Question

Mrs Smith is thirty-eight. She has two ____. She looks very smart with fair and always tries to keep thin. She hopes ___ young and never eats ____ meat. She doesn’t want others to know how ____ she is.

Mrs Smith works in an office next to her home. It was raining heavily one morning. The head of ____ office went out to join a meeting. The woman had ____ to do. So she began to talk with Mr Zhang about her birthday party. Mr Zhang is an old man ____ glasses. He works in the same office.

‘My family bought me a fresh cake,’ said the woman. ‘ It smelled very ____ ! And I put nineteen candles on it --- one for a year!’

‘ Really?’ asked Mr Zhang . He ____ very surprised. ‘ How did you burn ( 点着 ) ____ of the ends ( 两端 ) at the same time? ’

1.A. boy         B. girl      C. children   D. daughter

2.A. kept        B. keep     C. keeping    D. to keep

3.A. some       B. many     C. any     D. a little

4.A. old         B. big      C. light      D. young

5.A. his         B. hers      C. their      D. her

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

7.A. in          B. on       C. with      D. wears

8.A. delicious     B. dark      C. terrible    D. well

9.A. tasted      B. feels      C. looks      D. looked

10.A. all       B. both      C. each       D. every

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是史密斯夫人38岁了，已经有两个孩子，但是她想永葆青春，不愿意别人知道她的年龄。一次在办公室和同事聊天，谈起她的生日聚会，告诉同事蛋糕上有19根蜡烛，但是她的同事实际上知道她的年龄，很吃惊地问她怎么同时点蜡烛的两端。

1.考查名词及语境。句意：她有两个孩子。 boy男孩， girl女孩，children孩子，daughter女儿。根据two可知所接名词应为复数，选C 。

2.考查动词。句意：她希望保持年轻，从不吃肉。hope 希望，后接to do不定式，故选D。

3.考查代词。句意：见4.。some一些，用于肯定句；many许多，修饰可数名词；any，一些，用于否定句和疑问句；a little 一点，修饰不可数名词。根据never从不，可知为否定句，meat肉，为不可数名词，故选C。

5.考查形容词。句意：她不想别人知道她多大了。 old老的， big大的，light轻的，young年轻的。根据She hopes to keep young她想保持年轻，可知她不想让别人知道她的年龄，故选 A。

6.考查代词及语境。句意:她办公室的领导出去开会去了。his他的， hers她的， thei她们的，her她的。形容词性物主代词接名词，根据语境说的是Mrs Smith，故选D。

7.考查代词及语境。句意：这个女人无事可做。something某事，anything任何事，nothing没有事情， everything每件事情。根据So she began to talk with Mr Zhang about her birthday party.所以她开始与张先生谈论她的生日聚会，可知她无事可做，故选C。

8.考查介词。句意：张老生是个戴眼镜的老头。in穿，on在，with 戴，wears穿。with glaseese戴眼镜，故选 C。

9.考查形容词。句意：蛋糕闻起来非常香。delicious 美味的，dark黑暗的，terrible可怕的，well好的。smell闻起来，系动词，后接形容词做表语，根据语境故选 A。

10.考查动词及语境。句意：他看上去很吃惊。tasted尝起来， feels感觉，looks 看上去，looked看上去。根据语境可知看上去吃惊，全文为一般过去时，故选D。

11.考查形容词。句意：你是怎么同时点燃两端的？ all所有的， both两者都， each每个，every每个。生日蜡烛有两个端头，可知答案选B。

考点：故事阅读类短文。