Question

One night, a little swallow flew over the city. He was very  16  and wanted to have a good sleep in the city. When he saw the Statue of the Happy Prince (王子), he flew down and got ready to sleep   17  the feet of the Happy Prince.

Just as he was putting his head under his wing, some  18  fell on him. He thought it was raining. But when he looked  19 , he found the sky was  20  clear and bright that he could see lots of stars. Suddenly, he saw some tears were running down the Prince’s golden  21 .

“ 22  are you crying?” asked the swallow.

“In a little street, there’s a poor house. From one of the windows, I see a woman  23  at a table. She’s sewing clothes for  24  women to wear. In a bed in the corner of the room, her little boy is sick. He’s asking for oranges, but his mother has only water to give him, so he is crying. The boy is so thirsty  25  the mother is so sad. Little swallow, will you please take her the  26  from the top of my sword (寶劍)？”

“It is very cold here and I am leaving for a warm place, but I will stay with you and do as you ask.”

The swallow took the bright red jewel from the Prince’s sword and flew away with it in his mouth. He flew into the woman’s room and  27  it beside the woman’s needle.

 28  he flew back, he told the Prince what he had done. “It ‘s strange,” he added, “It’s so cold but I feel quite  29  now.”

“That’s  30  you have done a good thing,” said the Prince. The little swallow began to think about this, and then he fell asleep.

1.A. hungry                 B. tired               C. angry              D. sad

2.A. among                 B. above             C. below             D. between

3.A. water                   B. snow              C. grass               D. milk

4.A. at                          B. down              C. up                   D. for

5.A. quite           B. so          C. such               D. very

6.A. ear                       B. feet                C. hair                 D. face

7.A. Where                 B. How                C. When             D. Why

8.A. sitting                   B. eating             C. drinking         D. cooking

9.A. poor           B. rich                 C. young             D. old

10.A. but                     B. or          C. and                 D. so

11.A. jewel                 B. orange           C. gold                D. diamond

12.A. forgot                B. took                C. got                  D. put

13.A. Before               B. After              C. Till                   D. While

14.A. cold          B. hot                  C. warm              D. cool

15.A. because            B. though           C. if                     D. whether

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.D

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.A

【解析】短文大意：本文講述了一只小燕子助人為樂的故事。一天晚上,一個小燕子飛過這座城市時他感到很累，就想在快樂王子雕像的兩只腳快之間睡一覺。突然,他看見一些淚水順著王子的臉淌下來。小燕子弄清事情的來龍去脈，并幫快樂王子完成了他的心愿。

1.語境理解。根據下文have a good sleep 推知這兒填tired,故選B.

2.考查介詞between的用法。腳一般指兩只，在兩者之間用between。

3.語境理解。根據下文He thought it was raining. 推知本題選A。

4.考查動詞詞組用法辨析。look up仰望, look at 看著......，look down 俯視，look for尋找，據題意選C。

5.考查so...that...的用法。根據從句的引導詞that 可知這兒應該是so...that...結構，引導結果狀語從句。故選B。

6.語境理解。眼淚應該是順著臉淌下來。故選D。）

7.考查疑問副詞的用法。根據上下文的意思可知，這兒問的應該是為什么。故選D。

8.語境理解。sit at a table 意為坐在桌旁，故選A。

9.語境理解。選項A.C.D 均不合題意，故選B。

10.考查并列連詞的用法。The boy is so thirsty.和The mother is so sad. 之間是順承的關系，故選C。

11.從句中sword 一詞可知這兒應該選A。

12.考查動詞的用法辨析。 put...beside...意為“把......放在......的旁邊。故選D。

13.考查連詞的用法辨析。由事情發生的先后順序可知選B。

14.語境理解。 but連接兩個意義相反的分句，前一個分句中用cold, 所以后一分句用warm。故選C。

15.考查That’s because...與That’s why...的用法區別。 That’s because...意為“那是因為......; That’s why... 意為“那是為什么......”。上文已知道結果，下文自然應交代原因。故選A。