Question

【題目】Frank was a very talkative boy.He never saw a new thing without asking a lot of questions about it.His mother was very kind and ____.When it was proper to answer his questions, she would do so.

The first time Frank saw an hourglass, he was very much ___, but he did not know what it was.His mother___, “An hourglass is made in the shape of the figure ‘8’.The sand is put in one end， and ___ a small hole in the middle.The sand put into the glass will go through____an hour.”

Frank watched the little stream of sand.He was impatient,because it would not run faster.“Let me___ it,mother,” said he, “It is lazy,and will never get through.”

“Oh yes,it will,my son,” said his mother, “The sand moves by____,but it moves all the time.When you look at the clock,you will find the same.____you are playing, the sand is running, grain by grain, and the hands of the__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____great face.This is because they keep at work every____.They do not stop to think how much they have to do, and____it will take them to do it.”

Now, Frank's mother wanted him to learn a poem, but he said, “Mum， I____.” His mother said， “Study all the time.____care about the time it will take.You will be able to say it very soon.”

Frank followed his mother's ____.He studied line after line, and in one hour and a half he knew the poem perfectly.

【1】A. strict B. patient C. nervous D. polite

【2】A. pleased B. relaxed C. interested D. bored

【3】A. explained B. repeated C. thought D. added

【4】A. runs through B. runs along C. goes over D. goes across

【5】A. before B. for C. after D. in

【6】A. shake B. get C. take D. carry

【7】A. carefully B. quickly C. heavily D. slowly

【8】A. Since B. Unless C. Before D. While

【9】A. boy B. mother C. clock D. hourglass

【10】A. his B. her C. its D. their

【11】A. year B. month C. week D. minute

【12】A. how far B. how long C. how much D. how soon

【13】A. can B. can't C. could D. couldn't

【14】A. Often B. Never C. Always D. Sometimes

【15】A. rule B. step C. advice D. decision

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】A

【5】D

【6】A

【7】D

【8】D

【9】C

【10】C

【11】D

【12】B

【13】B

【14】B

【15】C

【解析】

弗蘭克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獲取成功。

【1】句意：他的母親非常善良有耐心。A. strict嚴格的；B. patient耐心的；C. nervous緊張的；D. polite禮貌的。根據(jù)下文When it was proper to answer his questions，she would do so只要能夠回答他的問題，她都會回答，可知媽媽和藹且有耐心，故答案選B。

【2】句意：他很感興趣，但他不知道那是什么。A. pleased高興的； B. relaxed放松的； C. interested感興趣的；D. bored 無聊的。根據(jù)后文but he did not know what it was但是他不知道是什么，結(jié)合前文說到是第一次見到，因此判斷他對此很感興趣，故答案選C。

【3】句意：她的媽媽解釋道。A. explained解釋；B. repeated重復；C. thought 認為；D．a(chǎn)dded 增加。根據(jù)后面媽媽的語言，可知是在解釋，故答案選A。

【4】句意：沙子被放在一端，穿過中間的一個小孔。A. runs through跑著穿過；B. runs along沿著…跑；C. goes over復習；D. goes across 穿過。根據(jù)句意要用“穿過，越過”，但是，run through是從中間穿過，go across是從表面穿過，故用 run through。故選A。

【5】句意：放入玻璃杯的沙子就會在一個小時流過。A. before在……前面；B．for為了；C. after在…后面；D. in在里面。聯(lián)系上下文以及句意，尤其是將來時標志will，顯然是用“in+一段時間”表達將來，故答案選D。

【6】句意：讓我?guī)椭�它搖一搖吧。A. shake搖晃；B. get得到；C. take帶走；D. carry 搬運。根據(jù)下文it is lazy, and will never get through. 流得這么慢了，沒有時間流完了，推測此處的句意為“我來搖動（目的是讓它通過得快點）”。故選A。

【7】句意：這沙子雖然流動得很慢，卻沒有停止流動。A. carefully仔細地；B. quickly快速地；C. heavily沉重地；D. slowly慢地。根據(jù)前文it would not run faster它漏的不快，可知他嫌沙漏得慢，推測這里是媽媽告訴他“雖然慢，但是一直在動”故答案選D。

【8】句意：當你玩耍的時候，沙子依然在一粒粒流動。A. Since自從；B. Unless除非；C. Before在……之前；D. While 當……時。根據(jù)前后兩個分句都是進行時態(tài)，可知用while表 示兩個動作同時對比進行，故答案選D。

【9】句意：鐘表指針在一秒接一秒地移動。A. boy男孩；B. mother母親；C. clock時鐘； D. hourglass沙漏。根據(jù)文章前句“When you look at the clock, you will find the same.”當你看著時鐘時，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)是一樣的，可知這里說的是時鐘的指針一秒一秒地走，和沙漏一粒一粒的漏一樣，選項C符合題意，故選C。

【10】句意：時鐘上的時針將旋轉(zhuǎn)整個一圈。A. his他的；B. her她的；C. its它的；D. their他們的。根據(jù)上句的“At night, the sand in the hourglass, has run though twelve times.”一夜的時間沙漏里的沙子重復漏了12 遍，同樣道理可推斷此處表示鐘表的時針走了整整一圈，故答案選C。

【11】句意：這是因為它們每一分鐘都在工作。A. year年；B. month月；C. week周；D. minute分鐘。根據(jù)上文說的沙漏一夜不停地漏，可知這里是“每時每刻都在工作”，every minute每分鐘，故答案選 D。

【12】句意：它們要花多長時間來做這件事。A. how far多遠；B. how long多長；C. how much多少；D. how soon多久以后。根據(jù)句意可知需要填“多久，多長時間”，但是how soon是“從現(xiàn)在往后再過多久”，這里是單純指花費“多長時間”，故用how long，答案選B。

【13】句意：媽媽，我不能。A. can能；B. can't不能；C. could可以；D. couldn't不可以。根據(jù)連詞but可知，前后意思轉(zhuǎn)折，因此需要否定形式，這里又是引號中原話，故不用過去時，選項B符合題意，故選B。

【14】句意：一直堅持學習，不要在意花費多長時間。A. Often經(jīng)常；B. Never從不；C. Always總是；D. Sometimes有時。根據(jù)上文媽媽讓他學詩，他不愿意學，以及后文的“You will be able to say it very soon”你很快就會講那首詩了。推測意思是“只要一直堅持學習，不要在乎需要多長時間，自然就能學會”。故用never表否定，答案選B。

【15】句意：弗蘭克聽從了母親的勸告。A. rule尺子；B. steps臺階；C. advice建議；D. decision決定。聯(lián)系上下文，可知是他遵循了媽媽的建議，慢慢學會了那首詩，選項C符合題意。