Question

完形填空。(10分)

There is good news for the children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl ______ big eyes. Her big eyes are ______ us her dream: I wish to ______! In China, there are still ______ girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their _____ are too poor. If the family has two or three children, it is hard to ______ the money for all the children. So the parents often ask ______ to stay at home, and boys to go to school.

Now they needn’t ______ the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school for free in some poor place. They don’t have to pay for books and other things. Some of them can even get money from the government to make their life _____. Soon, all the children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very happy with the news. It is ______ great.

1.A. with          B. on            C. to

2.A. saying        B. telling         C. speaking

3.A. go to work     B. go to bed     C. go to school

4.A. a lot          B. lot of         C. a lot of

5.A. families       B. schools        C. houses

6.A. pay           B. take          C. buy

7.A. teachers       B. girls          C. boys

8.A. look up        B. turn on       C. worry about

9.A. better         B. shorter       C. longer

10.A. never         B. really         C. hardly

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.A

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了在我国，有很多孩子因为家庭贫困而无法上学。有些家庭有两个或三个孩子，他们没有足够的钱供所有的孩子上学读书，只让男孩去上学，让女孩呆在家里。现在好了，在中国农村的所有孩子都可以免费上学，这样家长就不用担心学费了。

1. A. with 用；B. on 在……之上；C. to 向；句意：我们仍记得长着大眼睛的那个女孩。with big eyes长着大眼睛。故选A。

2. A. saying 强调说话的内容；B. telling 表示告诉，讲诉。 C. speaking 强调发音，说语言。句意：她的大眼睛在告诉我们她的梦想。 tell sb. sth. 告诉某人某事。故选B。

3. A. go to work去上班；B. go to bed 去睡觉；C. go to school 去上学.句意：我想去上学。根据They want to go to school，可知此处指女孩想去上学。故选C。

4. a lot 很多，作名词；B. lot of 不单独使用，经常与a连用，或lot后加s；C. a lot of 许多的，修饰可数名词和不可数名词。句意：在中国，仍有许多像她一样的男孩和女孩。修饰girls and boys可数名词复数，故选C。

5. families家庭。B. schools 学校；C. houses 房屋；D.句意：虽然他们想去上学，但是他的家庭很穷。根据If the family has two or three children，可知此处指的是家庭。故选A。

6. pay 支付； B. take 拿走；C. buy 买；句意：如果他们有两个或三个孩子，他们很难为所有的孩子出钱。pay some money for sb./sth. 为……出钱。故选A。

7. A. teachers 教师；B. girls 女孩；C. boys 男孩；句意：因此父母经常让女孩呆在家里，让男孩去上学。根据it is harder to 50 the money for all the children．和and boys to go to school．可知父母没钱共所有的孩子去上学，让男孩去上学，故让女孩呆在家里。故选B。

8. look up抬头看；B. turn on 打开；C. worry about担心。句意：他们不必担心钱。根据From 2006 on，children can go to school for free in some poor places．可知孩子可以免费上学，因此不用担心钱。故选C。

9. better 更好的；B. shorter更短的；C. longer 更长的。句意：有些人甚至可以从政府那儿得到钱，使他们的生活更好，根据Some of them can even get money from the government可知政府给他们钱，这样他们的生活会更好。故选A。

10. never 从不；B.really真的C. hardly 几乎不。句意：这真是太好了。根据all the children in the countryside can go to school for free．可知所有乡村的孩子都免费上学，因此这是真的太好了。故选B。

考点：日常生活类短文。