Question

It was in autumn. A young woman was ill. She        in the hospital. There was a tree     her room. She saw the leaves fall down. Day after day, there were less and less leaves on the tree. The woman was very     . She didn’t want to eat or drink, and she didn’t want to talk. The doctor asked her to     and take a walk. She wouldn’t do that. She became worse day by day. One day she said, “When the last leaf falls down, I will die,     .”

An old artist knew that. He decided to help this woman. One night, all yellow     fell down. The artist painted a green and yellow leaf, then put it in the tree. The next morning,     the woman looked out of the window and saw the last leaf, she was filled with     . She wanted to be alive. She didn’t want to fall down like other leaves. From then on, she became     and lived a long time.

Don’t     your hope at anytime.

1.A. played       B. stayed        C. studied    D. worked

2.A. outside     B. inside        C. from        D. under

3.A. glad        B. relaxed       C. sad         D. interested

4.A. fall asleep  B. get ready     C. hurry up    D. get up

5.A. too          B. also          C. either      D. neither

6.A. flowers      B. plants        C. leaves      D. trees

7.A. if           B. before        C. until      D. when

8.A. hope         B. dream        C. interest    D. happiness

9.A. worse and worse B. better and better  C. harder and harder   D. thinner and thinner

10.A. give out    B. give in       C. give up     D. give away

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是一个生病住院的女士看着病房外慢慢落下的秋叶，心生悲凉，打算在最后一片树叶落下后，也随落叶死去。一位老画家决定帮助她，并在黄叶全部落光的晚上，画了一片黄绿色的叶子挂在树上。第二天早上，当女士看到最后这片叶子，她对生活又充满了希望，她想要活着。从此，她的身体越来越好，并活了很多年。短文告诉我们：在任何时候都不要放弃希望。

1.B 考查动词及语境理解。句意：她呆在医院里。A. played玩耍；B. stayed呆；C. studied学习； D. worked工作。从前句：A young woman was ill. （一位年轻女士生病了。）可以推测出，她生病呆在医院里。故选B。

2.A考查动词及语境理解。句意：她的病房外有一棵树。A. outside在外面；B. inside在里面； C. from离……，从……；D. under在下面。两个事物“树”、“病房”，容易推测出是树在病房外，故选A。

3.3】C考查动词及语境理解。句意：树上的叶子越来越少，女士非常伤心。A. glad 高兴；B.relaxed轻松；C. sad悲伤；D. interested感兴趣。从后句她不想吃、不想喝、不想说话可以推测出：她心里伤心，故选C。

4.4】D考查动词及语境理解。句意：医生叫她起来散步。A. fall asleep睡着；B. get ready准备；C. hurry up赶快；D. get up起床。主语是医生，并列的动作是“散步”，可以推测出是起床散步。故选D。

5.5】A考查动词及语境理解。句意：当最后一片树叶掉下时，我也要死去。A. too也，用于肯定句的句尾；太，用于形容词、副词之前；B. also也，常用于肯定句的句中；C. either也，用于否定句的句尾；两者之一，指两者之间的任何一个；D. neither两者都不。从语境可以推测出这里用“也”填空，这是一个肯定句，用too，故选A。

6.6】C考查动词及语境理解。句意：一天晚上，所有的黄叶都落下了。A. flowers花；B. plants植物；C. leaves树叶；D. trees 树。根据上文内容，可知这里指树叶全部落光了。故选C。

7.7】D考查动词及语境理解。句意：第二天早上，当女士往窗外看并看到最后这片叶子，她充满了希望。 A. if如果，表示条件；B. before在……之前，表示时间；C. until直到，在……之前，表示时间； D. when当……时，表示时间。女士看窗外时看到了最后这片叶子，故选D。

8.8】A考查动词及语境理解。句意：第二天早上，当女士往窗外看并看到最后这片叶子，她充满了希望。A. hope希望；B. dream梦想；C. interest兴趣；D. happiness快乐。从后句：She wanted to be alive. （她想要活着。）可以推测出她重新燃起了生的希望，故选A。

9.9】B考查动词及语境理解。从那以后，她变得越来越好，并活了很多年。句意： A. worse and worse越来越差；B. better and better越来越好；C. harder and harder越来越努力，越来越难；D. thinner and thinner越来越瘦。根据语境，这里指女士重拾生的希望后，身体越来越好，故选B。

10.0】C考查动词及语境理解。句意：任何时候都不要放弃你的希望。A. give out分发；B. give in投降，让步；C. give up放弃；D. give away捐赠。女士因为有了生的希望而活得越来越好，因此她给我们的启示就是：不要放弃希望。故选C。

【考点定位】 考查故事类短文阅读。