻找到另一端,故此处为…one…the other,选择C。
13. A。儿子们找遍整个橄榄园也没有找到任何黄金。此处选择found,其他各项不符合文意,made意思是制造,given意思是给予,hidden意思是隐藏。
14. D。前文提到儿子们没有找到黄金,那么联系上文可知他们怀疑黄金已经被别人偷走了,被人看见了、知道了或者是拿走了语气都过轻,不符合文章所要表达的意思,所以选择”stolen”。
15. C。这句话的意思是黄金或者是被人偷走了,或者是他们的父亲告诉他们时已经神志不清了,表示选择性的猜测,所以此处选or。
16. D。儿子们找遍了橄榄园也没有找到黄金,可想而知他们心情应该是失望的,而不可能感觉到满意(satisfied)、高兴(happy)、或者是感兴趣(interested),所以应该选择disappointed。
17. B。因为翻找黄金也改善了橄榄园的土地,联系上下文可推断橄榄的产量应该是增加了,而不会减少或者变差,所以选择more。
18. A。这句话的意思是橄榄产量增加了,儿子们将出产的橄榄售出之后获得了一罐黄金。根据文意应选择sold,grew是指成长,eaten是指吃掉了,而picked则是指摘下,只有售出后才有收入。
19. B。这句话的意思是儿子们收获了黄金之后才明白了父亲临终所说的话,所以此处应该选择understood,其他选项不符合文意。
20. C。统观全文可以知道,文中所塑造的是一位英明的父亲,选择wise,其他的选项的意义不够贴切,strict是指“严厉的”,smart意思是“敏捷的、灵巧的”,clever意思是“聪明伶俐的”。