Question

A little boy named Harry became very ill. He had to lie in bed all day, unable to move. He spent his days feeling       and blue.

There wasn’t much he could do except look out of the       . Time passed, and his illness frustrated him. Until one day he saw a strange       in the window. It was a penguin eating a sausage sandwich. The penguin got in       the open window, and said “good afternoon” to Harry, turned around, and __    quickly.

Of course, Harry was very      . He was still trying to work out what had happened. Outside his window he saw a monkey busy blowing up a balloon. At first Harry asked himself       that could possibly be, but after a while, as more and more crazy-looking       appeared outside the window, he couldn’t help     and found it hard to stop.

An elephant jumped on a stone, or a dog wore a pair of glasses and acted in a       way. The little boy didn’t tell anyone about this. Those strange characters ended up putting joy back in his heart, and in his body. Before long, his health had       so much that he was able to go back to school again.

There he told his classmates all that he had       . While he was talking to his best friend, he saw __  coming out of his friend’s school bag. Harry asked his friend what it was, and he was so insistent (坚持) that       his friend had to show him what was in the bag.

There, inside, were all the things that his best friend had been using to try to       the little boy!

And from that day on, Harry always did his best to make sure that no one felt sad and alone.

1.A. happyB. sadC. excitedD. cool

2.A. roofB. holeC. windowD. wall

3.A. photoB. paintingC. signD. shape

4.A. aboveB. belowC. overD. through

5.A. leftB. sleptC. flewD. drove

6.A. annoyedB. surprisedC. boredD. tired

7.A. whatB. whichC. whenD. where

8.A. peopleB. studentsC. childrenD. characters

9.A. crying B. laughingC. runningD. coughing

10.A. funnyB. rudeC. dullD. strict

11.A. grownB. improvedC. increasedD. developed

12.A. actedB. heardC. experiencedD. dreamed

13.A. somethingB. anythingC. nothingD. everything

14.A. quickly B. suddenlyC. immediatelyD. finally

15.A. cheer upB. give upC. make upD. put up

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述亨利因病住院，很是无聊，心情沮丧，有一天向窗外看时，发现一些动物的模型，这些东西鼓励着他，走出沮丧，直到出院后，把这件事说给最好的朋友，才发现，原来是好朋友做的。

1.考查形容词辨析和语境理解。A. happy快乐的；B. sad悲伤的；C. excited兴奋的；D. cool 冷的；句意：他度过每天很悲伤。根据文中提到blue蓝色表示忧郁，再根据下方提到There wasn’t much he could do可知很悲伤，故选B项悲伤。

2.考查名词A. roof屋顶；B. hole洞； C. window窗户；D. wall墙； 句意：他什么也不能做除了往窗外看。根据下方提到Until one day he saw a strange in the window可知是向窗外看，故选C项。

3.考查名词A. photo相片；B. painting油画；C. sign标志；D. shape模型；句意：直到有一天，他看到窗户上有一些奇怪的模型。根据下方提到 It was a penguin eating a sausage sandwich可知是动物模型，故选D项。

4.考查介词A. above在。上面；B. below在。以下；C. over超过；D. through通过； 句意：企鹅通过开着的窗户进来。Through是介词通过。故选D项。

5.考查动词 A. left离开；B. slept睡觉；C. flew飞；D. drove开车；句意：这只企鹅进来跟亨利说了下午好，就很快离开了。根据句意，一会就消失，所以选A项。

6.考查形容词A. annoyed恼怒的；B. surprised吃惊的；C. bored厌烦的；D. tired累的；句意：当然，亨利非常吃惊，根据语境，看到有动物进来还迅速离开，所以他的反应很显然是吃惊，故选B项。

7.考查特殊疑问词 句意：这个东西可能是什么，be what 是什么，故选A项。

8.考查名词A. people人们；B. students学生； C. children孩子；D. characters 特性；人物角色；句意：过了一会，因为越来越多的 人物出现在窗外。根据下方出现An elephant jumped on a stone, or a dog wore a pair of glasses and acted in a way.可知越来越多的人物角色出现了。

9.考查动词A. crying哭；B. laughing笑；C. running跑；D. coughing咳嗽； 句意：他禁不住跑过去，发现停下来很难。根据上文提到出现很多人物角色，吸引着他去看，故选B项。

10.考查形容词 A. funny有趣的；B. rude粗鲁的；C. dull愚钝的；D. strict严格的；句意：大象跳到一块石头上，而一只狗戴着眼镜，这些表现十分有趣。根据文中提到大象跳到石头上，狗戴眼镜，这些都是有趣的方式，故选A项。

11. 考查动词A. grown生长；B. improved提高； C. increased增加；D. developed发展；句意：不久之后 ，他的健康好转，能够两次去上学了。根据下方提到There he told his classmates all that he had . 他告诉同学，故得知他身体好转，回到学校，故选B项。

12.考查动词A. acted行动； B. heard听到；C. experienced经历；D. dreamed梦想。 句意：他告诉他的同学他的经历。根据句意，告诉朋友，在医院的经历，故选C项。

13.考查不定代词A. something一些；B. anything任何事情；C. nothing什么也没有；D. everything一切；句意：当他告诉最好的朋友时，他看到一些东西从他朋友的书包里面掉出来。根据下方提到Harry asked his friend what it was,可知是一些什么东西，故选A项。

14.考查副词A. quickly迅速地；B. suddenly突然地；C. immediately立刻；D. finally最后； 句意：亨利问他的朋友，那是什么，他如此坚持，最后朋友告诉他包里是什么。根据语境，他如此坚持，所以最后朋友告诉了他，故选D项。

15.考查动词短语A. cheer up使振作起来； B. give up放弃； C. make up组成； D. put up张贴。句意：里面是所有用来让他来振奋精神的东西。