Question

完形填空

请先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I noticed an old couple as they walked into the second-hand store. Just before that I had dropped off a bag of clothes and a few other things I no longer needed.

The couple moved ________  around me in search of things they had on a list.

“Can I help you   ________ something?” I asked curiously.

They stopped, looked at me and said, “We’re looking for ________ things that look new.”

“Every year in the past, we tried to   ________ the year with new things. It was a goal (目标) to have new things around us so that we had a new ________ , new hopes and dreams for the new year,” said the old man. “But nowadays we also believe that even though something is old, it   41  be new to someone who has never seen it before.”

“So, at the end of each year we search for things that are ________ to no one but new to us,” the old woman added.

“What have you found so far?” I asked.

The man showed two things: a small frame made of sticks and one baby boot.

“We still need one more thing,” he said.

“Got it!” I heard a loud ________ .

“What did you find?” the old man shouted, too.

The old woman walked slowly towards us ________ something in her hand. “Look! It’s a flower vase. Well, it looks ________ , but it’s new to us!”

They then headed for the checkout without saying another word.

Everything that you see for the first time is new.

1.A. quickly    B. slowly    C. freely     D. excitedly

2.A. buy       B. carry     C. find       D. introduce

3.A. small    B. lovely    C. cheap    D. old

4.A. begin    B. spend    C. finish     D. accept

5.A. action    B. competition C. direction D. instruction

6.A. must      B. can      C. should    D. will

7.A. useful   B. strange C. real       D. expensive

8.A. noise    B. cry       C. laugh    D. shout

9.A. getting    B. taking    C. holding    D. keeping

10.A. wonderful B. awful     C. beautiful D. shiny

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：文章讲了一对老夫妇，他们每年年末去二手店买东西，对于新旧东西的理解，他们给了我们不一样的答案。

1.B考查副词及语境理解。句意：这对夫妇在我周围慢慢移动，搜索在他们清单上的东西。quickly 快速地；slowly慢地；freely自由地；excitedly兴奋地。根据句意结合语境可知该选B。

2.C考查动词及语境理解。句意：“我可以帮你找些什么吗?”buy买；carry拿、提；find找到；introduce介绍。根据上文The couple moved ________around me in search of things they had on a list.可知是找的意思。所以该选C。

3.D考查形容词短语及语境理解。句意：我们在找些看起来新的旧东西。Small小的；lovely可爱的；cheap便宜的；old旧的。可知该选D。

4.A考查动词及语境理解。句意：过去每年，我们尽力以新事物开始这一年。begin 开始； spend 花费；finish完成；accept接受。begin with以……开始。根据句意结合语境可知该选A。

5.C考查名词及语境理解。句意：拥有周围新事物，这是一个目标，这样新的一年我们就有一个新的方向, 新的希望和梦想。action 行动；competition竞争；direction 方向；instruction指导。可知该选C。

6.B考查情态动词及语境理解。句意：但现在我们也相信即使是旧的东西，它对从未见过的人可以是新的。must 必须；can可以，可能；should应该；will助动词，表将来。根据句意结合语境可知该选B。

7.A考查形容词及语境理解。句意：每年年底我们寻找对别人来说无用的东西，但是对我们来说是新的. useful有用的；strange奇怪的是；real真的；expensive昂贵的。可知该选A。

8.D考查名词及语境理解。句意：“找到了!“我听到一声大叫。noise 名词，噪音；cry动词，哭；laugh动词，笑；shout名词或动词，喊叫。根据句意结合语境可知该选D。

9.C考查非谓语动词及语境理解。句意：老太太慢慢地向我们走来，手里拿着东西。getting 得到；taking携带；holding拿着；keeping保持。现在分词做伴随状语。所以选C。

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考点：故事类短文。