Question

    Last year, four children waited for their school bus every day for ten minutes, on the same dirty street corner. There were old bottles, parts of old bikes, and ______ soda cans everywhere around the ______. The trees were brown and had no leaves, and there wasn't a flower in sight. It was ______.

One day, one of the children looked at the corner and ______ to do something about it. She had ______ minutes before the bus arrived. The next Monday, she brought a bag and ______ some of the old bottles to recycle. On ______， she spent another ten minutes picking up old bottles, while her best friend picked up soda cans and put them in a different ______ for recycling. On Wednesday, all the ______ picked up the remaining recyclable materials and put everything ______ in the rubbish can. The corner was ______！

The corner looked ______ but it was still ugly, so the next day the girl brought some ______ seeds. She planted the seeds and watered them, and watered the ______， too. She only had ten minutes a day but that was ______. On Friday, the children found more ______ on the ground and put it in the rubbish can, or recycled it.

After one month, their ugly, dirty corner had become a beautiful ______ with pretty flowers and healthy trees. It only took ten minutes a day. Do you have ten minutes a day to ______ your city? Imagine what a beautiful ______ we would have if more people spent ten minutes a day cleaning up and making their ______ more attractive！

1.A.full B.empty C.cheap D.expensive

2.A.school B.bus C.old bottles D.bus stop

3.A.cold B.gorgeous C.useless D.ugly

4.A.had B.refused C.decided D.managed

5.A.ten B.fifteen C.twenty D.thirty

6.A.made B.collected C.bought D.gave

7.A.Tuesday B.Sunday C.Saturday D.Friday

8.A.car B.bus C.corner D.bag

9.A.passengers B.children C.teachers D.girls

10.A.better B.useful C.else D.hard

11.A.clean B.dirty C.green D.gone

12.A.nice B.wrong C.larger D.better

13.A.tree B.flower C.vegetable D.fruit

14.A.flowers B.vegetables C.trees D.plants

15.A.enough B.limited C.long D.short

16.A.seeds B.toys C.garbage D.bikes

17.A.school B.home C.playground D.garden

18.A.see B.visit C.help D.enjoy

19.A.world B.school C.bus stop D.corner

20.A.homes B.gardens C.villages D.surroundings

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了在公交车站等车的女孩发现周围的环境又脏又乱，故每天花十分钟收拾垃圾，种植花草。最后将公交车站周围的环境变成了一个干净美丽的花园。

1.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：公共汽车站周围到处都是旧瓶子、旧自行车的零件和空的汽水罐。A. full满的；B. empty空的；C. cheap便宜的；D. expensive昂贵的。根据上文的 “old bottles, parts of old bikes”可知，此处是指的是空的苏打瓶子。故选B。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：公共汽车站周围到处都是旧瓶子、旧自行车的零件和空的汽水罐。A. school学校；B. bus汽车；C. old bottles旧瓶子；D. bus stop公交站。根据上文的 “four children waited for their school bus every day for ten minutes, on the same dirty street corner.”可知，孩子们在等公交车，故描述的应该是公交车站的场景。故选D。

3.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这很难看。A. cold冷的；B. gorgeous美丽动人的；C. useless无用的；D. ugly丑陋的。根据上文的 “The trees were brown and had no leaves, and there wasn't a flower in sight.”可知，周围的树是棕色的，也没有叶子，视野内也没有一朵花，可见非常的丑。下文 but it was still ugly给了提示，故选D。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：一天，其中一个孩子看着角落，决定做点什么。A. had有；B. refused拒绝；C. decided决定；D. managed设法完成。根据上文的描述，可知其中一个孩子决定做点什么。故选C。

5.考查数词词义辨析。句意：她在公共汽车到达前有十分钟。A. ten十；B. fifteen十五；C. twenty二十；D. thirty三十。根据下文的 “She only had ten minutes a day”可知她每天只有十分钟的时间。故选A。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：下周一，她带了一个袋子，收集了一些旧瓶子来回收。A. made制造；B. collected收集；C. bought买；D. gave给。根据空后的 “some of the old bottles to recycle”可知，她要收集一些旧瓶子回收利用。故选B。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意：周二，她又花了10分钟去捡旧瓶子。A. Tuesday星期二；B. Sunday星期日；C. Saturday星期六；D. Friday星期五。根据上文的 “The next Monday”以及下文的 “On Wednesday” 可知，此处描述的是周二小女孩做的事情。故选A。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：而她最好的朋友则拿起汽水罐，放在另一个袋子里回收。A. car汽车；B. bus公共汽车；C. corner角落；D. bag袋子。根据上文的 “she brought a bag and collected some of the old bottles to recycle.”可知，她们把瓶子放在不同的袋子里面。故选D。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：星期三，所有的孩子都捡起剩下的可回收材料。A. passengers乘客；B. children孩子；C. teachers老师；D. girls女孩。根据上文可知，越来越多的孩子加入了进来。故所有的孩子都开始捡起剩下的可回收材料。故选B。

10.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：把其他的东西都放在垃圾桶里。A. better更好的；B. useful有用的；C. else其他的；D. hard困难的。根据上文的 “all the children picked up the remaining recyclable materials”以及下文的 “rubbish can.”可知，把可以回收利用的捡起来，把其他的扔到垃圾桶。故选C。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：角落变干净了。A. clean干净的；B. dirty脏的；C. green绿色的；D. gone消失的。根据上文可知，通过孩子们的努力，角落变干净了。故选A。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：角落看起来好多了，但还是很丑。A. nice令人愉快的；B. wrong错误的；C. larger更大的；D. better更好的。根据下文的 “but it was still ugly”可知，此处应表示转折，虽看起来好多了，但依然很丑。故选D。

13.考查名词词义辨析。句意：所以第二天女孩带来了一些花的种子。A. tree树；B. flower花；C. vegetable蔬菜；D. fruit水果。根据下文的 “She planted the seeds and watered them”和with pretty flowers可知，她带了一些花的种子。故选B。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：她种下种子，给它们浇水，也给树浇水。A. flowers花；B. vegetables蔬菜；C. trees树；D. plants植物。根据上文 “The trees were brown and had no leaves”以及“She planted the seeds and watered them,”healthy trees可知，她给种子浇水，也给树浇水。故选C。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她一天只有十分钟，但那已经足够了。A. enough足够的；B. limited有限的；C. long长的；D. short短的。根据上下文可知，她虽只有每天等车的十分钟，但是已经足够了。最终使得公交站周围的环境变得焕然一新。故选A。

16.考查名词词义辨析。句意：星期五，孩子们在地上发现了更多的垃圾，并把它们放在垃圾桶里，或者回收。A. seeds种子；B. toys玩具；C. garbage垃圾；D. bikes自行车。根据下文的 “put it in the rubbish can, or recycled it.”可知，孩子们发现了更多的垃圾。故选C。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：一个月后，他们丑陋肮脏的角落变成了一个美丽的花园。A. school学校；B. home家；C. playground操场；D. garden花园。根据上文的 “beautiful”以及下文的 “pretty flowers and healthy trees.”可知，孩子们把丑陋肮脏的角落变成了一个美丽的花园。故选D。

18.考查动词。句意：你每天有十分钟帮助你的城市吗？A. see看见；B. visit拜访；C. help帮助；D. enjoy享受…的乐趣。根据上文可知，孩子们用每天的十分钟帮助周围的环境变得焕然一新，故在此问读者你每天有十分钟帮助你的城市吗？故选C。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：想象一下，我们将会拥有多么美丽的世界。A. world世界；B. school学校；C. bus stop公交站；D. corner角落。根据下文的 “we would have if more people spent ten minutes a day cleaning up ”可知，如果有更多的人每天花10分钟来打扫卫生，我们将会拥有多么美丽的世界。故选A。

20.考查名词词义辨析。句意：如果有更多的人每天花10分钟来打扫卫生，就会让周围的环境更吸引人。A. homes家；B. gardens花园；C. villages村子；D. surroundings环境。根据上文可知，孩子们通过每天十分钟使得周围的环境变得更加美好了。故如果有更多的人每天花10分钟来打扫卫生，就会让周围的环境更吸引人。故选D。