Question

【題目】 Frank was a very talkative little boy. He never saw a new thing________asking a great many questions about it.

His_______ was very patient and kind. Sometimes she would say, “You are not_______ enough to understand that, my son. When you are ten years old, you may ask me about it, and I will tell you.”

The first time Frank saw an hourglass(沙漏), he was very much interested, but he did not know ________ it was. His mother said, ‘An hourglass is made in the_______ of the figure 8. The sand is put in at one end, and runs through a small hole in the _______. The sand put into the glass will run through in an hour.

When Frank watched the little stream of sand, he was impatient,________it would not run faster. “Let me ______ it, mother,” said Frank: “It is lazy, and will never get through.” “Oh yes, it will, my son,” said his mother. “The sand moves down ______ , but it moves all the time.” “When you look at the________of the clock, you think they go very slowly, and so they do; but they never ______ .”

“While you are playing, the sand is running, grain(顆粒) by grain. The hands of the clock are moving, second by second. At night, the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times. The hour hand of the clock has moved all around its face. This is because they keep working every________. They do not stop to think how much they have to do, or how long it will________ them to do it.

Now Frank’s mother wanted him to learn a little poem, but he said, “Mother, I can ________ do it.” His mother said, “Study all the time. Never stop to ask how long it will take to learn it. You will be able to say it very soon.” Frank__________ his mother’s advice. He studied line after line, very busily; and in one hour and a half he knew the poem perfectly.

【1】A.withoutB.exceptC.forD.about

【2】A.fatherB.brotherC.motherD.sister

【3】A.popularB.wiseC.friendlyD.old

【4】A.whatB.whyC.howD.who

【5】A.sizeB.shapeC.timeD.number

【6】A.middleB.backC.frontD.top

【7】A.soB.becauseC.beforeD.until

【8】A.kickB.touchC.dropD.shake

【9】A.easilyB.slowlyC.successfullyD.carefully

【10】A.facesB.timeC.handsD.surface

【11】A.stopB.worryC.walkD.talk

【12】A.yearB.minuteC.dayD.month

【13】A.bringB.leaveC.takeD.offer

【14】A.finallyB.easilyC.carefullyD.hardly

【15】A.refusedB.allowedC.followedD.forgot

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】B

【6】A

【7】B

【8】D

【9】B

【10】C

【11】A

【12】B

【13】C

【14】D

【15】C

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要介紹了Frank是一個愛問問題的孩子。有一次，他看見沙漏，很感興趣，但是覺得沙子漏得太慢了。通過媽媽的解釋，他明白了很多事情無論做起來要花多長時間，只要堅持一直做下去就能成功。

【1】句意：他看到一件新東西總是問很多問題。

without沒有；except除了；for為了；about大約，根據(jù)前文“Frank was a very talkative little boy”“弗蘭克是個很健談的小男孩”可知，遇到新事物，他會提出很多問題，所給空前面有never，所以應該填的是without構成雙重否定，故選A。

【2】句意：他母親很有耐心，也很善良。

father父親；brother哥哥，弟弟；mother媽媽；sister姐姐，妹妹，根據(jù)第三段第二行“His mother said”“他的媽媽說”可知，應該是他的媽媽，故選C。

【3】句意：你還沒到能理解的年齡，兒子。

popular受歡迎的；wise明智的；friendly友好的；old老的，年紀大的，根據(jù)后文“When you are ten years old, you may ask me about it”“當你10歲的時候，你可以問我”可知，有的問題要到他足夠大的時候才能理解，故選D。

【4】句意：但是他不知道它是什么。

what什么；why為什么；how怎樣；who誰，根據(jù)前文“he did not know”“他不知道”和后面的“it was”“它是”可知，應該是他不知道它是什么，故選A。

【5】句意：沙漏被做成數(shù)字8的形狀。

size尺寸；shape形狀；time時間；number數(shù)字，根據(jù)前面的“A hourglass”“沙漏”和后面的“the figure 8”“數(shù)字8”可知，應該是數(shù)字8的形狀，故選B。

【6】句意：沙子放在一端，穿過中間的一個小孔。

middle中間；back后面；front前面；top頂端，根據(jù)所給空前面的句子“runs through a small hole”“穿過一個小孔”可知，應該是穿過中間的一個小孔，故選A。

【7】句意：當弗蘭克看著沙流動的時候，他很不耐煩，因為它流得不快。

so所以；because因為；before在……之前；until直到，根據(jù)前文的“he was impatient”“他不耐煩”和后面的“it would not run faster”“它流得不快”可知，應該是因為，故選B。

【8】句意：讓我晃一下它，媽媽。

kick踢；touch觸碰；drop落下；shake晃動，根據(jù)后文“It is lazy, and will never get through”“它是懶惰的，永遠也過不去”可知，在Frank看來，想要沙子漏得快一點，應該晃動沙漏，故選D。

【9】句意：沙子慢慢地往下流。

easily容易地；slowly慢地；successfully成功地；carefully仔細地，根據(jù)后文的“you think they go very slowly”“你認為它們走得慢”可知，應該是流的慢，故選B。

【10】句意：當你看時鐘上的指針的時候。

faces臉；time時間；hands指針；surface表面，根據(jù)后文的“you think they go very slowly”“你認為它們走得慢”可知，應該是表的指針走得慢，故選C。

【11】句意：但是它們從未停止。

stop停止；worry擔心；walk步行；talk談話，根據(jù)前文“you think they go very slowly, and so they do”“你認為它們走得慢，確實是的”和后面的“but they never”“但是它們從未”可知，應該是從未停止，故選A。

【12】句意：這是因為他們每分鐘都在工作。

year年；minute分鐘；day白天；month月，根據(jù)前文“The hour hand of the clock has moved all around its face”“時鐘的時針繞著它的圓轉了一圈”可知，應該是每分鐘都在工作，故選B。

【13】句意：他們要花多長時間做它。

bring帶來；leave離開；take花費；offer提供，根據(jù)所給空前面的“how long”和固定搭配it takes sb some time to do sth“花費某人多長時間做某事”，故選C。

【14】句意：我?guī)缀踝霾坏健?/span>

finally最后地；easily容易地；carefully認真地；hardly幾乎不，根據(jù)前文“Now Frank’s mother wanted him to learn a little poem, but he said”“Frank的母親想讓他學一首小詩，但他說”可知，應該是我?guī)缀踝霾坏�，故選D。

【15】句意：Frank采納了他媽媽的建議。

refused拒絕；allowed允許；followed接受，遵循；forgot忘記，根據(jù)所給空后面的句子“He studied line after line”“他一行接一行地學習”以及固定搭配follow one’s advice“聽從某人的建議，采納某人的建議”，故選C。