Question

完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

My grandmother used to say to me, “You can count the number of your true friends on the fingers of one hand.” For a long time I thought this was ________ .  Because there are not so many true friends in our life. But later, I’ve discovered that my grandmother was only half right. Maybe we do only ________  a few “best” friends in our lifetime, but those aren’t the only people that we can call friends. There are many different   ________.  Let me tell you about a few of them.

One type of friends is the type that I call the “soccer mum friend”. My neighbor Betty is a good   ________ . We both have kids who play soccer, and someone has to take them to their practices and pick them up . Betty and I and two ________ mothers do this. We meet sometimes and have coffee and talk ________ what our kids are doing, but those are the only times that we see each other. I ________staying with these women, but we don’t do anything else together.

Another type is the “________ friend”. This is the person   ________you share an interest or a hobby with. Doug and Charles Fisher, who are brothers, are a good example of this type. They all ________  to a bird-watching club. Every few weekends the members of the club go on hikes to watch different kinds of ________ . There’s nothing romantic about my relationship with Doug and Charles, of course. We just share an interest in birds.

________ , there’s the “other half of the couple” type of friends. Carmen is a friend that I’ve known  ________ college. When Carmen married George, I knew that I would have to be ________    friend if I wanted to continue to be Carmen’s. George and I don’t share that many interests, but we do have a ________ relationship . Because he is my good friend’s husband.

1.A. wrong   B. beautiful   C. friendly   D. true

2.A. make   B. take    C. give    D. find

3.A. rows   B. types    C. groups    D. teams

4.A. kind   B. friend    C. example   D. mother

5.A. another B. other     C. more of   D. the other

6.A. to      B. with      C. on       D. about

7.A. enjoy   B. wish    C. hope    D. dislike

8.A. club  B. bird    C. weekend   D. hobby

9.A. when   B. where    C. that       D. why

10.A. belong B. join    C. turn    D. point

11.A. persons  B. animals   C. birds D. friends

12.A. First  B. Besides   C. Therefore  D. So

13.A. since   B. before    C. after       D. until

14.A. Doug’s B. George’s C. Charles’sD. Betty’s

15.A. friendlyB. bad    C. poor    D. difficult

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.A

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本篇文章主要讲述对朋友的理解，朋友并不只是几个，它的含义更广泛些，本文列举了其中的三种。

1.D考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：好长时间我认为这是真实的。Wrong错误的；beautiful漂亮的；friendly友好的；true真实的。根据句意可知该选D。

2.A考查动词及语境理解。句意：也许我们只交几个“最好”的朋友在我们的一生中，但并不是唯一我们可以称之为朋友的人。make friends交朋友；take拿；give给；find找到，发现。根据句意可知该选A。

3.B考查名词及语境理解。句意：有许多不同的类型。Rows排；types类型；groups组，队；teams队。根据句意可知该选B。

4.C考查名词及语境理解。句意：我的邻居贝蒂是一个很好的例子。Kind种类；friend朋友； example例子；mother妈妈。根据句意结合语境可知该选C。

5.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：我和贝蒂，还有另外两个母亲做这样的事情。 Another另一；other其他的；more of……中的更多；the other其余的。可知该选B。

6.D考查介词及语境理解。句意：有时我们见面喝咖啡，谈谈我们的孩子在做什么，……。Talk To与……说话；talk with与……交谈；talk on谈论关于；talk about谈论。根据句意结合语境可知该选D。

7.A考查动词及语境理解。句意：我喜欢和这些女人待在一起，但我们不一起做其它什么。 Enjoy喜欢；wish希望；hope希望；dislike不喜欢。Enjoy doing喜欢做某事。根据句意可知该选A。

8.A考查名词及语境理解。句意：另一种类型是“俱乐部朋友”。Club俱乐部；bird鸟；weekend周末；hobby爱好。根据句意结合语境可知该选A。

9.C考查关系代词及语境理解。句意：这是你分享兴趣或爱好的人。When当……时候；where在哪里；that关系代词，引导定语从句；why为什么。根据句意结合语境可知该选C。

10.A考查动词及语境理解。句意：他们都属于一个观鸟俱乐部。Belong属于；join参加；turn变得；point指着。根据句意结合语境可知该选A。

11.C考查名词及语境理解。句意：每隔几个周末俱乐部的成员去远足、看不同种类的鸟。persons人；animals动物；birds鸟；friends朋友。观鸟俱乐部当然去观看鸟。根据句意结合语境可知该选C。

12.B考查副词及语境理解。句意：除此之外，还有“夫妇的另一半”类型的朋友。First首先；Besides另外；Therefore因此；So所以。One type ..., another type...分叙述事情时常用。可知该选B。

13.A考查连词及语境理解。句意：卡门是大学以来我认识一个朋友。Since自从；before在……之前；after在……之后；until直到。本句是现在完成时态，与时间连词since连用。根据句意结合语境可知该选A。

14.B考查名词所有格及语境理解。句意：我知道我必须是George的朋友如果我想继续是Carmen的朋友的话。选项为几个人名；根据上文When Carmen married George, I...。可知George’s, 所以选B。

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