Question

【題目】When I was seven years old, my family made me an ant farm. First, we put clean sand in a thin box. Then we waited for the ants to arrive.

After the ants in the glass farm, they started to make tunnels. I was _ _ that each one knew exactly what to do. Each had _ own job.

On the fifth day a tragedy(悲劇)happened. I put face to close to the glass farm. When I knocked it over. All the tunnels fell down. Although the ants remained alive after their earthquake, one by one they began to die. I was scared as I watched them give up _ their tunnels to carry the bodies to a corner of the farm. My mother said that the ants were dying of _ . They simply couldn’t stand that their tunnels were gone, although much time has passed. I still _ _ that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about natural world, but it _ me much more.

Over the years, I came to realize the importance of _ . Working together, the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves. I also learned that they should be admired（欽佩） for their hard work.

But there was an even larger lesson that I did not realize until recently. Adversity（逆境） is a natural part of life and must . Unlike the ants, we can’t give up when we are sad. We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone. We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone. We must build _ .

Giving up. I say it is not a good choice.

【1】A. glass B. paper C. rubber D. plastic

【2】A. happy B. angry C. sorry D. amazed

【3】A. it B. its C. their D. theirs

【4】A. build B. built C. building D. to build

【5】A. cold B. earthquake C. illness D. sadness

【6】A. have B. build C. miss D. remember

【7】A. told B. taught C. said to D. spoke to

【8】A. teamwork B. lives C. the farm D. the tunnels

【9】A. accept B. accepted C. be accepted D. have accepted

【10】A. one B. other C. the other D. another

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【6】D

【7】B

【8】A

【9】C

【10】D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文中作者講了一個螞蟻的故事。開始螞蟻們辛勤工作，團結(jié)合作。但是當隧道毀壞之后，它們便一個個的悲哀死去。作者感悟到團隊合作很重要，但更重要的是逆境（逆境）是生活的一部分，我們必須接受。不同于螞蟻，我們不能悲傷時就放棄生命。

【1】考查名詞及語境的理解。A. glass 玻璃；B. paper 紙；C. rubber橡膠；D. plastic塑料；根據(jù)下文中“I put face to close to the glass farm.”可知箱子是玻璃的，故選A。

【2】考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. happy高興的；B. angry生氣的；C. sorry抱歉的；D. amazed驚訝的；根據(jù)句意我很驚訝他們都明確地知道去做什么，故選D。

【3】考查代詞及語境的理解。A. it 它；B. its它的；C. their它們的（形容詞性物主代詞）；D. theirs它們的（名詞性物主代詞）；each是此句的主語，后面又有名詞job，應用its，故選B。

【4】考查動詞及語境的理解。build their tunnels建造他們的隧道；give up doing sth.放棄做某事；故選C。

【5】考查名詞及語境的理解。A. cold寒冷；B. earthquake地震；C. illness疾病；D. sadness憂傷，傷心；根據(jù)語境隧道塌了，是一件傷心的事；die of 死于……；故選D。

【6】考查動詞及語境的理解。A. have 有；B. build建造；C. miss失去，想念；D. remember記得；根據(jù)句意盡管時間過了很久，我仍然記得螞蟻農(nóng)場。故選D。

【7】考查動詞及語境的理解。A. told告訴；B. taught教；C. said to對……說；D. spoke to說給……； 根據(jù)句意媽媽曾希望能教我關(guān)于自然世界，但它教會了我很多。故選B。

【8】考查名詞及語境的理解。A. teamwork 合作；B. lives生活；C. the farm農(nóng)場；D. the tunnels隧道；根據(jù)“Working together, the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves.”可知推知前面作者意識到了團隊合作的重要性，故應該選A。

【9】考查動詞及語境的理解。accept接受；根據(jù)句意：逆境（逆境）是生活的一部分，必須被接受。這是一個被動語態(tài)，故選C。

【10】考查代詞及語境的理解。A. one一個；B. other其他的；C. the other（兩者中）另一個；D. another（三者或三者以上）另一個；句意：我們必須認識到，如果一個隧道消失了，我們必須建立另一個。故選D。