Question

    One evening, while my family were watching TV in the sitting room, my father began to smoke a cigarette (烟草). Soon the room_______full of smoke. Mother asked him to stop smoking, _______，father said it was too difficult. I sat aside and wondered what I could do. Then I had_______idea.

The next day I gave a packet of cigarettes to my father and said something to him in a low quiet voice. Seeing that, Mother looked surprised. Some days_______, mother wondered why father didn’t smoke any longer. Father explained that the cigarettes I had given him were a special kind, which could help people give_______smoking. We all laughed.

1.A.is B.was C.are D.were

2.A.so B.for C.since D.but

3.A.a B.an C.the D.that

4.A.late B.early C.later D.earlier

5.A.up B.out C.away D.to

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要介绍了作者用一个特殊的方法帮助爸爸戒烟的故事。

1.

句意：很快房间里就充满了烟。

is是，一般现在时，主语是单数；was是，一般过去时，主语是单数；are是，一般现在时，主语是复数；were是，一般过去时，主语是复数。根据下文Mother asked him，可知句子时态用一般过去时，主语the room是单数形式，所以用was，故答案选B。

2.

句意：妈妈叫他戒烟，但是，爸爸说太难了。

so所以；for为了；since自从；but但是。根据Mother asked him to stop smoking, __2__，father said it was too difficult. 妈妈叫他戒烟，爸爸说太难了，可知前后句之间表示转折关系，所以用but连接，故答案选D。

3.

句意：然后我有了一个主意。

a一，表示泛指，用于辅音音素开头的单词前；an一，表示泛指，用于元音音素开头的单词前；the这、那（些），表示特指；that那、那个。根据Then I had__3__idea.可知句意为“我有一个好主意。”此处表示泛指，idea是元音音素开头的单词，所以用an，故答案选B。

4.

句意：几天后，妈妈想知道为什么爸爸不再抽烟了。

late晚的；early早的；later之后；earlier更早的。根据Some days___4___, mother wondered why father didn’t smoke any longer.结合上文语境，可知是几天后，妈妈想知道爸爸不再抽烟的原因，some days later几天之后，故答案选C。

5.

句意：父亲解释说，我给他的香烟是一种特殊的，可以帮助人们戒烟的香烟。

up向上；out外面；away离开；to到。根据which could help people give__5__smoking.可知是可以帮助人们戒烟，give up放弃、停止，固定词组，故答案选A。