Question

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large apple on one of the  branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. In fact, the boy disliked    , preferring a bar of chocolate if given the choice. However, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be      .  Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the       he felt and the more he wanted that apple.

He stood on tiptoe,       as high as he could, but even as his tallest      he was unable to touch it. He began to     .up and down, as high as he could, at the     of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple.  Still it remained out of     .

Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to     0n.  His school bag  wouldn't give enough height and he didn't want to       the things inside, like his lunch  box, pencil case, and books. Looking          ,he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or, with luck, even a ladder,       it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he  could use.

He had tried everything he could think to do.     seeing any other choices, he       and started to walk away. At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about  how hungry he had become from his       ,and how he really wanted that apple. The  more he     like this, the more unhappy he became.

However, the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn't always get       he wanted. He started to say     himself, "This isn't helpful. I don't have the apple and I'm feeling unhappy as well.  There's     more I can do to get the apple-that is unchangeable-but we are supposed to be able to      0ur feelings. If that's the case what can I do to feel better?"

1.A. fruit        B. trees        C. vegetables   D. sweet

2.A. difficult     B. dangerous   C. attractive    D. healthy

3.A. sadder      B. angrier      C .hungrier    D. cooler

4.A. hanging     B. stretching   C. beating      D. pulling

5.A. strength     B. length      C. weight      D. height

6.A. look.      B .jump      C. walk       D. wave

7.A. edge        B. stage       C. top         D. level

8.A. hope        B. control     C. sight        D. reach

9.A. feed         B. stand      C. sit          D. hold

10.A. break       B. shake      C. take        D. share

11.A. through    B. forward    C. down       D. around

12.A. so        B. but        C. and         D. yet

13.A. After      B. While      C. Without     D. Upon

14.A. kept off    B. gave up    C. got through  D. turned over

15.A. lessons     B. garden     C. efforts       D. school

16.A. thought    B. stole       C. ate         D. learned

17.A. which       B. what      C. how         D. where

18.A. with       B. by         C. in           D. to

19.A. something  B. anything   C. everything    D. nothing

20.A. change     B. express    C. forget        D. describe

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.B

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文通过一个小男孩没有摘到苹果的故事，告诉我们这样一个生活哲理，拿不到苹果是无法改变的，但我们总能够改变自己的感受。

1.A考查名词辨析A. fruit水果；B. trees树；C. vegetables蔬菜；D. sweet糖果；根据第一句话提到A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence看到苹果，但in fact 事实上表示他不喜欢吃水果，故选A项。

2.2】C考查形容词辨析A. difficult 困难的；B. dangerous 危险的；C. attractive吸引人的；D. healthy健康的；句意：然而，按他们所说的，禁果是吸引人的。根据语境可知选C项。

3.3】C考查形容词辨析A. sadder悲伤的；B. angrier生气的；C .hungrier饥饿的；D. cooler冷的。。根据下文At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his 所在的句子中出现的hungry一词可判断，此处选择hungrier，表示“他越看那只苹果就越觉得肚子饿”，故选C项。

4.4】B考查动词辨析A. hanging挂；B. stretching延伸；C. beating打败；D. pulling拉；根据句意为了够到那只苹果，小男孩踮起脚尖，尽可能把身体伸展到最高的程度，故选B项。

5.5】D考查名词辨析A. strength力气；B. length长度；C. weight 重量；D. height高度；小男孩是站着伸手去够苹果，因此此处指的是身体的高度，不是力量、长度或范围，故选D项。

6.6】B考查动词辨析A. look看；B .jump 跳；C. walk走；D. wave挥手；根据生活常识可判断，既然小男孩站着够不到苹果，他只能开始上下跳跃，故选B项。

7.7】C考查名词辨析 A. edge边缘；B. stage舞台；C. top顶部；D. level水平；每次跳到最高的时候，小男孩就伸长了胳膊去够苹果。at the top of在……顶部或顶端，故选C项。

8.8】D 考查动词辨析A. hope希望；B. control控制；C. sight看到；D. reach到达；根据下文可知，小男孩最终没有摘到苹果。out of reach是固定短语，意为“手够不着, 达不到，故选D项。

9.9】B考查动词辨析A. feed 喂；B. stand站；C. sit 坐；D. hold拿住；根据下文内容可知，小男孩没有放弃，他想如果自己踩在某些东西上面就能够到苹果了，故选B项。

10.0】A考查动词辨析A. break打碎；B. shake摇头；C. take 拿走；D. share分享；小男孩身上背着书包，可他不想弄坏里面装的东西，故选A项。

11.1】D考查介词辨析及语境理解；look up向上看；lookforward期望；lookdown 向下看；look around四处环顾。根据上下文内容可知，为了找到能踩在脚下的东西，小男孩四处环顾，故选D项。

12.2】B 考查连词辨析A. so因此；B. but 但是；C. and并且；D. yet然而；句意：但是这是邻居家的，他不能用，表示转折，故选B项。

13.3】C考查连词辨析A. After之后；B. While然而；C. Without没有；D. Upon一。。就；小男孩尝试了所有的方法，在眼看没有任何其他选择的情况下，小男孩只好放弃了，故选C项。

14.4】B考查动词短语辨析A. kept off远离；B. gave up 放弃；C. got through通过；D. turned over翻转；小男孩尝试了所有的方法，在眼看没有任何其他选择的情况下，小男孩只好放弃了，故选B项。

15.5】C考查名词辨析A. lessons课程；B. garden花园；C. efforts努力；D. school学校；根据上文可知，小男孩做了很多努力，因此耗尽了力气，觉得又累又饿，故选C项。

16.6】A 考查动词辨析A. thought认为；B. stole偷；C. ate 吃；D. learned学会；此处表示他越是这样想，就越觉得不开心，故选A。

17.7】B考查代词辨析及语境理解 句意：然而，故事中的小孩子是个聪明的孩子，即使不能得到想到的。What引导get的宾语从句，故选B项。

18.8】D考查介词辨析 句意：他对自己说，这是没有用的，我没有苹果，我没有感到不高兴。Say to oneself对某人自己说，故选D项。

19.9】D 考查不定代词。A. something一些；B. anything任何；C. everything一切 ；D. nothing什么也没有；结合上文内容可知，小男孩清醒地认识到自己已经没有其他法子可用了，苹果也不会得到了，故选D

20.20】A考查动词辨析A. change改变；B. express表达；C. forget忘记；D. describe描述；小男孩的反省也是文章主题的升华：面对无法解决的问题，我们可以做到的就是改变自己的情感态度，故选A