Question

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C 和 D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

“Mum, can I invite my classmate Brett over to stay tomorrow night, please? It’s Friday, and we don’t have any ___.Can I, please?” Mum was sitting at the kitchen table. Dad was ___next to her, resting his head on his arms. Mum could ___that James wanted so badly to have his friend over.

“I’m so sorry, James,” she said.

“I’m never allowed to have friends come to the house? Why, Mum?” James asked sadly, almost in __.

“I know it’s ___ for you,” Mum said softly. “But I’m just worried other people might think we’re a little… strange. And then they would make fun of you.”

“No, they wouldn’t, Mum,” James protested. “We’re not ___ at all. We’re just ordinary people.”

Mum sighed heavily. “ To tell you the truth, James, my neck has been so painful that it’s given me a heavy ___. And your poor father –he doesn’t feel ___. He really needs a rest.”

“I can help, Mum!” James said. “___ I can make you and Dad feel better, can Brett come over? Please?”

“Well…”Mum began.

“Great ! Thanks ,Mum!” James almost shouted. “ Just sit there, don’t move.” He rushed over to the kitchen drawer and __ what he needed –two spanners. “ Hang on, Mum,” he said. “ This won’t take a second.” After some ___, James was finished. With a smile of ___ on his face he said, “ There! How does that feel?” “ Oh, James,” Mum said. “ That’s much better! How did you do it?”

“Easy,” James said ___.” Dad had tightened your neck bolts (螺栓) too much! I just___ them slightly ! I learned that in robotic science at school.”

“What about you father? Can you ___ him?” asked Mum.

“I’ll try,” James replied. He ___ up Dad’s hair at the back of his neck. and plugged the electric wire into Dad’s head. Then he turned the ___on.. Dad opened his eyes and ___ immediately .

“ He just let his ___run too low, that’s all,” James said, “Shall I tell Brett to come over straight after school tomorrow?”

“I guess so,” replied Mum. “ Your friends will just have to _that we are a very unusual family. Thanks, son !”

1.A．chance B．message C．difficulty D．homework

2.A．reading B．a(chǎn)lone C．a(chǎn)sleep D．standing

3.A．see B．explain C．a(chǎn)gree D．doubt

4.A．terror B．surprise C．silence D．tears

5.A．hard B．fair C．easy D．good

6.A．normal B．popular C．strange D．a(chǎn)nxious

7.A．loss B．headache C．task D．day

8.A．ill B．well C．funny D．sorry

9.A．As B．Since C．Before D．If

10.A．found B．kept C．controlled D．returned

11.A．requests B．repairs C．thoughts D．instructions

12.A．sympathy B．bitterness C．politeness D．satisfaction

13.A.embarrassedly B．proudly C．gratefully D．impatiently

14.A．collected B．produced C．a(chǎn)djusted D．covered

15.A．greet B．a(chǎn)ccompany C．help D．a(chǎn)sk

16.A．caught B．lifted C．gave D．filled

17.A．television B．light C．gas D．power

18.A．grew up B．lay down C．sat up D．broke down

19.A．battery B．food C．temperature D．blood

20.A．prove B．expect C．a(chǎn)ccept D．suspect

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.B

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.C

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇科幻短篇小說。James今天沒作業(yè)，他想邀請同學(xué)到家里玩，去征求母親的同意。母親拒絕，因為母親的頭痛以及父親的殘疾，令母親覺得James的同學(xué)會認(rèn)為家里挺怪異的，由此James會遭受嘲笑。但聰明的James靈活運用了課堂上學(xué)到的機(jī)器人科學(xué)知識，使父母親兩人都改變了不舒服的境況。因此獲得了邀請同學(xué)到家玩的許可。

1.A. chance機(jī)會，B. message信息，C. difficulty困難，D. homework作業(yè)，星期五，沒作業(yè)，因此邀請同學(xué)到家玩，所以選D。

2.A. reading閱讀，B. alone單獨的，C. asleep睡著的，D. standing站，下文說父親殘疾，需要休息；而在這段描繪了父親頭伏在胳膊上（resting his head on his arms），可以想象出父親感覺不舒服，正在睡（下文說接通電源后父親就張開了眼睛），所以選C。

3.A. see看出，B. explain解釋，C. agree同意，D. doubt懷疑，從James的請求及其語氣，母親顯然看出他急切想讓同學(xué)到家玩，所以選A。

4.A. terror恐懼，B. surprise 驚訝，C. silence沉默，D. tears淚水，當(dāng)遭到母親的不允許后，他傷心地問（James asked sadly）為什么，很可能幾乎含著眼淚，所以選D。

5.A. hard困難，B. fair公平的，C. easy容易的，D. good好的，James從來沒邀請過同學(xué)來家玩。而現(xiàn)在遭到母親的不許可，對于他來說，星期五沒有同學(xué)來是很傷心，很難熬的一天，所以A

6.A. normal正常的，B. popular流行的， C. strange奇怪的，D. anxious焦慮的，上文介紹過母親不同意James的要求是因為擔(dān)心他同學(xué)會認(rèn)為家里異常而嘲笑他（But I’m just worried other people might think we’re a little… strange.）。這里James反駁說，他認(rèn)為家里很尋常（We’re just ordinary people。），一點不古怪，所以選C。

7.A. loss損失，B. headache頭疼，C. task任務(wù)，D. day日子，母親的感受，脖子疼導(dǎo)致頭痛得很厲害，所以選B。

8.A. ill 生病的，B. well 好的，C. funny有趣的，滑稽的，D. sorry難過的，可憐的父親需要休息（He really needs a rest.），很可能身體感覺不舒服，所以選B。

9.A. As當(dāng)…時候，B. Since自從，C. Before在…前面，D. If如果，James 問話的意思是，要是他能使父母親舒服點，他的請求是否可以滿足。該句逗號前后存在邏輯上的條件關(guān)系（“___ I can make you and Dad feel better, can Brett come over? Please。）所以選D。

10.

11.A. requests要求， B. repairs修理，C. thoughts想法，D. instructions指導(dǎo)，James 找到扳子后，做些修繕和調(diào)整，讓母親更舒服點，所以選B。

12.A. sympathy同情，B. bitterness痛苦，C. politeness禮貌，D. satisfaction滿意，不花幾秒鐘，James就調(diào)整好母親脖子上的繃帶，因此露出了滿意的微笑，所以選D。

13.A. embarrassedly尷尬地，B. proudly 自豪地，C. gratefully感激地， D. impatiently不耐煩地，母親感覺好多了，并問他是如何做到的。James顯然是自豪地回答，那簡單！句中的形容詞easy說明他很自豪，所以選B。

14.A. collected 收集，B. produced制造， C. adjusted調(diào)整，D. covered覆蓋，James找到了母親不舒服的原因是父親把螺栓扭得太緊（Dad had tightened your neck bolts (螺栓) too much!），他只不過調(diào)松些，所以選C。

15.A. greet問候，B. accompany陪伴，C. help幫助，D. ask問，由上文可知爸爸的身體也不好，所以媽媽請求James也幫爸爸，所以選C。

16.A. caught抓住， B. lifted舉起，C. gave給，D. filled填滿，把父親脖子后的頭發(fā)攏起，要插入了一根電線，所以選B。

17.A. television電視； B. light光線，燈； C. gas汽油； D. power權(quán)力，電；把電線插入父親的腦袋里（plugged the electric wire into Dad’s head. ），然后接通的是電源。James想給爸爸充電了，所以選D。

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19.A. battery電池，B. food食物，C. temperature溫度，D. blood血液，父親原先是伏在胳膊上睡，一接通電源，他張開了眼睛，立即坐了起來，說明爸爸的問題好了。所以選A。

20. prove證明，B. expect期待，C. accept接受，D. suspect懷疑， James運用自己的聰明才智使得父母親都感覺舒服了，他的朋友但會接受這確實是不尋常的一家，故選C項。

考點：故事類短文