Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their beds. But they thought ________. My complaints, even self-justified shouting, were always landing on ________ ears. Very often a whole hour’s scolding would end with their ________ into tears, I felt very frustrated. I realized I needed to ________ my method of “mothering”.

One day when they were at school, I spent some time ________ their rooms. On their desks, in plain ________, I left the cards: “Dear Bill (the other card was ________ to Sarah), your room was messy this morning and I’m sure you like it clean. Love, the Room Fairy.” ________ arriving back, the children were ________ excited to receive the little note from the Room Fairy. The next day, their rooms were fairly tidy. Sure enough, there was another note from the Room Fairy ________ for them, thanking them for their nice “gift” of a clean room and ________ asking them to play a certain violin ________. Each day, thank-you notes would be written differently to keep the ideas ________.

Sometimes the Room Fairy would propose a little ________: “If you can finish your homework and ________ your lessons before dinner, I’d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight.” Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in ________ of well-done jobs the day ________.

________ I can’t remember how long “the Room Fairy” continued leaving her love notes. When they were age appropriate, we used various versions of Post-Its(贴条). The bathroom mirror became the ________ centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be posted.

We all benefited from and ________ the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes. I believe the true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication.

1.A. indifferentlyB. gratefullyC. doubtfullyD. otherwise

2.A. sideB. deafC. neitherD. either

3.A. cryingB. breakingC. burstingD. bumping

4.A. adjustB. adoptC. accessD. addict

5.A. clearingB. tidyingC. emptyingD. searching

6.A. distanceB. wordsC. speechD. sight

7.A. sentB. readC. deliveredD. addressed

8.A. AsB. AtC. InD. Upon

9.A. more thanB. rather thanC. no more thanD. other than

10.A. askingB. waitingC. prayingD. expecting

11.A. politelyB. happilyC. gentlyD. toughly

12.A. musicB. songC. pieceD. tone

13.A. respectableB. uninterestingC. incredibleD. fresh

14.A. challengeB. questionC. suggestionD. advice

15.A. go withB. look upC. go overD. look into

16.A. responseB. answerC. praiseD. honor

17.A. aheadB. beforeC. overD. ago

18.A. ActuallyB. Even soC. Even ifD. Though

19.A. lifeB. mainC. memoryD. reminder

20.A. learnedB. appreciatedC. sharedD. thanked

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.C

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：作者通过the Room Fairy的便条教育孩子要保持房间整洁和努力学习，并一直保持这种习惯，作者和孩子都从中受益很多。

1. 考查副词。A. indifferently漠不关心地；B. gratefully感激地；C. doubtfully怀疑地；D. otherwise否则，另外。根据上下文的意思可知，孩子的想法和我们的不一样，他们认为自己不会自己整理。故选D。

2. 考查形容词。A. side一边的；B. deaf聋的；C. neither两者都不的；D. either两者之中任一的。此处指对于我的抱怨和喊叫，孩子们就像聋子一样充耳不闻，毫不理会。根据语境选B。

3. 考查动词。A. crying叫喊；B. breaking破坏；C. bursting爆发；D. bumping碰撞。burst into tears突然哭起来，是固定短语。故选C。

4. 考查动词。A. adjust调整；B. adopt采取；C. access使用；D. addict沉溺。此处指我意识到要调整我做妈妈的方法了。故选A。

5. 考查动词。A. clearing清除；B. tidying整理；C. emptying倒空；D. searching搜寻。此处指孩子们上学后我花时间给他们整理房间。根据常识选B。

6. 考查名词。A. distance远方；B. words话语；C. speech演讲；D. sight视力。结合句意可知我在卡片上留下了简短的话，故选B。

7. 考查动词A. sent送；B. read读；C. delivered递送；D. addressed写信给。这里是指我另外一封信写给了Sarah，故选D。

8. 考查介词。A. As如同；B. At在；C. In在……里面；D. Upon一…就…。孩子们一放学就为收到的纸条兴奋。故选D。

9. 考查固定短语。A. more than超出，非常；B. rather than宁愿；C. no more than仅仅；D. other than不同于。more than+形容词意为“非常…”，此处指孩子们一放学就为收到的纸条非常兴奋，根据语境选A。

10. 考查动词。A. asking问；B. waiting等；C. praying祈祷；D. expecting期望。wait for等待，此处指还有一张便条等着他们，故选B。

11. 考查副词。A. politely有礼貌地；B. happily高兴地；C. gently温柔地；D. toughly固执地。此处指与我以前的方法形成对比，温和地请他们演奏一曲小提琴曲，故选C。

12. 考查名词。A. music音乐；B. song歌曲；C. piece篇，曲；D. tone曲调。a certain violin piece指一首小提琴曲子，故选C。

13. 考查形容词。A. respectable值得尊敬的；B. uninteresting乏味的；C. incredible难以置信的。D. fresh新鲜的。此处指每天都有新鲜的想法，故选D。

14. 考查名词。A. challenge挑战；B. question问题；C. suggestion建议；D. advice建议。根据下文可知，都是一些有难度的工作，challenge指有挑战性的工作。故选A。

15. 考查固定短语。A. go with 和…一起去；B. look up查找；C. go over复习；D. look into调查。此处指晚饭前能完成作业并且复习功课，晚上就一起看电视。根据语境选C。

16. 考查名词。A. response反应；B. answer回答；C. praise赞扬；D. honor荣誉。in praise of表扬…，此处指表扬做的好的事情，故选C。

17. 考查介词。A. ahead向前；B. before在……之前；C. over越过；D. ago以前。the day before前天，指表扬前天做的好的事情，故选B。

18. 考查副词。A. Actually实际地；B. Even so即使这样；C. Even if即使；D. Though尽管。根据句意可知，实际上我也记不得the Room Fairy继续给他们写了多久的便条。故选A。

19. 考查名词。A. life生命；B. main主要部分；C. memory记忆；D. reminder提醒。这里是指浴室的玻璃上成了贴纸条的提醒墙。下文60空the idea of sharing reminders也有这个词，故选D。

20. 考查动词。A. learned学习；B. appreciated欣赏；C. shared分享；D. thanked感谢。我们都很欣赏这种分享提示的方法。appreciated欣赏，后面接sth，thank后面接sb，故选B。

考点：考查家庭生活类短文阅读。

【名师点睛】

完形填空题的命题特点及答题方法：

1.侧重基础知识，考查学生语言知识的能力

完形填空以文入手，结合文章的内容考查学生的基础知识，主要是词语搭配、固定句型、近义词辨析、辨析句子结构、掌握语法规则的能力，其中考查实词居多。

2.上下文对照，考查学生捕捉关键词的能力

解完形填空题时，单独看一句话是找不到正确答案的，需要注意句子间的关系及句子与段落的关系。所谓上下对照，即在上文和下文中找到与正确答案相同的关键词。因此，在做题时要边读边在大脑中储存上下文信息的能力，捕捉关键词。第59小题考查名词。A. life生命；B. main主要部分；C. memory记忆；D. reminder提醒。这里是指浴室的玻璃上成了贴纸条的提醒墙。下文60空后面the idea of sharing reminders也有这个词，故选D。

3.设置语境，考查学生的分析推理能力

旨在考查学生在选项都符合语法及句子结构的情况下能否利用前后语境去推断出正确答案。如第42小题考查形容词。A. side一边的；B. deaf 聋的；C. neither两者都不的；D. either两者之中任一的。此处指对于我的抱怨和喊叫，孩子们就像聋子一样充耳不闻，毫不理会。根据语境选B. 55小题考查固定短语。A. go with 和…一起去；B. look up查找；C. go over复习；D. look into调查。此处指晚饭前能完成作业并且复习功课，晚上就一起看电视。根据语境选C.

4.结合生活，考查学生利用常识题的能力

目的考查学生的生活常识，看看学生是否善于观察生活，积累生活常识，能否利用常识去做恰当的选择。如第45小题考查动词。A. clearing清除；B. tidying整理；C. emptying倒空；D. searching搜寻。此处指孩子们上学后我花时间给他们整理房间，根据常识选B.

5.关注连词，考查学生对行文逻辑、句子关联的理解能力

此项用来考查学生在缺少连词的情况想，通过阅读能否理解句子的与句子的关系，是否了解行文逻辑的要求，能否掌握表示因果、转折、并列、条件、让步等的连词的用法。