Question

The house next door had been empty for so long that we had quite forgotten what it was to have neighbours. One day, _______, a great furniture lorry drew up near our front gate and in a short time, all kinds of furniture were _______ on the pavement. A small car arrived, out of which came seven people: a man, a woman and five children of_______ages. The children hurried out and began laughing _______as the whole family moved into the house. Windows were_______ open; furniture was put into_______; and little faces looked curiously at us over the fence and disappeared. It was our first _______to the Robinsons.

Though we became good _______with our new neighbours, we often had causes to be made angry by them. Our garden became an unsafe place: little boys_______as cowboys or Indians would jump up from behind bushes, ________ wooden guns at us and ________us to put our hands up. Sometimes our lives were ________; at others, we were killed with a ________"Bang! Bang!"Even more dangerous were the arrows（箭）that occasionally came sailing ________the garden fence. But we did not________go in fear of our lives. The Robinsons were friendly and helpful and when we left for the holidays, we knew we had nothing to fear________our neighbours were around. We understood what it was like to have________in the long, friendless, winter evenings________Mr.Robinson would________in for a cup of tea and chat; or when Mr Robinson would________over the fence and talk endlessly with Father about gardening problems.

1.A. but    B. therefore    C. however    D. strangely

2.A. unloaded    B. removed    C. loaded    D. destroyed

3.A. the same    B. various    C. young    D. middle

4.A. happily    B. sadly    C. astonishingly    D. terribly

5.A. broken    B. kicked    C. forced    D. pushed

6.A. place    B. room    C. order    D. use

7.A. management    B. introduction    C. interview    D. arrangement

8.A. enemies    B. strangers    C. friends    D. relatives

9.A. looked    B. pretended    C. dressed    D. worn

10.A. throw    B. put    C. fire    D. point

11.A. ask    B. order    C. make    D. lead

12.A. saved    B. wasted    C. devoted    D. spared

13.A. soft    B. sharp    C. funny    D. slow

14.A. on    B. through    C. over    D. across

15.A. always    B. every    C. sometimes    D. then

16.A. unless    B. though    C. so long as    D. even if

17.A. fun    B. cheers    C. discussions    D. company

18.A. while    B. when    C. as    D. since

19.A. drop    B. slip    C. jump    D. break

20.A. climb    B. fall    C. lean    D. lie

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.C

【解析】作者一家在久无邻居为伴之后，突然有一天来了新邻居，新邻居家有5个孩子。本文讲述作者一家与新邻居之间的友谊与烦恼。

1.考查副词。长时间没有邻居做伴之后，突然有一天隔壁门前拖来一大车家具。这里要表示转折之意，根据本句结构只能用副词however，however可以单独使用，but不行，therefore因此。故选C。

2.考查动词。unload卸车，指把家具从车上搬下来；remove搬走；load装卸。buy买。故选A。

3.考查形容词。5个孩子，年龄当然不同，of various ages指“不同年龄的”。选B。

4.考查副词。A. happily快乐地，高兴地；B. sadly悲哀地；C. astonishingly令人惊讶地；D. terribly非常；可怕地。搬到新家，孩子们自然是“高兴地”欢笑。选A。

5.考查动词。A、B和C均有“撞开”之意，刚搬来心情不错，没有必要做破坏性的事情，所以是推开窗子。选D。

6.考查名词。put into place此处指把家具摆放到合适的位置。room房间，前面已经提到搬进新家了，推开窗子了，故排除B项；order秩序，命令，与语境不符；put into use投入使用。故只能选A。

7.考查名词。management管理；introduction介绍；interview采访；arrangement安排。句意：我们第一次见面就是这样的。选B。

8.考查名词。enemies敌人；strangers陌生人；friends朋友；relatives亲戚。邻居之间自然是以“朋友”相处。故选C。

9.考查动词。looked看；pretended假装；dressed打扮；worn穿。dressed as意为“打扮成”，常用搭配。邻居的男孩子打扮成牛仔或印第安人。选C。

10.考查动词。throw抛；put放；fire解雇；point指向。装扮成牛仔或印第安人的男孩子们用木头枪“指着”我们。point at指向，故选D。

11.考查动词。ask问；order命令；make制造；lead引导。“命令”我们举起手来当俘虏。选B。

12.考查动词。有的时候他们会“饶”我们一命。save“救命”，这里并没有真正的危险；spare one’s life饶某人一命。故选D。

13.考查形容词。soft柔软的；sharp锋利的；funny有趣的；slow慢的。这里形容枪声“尖锐、刺耳”。选B。

14.考查介词。箭从篱笆上方飞过来。sailing形容玩具箭飞的速度并不快；over是从上方飞越。选C。

15.考查副词。但我们并不总是（always）有这样的烦恼(指孩子们的打闹嬉戏)，有时还有高兴的事。选A。

16.考查连词。unless除非；though尽管；so long as只要；even if即使。

句意：只要邻居在，我们就没有什么可担心的。故选C。

17.考查名词。fun有趣的；cheers喝彩；discussions讨论；company陪伴。have company有人做伴。故选D。

18.考查定语从句。when引导定语从句修饰evenings，在从句中作状语。选B。

19.考查动词搭配。drop in表示“过来拜访”。故选A。

20.考查动词。有时候两个父亲靠在篱笆上谈很久。lean over sth. 靠在……上面。故选C。

【名师点睛】作者一家在久无邻居为伴之后，突然有一天来了新邻居，新邻居家有5个孩子。本文讲述作者一家与新邻居之间的友谊与烦恼。本文主要是测试学生综合运用语言的能力，即从语篇的角度综合测试阅读理解能力、词汇的掌握和对英语习惯用语的熟悉程度、以及语法规则的灵活运用。考生做题时必须时刻从上下文考虑，不应该只看到所添的词在短语或句子内是否可行。因此，在做题时最好将全文通读一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。小题18比较难，这是一道语法考查题，这里含有一个定语从句，关系词winter evenings在从句中作时间状语，所以用关系副词when。