Question

Long long ago, there was a river. The river was very unfriendly. He spent long time being ____ and never shared his water with any fish, plant or animal. His life was full of loneliness and sadness.

One day, a little girl came to the river. She was going to move to ____ country and decided to put ____ favourite little fish into the river. This little fish, named Scamp, was a happy fish. ____ he fell into the river, he felt the river’s loneliness. Scamp tried to ____ to the river and wanted to make the river ____. But the river told Scamp to go away. Scamp didn’t ____. He kept asking questions and ____ in the river, and ____ he started jumping in and out of the water. __ time went by, the river became happy and they became good ____. But one day, this little fish was caught by a little boy.

The river spent that night thinking about how much ____ it was to have a friend, and how much he missed by not ____ him. Before, he was so stupid(傻的). From then on, the river became ____ to others and made friends ____ the plants and fish in the river.

1.A. along       B. alone          C. lonely      D. long

2.A. other        B. another         C. else        D. the other

3.A. his          B. her             C. my          D. your

4.A. Until        B. If             C. Because     D. When

5.A. talk        B. say              C. tell         D. laugh

6.A. brave       B. weak             C. happy       D. sad

7.A. grow up     B. give up          C. get up       D. turn up

8.A. standing    B. swimming         C. studying   D. fighting

9.A. finally       B. heavily          C. sadly       D. luckily

10.A. While        B. Since           C. Before       D. As

11.A. classmates   B. brothers        C. parents     D. friends

12.A. fun         B. time             C. money    D. love

13.A. having       B. playing          C. talking   D. eating

14.A. tired       B. clean           C. friendly  D. unfriendly

15.A. for         B. to              C. with     D. Over

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.D

12.A

13.A

14.C

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：很久很久以前，有一条非常奇怪的河。它花了很长时间独处，拒绝与任何鱼，植物或动物分享他的水。它的一生充满了孤独与悲伤。有一天，一个小女孩来到河边。她要搬到另一个国家。决定把她的最喜爱的小鱼放入河中。就是在这小鱼的努力下这河变得快乐了。从此这河对别人友好，与河里的植物和鱼也成了朋友。

1.它花了很长时间独处，拒绝与任何鱼，植物或动物分享他的水。A. Along沿着；B. Alone单独；C. Lonely孤独；D. Long很长。根据上文The river was very unfriendly. 可知他一直独处，故选B。

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4.……掉到河里时，……感到河的寂寞。Until直到；If 如果，是否；Because因为；When 当……的时候。根据句意可知该选D。

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9.它开始在水中跳跃。 finally最后；heavily大地，重地；hardly几乎不；luckily幸运地。根据句意结合语境可知该选A。

10.……之前；As当……的时候，随着。根据句意可知该选D。

11.

12.

13.它这个朋友为止它失去了多少。Having有；playing玩；talking 谈话；eating吃。联系上句中have a friend,可知该选A。

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15.……交朋友”是make friends with sb。故选C。