Question

    好人自有天助

At the beginning of time, the earth was warm and people did not need fire.They ate raw _____. But slowly, the world grew _____. People got together in their cold homes and were freezing.

One day, a beautiful bird with a bright orange tail came to tell them, “You need to have fire so that you can warm your houses and _____ your food. I have fire and will give it to you.” said the bird.

But the bird did not give it _____. It said, “I will give it only to people who know what it is _____ others. Do you agree？” asked the bird.

Everyone _____. So the bird said, “See this orange on my tail? Bring some dry wood. When you touch my tail _____ the wood, you will have fire.” The people came quickly with dry wood, _____ the bird flew away. _____ chased after it. But the bird was fast, and people could not catch it. They fell down ______ and into lakes as they chased the fire bird.

As the fire bird was flying away, it______ a young woman sitting alone with a very old man. It landed beside them and said, “______ aren't you chasing after fire like all the rest？” The woman said, “This is my grandfather. He is ______， and I must care for him. That is all.”

The bird came close to the woman. “______ a sick orange tail, ” said the bird, “for you are the only one among your people worthy of the great ______．”

And so, fire came to the people.

Word Bank: raw  生的       tail  尾巴      chase  追赶

1.A.food B.dessert C.fruit D.vegetables

2.A.warmer B.colder C.better D.worse

3.A.choose B.buy C.cook D.sell

4.A.slowly B.luckily C.happily D.easily

5.A.help B.to help C.helped D.helping

6.A.agreed B.laughed C.cried D.left

7.A.about B.with C.before D.after

8.A.and B.or C.but D.so

9.A.Someone B.Anyone C.No one D.Everyone

10.A.houses B.mountains C.trees D.buildings

11.A.noticed B.helped C.reminded D.heard

12.A.What B.Why C.Where D.When

13.A.boring B.heavy C.lazy D.sick

14.A.Touch B.Pass C.Enjoy D.Receive

15.A.decision B.habit C.gift D.activity

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。主要通过火鸟授予火给人类的故事，告诉人们“好人自有天助”的道理。
6.考查名词词义辨析。food 食物；dessert 甜点；fruit水果；vegetables蔬菜。根据句意及常识可知此处应是指吃生的食物，故选A。
7.考查形容词比较级词义辨析。warmer更温暖的；colder更冷的；better更好的；worse更糟糕的。根据后一句中“in their cold homes and were freezing”可知世界变得更冷了。故选B。
8.考查动词词义辨析。choose 选择；buy 买；cook做饭，煮；sell卖。根据句意可知此处应该指做饭，故选C。
9.考查副词词义辨析。slowly 缓慢地；luckily幸运地；happily高兴地；easily轻易地，简单地。根据下文可知此处指“轻易地”，故选D。
10.考查非谓语动词。分析句子成分可知空处在句中作目的状语，应用动词不定式，故选B。
11.考查动词词义辨析。agreed 同意；laughed大笑；cried哭；left离开。根据下文语境可知此处指“同意”，故选A。
12.考查介词词义辨析。about 关于，大约；with和，带有，用；before在……之前；after在……之后。根据句意可知此处指用木头，故选B。
13.考查连词词义辨析。and和，并且；or或者，否则；but但是；so因此，所以。分析前后语境可知此处表转折关系，且意为“但是”，故选C。
14.考查代词词义辨析。Someone 某人，常用于肯定句；Anyone某人，常用于否定句或一般疑问句；No one没有人；Everyone每个人。根据句意和下文可知每个人都在追赶火鸟，故选D。
15.考查名词词义辨析。houses房子；mountains山；trees树；buildings楼房。根据后文“...into lakes as they chased the fire bird.”可知应是从山上掉到湖里。故选B。
16.考查动词词义辨析。noticed 注意到，发现；helped帮助；reminded提醒；heard听到。根据句意可知此处应指火鸟注意到一个年轻的女人和一位老人坐在一起，故选A。
17.考查疑问词词义辨析。What 什么；Why 为什么；Where哪里；When什么时候。根据句意可知此处询问为什么不和其他人一样，故选B。
18.考查形容词词义辨析。boring无聊的；heavy重的；lazy懒惰的；sick生病的。根据后文“I must care for him.”可知祖父生病了。故选D。
19.考查动词词义辨析。Touch触摸；Pass传递；Enjoy享受，喜欢；Receive收到。根据前文中“touch my tail”可知Touch触摸，符合语境，故选A。
20.考查名词词义辨析。decision决定；habit习惯；gift礼物；activity活动。根据前文火鸟听了妇女的话，就让她触摸生病的橙色的尾巴，说她是所有人中唯一一个值得拥有这个礼物的人，gift符合语境。故选C。