完形填空 ,先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后在每小题所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
A mother planted many kinds of vegetables in her garden. One day, she said to her ________ , “Betty, come here. Look at all these little yellow marks (斑点)on the ________of the cabbages ( a kind of vegetable ). They are eggs of a kind of insect. They are very beautiful but very bad for cabbages. This afternoon you must ________ all the eggs on the leaves and kill them. In this way, you will help us have ________ , greener and bigger cabbages.”
Betty didn’t think she could do it ________ and in the end she forgot all about it. The mother was ill for a few days and ________work in her garden. When she was well, she took Betty with her to the garden to see the cabbages. To ________ surprise, the insects have eaten every leaf. When Betty saw this, she began to ________. Then her mother said to her, “We should never put off (推迟) what we have to do today till ________ . And you must learn to deal (处理) with the bad things ________ they are small, or it will turn into a big problem.”
1.A. son B. mother C. daughter D. sister
2.A. trees B. leaves C. grass D. top
3.A. see B. look at C. find D. look for
4.A. better B. worse C. thinner D. newer
5.A. at most B. at last C. at the moment D. at once
6.A. mustn’t B. couldn’t C. needn’t D. can’t
7.A. my B. our C. her D. their
8.A. cry B. shout C. run D. work
9.A. yesterday B. today C. tomorrow D. later
10. A. but B. while C. and D. before
— I’ve decided to give up my job, Mum.
— ___________ You’d better think twice.
A. Sounds great. B. What a pity!
C. Guess what? D. Are you serious?
I found ___________ difficult to make sounds like birds.
A. that B. that it is C. it D. it is
— Isn’t that book so boring?
—___________. You can know a lot about wild animals.
A. Yes, you are right B. I’m afraid so
C. Not at all D. Of course
Tell Tom ___________ speak when watching the birds.
A. to try to B. try not to
C. not try to D. to try not to
The woman does some cleaning every day, because she wants to keep the house_____________.
A. clean B. cleaning C. from cleaning D. cleans