【英语】 完形填空和阅读理解培优卷

【英语】完形填空和阅读理解培优卷

一、完形填空

1．根据短文理解，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。

King Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked 1 which were strange. His people had to use words in a 2 way to answer these questions.

Once Akbar asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. As he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of a（an） 3 . It was at this moment that Bribal entered the palace. Birbal 4 the habit of the king. He understood the 5 at once and asked, “May I know the question so that I can 6 for an answer?”

Akbar said, “How many crows（乌鸦）are there in the city?”

Without even a moment's thought, Birbal 7 , “There are fifty thousand five hundred and eighty nine crows, My Lord. "

“How can you be so 8 ?” asked Akbar.

Birbal said, “Make your men 9 , My Lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives here. If you find 10 crows it means some have gone to visit their relatives somewhere else. "

Akbar was pleased very much by Birbal's wise answer.

1. A. questions B. help C. promises

2. A. common B. friendly C. clever

3. A. habit B. order C. answer

4. A. knew B. developed C. hated

5. A. danger B. information C. situation

6. A. ask B. wait C. try

7. A. left B. replied C. asked

8. A. smart B. brave C. sure

9. A. catch B. discuss C. count

10. A. fewer B. larger C. less

【答案】（1）A；（2）C；（3）C；（4）A；（5）C；（6）C；（7）B；（8）C；（9）C；（10）A；

【解析】【分析】这篇短文主要介绍了国王阿卡巴经常问他的国民一些奇怪的问题，因此

人们不得不想出各种方法来回答。一天当他问出一个奇怪的问题之后，波贝尔正好赶上，

并巧妙地回答了他的问题，国王对这个答案很满意。

⑴联系下文to answer these questions.描述，可知此处指的是问问题，故选A，问题。

⑵形容词辨析。A.共同的，普通的；B. 友好的；C. 聪明的；结合语境可知此处指的是人们

不得不用一种聪明的方式来回答他的问题。故选C。

⑶habit习惯；order命令；answer答案。结合语境可知此处指的是，当他看的时候，一个

一个的开始低头（思考）寻找答案。故选C。

⑷ A. 知道；B. 发展；C. 憎恨；联系下文描述，可知他知道国王这个习惯。故选A。

⑸danger危险；information信息；situation情况。联系前文描述，可知此处指的是他立即

明白了当时的情形，故选C。

⑹动词辨析。A. 问，要求；B. 等待；C.尝试；联系上下文，可知此处指的是我可以尝试回

答一下吗？故选C。

⑺leave离开；reply回答；ask问。联系下文，可知此处指的是甚至连一刻钟都没想，就回

答道。故选B。

⑻smart聪明的；brave勇敢的；sure确定的。结合语境可知国王问的是，你为何如此确定？故选C。

⑼动词辨析。A. 捕捉，赶上；B. 讨论；C. 数。结合语境可知此处指的是让人数一数，故选C。

⑽联系前一句描述，可知此处指的是更少的乌鸦。故选A，更少的。

【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，做完型填空首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然后细读文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通

读一遍检查验证。

2．根据短文理解，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。

My father was born in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, China. When he was a young boy,

he went to school in the morning, and then 1 in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework until midnight. Life was hard, because they had no 2 !

At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America. It was the 3 of gold, the land where poor people can become rich.

“Why don't I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of 4 .

So, my father came to America. “I had thought it was easy to 5 money in America.” he told me. “But when I arrived there, I realized it's not 6 . They didn't like to hire（雇佣）me because I spoke little English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables, 7 dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was hard for the first few years. I worked from 10 a. m. to 11 p. m. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it's impossible. I couldn't 8 the schooling （学费）.”

My father 9 working hard，and reached his goal.

“Alan,” he often told me. “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come 10 in life.” That's what I learned from my father.

1. A. taught B. worked C. studied

2. A. money B. energy C. experience

3. A. land B. field C. river

4. A. worry B. doubt C. hope

5. A. discover B. make C. collect

6. A. true B. important C. difficult