Question

完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Johnny, a lizard*，lived between some rocks in the country, where he liked lying in the sun every morning. One day, he was so _____ that he didn’t notice some boys coming up behind him. The boys caught Johnny. Luckily, he escaped from their hands in the end. But he lost his _____  .

The children watched the tail moving about, but they _____  threw the tail away and left. After a while, Johnny came back to look for his tail, but he couldn't find it. Feeling so sad, he decided to stop doing everything else in his life and spend _____  his time finding his tail. Days and months passed, Johnny kept looking, asking _____  he met if they had seen his tail. However, there was _____ no news about it.

One day, he asked a boy and the boy answered in surprise, “Why do you need _____   tails?”

After hearing this, Johnny _____  and saw that he had grown a new, stronger tail. He suddenly realized that he didn’t need the old tail any more, and he found it silly to  _____  so much time in looking for it. So Johnny stopped and went back home.

_____  the way, he suddenly found his old tail on the road. Although it looked terrible, Johnny was still    _____ to have it back. He picked it up. Just at that moment, an idea hit him that he shouldn’t look at the past and worry about it since it was not useful for _____  any more. Finally, he decided to drop his _____   tail there, leaving all his past worries with it. As he went on his journey, all he took with him were the thoughts of the present and the   _____   of the future

As we know, it’s not good to look at the past, _____ it helps in the future. The past is past, move on and live for the present and the future! Let the past go with wind.

1.A. relaxed    B. interested       C. lonely      D. nervous

2.A. body       B. eyes             C. tail        D. head

3.A. again      B. soon             C. already     D. nearly

4.A. Other     B. both             C. no          D. all

5.A. Someone   B. everyone         C. Anyone    D. no one

6.A. only       B. Also            C. still       D. always

7.A. one        B. two              C. Three      D. four

8.A. turned off B. turned around    C. turned down D. turned back

9.A. waste      B. Use             C. Pay        D. take

10.A. In       B. On               C. By          D. At

11.A. excited  B. sad              C. bored       D. afraid

12.A. he        B. his              C. he’s     D. him

13.A. small     B. Big             C. old         D. strong

14.A. dreams    B. suggestions      C. messages    D. news

15.A. so        B. And             C. Unless      D. because

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.C

【解析】

试题分析:这篇短文主要通过讲述蜥蜴找尾巴的故事，告诉读者：过去的已经过去，生活应该着眼现在和将来。就让过去随风而去吧！

1.根据下文“he didn’t notice some boys coming up behind him.”可知，这里指的是蜥蜴非常放松，没有发现一些孩子向它走来。故选A。

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3.again：又一次，soon：很快，already ：已经，nearly：几乎。根据语境可知，这里指的是孩子很快就把蜥蜴的尾巴扔掉。故应选B。

4.other：其他的，both：两者都，no：没有，all：所有的。根据前文“he decided to stop doing everything else in his life”可知，这里指的是蜥蜴花费它所有的时间找尾巴。故应选D。

5.someone：有人，everyone：每个人，anyone：任何人，no one：没有人。根据语境可知，这里指的是蜥蜴询问它所见过的每个人是否看见它的尾巴。结合选项可知应选B。

6.only：仅仅，also：也，still：依然，always：总是。根据语境可知，这里指的是蜥蜴询问了所有的人，但是依然没有它尾巴的消息。故选C。

7.，这里是小孩反问蜥蜴为什么需要两条尾巴。结合选项可知应选B。

8.turned off：关闭，turned around ：旋转、翻转，turned down：关小，turned back：返回、扭头。根据常识可知，尾巴长在后面，因此需要回头看。故应选D。

9.waste：浪费，use：使用，pay：偿还，take：花费。根据语境可知，这里指的是蜥蜴发现浪费那么多时间寻找尾巴真笨。故应选A。

10.根据语境可知，这里指的是在回家的路上，蜥蜴突然发现了它的老尾巴就在路上。on the way指“在……路上”。故选B。

11.excited：兴奋的，sad：伤心的，bored：厌烦的，afraid：担心的。根据语境可知，这里指的是老尾巴虽然很可怕，但是蜥蜴还是很兴奋的把它找了回来。故选A。

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考点：人生百味类短文。