Question

    In the beautiful month of May, Mary and her two sisters, Edith and Elsie, often have happy times hanging May baskets.

In the evening, they go _________ to the house of some playmates, and hang the basket upon the door. After knocking, they run away and _________ behind some bush or in some dark corners. The one who gets the basket runs to _________ them. If they are caught, they will spend a _________ evening together,playing and laughing.

One day, Elsie said, “I think it would be fun to make a May basket for Mama.”

“Oh, yes!” _________ Mary, “Let us make the prettiest one we can!”

“We must keep it a _________,” said Edith, “How can we make it _________ her knowing?”

“That’s easy enough,” said Elsie, “We can make it up in the garret (阁楼).”

“The hardest thing will be to make it _________ enough.” said Mary, “Mama ought to have the prettiest May basket, _________ she’s the dearest mama in the world.”

What __________ it is to make it! __________ some candies and nuts,they picked some __________growing down by the river. The children could hardly wait until it was dark. They __________ together in the corners of the sitting room and __________ how beautiful the basket was.

Mama was sitting by the dining table and __________ she heard a very loud knock. “Somebody has __________ a May basket,” She said, “Kids, where are you?” But nobody __________, and she went to the door herself. How __________ she was to find her own name upon the basket! She went out __________ the children. She heard them laugh and finally found them. Mama said it was the most beautiful May basket she had ever seen. The flowers were the very ones she had been __________ for a week!

1.A.quietly B.noisily C.slowly D.quickly

2.A.crash B.hide C.lie D.jump

3.A.pick up B.care about C.look for D.turn to

4.A.dark B.strange C.busy D.happy

5.A.cried B.repeated C.interrupted D.argued

6.A.faith B.secret C.word D.puzzle

7.A.against B.about C.upon D.without

8.A.beautiful B.big C.strong D.heavy

9.A.but B.so C.or D.for

10.A.power B.success C.fun D.luck

11.A.Other than B.Except for C.More than D.Instead of

12.A.vegetables B.flowers C.fruits D.0eaves

13.A.laughed B.waved C.yelled D.whispered

14.A.appreciated B.predicted C.imagined D.guessed

15.A.directly B.obviously C.suddenly D.gracefully

16.A.hung B.organized C.stolen D.decorated

17.A.understood B.replied C.volunteered D.requested

18.A.depressed B.interested C.surprised D.disappointed

19.A.in need of B.in honor of C.in charge of D.in search of

20.A.studying B.expecting C.enjoying D.designing

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Mary, Edith和 Elsie姐妹三个给妈妈做五月花篮的故事。

1.考查副词词义辨析。句意：在晚上，她们会静悄悄地去玩伴的房子，把篮子挂在门上。A. quietly安静地；B. noisily喧闹地； C. slowly 慢慢地；D. quickly快速地。根据下文After knocking, they run away and ____2____ behind some bush or in some dark corners.可知她们应该是静静地把篮子挂在门上，便于可以躲藏好，并结合句意选项A. quietly符合语境。故选A。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：敲完门之后，她们跑开，躲藏在灌木丛里或黑暗角落里。A. crash撞击；B. hide 躲藏；C. lie躺，撒谎；D. jump跳。根据下文The one who gets the basket runs to ____3____ them. If they are caught可知她们应该是藏起来，等着那个孩子过来找她们，并结合句意选项B. hide符合语境。故选B。

3.考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：拿到篮子的那个会跑过来她们。A. pick up捡起；B. care about在乎； C. look for寻找；D. turn to求助于，转向。根据上文If they are caught,可知拿到花篮的孩子应该是跑过来她他们，并结合句意选项 C. look for符合语境。故选C。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：如果她们被抓住，她们就会一起度过一个快乐的夜晚，又玩又笑。A. dark黑暗的；B. strange奇怪的；C. busy繁忙的；D. happy快乐的。根据上文playing and laughing可知她们晚上玩的很高兴，并结合句意选项D. happy符合语境。故选D。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：哦，好的。让我们尽可能做个最漂亮的。A. cried大声喊叫着；B. repeated重复；C. interrupted打断；D. argued争论。根据上文Elsie said, “I think it would be fun to make a May basket for Mama.”可知Elsie提出为妈妈做一个五月花篮的时候，Mary应该是很高兴，所以结合句意选项A. cried符合语境，此处意为“大声喊着”。故选A。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：Edith说：我们要保守这个秘密，我们怎么才能在不让她知道的情况下做这个篮子呢？A. faith信念；B. secret秘密； C. word单词，消息；D. puzzle困惑。根据下文Edith, “How can we make it ____7____ her knowing?可知她们不想让妈妈知道，所以是要保守秘密。故选B。

7.考查介词词义辨析。句意：Edith说：我们要保守这个秘密，我们怎么才能在不让她知道的情况下做这个篮子呢？。A. against反对；B. about关于； C. upon在…上；D. without没有。根据上下文可知她们要保守这个秘密，不让妈妈知道。故选D。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Mary说：最难的就是把它做得足够漂亮。妈妈应该有最漂亮的无语花篮，因为她是世界上最好的妈妈。A. beautiful 漂亮的；B. big大的；C. strong强壮的；D. heavy重的。根据上文Let us make the prettiest one we can!可知她们想给妈妈做最漂亮的花篮，并结合句意选项A. beautiful符合语境。故选A。

9.考查连词义辨析。句意：最难的就是把它做得足够漂亮。妈妈应该有最漂亮的无语花篮，因为她是世界上最好的妈妈。A. but但是；B. so因此； C. or或者；D. for因为。结合句意可知此处为原因状语从句，只有选项D. for可以引导原因状语从句。故选D。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：做这个花篮多么有趣啊！除了甜点和坚果之外，她们还采摘了一些花。A. power 权利；B. success成功；C. fun乐趣；D. luck运气。根据上文“I think it would be fun to make a May basket for Mama.可知给妈妈做花篮很有趣，并结合句意选项C. fun符合语境。故选C。

11.考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：做这个花篮多么有趣啊！除了甜点和坚果之外，她们还采摘了一些花。A. Other than除此之外；B. Except for除了（强调整体较好，除了有些不足之处，更强掉遗憾的语气）C. More than多于；D. Instead of取而代之。根据句意选项A. Other than符合语境。故选A。

12.考查名词词义辨析。句意：做这个花篮多么有趣啊！除了甜点和坚果之外，她们还采摘了一些花。A. vegetables蔬菜；B. flowers 鲜花；C. fruits水果；D. leaves树叶。根据下文The flowers were the very ones she had been ____20____ for a week!可知她们采了些鲜花装点篮子，故选B。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：她们在角落里一起小声说着，欣赏的美丽的花篮。A. laughed大笑；B. waved摇晃； C. yelled喊叫； D. whispered小声说。根据上下文可知她们应该是给妈妈一个惊喜，因此选项D. whispered符合语境，强调“低声细语”。故选D。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：她们在角落里一起小声说着，欣赏的美丽的花篮。A. laughed大笑。A. appreciated欣赏； B. predicted预测；C. imagined想像；D. guessed猜测。根据上下文可知她们应该是在暗地里看着（欣赏着）花篮。因此选项A. appreciated符合语境。故选A。

15.考查副词词义辨析。句意：妈妈正坐在餐桌旁，突然她听到了很响的敲门声。A. directly直接；B. obviously明显，显然；C. suddenly突然；D. gracefully优雅地。根据上下文可知妈妈并不知道孩子们给她做了花篮，这里用suddenly强调突然性。故选C。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：妈妈说：有人挂了一个花篮，孩子们，你们在哪里? 但是没有人回答。A. hung悬挂； B. organized组织；C. stolen 偷；D. decorated装饰。上文In the evening, they go ____1____ to the house of some playmates, and hang the basket upon the door.提供了答案，故选A。

17.考查动词词义辨析。句意：妈妈说：有人挂了一个花篮，孩子们，你们在哪里? 但是没有人回答。A. understood理解；B. replied 回答；C. volunteered自愿；D. requested要求。根据上文She said, “Kids, where are you?”可知没人回答她的问题，故选B。

18.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她非常惊讶地发现篮子上写着她自己的名字。A. depressed沮丧的； B. interested有趣的；C. surprised吃惊的；D. disappointed失望的。根据上下文可知母亲看到这个花篮应该是很惊讶，故选C。

19.考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：她出门找孩子们。A. in need of急需；B. in honor of纪念；C. in charge of 负责；D. in search of寻找。根据下文She heard them laugh and finally found them.可知妈妈去找三个孩子，故选D。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这些花是她一周来一直期望获得的东西。A. studying研究；B. expecting 期望；C. enjoying 喜欢；D. designing设计。根据上下文可知母亲很喜欢这个花篮，而且一直期望能有如此漂亮的花，并结合句意选项B. expecting符合语境。故选B。