Question

H.完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

It was a February and I was nearly six. That was a year of 17 that few families got enough food to eat. I had been looking forward to my birth?day ever since Christmas 18 I began to tell my mum who I would invite to my party.

"I'm sorry, my love," she said, "but I'm19 you can't have a party this year. There just isn't enough 20 . "At that moment my grandma came into the kitchen. "You want a party, my love?" she said. "Then you will have one. We will 21  it for you.，，

"But Mum," said my mum to my grandma, "we haven't had eggs for weeks."

"We'll 22 ，" said my grandma and she turned to me. "We will make you a cake with six pink 23 ， and we'll have red and green jellies(果凍) too," she 24 "But Mum....." cried my mum.

I arrived back from school an afternoon to be 25 by crashes(破裂聲)from the 26 My mum was attacking something in a bag on the kitchen board with her 27 She had filled the bag with a week's ration (定量)of ordinary sugar, and was making it into icing sugar, while my grandma was making some 28 jellies.

The following day was the 1st of March at last—the day of my party. Not only did I see the cake and some jellies on the table, but I 29some sandwiches. There is no 30 that my mum and grandma must have used a week's supply of rations for five people for that 31 .

Soon five well-behaved little girls 32 ， each having a present and a home-made card. We played games and sang and danced to the 33 with my mum at the piano, and then we ate the food my grandma and mum had so 34 prepared.

   35  many years have passed, I still remember that  36 but lov?ing birthday party.

17.   A. luck            B.   poverty     C.   harvest     D. hope

18.   A. made sense        B.  ran out    C.   stayed up      D.   passed by

19.   A. glad            B.  excited       C.  afraid        D. surprised

20.   A. food            B.  time          C.  energy       D. space

21. A. prepare        B.  produce       C.  improve       D. promote

22. A. think           B.  cook          C.  imagine       D. manage

23. A. candles         B.   flowers        C.  cards         D. wishes

24. A. agreed          B.  promised       C.  accepted     D. allowed

25  A. attacked        B.   encouraged    C.  frightened        D. attracted

26  A. street           B.  kitchen       C.   classroom      D. bedroom

27. A. temper          B.  faith         C.  spirit         D. strength

28. A. warm            B.  strange       C.  colourful       D. pure

29. A. missed          B.  bought        C.  found        D. made

30. A. need            B.  doubt         C.  plan        D. point

31. A. party           B.  wedding         C.  meeting        D. ceremony

32. A. disappeared         B.  asked          C.  moved       D. arrived

33. A. sound           B.  opera         C.  music        D. play

34. A. worriedly            B.   hurriedly      C.  carefully      D. thankfully

35. A. Though             B.  Because        C.  Until          D. If

36. A. happy           B.  simple        C.  expensive     D. meaningful

Answer 1

 17. B根據文章內容尤其是該句后半部分的"…few families got enough food W

eat."可知，由于年景不好，人們都沒有足夠的東西吃。】8. D根據前文的"It was a February..."可推斷，圣誕節(jié)剛過不久，故選pass by"經

過,通過"。since Christmas passed by意為"@從圣誕節(jié)過后"。make sense講得

通，有意義；run out跑出去，用光；stay up熬夜。

19.C   根據該句前后兩部分"I'm sorry, my love…"與"...you can't have a party this year..."可知，由于食物短缺，母親恐怕不能為"我"舉辦生日聚會。

20.A 根據下一段中"…we haven't had eggs for weeks."可知，家里的食物缺乏。

21. A根據下文奶奶和母親親自為"我"下廚的情節(jié)可知，奶奶答應將為"我"準備生日聚會。

22.D manage的含義是"設法做成功"。

23. A根據前文"...I was nearly six."可知，母親和奶奶為"我"慶祝6歲的生日，故蛋糕上要插6根生日蠟燭。

24. B根據此處奶奶所說話的內容可知，這是奶奶對"我"的"承諾"。

25.D根據上下文內容可推測，一天下午"我"放學回家，被廚房傳出的敲擊聲所吸引。

26. B  根據下文的"My mum was attacking something in a bag on the kitchen board..." 可知，敲擊聲來自廚房。

27. D根據其后"將糖塊砸成粉狀"的細節(jié)可知，母親在"用力"捶打。

28. C 根據前文"…we'll have red and green jellies(果凍）too…"可知，奶奶在做各種顏色的果凍。

29. C根據上下文語境可知，"我"不但看到桌子上擺放著蛋糕和果凍，而且還發(fā)現

一些三明治。

30. B本來食物短缺不夠舉辦生日聚會，但母親和奶奶還是做出了蛋糕和果凍等， 所以毫無疑問她們把一周的糧食都用在了這個聚會上面。

31. A根據上下文可知，母親和奶奶使用了一家五口 一周的定量口糧為"我"準備生日聚會。

32. D根據前文"我"告訴母親要邀請朋友，以及后文"我們"一塊唱歌、跳舞可知，不久之后五個彬彬有禮的小姑娘來了。

33. C根據該句"母親在為孩子們彈奏鋼琴"的情節(jié)可推測，"我們"隨著音樂唱歌、跳舞。

34. C根據上文母親和奶奶為"我"準備生日蛋糕和果凍的細節(jié)可知，她們很精心地準備生日聚會上的食物。

35. A

36. B當時食物匱乏，故生日聚會上只有蛋糕、果凍和三明治，又由but表示轉折可知，這里應選simple，表示"簡單的"。