Ever since I was little, my favorite season was winter. I loved to play in the snow and enjoy the hot chocolate.
____36_____, winter never gave me the special gift of snow on my birthday. I would ask my grandmother ____37____ it didn’t snow on my birthday. She would laugh and tell me I asked too many questions. ___38____one day, she promised that she would make it snow on my next birthday.
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How could this be? My grandpa said it was my grandmother’s final ___46____ on my “sweet sixteenth”. I cried.
I was ___47_____ that my smiling grandmother angel was and had been watching over me.

【小題1】
A．CertainlyB．UnfortunatelyC．ImportantlyD．Luckily
【小題2】
A．whenB．howC．whetherD．why
【小題3】
A．ButB．OrC．ThenD．So
【小題4】
A．onB．a(chǎn)fterC．beforeD．in
【小題5】
A．itB．herC．himD．me
【小題6】
A．hadB．wasC．playedD．feared
【小題7】
A．fellB．to fallC．fallenD．falling
【小題8】
A．withB．a(chǎn)tC．fromD．off
【小題9】
A．a(chǎn)rrived atB．remainedC．gotD．entered
【小題10】
A．excitedB．confusedC．pleasedD．frustrated
【小題11】
A．orderB．mistakeC．wishD．decision
【小題12】
A．certainB．a(chǎn)ngryC．sadD．a(chǎn)nxious


【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】C
【小題5】A
【小題6】A
【小題7】D
【小題8】B
【小題9】C
【小題10】B
【小題11】C
【小題12】A

解析試題分析：本文敘述了因?yàn)樽髡呦矚g雪，作者的生日又是在冬天，所以她一直盼望在她生日時(shí)，能夠下雪，她的祖母曾經(jīng)答應(yīng)過她在她下一個(gè)生日時(shí)給她下一場(chǎng)雪，可是到了第二年她的祖母去世了。但是一直盼到16歲生日，才下了一場(chǎng)雪，這時(shí)也收到祖母生前留給作者的生日禮物。作者
【小題1】考查副詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。certainly當(dāng)然； Unfortunately不幸的是； Importantly重要的是 ；Luckily幸運(yùn)的是。根據(jù)下文it didn’t snow on my birthday，作者喜歡雪而在生日愿意讓下雪，可是不幸的是冬天從沒有給“我”這個(gè)禮物，故選B。
【小題2】考查連詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。when當(dāng)……時(shí)候； how怎樣； whether是否； why為什么�！拔摇眴栕婺笧槭裁丛谏諘r(shí)不下雪，故選D。
【小題3】考查連詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。but 但是； or 或者； then 那時(shí)； so因此。可是有一天她答應(yīng)“我”她將能在“我”的下一個(gè)生日下雪，故選A。
【小題4】考查介詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。on 在； after 在……之后； before在……之前； in在……之內(nèi)。在具體的某一天用介詞on，所以根據(jù)句意這里指在生日這一天，故選C。
【小題5】考查代詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。根據(jù)上下文可知這里指的雪，故用it來代替。故選A。
【小題6】考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。had the best time過得最開心； was是； play玩； fear害怕�！拔摇边^得最開心，故選A。
【小題7】考查非謂語動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)�！拔摇笨匆娤卵┝�。這里是短語see sth falling這里the white snow與fall之間是主動(dòng)關(guān)系，用現(xiàn)在分詞表主動(dòng)，故用D。
【小題8】考查介詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。這里是短語laugh  at嘲笑。所有的朋友都嘲笑“我”， “我”不在乎。故選B。
【小題9】考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。arrived at到達(dá)； remain 保持； get home 到家； enter進(jìn)入。當(dāng)“我”到家時(shí)，“我”的祖父給了“我”一個(gè)禮物，故選C。
【小題10】考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。excited 興奮的； confused 困惑的； pleased 高興的；frustrated泄氣的。根據(jù)It was a small white box, which looked old.因?yàn)榻o了“我”一個(gè)禮物，“我”感到困惑，故選B。
【小題11】考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。order命令； mistake錯(cuò)誤； wish 希望； decision決定�！拔摇钡淖娓刚f那是“我”祖母最后的給“我”的16歲生日的希望，故選C。
【小題12】考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。certain確信； angry生氣； sad 傷心； anxious焦急的。“我”確信“我”的祖母天使正在天上看著“我”，故選A。
考點(diǎn)：故事類短文。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：依據(jù)首句提供的啟示，快速閱讀文章，從整體感知全文，掌握大意。這是第一遍閱讀，讀時(shí)要跳過空格，不看選項(xiàng)，困難肯定是有的，不懂之處不要停留，力求把注意力集中在文章的主線上。要注意文中的暗示，努力找出關(guān)鍵詞。如果是故事性文章，關(guān)鍵詞就是時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)和人物。抓住了關(guān)鍵詞就抓住了故事的線索，進(jìn)而理解全文。然后根據(jù)文章的大意進(jìn)行第二遍閱讀，此時(shí)可邊閱讀邊粗選答案，這是為了盡量減少空格，幫助更透徹地理解全文。

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