Question

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, red apple on the tree near a house. The boy didn’t like eating __35__ very much. He preferred a piece of chocolate if he was given the choice, but this time, seeing the nice apple, the boy wanted it very much. The more he looked at the apple, the __36__ he felt and the more he wanted it.

   He stood on tiptoe (脚尖), stretching (伸展) as high as he could, but he was still unable to touch it. He began to __37__ up and down, as high as he could, at the top of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of __38__.

   Not giving up, he thought, if he had something to __39__ on, he could reach it. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to __40__ the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil case, and Gameboy. Looking __41__, he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or, with luck, even a ladder, but he found nothing that he could __42__. 

    He had tried everything he could think to do. Without seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk away. At first he felt angry and disappointed (失望的) thinking about how hungry he had become from his __43__, and how he really wanted that apple. The more he thought like this, the more unhappy he became.

However, the boy of our story was a __44__ one, even if he couldn’t always get what he wanted. He started to say to himself, “This isn’t helpful. I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling unhappy as well. There’s __45__ more I can do to get the apple. That is unchangeable. But we should try to __46__ our feelings. If that’s the case (情况), what can I do to feel better?”

1.A. fruits         B. meat             C. vegetables       D. rice

2.A. sadder         B. angrier          C. hungrier         D. happier

3.A. jump           B. look             C. walk             D. climb

4.A. hope           B. hand             C. sight            D. reach

5.A. put                B. stand            C. work             D. hold

6.A. break          B. shake            C. use              D. change

7.A. down           B. up               C. around           D. out

8.A. move           B. take             C. hold             D. use

9.A. wishes         B. ideas            C. efforts          D. troubles

10.A. smart         B. kind             C. brave            D. careful

11.A. something     B. anything         C. everything       D. nothing

12.A. change            B. express          C. forget           D. describe

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.A

【解析】

1.根据文章内容  A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, red apple on the tree near a house.可知答案为A。

2.根据文章内容the boy wanted it very much.同时符合结构为：the+比较级+···，the+另一个比较级，可知答案为C

3.根据文章内容He stood on tiptoe (脚尖), stretching (伸展) as high as he could, but he was still unable to touch it.可知答案为A，表示上下跳的意思。

4.根据上文的内容，可知答案为D，表示能够得着的意思。

5.根据上文的内容，说是自己够不着的意思，因此需要东西去站在上面，故选答案为B

6.根据后文的内容，可知答案为A，表示作者不想破坏的意思，故选答案为A

7.根据上文的内容，可知作者在寻找能够站的东西，故需要环顾四周，故选答案为C。

8.根据上文的内容，可知答案为D，表示没有可使用的东西，故选答案为D

9.根据上文的内容可知答案为C，表示从失望坏的影响中，故选答案为C

10.根据上下文的内容，可知答案为A，表示聪明的意思，符合题意。

11.根据上文的内容，可知答案为nothing，表示自己没有什么可以做的，故选答案为D

12.根据上文的内容That is unchangeable.可知答案为A，表示虽然够不着，这是改变不了的，故选答案为A