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。

Mr. and Mrs. Green were very worried about their son, Leo. He seemed to be dumb (哑的) ______ he was normal in every other way. Mr. and Mrs. Green tried everything to get him to ______, but with no success.

When Leo was six years old, the best doctors in the town ______ him carefully, but could find nothing wrong. And he seemed to be smart. It was just that he ______ spoke.

"There might be something wrong with his ______, and he doesn't know he's able to speak," one doctor said.

"But he can read and write," said Mr. Green. "We've written him notes, telling him that he can speak."

"It's certainly very ______," another doctor said. "Perhaps he'll be able to speak some day."

______ passed. Leo went to university. But he did not speak a ______ word.

Then one day, Leo was having a meal with his parents. Without any warning, he looked up from his ______ and said, "Pass me the salt, please."

Mr. and Mrs. Green were excited. "You spoke! You spoke!" they cried, "Why have you ______ so long to speak?"

"I didn't have anything to say," he said. "Until now everything was perfect. But you forgot to put salt in these potatoes."

1.A. because       B. when           C. though             D. before

2.A. speak         B. walk           C. play              D. laugh

3.A. taught       B. found         C. examined         D. asked

4.A. never         B. often          C. usually            D. always

5.A. back          B. hair           C. face               D. mind

6.A. unfair        B. strange        C. noisy              D. quiet

7.A. Hours        B. Weeks         C. Months             D. Years

8.A. good         B. right          C. single             D. new

9.A. chair       B. meal         C. hands             D. books

10.A. slept        B. walked        C. served            D. waited

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：该篇短文主要记述了里奥从很小的时候就一句话也没有说过，为此他的父母想尽了办法。直到有一天吃饭时，菜里面没有放盐，里奥才开始说第一句话。

1.because 因为； when 既然，当……时；though 虽然，尽管； before在……之前。空白前后句之间是转折关系，故选C。

2.speak说；walk步行；play玩；laugh笑。联系前文He seemed to be dumb (哑的)的 描述可知该选A。

3.taught教；found找到，发现；examined 检查；asked问，要求。结合语境可知此处指的是故选C。

4.never从不；often常常； usually通常；always总是。联系前文描述可知此处指的是他从来不说话。故选A。

5.back背；hair 头发；face脸；mind头脑，智力。联系后一句描述可知此处指的是可能他的头脑有问题，故选D。

6.unfair不公平的；strange奇怪的；noisy 吵闹的；quiet安静的。联系上文描述可知此处意思是这真的很奇怪，故选B。

7.Hours 小时；Weeks 周；Months月；Years年。联系后一句描述可知此处指的是是多年过去了，故选D。

8.good 好的；right 对的；single 单一的；new新的。结合语境可知此处指的是他没有说过一句简单的话，故选C。

9.Chair椅子；meal 一顿饭，膳食；hands 手；books书。联系前文Leo was having a meal with his parents 的描述可知此处该选B。

10.slept 睡觉；walked 走，步行； served 服务，招待； waited 等待。结合语境可知此处指的是等待，故选D。

考点：故事类短文。