Question

Long long ago, there was a river. The river was very _______. He had spent long time being alone and refusing to share his water with any fish, plant or animal. His life was full of loneliness and sadness.

One day, a little girl came to the river. She was going to move to _______ country and decided to put her favourite little fish into the river. This little fish, named Scamp, was a happy fish._______ he fell into the river, he felt the river’s loneliness. Scamp tried to talk to the river and wanted to make the river ________. But the river told Scamp to go away. Scamp didn’t ________. He kept asking and swimming in the river, and ________ he started jumping in and out of the water. _______ time went by, the river became happy and they became good ________ . But one day, this little fish was caught by a little boy.

The river spent that night thinking about how much________ it was to have a friend, and how much he had missed by not having him. Before, he was so _________. From then on, the river became friendly to others and made friends with the plants and fish in the river.

1.A. kind    B. unfriendly    C. outgoing    D. strange

2.A. other    B. another    C. else    D. the other

3.A. Until    B. If    C. Because    D. When

4.A. brave    B. weak    C. happy    D. sad

5.A. grow up    B. give up    C. get up    D. come up

6.A. finally    B. slowly    C. hardly    D. luckily

7.A. While    B. Since    C. Whenever    D. As

8.A. classmates    B. brothers    C. parents    D. friends

9.A. fun    B. time    C. money    D. stress

10.A. tired    B. untidy    C. stupid    D. Valuable

Answer

1. B

2. B

3. D

4. C

5. B

6. A

7. D

8. D

9. A

10. C

【解析】

短文大意：本文是一篇哲理小故事。小河以前很不友好，生活得孤独而忧伤；后来一条小鱼打破了他孤寂的生活习惯，他们两人成了好朋友。小河意识到以前不要朋友很愚蠢，此后他变得对别人很友好，并和河里的植物和鱼成为了朋友。

1.句意：这条河非常不友好。考查形容词辨析题。A. kind友好的/善良的；B. unfriendly不友好的；C. outgoing外向的；D. strange陌生的/奇怪的。根据下文He had spent long time being alone and refusing to share his water with any fish, plant or animal.，可知unfriendly符合句意，故选B。

2.句意：她打算搬到另一个国家，并决定把她最喜欢的小鱼放到河里。考查不定代词辨析题。A. other其他的，做前置定语，后接复数名词；B. another再一个/又一个，用于三者及以上，表不确定；C. else别的，作后置定语；D. the other两者中的另一个，表特指。根据句意结构和语境，可知another符合句意，故选B。

3.句意：当他掉进河里时，他感到了河水的寂寞。考查连词辨析题。A. Until直到，和not连用表示“直到……才”；B. If如果，表条件；C. Because因为，表原因；D. When当……时候，表时间。本句是时间状语从句，根据句意语境，可知小鱼一掉进水里就感到了河水的寂寞，故选D。

4.句意：小鱼Scamp试图和河说话，想让河水快乐。考查形容词辨析题。根据第一段结尾His life was full of loneliness and sadness.小河的生活充满了孤独和悲伤，可知小鱼想让他快乐，故选C。

5.句意：小鱼Scamp没有放弃。考查动词短语辨析题。A. grow up长大；B. give up放弃；C. get up起床；D. come up发生/提到。根据下文He kept asking and swimming in the river, 他不停地问并在河里游泳，可知小鱼没有放弃，故选B。

6.句意：最后他开始在水里跳来跳去。考查副词辨析题。A. finally最后；B. slowly缓慢地；C. hardly艰难地；D. luckily幸运地。本句缺时间状语，根据句意语境，可知选A。

7.句意：随着时间的流逝，河变得快乐起来，考查连词辨析题。A. While当时候，表时间/然而，表转折B. Since既然，由于，表原因；C. Whenever无论何时，用于强调；D. As随着。as time went by随着时间的推移，根据句意语境，可知选D。

8.句意：他们成为了好朋友。考查名词辨析题。A. classmates同学；B. brothers兄弟；C. parents父母；D. friends朋友。根据句意语境，可知前三项意思都与句意不合，故选D。

9.句意：小河一直在想，有一个朋友是多么有趣。考查名词辨析题。A. fun乐趣；B. time时间；C. money钱；D. stress压力。根据下文and how much he had missed by not having him.，可知选A。

10.句意：以前，他很愚蠢。考查形容词辨析题。A. tired疲倦的；B. untidy不整洁的；C. stupid愚蠢的；D. Valuable有价值的。根据句意语境，可知小河有了朋友以后开始反思以前的想法，ABD都不合文意，故选C。