Question

Three small fish lived in the sea. When they were very young, their parents died. They had to _____ each other day after day. Finally, they grew up and _____ to swim deeper and further.

One morning, the three fish were _____ to a shallow(浅) water by a big wave(浪). A small boat was taken there too. It was hard for the fish to go back to the sea because the boat was right in front of them. The largest fish realized that they were _____ and said they had to find a way to leave there as fast as possible. The second largest fish _____ with his elder brother, but the youngest one did not. He said that there was much _____ for their activities, so he would not worry at all and still swam around _____. At last, the largest fish returned to the______ by jumping over the lowest part of the boat. The second largest fish also succeeded in

_____ his elder brother in the other side of water. But the youngest one didn’t follow them and still swam joyfully.

Two hours later, when the _____ rose up, the water in the small shallow corner dried up. The fish who did not try to return to the sea died of lacking(缺乏) of water.

1.A. listen to    B. look after    C. talk with    D. worry about

2.A. dared    B. hated    C. refused    D. stopped

3.A. allowed    B. given    C. invited    D. taken

4.A. in safety    B. in doubt    C. in danger    D. in peace

5.A. agreed    B. talked    C. compared    D. discussed

6.A. time    B. food    C. water    D. air

7.A. slowly    B. sadly    C. luckily    D. happily

8.A. sea    B. river    C. lake    D. pond

9.A. catching    B. joining    C. taking    D. telling

10.A. storm    B. stars    C. moon    D. sun

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.D

【解析】短文主要讲述了生活在海洋里的三条小鱼。有一天，三条鱼被海浪带到了浅水处。最大的一条鱼意识到了危险，便跳回深水，第二条也随之回去了，只有最小的鱼不以为然，最后死于缺水当中。故事暗示人们要时刻意识到潜在危险，不能贪图一时安乐的道理。

1.句意：它们不得不日复一日地互相照顾。A. listen to意为听；B. look after意为照顾；C. talk with意为谈话；D. worry about 担心。联系上文描述，可知它们的父母死了，它们不得不相互照顾，故答案选B。

2.句意：最后，它们长大了，敢于游得更深更远。A. dared敢；B. hated憎恨；C. refused拒绝；D. stopped停止。联系下文“…swim deeper and further”可知它们敢游到更深更远的地方，故答案选A。

3.句意：一天早上，三条鱼被大浪冲到浅水区。A. allowed允许；B. given 给予；C. invited邀请；D. taken带走；联系下文by a big wave 被一个大浪，可知是带上海岸，故答案选D。

4.句意：最大的一条鱼意识到它们处于危险之中，并说它们必须尽快找到离开的方法。A. in safety 安全；B. in doubt怀疑；C. in danger 处于危险中；D. in peace和平。联系上文It was hard for the fish to go back to the sea because the boat was right in front of them，对于鱼来说再回到大海中很难，因为船就在它们前面，可知它们处于危险当中，故答案选C。

5.句意：第二大的鱼同意它的哥哥的看法。A. agreed同意；B. talked谈论；C. compared比较；D. discussed讨论。联系下文句子“…but the youngest one did not.”可老二与老大意见一致，故答案选A。

6.句意：他说有很多水来提供他们的活动空间。A. time时间；B. food食物；C. water 水；D. air空气。结合语境后面说so he would not worry at all and still swam 所以他不会担心，仍然在游泳可知小鱼说的是海滩上也有很多水，故答案选C。

7.句意：所以他一点也不担心，仍然愉快地游来游去。A. slowly慢慢地；B. sadly伤心地；C. luckily幸运地；D. happily高兴地。根据上文这条鱼的说法，可知它很乐观，故答案选D。

8.句意：最后，最大的鱼从船的最低处跳出，回到了海里。A. sea大海；B. river河流；C. lake湖泊；D. pond池塘。联系上文Three small fish lived in the sea三条小鱼生活在海里，可知老大返回了大海，故答案选A。

9.句意：第二大的鱼也成功地加入了水的另一面的哥哥。A. catching抓住；B. joining加入；C. taking带走；D. telling告诉。根据in the other side of water在水的另一边，可知用join加入，表示老二也在水的另一边与它的哥哥汇合了，故答案选B。

10.句意：两个小时后，太阳升起时，浅水处的水干涸了。A. storm风暴；B. stars星星；C. moon月亮；D. sun太阳。联系下文the water in the small shallow corner dried up在小水洼的水干了，可知前文指的是太阳升起来了，故答案选D。

点睛：短文描述的是三条鱼中的老小因为贪图一时安乐，最后缺水而死。故事告诉我们，一定要从长远打算，提高警惕，不能贪图一时安乐。这篇短文内容比较简单，理解不难。各小题与上下文联系比较紧密，答题时一定要注意联系上下文。答完后多读几遍，看看是否符合逻辑，适当修改。多数选项都是单词的词义辨析，先区分词义，结合语境选出最能使语句通顺的答案。