Question

阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

My friend Mr. Smith is a famous doctor and has a hospital. So he has enough money to ___   all over the world. And he’s been to a lot of places of interest. He likes to ____   _ children and has a lot of little friends. They often ask him to tell them all kinds of funny things he _____. It makes them happy and his room is always full of children when he’s free.

It was my little son’s seventh birthday yesterday. The boy wanted to invite  (邀请) his old friend Mr. Smith to the party. He ____   Mr. Smith for himself and tol d him about it. The doctor accepted his invitation ____   _. At half past seven the boy was waiting for his coming at the gate. ______ he saw his car, he ran towards him. Mr. Smith came on time, with a nice present in his hand. After dinner the children sat around the traveler and asked him to tell them some funny stories. Mr. Smith agreed and his stories made them ____   again and again. At last he told them the funniest story. He said, “Once I reached a city _____   _ a foggy(雾的)  day. The fog was the thickest in the world …”

“Please wait a ___   , Mr. Smith,” said my son. “it’s said that the fog in London is the thickest in the world.”

“You’re _____   , my clever boy,”  said the funny doctor. “The city had much fog that day …” “What was it, then?” the boy couldn’t wait to ask again.

“The fog was so thick that I couldn’t see it at all,” the funny doctor said with a smile.

1.A.work          B.fight      C.live        D.travel

2.A.wait for     B.look over   C.play with  D.look after

3.A.read          B.wrote      C.thought     D.saw

4.A.knew          B.caught     C.taught      D.called

5.A.sadly         B.happily    C.surprised   D.interested

6.A.as long as    B.as soon as  C.as far as   D.as well as

7.A.think        B.laugh       C.cry         D.fear

8.A.with          B.in          C.at         D.on

9.A.moment       B.day        C.week       D.year

10.A.sorry        B.sad         C.wrong      D.right

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.B

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述了作者的朋友史密斯的故事。史密斯是一名医生，喜欢旅游，并且与孩子们相处的很好。在作者儿子的七岁生日上，史密斯也受邀来到家里，并与孩子们度过了一个快乐的生日。

1.D 考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：所以他有足够的钱去世界各地旅游。从接下来一句“他已经去过许多有意思的地方”这个信息可以推断本题应选travel旅游。故选D。

2.C 考查固定搭配及语境的理解。句意：他喜欢和孩子们一起玩并且有许多年纪的小朋友。A. wait for等待；B. look over检查，从……上面看；C. play with和……一起玩；D. look after照顾。根据句意可知他喜欢和孩子们一起玩，故选C。

3.D考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：他们经常要求他讲述所见到的各种各样有趣的事情。根据前文说史密斯喜欢旅游，去过许多有趣的地方，可以推断出孩子们让他讲述趣闻，saw是see的过去式，意为看见。故选D。

4.D考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：他自己打电话给史密斯并告诉他关于生日的事。call sb意为给某人打电话，从后半句他告知史密斯生日的邀请可以推断出是打电话通知的。故选D。

5.B考查形容词、副词辨析及语境的理解。句意：医生愉快地接受了他的邀请。副词修饰动词，accepted接受，是动词；C. surprised感到惊讶的，出人意料的，是形容词；D. interested感兴趣的，是形容词。首先排除这两项。再根据前文说史密斯喜欢和孩子们一起玩可知应是开心地接受邀请，B. happily 开心地。故选B。

6.B考查短语辨析及语境的理解。句意：一看到史密斯的车，他就跑了过去。A. as long as只要；B. as soon as 一……就…… ；C.as far as 只要，直到……为止…… D.as well as 也，既……又……。根据句意应选B。

7.B考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：史密斯先生同意了，并且他的故事令孩子们一次又一次的大笑。make sb do sth…让某人做某事。 A.think 想，认为；B.laugh 笑；C.cry 哭；D.fear 害怕，担心。根据语境可知，史密斯先生的故事让孩子们感到好笑，故选B。

8.D考查介词辨析及语境的理解。句意：有一次，在一个雾天我到达一座城市。具体到某一天介词用on。故应该选D。

9.A考查短语辨析及语境的理解。句意：史密斯先生，请等一下。wait a moment 等一会儿，稍等一下，固定搭配。故选A。

10..sorry 对不起；B.sad伤心； C.wrong 错的； D.right 正确的。根据后句夸他为聪明的孩子得知，孩子的回答是正确的，故选D。

考点：日常生活类短文。