Question

【題目】When I was about six years old, my brother David and I visited our aunt, Mary. We stayed in her house for a night. David was only 4 years old, and was still____of the dark., so Mary left the hall light on when we slept.

However, David____the grey moths(蛾) flying around the hall light. He asked Mary to make the moths go away. When she asked____, she simply said, “Because they are ugly and scary, I don’t like them.” Mary laughed and said, “Being ugly outside doesn’t____not being beautiful inside. In fact, moths are one of the most beautiful animals in the animal world.

“Once, the angels (天使) were____They were sad because it was raining heavily. The____little moths hated to see others so sad. They decided to make a rainbow(彩虹) to cheer up the angels. They thought if the butterflies(蝴蝶)____, they could make a beautiful rainbow together.

“Then one of the moths went to ask the butterflies for help. But the butterflies didn’t want to____any of their colors, so the moths decided to make a rainbow themselves. They beat their wings very hard and the colors on them made a rainbow. They kept giving a little more and a little more____the rainbow went across the sky. They had given away all their colors except grey, which didn’t match the beautiful rainbow.

“Then the once-colorful moths became____The angles saw the rainbow and smiled…” My brother went to sleep with that story and hasn’t feared months since then.

【1】A. afraid B. sure C. proud D. happy

【2】A. liked B. hated C. let D. killed

【3】A. how B. what C. when D. why

【4】A. mean B. make C. know D. hope

【5】A. laughing B. playing C. crying D. talking

【6】A. kind B. angry C. ugly D. sad

【7】A. refused B. advised C. helped D. left

【8】A. give up B. pick up C. turn up D. look up

【9】A. unless B. until C. after D. since

【10】A. red B. yellow C. green D. grey

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】A

【5】C

【6】A

【7】C

【8】A

【9】B

【10】D

【解析】

試題本文是作者的姑媽講了一個飛蛾的故事。作者和四歲的弟弟去姑媽，瑪麗家住了一晚。晚上，因?yàn)榇笮l(wèi)害怕黑夜，瑪麗必須開著燈。但是他因?yàn)橛X得飛蛾難看，而害怕他們圍繞著燈。于是他的姑媽，給他講飛蛾為了讓天使高興決定組成一個彩虹讓他們高興。但是他們?nèi)鄙倩疑�，于是曾�?jīng)的彩色飛蛾變成了灰色。大衛(wèi)聽著姑媽講的故事睡著了。

【1】考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. afraid 害怕的； B. sure 確信的； C. proud 驕傲的； D. happy高興的。句意：大衛(wèi)只有四歲，仍然害怕黑暗。根據(jù)so Mary left the hall light on when we slept.可知一直開著燈，大衛(wèi)才能睡著，可知他怕黑。故選A。

【2】考查動詞及語境的理解。A. liked喜歡； B. hated 憎恨，討厭； C. let 讓； D. killed殺。句意：然而，大衛(wèi)有討厭灰蛾在大廳的燈周圍飛。根據(jù)Because they are ugly and scary, I don’t like them.可知他不喜歡飛蛾，故選B。

【3】考查代詞及語境的理解。A. how 如何；B. what 什么；C. when 何時；D. why為什么；句意：當(dāng)她問：“為什么？”他只是說：“譯為他們難看、嚇人，所以不喜歡他們。”根據(jù)Because they are ugly and scary,可知此處是在問為什么不喜歡飛蛾，故選D。

【4】考查動詞及語境的理解。 A. mean 意味著； B. make 制造； C. know 知道；D. hope希望。句意：瑪麗笑著說：“外表難看，不意味著里面不美麗。”根據(jù)短語mean doing sth.意味著做某事，故選A。

【5】考查動詞及語境的理解。A. laughing笑； B. playing玩； C. crying哭； D. talking談話；句意：以前，天使們總是哭。根據(jù)They were sad可知天使們傷心、難過，故此處指他們在哭。 故選C。

【6】考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. kind 和藹的；B. angry生氣的； C. ugly 丑陋的； D. sad悲傷的。句意：善良的飛蛾們不不喜歡看到其他人傷心。根據(jù)They decided to make a rainbow(彩虹) to cheer up the angels. 可孩子飛蛾們?yōu)榱俗屘焓箓兏吲d起來，決定做一個彩虹，說明他們是善良的 .故選A。

【7】考查動詞及語境的理解。A. refused拒絕；B. advised 建議；C. helped 幫助；D. left離開。句意：他們認(rèn)為如果蝴蝶幫忙，他們能一起做出漂亮的彩虹。根據(jù)Then one of the moths went to ask the butterflies for help可知飛蛾去向蝴蝶求助，因此此處指的是幫助。故選C。

【8】考查動詞短語及語境的理解。A. give up 放棄，割舍； B. pick up 撿起來；C. turn up 開大點(diǎn)； D. look up抬頭看。句意：但是蝴蝶不想放棄他們的任何一種顏色。根據(jù)so the moths decided to make a rainbow themselves.可知飛蛾自己制作彩虹，說明蝴蝶沒有幫忙，他們不想放棄他們的顏色，故選A。

【9】考查連詞及語境的理解。A. unless 除非； B. until 直到； C. after 在……在之后；D. since自從。句意：他們堅(jiān)持一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)的努力，直到彩虹鋪滿整個天空。根據(jù)kept giving可知他們一直在努力，知道彩虹鋪滿天空才停下來。故選B。

【10】考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. red 紅色的； B. yellow 黃色的； C. green 綠色的； D. grey灰色的。句意：一些曾經(jīng)彩色的飛蛾變成了灰色。根據(jù)They had given away all their colors except grey, which didn’t match the beautiful rainbow.可知就差灰色，他們就能制成彩虹了。故此處指的是灰色。故選D。