Question

完形填空

阅读下列短文,从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案.

Long ago, there was a mother and a son living in a house. She worked hard everyday, ________ they were always poor.

One day, her son stole his friend's ________ . "Mom, what do you think of this bag?" His mother praised（表扬）her son ________ scolding（责骂）him. "It looks great!"

The next time, he stole an overcoat. She praised him again ________ he stole it.

A few years later, he ________ to be a young man. He stole jewelry and ________ them to his mother. "How ________  !" This time, she did not scold her son again.

Then, because he was ________ scolded by his mother, he started to steal more expensive things. One day, the police ________ him. Before putting him in ________ , he begged the police to meet his mother. They took him to his mother.

As soon as he saw his mother, he ________  her earlobe（耳垂）. "Ouch! What's the matter with you?"She finally scolded him. Her son answered, " ________ you had given me a scolding like that when I stole the first bag, I could not have become a thief."

The mother’s________  was broken as she looked at her son heading to prison. "If I only could ________ time, I would scold him strictly." She regretted（后悔） that she always praised him, ________   he did.

1.A. but          B. and             C. or             D. then

2.A. bag          B. watch           C. bike           D. book

3.A. because of   B. instead of      C. because       D. instead

4.A. before       B. since          C. after          D. until

5.A. put up       B. looked up       C. got up         D. grew up

6.A.brought     B. put             C.told            D. bought

7.A. beautiful   B. terrible       C. useful         D. kind

8.A. often       B. never           C.sometimes       D. always

9.A. heard       B.looked          C. caught         D. searched

10.A.hospital    B. school         C. hotel          D. prison

11.A.bit        B.hit             C.took            D. ate

12.A.If          B. Unless         C. Though        D. Although

13.A. eye         B. heart          C. mouth          D. ear

14.A. turn on     B. turn off      C. turn back     D. turn down

15.A. wherever    B. whoever        C. whenever       D. whatever

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：在教育孩子的问题上，每一位家长都责无旁贷。文中的这位妈妈在孩子小时候犯错时没有及时教育孩子走正道，导致儿子因为盗窃罪而被抓坐牢还被儿子责怪，这时才后悔不已。

1.

2.A考查名词辨析及语境的理解。根据后面的话可知，儿子偷了朋友的包。A. bag包；B. watch手表；C. bike自行车；D. book书。故选A。

3.B考查介词短语辨析及语境的理解。通过后面的话“看上去很不错”可知，他妈妈表扬了他而不是责骂他。A. because of因为，后加名词；B. instead of代替，后加名词、动名词；C. because因为，后加从句；D. instead代替。scolding是动词的-ing形式，故选B。

4.C考查连接词辨析及语境的理解。结合后面儿子的话可知：第二次他偷一件大衣的时候，她又表扬了他。A. before在……之前；B. since自从；C. when当……的时候；D. until直到……才。故选C。

5.D考查动词短语辨析及语境的理解。几年后，他成长为一名年轻的小伙子。A. put up举手；B. looked up抬头；C. got up起床；D. grew up成长。故选D。

6.A考查动词辨析及语境的理解。他偷了珠宝，带回来给他母亲。A .brought带来；B. put放；C .told告诉；D. bought买。故选A。

7.A考查形容词辨析及语境的理解。应该是和前几次一样，妈妈没有责怪儿子，而是赞美偷来的珠宝漂亮。A. beautiful漂亮的；B. terrible可怕的；C. useful有用的；D. kind善良的。故选A。

8.B考查副词辨析及语境的理解。根据前面的介绍可知：因为他母亲从来不责怪他偷东西，他开始偷更昂贵的东西。A. often经常；B. never从不；C .sometimes有时；D. always总是。故选B。

9.C考查动词辨析及语境的理解。这里应该是儿子被警察抓了。A. heard听到；B .looked看；C. caught抓住；D. searched搜寻。故选C。

10.D考查名词辨析及语境的理解。put …into prison意为：把某人关进监狱坐牢。A .hospital医院；B. school学校；C. hotel旅馆；D. prison监狱。故选D。

11.A考查动词辨析及语境的理解。应该是：当他看到他的母亲时，他咬了她的耳垂。A .bit咬；B .hit击打；C .took带走；D. ate吃。故选A。

12.A考查连词辨析及语境的理解。她终于骂他。她的儿子回答说，“如果你在我偷第一个包的时候这样责骂我的话，我就不会成为一个小偷了。”A .If 如果；B. Unless除非；C. Though尽管；D. Although尽管。故选A。

13.B考查名词辨析及语境的理解。当她看到她的儿子走进监狱的时候，她的心都碎了。A. eye眼睛；B. heart心脏；C. mouth嘴；D. ear耳朵。这里是说明做母亲的后悔和痛心，故选B。

14.C考查动词短语辨析及语境的理解。如果时光真的可以倒流，我会严厉责骂他。A. turn on打开；B. turn off关掉；C. turn back转身；D. turn down调小。故选C。

15.

考点：故事类短文。