Question

Terry was a middle-aged businessman. He was _____ in his business and often complained that he had been fooled by others. One day he told his wife he was  _____  disappointed with the city that he had to _____.

So his family moved to another city. It was Saturday ____. When Terry and his wife were busily putting their things in their new home, the lights suddenly _____ and they were forced to stop work. Terry was sorry to have_____ to bring along some candles. Just then he heard light ____on his door.

   “Who is it?” he wondered. Terry knew ______ else in the new city, and this was the moment he especially hated to be _____ He opened the door unwillingly. At the door was a little ____, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have _____? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Terry angrily. He shut the door ____.

    After a while the door was knocked again. He opened it and ____ the same little girl outside. But this time she was ____ two candles giving off red light. She said, “My grandma told me the____ neighbor downstairs might need candles. She sent me here to _____you these.”

    At that moment Terry suddenly realized what ____ his failure in life. It was his ignorance and ____ to other people. The person who had fooled him in life was actually nobody else ____ himself, for his eyes had been covered by his ____ mind.

1.A. experienced    B. unsuccessful    C. interested    D. lucky

2.A. very    B. so    C. such    D. rather

3.A. leave    B. travel    C. stay    D. choose

4.A. morning    B. afternoon    C. noon    D. evening

5.A. went down    B. went out    C. went by    D. went on

6.A. wanted    B. decided    C. forgotten    D. remembered

7.A. knocks    B. calls    C. strikes    D. sounds

8.A. everybody    B. anybody    C. somebody    D. nobody

9.A. troubled    B. followed    C. liked    D. learned

10.A. boy    B. girl    C. postman    D. shopper

11.A. candies    B. toys    C. lights    D. candles

12.A. easily    B. worriedly    C. happily    D. heavily

13.A. found    B. met    C. touched    D. knew

14.A. bringing    B. seeing    C. holding    D. drawing

15.A. poor    B. kind    C. new    D. young

16.A. buy    B. give    C. borrow    D. sell

17.A. made    B. caused    C. developed    D. stopped

18.A. laziness    B. sadness    C. unkindness    D. unhappiness

19.A. besides    B. except    C. but    D. than

20.A. open    B. right    C. warm    D. cold

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.C

16.B

17.B

18.C

19.C

20.D

【解析】本文为记叙文。文章描述了事业上不成功的Terry认为自己总是被人愚弄，他对曾经生活的城市也是失望之极，以至于后来搬到了另一个城市生活。一个周六的晚上，在Terry和妻子收拾东西的时候，突然停电了，他们又没有预备蜡烛。就在这时，有个小女孩敲门，问Terry有没有蜡烛，Terry很不耐烦的回答了小女孩，就重重地把门关上了。结果，一会儿小女孩又来了，这次她给Terry带来了两只燃烧着的蜡烛。通过这件事情，Terry意识到造成自己失败的不是别人，而是自己。

1.考查形容词辨析。A. experienced有经验的；B. unsuccessful不成功的；C. interested感兴趣的；D. lucky幸运的。根据下文的“他经常抱怨，他被其他人愚弄”及“他告诉妻子对这个城市很失望”可知，此处应指“他在事业上不成功”。故选B。

2.考查副词辨析。A. very非常；B. so如此；C. such如此；D. rather相当地。分析句子结构可知，此处为so + adj. + that句型“如此……以至于……”。故选B。

3.考查动词辨析。A. leave离开；B. travel旅行；C. stay待在；D. choose选择。根据下文的So his family moved to another city.可知，他对这个城市如此失望，以至于他不得不离开（这所城市）。故选A。

4.考查名词辨析。A. morning早上；B. afternoon下午；C. noon中午；D. evening晚上。根据下文的Terry was sorry to have___6___ to bring along some candles（蜡烛）.可知，此处应指“星期六的晚上”。故选D。

5.考查动词词组辨析。A. went down下去；B. went out出去，熄灭；C. went by经过；D. went on继续。根据下文they were forced to stop work. Terry was sorry to have___6___ to bring along some candles.可知，此处指“灯突然熄灭了”故选B。

6.考查动词辨析。A. wanted想要；B. decided决定；C. forgotten忘记；D. remembered记得。根据下文邻居小女孩问他有没有蜡烛时，他的回答可知，此处指Terry忘记带一些蜡烛来。故选C。

7.考查名词辨析。A. knocks敲门声；B. calls呼声；C. strikes撞击声；D. sounds声响。句意：就在那时，他听到了轻轻的敲门声。故选A。

8.考查代词辨析。A. everybody 每个人；B. anybody任何人；C. somebody某个人；D. nobody没有人。句意：Terry在这个城市里不认识任何人。故选D。

9.考查动词辨析。A. troubled麻烦；B. followed跟踪；C. liked喜欢；D. learned学习。根据下文“他不情愿地开门”可知，此处指“这是他特别讨厌被打扰的时刻”。故选A。

10.考查名词辨析。 A. boy男孩；B. girl女孩；C. postman邮递员；D. shopper顾客。根据下文的He opened it and ___13___ the same little girl outside.可知，此处应指“一个小女孩站在门口”。

11.考查名词辨析。A. candies糖果；B. toys玩具；C. lights灯；D. candles蜡烛。根据语境可知，此处指小女孩来借蜡烛。故选D。

12.考查副词辨析。A. easily轻松地；B. worriedly担忧地；C. happily快乐地；D. heavily重重地。根据上文“No,” answered Terry angrily.可知，此处指“他重重地把门关上了”。故选D。

13.考查动词辨析。A. found发现；B. met遇见；C. touched接触；D. knew知道。句意：他打开门，发现还是那个小女孩。故选A。

14.考查动词辨析。A. bringing带来；B. seeing看见；C. holding握着；D. drawing拉，画画。句意：但是，这次她正握着两只散发着红光的蜡烛。故选C。

15.考查形容词辨析。A. poor穷的；B. kind善良的；C. new新的；D. young年轻的。句意：我奶奶告诉我，楼下新邻居也许需要蜡烛。故选C。

16.考查动词辨析。A. buy买；B. give给；C. borrow（从某处）借；D. sell卖。句意：她让我来这里给你们这些（蜡烛）。故选B。

17.考查动词辨析。A. made制作；B. caused导致；C. developed发展；D. stopped阻止。句意：就在那时，Terry突然意识到什么导致了他生活的失败。故选B。

18.考查名词辨析。A. laziness懒惰；B. sadness悲伤；C. unkindness不和善；D. unhappiness不幸福。根据语境可知，此处指“那正是他对别人的忽视和不和善”。故选C。

19.考查介词辨析。A. besides除此之外（还有）；B. except除了；C. but除（某人）以外；D. than比。but放于nobody之后使用，表“除（某人）以外再没其他人”句意：生活中愚弄他的那个人，实际上不是别人，而是他自己。故选C。

20.考查形容词辨析。A. open开放的；B. right正确的；C. warm温暖的；D. cold冷酷的。句意：因为他的眼睛被他冷酷的思想遮盖住了。故选D。

【名师点睛】

完形填空是测试考生英语水平的最重要的题型之一，也是得分率较低的题型之一。完形填空着重考查对文章的整体理解和词汇意义，包括惯用法。多数题要求考生以语篇为线索，对文章进行通篇理解，正确把握上下文语境的逻辑关系。在解题的时候，我们一定要根据前后词语的相互关系，联系上下文，有时要结合常识，才能确定正确的选项。如第1小题，需要结合下文对Terry对他人的评价及对城市的失望可知，他是不成功的（unsuccessful）；第3小题，根据下文的So his family moved to another city.可知，他对这个城市如此失望，以至于他不得不离开（leave）；第4小题，根据下文的bring along some candles（蜡烛）可知，此处应指“晚上（evening）”；第6小题，根据下文邻居小女孩问他有没有蜡烛时，他的回答可知，此处指Terry忘记（forgotten）带一些蜡烛来；通过做题我们会发现，完形填空中的绝大多数选项是需要结合上下文的，所以同学们一定要注意这一点。