Question

完形填空

阅读下列两篇短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的ABCD四个选项中选出最佳答案，并将相应的字母填入答题卷内。

It was very cold that day. It was ________heavily and the ground was covered with thick snow. The shepherd(牧羊人) thought it was dangerous to ________ up the hill and it was difficult for the sheep to find some ________ there. So he decided to stay in the warm room. He put some hay(干草) in a pen(围栏)so that the sheep could eat it when they were ________ . The dog, who felt cold outside, lay on the soft hay and soon went to sleep. At noon the sheep wanted to eat the hay, but the dog barked loudly to warn him, the sheep ran away quickly, looking at the unusual dog, the sheep began to talk angrily. “What a selfish(自私的) dog!” said one of the sheep. “He cannot eat the hay, and yet refuses  ________ allow those who can to eat!”

1.A. raining       B. snowing     C. blowing      D. shining

2.A. play          B. live       C. climb        D. go

3.A. cake         B. grass      C. fruit        D. vegetables

4.A. hungry      B. sick       C. full         D. free

5.A. to           B. in          C. of           D. at

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本篇是一个寓言故事，说的是一只牧羊犬，因为天冷，就睡在牧羊人给羊吃的干草上。结果，羊吃不着草，感到非常生气，他们认为狗太自私，自己又不能吃草，还不让能吃草的吃。

1.B考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：雪下得很大，地上被厚厚的积雪所覆盖。A. raining 下雨； B. snowing下雪；C. blowing 刮风；D. shining照耀。从下文可知天是在下雪。故答案为B。

2.C考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：牧羊人认为爬山是危险的。A. play 玩；B. live 居住； C. climb 爬；D. go去。可能有同学会选go to the hill，但比较climb up the hill，后者更符合常理。意为“在这种天气下爬上山是很危险的。”故答案为C。

3.B考查名词辨析及语境理解。句意：羊在那儿也很难找到草。A. cake 蛋糕；B. grass草；C. fruit 水果；D. Vegetables蔬菜。根据常理，下雪天羊在那儿也很难找到草。故答案为B。

4.A考查形容词辨析及语境理解。句意：牧羊人把干草放在围栏里以便羊在饿的时候能吃。A. hungry 饿的；B. sick 生病的；C. full 满的，饱的；D. free有空的。依据句意，故答案为A。

5.他不吃草，还不让能吃草的吃草。allow sb to do sth.，意为“但还不允许能吃的去吃（草）。故答案为A。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。