Question

I am an apple. I’m a kind of sweet fruit. I grow in ______ places of the world, but I can’t grow well in very hot places or very cold places.

I’m not like my cousins—pears and bananas. I’m rounder than a pear, and bananas are _____ than me. I’m delicious, so people in the ______ like eating me. They usually eat me ______ they wash me. They can also cook me to ______ all kinds of food, sometimes they put me in cans (罐头) to send me to other places of the world. Almost everyone can have money to buy me ______ I cost very little. I can also help people get ______. There is a saying in English: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Don’t you think that I’m very great? I have many vitamins (维生素) inside, they are good for you. I ______ wish to make you happy and healthy. So don’t forget to eat me as often as possible. But I also need your love, if you want to make me taste better, you must ______ me well. Thanks for your love. I’ll try to grow well and______sweeter. Then you’ll like to eat me a lot more.

1.A. little    B. few    C. many    D. much

2.A. shorter    B. older    C. fatter    D. longer

3.A. world    B. China    C. shop    D. library

4.A. for    B. before    C. after    D. with

5.A. let    B. have    C. take    D. make

6.A. because    B. so    C. but    D. and

7.A. happy    B. healthy    C. comfortable    D. smart

8.A. never    B. badly    C. quickly    D. really

9.A. look for    B. look after    C. look like    D. look at

10.A. sound    B. feel    C. become    D. look

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.C

【解析】

本文主要以苹果自述的方式讲述了苹果的生长环境，形状，食用方法，及对身体的益处。

1.句意：我可以生长在世界上的很多地方，但是在太热或太冷的地方，我生长不好。

little很少，修饰不可数名词 B. few很少，修饰可数名词 C. many很多，修饰可数名

D. much 很多，修饰不可数名词。从后半句“but I can’t grow well in very hot places or very cold places.”转折可知，在很多地方都可以生长，place 是可数名词，说以用many,故选C。

2.句意：我比梨子圆，香蕉比我长。根据句意可知是两种水果形状的比较，所以用比较级，根据常识可知香蕉更长，所以填longer, 故选D。

3.句意：我很美味，所以世界上的人都喜欢吃我。A. world 世界 B. China中国 C. shop 商店D. library图书馆， shop, library 都不符合题意，China前不能加the, in the world 在世界上故选A。

4.句意：他们通常在洗我之后吃我。A. for 为了B. before在…之前 C. after 在…之后D. with和，根据生活常识，应该在洗之后再吃，所以用after, 故选C。

5.句意：他们也可以把我做成各种食物。A. let 让B. have有 C. take 带走 D. make做，根据句意，只有make 更适合题意，make food 做食物。故选D。

6.句意：几乎每个人都可以买得起我因为我很便宜。A. because 因为 B. so 所以 C. but但是 D. and并且 根据语境前后两个句子之间有因果关系，所以用because, 故选A。

7.句意：我可以让人们变得很健康。7. A. happy 高兴的 B. healthy 健康的C. comfortable舒服的D. smart聪明的，根据后面的句子“There is a saying in English: An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”说明苹果可以使人保持健康，所以填healthy. 故选B。

8.句意：我真的希望使你快乐健康。A. never从不 B. badly严重地 C. quickly 快地 D. really真地， 从句意可知，只有really 更符合题意。故选D。

9.句意：如果你想让我变得更美味，你一定要好好照看我。A. look for寻找 B. look after照看，照顾C. look like看起来像D. look at看，从句意判断，只有look after 更符合题意。故选B。

10.句意：我会尽力长好，尝起来更甜。A. sound 听起来B. feel感觉起来C. become变得D. look看起来，因为后面有sweet 这个单词，“甜”是不能听起来，也不能是感觉起来，更不能是看起来，所以只能是变得更甜。故选C。