Question

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   阅读下面短文 掌握其大意 然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Why am I bringing a 10-pound (4.5kg) pumpkin upstairs? Why am I washing it? Why am I cutting it with a big       ? Why am I carving (雕刻) a Jack O’Lantern?

October 31 is       . During this holiday kids      on people’s doors asking for sweets. There are orange and black things in the houses. Jack O’Lanterns are one of these things! People carve them out of empty      .

A lot of houses don’t carve Jack O’Lanterns. They just have fake (假的)  . It’s      to buy a fake one, and a fake Jack O’Lantern doesn’t go      .

Not me! I am going to make the       thing. I am going to carve a face on a pumpkin!

The first thing for me to do is to       the pumpkin. It has lots of dirt on it. Then I have to cut open the top and take out the inside.

This is not easy. It takes two hours to      out the inside with a big knife. I      the seeds, as they can be eaten. I cut three triangles (三角形) in the side. Two triangles will be the eyes, and       is a nose. At the       I cut out a mouth. I am so      of my work. I take it outside.

Three days later, the inside goes gray. A few days after that, the thing is black. The pumpkin is going bad! By Halloween, the Jack O’Lantern will be      ! I should have got a fake one.

1.A. scissor     B. knife       C. spoon      D. fork

2.A. Easter     B. Thanksgiving C. Halloween D. Christmas

3.A. knock     B. shut         C. hit      D. paint

4.A. pumpkins B. watermelons C. potatoes D. stones

5.A. thing     B. things     C. one      D. ones

6.A. different B. easy         C. difficult D. unusual

7.A. away     B. bad         C. wrong      D. by

8.A. real     B. true         C. correct     D. right

9.A. cut     B. carve         C. wash      D. weigh

10.A. pick     B. look         C. empty      D. find

11.A. plant     B. collect         C. save      D. keep

12.A. another B. other         C. others      D. the other

13.A. top     B. left         C. bottom D. right

14.A. glad     B. proud         C. angry      D. confident

15.A. broken B. gone         C. dead      D. lost

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.C

11.D

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：十月三十一号是万圣节前夜，许多家庭用南瓜制作成南瓜灯，但容易坏掉，也有一些家庭买到一盏假的万圣节南瓜灯。短文还介绍了南瓜灯的制作过程。

1.B考查名词及语境理解。句意：为什么我用一把刀来切它？A. scissor剪刀；B. knife 小刀；C. spoon勺子；D. fork叉子。结合句意可知，答案为B。

2.C考查名词及语境理解。句意：十月三十一号是万圣节前夜。A. Easter复活节；B. Thanksgiving感恩节；C. Halloween万圣节前夜；D. Christmas圣诞节。文章第一段曾提到万圣节南瓜灯。故答案为C。

3.A考查动词及语境理解。句意：在这个节日期间，孩子们敲着人家的门，要求吃糖果。A. knock敲击；B. shut敲打；C. hit打击；D. paint油漆。knock on the door敲门。故答案为A。

4.A考查名词及语境理解。句意：人们从空的南瓜上把它们雕刻出来。A. pumpkins南瓜；B. watermelons西瓜；C. potatoes土豆；D. stones石头。文章第一句就提到pumpkin，是用来制作灯的，故答案为A。

5.D考查代词及语境理解。句意：他们只有假的南瓜灯。根据前一句“A lot of houses don’t carve Jack O’Lanterns.”此处用ones代指南瓜灯。故答案为D。

6.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：买到一盏假的万圣节南瓜灯很容易。A. different不同的；B. easy容易的；C. difficult困难的；D. unusual不寻常的。结合上句理解，很多家庭都有假的万圣节南瓜灯，可推测买到它应该不难。答案为B。

7.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：假的万圣节南瓜灯也不会坏掉。A. away离开；B. bad坏的；C. wrong错误的；D. by被，通过。结合下文中的句子The pumpkin is going bad!真的南瓜灯会坏掉，因此假的南瓜灯通常不会坏掉。答案为B。

8.A考查形容词及语境理解。句意：我打算制造一个真正的东西。A. real真实的，实在的；B. true真实的，实在的；C. correct正确的；D. right正确的。real强调人或事物真实的存在，而不是想象的或虚构的。true 则强调符合事实，是真的，而不是假的，是相符的，而不是编造的。结合句意理解，答案为A。

9.C考查动词及语境理解。句意：我要做的第一件事是洗南瓜。A. cut切割；B. carve雕刻，切开；C. wash洗刷；D. weigh称重；结合后面的句子“It has lots of dirt on it. Then”，南瓜表面很脏，需要洗一下。答案为C。

10.C考查动词及语境理解。句意：用一把大的刀掏空里面的东西需要两个小时。A. pick采摘；B. look看一看；C. empty掏空；D. find发现。结合上面的句子“I have to cut open the top and take out the inside.”可知，要掏空南瓜里面的东西。答案为C。

11.D考查动词及语境理解。句意：我保留这些种子，因为它们可以吃。A. plant种植；B. collect收集；C. save节省；D. keep保留。结合句意可知，种子可以留下来吃。答案为D。

12.D考查代词及语境理解。句意：两个三角形将是眼睛，另一个是鼻子。A. another另一个；B. other其余的；C. others其余的；D. the other另一个。the other特指剩余的那一个。故答案为D。

13.C考查名词及语境理解。句意：在底面部分我切出了一个嘴巴。A. top顶部；B. left左边；C. bottom底部；D. right正确，右边。嘴巴在下面，故答案为C。

14.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：我为我的作品感到自豪。A. glad高兴的；B. proud自豪的；C. angry生气的；D. confident自信的。be proud of以……为自豪。结合句意可知，答案为B。

15.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：到万圣节，南瓜灯将消失（坏掉）！我应该拥有一个假的南瓜灯。A. broken破碎的；B. gone离去的，C. dead无生命的；D. lost失去的。结合上句“The pumpkin is going bad!”，此处gone指坏掉。故答案为B。

考点：考查日常生活类短文。