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【題目】完形填空,閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的四個選項(xiàng)中選出一個最佳答案。

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(拍賣). 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

【答案】

【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】

試題分析：本文講述了一位父親與兒子的故事。一位富翁和兒子都愛收藏美術(shù)作品，戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)后，兒子上了戰(zhàn)場，幾周后，父親收到了兒子犧牲的消息。一天，兒子的一位戰(zhàn)友送來了兒子的一幅畫，這成了老人最尊貴的禮物。第二年的春天，老人去世了，所有的畫將會被拍賣。拍賣的第一幅畫就是兒子的作品，現(xiàn)場沒有人愿意出價。最后一位愿意出10美元的人拿走了這幅畫和并得到了贈送的老人所有的畫。故事告訴我們，在父親的眼中，兒子比其它任何東西都要重要。

【1】A 考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：他們周游世界，收集著名畫家的極貴重的作品。A. priceless無價的，極貴重的；B. useless無用的；C. helpless無助的；D. careless粗心的。本句后半部分列舉了一些著名畫家，他們的作品極為珍貴。故選A。

【2】B考查動詞及語境理解。句意：戰(zhàn)爭暴發(fā)后，兒子離家去為祖國作戰(zhàn)。A. train 訓(xùn)練；B. fight戰(zhàn)斗；C. cheer歡呼；D. practise練習(xí)。由war戰(zhàn)爭可以推測出是“戰(zhàn)斗”：fight。故選B。

【3】A考查名詞及語境理解。句意：幾星期后，老人收到了說兒子犧牲的信件。 A. letter信；B. book書；C. diary日記；D. bag書包。收到兒子去世的噩耗的信件，故選A。

【4】B考查動詞及語境理解。句意：是他兒子畫的畫。 A. decorated裝飾；B. drawn畫；C. bought購買；D. repaired修理，修補(bǔ)。結(jié)合上下文可知，這是一幅被老人視為珍寶的兒子的遺物，是他兒子畫的畫。故選B。

【5】D考查連詞及語境理解。句意：雖然世人并不認(rèn)為那是一件很好的作品，但是畫對老人非常重要。A. before在……之前；B. when當(dāng)……時；C. until直到……；D. though雖然，盡管。雖然人們認(rèn)為畫不是名畫，但是對老人重要。故選D。

【6】C考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：他告訴鄰居，那是他收到的最好的禮物。A. cheapest最便宜的；B. oldest最古老的；C. greatest最偉大的，最棒的；D. biggest最大的。老人把兒子的遺物看得最為珍貴，故選C。

【7】C考查動詞及語境理解。句意：所有老人的畫將在拍賣會上銷售。A. donated捐贈；B. counted數(shù)，點(diǎn)數(shù)；C. sold賣，銷售；D. named取名。拍賣會上是競價銷售，故選C。

【8】A考查名詞及語境理解。句意：拍賣以一幅未在競價者們的清單上的畫開始。A. lists清單；B. desks書桌；C. pockets口袋；D. notebooks筆記本。給每一位競價者提供了一份所有拍賣品的清單，故選A。

【9】C考查動詞及語境理解。句意：過了一會兒，但是沒有人講話或是舉手。A. shook搖動；B. showed出示；C. raised舉起；抬起；D. touched觸摸，接觸。舉手出價競價，故選C。

【10】A考查名詞及語境理解。句意：許多人同意地附和著。A. agreement同意；B. public公眾，當(dāng)眾；C. trouble麻煩；D. need需要。大家都認(rèn)為這幅畫沒有價值，對第一個人的話表示贊同。故選A。

【11】C考查副詞及語境理解。句意：最后，老人的一位好朋友說。A. Slowly慢慢地；B. Suddenly突然地；C. Finally最后地，最終地；D. Luckily幸運(yùn)地。老人的朋友出十美元買下了這幅畫并獲得了贈送的所有畫而結(jié)束了拍賣活動，故選C。

【12】B考查代詞及語境理解。句意：有人出更高的價嗎？肯定的陳述句里用any的合成詞，故選B。

【13】D考查名詞及語境理解。句意：等了一會兒，他說……。A. noise噪音；B. action行動；C. choice選擇；D. silence沉默。等了一會兒，沉默了一會兒。故選D。

【14】D考查介詞及語境理解。句意：拍賣者看著大家，說，整個拍賣活動結(jié)束了。A. out外面，向外；B. off離開，關(guān)閉；C. on舉行，進(jìn)行；D. over結(jié)束。根據(jù)下文，老人的遺愿是買下兒子的畫的人獲得所有的畫，可知拍賣結(jié)束。故選D。

【15】D考查疑問詞及語境理解。句意：根據(jù)老人的遺愿，無論誰買下兒子的畫，就可以得到所有的收藏。A. Whatever無論什么；B. Whenever無論何時；C. Wherever無論哪兒；D. Whoever無論誰。作主語，指人，用whoever，故選D。