Question

Along time ago, there was an emperor. He had a beautiful    . In the garden, there was a little nightingale(夜莺）singing very beautifully.

One day, the emperor heard about this little bird’s beautiful    . He asked his guards to bring her to him. When the emperor heard the nightingale’s voice, he said, “Put her    a golden cage, so she can stay and sing for me whenever I want to hear her.

The little bird was so unhappy about being kept in the cage that she stopped    one day. The emperor was very angry. He ordered the scientists in his palace to make a robot bird for him. The bird could sing very beautifully,      . The emperor was pleased.

Soon the robot bird became old. It no longer sang beautiful songs. Just at that time, the emperor was ill and he became very weak. One morning, while    in bed, the emperor wanted it to sing once    . But the robot bird    sing any more. Suddenly, the nightingale landed on the window. She began to sing her most beautiful song. The emperor was very happy! He became    each day.

After the emperor was well, he changed a lot and became kind      his people. From then on, all his people cherished(爱戴）him for his love and kindness.

1.A.park          B.house          C.garden          D.door

2.A.noise         B.voice         C.sound           D.noisy

3.A.in            B.on           C.for             D.from

4.A.to sing      B.sing           C.sings          D.singing

5.A.also          B.so            C.too             D.either

6.A.jumping       B.standing      C.lying           D.running

7.A.again        B.two           C.second          D.twice

8.A.can           B.could          C.don’t         D.couldn’t

9.A.weaker and weaker B.taller and taller C.better and better D.younger and younger

10.A.at            B.to              C.on             D.in

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这是一篇记叙文，讲述的是皇帝和夜莺的故事，夜莺呆在笼子里不给皇帝唱歌，皇帝命令科学家做了一只机器夜莺，可当机器夜莺老坏的时候，恰巧皇帝生病了，皇帝想听夜莺的歌唱，可是机器夜莺不能唱了，这是笼子里的夜莺跳到了窗台上又给皇帝唱歌了，使得皇帝的身体得到了康复。

1.C考查名词及语境理解。句意：很久以前，有一个国王，他有一个很漂亮的花园。 A.park公园；B.house房子；C.garden花园；D.door 门。从后句的“in the garden”可以推测出这里是“garden”,故选C。

2.2】B考查名词及语境理解。句意：一天，国王听到了这只小鸟的优美的声音。A表示噪音，B表示嗓音，还可表示鸟的叫声，C指自然界的一切声音，D嘈杂声，小鸟的声音是其嗓音，故选B。

3.3】A考查介词及语境理解。句意：把它关在一只金子的笼子里，因此她就可以呆着给我唱歌。A.in 在……里；B.on 在……上；C.for为……；D.from来自……。把鸟关在笼子里，把……放在……里：put…in…,故选A。

4.4】D考查动词及语境理解。句意：小鸟被关在笼子里很不高兴，她停止了唱歌。Stop to do sth：停下来，开始做某事，后跟不定式作宾语；stop doing sth停止做某事，后跟动名词作宾语。小鸟是停止了唱歌，用stop doing。故选D。

5.5】C考查副词及语境理解。句意：这只鸟也会唱出优美的歌。A.also也，常用于肯定句的句子中间；B.so因此，表示结果；C.too也，常用于肯定句的句子末尾； D.either也，常用于否定句的句末。本句是肯定句，在句子末尾，填too。故选C。

6.6】C考查动词及语境理解。句意：一天，国王躺在床上，他想小鸟再给他唱一次。A.jumping跳；B.standing站；C.lying 躺；D.running跑，根据语境可以推测出国王是“躺”在床上，故选C。

7.7】A考查副词及语境理解。句意：一天，国王躺在床上，他想小鸟再给他唱一次。A.again再一次，又一次；B.two二，表示数量；C.second第二，表示顺序；D.twice两次，两倍，表示次数、倍数。国王想小鸟再唱一次，再一次：again。故选A。

8.8】D考查情态动词及语境理解。句意：但是这只机器鸟再也不能唱了。表示不能，用can的形式，本文讲述的是一个过去的故事，用一般过去时，can用作could；not…any more：不再……。故用couldn’t。选D。

9.9】C考查形容词及语境理解。句意：国王非常高兴，他每天变得越来越好。A.weaker and weaker越来越虚弱；B.taller and taller越来越高； C.better and better越来越好；D.younger and younger越来越年轻。有了小鸟的歌声，国王身体变得越来越好。故选C。

10.0】B考查介词及语境理解。句意：国王好后，他改变了许多并且对他的人民变得和蔼了。对某人和蔼：be kind do sb。故选B。

【考点定位】考查故事类短文。