Question

完形填空.

通读下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

As a single mother of four children and working at a low-paid job, I couldn’t get enough money for the family, but we had ______on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always enough. Not knowing we were poor, my kids just thought I was ______. I’ve always been glad about that.

Christmas was coming, and although there wasn’t enough ________ for a lot of gifts, we planned to hold a family party. And the big excitement for the kids was the fun of Christmas ______.

The children planned weeks before, asking ______ what they wanted for Christmas. Luckily, I had saved $120 for them to buy ______.

The big day arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar note and ______ them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would _____ again at the “Santa’s Workshop”.

On the way home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, ______ my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually ______. She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies — fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything ______ we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, ready to be angry again.

This is what she told me: “I was looking _______, thinking of what to buy, and I______ to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she ______for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and bought the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”

I never felt so ______ as I did that day.

1. A. bowls           B. forks           C. chopsticks  D. food

2.A. busy             B. serious          C. strict       D. kind

3.A. effort            B. room            C. time          D. money

4.A. shopping         B. traveling        C. parties       D. greetings

5.A. the other        B. each other       C. another     D. all of them

6.A. toys            B. clothes          C. presents     D. bills

7.A. made             B. reminded       C. invited     D. spoke

8.A. draw             B. stay             C. move          D. meet

9. A. including        B. besides          C. except        D. beside

10.A. quiet            B. excited          C. happy        D. sad

11.A. since            B. after           C. while         D. until

12.A. out              B. over             C. forward      D. around

13.A. forgot           B. stopped        C. failed        D. hated

14.A. wanted          B. did              C. got          D. played

15.A. painful         B. rich             C. helpless      D. angry

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：圣诞节那天，作者得知她的小女儿用自己买礼物的钱给一个陌生的小女孩买了娃娃这件事后，母亲的内心感受------从未有过的富有。

1. 考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：但是我们桌子上有食物。A碗；B叉子；C筷子；D食物。根据句意，故选B。

2. 考查形容词辨析及语境的理解。句意：我的孩子们认为我非常的严厉。A忙的；B严肃的；C严厉的；D友善的。此题考查在几月份应用介词in，故选D。

3.。A努力，成就；B空间；C时间；D金钱。此题考查名词，根据句意，故选D。

4.。此题考查固定短语Christmas shopping圣诞购物；根据句意，故选A。

5. each other互相问；根据句意，故选B。

6.句意：幸运的是，我已经节省了120美元来买礼物。A玩具；B衣服；C礼物；D清单。此题考查名词；根据句意，故选C。

7.由句意可知，是提醒孩子买什么。A强迫；B提醒；C邀请；D讲话。根据句意，故选B。

8.D由句意可知是回来集合。A 画画；B呆；C移动；D会和。根据句意，故选D。

9.每个孩子都情绪高涨，只有小女儿例外。A包括；B除了还有；C除了；D在旁边。根据句意，故选C。

10.每个孩子都情绪高涨，只有小女儿例外。A安静的；B兴奋的；C高兴的；D难过的。根据句意，故选A。

11.句意：我很难过，但是我什么都没有说直到到了家。考查固定句型：not……until句型。 “直到……才”。根据句意，故选D。

12.短语搭配 look around 环顾四周；look over 是检查，检阅； Look forward to 是盼望；look out 是向外看，当心。根据句意，故选D。

13. 考查动词辨析及语境的理解。根据句意可知，是停下来，读许愿树上的小卡片。故选B。

14. 考查动词辨析及语境的理解。由句意可知，是她想要的圣诞节礼物。故选A。

15.与第一段的money was always tight 相呼应，故选B。

考点：考查故事类短文。