Question

The Americans were getting ready to send their first man to the moon, an old Irishman (爱尔兰人) was _     _ them on TV in a hotel room. There was an Englishman in the room__     . And he said to the Irishman, “The Americans are very _     _, aren’t they? They are going to send some men to the moon. It’s a very _     way from our world.” “Oh, that’s _     ,”the Irishman answered quickly.” “The Irishman are going to send some men to the sun in months’ _     _. That’s much _     away than the moon, you know. “The Englishman was very _     when he heard this. “Oh, yes it is,” he said, “But the sun is too _     for people to visit.”

The Irishman laughed and answered, “Well, the Irish are clever, too, you know. We _     go to the sun during the day, of course. We’ll go there during the night.”

1.A. reading   B. watching      C. making     D. mending

2.A. too     B. also          C. of course    D. only

3.A. kind      B. bad           C. clever        D. good

4.A. short    B. long           C. far          D. near

5.A. nothing  B. all           C. wrong        D. great

6.A. later    B. ago           C. long ago   D. time

7.A. far      B. never         C. farther        D. longer

8.A. angry    B. surprised      C. glad         D. sorry

9.A. warm    B. big            C. cold        D. hot

10.A. don’t   B. won’t         C. want to     D. must

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本文是一位爱尔兰老人和一位英国人在电视上观看美国人准备发射第一批人去月球的时候的对话。

1.当美国人准备发射第一批人去月球的时候，一位爱尔兰老人正在一家餐馆的电视上观看着他们的一举一动。reading读；watching 观看；making 制造；mending修理，修补。根据上句The Americans were getting ready to send their first man to the moon结合后面的on TV可推知此句是说一位爱尔兰老人正在一家旅馆的电视上观看他们，所以选B。

2.副词及语境理解，句意：房间里也有一个英国人。too 也；also 也；of course 当然；only只。 所填词放在句末，故选A。

3.形容词及语境理解，句意：美国人很聪明，是吗？kind 慈善的；bad坏的；clever聪明的；good 好的。根据下文They are going to send some men to the moon.可推知此句是说美国人很聪明，是吗？所以选C。

4.形容词及语境理解，句意：月球离我们地球可是好远好远啊！：short短的；long 长的；far 远的； near附近。所以选B。

5.形容词及语境理解，句意：“噢，那没什么。”爱尔兰人迅速回答。nothing什么也没有；all 全，都；wrong 错误的；great杰出的，优异的。所以选A。

6.副词及语境理解，句意：几个月后，我们爱尔兰人将送几个人去太阳！later 晚些时候；ago 以前； long ago很久以前； time时间。根据前面名词所有格months’可知此处该填名词，所以选 D。

7.形容词及语境理解，句意：你知道，太阳比月亮远多了。far 远的；never 从不；farther 更远的；longer更长的。所以选C。

8.形容词及语境理解，句意：英国人听到这话惊讶极。angry生气的，发怒的；surprised 惊讶的;glad 高兴的；sorry 抱歉的。所以选B。

9.形容词及语境理解，句意：但是太阳太热人不能去那儿的！：warm暖和的；big大的； cold 冷的；hot热的。根据常识可知太阳很热，所以选 D。

10.当然，我们白天不去那儿，我们夜晚才上那儿。根据下句We’ll go there during the night.可知此句是说我们白天不去那儿，所以选B。

考点：故事类短文。