Question

A poor girl was selling flowers in the street  21  Christmas Eve. Her parents were ill, so she  22  get money for food. It was very cold. The girl felt cold and hungry. She stopped  23  a beautiful house. The girl knocked  24   the door and a man came out. She asked  25  he needed some flowers. The man said he didn't want  26  . She left the house and felt tired. She sat down at the  27  of a tall wall. She looked  28  the flowers. 'Ihe flowers  29  very nice. She suddenly had an unusual feeling. She felt she became light,   30  slowly she began to fly into the sky. She  31  higher and higher and at last she found herself on the clouds. A group of people were coming to meet her. At the head of them  32  her granny. She welcomed her and asked her why she didn't  33  .The girl told her that she had to  34  to get money became her parents were badly ill. Granny told her  35  and gave her lots of beautiful clothes and delicious food. The girl laughed  36  .

It snowed  37  that night. The girl died  38  a smile on her face.   39  , people in the beautiful house began to sing Christmas songs and   40  .

1.A.  in            B. on              C. at               D.（不填）

2.A. could           B. had better        C. would like        D. had to

3.A. in front of       B. in the front of     C. behind           D. beside

4.A. at              B. to              C. in               D. for

5.A. what            B. why            C. if               D. when

6.A. some           B. any             C.  nothing         D. something

7.A. head           B. foot             C. top               D. middle

8.A. for            B. up               C. (不填)            D. at

9.A. feels           B. felt              C. smelt             D. smells

10.A. and            B. but              C. so               D. or

11.A. went           B. got              C. looked            D. flew

12.A. has            B. was              C. had              D. were

13.A. get money       B. go out           C. come to see her     D. stay at home

14.A. fly into the sky   B. come here        C. sell flowers        D. help others

15.A. didn't worry     B. not to worry       C. to not worry       D. to worry not

16.A. happy          B. happier           C. happiest          D. happily

17.A. heavily         B. heavy            C. largely           D. strongly

18.A. had            B. has              C. with             D. without

19.A. By the way      B. At the same time    C. except the girl     D. By way

20.A. looked after the girl B. talked about the girl    C. enjoyed themselves  D. watched themselves

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.D

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.A

18.C

19.B

20.C

【解析】短文大意：

本文是一篇童话，讲述的内容是一个小女孩由于父母病得很严重，她不得不在圣诞节前夕到大街上卖鲜花，她又冷又饿，感到很累，坐在墙脚下冻死了，小女孩死前是那样的向往美好生活，但她只能在梦境中得到她想要的东西，美丽的幻景与冷酷的现实形成鲜明的对比，深刻揭露了当时社会的黑暗，表达了作者对小女孩的深切同情。

1.表示在具体的某一天或某个特定的上午、下午或晚上时，要用介词on，，故选B。

2.could“能；可以”；had better“最好”；would like“愿意”；had to“不得不”，由前句“Her parents were ill”可推知，应是“她不得不挣钱买食物”，故选D。

3.in front of“在……（外部）的前面”；in the front of“在……（内部）的前面”；behind“在……后面”；beside“在……旁边”，根据后句可知，应是“她在一所漂亮的房子的前面停下来”，故选A。

4.根据后面的and a man came out可知应用knock at“敲门”，故选A。

5.根据文章内容可知此处应是“她问他是否想买一些花儿”，应用if来引导宾语从句，故选C。

6.some和something用于肯定句，any用于否定句，nothing本身就表示否定意义，故选B。

7.at the foot of a tall wall意为“在高墙根儿”，故选B。

8.look at表示“看……”，是固定搭配，故选D。

9.smell意为“闻起来”，常用作系动词，此处应用过去式smelt，故选C。

10.由前面的“She suddenly had an unusual feeling. She felt she became light”可知此处表示顺承关系，故选A。

11.由前面的“She felt she became light, and slowly she began to fly into the sky.”可知此处应用fly的过去式flew，故选D。

12.主语her granny 是第三人称单数，谓语动词应用is的过去式was，故选B。

13.由后面的“people in the beautiful house began to sing Christmas songs……”可知此处应是问她“为什么不呆在家里”，故选D。

14.由文章的第一句“A poor girl was selling flowers in the street”可知应是不得不“卖花”挣钱，故选C。

15.由后面的“and gave her lots of beautiful clothes and delicious food.”可知应是告诉她“不要担心”，tell sb. not to do sth.“告诉某人不要干某事”,故选B。

16.laughed是动词，应用副词来修饰，根据文章内容，故选D。

17.形容雪下得大，应用副词heavily，故选A。

18.介词with用来表示伴随情况，without意为“没有”，与文章内容不符，故选C。

19.用at the same time与小女孩的遭遇形成强烈的对比，故选B。

20.由前面的“began to sing Christmas songs”可知此处应用enjoyed themselves，故选C。