Question

    Long long ago there lived many mice in an old house. They were free to do anything. They ate up a lot of food. So _________ owner of the house wanted to stop the mice _________ food. He got a cat. After that, some of the mice were killed. One day one of the oldest mice said, “All the mice _________ come to my hole tonight, and we’ll decide what to do next about the cat.”

Each of the mice arrived. They thought _________ and did what they could to find a way to save their lives. They spoke, sitting face to face, but none of them had an idea. Finally a young mouse stood up and said，"Why not tie a bell _________ the cat’s neck?  Then,___________the cat comes close, we will hear the bell and _________ .Then the cat won’t _________catch any more of us.”

“It _________ good! Who can do so here?” the oldest mouse asked. At this very moment the hole was quiet and no one answered. At last he said, “It's____________ to say than to do.”

1.A.the B.an C.a D.one

2.A.to eat B.eat C.eating D.to be eaten

3.A.should B.have to C.would D.must

4.A.strongly B.hard C.hardly D.heavily

5.A.over B.with C.round D.about

6.A.unless B.when C.though D.since

7.A.move away B.went away C.got away D.run away

8.A.be able to B.are able to C.is able to D.able to

9.A.sound B.sounded C.sounds D.is sounded

10.A.easy B.easier C.better D.good

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述一群老鼠想办法对付猫的故事。

1.

考查定冠词。句意：所以房子的主人想阻止老鼠吃粮食。根据“of the house”可知，此处特指“房子的主人”，应使用定冠词the。故选A项。

2.

考查固定搭配。句意：所以房子的主人想阻止老鼠吃粮食。stop…from doing sth.是固定搭配，意为“阻止……做某事”，所以此处应选eating，故选C项。

3.

考查情态动词词义辨析。句意：一天，其中一只最年长的老鼠说：“今天晚上所有的老鼠必须来我的洞里，我们将决定下一步我们关于猫能做什么。”A. should应该；B. have to不得不；C. would将要，will的过去式；D. must必须。根据“one of the oldest mice”及“we’ll decide what to do next about the cat”可知，此处强调最年长的一只老鼠的主观看法，认为所有老鼠“必须”来一起讨论做什么，have to强调客观上“不得不”，不符合题意。故选D项。

4.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：他们努力思考，并做了所有能做的来挽救它们的生活。A. strongly强烈地；B. hard努力地；C. hardly几乎不；D. heavily沉重地，猛烈地。根据“did what they could to find a way to save their lives”可知，他们努力思考，想找出挽救生活的方法。故选B项。

5.

考查介词词义辨析。句意：为什么不在猫的脖子上系一个铃铛？A. over在……上方；B. with和，带有；C. round在……周围；D. about关于。根据“the cat’s neck”及常识可知，铃铛是绕着猫的脖子系上的，故选C项。

6.

考查连词词义辨析。句意：然后，当猫靠近的时候，我们就能听见铃铛，然后逃跑。A. unless除非；B. when当……时候；C. though尽管；D. since自从。根据“we will hear the bell”可知，当猫靠近时，会听到铃铛。故选B项。

7.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：然后，当猫靠近的时候，我们就能听见铃铛，然后逃走。A. move away搬走；B. went away走开；C. got away离开；D. run away逃走。根据“the cat comes close”可知，当猫靠近时，老鼠应是“逃走”。故选D项。

8.

考查情态动词用法。句意：然后猫就不能再抓住我们中任何一个。won’t是情态动词will的否定式，后接动词原形，故填be able to，故选A项。

9.

考查时态和主谓一致。句意：它听起来很好。sound是感官动词，意为“听起来”，此处是一般现在时，主语It是单数，所以动词应使用第三人称单数形式，故选C项。

10.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：最后他说：“说起来容易做起来难。”A. easy就易的；B. easier更容易的；C. better更好的；D. good好的。根据“than”可知，此处使用形容词比较级，结合上文没有老鼠敢去系铃铛可知，此处表示说起来比做起来“更容易”。故选B项。