Question

Benjamin Franklin invented a lot of things which made people’s life easier. One of his earlier inventions was paddles for swimming. Ben had         if there were some way to help people     faster. He thought hard and slowly a picture of swimming paddles grew in his    . The paddles must be neither too big nor too small. The wood which    the paddles must be neither too heavy nor too     .

He began to work on the paddles and a few days later the paddles were finished. And then on the next Saturday afternoon Ben decided to try them out at Green’s pond     there were about a hundred boys waiting. All of them had heard of Ben’s idea and wanted to see whether the paddle would     . They were talking to each other, “What’s to be done if the paddles don’t work?” “What if he goes down?”

When Ben got into the     , he began to paddle. At first the swam     , then faster and faster until he was going through the water like a fish. The boys had     seen such a fast swimmer. The paddles did work. All of the boys cheered loudly for Ben, jumping up and down with joy.

1.A. doubted      B. wondered     C. asked         D. tried

2.A. travel        B. run          C. boat          D. swim

3.A. heart         B. family       C. hand          D. mind

4.A. was used to    B. was used for     C. used as   D. used with

5.A. light         B. small         C. big            D. slow

6.A. that          B. where          C. which         D. when

7.A. welcome     B. act           C. work         D. do

8.A. water        B. river          C. sea            D. boat

9.A. slowly       B. carefully       C. easily          D. happily

10.A. always       B. almost         C. never          D. seldom

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.A

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：本杰明富兰克林一生有很多发明，本文介绍了其中最早的一项发明----用来游泳的短浆。

1.】考查动词与语境理解。A. doubted 怀疑B. wondered好奇；想知道 C. asked询问 D. tried尝试。本杰明富兰克林一生有很多发明，最早的一项发明是用来游泳的短浆。富兰克林一直想是否有什么方式能让人们游泳更快些。选B。

2.】考查动词与语境理解。A. travel旅行 B. run 跑步C. boat 船只D. swim游泳。根据文章得知这里一直在说关于游泳的发明。富兰克林一直想是否有什么方式能让人们游泳更快些。选D。

3.】考查名词与语境理解。A. heart 心脏 B. family家庭 C. hand 手 D. mind头脑。在脑海里有了一个大致的构思。选D。

4.】考查动词短语与语境理解。A. was used to被用来做某事 B. was used for被用来 C. used as 被用来作为D. used with使用。被用来做短浆的木头不能太重也不能太轻。选B。

5.】考查形容词与语境理解。 A. light 轻的 B. small小的 C. big大的 D. slow慢的。既不能也不能填反义词，不能太重也不能太轻。选. A。

6.】考查连词与语境理解。A. that 名词性从句连接词；定语从句做主语或宾语B. where 地点状语 C. which定语从句做主语或宾语 D. when时间状语在格林的池塘里做实验，在那个地方有100个男孩等着看实验。选B。

7.】考查动词与语境理解。A. welcome 欢迎 B. act行动 C. work工作；有效果 D. do做事。根据下文The paddles did work.得知刚开始他们都听说了本的想法，想要看看是否短浆能用。选.C。

8.考查名词与语境理解。. A. water水 B. river小河 C. sea海洋 D. boat船只。当本进入池塘的水中，就开始划。选. A。

9.】考查副词与语境理解。 A. slowly 缓慢 B. carefully 仔细C. easily 容易D. happily快乐。一开始游得很慢，然后越来越快。选. A。

10.】考查副词与语境理解。A. always总是 B. almost 几乎C. never 从不D. seldom很少。小男孩们没有见过这么快的游泳者。选. C。

考点：故事类文章