Question

Valerie was very worried about her dad. For some time now she had noticed he was______his hair. One day, she asked him, "Daddy, every day you have less hair, ____ is that? "Her father smiled and said, “It’s the hair thief. He visits my _____during the night when I' m asleep. One by one he pulls out my hair, and there's no way to _____ him.”

This worried Valerie, but she was _____to help her dad. That night she stayed______as long as she could. When she was ____ her dad and mom had fallen asleep, she took a hammer and went to their bedroom slowly and______.She didn’t want the hair thief to ____ her. When she arrived at her fathers side, she carefully inspected her fathers head in order to catch the hair thief as soon as he ____ . Before long, she saw a shadow on her fathers head and she____ it with the hammer

Her father ____ a loud cry and got out of bed at once. He turned the _____on, and trembling with______, he saw Valerie waving her hammer in the air. Daddy. I _____got him. But it looks like he _____! "said Valerie. Meanwhile the mother______She burst into _____when she knew what had happened

So Valerie’s father had to explain that the hair thief didn’t exist, and that losing hair is something that just happens naturally to most fathers. Valerie still ____ about her daddy. but she no longer waited for the hair thief. _____, she bought her father a very nice sleeping hat.

1.A. losing    B. checking    C. touching    D. protecting

2.A. When    B. Why    C. Where    D. What

3.A. neck    B. face    C. cars    D. head

4.A. hold    B. throw    C. catch    D. keep

5.A. determined    B. excited    C. expected    D. allowed

6.A. asleep    B. awake    C. afraid    D. alone

7.A. glad    B. sorry    C. unset    D. sure

8.A. sadly    B. nervously    C. quietly    D. loudly

9.A. disappoint    B. know    C. hear    D. catch

10.A. appeared    B. left    C. returned    D. followed

11.A. caught    B. felt    C. covered    D. hit

12.A. came out    B. let out    C. sent out    D. set out

13.A. radio    B. television    C. light    D. computer

14.A. shock    B. delight    C. care    D. hope

15.A. still    B. nearly    C. hardly    D. never

16.A. escaped    B. stayed    C. failed    D. move

17.A. turned around    B. showed up    C. looked out    D. woke up

18.A. shouts    B. tears    C. cheers    D. laughter

19.A. knew    B. thought    C. worried    D. wondered

20.A. Though    B. Instead    C. Otherwise    D. Besides

Answer

1. A

2. B

3. D

4. C

5. A

6. B

7. D

8. C

9. C

10. A

11. D

12. B

13. C

14. A

15. B

16. A

17. D

18. D

19. C

20. B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。本文是一篇家庭小故事。父亲的头发少了，女儿问为什么，他告诉女儿说头发让贼偷走了，于是女儿晚上进入父亲的房间帮助抓盗发贼，闹出笑话。后来女儿知道了真相。

1.考查动词辨析。A. losing丢失；B. checking核对；C. touching触摸；D. protecting保护。句意：有一段时间，她注意到他的头发正在一点点地脱落。由下文“Daddy, every day you have less hair”可知，爸爸，你的头发一天比一天少。所以判断出她注意到他的头发正在脱落。故A选项切题。

2.考查连接词辨析。A. When在...时候；B. Why为什么；C. Where在哪里；D. What什么。句意：爸爸，你的头发一天比一天少，那是为什么尼？父亲每天都有掉的头发，所以女儿问那是为什么。故B选项切题。

3.考查名词辨析。A. neck脖子；B. face脸；C. cars汽车；D. head头。句意：他在我睡觉的时候拜访了我的头。头发是长在头上的，所以head符合题意。故D选项切题。

4.考查动词辨析。A. hold持有；B. throw扔；C. catch抓；D. keep保持。句意：他一根接一根地拔我的头发 ，没办法抓住他。由下文“catch the hair thief ”可知，本空动词用catch。故C选项切题。

5.考查形容词辨析。A. determined下定决心的；B. excited兴奋的；C. expected 预期的；D. allowed 容许的。句意：这使Valerie很担忧，但是她决定帮助她的父亲。由下文可知，Valerie在半夜去抓偷头发的贼。所以她是下定了决心帮助她的父亲。be determined to do sth “下定决心做某事”符合句意。故A选项切题。

6.考查形容词辨析。A. asleep睡着的；B. awake醒着的；C. afraid害怕的；D. alone 单独的。句意：那天晚上，它尽可能地保持着清醒。因为要抓贼，所以要保持清醒，不睡觉。故B选项切题。

7.考查形容词辨析。A. glad高兴的；B. sorry对不起的；C. unset 未装配的；D. sure确定的。句意：当她确信爸爸妈妈都睡着了，她拿起锤子，慢慢地、悄悄地走进了他们的卧室。Valerie所采取的一切行动都在确信父母睡着时才去做的。所以sure符合句意。故D选项切题。

8.考查副词辨析。A. sadly悲伤地；B. nervously紧张地；C. quietly安静地； D. loudly大声地。句意：当她确信爸爸妈妈都睡着了，她拿起锤子，慢慢地、悄悄地走进他们的卧室。and连接两个并列的副词，由“slowly”可知，quietly符合句意。故C选项切题。

9.考查动词辨析。A. disappoint使失望；B. know知道；C. hear听；D. catch抓。句意：她不想让那个偷头发的贼听见。由前文可知，Valerie是慢慢地、悄悄地走进房间的，目的就是不被偷头发的贼听见和发现。 故C选项切题。

10.考查动词辨析。A. appeared出现；B. left离开；C. returned返回；D. followed跟随。句意：当她走到父亲身边时，她仔细地检查了一下父亲的头，以便在小偷一出现时就抓住他。Valerie想在第一时间，也就是贼一出现时就抓住贼。故A选项切题。

11.考查动词辨析。A. caught抓；B. felt感觉；C. covered覆盖；D. hit打。句意：不久，她看到父亲头上有个影子，就用锤子打了一下父亲的头。由下文“a loud cry”可知，父亲一声大叫，所以判断出前文Valerie用锤子打了父亲的头。故D选项切题。

12.考查动词短语辨析。 A. came out出现；B. let out 发出（声音）；C. sent out发送；D. set out出发。句意：她父亲一声大叫，立刻下了床。 let out 发出（声音）符合句意。故B选项切题。

13.考查名词辨析。A. radio收音机；B. television电视；C. light灯；D. computer电脑。句意：他打开灯，看到Valerie在空中挥舞着锤子，他吓得浑身发抖。由“he saw Valerie waving her hammer in the air”可知，他看到，Valerie在空中挥舞着锤子，所以是在开灯时才看到的。故C选项切题。

14.考查名词辨析。A. shock震惊；B. delight高兴；C. care照顾；D. hope希望。句意：他打开灯，看到，Valerie在空中挥舞着锤子，吓得浑身发抖。父亲对女儿的行为感到震惊。故A选项切题。

15.考查副词辨析。A. still仍然；B. nearly差不多；C. hardly几乎不；D. never绝不。句意：爸爸。我差点就抓到他了。由上下文可知，这个贼是不存在的，但Valerie不知道，所以他觉得差点抓到他。故B选项切题。

16.考查动词辨析。A. escaped逃跑；B. stayed停留；C. failed失败；D. move移动。句意：但是看起来他逃跑了。由上文的“ nearly”可知，贼没有被抓到，逃跑了。故A选项切题。

17.考查动词短语辨析。A. turned around转身；B. showed up出现；C. looked out留神；D. woke up醒来。句意：与此同时，母亲也醒了，当她知道发生了什么事，她突然大笑了起来。由“burst into laughter”可知，母亲醒来。故D选项切题。

18.考查名词辨析。A. shouts喊； B. tears眼泪；C. cheers欢呼；D. laughter大笑。句意：与此同时，母亲也醒了，当她知道发生了什么事，她突然大笑了起来。偷头发的贼是不存在的，当看到Valerie闹出了笑话时，所以母亲突然大笑了起来。故D选项切题。

19.考查动词辨析。A. knew指导B. thought想；C. worried担忧；D. wondered想知道。句意：Valerie仍然很担心她的爸爸。由后文“she bought her father a very nice sleeping hat.”可知，她给爸爸买了一顶睡帽。所以Valerie仍然很担心她的爸爸。故C选项切题。

20.考查副词辨析。A. Though尽管；B. Instead相反地；C. Otherwise否则； D. Besides除此之外。句意：相反地，她给爸爸买了一顶睡帽。 Instead表示取而代之的一种做法。故B选项切题。