Question

Ⅱ.完形填空

A teenage girl couldn't stand her family rules, so she left home.

She wanted to be rich and _____.But she had little education and some years later, she had to ask for _____ in the street for a living.Now her father has died.Her mother is an old woman.But she is still _____ her daughter.She has been to every corner of the city.Everywhere she goes, she _____ a big photo of her daughter on the wall.At the lower part of the photo she writes, “I still love you.Come back home！”

One day, the daughter saw one of the photos.She was so surprised that she couldn't believe her _____.“Is that me？” She moved _____ and read the words, “I still love you.” She cried.She couldn't wait to go back _____.When she got home, it was early morning.The door was not closed and she rushed to the bedroom at once.Her mother was sleeping there.She _____ her mother up.The mother and the daughter looked at each other with excitement, full of happy tears.The daughter asked, “_____ isn't the door locked? A thief could get in.” The mother answered softly, “The door has never locked ______ you left.”

1.A. angry    B. famous    C. poor    D. short

2.A. food    B. buses    C. people    D. gifts

3.A. looking for    B. looking after    C. looking at    D. looking up

4.A. cleans up    B. puts up    C. cuts up    D. makes up

5.A. eyes    B. ears    C. nose    D. head

6.A. farther    B. further    C. closer    D. away

7.A. room    B. country    C. school    D. home

8.A. looked    B. thought    C. woke    D. made

9.A. What    B. Who    C. When    D. Why

10.A. since    B. so    C. before    D. unless

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.C

9.D

10.A

【解析】这篇短文主要讲了一个十几岁的女孩离家出走的故事。多年以后，她在街上乞食为生，看到一则寻人启事，要找的人就是她，上面写着“我仍然爱你”，她回家发现门没锁，妈妈说自从她离开后门就一直没锁。

1.句意：她想变得富有和出名。A. angry生气的；B. famous著名的；C. poor贫穷的；D. short短的，矮的。并列连词and连接两个形容词，根据选项可知，富有和出名更符合题意，故答案为B。

2.句意：她不得不在街上以乞讨为生。A. food食物；B. buses公共汽车；C. people人们；D. gifts礼物。根据转折连词but判断，女孩想变得富有的理想并没有实现，最终沦为乞丐，沿街乞讨，故答案为A。

3.句意：母亲仍旧在寻找她的女儿。A. looking for寻找；B. looking after照顾；C. looking at看；D. looking up查阅，查找。 根据下文“She has been to every corner of the city.”她走过城市的每个角落，可知应说但是她仍然寻找她的女儿。故答案选A。

4.句意：她把女儿的大照片张贴在墙上。A. cleans up打扫，清理；B. puts up张贴，悬挂；C. cuts up切碎，齐根切掉；D. makes up编造。根据句子Everywhere she goes, she…a big photo of her daughter on the wall. 结合选项，可知应说每到一个地方，她把她女儿的一张大照片贴在墙上，故答案选B。

5.句意：她如此吃惊以至于不相信自己的眼睛。A. eyes眼睛；B. ears耳朵；C. nose鼻子；D. head头。根据句子“She was so surprised that she couldn't believe her，”结合选项，可知她看到一张照片，她如此惊讶以至于不敢相信她的眼睛。故答案选A。

6.句意：她走了更近些，读到这些字“我仍然爱你……” A. farther更远；B. further程度上更；C. closer更近；D. away离开。根据上文she couldn't believe her她不敢相信自己的眼睛，结合选项可知，应走近看仔细。故答案选C。

7.句意：她迫不及待地想回家。A. room房子；B. country国家；C. school学校；D. home家。

can't wait to do迫不及待做某事，根据下文中的句子“When she got home,”可知，她迫不及待地想回家。故答案选D。

8.句意：她叫醒了母亲。A. looked看；B. thought想；C. woke醒来；D. made使，制造。

根据句子“Her mother was sleeping there.”，结合选项，可知她叫醒她妈妈，时态应用一般过去时，wake sb. up“叫醒某人”。wake的过去式是woke，故答案选C。

9.句意：为什么门不锁？A. What什么；B. Who谁；C. When何时；D. Why为什么。根据“The daughter asked…is the door unlocked？A thief could get in.”结合选项可知女儿问“为什么门不锁？小偷会进来的。”故答案为D。

10.句意：自从你离开后，门一直没锁过。A. since自从；B. so因此；C. before在……之前；D. unless除非，如果不。结合选项，since其后跟一般过去时态的句子或时间点，主句的时态为现在完成时态。可知应说自从离开后这扇门就从未锁过。故答案选A。

点睛：完形填空题与单项选择题不同，它给出的是一篇意思较为完整的短文。做该题型试题时，首先应跳过空格通读全文，以全文为背景，联系句子的上下文进行推理和判断，从4个选项中选出一项进行试填。考生可以从词义用法、固定搭配、逻辑推理和上下文的联系等方面去考虑。最后应再把全文通览一遍，细心检查所选答案能否使短文上下连贯，前后呼应，词句通顺，使短文意思完整。检查时还应从语法、惯用法、逻辑推理和事情发生的情节等方面进行考虑，以达到准确无误之目的。