Question

"Two reporters will visit our new school. And some of you will be in the photo." Ms. Myers told Room 5. The kids were    and started doing their hair except Brad. He knew he wouldn't be in the photo.

Brad was small. Kids were always making jokes about how       he was. "They won't put Brad in or you'd need a magnifying glass（放大镜）to see him," Charlotte said. The other kids laughed. Brad    to smile, even though what Charlotte said was    . He believed they didn't mean to    him.

Two reporters named Rick and Tegan arrived half an hour later. "Time to take photos," Tegan said. "Who do you want, Rick?"

"I'll have these three girls and those three boys." Then he pointed to Jocob, Eddie, and Brad.

Brad could    believe it.

Rick set up the six kids in front of the new library's big painting. "It's big." he said. "We'll get you guys to kneel (跪) in front of it,    it looks even bigger."

"Is that why you picked Brad?" said one of the Room 5 kids. "So it looks really big?" Some people laughed. Brad also gave a      as he usually did.

But Rick shook his head. "No," he said. "I chose him because he's got a huge smile two miles wide."

He looked at Brad and said, "Plus, this guy is big inside, where it     . Right?" Hearing this, Brad spoke before he could think. "In my heart, I'm three miles wide." Room 5 laughed again. But Brad knew that they were laughing     him this time.

1.A. nervous      B. proud     C. excited   D. lucky

2.A. ugly         B. short     C. thin     D. fat

3.A. had         B. preferred C. tried     D. turned

4.A. sad      B. true     C. funny     D. mad

5.A. stop       B. encourage C. punish     D. hurt

6.A. exactly     B. hardly    C. certainly   D. probably

7.A. if      B. although  C. so that     D. because

8.A. smile       B. reply     C. look     D. reason

9. A. happens   B. hides     C. appears   D. matters

10.A. at      B. with     C. about     D. to

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是发生在身材矮小的Brad身上的故事，而Brad的话“身材矮小，心胸广阔”给人们明白了一个道理。

1.C考查形容词及语境理解。句意：老师告诉大家今天记者要来采访，有些同学将上镜。同学们听了后都开始弄发型并且感到怎么样？A. nervous，焦虑；B. proud骄傲；C. excited，激动；D. lucky幸运。从意思上看，学生们是感到兴奋，并立马着手准备了。故选C。

2.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：Brad身材矮小，同学们经常开他的玩笑说他是多么矮啊。A. ugly，丑；B. short ，矮；C. thin，瘦；D. fat，胖。根据语境，选B。

3.C考查动词及语境理解。其它孩子笑了。Brad努力地微笑。A. had，必须；B. preferred更喜欢；C. tried ，尽力；D. turned，变成。在同学们的嘲笑中，Brad是强装笑容。故选C，尽力保持微笑。

4.A考查形容词及语境理解。句意：Brad强装笑容，尽管Charlotte的话使他难过。A. sad，悲伤的；B. true ，真的；C. funny滑稽的；D. mad，生气的。同学的嘲笑本该使他难过。故选A。

5.D考查动词及语境理解。句意：他相信他们不是有意地伤害他。A. stop，停止；B. encourage鼓励；C. punish，惩罚；D. hurt，伤害。故选D。

6.B 考查副词及语境理解。当记者要Brad照相时，他怎么样在相信？A. exactly，恰好；B. hardly ，几乎不；C. certainly，当然；D. probably，可能。身材矮小、平时受尽同学奚落的Brad，对此几乎不能相信。故选B。

7.C 考查连词及语境理解。句意：我要你们跪在画前，以便画看起来更大。A. if 如果，表示假设；B. although，虽然，表示转折；C. so that，为了表示目的；D. because，因为，表示原因。为了让新图书馆的图片看上去更大，Rick让孩子们跪在画前拍照。故选C。

8.A 考查名词及语境理解。句意：一些人笑了，Brad也像平常一样：A. smile，微笑；B. reply ，回答，答复；C. look，看一看；D. reason，原因，理由。他平常面对别人的嘲笑时，他是微笑一下，故选A。

9.D考查动词及语境理解。句意：还有，重要的是，这个小伙子在里面很高大，对吗？ Where it matters，强调结构，更重要的是。因此，选D。

10.B 考查介词及语境理解。句意： 5号房间里又充满了笑声。但是Brad知道这次他们是在和他一起开心大笑。A. at ，laugh at 嘲笑；B. with ，laugh with ，跟某人一起笑；C. about ，对……感到可笑D. to，冲着……笑。Brad的话说：在他心中，他有三英里宽。他的自信赢得了同学们的赞赏，因此，他笑了，同学们也跟着笑了。故选B。

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