Question

完形填空，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，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A certain good woman one day said something that hurt her best friend of many years. She regretted it immediately and would have done anything to have taken the words back. So she went to an older, wiser woman in the village and       advice.

Listening to her, the older woman       the younger woman’s distress and knew she must help her. She also knew she could       ease her pain, but she could teach.

Then, she said. “There are       things you need to do. The first is extremely difficult. Tonight, Take your best       pillows and open a small hole in each one. Then,      the sun rises, you must put a single feather on the doorstep of each house in town. When you are through,      to me. If you’ve done the first thing       , I’ll tell you the second.”

The young woman hurried home to prepare for her chore,      the pillows were very       to her and very expensive.

All night long, she went from doorstep to doorstep. Her fingers were      . The wind was so sharp that it caused her eyes to water, but she ran on through the      streets,      that there was something she could do to put things       the way they once were. Finally she placed the last feather on the steps of the last house. Just as the sun rose, she returned to the older woman.

She was exhausted but      ,thinking that her efforts would be rewarded.

“Now,” said the wise woman, “Go back and       your pillows. Then everything will be as it was before.”

The young woman was stunned, “You know that’s impossible! The wind       each feather as fast as I placed them on the doorsteps! You didn’t say I had to get them back! If this is the second       , then things will never be the same.”

“That’s true,” said the older woman. “Never forget. Each of your words is like a feather in the wind. Once       , no amount of effort,      how heartfelt or sincere, can ever return them to your mouth. Choose your words well and guard them most of all in the presence of those you love.”

1.A. asked about  B. asked for       C. asked to     D. ask around

2.A. witnessed    B. touched         C. guessed      D. sensed

3.A. ever         B. almost          C. never        D. seldom

4.A. one           B. two            C. three        D. four

5.A. feather     B. leather         C. woolen      D. cotton

6.A. when         B. after          C. as          D. before

7.A. come back     B. go back         C. put back    D. draw back

8.A. promptly      B. absolutely      C. completely   D. unfortunately

9.A. so as to      B. even though    C. now that    D. in spite of

10.A. hard        B. rare           C. nice        D. dear

11.A. freezing    B. freezingly      C. froze      D. frozen

12.A. brightened  B. widened        C. darkened     D. broadened

13.A. amazing      B. lucky           C. thankful     D. surprising

14.A. on         B. up             C. off          D. back

15.A. tired        B. relieved      C. grateful    D. nervous

16.A. refill     B. get             C. purchase     D. seek

17.A. blew up     B. blew on        C. blew away   D. blew over

18.A. requirement B. situation       C. consequence  D. circumstance

19.A. speak        B. spoken          C. speaking   D. being spoken

20.A. however     B. whatever       C. although     D. regardless

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.D

12.C

13.C

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文。一个善良的女人说了一些话伤害了她最好的朋友，她话一出口就后悔了。她的话伤害朋友如此之深，以至于这个善良的女人为自己给朋友造成痛苦而伤心不已。这个故事告诉我们：覆水难收。所以在别人面前尤其是我们珍爱的人面前最好注意自己的言辞。

1.考查词组。A. asked about询问；B. asked for要求，征求；C. asked to邀请……参加……；D. ask around四处打听。她向一位年长的智者征求意见。故选B。

2.考查动词。A. witnessed见证；B. touched触摸；C. guessed猜测；D. sensed感觉。听着女人的诉说，智者感觉到了她的痛苦，知道她必须帮助那个女人。故选D。

3.考查副词。A. ever曾经；B. almost几乎；C. never从不；D. seldom很少。从后面的句子：but she could teach.可知当然智者知道自己减轻不了女人的痛苦，但是可以教她去减轻痛苦。故选C。

4.考查数词。A. one 一；B. two二；C. three三；D. four四。从后面的句子：If you’ve done the first thing ____ , I’ll tell you the second.”可知智者叫她做两件事。故选B。

5.考查名词。A. feather羽毛；B. leather皮革；C. woolen木质的；D. cotton棉花。从下文you must put a single feather on the doorstep of each house in town. 可知智者告诉女人把 最好的羽毛枕头拿出来，在上面弄个洞，故选A。

6.考查连词。A. when当……时候；B. after在……后面；C. as当……时候；D. before在……前面。从下文的All night long, she went from doorstep to doorstep. 可知智者告诉女人在天亮之前在每家门前台阶上放一根她最好的枕头里的羽毛。故选D。

7.考查词组。A. come back回来；B. go back回去；C. put back放回；D. draw back收回。如果你完成了，你就回来找我。故选A。

8.考查副词。A. promptly迅速地，毫不迟疑；B. absolutely绝对的；C. completely完全地；D. unfortunately不幸地。如果你完全的做好了第一件事，我就告诉你第二件事，故选C。

9.考查词组。A. so as to为了，B. even though即使，C. now that既然，D. in spite of虽然，故选B。

10.考查形容词。A. hard困难的；B. rare罕见的；C. nice好的；D. dear贵的，亲爱的。前文有暗示，智者说：“take your best feather pillows...”那个年轻的女人赶快回家准备行动，即使这个枕头对她来说很贵，故选D。

11.考查词义辨析。A. freezing极冷的；B. freezingly极冷地；C. froze冷冻；D. frozen结冰的，冻僵了。从下文的The wind was so sharp可知她的手指冻僵了。故选D。

12.考查动词。A. brightened变亮；B. widened拓宽；C. darkened变黑；D. broadened开阔。从前面的All night long, she went from doorstep to doorstep.可知这是黑暗的街道，选C

13.考查形容词。A. amazing惊人的；B. lucky幸运的；C. thankful感激的；D. surprising惊讶的。她对于能够做些事情把事情挽回很感激。故选C。

14.考查副词。A. on在……上面；B. up向上；C. off离开；D. back回来。从上文的 would have done anything to have taken the words back. 可知她想把事情恢复到以前的样子，故选D。

15.考查形容词。A. tired疲劳的；B. relieved 宽慰的；C. grateful感激的；D. nervous紧张的。从后面的句子：thinking that her efforts would be rewarded.可知她很累但是很宽慰，故选B。

16.考查动词。A. refill重新填满；B. get得到；C. purchase购买；D. seek寻求，试图。从下文的“You know that’s impossible! The wind 52 each feather as fast as I placed them on the doorsteps! You didn’t say I had to get them back! 可知智者请女人去捡回羽毛，再把枕头填满。故选A。

17.考查词组。A. blew up爆炸，产生，爆发；B. blew on吹凉，吹气；C. blew away吹走；D. blew over停止刮，停息，被忘掉。女人一听叫了起来，这怎么可能！风早就把羽毛吹走了。故选C。

18.考查名词。A. requirement要求；B. situation形势；C. consequence后果；D. circumstance环境。从前面的句子：“There are _____ things you need to do.可知这些都是智者对她提出的要求，故选A。

19.考查过去分词。言语一旦讲出了，就已成事实，是永远收不回的，不管你有多么诚恳或衷心。Once spoken="once" your words are spoken，这里用了省略句，故选B。

20.考查副词。A. however无论怎样；B. whatever 无论什么；C. although虽然；D. regardless不管，不顾。不管你有多么诚恳或衷心。However应该接形容词或副词。故选D。

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