Question

Two little boys were playing one day when a Fairy (仙女) suddenly appeared before them and said, “Father Time asks me to     you New Year presents.” She handed each child a package and disappeared immediately.

Carl and Philip opened the     and found two books with clean pages in them.

Twelve months passed and the     came again and said, “I have brought you another two books and will take the first one back to Father Time.”

“May I keep     book a little longer?” asked Philip, “I’d like to paint something on the last page.”

“No,” said the Fairy.

“I wish that I could finish reading mine at a time,” said Carl, “I can only open the book once each day     see only one page every time, because when the page turns over, it sticks fast.”

The Fairy said, “Well, you can     Philip’s book.” Then she lit (点亮) two little lamps for them. By the light of the     they saw the pages as she turned them.

“Who did this?” they asked in surprise, “Every page was     when we first opened it. But now some pages are drawn with beautiful things like birds and     and some pages with ugly, black spots and scratches (划痕) on them!”

The Fairy, smiling at the two little     , said, “See, Philip, the beautiful birds and flowers appeared when you share toys with your friends, or when you try to be kind to others.”

“But what made the ugly,     spots and scratches?” asked Philip.

The Fairy said, “That came when you told a lie one day, or when you did not listen to your mum. All these ugly spots and scratches in your books were made when you were naughty (淘气的). Each pretty thing in your books came on its page when you were     .”

“Oh, we wish to read the books     !”

“They can’t be read once more,” said the Fairy, “See! They are only for this year, and they must now go back into     bookcase, but I have brought you each a new one, and perhaps you can make these more beautiful than the first ones.”

With these words, the Fairy     . The boys were left alone, but each held in his hand a new book open at the first page.

And on the back of each book was written in letters of gold, “For the New Year”.

1.A. bringB. makeC. sellD. buy

2.A. doorB. windowC. packagesD. cards

3.A. FairyB. Queen C. WitchD. Princess

4.A. herB. theirC. hisD. my

5.A. butB. andC. orD. so

6.A. look afterB. look forC. look atD. look out

7.A. candles B. stovesC. campfiresD. lamps

8.A. dirtyB. untidyC. cleanD. old

9.A. treesB. flowersC. grassD. houses

10.A. boysB. girlsC. womenD. men

11.A. redB. blackC. whiteD. blue

12.A. goodB. rudeC. selfishD. stubborn

13.A. tooB. again C. thoughD. before

14.A. Fairy’sB. Carl’sC. Philip’sD. Father Time’s

15.A. arrivedB. cameC. disappearedD. appeared

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.A

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.D

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了卡尔和菲利普这两个小男孩遇见了一位仙女，仙女给了他们每人一本书，告诉他们当你和别人友好相处或听妈妈话的时候，书里就会出现漂亮的花鸟图案，否则的话，书里就会出现丑陋的黑色斑点和划痕。

1.考查动词及语境的理解。 A. bring带来； B. make制造； C. sell卖； D. buy买。时间老人请我给你们带来了新年礼物。根据She handed each child a package 可知仙女带来时间老人的礼物，故选A。

2.考查名词及语境的理解。 A. door门； B. window窗子； C. packages包裹； D. cards卡片。卡尔和菲利普打开包裹，发现了里面有两本书。根据found two books with clean pages in them.可知这里指的是包裹，故选C。

3.考查名词及语境的理解。 A. Fairy仙女； B. Queen女王； C. Witch女巫； D. Princess公主。两个月过去了，仙女又来了。根据came again 上文提到仙女，所以这里还是指仙女又来了，故选A。

4.考查代词及语境的理解。 A. her她的； B. their他们的； C. his他的； D. my我的。我可以保存我的这本书再长一点吗?根据 “I’d like to paint something on the last page.可知这里指我的，故选D。

5.考查连词词及语境的理解。A. but但是；表示前后是转折关系； B. and和；表示前后是并列关系； C. or或者；表示前后是选择关系； D. so因此。表示前后是因果关系。一天我只能打开一页并且每次看一页。这里前后是并列关系，故选B。

6.考查动词短语及语境的理解。 A. look after照顾； B. look for寻找；C. look at看； D. look out小心。你可以看看Philip 的这本书。根据they saw the pages as she turned them可知是要看看这本书，故选C。

7.考查名词及语境的理解。 A. candles蜡烛； B. stoves火炉； C. campfires萤火； D. lamps灯具。凭借灯光当她翻页的时候他们看见了这些页码。By the light of 凭借；根据Then she lit (点亮) two little lamps for them.可知这里指的灯光，故选D。

8.考查形容词及语境的理解。 A. dirty脏的； B. untidy干净的； C. clean干净的； D. old老的。当他们第一次打开的时候，每一页都是干净的。根据found two books with clean pages in them 一开始是干净的，故选C。

9.考查名词及语境的理解。 A. trees树； B. flowers花； C. grass草； D. houses房子。但是一些页码被画上了像鸟和花之类的东西。根据the beautiful birds and flowers appeared when you share toys with your friends 可知这里指的是花，故选B。

10.考查名词及语境的理解。 A. boys男孩； B. girls女孩； C. women妇女； D. men男士。仙女微笑着对这两个男孩说。根据Two little boys were playing one day when a Fairy (仙女) suddenly appeared before them 可知这里指的两个男孩，故选A。

11.考查形容词及语境的理解。 A. red红的； B. black黑色的； C. white白色的； D. blue蓝色的。使什么东西使它变成了丑陋的、黑色的斑点和划痕。根据some pages with ugly, black spots and scratches (划痕) on them!可知这里指的黑色的斑点，故选B。

12.考查形容词及语境的理解。 A. good好的； B. rude粗鲁的； C. selfish自私的；D. subborn固执的。当你们都好的时候，书里的每一个东西都会出现在书里的页上。根据the beautiful birds and flowers appeared when you share toys with your friends, or when you try to be kind to others.可知只有好的时候才会出现在书里，故选A。

13.考查副词及语境的理解。 A. too也，太； B. again再一次； C. though尽管； D. before在……之前。我们多么想再读一次这本书啊!根据They can’t be read once more 可知这里指的是再一次，故选B。

14.考查名词所有格及语境的理解。 A. Fairy’s仙女的； B. Carl’s卡尔的； C. Philip’s菲利普的；D. Father Time’s时间老人的。D

15.考查动词及语境的理解。 A. arrived到达； B. came来； C. disappeared消失； D. appeared出现。说着话，仙女就消失了。根据The boys were left alone 可知仙女走了。故选C。

考点：考查故事类短文。