Question

Mr. Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often     some books from the library. He     to the radio every morning and reads     after supper. So he knows much and teaches well. His     worship(崇拜)him very much. Mike， Mr. Clarke’s little son， is only nine. He     likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr. Clarke always thinks he’s too       to understand him and chooses     ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied with(对……满意)it. One day Mike read    about the lights and was     it. When his father told him to do some housework， he went on thinking of it. He asked him     questions， and his father answered all. Then his father said proudly， “Fathers always know      than sons!” The boy thought for a while and said， “      .” His father asked， “Oh? Why?” Mike didn’t answer， and asked，    ， “Who invented the lights?” “      ”answered Mr. Clarke. “Why didn’t his father invent them， then? ” Looking at his son， Mr. Clarke didn’t know   47  to answ!

1.A. finds              B. sells            C. borrows           D. buys

2.A. hears             B. listens           C. says                 D. reads

3.A. CD       B. music           C. TV               D. newspapers

4.A. teachers           B. parents          C. students          D. classmates

5.A. also              B. never            C. even               D. only

6.A. old               B. young           C. clever            D. able

7.A. more difficult      B. the most difficult  C. easily             D. the easiest

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

9.A. worried about     B. interested in       C. afraid of         D. angry with

10.A. few              B. little             C. a few                D. a little

11.A. more             B. most             C. less                 D. least

12.A. I think so B. I don’t think so    C. I agree         D. I don’t know

13.A. instead            B. carefully         C. quickly           D. brightly

14.A. Thomas Brown B. Allan Smith C. Thomas Edison D. Ron Jenkins

15.A. when             B. where         C. which           D. what

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了Clarke先生知识渊博，他对儿子说父亲总是比儿子知道的多，但是儿子的一个问题却使他不知道怎么回答。

1.C考查动词及语境的理解。A. finds 找到；B. sells 卖；C. borrows 借；D. buys 买。句意：他喜欢阅读，他经常从图书馆里借书来看。图书馆的书是用来借阅的，故选C。

2.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. hears 听到，表示 结果；B. listens 听，C. says 说；D. reads读。固定词组listen to the radio指听无线电；句意：他每天上午听无线电。故选B。

3.D考查名词及语境的理解。A. CD 光盘；B. music 音乐；C. TV 电视；D. newspapers报纸。晚饭后读报纸。能读的只有报纸，故选D。

4.C考查名词及语境的理解。A. teachers 老师；B. parents 父母；C. students 学生；D. classmates同班同学。根据上文他知识渊博教的好，所以是学生崇拜他，故选C。

5.A考查副词及语境的理解。A. also 也；B. never 从不；C. even 甚至；D. only仅仅。上下文串联。父亲喜欢看书，儿子也喜欢看书，故选A。

6.B考查形容词及语境的理解。A. old 老的，B. young 年龄小；C. clever 聪明；D. able有能力的 。Clarke认为他的儿子太小了不能理解。结合句意，故选B。

7.D考查最高级及语境的理解。A. more difficult 更难；B. the most difficult 最难；C. easily 容易地；D. the easiest最简单的。上下文串联。他认为儿子太年轻所以都选择最容易的问题来回答。结合句意，故选D。

8.C考查代词及语境的理解。A. everything 所有事情；B. nothing没有事情；C. something 某事情；D. anything任何事情 。结合句意，Mike阅读了关于电灯事情，故选C。

9.B考查形容词及语境的理解。A. worried about 担心；B. interested in 对……感兴趣；C. afraid of 害怕……；D. angry with生某人的气。句意：儿子阅读了一些关于电灯方面的事情，很感兴趣。根据后文一直思考，问了问题可知是感兴趣，故选B。

10.C考查代词及语境的理解。A. few 几乎没有，否定含义，修饰可数名词；B. little 几乎没有，否定含义，修饰不可数名词；C. a few 几个，修饰可数名词复数；D. a little一点儿，修饰不可数名词。根据后文all可知儿子提问了父亲几个问题，故选C。

11.A考查比较级及语境的理解。A. more 更多，可以构成比较级；B. most 最，可以构成最高级；C. less 较不……，后加形容词原级；D. least最少，后加原卷，构成最高级。父亲总是比儿子知道的更多。根据后面的than，说明使用比较级；排除BD项。C项表示否定的意思。故选A。

12.B考查情景交际及语境的理解。A. I think so我认为如此；B. I don’t think so我不那么认为；C. I agree我同意；D. I don’t know我不知道。根据后文父亲问为什么，可知儿子不同意父亲的说法，故选B。

13.A考查副词及语境的理解。A. instead 代替，相反；B. carefully 认真地；C. quickly 快地；D. brightly鲜明地。迈克没有回答，相反问道：谁发明的电灯？故选A。

14.C考查名词及语境的理解。A. Thomas Brown汤姆斯布朗；B. Allan Smith阿莱史密斯；C. Thomas Edison汤姆斯爱迪生；D. Ron Jenkins罗恩詹金斯。根据常识：电灯是有爱迪生发明出来的。故选C。

15.，同时what也作为answer的逻辑宾语。根据迈克的提问可知Clarke不知道回答什么。故选D。

【考点定位】生活故事类短文。