Question

Once upon a time, there was a boy who lived in China. His name was Ma Liang. He loved to ______, but he didn’t have a brush. He was too ______ to buy one. He often used sticks to draw pictures on the ground. He said to himself, “_______ I have a brush, I don’t need to draw on the ground with ______.”

    One night, when Ma Liang was asleep, he had a dream. In his dream, he _______an old man. The old man gave him a magic  ______. The old man said to Ma Liang, “I give you a magic brush. You can use it to help the poor in your village.”

     The next morning, when he _______, he found a real brush in his hands. Ma Liang felt very  ______. He went to the village and decided to help the villagers. Some villagers said, “There has been a drought (干旱) and our crops (庄稼) are dying.” Ma Liang took out the magic_____and drew some _______. Then it began to rain. The villagers said thanks to Ma Liang.

1.A. run    B. jump    C. draw    D. dance

2.A. small    B. poor    C. old    D. new

3.A. Because    B. If    C. However    D. Before

4.A. flowers    B. grass    C. sticks    D. pens

5.A. found    B. met    C. talked    D. spoke

6.A. pen    B. pencil    C. brush    D. stick

7.A. stayed up    B. woke up    C. put up    D. cleaned up

8.A. interesting    B. interested    C. exciting    D. excited

9.A. hand    B. picture    C. brush    D. book

10.A. snow    B. wind    C. sun    D. cloud

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.D

【解析】短文讲诉的是神笔马良的故事。马良从小酷爱画画，但是家里穷的连一支画笔也买不起，只能用树枝在地上画。一天在睡梦中，马良得到了一位老人送给他的魔法画笔，他用这支画笔为村民们作画，帮助他们解除了旱情，村民们十分感激。

1.C

句意：他喜欢画画，但他没有画笔。A. run跑；B. jump 跳； C. draw画画；D. dance跳舞。根据下文中的句子He often used sticks to draw pictures on the ground.可知，马良非常喜欢画画，故答案为C。

2.B

句意：他穷得连一支画笔也买不起。A. small 小的；B. poor贫穷的；C. old年老的；D. new新的。他没有画笔是因为家里穷，没有钱买，故答案为B。

3. B

句意：如果我有一支画笔，我就不需要用树枝在地上画画了。此处是if引导的条件状语从句，结合上下文可知，马良非常渴望自己能够拥有一支画笔，答案为C。

4. C

句意：如果我有一支画笔，我就不需要用树枝在地上画画了。根据前文中的句子He often used sticks to draw pictures on the ground.可知，由于没有画笔，马良经常用树枝在地上画画。故答案为C。

5. B

句意：在梦中，他遇见了一个老人。A. found发现；B. met遇见；C. talked 交谈；D. spoke说。talk与speak后面不能直接跟人，应排除；由于是做梦，梦中见到，用meet更合理。故答案为B。

6.C

句意：老人送给了他一支神奇的画笔。A. pen钢笔；B. pencil 铅笔；C. brush画笔；D. stick木棍，树枝。根据下文中的句子“I give you a magic brush.”可知，答案为C。

7. B

句意：当他醒来时，他发现一个真正的画笔在他的手中。A. stayed up熬夜；B. woke up醒来；C. put up张贴；D. cleaned up打扫。根据上文中的句子One night, when Ma Liang was asleep, he had a dream.可知，马良是在做梦，没想到醒来梦想却成真了，故答案为B。

8. D

句意：马良感到非常兴奋。A. interesting有趣的；B. interested感兴趣的；C. exciting令人兴奋的；D. excited感到兴奋的。得到了梦寐以求的画笔，马良自然兴奋，故答案为D。

9. C

句意：马良拿出神奇的画笔，画了一些云彩。根据上段中的句子“I give you a magic brush. You can use it to help the poor in your village.”可知，老头给了马良一支神奇的画笔，此时他拿出的就是老头给予他的那支画笔，故答案为C。

10. B

句意：马良拿出神奇的画笔，画了一些云彩。结合上下文理解，因为天旱，急需下雨，所以画的是云彩，答案为B。

点睛：本文是一篇人物故事类短文阅读。考查的题型是完形填空。做完形填空首先要通读全文，了解文章的大意，大致了解文章的体裁，主旨大意，背景和内容，同时也要对空格的部分进行初次猜测。然后联系上下文，去认真推敲每一个空。有的答案在下文有暗示，如第1小题，根据下文中的句子He often used sticks to draw pictures on the ground.可知，马良十分喜欢画画，答案为C。如果是形容词，还要注意它们的用法区别，如第8小题，结合语境可知，马良得到了梦寐以求的画笔，自然非常兴奋，排除A,B，以后缀-ed结尾的形容词(excited, bored, interested, , surprised等) 通常用于说明人，以后缀 -ing 结尾的形容词(exciting, boring, interesting, surprising等)主要用于说明事物,故答案为D。