Question

Cloze 4(2015內(nèi)蒙古包頭)

         Frank was a very talkative little boy. He never saw a new thing 1       asking a great many questions about it.

          His 2        was very patient and kind. When it was 3        to answer his questions,she would do so.Sometimes she would say ,‘‘You are not4       enough to undersand that,my son.When you are ten years old,you may ask me about it,and I will tell you."

          The first time Frank saw an hourglass (沙漏) ，he was very much interested,but he did not know 5        it was. His mother said ,“ An hourglass is made in the 6        of the figure 8.The sand is put in at one end,and runs through a small hole in the 7       . As much sand is put into the glass as will run through in an hour'

          When Frank watched the little stream of sand,he was impatient,8       it would not mn faster.

         “Let me 9        it’mother”’said Frank.“It is lazy,and will never get through'

         “ Oh yes,it will,my son ,” said his mother. “ The sand moves down little by little,but it moves all the time'

        “When you look at the 10        of the clock,you think they go very slowly,and so they do;but they never 11      .”

        “While you are playing,the sand is running,grain (顆半立) by grain.The hands of the clock are moving,second by second.At night,the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times.The hour hand of the clock has moved all around its face.This is because they keep working every 12       . They do not stop to think how much they have to do,or how long it will 13        them to do it."

          Now,Frank’s mother wanted him to learn a little poem,but he said ,“ Mother,I can 14        do it. ”

          His mother said,uStudy all the time.Never stop to ask how long it will take to learn it.You will be able to say it very soon."

          Frank 15        his mother’s advice.He studied line after line,very busily;and in one hour and a half he knew the poem perfectly.

1. A. without   B. except   C. for   D. about

2. A. father   B. brother   C. mother   D. sister

3. A. easy   B. proper   C. impossible   D. useless

4. A. popular   B. wise   C. friendly   D. old

5. A. what   B. why   C. how   D. who

6. A. form   B. shape   C. time   D. number

7. A. middle   B. back   C. front   D. top

8. A. so   B. because   C. before   D. until

9. A. kick   B. touch   C. drop   D. shake

10. A. faces   B. time   C. hands   D. surface

11. A. stop   B. worry   C. walk   D. talk

12. A. year   B. minute   C. day   D. month

13. A. bring   B. leave   C. take   D. offer

14. A. finally   B. easily   C. carefully   D. hardly

15. A. refused   B. allowed   C. followed   D.

Answer 1

1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. A 8. B 9. D 10. C 11. A 12. B 13. C 14. D 15. C

Cloze 4

[語篇解讀]Frank是一個愛問問題的孩子。有一次，他看見沙漏，很 感興趣，但是覺得沙子漏得太慢了。通過媽媽的解釋，他明白了很多 事情無論做起來要花多長時間，只要堅持一直做下去就能成功。

1. A 根據(jù)第一句 Frank was a very talkative little boy.可知，遇到新事物 他會提出很多問題。由于句中有never ,空格處應(yīng)用without構(gòu)成雙 重否定，故選A項。

2. C根據(jù)第三段第二句His mother said...可知，是他的媽媽耐心地給 他解答問題。故選C項。

3. B根據(jù)下文可知，他媽媽認為適合回答他問題的時候，她才會回答。easy容易的;proper適合的;impossible不可能的;useless無用的。故選B項。

4. D根據(jù)第二段最后一句When you are ten years old,...I will tell you. 可知，有的問題要到他足夠大的時候才能理解。popular流行的;wise 明智的;friendly友好的;old老的，年紀(jì)大的。故選D項。

5. A根據(jù)句意可知，第一次看見沙漏，他不知道那是什么。what it was“那是什么”，為賓語從句，it指代沙漏，故選A項。

6. B句意:沙漏被做成數(shù)字8的形狀。form形式;shape形狀;time時間;number數(shù)字。in the shape of…以 形狀，故選B項。

7. A根據(jù)句意可知，小洞在沙漏的中間。middle中間;back后面; front前面;top頂端。故選A項。

8. B根據(jù)句意可知，沙子不能漏得快點是他不耐煩的原因，because 符合句意。故選B項。

9. D kick踢;touch觸碰;drop落下;shake晃動。在Frank看來，想要沙子漏得快一點，應(yīng)晃動沙漏。故選D項。

10. C根據(jù)常識可知，看時間就要看鐘表的指針,hand可表示“指針”。故選C項。

11. A worry擔(dān)憂;walk步行;talk談話;stop停止，符合句意。故選A項。

12. B句意:這是因為它們每分鐘都在工作。every minute每分鐘，符合句意，故選B項。

13. C bring帶來;leave離開，留下;take耗費(時間) ；offer提供。it will take sb. some time to do...將花某人多長時間去做 。故選C項。

14. D finally 最后;easily 容易地;carefully 仔細地;hardly 幾乎不。can hardly do...幾乎不能做 ，符合句意。故選D項。

15. C 根據(jù)下句 He studied line after line...可知，F(xiàn)rank聽從了媽媽的建議。refuse拒絕;allow允許;follow接受，遵循;forget忘記。follow one’s advice聽從某人的建議，采納某人的建議，符合句意。故選C項。

[長難句]The first time Frank saw an hourglass,he was very much interested,but he did not know what it was.Frank 第一次看見沙漏時，他非常感興趣，但是不知道它是什么。The first time引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句，表示“第一次……的時候”；but 是并列連詞，在其后面的分句中包含賓語從句what it was。