Question

One day Mother looks at Simon's shoes and says, “L1.   at your shoes. They are very dirty（脏）. You must c2.   them.” “ But I cleaned them yesterday,” says the boy. “They are dirty now. You m 3.   clean them now.” “I don't want to clean them t4.   . If I clean the pair of shoes today, t5.  will still be dirty tomorrow.” “All right. D6.   do it then.” Simon's mother says.

In the evening, he is very h7.   . He asks his mother to give him s8.  to eat. “You had breakfast in the morning, Simon, and you had l9.  at school.” His mother says. “But I’m hungry a   10.   .” “But if I give you something to eat today, you will be hungry again tomorrow.”

Answer

1.Look

2.clean

3.must

4.today

5.they

6.Don’t

7.hungry

8.something

9.lunch

10.again

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述西门的妈妈让他洗鞋子而西门却以明天穿了还是要弄脏的理由拒绝了妈妈的要求。晚上，西门饿了要求吃饭，他的妈妈以今天吃了明天还是饿的理由，巧妙的教育了西门。

1.根据语境可知，这里指的是西门的妈妈让西门看自己的鞋子，故应填Look，look at是固定短语，表示“看”某物。

2.根据上文They are very dirty（脏）以及下文 But I cleaned them yesterday的描述可知，这里指的是西门的妈妈要求他洗鞋子，故应填clean。

3.根据语境及首字母提示可知，这里指的是西门的妈妈要求他现在必须洗鞋子，故应填must。

4.根据下文If I clean the pair of shoes today的描述可知，这里指的是西门说现在不想洗鞋子，故应填today。

5.联系上下文可知，这里指的是鞋子the pair of shoes，应用代词。故应填they。

6.就不用洗鞋子了，是一个否定的祈使句，故应填Don’t。

7.“He asks his mother to give him ---to eat”的描述可知，这里指的是西门很饿了，所以要吃东西，故应填hungry。

8.要吃东西，应用不定代词，故应填something。

9.语境及首字母提示可知，这里是西门的妈妈说西门在学校吃了早餐，而且吃了午餐，故应填lunch。

10.并结合首字母提示可知，这里指的是西门说现在又饿了，故应填again。

考点：短文填空。