Question

I liked climbing things when I was a baby. My mother remembers and has told me most of those   16   moments like this one. When I was one and a half years old, we lived in our first house in Rue St-Louis. On a hot summer day, my father intended to   17  the roof of our old house. In order to climb up there, he   18   a ladder front of the house.

In my town,   19   could walk outside because the streets were   20  . I was outside watching my father climb on that strange thing. I was curious about why my father disappear at last. So I decided to go up it to   21   why it was impossible to see my father after he reached the   22   of that thing. At 1.5 years old, still a baby wearing pampers, I climbed that ladder to the roof top and started walking   23  . My father did not notice that-he was on the other side occupied with his repairs. It happened that a nice lady in our   24   passed by and   25   me. The nice lady came to my house and   26   my mother of it, who was fearful and   27   ran outside to speak with me.

She really thought I would just   28   that roof, for I was just a baby  29  . She asked me to sit down and stop moving in a   30   way you speak to your babies when they are cute.   31  , I threw myself flat on the   32  and waited.

My mother climbed the ladder to   33   me up and there I was enjoying the view laughing at my mother’s shocked face.   34   the saying goes, “He who knows nothing   35  nothing.”

1.A．valuable         B．unforgettable  C．endless        D．worthy

2.A．build            B．paint          C．clean          D．mend

3.A．spread           B．laid           C．stood          D．moved

4.A．adults           B．children       C．babies         D．villagers

5.A．smooth           B．wide           C．clean          D．safe

6.A．figure out B．think out            C．pick out       D．point out

7.A．foot             B．top            C．step           D．body

8.A．out              B．up             C．down           D．around

9.A．house            B．neighborhood   C．family         D．company

10.A．met             B．inspected      C．heard          D．spotted

11.A．asked           B．warned         C．reminded       D．advised

12.A．quietly         B．slowly         C．immediately    D．curiously

13.A．fall off        B．climb onto     C．repair         D．destroy

14.A．after all       B．at all         C．in all         D．all in all

15.A．concerned       B．cautious       C．nice           D．clear

16.A．Therefore B．Instead              C．However        D．Otherwise

17.A．ladder          B．ground         C．roof           D．street

18.A．bring           B．pick           C．put            D．take

19.A．When            B．While          C．For            D．As

20.A．doubts          B．fears          C．ignores        D．understands

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.B

【解析】

1.考查形容词。妈妈记得我小时候的事并常常给我讲述这些难忘的时刻。unforgettable难忘的。

2.考查动词。父亲要上房子“维修”房顶。

3.考查动词。此处stand的意思是“v.使竖立”。

4.考查名词。在我们家乡，因为街上很安全，小孩可在街上走动。

5.考查形容词。safe安全的。

6.考查动词短语。因此我就决定爬上梯子弄清爸爸在做什么。figure out，算出，理解，弄明白。

7.考查名词。因此我就决定爬上梯子想弄清爸爸上了房顶后做什么。Top此处指“房顶”。

8.考查副词。尽管我只有1.5岁，我上了房顶，在上面“到处走”。

9.考查名词。我们的邻居neighborhood从旁经过发现了我在房顶。

10.考查动词。spot发现。

11.考查动词。邻居neighborhood从旁经过发现了我在房顶，就去“提醒”warn我妈妈。

12.考查副词。得知我在房顶，妈妈“立刻immediately”跑出来。

13.考查动词短语。妈妈担心我从房顶“掉下来fall off”。

14.考查介词短语。我毕竟after all是个只有1.5岁的孩子。

15.考查形容词。她用一种当你觉得这小孩很可爱时会才用的口吻让我好好坐着，不要动。

16.考查副名词。下文的throw oneself意思是“扑到”。前后是转折关系。

17.考查名词。作者现在在房顶。

18.考查动词。pick up拿起；抱起。

19.考查连词。as the saying goes俗话说。

20.考查名词。He who knows nothing fears nothing. 无知者无畏。