Question

An old woman lost her only son. The sad woman went to a clever man and asked, “Is there any way I can throw away my ______ ?”

The clever man said to her, “Go and bring  ____  a seed (种子) from a home that

has never known sadness. I will ______ it to drive the sadness out of your life.” The woman went off at once to look _____   that magical seed.

First, she came to a beautiful house, knocked at the door, and asked  ____ , “Excuse me, I am looking for a home that has never known sadness. Is this such a place? It is very important to me.”

They told her, “You’ve certainly come to the  _____  place,” and began to describe all the sad things that had recently happened to them.

The woman said to herself, “Who is able to  ____  these people that have had such sadness like me?” She stayed to cheer them up _____ she went on looking for a home that had never known sadness.

But wherever she went, whether in the homes of the poor or the rich, she found one sad  ___   after another. She became so busy helping other people that she ____about looking for a seed that would magically end her own sadness. She even never realized that her helping others had driven the sadness out of her life.

1.A. happiness    B. kindness    C. sadness    D. illness

2.A. me    B. you    C. her    D. him

3.A. push    B. use    C. lend    D. lose

4.A. at    B. up    C. for    D. after

5.A. politely    B. happily    C. proudly    D. angrily

6.A. right    B. wrong    C. clean    D. dirty

7.A. catch    B. order    C. hide    D. help

8.A. before    B. after    C. when    D. while

9.A. man    B. woman    C. story    D. trip

10.A. knew    B. worried    C. thought    D. forgot

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.D

【解析】一位老人唯一的儿子丢失了，她向一位智者请教能带走她的悲伤的方法。智者让她去挨家寻找能带走悲伤的种子。这位老人在寻找这粒神奇的种子的过程之中，悟出了每家都有自己的悲伤事。

1.根据An old woman lost her only son可知，老人很悲伤，想找到忘记悲伤的方法。故选C。

2.这是智者说的话，应为：带给我。此处“我”用宾格。故选A。

3.句意：我将用它（种子）把悲伤从你的生活中赶走。使用是use。故选B。

4.根据上文，本题考查动词短语look for(寻找)。故选C。

5.根据下句Excuse me, I am looking for a home that has never known sadness可知，此处老人有礼貌的敲门并询问。有礼貌的是politely。故选A。

6.根据and began to describe all the sad things that had recently happened to them可知，对方告诉老人找错地方了，他们也有很多悲伤。错误的是wrong。故选B。

7.句意：谁能帮助这些和我一样有悲伤的人。帮助是help。故选D。

8.她停下来鼓励他们在她继续寻找没有悲伤的家庭之前。在------之前用before。故选A。

9.句意：她发现了一个接一个的悲伤故事。故选C。

10.此句大意是：她忙于帮助别人而忘记了自己找驱除悲伤的种子这件事。忘记是forget。故选D。

点睛：完型填空是一卷难度最大的题。它集阅读理解、语法、词法、句法于一体。是考查语言综合运用的能力的一道题。 解题的方法第一要带着空，通读文章，搞清事件发生的背景。紧紧抓住上下文语境所提供的信息,充分利用各种线索，语法知识,以及句子之间的关系，词的搭配,结合上下文背景语境，结合句意选择适合语境的选项。