Question

阅读下在短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A woman id her sixties lived alone in her little cottage with a pear tree at her door. She spent all her time taking care of the tree. But the children nearby drover her    21     by making fun of her. They would climb her tree and then run away with pears,     22  “Aunty Misery” at her.

One evening, a passer by asked to    23    for the night. Seeing that he had an   24  Face, she let him in and gave him a nice    25  . The next morning the stranger, actually a sorcerer (巫师), thanked her by granting (允准) her   26    that anyone who climbed up her tree 27  not be able to come back down until she   28 it.

When the children came back to steal her   29  , she had them stuck on the tree. They had to beg her

long   30  she gave the tree permission to let  31   go. Aunty Misery was free from the   32  at last.

One day another man    33   her door. This one did not look trustworthy to her,   34  she asked who he was . “I am Death, I’ve come to take you   35   me.” said he.

Thinking fast Aunty Misery said, “Fine, but I’d like to  36   some pears from my dear tree to remember the 37          

it brought to me in this life. But I am too    38  to climb high to get the best fruit. Will you be so   39   as to do it for me?” With a deep sigh, Mr. Death climbed up the tree   40  and was immediately stuck to it. No matter how much he warned or begged, Aunty Misery would not allow the tree to let Death go.

21.  A. hopeless    B. painful   C. dull   D. crazy

22.  A. calling     B. shouting   C. announcing       D. whispering

23.  A. stay       B. live       C. hide             D. lie

24.  A. interesting B. honest    C. anxious          D. angry

25.  A. gift       B. kiss      C. treat             D. smile

26.  A. suggestion  B. demand     C. permission       D. wish

27.  A. could      B. should     C. might            D. must

28.  A. permitted   B. promised   C. answered         D. declared

29.  A. branch    B. food       C. tree             D. fruit

30.  A. after      B. while      C. since            D. before

31.  A. it        B. them       C. him              D. her

32.  A. trick     B. question    C. trouble          D. difficulty

33.  A. stepped into   B. left for C. stopped at      D. walked around

34.  A. so       B. but          C. although        D. because

35.  A. with     B. off          C. upon            D. for

36.  A. choose    B. pick         C. shake           D. hit

37.  A. honor     B. pleasure      C. hope            D. excitement

38.  A. light     B. short        C. old             D. thin

39.  A. proud     B. kind         C. fine            D. smart

40.  A. disappointedly       B. cheerfully      C. unwillingly     D. eagerly

Answer

21-25  DBABC  26-30 DBBADD  31-35 BCCAA   36-40 BBCBC

【解析】

21. 形容词辨析。从drove以及下文making fun of her. 可以看出，应该是使她很生气。Crazy“非常生气”又如：That noise is driving me crazy.

Hopeless是令人失望的，而不是失望的，如：Most of the students are making good progress but Jeremy seems a hopeless case,大多数学生进步都很快, 但杰里米却似乎无可救药。

painful“使疼痛的，令人烦恼的”，而不是“烦恼的”。如：It was painful to admit that I was wrong.

dull, 令人厌烦的; 单调的，而不是“烦恼的”如：: The conference was deadly dull.

备考：准确掌握词义，在学习这类形容词时，要尤其注意是主动意味，还是被动意味，又如：interesting 令人感兴趣的，有趣的，interested 感兴趣的。主动意味的多用于事物，被动意味的多用于人。The book is interesting. I’m interested in the book. 本题中：除A以外的三个词，都是“令人……，使人感到……”，很显然用于the woman是不合适的。

22.动词词义。从run away with pears看出，应该是大声的喊，shout，大声说出。Whisper是低声说。Call做喊叫讲不带表示内容的的宾语。Announce，通知。

备考：做完形填空一定要注意上下文。不可只看一句话。

23. 动词。从one evening 以及下文的next morning可看出是请求过夜。stay for the night 过夜，固定搭配。

24.形容词。从常识可知，留宿陌生人应该考虑他是否是诚实。从下文let him in 看出是允许进入。故选B. honest，与下文This one did not look trustworthy to her呼应。

25. 动词。既然允许过夜，接下来最有可能的应该是招待。treat 招待，款待，其它选项不符合情理。

26.名词词义辨析。从下文that引导同位语从句的内容看，应该是她的一个很难实现的愿望。suggestion 建议demand 要求 permission 允许，均对题意不符。

27.同位语从句。wish是先行词，同位语从句谓语动词用should + 动词原形，另外，could不能与be able to连用。

28.动词。根据上下文，没有她的允许不得下来。

29. 名词。到树上当然是偷摘果实（梨）了。branch 树枝； food 食物； tree 树，均不符合题意。

30.连词。长时间的请求后，老太太才让梨树放他们下来。Before，在……之前，才……

31.代词。当然是放偷梨的孩子走了。用them指代偷梨的孩子

32.名词。这样的整治，孩子们当然不敢来了，老太太自然就没有这个麻烦了。

33.动词。据上下文，有一个停在她家门前请求住宿。Stop at 在某处停下来。

34.连词。看见这个人不太可信，所以要查问他了。有因果关系

35.介词。take sb with sb 带某人走，

36.从上下文可知，是摘一些梨作为纪念。从climb可以看出是要上树采摘，而不是挑选或摇动。

37.形容词。从文章一开始，She spent all her time taking care of the tree.可知老太太与这棵梨树的深厚感情。摘几颗梨应该是想记住它所带给她的快乐了。从文章中也没有看到，梨树给他带了什么荣誉、希望或者是什么兴奋的事情。

38.形容词。从climb high to get the best fruit可知，是老太太以“年老爬不上树”为由诱骗“death” 上树（进入陷阱）

39.形容词。Will you be so kind to do sth 请求别人帮助，固定表达法。

40.形容词。从With a deep sigh可知，Death并不愿意为他爬树摘梨，但念及快要死的人了，就答应了，但不会很乐意的，unwillingly 不乐意地。Disappointedly是失望的，这里death并没有什么愿望，也就谈不上失望了。