Question

 

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

I returned to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, after college graduation. I had been there before my mother became a minister.

Two weeks later, I told my mother I was bored. She said, “Here’re the car keys. Go and buy some fruit.”      1, I jumped into the car and speeded off.

Seeing me or rather my      2, a boy sprang up（跳起來）,      3to sell his bananas and peanuts. “Banana 300 naira. Peanut 200 naira!”

Looking at his black-striped bananas, I      4to 200 total for the fruit and nuts. He      5. I handed him a 500 naira note. He didn’t have      6, so I told him not to worry. He was      7and smiled a row of perfect teeth.

When, two weeks later, I      8this same boy, I was more aware of my position in Nigerian society. I should     9this country as the son of a      10. But it was hard to find pleasure in a place where it was so      11to see a little boy who should have been in school selling fruit.

“What’s up?” I asked. He answered in     12English, “I … I no get money to buy book.” I took out two 500 naira notes. He looked around      13before sticking his hand into the car     14the bills. One thousand naira means a lot to a family that     15only 50,000 each year.

The next morning, security officers told me, “In this place, when you give a little, people think you’re a fountain of opportunity（機會）.”

16it’s right, but this happens everywhere in the world. I wondered if my little friend had actually used the money for      17.

After six months’ work in northern Nigeria, I returned and saw him again standing on the road.

“Are you in school now?”

He nodded.

A silence fell as we looked at each other, then I      18what he wanted. I held out a 500 naira note. “Take this.”

He shook his head fiercely and stepped back      19hurt.

“It’s a gift,” I said.

Shaking his head again, he handed me a basket of bananas and peanuts. “I’ve been waiting to      20these to you.”

本文講述了作者畢業(yè)后回到尼日利亞首都阿布賈后，在街上結(jié)識了一個賣水果的小男孩并且慷慨解囊資助他入學，同時也從另一個側(cè)面刻畫了小男孩對于作者的資助的感激和惴惴不安的心理�？忌�只有在把握了這點才能夠理解命題人的意圖。從命題設置來看，命題人從語篇層次上進行命題，很好地體現(xiàn)了高考的命題要求。

1.A. Encouraged     B. Disappointed     C. Delighted        D. Confused

2.A. car                B. mother             C. driver     D. keys

3.A. willing            B. afraid             C. eager      D. ashamed

4.A. got down       B. bargained down       C. put down     D. took down

5.A. explained      B. promised        C. agreed            D. admitted

6.A. change        B. notes            C. checks            D. bills

7.A. troubled          B. regretful       C. comfortable        D. grateful

8.A. ran after      B. ran into     C. ran over     D. ran to

9.A. protect           B. enjoy         C. help     D. support

10.A. minister         B. headmaster        C. manager          D. president

11.A. lucky       B. amazing        C. funny        D. common

12.A. old            B. broken      C. traditional      D. modern

13.A. proudly       B. madly       C. curiously        D. nervously

14.A. for             B. with       C. at       D. upon

15.A. spends        B. pays        C. makes        D. affords

16.A. Possibly  B. Actually     C. Certainly        D. Fortunately

17.A. joys      B. nuts            C. books            D. bananas

18.A asked       B. imagined       C. reminded      D. realized

19.A. when      B. as if            C. even if          D. after

20.A. send      B. provide      C. sell         D. give

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

【解析】母親讓她出去散散心，買點水果回來，因此她很高興。Delighted 在句中做狀語，說明“我”當時的心理。

【考點】分詞的辨析

2.A

【解析】小男孩看到我開著汽車（上文已交待）過來，猜想我一定富有或許會買很多水果。所以急于賣給我水果。

【考點】在上下文中名詞的運用

3.C

【解析】見上題。

【考點】形容詞短語辨析

4.B

【解析】看到他賣的black-stripped bananas,因此我出價（討價還價）最多200奈拉。

【考點】動詞短語辨析

5.C

【解析】從下文可知小男孩同意了我的出價。

【考點】動詞辨析

6.A

【解析】我給了他500奈拉的鈔票，可是他沒有零錢（change）找。

【考點】名詞詞義辨析

7.D

【解析】小孩對我很感激（grateful）,因為我告訴他別擔心。

【考點】形容詞辨析

8.B

【解析】run into 偶遇。run after 追趕；run over 從上面碾過；

【考點】動詞短語辨析

9.B

【解析】由下文but it was hard to find pleasure可知。

【考點】動詞詞義辨析

10.A

【解析】由上文（第一段）I had been there before my mother became a minister. 可知。

【考點】名詞詞義辨析

11.D

【解析】由文意知像小男孩這樣應該上學讀書而沒錢上學的孩子很多。

【考點】形容詞辨析

12.B

【解析】從小男孩的答語中可知。朗文詞典中也有這樣的解釋：if you speak in broken English, French etc, you speak slowly and make a lot of mistakes because you only know a little of the language

【考點】形容詞辨析

13.D

【解析】從下文可以看出小男孩并不是貪婪的，而是有很強自尊心的人，因此他環(huán)顧四周生怕別人看到他無故接受別人的施舍。

【考點】副詞詞義辨析

14.A

【解析】for介詞，表示動作的對象：他伸手去拿……。

【考點】介詞的用法

15.C

【解析】make money 賺錢，掙錢。

【考點】動詞和名詞的搭配

16.A

【解析】從下文：but this happens everywhere in the world.可知那位保安的話可能是對的。

【考點】副詞的運用

17.C

【解析】由上文可知我給他錢是想讓他買書。

【考點】名詞的選擇

18.D

【解析】作者從幾次與小孩的交往認識到小男孩此時不說話可能是缺錢。

【考點】動詞的辨析

19.B

【解析】從前面的fiercely可知作者想錯了，并且好像還使小男孩的自尊受到傷害。

【考點】連詞的用法

20.D

【解析】小男孩這次是來償還她的善意的資助的。

【考點】動詞的辨析

【備考建議】完形填空是分值較大的一道題，在試卷中有著舉足輕重的作用，解題關(guān)鍵是理解文章的大意，理解作者的寫作目的和文章的思想意義，要善于從語篇中尋找答案，不能就題解題，上下文是解題的依據(jù)。