Question

While my father was an officer of the British army in South Africa, we lived in a two-storeyed house. One evening my father and sister and I were sitting together. He was ______ the window. I suddenly ______ that he was turning very pale. I sat ______, for I didn’t want to ______ my sick sister. Soon father said in a ______ voice, “Kate and Joan, a friend of mine ______ here to see me this evening, and I wish to be ______ him. Will you go up to your own room?” We obeyed, went to our room and closed the door.

Soon I heard a ______ like that of a door burst in, and then a climb of feet. They were hurrying ______ the narrow stairs. Fearing that there was ______ near, I seized the pistol (手枪) on the table. Then I heard my father cry out, “For God’s sake, child, ______ the door.” I did so. To my scare, I saw, ______ my father’s shoulder; a gorilla (大猩猩), the worst enemy of the soldier in Europe, he was ______ my father. I raised the pistol and fired. The animal fell backwards with an/a ______ loud cry. Father took the still ______ pistol from my hand, and fired another shot, which killed the gorilla.

It happened when father ______ us upstairs because he thought he would be able to ______ the door—which was twenty feet away______ the animal reached it. However, the gorilla was too ______; and this was the cause of the ______ flight (=escape) up the stairs.

1.A. towards    B. opposite    C. inside    D. behind

2.A. knew    B. learned    C. felt    D. noticed

3.A. still    B. concentrated    C. fascinated    D. unhappily

4.A. hurt    B. frighten    C. lose    D. bother

5.A. loud    B. sad    C. calm    D. pleasant

6.A. was    B. comes    C. would be    D. is coming

7.A. friendly to    B. alone with    C. dependent on    D. careful with

8.A. sound    B. cry    C. voice    D. shout

9.A. to    B. down    C. via    D. up

10.A. some difficulty    B. a thief    C. some danger    D. an accident

11.A. open    B. close    C. pull    D. draw

12.A. on    B. above    C. over    D. from

13.A. aiming at    B. marching towards    C. shooting at    D. running into

14.A. exciting    B. exhausting    C. angry    D. natural

15.A. sounding    B. burning    C. frightening    D. smoking

16.A. had taken    B. had sent    C. had driven    D. had forced

17.A. push    B. lock    C. guard    D. defend

18.A. unless    B. when    C. before    D. though

19.A. quick    B. huge    C. heavy    D. disappointing

20.A. anxious    B. embarrassed    C. fearless    D. hurried

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】本文主要讲了“我”父亲是英军的一位军官，“我”与妹妹随父亲一起在部队里。有一天傍晚，一只大猩猩来袭击我家，当时父亲为了不让“我”和妹妹不受惊吓，借故要我们上楼。之后，他因未来得及关上门而让大猩猩闯入了我家。再后，父亲上楼，大猩猩后面追，我闻知拿枪开门，并开枪打伤了大猩猩。最后父亲接过枪，开枪将大猩猩击毙。

1.B考查介词。正由于父亲坐在窗子对面(opposite the window)，所以才能通过窗子看见外面的大猩猩。towards 朝， opposite 在……的对面， inside 在……之内， behind落后于。

2.D考查动词。我注意到他的脸色变得非常苍白。knew 知道， learned 学会， felt 感觉，noticed注意到。

3.A考查形容词。由for I didn’t want to ___4___ my sick sister. 可知我坐着没动。still 不动的，concentrated 集中的， fascinated 着迷的，unhappily不幸地。

4.B考查动词。因为我不想吓到我生病的妹妹。hurt 伤害， frighten 惊吓， lose 失去，bother打扰。

5.C考查形容词。不久，父亲用平静的声音说。loud 大声的，sad 悲哀的， calm 平静的，pleasant令人愉快的。

6.D考查时态。一个朋友马上就要来看我。用现在进行时表将来，表示马上就要发生的事情。

7.B考查固定短语。由 Will you go up to your own room?” We obeyed, went to our room and closed the door. 可知我想单独和他在一起。alone with单独与……一起。

8.A考查名词。然后我听到了好像是突然闯进门的声音。sound 声音，cry 叫喊， voice 嗓音， shout大叫。

9.D 考查固定短语。他们快速的在楼梯上跑。hurry up赶快，是固定短语。

10.C考查名词。由 I seized the pistol (手枪) on the table. 可知我害怕一些危险来临。some difficulty 一些困难， a thief 一个小偷， some danger一些危险， an accident一次事故。

11.A考查动词。由I did so. To my scare, I saw, ___12___ my father’s shoulder; a gorilla (大猩猩), the worst enemy of the soldier in Europe, he was ___13___ my father. 可知我的父亲让我打开门。open 打开， close 关闭， pull 拉，draw画。

12.C考查语境理解。当时的情景是：父亲在楼梯上，“我”从上往下看，通过父亲的肩膀，看到其后的是一只大猩猩。这里用 over 表示“我”与父亲有一段距离；若用 from，它表示的是“我”从父亲的肩膀那儿往下看(即“我”和父亲在一起，不合语境)。

13.B考查固定短语。它正在追赶着我父亲。aiming at 瞄准， marching towards 朝……追赶， shooting at 向……射击， running into撞到。

14.C考查形容词。这个动物带着愤怒的吼叫声向后倒去。exciting 令人兴奋的， exhausting 精疲力竭的， angry 愤怒的， natural自然的。

15.D考查形容词。父亲从我手里接过了仍然在冒着烟的手枪。sounding 发出声音的，burning 燃烧的， frightening 令人恐惧的， smoking冒着烟的。

16.B考查动词。当父亲把我们送到楼上时，它发生了。had taken 带， had sent 送， had driven 驾驶， had forced强迫。

17.B考查动词。因为他认为他能锁住门。push 推， lock 锁上， guard 保卫，defend防守。

18.C考查连词。在这个动物到达之前，有20英尺的距离。unless 除非， when 当……时， before 在……之前，though尽管。

19.A 考查形容词。由and this was the cause of the ___20___ flight (=escape) up the stairs. 可知这只动物太快了。quick 迅速的， huge 巨大的， heavy 沉重的，disappointing令人失望的。

20.D考查形容词。这造成了匆忙的上楼。anxious 焦虑的， embarrassed 尴尬的，fearless 大胆的， hurried匆忙的。

名师点睛：完形填空题的设置，经常会考查学生捕捉关键词的能力。解答完型填空题时，有时候单独看一句话是找不到正确答案的，需要阅读下句或者若干句才能明白。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。比如小题7，一开始并不能选出正确答案，只有继续往下阅读，在下文内容Will you go up to your own room?” We obeyed, went to our room and closed the door. 寻找到线索。