Question

完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意, 然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

There was once a young man who liked puppets (木偶) so much that he was apprenticed (当学徒) to a master puppet-maker. Sadly, the young man was not very clever, and his _________ and other apprentices were always telling him that he had no ability when it came to making puppets, and that he would not _________ .

Even so, he enjoyed it so much that he worked day after day to improve. Though he put all his effort into it, they would always find something _________ with the puppets he had made, and they ended up driving him out of the workshop.

He wasn’t going to give up, so the young man decided that from then on he would spend all his time making just one kind of puppet. And whenever he found a fault (瑕疵) in his puppet he would throw it away and _________ again right from the starting-point. Years passed, and with each _________  attempt (尝试) his puppet became a little bit better. By now, his puppet was much better than anything his old apprentices could make, but he _________ making improvements. Living like that, the man wasn’t making any money, and many people laughed at how _________ he was.

By the time he was an old man, his puppet was truly wonderful. Finally one day, after so many years of effort, he finished his puppet, and said, “I can’t find anything wrong with it. This time it

is _________ .” And for the first time in all those years, instead of _________ his puppet, he put it on the shelf, feeling truly satisfied and happy. The puppet gave that old man more _________ than any other famous puppet-makers ever got from their creations.

1.A. father        B. teacher     C. classmate D. friend

2.A. miss          B. forget       C. succeed      D. listen

3.A. wrong          B. interesting  C. special      D. unusual

4.A. stop          B. start        C. change      D. appear

5.A. usual         B. old          C. easy         D. new

6.A. finished       B. avoided     C. kept        D. stopped

7.A. serious        B. strict       C. honest     D. silly

8.A. modern         B. perfect     C. priceless  D. expensive

9.A. hiding         B. fixing      C. covering     D. throwing

10.A. confidence    B. joy         C. courage     D. warmth

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.D

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述的是从前有一个年轻人非常喜欢木偶，因此他成为了一个制作木偶的学徒。可是他天资愚钝，虽然全身投入，但是制作的木偶总是有瑕疵，以至于其他的学徒把他赶出车间。然而他并没有放弃，他决定用毕生的精力只做一种木偶。一旦发现他做的木偶有瑕疵就会把它扔掉从新开始。多年以后，他制作的木偶比其他老学徒做的都好，可是他还是没有挣到钱，很多人都笑他傻。到他老的时候，他的木偶确实做得很好，无可挑剔，他毕生第一次把它放在了书架上，感到非常的满意和开心。

1.father：父亲；teacher：老师；classmate：同学；friend：朋友。根据前文“他想当一名制作木偶的学徒”可知，这里指的是他的老师和其他学徒总是说他没有能力制作木偶。故应选B。

2.iss：错过；forget：忘记；succeed：成功；listen：听。根据前文“老师和其他学徒说他没有能力制作木偶”可知，这里指的是老师和其他学徒认为他不会成功的。故选C。

3.wrong：错的；interesting：有趣的；special：特别的；unusual：不同寻常的。根据下文“ they ended up driving him out of the workshop.”可知，这里指的是老师和其他学徒总会发现他制作的木偶有问题，因此把他赶出车间。结合选项可知应选A。

4.top：停止；start：开始；change：改变；appear：出现。根据语境可知，这里指的是他一旦发现所做的木偶有一点瑕疵就会把它扔掉并从新开始。故应选B。

5.usual：往常的；old：老的；easy：容易的；new：新的。根据语境可知，这里指的是通过每一次新的尝试，他做的木偶好多了。结合选项可知应选D。

6.finished：完成；avoided：避免；kept：坚持；stopped：停止。根据语境可知，这里指的是他继续坚持改进，所以也没有挣到钱。故选C。

7.serious：严肃、认真；strict：严格；honest：诚实；silly：笨、愚蠢。根据前文说他没有挣到钱可知，这里指的是很多人都嘲笑他笨。故应选D。

8.modern：现代的；perfect：完美的；priceless：无价的；expensive：昂贵的。根据前文“I can’t find anything wrong with it.”可知，这里指的是这次的木偶是完美的。故应选B。

9.；fixing：维修；covering：掩盖；throwing：扔。根据前文说“一旦发现他做的木偶有瑕疵就会把它扔掉从新开始”可知，这里指的是他没有扔掉木偶，而是把它放在了书架上。故应选D。

10.；joy：乐趣；courage：勇气；warmth：价值。根据前文“he put it on the shelf, feeling truly satisfied and happy.”可知，这里指的是木偶给了他更多的乐趣。故应选B。

考点：考查人生百味类短文。