Zigfried, a little mouse, blew his breath on the frosty window of the farmhouse and rubbed it to see the outside. Still nobody came. Maybe today, he thought . It was only a few days before Christmas and he was watching for a miracle (奇跡).

This farmhouse had been ____too long. It needed a family. Zigfried’s made a noise. He realized that he hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday. He jumped from the windowsill (窗沿), took a from his home, and went next door to Farmer Mike’s.

Farmer Mike’s house had been a great place for the little mouse the farmer married a wife who had a cat. Zigfried trembled he thought of it. He looked around carefully as he into the room where grain was stored and was quite as he filled his bag with wheat. He was turning to leave when suddenly he a hot breath about his ear. His heart beat , and without thinking, he started to run and luckily the cat’s paws (爪子).

The next afternoon Zigfried heard some good news: a family would be moving into the farmhouse soon. Zigfried’s granny would arrive on Christmas Eve to with him. He hoped that the family would come before his granny came. Before long, a car came the road leading to the house, with butter sandwiches, cheese and chocolate.

Zigfried’s Christmas miracle did arrive!

The house came the next few days. Zigfried every single hour of them. , the day before Christmas when he was drinking hot chocolate with a smile at the door of his home, he heard the of the children of the family about what they might get for Christmas. What? A cat? The froze on his face; his mouth fell wide open. After a long while, he at last found his voice: “Hey! Whose Christmas miracle is this?”

1.A. carefully B. excitedly C. hopefully D. proudly

2.A. cathy B. noisy C. messy D. empty

3.A. mouth B. nose C. stomach D. throat

4.A. bag B. stick C. bowl D. coat

5.A. although B. until C. after D. unless

6.A. if B. because C. when D. unless

7.A. broke B. marched C. paced D. stole

8.A. curious B. nervous C. pitiful D. illegal

9.A. took B. held C. felt D. drew

10.A. strongly B. likely C. slowly D. wildly

11.A. escaped B. seized C. rubbed D. caught

12.A. close B. happy C. new D. young

13.A. celebrate B. communicate C. compete D. control

14.A. across B. from C. off D. up

15.A. alive B. loose C. open D. still

16.A. counted B. enjoyed C. missed D. wasted

17.A. However B. Instead C. Moreover D. Therefore

18.A. embarrassed B. forced C. disappointed D. satisfied

19.A. introduction B. discussion C. revision D. reduction

20.A. blood B. smile C. tears D. sweat

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.B

【解析】

試題分析:這是一篇幽默詼諧的小故事。小老鼠Zigfried住在一座空蕩蕩的農(nóng)舍,沒(méi)吃沒(méi)喝。圣誕節(jié)快到了,這座房子搬來(lái)了新主人,Zigfried過(guò)上了富足的生活?上Ш镁安婚L(zhǎng),圣誕節(jié)這家的孩子就會(huì)有一只貓陪伴他們了。那么,Zigfried這個(gè)圣誕節(jié)會(huì)過(guò)得怎么樣呢?

1.小題1】C考查副詞。A. carefully仔細(xì)地;B. excitedly興奮地;C. hopefully充滿希望地;D. proudly自豪地。 從語(yǔ)境的敘述看,這只小老鼠在窗戶上哈氣,然后把窗戶擦亮,它滿懷希望地想,或許今天會(huì)有人來(lái)。這里用hopefully指它的一種心情。其中關(guān)鍵詞maybe(或許,有可能)說(shuō)明對(duì)奇跡是否在今天出現(xiàn)不能十分肯定,只是“有希望”。B項(xiàng)excitedly(激動(dòng)地,興奮地)在這里描述小老鼠的心情是不合適的。故選C。

2.小題2】D考查形容詞。A. cathy充滿活力,外向,有趣,且和善; B. noisy吵鬧的;C. messy混亂的;D. empty空的。下文說(shuō)“這座農(nóng)舍需要有一家人住下”,由此可知這里表示這座農(nóng)舍空蕩蕩的,沒(méi)有人住,因此選D項(xiàng)。

3.小題3】C考查名詞。A. mouth嘴;B. nose鼻子;C. stomach胃;D. throat咽喉。下文說(shuō)它意識(shí)到自己從昨天起就沒(méi)有吃東西了,根據(jù)常識(shí)可知,餓的時(shí)候是“肚子”叫,而不是“嘴巴”“鼻子”或者“喉嚨”,因此選C項(xiàng)。

4.小題4】A 考查名詞。A. bag包;B. stick棍子;C. bowl碗;D. coat大衣。下文第三段第28空所在句說(shuō)它把口袋裝滿了小麥,這是很重要的提示,因此選A,它從自己的窩里拿起一個(gè)袋子就跑到隔壁的農(nóng)民邁克家去了。

5.小題5】B考查狀語(yǔ)從句。A. although盡管;B. until直到---為止;C. after在---之后;D. unless除非。從語(yǔ)境的連貫性判斷選B,用until表示“直到”:邁克家一直是這只小老鼠的天堂,直到邁克娶了妻子,而他的妻子帶來(lái)了一只貓。貓是老鼠的天敵,貓來(lái)了對(duì)老鼠來(lái)說(shuō)并不是一件好事,也就是說(shuō)老鼠的好日子到頭了。

小題6:解析:選C。leap“跳躍”;sniff“聞,嗅”;tremble“顫抖,發(fā)抖”;withdraw“撤退”。老鼠害怕貓是常識(shí)。句意:一想到他家的那只貓,Zigfried就(害怕得)渾身發(fā)抖。

6.小題7】D考查動(dòng)詞。A. broke 弄壞;B. marched前進(jìn),行軍;C. paced踱步,走來(lái)走去;D. stole偷。這里用steal(into)描述小老鼠小心翼翼的神態(tài)和動(dòng)作:它一邊謹(jǐn)慎地向四周看,一邊躡手躡腳地溜進(jìn)存放谷物的房間。其中cautiously(小心翼翼地)是解題的關(guān)鍵點(diǎn)。

7.小題8】B考查形容詞。A. curious好奇的;B. nervous緊張的、不安的;C. pitiful可憐的,可鄙的;D. illegal不合法的。前面提到,因?yàn)楹ε履侵回,它很小心,因此在往袋子里裝糧食的時(shí)候“很緊張”。nervous形象地描述了老鼠當(dāng)時(shí)害怕的心理。

8.小題9】C考查動(dòng)詞。A. took 拿走;B. held舉行;C. felt感覺(jué);D. drew繪畫。就在老鼠轉(zhuǎn)身準(zhǔn)備離開的時(shí)候,它感覺(jué)到耳旁有呼出的熱氣。這里用feel表示“感覺(jué)”到外來(lái)的呼吸。

9.小題10】D考查副詞。A. strongly強(qiáng)烈地;B. likely很可能地;.C.slowly慢慢地;D. wildly瘋狂地。老鼠知道形勢(shì)不妙,貓來(lái)了,就在它旁邊,面對(duì)危機(jī),老鼠的心怦怦亂跳,因此選D。one’s heart beat wildly“心怦怦亂跳”。

10.小題11】A考查動(dòng)詞。A. escaped逃脫;B. seized抓住,奪取,占領(lǐng);C. rubbed擦,摩擦;D. caught 抓住。老鼠趕緊逃竄,幸運(yùn)地躲過(guò)了那只貓的抓捕。其中,luckily是解題的提示。

11.小題12】C考查形容詞。A. close密切的; B. happy高興的;C. new新的;D. young年輕的。上文提到,這座農(nóng)舍很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間空蕩蕩的,沒(méi)有人居住,既然是要搬來(lái)人家,那么應(yīng)該選C表示“新來(lái)的”,而不是“密切的”“快樂(lè)的”“年輕的”。

12.小題13】A考查動(dòng)詞。A. Celebrate慶祝;B. Communicate交流;C. Compete比賽;D. Control控制。文章提到圣誕節(jié),那么應(yīng)該是celebrate“慶!,因此選A項(xiàng)。語(yǔ)境表示奶奶要來(lái)跟它一起慶祝這個(gè)圣誕節(jié)。

13.小題14】D考查介詞。A. across穿過(guò)---;B. from從---;C. off 遠(yuǎn)離---;D. up 這里用介詞up描述動(dòng)作由遠(yuǎn)及近的方向,come up the road沿著這條路駛來(lái)。句意:不久,一輛汽車沿著通向這座房子的路駛來(lái),載著黃油三明治、奶酪和巧克力。

14.小題15】A考查形容詞。A. alive活著的;B. loose松的;C. open開著的;D. still靜止的。這座農(nóng)舍因?yàn)橛腥说陌崛,有了人氣,開始充滿活力,因此選A,表示“有生氣,有活力”。其他各項(xiàng)不符合語(yǔ)境。

15.小題16】B考查動(dòng)詞。A. counted 數(shù)數(shù),重要;B. enjoyed喜愛(ài);C. missed錯(cuò)過(guò),想念;D. wasted浪費(fèi)。句中的them指前面提到的days,有人搬進(jìn)來(lái)了,接下來(lái)的幾天里,房子里面又開始活躍起來(lái)了,Zigfried盡情享受著每時(shí)每刻。用enjoy表示“喜歡,享受”。

16.小題17】A考查副詞。A. However然而;B. Instead代替;C. Moreover另外,此外;D. Therefore因此。 從下文“What?A cat?”可知,孩子們是討論圣誕節(jié)用貓做禮物的信息,老鼠的好日子到頭了,故用轉(zhuǎn)折副詞however,表示“可是,然而”。

17.小題18】D考查動(dòng)詞。A. embarrassed尷尬;B. forced強(qiáng)迫;C. disappointed使失望;D. satisfied 使?jié)M意。 這家原先沒(méi)人居住,老鼠總是挨餓,而現(xiàn)在,它在自家門口喝著熱巧克力,當(dāng)然是覺(jué)得很滿足了。a satisfied smile“滿足的笑容”,因此選D。

18.小題19】B考查名詞。A. introduction介紹;B. discussion討論;C. revision復(fù)習(xí);D. reduction減少。這里用discussion指這些孩子七嘴八舌地在討論他們圣誕節(jié)會(huì)得到什么禮物。其他各項(xiàng)不符合語(yǔ)境。

19.小題20】B考查名詞。A. blood血;B. smile微笑;C. tears眼淚;D. sweat汗水。聽說(shuō)這家的孩子圣誕節(jié)就會(huì)有只貓了,老鼠Zigfried臉上原本滿意的笑容一下子僵住了,這里用smile與第48空的smile呼應(yīng)。

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