Question

This story happened in a small mountain village. One day there was an earthquake. Nothing was destroyed and     was hurt. But a huge rock fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road.

When the earthquake     , many people came to the road and saw the huge rock. Some of the strongest men tried to lift the rock     the road. But they couldn't move it. They tried to push it but failed. They tried to     it with ropes but nothing worked.

"Well," they all agreed, "There's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to change the     ." At this time a boy of 12 years old said, "I think I can help you to move the rock."

"You?" they shouted, "What are you talking about?" The men all     at the boy.

The next morning some people came into the street. One of them shouted, "The rock is     !" More people ran out to see. It was right. The rock wasn't in the road any more. It wasn't     near the road.

"This is     ," they said, "Where did it go?"

The boy stood in the street,     , "I told you I could move it last night."

The boy walked over to where the     had been and uncovered some earth. "I buried it," he said.

The people looked     . "You see," he said, " I dug a deep hole next to the rock and I dug a small incline （斜坡）up to the rock and the rock     down into the hole by itself. I covered it with earth."

The crowds shouted, "What a     boy!" And some of them said, "Why haven't we thought of this good       ?"

1.A. somebody        B. nobody          C. anybody          D. everybody

2.A. stops            B. started        C. happened         D. stopped

3.A. over             B. into            C. off              D. onto

4.A. push             B. lift            C. change           D. pull

5.A. road             B. stone           C. rope             D. village

6.A. looked           B. laughed         C. called          D. pointed

7.A. gone             B. missed          C. broken          D. stolen

8.A. very             B. quite          C. even            D. still

9.A. heavy            B. dangerous      C. special        D. impossible

10.A. crying         B. smiled          C. thinking       D. smiling

11.A. street         B. town            C. rock            D. mountain

12.A. surprised       B. sad             C. happy           D. relaxed

13.A. lay            B. dropped         C. walked          D. ran

14.A. clever         B. strong         C. brave           D. poor

15.A. boy             B. hole           C. story           D. way

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.A

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：在一次地震中，一块巨石掉在公路中间，挡住人们的去路，许多人都没法搬动它。人们认为只有将路改道了。这时一个小男孩说他可以搬动这块巨石，可是人们只是嘲笑他。晚上，小男孩在低处挖了一个坑，在巨石旁挖了一个斜坡，巨石就顺着斜坡滚到了坑里。第二天，人们知道事实的真相后都说小男孩很聪明。

1.B考查代词及语境理解。句意：没有东西被毁坏也没有人受伤。 A. somebody某人，有人；B. nobody没有人；C. anybody任何人；D. everybody每个人。连词and表示并列关系，but表示语义转折，由这两个词可以推测出“没人”受伤。故选B。

2.D考查动词及语境理解。句意：地震停后，许多人来到路上看到一块巨石。A. stops停止；B. started开始；C. happened发生；D. stopped停止。根据上下文，是地震发生过后，人们走出来，看到被地震毁坏的情况。短文讲述的是过去发生的动作，用一般过去时态，故选D。

3.C考查介词及语境理解。句意：许多人尽力把巨石抬出公路。A. over在……上，越过；B. into进入；C. off离开；D. onto到……上。巨石挡路，人们想把它搬离公路。故选C。

4.4】D考查动词及语境理解。句意：他们尽力用绳子拉，但是不起作用。A. push推；B. lift举起，抬起；C. change改变，更换；D. pull拉。因为工具是绳子，只能用其拉，故选D。

5.A考查名词及语境理解。句意：我们只有改路了。A. road路；B. stone石头；C. rope绳子；D. village村庄。巨石挡路，无法移开，因此人们认为只好改路。故选A。

6.6】B考查动词及语境理解。句意：人们都嘲笑这个男孩。A. looked看；B. laughed嘲笑；C. called打电话，喊叫；D. pointed指着。人们认为大人都干不了的事，一个小男孩也干不了，因此嘲笑他说笑话。故选B。

7.7】A考查动词及语境理解。句意：一个人嚷道：“石头不见了。”A. gone去，离开；B. missed怀念，想念，错过，未赶上；C. broken打烂，摔破；D. stolen偷，盗。路上的石头不见了，走了。故选A。

8.8】C考查副词及语境理解。句意：石头再也没在公路上，甚至公路旁边也不在。A. very很，非常。修饰形容词、副词，放在被修饰词之前；B. quite相当，非常。修饰形容词、副词及名词短语，放在被修饰词之前；C. even甚至，更，表示强调，放在被强调的词、短语之前；D. still还，仍旧，副词，作状语。本句中强调near the road，根据语境，选C。

9.D考查形容词及语境理解。句意：他们说：“这不可能啊，到哪儿去了呢？”A. heavy重；B. dangerous危险；C. special特别的，特殊的；D. impossible不可能的。许多大人都搬不动的石头不见了，人们觉得不可思议，感觉情况不可能发生。故选D。

10.0】D考查动词及语境理解。句意：男孩站在街上，笑着说：“昨天晚上我告诉你们我可以把它搬走。”A. crying哭着；B. smiled微笑；C. thinking思考着，想着；D. smiling微笑着。由下文，男孩成功地搬开了巨石，对自己的成功感到满意，因此他微笑。表示说话时伴随的情态，用分词短语作状语。故选D。

11.1】C考查名词及语境理解。句意：男孩走到巨石那儿并挖开覆盖的泥土。A. street街道；B. town城镇；C. rock岩石；D. mountain山，山脉。小男孩开始揭开石头的秘密，他走到巨石那儿。故选C。

12.A考查形容词及语境理解。句意：人们显得很惊奇。A. surprised惊奇；B. sad悲伤；C. happy高兴的；D. relaxed轻松。看着男孩解开巨石被搬走的秘密，人们觉得不可思议，感到惊奇。故选A。

13.3】D考查动词及语境理解。句意：我挖了一个小的斜坡到巨石那儿，巨石就自己滚到坑里来了。A. lay躺；B. dropped掉；C. walked走；D. ran跑。巨石沿着斜坡跑到了这个坑里，故选D。

14.4】A 考查形容词及语境理解。句意：人们嚷道：多么聪明的孩子啊！A. clever聪明的；B. strong强壮的；C. brave勇敢的；D. poor贫穷的。小男孩用巧妙的方法搬走了巨石，人们觉得他很聪明。故选A。

15.5】D考查名词及语境理解。句意：我们为什么没有想到这个好方法呢？A. boy男孩；B. hole洞、坑；C. story故事；D. way方法，路。指的是小男孩搬走巨石的好方法。故选D。

【考点定位】 考查故事类短文阅读。