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. anythingC. nothing D. everything

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

8.A. delicious   B. dark   C. terribleD. 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：短文大意：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，不愿意让别人知道她的年龄。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. 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.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.句意：她希望保持年轻，从不吃肉。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。

4.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

5.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。

6.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。

7.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。

8.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。

9. 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。

10. 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：故事类短文。