Question

Long ago there was a boy was hungry for success. For him, winning was .One day the boy was to compete with two other young boys in a race in his village. A large crowd gathered to including a wise old man.

The race began. With strength and power, the boy easily the race. The crowd cheered and waved. The little boy felt and important. However, the wise man remained still and calm.

“Another race, another race!” cried the little boy. The wise old man came over and presented the little boy with two new runners: an old woman and a blind man.

The race started and the boy was the only one to cross the line, two left standing at the starting line. The little boy raised his arms . The crowd, , was silent.

“ don’t the people cheer for my success?” he asked the wise old man.

“Race again!” replied the wise man, “But this time, all three of you finish .” The little boy thought a little, stood of the blind man and the old lady, and then took them by the hand. The race began and the little boy walked to the finishing line and crossed it. The crowed . The wise man smiled, gently his head.

“Which one of us three are the crowd cheering for?” asked the little boy.

“For this race, you have won than in any race you have ever run before,” said the wise old man. “For this race, the crowd cheer not for any winner!”

1.A. whom B. who C. which D. what

2.A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything

3.A. join B. run C. watch D. hear

4.A. failed B. beat C. won D. lost

5.A. calm B. modest C. surprised D. proud

6.A. other B. another C. the other D. the others

7.A. in delight B. in surprise C. in sadness D. in fear

8.A. therefore B. however C. rather D. although

9.A. What B. How C. When D. Why

10.A. well B. together C. away D. off

11.A. in the middle B. at the center C. among D. between

12.A. slowly B. quickly C. easily D. hardly

13.A. shouted B. cheered C. talked D. cared

14.A. nodding B. shaking C. holding D. losing

15.A. little B. much C. even less D. much more

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了一個男孩非�？释�成功。每次贏得比賽之后，他都很享受別人的喝彩和歡呼。在一次贏得和一位老婦人一位盲人的比賽之后，則沒有人為他喝彩歡呼。他向一位智者尋求原因。智者讓他們再比賽一次，并且要求他們?nèi)�人要一起完成比賽。男孩思考片刻，拉住老婦人和盲人的手，慢慢的走到終點，終于贏得觀眾的智者的一致喝彩。從這次比賽中男孩受益匪淺。

1.考查定語從句和語境理解。A. whom誰，做賓語；B. who 誰，做主語；C. which 哪一個，代指物，做主語賓語；D. what 什么，不引導定語從句。在定語從句中，先行詞a boy指人，并在從句中做主語，故答案選who。

2.2】考查不定代詞和語境理解。A. something某物；B. nothing什么也沒有；C. anything任何一個 D. everything一切。上文說男孩非�？释�成功，所以對他，來說贏就是一切�？隙ň渲杏胑verything；anything用在否定句和疑問句中。故答案選D

3.3】考查動詞和語境理解。一群人在觀看孩子們的比賽。Join加入；run跑； watch觀看； hear聽見。觀看比賽應該用動詞watch，故選C。

4.4】考查動詞和語境理解。A. failed 失�。�B. beat打�。�C. won 贏得；D. lost失去。因為男孩的體很好，所以很輕易的贏得了比賽。根據(jù)The crowd cheered and waved可知男孩贏得了比賽。故選C。

5.5】考查形容詞辨析和語境理解。calm平靜的；modest 謙虛的；surprised吃驚的；proud自豪的。因為上文提到男孩贏得了比賽，所以感到自豪，故選D。

6.6】考查代詞和語境理解。A. other 其他的；B. another三種以上另一個的；C. the other 兩者中的另一個 D. the others別的人或物。這次進行的是男孩和另兩人的比賽。因為空格后有two，故排除D；這里是把三個人看成兩部分，把一個是男孩看成一部分，另外兩個是一部分，所以另一部分用the other；故選C。

7.7】考查介詞短語和語境理解。in delight高興的；in surprise 吃驚的；in sadness傷心的；in fear害怕的。該句句意為：男孩贏得比賽，高興的舉起雙臂。根據(jù)the boy was the only one to cross the line可知男孩贏得了比賽，當然心里是很高興的。故選A。

8.8】 考查副詞及語境理解。therefore因此，表示前后是因果關系；however然而；rather 寧愿；although盡管,后跟句子。該句句意為：然而人群卻沉默不語。however表示前后是轉折關系，是副詞，可以用在句中，前后都用逗號。因為前面提到男孩贏得了比賽很高興，而觀眾卻是沉默的，前后是轉折關系，故選B。

9.9】考查疑問詞和語境理解。A. What 什么；B. How 怎么樣；C. When什么時候；D. Why為什么。

該句句意為：男孩贏得比賽卻沒人鼓掌，他想知道為什么。根據(jù)he asked the wise old man可知男孩在問為什么人們不鼓掌。故選D。

10.10】考查副詞和語境理解。A. well 好；B. together 一起；C. away遠離；D. off離開，遠離。該句句意為：智者要求他們?nèi)�人一起完成比�?/span>。根據(jù)stood 11 of the blind man and the old lady, and then took them by the hand這里可知男孩挽著另外的兩個人一起比賽，故選B。

11.11】考查介詞、介詞短語和語境理解。. A. in the middle在……中間；B. at the center在……的角落； C. among 在……三者之間；D. between在兩者之間，不和of連用。 句意為：男孩站在兩人中間，in the middle of…在……中間。故選A.

12.12】考查副詞和語境理解。該句句意為：男孩牽著兩人的手慢慢的走向終點。slowly慢慢地 ；quickly很快地；easily 輕易地；hardly幾乎不。根據(jù)上文可知男孩挽著一位盲人一個老人走路肯定是很慢地。故選A。

13.13】考查動詞和語境理解。. A. shouted 大喊；B. cheered歡呼；C. talked 談話；D. cared關心。上文說男孩牽著兩人的手慢慢的走向終點。人群為他們歡呼。根據(jù)“Which one of us three are the crowd cheering for?可知人們在歡呼，故選B。

14.14】考查動詞和語境理解。智者看到上文這一幕，微笑著點點頭，表示對男孩行動的贊許。nodding點頭；shaking 搖頭；holding 舉行；losing失去。故答案選A。

15.15】考查比較級和語境理解。A. little幾乎沒有；B. much 很多；C. even less更少；D. much more 更多。題干中出現(xiàn)than ，故空前要用比較級，much more比…多的多。句意為：男孩從這次比賽中收獲的要比他在以往比賽中收獲的要多得多。故選D。

考點：日常生活類短文。