Question

    Last Saturday was my dad’s birthday. My sister and I decided ______ a surprise party for our dad’s birthday. We thought a party would be the ______ way to make him happy. We invited some of his good friends _______our home without telling him.

My dad’s birthday was on Saturday, my parents didn’t need to ________ that day. They went to visit my grandparents in the morning. Then we started to prepare for the _______. My sister cooks better than me, so she cooked the _______. And I bought something to decorate（装饰） the living room. From 5:30 p.m., my dad’s friends ______ one by one. We asked _______ to stay in the living room with the lights out. About half an hour later, my parents came back. When my dad walked in, I ______ the lights. It took him _______ minutes to know that the party was for his birthday. He was surprised and very happy. We were all happy at the party.

1.A.have B.has C.to have D.had

2.A.good B.well C.better D.best

3.A.at B.to C.in D.during

4.A.go to work B.go to school C.go to college D.go to bed

5.A.service B.party C.program D.holiday

6.A.water B.fruit C.present D.food

7.A.come B.will come C.came D.is coming

8.A.them B.him C.her D.us

9.A.turned on B.turned off C.turned up D.turned down

10.A.few B.a few C.little D.a little

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.A

10.B

【解析】

文章讲述的是上周六是作者爸爸的生日，作者和姐姐一起策划给爸爸举办了一个惊喜生日派对的故事。

1.句意：我和姐姐决定为爸爸的生日开个惊喜派对。

have有，动词原形；has有，动词三单；to have有，动词不定式；had有，动词过去式；根据句意理解可知，这里表达的是“决定做某事”，英语结构是decide to do sth，所以这里应该用to do形式，故选C。

2.句意：我们认为聚会是让他快乐的最好方式。

good好的，形容词；well好的，副词；better更好的，比较级；best最好的，最高级；根据句意理解及空格前的the可知，这里应该用最高级，表达的是“最好的”，故选D。

3.句意：我们没有告诉他就邀请了他的一些好朋友来我们家。

at在……点时；to向；in在……里面；during在……期间；根据句意理解可知，这里表达的是“邀请某人到……”，英语表达为invite sb to …，所以这里应该用介词to，故选B。

4.句意：我父母那天不需要去上班。

go to work去上班；go to school去上学；go to college去上大学；go to bed去睡觉；根据句意理解可知，这里表达的是“去上班”，英语是go to work，故选A。

5.句意：然后我们开始为聚会做准备。

service服务；party派对；program节目；holiday假期；根据句意理解及前文We thought a party would be the ___2___ way to make him happy.可知，这里表达的是“为聚会做准备”，故选B。

6.句意：我姐姐做饭比我做得好，所以她做的菜。

water水：fruit水果；present礼物；food食物；根据句意理解及前句My sister cooks better than me可知，这里表达的是“食物”，故选D。

7.句意：从下午5点半开始，我爸爸的朋友们一个接一个地来了。

come来，动词原形；will come将要来，一般将来时；came来，过去式；is coming正在来，现在进行时；根据句意理解及前文Last Saturday was my dad’s birthday.可知，这里应该是发生在过去的事情，所以要用过去时，故选C。

8.句意：我们请他们关着灯呆在客厅里。

them他们；him他；her她；us我们；根据句意理解可知，这里指代的是my dad’s friends，所以应该用them代替，故选A。

9.句意：当我爸爸走进来时，我打开了灯。

turned on打开；turned off关掉；turned up调高；turned down调低；根据句意理解及前文We asked ___8___ to stay in the living room with the lights out.可知，这里表达的是“开灯”，故选A。

10.句意：他花了几分钟才知道聚会是为他的生日而举行的。

few几乎没有，修饰复数名词；a few 几个，修饰复数名词；little几乎没有，修饰不可数名词；a little一些，修饰不可数名词；根据句意理解可知，这里表达的是“花了几分钟时间”，而句中的minutes是复数名词，所以这里应该用a few修饰，故选B。