Question

【題目】【2016云南昆明】完形填空

從A、B、C三個選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳答案。

One evening a young woman walked on the beach. She to see the footsteps（足跡） she had left in the sand, but they had already been washed away by the water. When she turned to continue her walk, She was surprised to see an old woman by a fire.

She walked up to the old woman and asked,”Where did you come from?I didn’t see you here a minute ago.

answering her question, the old woman said, ”Sit with me, my child. I have something to show you.”

As the young woman sat down beside the fire, the old woman handed her a book. She turned the pages of the book one by one and was to discover they told the story of her whole life, from the early days of to the present. But when she turned to the next page, she found it empty. and the rest of the pages in the book were all empty.

“Does this mean my life ends tonight?” she asked.

“No, my child. It means tonight your life .”

At that time the old woman took the book into her hands and began to tear(撕掉)each of the pages that had words out of the book. She then threw into the fire until all left were empty pages. She handed the book of empty pages to the young woman.

“You see,” she said, “just as the water washed away your footsteps in the sand, your past is forever gone. What you have is here and now. Each moment is the beginning of the rest of your life and you should live it to the fullest, because you won’t live that moment a(an) time. For your future, you are free to shape it as you wish, it has not yet been written.”

【1】A. turns B. turned C. is turning

【2】A. sitting B. to sit C. sat

【3】A. Thanks to B. Instead of C. As for

【4】A. tired B. sad C. amazed

【5】A. childhood B. adulthood C. old age

【6】A. ends B. lives C. begins

【7】A. them B. it C. her

【8】A. hardly B. lately C. truly

【9】A. other B. another C. second

【10】A. whether B. because C. then

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】A

【6】C

【7】A

【8】C

【9】C

【10】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述的是一位女士在海灘散步時發(fā)生的故事。當她追尋自己的足跡時，遇到了一位老人，老人手中的書寫滿了年輕女子的過去一切，老人把那本書撕碎、燒掉，同時告訴她：今天是她生活的開始。人的過去永遠過去了，人們所擁有的是此地和現(xiàn)在，每一時刻都是生命的開始，人們應(yīng)該充實。

【1】B考查動詞及語境理解。句意：她轉(zhuǎn)身去看足跡。A. turns三人稱單數(shù)的一般現(xiàn)在時態(tài)形式；B. turned一般過去時態(tài)形式；C. is turning 現(xiàn)在進行時態(tài)形式。結(jié)合上下文，短文用一般過去時態(tài)來講述的，本句也用一般過去時態(tài)。故選B。

【2】A考查動詞及語境理解。句意：她驚奇地看到一位老人坐在一個火爐旁。看到某人在做某事：see sb. doing sth。故選A。

【3】B考查短語及語境理解。句意：沒有回答她的問題，老人說。A. Thanks to幸虧；B. Instead of代替，頂替，而不；C. As for至于，對于。老人說出了下面的話，而沒有回答她的提示。而不：instead of。故選B。

【4】C考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：她一頁一頁地翻看這本書，并且驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)講述了她整個一生的故事。A. tired疲勞的；B. sad傷心的；C. amazed令人驚異的。從一位陌生人手中的書里，發(fā)現(xiàn)了寫著自己一生的故事。感到驚奇。故選C。

【5】A考查名詞及語境理解。句意：從童年到現(xiàn)在。A. childhood童年；B. adulthood成年；C. old age老年�，F(xiàn)在是一位年輕人，可以推測出是比年輕人更早的時間段，即：童年。故選A。

【6】C考查動詞及語境理解。句意：不，孩子，意思是今天晚上你的生活開始了。A. ends結(jié)束；B. lives生活；C. begins開始。同前句的ends（結(jié)束）相對，開始：begin。故選C。

【7】A考查代詞及語境理解。句意：然后她把它們?nèi)舆M火爐里直到只剩下空白頁。A. them它們；B. it它；C. her她。指代上文提到的復(fù)數(shù)名詞pages，用them。故選A。

【8】C考查副詞及語境理解。句意：你真正擁有的是此地和現(xiàn)在。A. hardly幾乎不；B. lately最近；C. truly真實地，真正地。聯(lián)系上文：過去的永遠去了，真正擁有的是現(xiàn)在。故選C。

【9】C考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：每一刻都是你的余生的開始，你應(yīng)該過得充實，因為你不會過那個時刻第二次。A. other別的，其它的；B. another再一次，另一次；C. second第二。人不可能過同一時刻兩次，another不與不定冠詞a/an連用。故選C。

【10】B考查連詞及語境理解。句意：未來，你可以按你想要的方式去塑造因為它還沒有被書寫。A. whether是否，表示疑問；無論，表示條件；B. because因為，表示原因；C. then然后，表示時間的傳承。因為未來還未開始，所以我們可以自由地塑造。表示原因，用because。故選B。