Question

    One day, Jim played basketball in the living room in high spirits. Then his ______ hit a vase (花瓶) off the shelf by accident. The vase dropped on the floor, and the mouth of it was ______ off a large piece. To cover the great trouble he caused, he stuck the pieces together and put the vase ______ to its place.

His mother ______ the change on it that evening. She asked the boy if he broke the vase. Being afraid of punishment, he said a wild ______ jumped in from the window and knocked the vase off the shelf. His mother was quite clear that he was lying, ______ all the windows were closed by her each day. However, his mother just kept ______ and said it was her carelessness not to have the window closed.

Before going to bed, the boy's mother asked him to go to the study. He felt he couldn't avoid the punishment. As soon as he entered the study ______, she took chocolate box out of the drawer and gave one piece to him. "Jim, this chocolate is a reward for you, because you ______ a cat with your imagination." Then, she put another chocolate in his hand. "This chocolate is a prize for your ability to ______ the vase. After that, his mother took the third chocolate, "The last chocolate stands for my ______ to you. I shouldn't have put a vase in a place where it could so ______ fall down, I wish you hadn't been ______, my sweetheart."

The following days were the same as before. The only ______ was that Jim never told a lie since then. Because once he meant to lie, the three chocolate would remind him to be ______. Sometimes, no punishment itself is a kind of punishment.

1.A.spirits B.mother C.basketball D.pet

2.A.knocked B.taken C.kicked D.cut

3.A.down B.back C.away D.up

4.A.forgot B.searched C.accepted D.noticed

5.A.mouse B.cat C.bird D.duck

6.A.though B.unless C.until D.for

7.A.shocked B.calm C.angry D.excited

8.A.in person B.for fun C.with peace D.in fear

9.A.created B.caught C.drew D.chose

10.A.repair B.repeat C.divide D.discover

11.A.hello B.goodbye C.yes D.sorry

12.A.easily B.completely C.exactly D.quickly

13.A.moved B.hurt C.beaten D.broken

14.A.change B.power C.report D.hope

15.A.careful B.hopeful C.honest D.patient

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.A

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。吉姆在房间里打篮球的时候不小心弄坏了花瓶，母亲用三颗巧克力去奖励他，让他意识到了错误，并从此不再撒谎。

1.

句意：他的篮球意外地击中了架子上的花瓶。

spirits精神；mother妈妈；basketball篮球；pet宠物。根据“Jim played basketball in the living room”可推断，是篮球击中了花瓶，故选C。

2.

句意：花瓶掉在地板上，瓶口被磕掉了一大块。

knocked碰撞；taken带着；kicked踢；cut切。knock off撞落，根据句意可知，这里指的是花瓶掉到地上，瓶口摔掉了一大块，结合选项，只有A符合句意，故选A。

3.

句意：为了掩盖他造成的巨大麻烦，他把花瓶的碎片粘在一起，然后把花瓶放回了原位。

down向下；back回原处；away离开；up向上。根据句意结合常识可知，花瓶碎片起来并放回原位才能掩盖自己的错误，put…back to把……放回……，固定短语，故选B。

4.

句意：那天晚上他妈妈注意到了花瓶上的变化。

forgot忘记；searched搜索；accepted接受；noticed注意。根据“She asked the boy if he broke the vase.”可推断，他妈妈发现了花瓶的异样，所以才问是不是他打碎了花瓶，空处所缺信息是发现，结合选项，只有D符合句意，故选D。

5.

句意：因为害怕受到惩罚，他说，一只野猫从窗户跳了进来，把花瓶从架子上撞了下来。

mouse老鼠；cat猫；bird鸟；duck鸭子。根据下文中“ …a cat with your imagination”想象中的猫，可知此处与下文呼应，说的是野猫，故选B。

6.

句意：他母亲很清楚他在说谎，因为她每天都把所有的窗户关上了。

though虽然；unless除非；until直到……；for因为。分析空前空后的句意可知，前后是因果关系，因为她母亲每天都会关窗，所以知道他在撒谎，结合选项，故选D。

7.

句意：然而，他的母亲只是保持冷静，并说这是她的粗心，没有把窗户关上。

shocked震惊的；calm平静的；angry生气的；excited兴奋的。根据上下文可知，母亲明知道他在撒谎，本该生气，但是却说是自己粗心忘了关窗，由此推断，此处是保持冷静，结合选项，故选B。

8.

句意：当他惊恐地走进书房时，她从抽屉里拿出一盒巧克力给了他一块。

in person亲自；for fun开玩笑地；with peace平静地；in fear惊恐地。根据“ He felt he couldn't avoid the punishment” 他觉得他避免不了受惩罚，可知，他进书房时的心情是恐惧的，结合选项，故选D。

9.

句意：吉姆，这块巧克力是给你的奖励，因为你用想象力创造出了一只猫。

created创造；caught抓住；drew画；chose选择。根据“with your imagination”用想象力，可知，想象力用于创造，所以这里是创造了一只猫，故选A。

10.

句意：这块巧克力是对你能修复花瓶的奖励。

repair修复；repeat重复；divide使分开；discover发现。根据上文可知，吉姆把花瓶的碎片粘在了一起，也就是修复了花瓶，故选A。

11.

句意：最后一块巧克力代表我对你的抱歉。

hello你好；goodbye再见；yes是的；sorry抱歉。根据“I shouldn't have put a vase in a place…”我不应该把花瓶放在容易掉下来的地方，可推断，此处表达的意思是巧克力代表我的抱歉，故选D。

12.

句意：我不应该把花瓶放在容易掉下来的地方，希望你没有被伤到，我的甜心。

easily容易地；completely完全地；exactly恰好地；quickly很快地。根据“ I shouldn't have put a vase in a place”及上文的“sorry”可推断，此处是我不应该把花瓶放在容易掉下来的地方，故选A。

13.

句意：我不应该把花瓶放在容易掉下来的地方，希望你没有被伤到，我的甜心。

moved感动的；hurt受伤的；beaten精疲力竭的；broken打断。根据上文吉姆打碎花瓶，把碎片粘在了一起，结合选项可知，空处要表达的意思是希望他没有被伤到，故选B。

14.

句意：唯一的变化是吉姆从那以后再也没有说过谎。

change变化；power力量；report报道；hope希望。根据上一句“The following days were the same as before”及本句的“only”可推断，此处表达的意思是：接下来的日子一切如常，但唯一的变化是他再也没有说过谎。故选A。

15.

句意：因为一旦他想撒谎，这3块巧克力会提醒他要诚实。

careful仔细的；hopeful有希望的；honest诚实的；patient耐心的。根据上文“ Jim never told a lie since then”并结合句意可知，他想撒谎时，这三块巧克力会提醒他不要撒谎，也就是要诚实，故选C。