Question

完形填空,阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Years ago, a very rich man and his young son shared an interest in collecting art. They traveled around the world, collecting       works of art by famous artists like Picasso, Van Gogh and Monet.

When war broke out, the son left to       for his country. After a few weeks, the old man received a      saying his son had died. The man became very lonely and sad.

One day, a soldier visited the old man and gave him a painting – it was       by his son. The painting was important to the man       the world would never think it a great work. He told his neighbors it was the       gift he had ever received.

The following spring, the old man died. All of the old man’s paintings would be        at an auction(拍卖). The auction began with a painting that was not on any of the buyers’       ... it was the painting of the old man’s son. “Who will open the price at $100?” the auctioneer asked. Moments passed and no one spoke or       their hand. Someone said: “Who cares about that painting? Let’s get on to the good ones.” More voices followed in       . “No, we must sell this one first,” replied the auctioneer. “Now, who will take the picture of the son?”

      , a good friend of the old man spoke: “Will you take $10 for the painting? That’s all I have.” “Will       go higher?” called the auctioneer. After more       he said: “Going once ... going twice ... sold!” The auctioneer looked at the crowd and said that the whole auction was      . “According to the father’s will,     takes the son’s picture gets the whole collection, ” the auctioneer said.

In the eyes of a father, nothing is more valuable than his son – not even paintings of the famous artists are as important as his son’s.

1.A. priceless         B. useless         C. helpless        D. careless

2.A. train            B. fight          C. cheer           D. practise

3.A. letter            B. book           C. diary           D. bag

4.A. decorated         B. drawn          C. bought          D. repaired

5.A. before          B. when           C. until          D. though

6.A. cheapest        B. oldest         C. greatest       D. biggest

7.A. donated          B. counted        C. sold           D. named

8.A. lists             B. desks          C. pockets        D. notebooks

9.A. shook             B. showed         C. raised         D. touched

10.A. agreement        B. public         C. trouble        D. need

11.A. Slowly           B. Suddenly       C. Finally        D. Luckily

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

13.A. noise           B. action          C. choice          D. silence

14.A. out              B. off             C. on              D. over

15.A. Whatever         B. Whenever        C. Wherever        D. Whoever

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.D

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一位父亲与儿子的故事。一位富翁和儿子都爱收藏美术作品，战争爆发后，儿子上了战场，几周后，父亲收到了儿子牺牲的消息。一天，儿子的一位战友送来了儿子的一幅画，这成了老人最尊贵的礼物。第二年的春天，老人去世了，所有的画将会被拍卖。拍卖的第一幅画就是儿子的作品，现场没有人愿意出价。最后一位愿意出10美元的人拿走了这幅画和并得到了赠送的老人所有的画。故事告诉我们，在父亲的眼中，儿子比其它任何东西都要重要。

1.A 考查形容词及语境理解。句意：他们周游世界，收集著名画家的极贵重的作品。A. priceless无价的，极贵重的；B. useless无用的；C. helpless无助的；D. careless粗心的。本句后半部分列举了一些著名画家，他们的作品极为珍贵。故选A。

2.B考查动词及语境理解。句意：战争暴发后，儿子离家去为祖国作战。A. train 训练；B. fight战斗；C. cheer欢呼；D. practise练习。由war战争可以推测出是“战斗”：fight。故选B。

3.A考查名词及语境理解。句意：几星期后，老人收到了说儿子牺牲的信件。 A. letter信；B. book书；C. diary日记；D. bag书包。收到儿子去世的噩耗的信件，故选A。

4.B考查动词及语境理解。句意：是他儿子画的画。 A. decorated装饰；B. drawn画；C. bought购买；D. repaired修理，修补。结合上下文可知，这是一幅被老人视为珍宝的儿子的遗物，是他儿子画的画。故选B。

5.D考查连词及语境理解。句意：虽然世人并不认为那是一件很好的作品，但是画对老人非常重要。A. before在……之前；B. when当……时；C. until直到……；D. though虽然，尽管。虽然人们认为画不是名画，但是对老人重要。故选D。

6.C考查形容词及语境理解。句意：他告诉邻居，那是他收到的最好的礼物。A. cheapest最便宜的；B. oldest最古老的；C. greatest最伟大的，最棒的；D. biggest最大的。老人把儿子的遗物看得最为珍贵，故选C。

7.C考查动词及语境理解。句意：所有老人的画将在拍卖会上销售。A. donated捐赠；B. counted数，点数；C. sold卖，销售；D. named取名。拍卖会上是竞价销售，故选C。

8.A考查名词及语境理解。句意：拍卖以一幅未在竞价者们的清单上的画开始。A. lists清单；B. desks书桌；C. pockets口袋；D. notebooks笔记本。给每一位竞价者提供了一份所有拍卖品的清单，故选A。

9.C考查动词及语境理解。句意：过了一会儿，但是没有人讲话或是举手。A. shook摇动；B. showed出示；C. raised举起；抬起；D. touched触摸，接触。举手出价竞价，故选C。

10.A考查名词及语境理解。句意：许多人同意地附和着。A. agreement同意；B. public公众，当众；C. trouble麻烦；D. need需要。大家都认为这幅画没有价值，对第一个人的话表示赞同。故选A。

11.C考查副词及语境理解。句意：最后，老人的一位好朋友说。A. Slowly慢慢地；B. Suddenly突然地；C. Finally最后地，最终地；D. Luckily幸运地。老人的朋友出十美元买下了这幅画并获得了赠送的所有画而结束了拍卖活动，故选C。

12.B考查代词及语境理解。句意：有人出更高的价吗？肯定的陈述句里用any的合成词，故选B。

13.D考查名词及语境理解。句意：等了一会儿，他说……。A. noise噪音；B. action行动；C. choice选择；D. silence沉默。等了一会儿，沉默了一会儿。故选D。

14.D考查介词及语境理解。句意：拍卖者看着大家，说，整个拍卖活动结束了。A. out外面，向外；B. off离开，关闭；C. on举行，进行；D. over结束。根据下文，老人的遗愿是买下儿子的画的人获得所有的画，可知拍卖结束。故选D。

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考点：考查故事类短文阅读。