Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、 C和D中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables.In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me.I could see that he hadn’t longed to ____, but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.

“Frank!” I cried in astonishment.He couldn’t _ __, as I knew, but all the time ___ his foot against mine.

My ____ raced back more than thirty years to the ___ days of 1941, when I was a student in London.The ____ was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night.Two of the regulars were Mrs.West and her son Frank.

____ wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to____ each other very well.Frank West ____ me because he wasn’t __ _, not even at birth.His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had ____ of a mind than a baby has.His “____” consisted of rough sounds-sounds of pleasure or anger and ____ more.Mrs.West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she has to be, of course, because Frank ____ on her entirely.He needed all the ____ of a baby.

One night a policeman came and told Mrs.West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder.She ____ nearly everything she owned.

When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the ____ ones.So before we____ that morning, I stood beside Frank and _____ my right foot against his.They were about the same size.That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for Frank.But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine.After that, his.____ to me was always the same.

1.A.work         B.stay         C.live          D.expect

2.A.answer      B.speak        C.smile          D.laugh

3.A.covering    B.moving      C.fighting      D.pressing

4.A.minds       B.memories     C.thoughts      D.brains

5.A.better       B.dark         C.younger        D.old

6.A.cave         B.place        C.sight          D.scene

7.A.Discussing   B.Solving    C.Sharing        D.Suffering

8.A.learn from   B.talk to    C.help          D.know

9.A.needed       B.recognized   C.interested     D.encouraged

10.A.normal     B.common      C.unusual        D.quick

11.A.more      B.worse        C.fewer          D.less

12.A.word       B.speech      C.sentence      D.language

13.A.not        B.no         C.something      D.nothing

14.A.fed        B.kept         C.lived          D.depended

15.A.attention   B.control     C.treatment      D.management

16.A.lost       B.needed       C.destroyed      D.left

17.A.troublesome B.unlucky     C.angry          D.unpopular

18.A.separated   B.went         C.reunited      D.returned

19.A.pushed     B.tried        C.showed        D.measured

20.A.nodding    B.greeting     C.meeting        D.acting

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.A

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：作者回忆了战争时候发生的事情。Frank和作者一样，同是去防空洞避难的人，但是，Frank与正常人不同，这让作者开始注意到他。Frank的心智很不健全，不能说话，日常生活完全依靠其母亲。后来，作者送了Frank一双鞋子，从此以后，把脚和作者的并在一起，就成了Frank问候作者的方式。

1.考查动词辨析。A.work工作；B.stay保持，待在；C.live生活；D.expect期望。根据“for incurables...got up shakily from his bed”可知，作者认为那个颤颤巍巍的老人活不了多长时间了，这里的hadn’t相当于didn’t have，故选C。

2.考查动词辨析。A.answer回答；B.speak说，演讲；C.smile微笑；D.laugh大笑。根据“His “____” consisted of rough sounds”可知，Frank不会说话，说明他无法应答，故选A。

3.考查动词辨析。A.covering覆盖；B.moving移动；C.fighting 战斗；D.pressing按压。根据文章最后一行“placed his right foot against mine”可知，Frank总是把自己的脚和作者的并在一起，故选D。

4.考查名词辨析。A.minds思想；B.memories记忆；C.thoughts想法；D.brains大脑。作者回忆起了三十年前的事，故选B。

5.考查形容词和比较级。A.better更好的；B.dark黑暗的；C.younger较小的；D.old老的，年龄大的。根据“was an air-raid shelter, in which I...”可知，作者回忆起了战争期间的事情，那段战争中的时光是黑暗的，故选B。

6.考查名词辨析。A.cave洞穴；B.place地方；C.sight风景，景象； D.scene场景，现场。句意：浮现在作者脑海的场景是一个防空洞，故选D。

7.考查动词辨析。A.Discussing讨论；B.Solving解决；C.Sharing分享，共有；D.Suffering遭受。句意：由于面临相同的战时问题，住在防空洞里的人们开始相互熟悉起来，故选C。

8.考查动词和动词短语。A.learn from 从......中学到；B.talk to和某人谈话；C.help帮助；D.know知道，认识。we shelter-dwellers got to ____ each other very well我们那些住在防空洞里的人变得熟悉起来，故选D。

9.考查动词辨析。A.needed需要；B.recognized认出；C.interested使感兴趣；D.encouraged鼓励。Frank West ____ me弗兰克引起了作者的兴趣，其他三项与语境不符，故选C。

10.考查形容词辨析。A.normal正常的；B.common平常的，普通的，常见的；C.unusual不寻常的；D.quick快速的。作者注意到Frank是因为他不是正常人，故选A。

11.考查比较级和固定搭配。A.more更多的；B.worse更差的；C.fewer较少的；D.less更少的。but he had.____ of a mind than a baby has弗兰克虽是成年人，但其心智还不如一个婴儿，故选D。

12.考查名词辨析。A.word词，话；B.speech演讲，言语，说话能力；C.sentence句子；D.language语言。His “____” consisted of rough sounds弗兰克不能说话，他的言语只包含了一些大概的声音，故选B。

13.考查不定代词。A.not不是；B.no 没有；C.something某事；D.nothing什么也没有。sounds of pleasure or anger and ____ more弗兰克发出的声音，除了表示欢乐和生气之外，别无其他，no more=not any more，故选B。

14.考查动词辨析。A.fed 喂养，养育；B.kept保持；C.lived生活；D.depended依靠。因为Frank完全依靠Mrs.West，因此她不得不变得很坚强，故选D。

15.考查名词辨析。A.attention注意；B.control控制；C.treatment治疗，对待；D.management管理。He needed all the ____ of a baby.婴儿需要的照顾和护理，Frank都需要，故选A。

16.考查动词辨析。A.lost失去；B.needed需要；C.destroyed 破坏；D.left离开，留下。由于房子被500磅的炸弹毁坏，Mrs.West几乎失去了一切，故选A。

17.考查形容词辨析。A.troublesome麻烦的；B.unlucky不幸的；C.angry生气的；D.unpopular不受欢迎的。遇到炮弹袭击之后，作者和剩下的人照顾不幸的伤者，故选B。

18.考查动词辨析。A.separated分开；B.went去，离开，从事；C.reunite重逢；D.returned返回。根据“That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for Frank.”可知，作者当时是离开防空洞回家，故选A。

19.考查动词辨析。A.pushed 推；B.tried尝试；C.showed展示；D.measured测量。根据“They were about the same size.”可知，作者是在测量Frank脚的大小，故选D。

20..nodding点头；B.greeting问候；C.meeting会议，碰面；D.acting行为。根据上一句可知，一看到作者，Frank就会跑过来把自己的脚和作者的并在一起，这成了Frank问候作者的一种方式，故选B。

考点：故事类短文阅读