Question

One midnight, a little girl was thirsty and got up to drink some water. She walked to the bedroom door and     it. The little girl looked outside but walked     and stood in the center of the room, because it was so     in the hall and she was afraid. Her mother said： “Don’t be afraid, honey. Have courage (勇气), I believe you can do it yourself!”

“    is courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed. “Courage is the brave breath (呼吸),” her mother answered.

“Mom, do you have courage?” “Certainly.” her mother replied, The little girl held out her cold hands, saying： “Mom, blow some of your breath of courage to     .”

After her mother blew into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists (握拳)

     , afraid that the “breath of courage” would     away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the kitchen with     to be afraid of. Her mother said to herself： “It will be nice      someone can blow some courage to me. Then I can also hold it in my hands when I feel terrified.”

In a word, the thing that we are afraid of is nothing but the     in our mind. The person who we should win is nobody but ourselves.

1.A. closed    B. knocked    C.opened             D. kicked

2.A. in     B. back        C. out     D. down

3.A. bright    B. dark     C. cold     D. warm

4.A. What        B. How        C. Where     D. Why

5.A. me     B. you     C. her     D. it

6.A. politely    B. happily    C. luckily    D. carefully

7.A. pull     B. run     C. move        D. took

8.A. something       B. anything    C. everything       D. nothing

9.A. because    B. though    C. if     D. until

10.A. fear     B. idea     C. worry    D. secret

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.A

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了从小女孩儿和母亲的故事中告诉我们恐惧只不过是自身主观感受，我们能做的只有自己战胜他们。

1.C考查形容词及语境的理解。A. Closed关闭的；B. knocked 锁住的；C.opened 打开的； D. Kicked踢。句意：她走到卧室门口，打开它。注意时态用一般过去式。故选C。

2.考查介词及语境的理解。A. in 在……里面；B. back 在……后面；C. out 在……外面；D. Down在……下面。句意：小女孩望着外面但又走回去了，站在房间的中心。故选B。

3.考查形容词及语境的理解。A. bright 明亮的；B. Dark黑暗的；C. cold 冷得 ；D. Warm暖和的。句意：因为在大厅里它是如此的黑，她很害怕。故选B。

4.考查代词及语境的理解。 A. What什么；B. How怎样；C. Where在哪；D. Why如何。句意：小女孩问：“什么是勇敢？”然后就跑进母亲的房间。故选A。

5.考查代词及语境的理解。A. me 我；B. You你；C. Her她；D. It它；句意：小女孩伸出她冰凉的手，说：“妈妈，吹一口勇气给我。”根据题意可知是用代词的宾格。故选A。

6.D考查副词及语境的理解。A. Politely礼貌地；B. Happily高兴地；C. Luckily幸运地 ；D. Carefully小心地[来。句意：在她母亲吹进了她的冰冷的手一口气之后，小女孩小心地握紧了拳头（握拳）。故选C。

7.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. Pull推；B. run 跑；C. move 移动；D. Took花费。句意：害怕勇敢的“呼吸”就跑了；小女孩认为勇气是一种东西会跑。小女孩怕勇气会跑。 故选B。

8.考查不定代词及语境的理解。 A. Something某物；B. Anything任何东西；C. Everything一些；D. Nothing没什么。句意：紧握拳头，没有任何感到害怕，她走出卧室朝厨房走去。根据题意可知小女孩有了勇气就不会害怕。故选D。

9.C考查连词及语境的理解。A. Because因为；B. though 尽管；C. if 如果；D. Until直到……才。句意：这将是很好的如果一个人可以吹一些勇气给我。故选A。

10.考查名词及语境的理解。A. fear 害怕 ；B. idea 主意；C. Worry担心；D. Secret秘密。句意：总之，我们怕的东西只是我们心里面害怕。故选A。

考点：教育类短文。