Question

    The science teacher，Mr.Black，had asked his students to study a particular animal. They were asked to ______ a short report and then make a ______ in class.Some talked about dogs，others about horses，and some chose fish. But the most ______ discovery of all was made by little Sophie.

“I found that _____ are terribly bad- tempered(坏脾气的)，”she said for certain .

Everyone smiled, waiting for her to______. Then Sophie explained, " I spent hours _____ flies. When they flew normally，everything was okay,_____when they found a window they would make a noisy sound. I had always thought they make that noise ____ their wings, but they don't. With my daddy's binoculars(双筒望远镜)，I watched the flies really_______，and saw that ____ they were doing was shouting. They were angry. They______ fly out of the window. Later, a butterfly passing by the window tried to ____ them the top of the window was open, but it had no effect at all. The flies just ____ shouting.”

Mr.Black laughed and explained to the class that the flies’ behaviour had nothing to do with ____. Instead, it was an example of animals having different levels of intelligence（智力）.At the ____ of the class， Mr. Black asked the students to bring a list of animals in order of their intelligence.

What surprised Mr Black was that many parents came to the school to ____ the next day, ____ their children had listed their parents among the least ______animals! This，said the children, was because their parents did ______ but complain.

Mr. Black had to do a lot of explaining to calm the parents down. However, it also helped some of the parent

_____ that although they weren't stupid,they didn't often behave very intelligently.

1.A.write B.listen C.review D.give

2.A.word B.speech C.performance D.wish

3.A.challenging B.terrible C.interesting D.important

4.A.dogs B.horses C.fish D.flies

5.A.look B.stay C.leave D.continue

6.A.enjoying B.watching C.talking D.thinking

7.A.and B.but C.besides D.since

8.A.on B.for C.with D.about

9.A.closely B.quietly C.quickly D.safely

10.A.how B.when C.why D.what

11.A.couldn't B.shouldn't C.needn't D.mustn't

12.A.ask B.tell C.answer D.call

13.A.took on B.relied on C.kept on D.lived on

14.A.happiness B.anger C.beauty D.shape

15.A.beginning B.middle C.half D.end

16.A.praise B.complain C.doubt D.play

17.A.so B.until C.because D.and

18.A.brave B.humorous C.clever D.kind

19.A.everything B.something C.anything D.nothing

20.A.realise B.think C.wake D.believe

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.B

17.C

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。老师，布莱克先生让他的学生硏究一种动物。索菲选择硏究苍蝇，因为她发现苍蝇脾气很坏，总是飞不出窗户。老师则告诉她，那是因为动物的智力水平不同。下课时，老师让同学们根据自己对动物的智力水平的认知列一个清单。后来很多学生认为家长是最不聪明的动物，以至于家长来到学校抱怨。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们被要求写一个报告，然后在班上做一个演讲。A. write 写；B. listen 听；C. review复习；D. give给。根据上下文，应该是老师要求学生研究一个动物，然后写（write）报告，再做演讲。故选A。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们被要求写一个报告，然后在班上做一个演讲。A. word 单词；B. speech演讲；C. performance 表演；D. wish希望。下文Some talked about dogs, others about horses, and some chose fish.说明是在做演讲（speech）。故选B。

3.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但是所有中最有趣的发现是苏菲的。A. challenging有挑战的；B. terrible恐怖的；C. interesting有趣的；D. important重要的。下文Everyone smiled, waiting for her to ___5___ .说明苏菲的演讲有趣（interesting）。故选C。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我发现苍蝇是脾气最坏的。A. dogs狗；B. horses马；C. fish鱼；D. flies苍蝇。下文I spent hours ___6___ flies.说明是苍蝇（flies）。故选D。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：每个人都笑了，等着她继续说。A. look看；B. stay停留；C. leave离开；D. continue继续。下文Then Sophie explained说明苏菲在继续（continue）说。故选D。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：索菲解释说:“我花了好几个小时观察苍蝇。A. enjoying享受；B. watching 观察、看；C. talking聊天；D. thinking思考。下文I watched the flies really ___9___ 说明是观察（watch）苍蝇。故选B。

7.考查连词词义辨析。句意：当他们正常飞的时候，一切都很好。但是，当他们找到窗户时，会制造出噪音。A. and和；B. but但是；C. besides除此以外；D. since自从。When they flew normally, everything was okay和when they found a window they would make a noisy sound是转折关系，要用but。故选B。

8.考查介词词义辨析。句意：我一直以为他们是用翅膀制造的噪音，但不是。A. on 在……上面；B. for 因为；C. with 用；D. about关于。根据语境，这里表示用（with）翅膀。故选C。

9.考查副词词义辨析。句意：用我爸爸的双筒望远镜，我真地很近地观察了苍蝇，看到它们正在做的事情是叫喊。A. closely接近地；B. quietly安静地；C. quickly 迅速地；D. safely安全地。前文With my daddy's binoculars说明是近（closely）距离观察。故选A。

10.考查连接词词义辨析。句意：用我爸爸的双筒望远镜，我真地很近地观察了苍蝇，看到它们正在做的事情是叫喊。A. how怎样；B. when何时；C. why为什么；D. what什么。分析句子可知，空白处引导主语从句，在从句中充当doing的宾语，应该用what。故选D。

11.考查情态动词词义辨析。句意：他们不能从窗户飞出去，他们很生气。A. couldn't 不能；B. shouldn't 不应该；C. needn't 不需要；D. mustn't不必。根据“They were angry”可知，他们不能从窗户飞出去，用couldn't。故选A。

12.考查动词词意辨析。句意：之后，一个飞过窗户的蝴蝶尽力告诉苍蝇，窗户顶上是开着的，但是没有起到任何作用。A. ask文；B. tell告诉；C. answer回答；D. call打电话。根据语境，是飞过窗户的苍蝇告诉（tell）其他苍蝇飞出去的办法。故选B。

13.考查动词短语辨析。句意：苍蝇仍然继续叫喊。A. took on 呈现；B. relied on依赖；C. kept on继续；D. lived on生存。前文but it had no effect at all，说明苍蝇还在继续（keep on）叫喊。故选C。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：布莱克笑着跟学生解释说，苍蝇的行为与生气无关。A. happiness幸福；B. anger生气；C. beauty美丽；D. shape形状。前文They were angry they ___11___ fly out of the window.说明这里是生气（anger）。故选B。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：在这堂课的结束时，布莱克要求学生，根据他们对动物智力水平的认识，列一个清单。A. beginning开始；B. middle中间；C. half 一半；D. end结束。根据语境，这里是课程结束(end)时，老师布置作业。故选D。

16.考查名词词义辨析。句意：让布莱克惊讶的是，第二天很多父母去学校抱怨，因为他们的孩子把他们列到了最不聪明的动物当中。A. praise赞美；B. complain抱怨；C. doubt怀疑；D. play玩。根据下文Mr. Black had to do a lot of explaining to calm the parents down.说明父母是在抱怨（complain）。故选B。

17.考查连词词义辨析。句意：让布莱克惊讶的是，第二天很多父母去学校抱怨，因为他们的孩子把他们列到了最不聪明的动物当中。A. so因此；B. until直到；C. because因为；D. and和。根据上下文，该句是前面的原因，用because。故选C。

18.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：让布莱克惊讶的是，第二天很多父母去学校抱怨，因为他们的孩子把他们列到了最不聪明的动物当中。A. brave勇敢的；B. humorous幽默的；C. clever聪明的；D. kind友好的。下文they weren't stupid这里是聪明的（clever）。故选C。

19.考查不定代词词义辨析。句意：这是因为他们的父母只会抱怨。A. everything一切；B. something某些；C. anything任何事物；D. nothing没有东西。这里是孩子认为父母除了抱怨，什么都不做。do nothing but“ 除了......什么都不做”。故选D。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这件事让一些家长意识到虽然他们不笨,但是有时候他们的行为并不聪明。A. realise意识到；B. think认为；C. wake醒；D. believe相信。这里是父母通过这件事情意识到（realise）自己做事不一定聪明。故选A。