Question

The day for the great balloon competition finally arrived．Every insect in the garden had been        hard, and now they were preparing to begin their routines．The balloon competitions were always something really special．

Each time, the flying insects were favourite        to win, because they could seize the balloon strings and fly off in all directions, creating all sorts of       in the air．       , on this occasion there were some rather unusual insects taking part: a group of ants．Of course,         expected that they could do anything special．They were so light that no ant had ever       to take part, but it was quite impressive to see all the ants all        organized and prepared．

So the competition began, and the         insects took their turns, performing beautiful movements with the balloons．As always, the butterflies left everyone        with their twist and turns, and their wonderful colours．When it was time for the ants to perform, it seemed like the competition had already been decided．

For the        time in living memory, the ants shared just one balloon between them, and one by one they climbed up the balloon string,       a thin black thread of ants．When all the string was covered, the last ant climbed         his teammates to reach the balloon．       he got there, he climbed onto the top of the balloon．

This strange        attracted everyone's curiosity, and they were just about to witness the most important       : the ant opened his jaws as wide as he could．．．and then he made a violent movement at the balloon with all his strength!

The result was powerful! The balloon began blowing out its air, flying        about, here and there, doing a thousand turns and spins, while the ants made all kinds of beautiful shapes out of the string．

Of course, that acrobatic(杂技般的) flight       with quite a hard landing, but it didn't           ．The creativity and teamwork of the ant performance was so        that the crowd didn't even have to vote for there to be a winner．

From then on, in that garden, everyone understood how much could be achieved by working        ．In the years to come, the balloon competitions were full of displays carried out by teams, and they put on some wonderful routines; something those individual insects could never have achieved on their own．

1.A．fighting   B.training            C．functioning      D．living

2.A．speakers B．organizers   C．candidates       D．producers

3.A．patterns   B．numbers          C．drawings         D．sounds

4.A．Besides   B．Thus             C．Instead          D．However

5.A．anybody B．somebody        C．everybody        D．nobody

6.A．bothered B．hesitated         C．refused          D．promised

7.A．quickly  B．terribly          C．perfectly         D．strangely

8.A．special   B．different         C．familiar         D．similar

9.A．amazed  B．disappointed      C．bored           D．blessed

10.A．first    B．second            C．last             D．next

11.A．cutting  B．forming           C．using            D．passing

12.A．with   B．over              C．around          D．through

13.A．Once  B．If                C．Though          D．Until

14.A．idea   B．attitude           C．behavior         D．experience

15.A．effect   B．case              C．condition        D．moment

16.A．weakly B．madly           C．peacefully        D．carefully

17.A．ended   B．started            C．continued        D．broke

18.A．help    B．work            C．matter          D．tell

19.A．necessary B．impressive        C．natural          D．important

20.A．alone    B．behind          C．out             D．together

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.A

11.B

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.B

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是在花园气球比赛中，蚂蚁通过合作使人们震惊，团队协作可以让我们实现个人所不能实现的目标；

1.B考查动词辨析A．fighting打架；B.training训练；C．functioning 起作用；D．living居住；句意：花园里面的每个昆虫都努力的训练。根据The day for the great balloon competition finally arrived比赛的日子来临了，故选B项。

2.2】C考查名词辨析A．speakers说话者；B．organizers组织者；C．candidates候选人；D．producers生产者；句意：每次，飞虫都是最有可能成功的候选者。根据语境可知他们是候选者，故选C项。

3.3】A考查名词辨析A．patterns 模式花样；B．numbers 数字； C．drawings画画；D．sounds声音；句意：因为他们靠翅膀飞向各个方向，创造出各种各样的花样。根据语境可知他们能创新的飞行花样，故选A项。

4.4】D考查副词凉棚 A．Besides况且；B．Thus 因此； C．Instead反而；D．However然而；句意：然而，在这种场合，有一些不同寻常的昆虫参加。根据句意可知表示转折，故选D项。

5.5】D考查代词辨析A．anybody任何人；B．somebody一些人；C．everybody每个人；D．nobody没有人；句意：当然，没有人期望他们能做些特别的事情。根据语境可知人们对于蚂蚁是不报任何希望的，故选D项。

6.6】A考查动词辨析A．bothered打扰；B．hesitated犹豫；C．refused 拒绝；D．promised承诺；句意：他们如此的轻以至于没有人费力的去参与但看到所有的蚂蚁都完美地准备，还是给人印象深刻的。Bother to do 费力去做某事，故选A项。

7.7】C考查副词辨析A．quickly快速；B．terribly 糟糕地；C．perfectly理想地，完美地；D．strangely奇怪地；句意：他们如此的轻以至于没有人费力的去参与但看到所有的蚂蚁都完美地准备，还是给人印象深刻的。根据impressive可知准备的十分好，故C项符合句意；

8.8】B考查形容词辨析A．special特殊的；B．different不同的；C．familiar 熟悉的；D．similar相似的；句意：因此当比赛开始，不同的昆虫轮流表演。根据语境可知选B项。

9.9】A考查形容词辨析A．amazed吃惊的；B．disappointed失望的；C．bored厌烦的；D．blessed神圣的；句意：蝴蝶用他们的转弯，旋转和美丽颜色让大家很是吃惊。根据语境可知选A项。

10.0】A考查序数词辨析A．first 第一；B．second第二；C．last最后的；D．next下一个；句意：第一次，蚂蚁彼此分享一个球，for the first time 第一次，故选A项。

11.1】B考查动词辨析A．cutting切；B．forming形成；C．using用；D．passing通过；句意：这些蚂蚁一个接一个的爬到圆球，形成一条黑色的线。根据语境可知选B项。

12.2】B考查介词辨析及语境理解；句意：当绳子被完全盖住时，最后一只蚂蚁爬到队友上面去碰那个球。根据语境可知在。。上，故选B项。

13.3】A考查连词辨析A．Once一旦；B．If如果；C．Though 虽然；D．Until 直到；句意：一旦他到达那，它也就爬到球的顶部。根据句意选A项。

14.4】C考查名词辨析A．idea想法；B．attitude态度；C．behavior行为；D．experience经验；句意：这个奇怪的行为吸引大家的好奇心，他们打算看看最重要的时刻，蚂蚁张大嘴巴。根据语境这是奇怪的举动，故选C项。

15.5】D考查名词辨析A．effect影响；B．case 案件；C．condition条件；D．moment时刻；句意：这个奇怪的行为吸引大家的好奇心，他们打算看看最重要的时刻，蚂蚁张大嘴巴。根据语境可知选D项。

16.6】B考查副词辨析A．weakly虚弱地；B．madly发疯地；C．peacefully和平地；D．carefully仔细地；句意：气球开始在空飞。根据here and there, doing a thousand turns and spins,到处动，做着各种花样，故选B项。

17.7】A考查动词辨析A．ended结束；B．started开始；C．continued继续；D．broke打碎；句意：当然，这杂技般的表演结束，但是没有关系。根据语境可知表演结束了，故选A项。

18.8】C考查动词辨析A．help帮助；B．work工作；C．matter重要；D．tell告诉；；句意：当然，这杂技般的表演结束，但是没有关系。It didn’t matter 不重要，故选C项。

19.9】B考查形容词辨析A．necessary必要的；B．impressive印象深的；C．natural自然的；D．important重要的；句意：蚂蚁的表演如此的让人印象深刻以至于人们不得不把票投给他们，根据语境可知选B项。

20.20】D考查副词辨析A．alone单独地；B．behind在。。后面；C．out出去；D．together一起；句意：从那里开始，这个花园里，大家开始理解如何通过团队合作来实现目标。根据语境可知团队协作，故选D项。