Question

One night, a little swallow flew over the city. He was very  16  and wanted to have a good sleep in the city. When he saw the Statue of the Happy Prince (王子), he flew down and got ready to sleep   17  the feet of the Happy Prince.

Just as he was putting his head under his wing, some  18  fell on him. He thought it was raining. But when he looked  19 , he found the sky was  20  clear and bright that he could see lots of stars. Suddenly, he saw some tears were running down the Prince’s golden  21 .

“ 22  are you crying?” asked the swallow.

“In a little street, there’s a poor house. From one of the windows, I see a woman  23  at a table. She’s sewing clothes for  24  women to wear. In a bed in the corner of the room, her little boy is sick. He’s asking for oranges, but his mother has only water to give him, so he is crying. The boy is so thirsty  25  the mother is so sad. Little swallow, will you please take her the  26  from the top of my sword (宝剑)？”

“It is very cold here and I am leaving for a warm place, but I will stay with you and do as you ask.”

The swallow took the bright red jewel from the Prince’s sword and flew away with it in his mouth. He flew into the woman’s room and  27  it beside the woman’s needle.

 28  he flew back, he told the Prince what he had done. “It ‘s strange,” he added, “It’s so cold but I feel quite  29  now.”

“That’s  30  you have done a good thing,” said the Prince. The little swallow began to think about this, and then he fell asleep.

1.A. hungry                 B. tired               C. angry              D. sad

2.A. among                 B. above             C. below             D. between

3.A. water                   B. snow              C. grass               D. milk

4.A. at                          B. down              C. up                   D. for

5.A. quite           B. so          C. such               D. very

6.A. ear                       B. feet                C. hair                 D. face

7.A. Where                 B. How                C. When             D. Why

8.A. sitting                   B. eating             C. drinking         D. cooking

9.A. poor           B. rich                 C. young             D. old

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

11.A. jewel                 B. orange           C. gold                D. diamond

12.A. forgot                B. took                C. got                  D. put

13.A. Before               B. After              C. Till                   D. While

14.A. cold          B. hot                  C. warm              D. cool

15.A. because            B. though           C. if                     D. whether

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.D

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.A

【解析】短文大意：本文讲述了一只小燕子助人为乐的故事。一天晚上,一个小燕子飞过这座城市时他感到很累，就想在快乐王子雕像的两只脚快之间睡一觉。突然,他看见一些泪水顺着王子的脸淌下来。小燕子弄清事情的来龙去脉，并帮快乐王子完成了他的心愿。

1.语境理解。根据下文have a good sleep 推知这儿填tired,故选B.

2.考查介词between的用法。脚一般指两只，在两者之间用between。

3.语境理解。根据下文He thought it was raining. 推知本题选A。

4.考查动词词组用法辨析。look up仰望, look at 看着......，look down 俯视，look for寻找，据题意选C。

5.考查so...that...的用法。根据从句的引导词that 可知这儿应该是so...that...结构，引导结果状语从句。故选B。

6.语境理解。眼泪应该是顺着脸淌下来。故选D。）

7.考查疑问副词的用法。根据上下文的意思可知，这儿问的应该是为什么。故选D。

8.语境理解。sit at a table 意为坐在桌旁，故选A。

9.语境理解。选项A.C.D 均不合题意，故选B。

10.考查并列连词的用法。The boy is so thirsty.和The mother is so sad. 之间是顺承的关系，故选C。

11.从句中sword 一词可知这儿应该选A。

12.考查动词的用法辨析。 put...beside...意为“把......放在......的旁边。故选D。

13.考查连词的用法辨析。由事情发生的先后顺序可知选B。

14.语境理解。 but连接两个意义相反的分句，前一个分句中用cold, 所以后一分句用warm。故选C。

15.考查That’s because...与That’s why...的用法区别。 That’s because...意为“那是因为......; That’s why... 意为“那是为什么......”。上文已知道结果，下文自然应交代原因。故选A。