Question

At a certain point in our lives we realize we may be making life harder than it has to be. Perhaps we feel there is not enough time,________，love, or creativity available to change our situation. We seem to have lost our________ to turn our dreams into reality. The following ___________may give us some hints（暗示） about future.

A boy wants a drum，but his mother can’t ________ one，and sadly, she gives him a stick. Though he doesn’t know what to do with it, he begins to play with the stick. He then comes across an old woman ________ to light her stove. The boy gives her the stick and she ________ her stove, makes some bread, and ________ she gives him half a loaf.

Walking on, the boy comes upon a potter’s（制陶工人） wife whose child is crying because of ________. The boy gives her the bread. In gratitude，she gives him a pot. Though he doesn’t know what to do with it, he ________ it along the river, where he sees a man and his wife ________ because the wife broke one pot. The boy gives them the pot. In return, they present him ________ a coat.

Since the boy isn’t cold，he carries the coat ________ he comes to a bridge, where a man is shivering. The man was attacked and robbed of everything ________ his horse. The boy gives him the coat. And the man gives him his horse.

Not knowing how to ride, the boy ________ the horse into town, where he sees a wedding party with musicians. The bridegroom and his family are all sitting under a tree with long ________. According to custom, the bridegroom is ________ to enter the wedding procession on a horse, which hasn’t shown, so the boy gives him the ________.

_____, the bridegroom asks what he can do for the boy. Seeing the drummer ________by all his drums, the boy asks for the smallest drum, which the musician ________ gives him.

1.A. money    B. work    C. energy    D. experience

2.A. nature    B. desire    C. standard    D. ability

3.A. topic    B. story    C. idea    D. activity

4.A. cost    B. expect    C. afford    D. provide

5.A. trying    B. managing    C. performing    D. preferring

6.A. makes    B. uses    C. burns    D. lights

7.A. in person    B. in return    C. in future    D. in addition

8.A. hunger    B. cold    C. disease    D. thirst

9.A. makes    B. wears    C. carries    D. creates

10.A. dancing    B. laughing    C. working    D. quarrelling

11.A. for    B. with    C. to    D. over

12.A. until    B. unless    C. because    D. whether

13.A. with    B. but    C. and    D. besides

14.A. sends    B. controls    C. frightens    D. walks

15.A. necks    B. arms    C. faces    D. legs

16.A. supposed    B. reported    C. meant    D. allowed

17.A. pot    B. coat    C. stick    D. horse

18.A. Annoyed    B. Relieved    C. Ashamed    D. Encouraged

19.A. introduced    B. attracted    C. surrounded    D. impressed

20.A. worriedly    B. silently    C. gladly    D. luckily

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇故事类的文章。在人生的某个时刻，我们会意识到我们可能在把生活弄的更艰难。我们有时候感觉没有足够的时间、金钱爱心或者创造力来改变我们的现状，我们似乎失去了把梦想变为现实的能力。作者讲述了一个小男孩一步一步通过给予实现梦想的故事，以此给了我们一些启示。

1.考查名词辨析。money金钱；work作品；energy能量；experience经验。习惯上把time和money并列使用，来表示不可或缺的东西。而且下文小男孩的故事也是从没有money买鼓展开的，所以money符合题意，故选A。

2.考查名词辨析。nature自然；desire欲望；standard标准；ability能力。句意：我们似乎失去了把梦想变为现实的能力。lost one’s ability to do sth丧失能力做某事，为固定用法，故选D。

3.考查名词辨析。topic主题；story故事；idea主意；activity活动。根据后面文章的内容可知作者此处讲了一个故事（story），故选B。

4.考查动词辨析。cost花费；expect期望；afford买得起；provide提供。根据下半句﹍and sadly, she gives him a stick.可知小男孩的母亲买不起（afford）鼓，给了他一根棍，故选C。

5.考查动词辨析。try尝试；manage管理；perform表演；prefer更喜欢。此处指的是老太太尝试（try）着点燃炉子，故选A。

6.考查动词辨析。make制作；use使用；burn燃烧；light点燃。此处对应上文﹍to light her stove.中的light，故选D。

7.考查固定搭配。in person亲自；in return作为回报；in future今后；in addition此外。小男孩给了老人一根棍子，老人用其点燃了炉子，然后做了面包，作为对小男孩的回报，老妇人给了他半条面包，in return（作为回报），符合语境，故选B。

8.考查名词辨析。hunger饥饿；cold寒冷；disease疾病；thirst口渴。从下一句The boy gives her the bread.可知孩子哭的原因是因为饥饿（hungry），故选A。

9.考查动词辨析。make制造；wear穿；carry携带，拿着；create创造。小男孩尽管不知道怎么处理陶罐，但是他依然拿着（carry）陶罐沿着河走。其他三项不符合语境，故选C。

10.考查动词辨析。dance跳舞；laugh笑；work工作；quarrel吵架。因为把陶罐打碎了，所以这对夫妇在吵架（quarrel），故选D。

11.考查介词辨析。作为回报，他们赠给小男孩一个外套。present sb with sth,赠给某人某个东西，为固定搭配，故选B。

12.考查连词辨析。until直到﹍才；unless除非；because因为；whether是否。小男孩没有穿那对夫妇给的外套，他拿着外套直到来到一座桥上。该空表示时间，所以until符合语境，故选A。

13.考查介词和连词辨析。with随着；but除﹍之外；and和；besides此外。从下文And the man gives him his horse.可知马没有被抢走，故选除﹍之外（but）,故选B。

14.考查动词辨析。send发送；control控制；frighten使惊吓；walk走。小男孩不知道怎么骑马，和马一块走着（walk）来到城镇，walk最符合语境，其他选项不符合语境，故选D。

15.考查名词辨析。neck脖子；arm胳膊；face脸；leg腿。with a long face，是“拉着长脸（不高兴的意思）”，此处新郎及家人都不高兴，故选C。

16.考查动词辨析。suppose假设；report报道；mean意味着；allow允许。be supposed to do sth，应该做某事，为固定搭配，此处指的是根据习俗，新郎应该在婚礼队伍中骑着马。故选A。

17.考查名词辨析。pot陶罐；coat外套；stick棍子；horse马。从上文﹍enter the wedding procession on a horse,可知小男孩给新郎的是那匹马，故选D。

18.考查形容词辨析。annoyed恼怒的；relieved放心的；ashamed羞耻的；encouraged受到鼓舞的。根据语境可知新郎得到了急需的马，心情应该是放心的，故选B。

19.考查动词辨析。introduce介绍；attract吸引；surround围绕；impress给予某人深刻印象。根据常识可知，鼓手在打鼓的时候，鼓手被鼓包围着(surround)，故选C。

20.考查副词辨析。worriedly担忧地；silently安静地；gladly高兴地；luckily幸运地。小男孩要了最小的鼓，乐手很高兴地（gladly）送给了他。故选C。