Question

Johnny, a lizard (蜥蜴），lived between some rocks in the country, where he liked sunbathing every morning. One day, he felt so    that he didn’t notice some boys coming up behind him. The boys caught Johnny, and he could only escape from their hands by losing his    and running to hide.

The children watched his tail moving about, but they soon threw the tail away and left. Johnny came out to    his tail, but could find no    of it. Feeling so sad, he decided to    doing everything else in his life and spending all his time finding his tail. Days and months passed, and Johnny kept looking, asking everyone    they had seen his tail. However, there was    no news about it.

One day, he asked a boy and the boy    replied, “Why do you need two tails?” After hearing this, Johnny turned back and saw that he had grown a new, stronger tail. He suddenly realised how    it had been to waste so much time on a problem like it. Johnny headed for home.

   , he suddenly found his old tail on the roadside. Although it    terrible, Johnny was still excited to have it back. He picked it up and was about to    his journey. Just at that moment, an idea hit him that he shouldn’t look at the past and worry about it since it was not useful for    .

He then decided to    his old tail there, leaving with it all his past worries. As he continued his journey, all he took with him were thoughts of the present and the dreams of the      .

As we know, it’s not good to look at the past, unless it helps in the future. Let the past go with the wind.

1.A. interestedB. relaxedC. lonelyD. nervous

2.A. hand            B. nose       C. tailD. head

3.A. look atB. look afterC. look up    D. look for

4.A. needB. signC. reasonD. use

5.A. keepB. finishC. begin    D. stop

6.A. whether B. that       C. how        D. why

7.A. onlyB. stillC. alsoD. always

8.A. hopefullyB. generallyC. surprisedly   D. wonderfully

9.A. luckyB .hardC. carelessD. silly

10.A. In a way    B. By the wayC. On the wayD. In the way

11.A. soundedB. lookedC. smelledD. tasted

12.A. changeB. continueC. planD. end

13.A. you B. meC. herD. him

14.A. returnB. cutC. move D. drop

15.A. tailB. present C. futureD. past

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.B

13.D

14.D

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了作者写感谢信感谢Miss Li给“动物助手”组织捐款以及自己是怎样成为幸运者的，并讲述了他和一条受过训练的狗的故事。

1.形容词及语境的理解。句意“他如此放松了以致于他没有发现一些男孩从他身后出现。”A. interested感兴趣的；B. relaxed放松的；C. lonely孤独的；D. nervous紧张的；从后半句“他没有发现男孩从身后出现”可推知“放松了才没发现”，所以本题选B。

2.名词及语境的理解。根据句意“通过失去了他的尾巴才得以从他们手中逃脱。”我们都知道蜥蜴遇到危险时靠断掉尾巴逃跑。A. hand手；B. nose鼻子；C. tail尾巴；D. head头。所以本题选C。

3.根据前句“他们扔下尾巴离开了”，因此Johnny出来找尾巴。A. look at看；B. look after照顾；C. look up查找；D. look for寻找。所以本题选D。

4.名词及语境的理解。句意“但是他没有发现尾巴的迹象”。A. need需要；B. sign标志，迹象；C. reason原因，理由；D. use用途。所以本题选B。

5.动词及语境的理解。根据下句句意“他一直找，一直问是否有人看见过他的尾巴。”可推知上句“他决定停止做在他生活中的其他的事情，并且花费所有的时间来找尾巴”。A. keep保持；B. finish完成；C. begin开始；D. stop停止。所以本题选D。

6.引导词及语境的理解。句意：他一直寻找，一直问每个人是否他们看见过他的尾巴。A. whether 是否；B. that引导词（不做成分，无实际意思）；C. how怎样；D. why为什么；asking everyone后跟一个宾语从句，但从句中不少任何句子成分，排除C和D；句中有ask故后用whether引导的宾语从句，故选A。

7.副词及语境的理解。根据题干本句的意思是“然而，仍然没有关于它的消息”。 A. only仅仅；B. still仍然；C. also也；D. always总是；所以本题选B。

8.】考查副词及语境的理解。根据后面的意思“你需要两条尾巴吗？”可推知小男孩惊讶的回答。 A. hopefully充满希望地；B. generally一般地，概括地;；C. surprisedly惊讶地；D. wonderfully精彩地，奇妙地。所以本题选C。

9.】考查形容词及语境的理解。句意“他突然意识到他是多么傻啊，浪费了那么多的时间在它上面。”A. lucky幸运的；B .hard艰难的；C. careless粗心的； D. silly傻的；所以本题选D。

10.】考查介词短语及语境的理解。A. In a way在某种程度上；B. By the way顺便说一下，顺便问一下；C. On the way在路上；D. In the way挡住……的路；上句说到他朝家走去，故后面应是“在路上，他看到了他的旧尾巴在路边”，所以本题选C。

11.】考查动词及语境的理解。句意“尽管它看起来是可怕的，但是他仍然很兴奋找到它”。 A. sounded听起来；B. looked看起来；C. smelled闻起来；D. tasted尝起来。所以本题选B。

12.】考查动词及语境的理解。根据题干，本句的意思是“他把它捡起来并打算继续他的旅行。”A. change改变；B. continue继续； C. plan计划；D. end结束。be about to do打算继续做某事。他捡起尾巴想继续回家，所以本题选B。

13.】考查代词及语境的理解。句意“因为对他来说太没用了”，It’s+adj. for sb. to do sth.对某人来说做某事……。A. you 你；B. me我（宾格）；C. her她（宾格）；D. him他（宾格）。根据上下文应该是对“Johnny”来说，所以本题选D。

14.】考查动词及语境的理解。A. return归还，返回；B. cut切，割；C. move移动，搬动；D. drop投下，扔下。根据后一句“把他过去的担心留下”说明他把他的旧尾巴扔下了。所以本题选D。

15.名词及语境的理解。句意“当他继续旅程的时候，他带走的是当前的思想和未来的梦想。” A. tail尾巴；B. present礼物； C. future未来；D. past过去；所以本题选C。

考点：本题考查人生百味类短文。