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David is a middle school student. He had lived in a small     for fifteen years. It was a small place with only five families living there. His father, Mr. Hill, was a rich farmer and later he     a shop in our town. He bought a house here last month. His       moved to the new house and his son began to study in our class. But he had       friends here. At first he often played by     .

His neighbor(邻居) Cathy is a      girl. She has many friends. She finds the boy never talks with anybody and decides     him. David likes to stay     her and talks to her a lot. Now they’re good friends.

One afternoon, Cathy told David, “It’ll be my     birthday tomorrow. I’ll have a birthday party. Would you like   ?”

“__     . I’m glad to,” the boy said happily.

David got home and wanted to give a    to Cathy. But he     to ask the girl what she liked. He couldn’t telephone her because he didn’t know her     . At that moment Mrs. Hill came and asked, “What’s the    , dear?”

“What would you like if it was your sixteenth birthday, Mom?”

“Nothing,” the woman said, “I just wish I were sixteen.”

1.A. town      B. city            C. village       D. country

2.A. open         B. opens            C. opened       D. opening

3.A. home        B. shop             C. building      D. family

4.A. a few       B. few             C. a little     D. little

5.A. himself      B. him           C. his          D. he

6.A. kind         B. rude            C. sad           D. bad

7.A. help        B. to help         C. helping        D. helped

8.A. for         B. on               C. to             D. with

9.A. fifteen      B. fourteen         C. sixteen      D. sixty

10.A. come       B. to come        C. coming       D. came

11.A. Well        B. No             C. Sorry         D. Certainly

12.A. book        B. dress            C. present       D. pen

13.A. forgot     B. forget           C. remember     D. remembered

14.A. home       B. number          C. place        D. address

15.A. matter      B. wrong           C. fatter       D. Batter

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是David从一个小村庄来到了城里。他在这里没有一个朋友，后来Cathy主动和他说话，他们最后成了好朋友。有一次，Cathy要过16岁的生日了，她想邀请David来参加她的生日聚会。但是David不知道Cathy喜欢什么礼物。他问他的妈妈，该送什么，他的妈妈说她想回到16岁。

1.C考查名词辨析及语境理解。本句的意思是他生活在一个小乡村里有十五年的时间了。A. Town城镇；B. City城市；C. Village乡村；D. Country国家。根据下文It was a small place with only five families living there可知是一个小地方，应该是小山村。故选C。

2.C考查非谓语动词及语境理解。本句的意思是一个富有的农民，不久他在城镇开了一个商店。根据语境可知用一般过去时态。所以开一个店用opened a shop。根据语境故选C。

3.D考查名词及语境理解。A. Home家；B. Shop商店；C. Building建筑物；D. Family家庭。本句的意思是他的家人搬到了那个新房子里，他的儿子开始在我们班学习。因为在城里买了新房子，所以家人搬到了新房子里。根据题意故选D。

4.B考查形容词及语境理解。.A. a few一些，修饰可数名词的复数，表示肯定意义；B. few 很少，修饰可数名词的复数，表示否定意义；C. a little一点，修饰不可数名词，表示肯定意义；D. Little修饰不可数名词，表示否定意义。句意：但是他有很少的朋友在那。根据题意可知表示转折关系。根据题意故选B。

5.A考查代词及语境理解。.A. Himself他自己；B. Him他；C. His他的；D. He他。本句的意思是刚开始，他经常自己玩。根据短语by oneself表示靠某人自己。根据语境故选A。

6.A考查形容词的辨析及语境理解。A. Kind善良的；B. Rude粗鲁的；C. Sad悲伤的；D. Bad坏的。结合句意：他的邻居Cathy是一个善良的女孩。根据下文She has many friends他有许多的朋友。根据语境故选A。

7.B考查非谓语动词及语境理解。句意：他发现这个小男孩绝不和任何人说话，决定去帮助他。根据短语decide to do sth.表示决定去做某事。所以本题选B。

8.D考查介词的辨析及语境理解。A. For为了；B. On在……上；C. To到……；D. With带有，具有。本句的意思是David喜欢和她待在一起，和她交谈的很多。根据语境故选D。

9.C考查数词及语境理解。A. Fifteen十五；B. Fourteen十四；C. Sixteen十六；D. Sixty六十。句意：明天将是我的第15个生日。表示某人的第几个生日用序数词。故选C。

10.B考查动词短语及语境理解。本句的意思是我将有一个聚会，你愿意来吗？根据短语would like to do sth.表示愿意做某事。根据题意故选B。

11.11】D考查形容词及语境理解。A. Well好得；B. No不；C. Sorry抱歉的；D. Certainly当然。结合句意：“当然，我很乐意”那个男孩高兴地说。根据题意可知用副词的比较级。根据语境故选D。

12.12】C考查名词的辨析及语境理解。A. Book书；B. Dress穿；C. Present礼物；D. Pen钢笔。句意：David到家了想给Cathy一个礼物。Fail to do 表示失败做某事。根据题意故选C。

13.13】A考查非谓语动词及语境理解。本句的意思是但是他忘记问那个女孩喜欢什么。根据短语forget to do sth.表示忘记去做某事。根据语境故选A。

14.14】B考查名词及语境理解。A. Home家；B. Number数字；C. Place地方；D. Address地址。本处应该是“他不能给她打电话，因为他不知道她的号码”。根据语境故选B。

15.5】A考查名词及语境理解。A. Matter事情；B. Wrong错误；C. Fatter更胖；D. Batter捣乱。本句的意思是Hill来了问：“你怎么了？亲爱的”这里指父亲对孩子的关心。根据题意故选A。

考点：故事类短文。