Question

    There was a couple who used to go to England to shop. _______ of them liked antiques (古董) and pottery (陶瓷) and especially teacups.

One day in a beautiful _______ they saw a beautiful teacup. They said,"May we see that? We've _______ seen one so beautiful." As the owner of the shop _______ it to them, suddenly the teacup spoke:

You don't _______. I haven't always been a teacup. There was a time when I was red and I was clay (粘土). My _______took me and rolled me and petted me over and over...... I couldn't bear it any longer and _______ out, "Let me alone!", but he only smiled, "Not yet."

Then he put me in an oven. I never felt so _______. I wondered why he wanted to burn me. I shouted and I knocked at the door. I could see him_______ the opening and I could read his lips as he ________ his head, "Not yet."

Then I knew there wasn't any ________. I would never make it. I was ready to ________. But the door opened and my owner took me ________ and placed me on a shelf. One hour later he handed me a ________ and said, "Look at yourself." and I did so. But what I saw surprised me. "That is not me, that couldn't be me. It's ________."

"I want you to remember," then he said, "I know it hurtfull to be rolled and patted, ________ if I had just left you alone, you'd have dried up. I know it was hot and ________ in the oven, but if I hadn't put you there, you would have ________. Now you are a finished product. You are ________ I had in mind when I first began with you."

It's really a truth: if you do not ________ the wind and the rain, how can you see the rainbow?

1.A.All B.Both C.Neither D.None

2.A.garden B.church C.shop D.hall

3.A.never B.often C.always D.ever

4.A.contributed B.handed C.rent D.recommended

5.A.respond B.complain C.care D.understand

6.A.father B.brother C.owner D.friend

7.A.went B.died C.put D.shouted

8.A.good B.hot C.cold D.hunger

9.A.through B.by C.across D.over

10.A.nodded B.lifted C.hit D.shook

11.A.future B.hope C.advice D.opinion

12.A.give up B.take up C.stay up D.set up

13.A.inside B.out C.off D.up

14.A.telephone B.cup C.paper D.mirror

15.A.secret B.lucky C.beautiful D.strange

16.A.and B.but C.so D.or

17.A.miserable B.comfortable C.valuable D.changeable

18.A.succeeded B.remained C.survived D.cracked

19.A.who B.which C.what D.that

20.A.avoid B.experience C.expect D.promise

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.D

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章以拟人的口气讲述了一个杯子的制作过程，并指出在制作过程中经历的煎熬和难受是值得的，只有经历风雨了才会有收获。

1.考查代词词义辨析。句意：他们俩都很喜欢古董和陶器，特别是茶杯。A. All所有；B. Both两者都；C. Neither两者都不；D. None没有一个。前文There was a couple说明是两个人，两者都用both。故选B。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：有一天，在一家精品店里他们看到了一个精美的茶杯。A. garden花园；B. church教堂；C. shop商店；D. hall大厅。下文As the owner of the shop 说明此处是商店（shop）。故选C。

3.考查副词词义辨析。句意：“我们以前从来没见过如此精致的杯子。”A. never从未；B. often经常；C. always总是；D. ever曾经。根据 so beautiful.可知，这里是表示以前从未见（never）过如此精致的杯子。故选A。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当店主将这杯子传递给他们时，茶杯突然开口说话了。A. contributed贡献；B. handed 传递；C. rent 租赁；D. recommended推荐。根据上下文，这里是店主将被子递给（hand）那对夫妻。故选B。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：你们不理解。A. respond回答；B. complain抱怨；C. care 关心；D. understand理解、懂。下文I haven't always been a teacup.说明这里是不理解（understand）。故选D。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我的主人把我运来，不断地卷压我，反复地拍击我……我再也无法忍受了，就大声喊道，“别碰我！”。但是他只是微笑着说，“不碰还不行呢。”A. father父亲；B. brother兄弟；C. owner主人；D. friend朋友。下文my owner took me ___13___ and placed me on a shelf说明这里是我的主人（owner）。故选C。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的主人把我运来，不断地卷压我，反复地拍击我……我再也无法忍受了，就大声喊道，“别碰我！”。但是他只是微笑着说，“不碰还不行呢。” A. went去；B. died去世；C. put放；D. shouted大喊。下文I shouted and I knocked at the door.说明在大喊（shout）。故选D。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我从来没感到过那么热。A. good好的；B. hot热的；C. cold凉快的；D. hunger饿。下文I know it was hot说明烤炉里热（hot）。故选B。

9.考查介词词义辨析。句意：透过炉口，我能看到他。我看到他一边摇头一边翕动双唇，“还不行呢。”A. through通过；B. by在……旁边；C. across横穿；D. over在……上面。根据上文oven（烤炉），可知这里是通过（through）烤炉的炉口看。故选A。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：透过炉口，我能看到他。我看到他一边摇头一边翕动双唇，“还不行呢。”A. nodded点头；B. lifted举起；C. hit撞击；D. shook摇头。下文Not yet说明应该是摇头（shake）。故选D。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我就知道没有希望了。A. future将来；B. hope希望；C. advice建议；D. opinion观点。下文I would never make it. I was ready to ___12___.说明没有希望出炉子了。故选B。

12.考查动词短语辨析。句意：我准备放弃了。A. give up放弃；B. take up占据；C. stay up熬夜；D. set up设立。前文I knew there wasn't any ___11___. I would never make it.说明，我想放弃（give up）了。故选A。

13.考查介词词义辨析。句意：但是，门却开了。主人把我取出来放到一个架子上。A. inside里面；B. out外面；C. off离开；D. up上面。下文placed me on a shelf说明我被拿出来了，take out意为“拿出”。故选B。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：一小时之后，他递给我一面镜子并且说，“看看你自己吧。”A. telephone 电话；B. cup杯子；C. paper纸；D. mirror镜子。下文Look at yourself.说明是照镜子（mirror）。故选D。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：那不可能是我。它太美了。A. secret秘密；B. lucky幸运的；C. beautiful漂亮的，美丽的；D. strange奇怪的。前文There was a time when I was red and I was clay (粘土).说明是很普通的黏土，到这里让人惊讶，应该是变美了（beautiful）。故选C。

16.考查连词词义辨析。句意：我知道被卷压、被击打很疼痛；但是，如果我当时不管你，那你早就风干了。A. and然后；B. but但是；C. so因此；D. or或者。前后句是转折关系，用but（但是）。故选B。

17.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我也知道，在烤炉里很闷热、很痛苦；但是，如果我当时不将你放进炉里，那你就会开裂。A. miserable令人痛苦的；B. comfortable舒服的；C. valuable有价值的；D. changeable有挑战的。前文My ___6___took me and rolled me and petted me over and over...... I couldn't bear it any longer and ___7___ out, "Let me alone!"说明很痛苦（miserable）。故选A。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是，如果我当时不将你放进炉里，那你就会开裂。A. succeeded成功；B. remained 保持；C. survived幸存；D. cracked破裂。前文you'd have dried up说会变干，根据常识，黏土变干了会裂开（crack）。故选D。

19.考查连接词词义辨析。句意：你就是我想要的样子。”A. who谁；B. which那一个；C. what什么；D. that那个。分析句子可知，空白处引导表语从句，做are的表语和had的宾语，是个双重成分，填what。故选C。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这是事实：如果你没经历风雨，怎能见彩虹？A. avoid避免；B. experience经历；C. expect期望；D. promise承诺。根据上文杯子所经历的，可知，这里填经历（experience）风雨，符合语境。故选B。