Question

Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often     sad and lonely.

    One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small      was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away      failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned     a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very        .

    “Thank you for       me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.

     The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be     !”

     The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

     As the kind little girl grew up, she was     ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the     of their happiness. She always smiled and   , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind      when I was a little girl.”

    When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbors in the      all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were     that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”

    The lovely old woman still     and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they     , no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or young. She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”

1.A. found    B. thought    C. felt   D. sounded

2.A. squirrel  B. bird     C. butterfly   D. snake

3.A. as   B.   but    C. or      D. so 

4.A. up   B. into     C. on  D. down

5.A. mad   B. tired    C. angry     D. surprised

6.A. saving   B. catching     C. beating    D. killing

7.A. energetic    B. happy    C. active     D. humorous

8.A. never     B. seldom     C. always      D. hardly

9.A. power   B. success      C. secret      D. lesson

10.A. hoped   B. answered   C. asked        D. refused

11.A.fairy    B. princess    C. ghost       D. witch

12.A.town    B. world         C. city     D. village

13.A. glad    B.  afraid     C. excited     D. pleased

14.A. cried      B. jumped    C. smiled      D. shouted

15.A.seen      B.  seemed     C. heard     D. saved

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：一个人怎么才能快乐呢？有钱会快乐吗?一个贫穷善良的小女孩用她一生的快乐经历告诉我们：被需要就是幸福，帮助别人会让我们快乐一生。

1.

2.A. squirrel松鼠； B. bird鸟； C. butterfly蝴蝶； D. snake蛇，句意：她发现一个小蝴蝶不幸被困在一片矮树丛中 。根据句意及下文可知此处是蝴蝶，故选C。

3.A.   as 作为； B.   but 但是； C. or或者； D. so  因此，下文说女孩救了蝴蝶，所以这里应该是蝴蝶想飞但是失败了。故选B。

4.A.   turn up调大； B. turn into变成； C. turn on打开； D. turn down拒绝，句意是：蝴蝶变成了一个美丽的仙女。根据句意此处指“变成”，故选B。

5.A.   mad 疯狂的； B. tired疲劳的； C. angry生气的； D. surprised惊讶的，结合前一句，本句应该是：小女孩很惊讶，故选D。

6.A. saving 挽救； B. catching抓住； C. beating打败；  D. killing杀死，  本句应该理解为：感谢你救了我。你真好。根据句意此题应选选A。

7.A.   energetic 有活力的； B. happy高兴的； C. active积极主动的； D. humorou幽默的，前文介绍的小女孩很孤单，很悲伤提示这里应该是，我想快乐，故选B。

8.A.  never从来不；  B. seldom很少； C. always总是；   D. hardly几乎不，从后面的介绍可知当善良的小女孩长大了，她总是乐于帮助需要帮助的人，深得村民喜欢。故选C。

9.A.  power 电源，力量； B. success成功； C. secret 秘密；    D. lesson课，教训，从下文可知句意是：每个人都问她快乐的秘密是什么。根据句意此题选C。

10.A.   hoped希望； B. answered 回答； C. asked问； D. refused拒绝，句意：她总是微笑着回答。根据句意及上下文可知此题选B。

11.A.  fairy 仙女；  B. princess公主； C. ghost鬼；   D. witch巫婆，句意：幸福的秘密是：在我很小的时候，我听从了一位善良的仙女的话。根据句意及上下文可知此题选A。

12.A. town城镇；  B. world 世界； C. city城市；  D. village村庄，句意： 村子里的人都聚拢在她的床前。前面提到女孩住在一个村子里。故选D。

13.A.  glad高兴的；  B.   afraid害怕的； C. excited兴奋的； D. pleased高兴的。句意：他们担心幸福快乐的秘密会随着她的去世而不复存在。根据句意此题选B。

14.A.  cried 哭； B. jumped 跳；  C. smiled 微笑；  D. shouted喊叫，句意：可爱的老人仍然在笑着说。根据句意及上下文可知此处是“微笑”，故选C。

15.动词辨析及语境的理解。A.  seen看到；  B.  seemed似乎； C. heard 听到；   D. saved挽救，句意： 她告诉我每个人都需要我，无论他们似乎是多安全，无论贫穷富有，根据句意及题干分析句中safe作此空的表语，所以应用系动词seem，故选B。

考点：故事类短文