Question

    An old man lived with a grandson. Every day the old man got up early to read books. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to  _________him in every way he could.

One day the grandson asked: “Grandpa, I want to read that book as you do but I can’t understand it, and I always forget everything when I close the book. What’s the use of reading the book?”

The grandpa said, “Take this coal (煤炭) basket down to the  _________and bring me a basket of water.”

The boy did as his grandpa said, but all the water ran before _________got back home. The grandfather laughed and said, “You will have to walk faster next time.”

The next time the boy _________faster, but the basket was still empty (空的). He told his grandfather it was _______to carry water in a basket. He wanted to use a bottle instead ( 代 替 ), but the old man said, “I just want a basket of water. You’re not trying hard enough.”

The boy wanted to show his grandfather that the water would surely run. He again put the _________into the river and ran hard. But there wasn’t anything in it again. He said  _________, “Look, grandpa, it’s useless!”

“Watch the basket.” said the grandfather.

The boy had a look  _________the basket and for the first time realized (意识到) that the basket was different. It had changed from a dirty old coal basket into a  _________one, inside and out.

“My child, that’s what happens (发生) _________you read the book. You might not understand or remember everything, but the words will change you inside and out. That’s what you got from reading.”

1.A.show B.help C.love D.follow

2.A.house B.beach C.river D.lake

3.A.they B.he C.I D.we

4.A.ran B.rode C.drove D.flew

5.A.difficult B.interesting C.boring D.important

6.A.hand B.bottle C.basket D.coal

7.A.happily B.surprisedly C.excitedly D.sadly

8.A.for B.at C.into D.down

9.A.white B.clean C.new. D.black

10.A.and B.so C.before D.when

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.B

10.D

【解析】

短文大意：本文通过小男孩一次次用煤筐子打水的故事，说明我们可能不会理解或记住所有的事情，但书中的内容将从内到外改变你，就像一次次用煤筐子打水一样，虽然篮子是空的，可是它里里外外都变得干净了。

1.

句意：他的孙子想要成为像他一样的人，并试图以他所能做的一切方式跟随他。

show展示；help帮助；love爱；follow跟随。根据“His grandson wanted to be just like him他的孙子想要成为像他一样的人”，可知孙子总想模仿他，follow符合句意，故选D。

2.

句意：爷爷说:“把这个煤筐带到河边，再给我拿一筐水来。”

house房子；beach小溪；river河；lake湖。根据后文“He again put the basket into the river他再次把篮子放进河里”，可知选C。

3.

句意：男孩照爷爷说的做了，但在他到家之前，水已经流光了。

they他们；he他；I我；we我们。根据“The boy did as his grandpa said男孩照爷爷说的做了”，the boy是单数第三人称，需用he代替，可知选B。

4.

句意：第二次，男孩跑得更快了，但篮子仍然是空的。

ran跑；rode骑马（车）；drove驾驶；flew流。根据上文爷爷的话“You will have to walk faster next time下次你得走快点”，可知这一次男孩走得更快了，run符合句意，故选A。

5.

句意：他告诉爷爷用篮子提水很困难。

difficult困难的；interesting有趣的；boring无聊的；important重要的。根据男孩两次失败的经历，可知用篮子提水很困难，故选A。

6.

句意：他再次把篮子放进河里，拼命地跑。

hand手；bottle瓶子；basket篮子；coal煤炭。again又/再，根据句意语境，可知放进河里的还是篮子，故选C。

7.

句意：他悲伤地说:“看，爷爷，这没用!”

happily高兴地；surprisedly惊奇地；excitedly兴奋地；sadly伤心地。根据上文“But there wasn’t anything in it again但是里面又什么都没有了”，结合说给爷爷的话，可知男孩很伤心，故选D。

8.

句意：男孩看了一眼篮子，第一次意识到篮子不一样。

look for寻找；look at看；look into考察；look down轻视。have a look at看一眼，固定短语；根据句意结构，可知ACD三项不合句意，故选B。

9.

句意：它从一个又脏又旧的煤篮子里里外外都变成了一个干净的篮子。

white白色的；clean干净的；new新的；black黑色的。根据上文“It had changed from a dirty old coal basket它从一个又脏又旧的煤篮子”，可知变干净了，故选B。

10.

句意：我的孩子，这就是你读书时发生的情况。

and和，表并列；so所以，表结果；before在……之前，表时间；when当……的时候，表时间。本句是时间状语从句，根据句意语境，可知前面三项意思都与句意不合，故选D。