Question

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw a boy in front of him. The boy   ________ all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat and a glove. Mark________  the boy pick the things up and they walked home together. As they walked, Mark learned that the boy’s name was Bill. Bill loved video games, baseball and history, ________ he was having trouble with some of his subjects in school.

They arrived at Bill’s home first. Bill________ Mark in for a drink and to watch some television. The afternoon passed ________  with some laughs and small talk. Then Mark went home.

They went on to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated(毕业) from high school. Three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could have a talk. Bill talked about the day years ago when they had________ met. “Did you ever want to know ________ I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker(储物柜) because I was going home to kill ________ . But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I got to know that if I had died, I would have missed out on (失去) many good ________  . So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, in fact, you ________ my life. I want to say ‘thank you’ to you, my dear friend.”

1.A. lost         B. dropped       C. gave           D. took

2.A. asked        B. taught        C. helped         D. wanted

3.A. but          B. instead      C. otherwise      D. because

4.A. chose       B. offered       C. caught          D. invited

5.A. easily     B. happily     C. sadly         D. clearly

6.A. first        B. almost     C. never           D. already

7.A. what        B. how          C. why             D. when

8.A. us           B. you           C. me             D. myself

9.A. times        B. games         C. books           D. lunches

10.A. colored     B. saved         C. cared         D. decorated

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一个人给予别人小小的一个帮助竟挽救了一个生命的故事。

1.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. lost 丢失；B. dropped扔下；C. gave 给予；D. took拿走。根据后文马克捡起那些东西，可知那个男孩在扔他的书和其他物品，故选B。

2.C考查动词及语境的理解。A. asked 要求；B. taught 教给；C. helped帮助；D. wanted想要。help sb do sth,帮助某人做某事。马克帮助那个男孩捡起了那些东西。根据句意及结构，故选C。

3.A考查连词及语境的理解。A. but 但是； B. instead 相反；C. otherwise 其他方面；D. because因为。根据上文描述可知后文是转折，故选A。

4.D考查动词及语境的理解。A. chose 选择；B. offered 提供；C. caught抓住；D. invited邀请。比尔邀请马克进来喝一杯，看看电视。根据句意，故选D。

5.B考查副词及语境的理解。A. easily容易地；B. happily高兴地；C. sadly 悲伤地； D. clearly 清楚地。那个下午在笑声和简短的交谈中很快就过去了。根据句意，故选A。

6.A考查副词及语境的理解。A. first首先；B. almost 几乎；C. never 从来不；D. already已经。根据上下文可知比尔谈到了几年前他们第一次见面的时候。故选A。

7.C考查疑问词及语境的理解。A. what 什么；B. how 怎么；C. why 为什么；D. when什么时间。你曾经想知道为什么那天我带着你们那么多东西回家吗？根据句意，故选C。

8.D考查代词及语境的理解。A. us我们；B. you 你们；C. me 我；D. myself我自己。我清理出我的储物柜是因为我打算回家自杀。根据句意，故选D。

9.A考查名词及语境的理解。A. times时光；B. games 游戏；C. books 书；D. lunches午餐。如果我死了，我将错过许多美好时光。根据句意，故选A。

10.A. colored 着色；B. saved救；C. cared 关心；D. decorated装饰。当你为我那天捡起那些书的时候，实际上，你拯救了我的生命。根据句意，故选B。

考点：故事类短文。