Question

 C（20 分) (2015 •湖州)

   Frank was a very talkative boy. He never saw a new thing without asking a lot of questions about it. His mother was very kind and 1 When it was proper to answer his questions,she would do so.

   The first time Frank saw an hourglass,he was very much 2 ,but he did not know what it was. His mother 3 ,“An hourglass is made in the shape of the figure ‘8’. The sand is put in one end,and 4 a small hole in the middle. The sand put into the glass will go through 5 an hour. ”

   Frank watched the little stream of sand. He was impatient,because it would not run faster. “Let me 6 it,Mother，” said he. “It is lazy,and will never get through. ”

  “Oh yes,it will,my son ,” said his mother. “The sand moves by 7 ,but it moves all the time. When you look at the clock,you will find the same. 8 you are playing,the sand is running,grain by grain,and the hands of the 9 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 10 great face. This is because they keep at work every 11 . They do not stop to think how much they have to do,and 12 it will take them to do it. ”

   Now,Frank’s mother wanted him to learn a poem,but he said, “Mum,I 13 。 ” His mother said ,“Study all the time. 14 care about the time it will take. You will be able to say it very soon. ”

   Frank followed his mother’s 15 . He studied line after line,and in one hour and a half he knew the poem perfectly.

() 1. A. strict         B. patient      C. nervous      D. polite

() 2. A. pleased        B. relaxed      C. interested   D. bored

() 3. A. explained      B. repeated     C. thought      D. added

() 4. A. runs through   B. runs along   C. goes over    D. goes across

() 5. A. before         B. for          C. after        D. in

() 6. A. shake          B. get          C. take         D. carry

() 7. A. carefully      B. quickly      C. heavily      D. slowly

() 8. A. Since          B. Unless       C. Before       D. While

() 9. A. boy            B. mother       C. clock        D. hourglass

() 10. A. his           B. her          C. its          D. their

() 11. A. year          B. month        C. week         D. minute

() 12. A. how far       B. how long     C. how much     D. how soon

() 13. A. can           B. can’t       C. could        D. couldn’t

() 14. A. Often         B. Never        C. Always       D. Sometimes

() 15. A. rule          B. steps        C. advice       D. decision

Answer 1

1.B 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. D 8. D 9. C 10. C 11. D 12. B 13. B 14. B 15. C

1.B

(考査形容詞詞義辨析。句意:他媽媽非常和藹       。根據下文When it was proper to answer his questions,she would do so.只要能夠回答他的問題，她都會回答，可知媽媽是和藹且 patient“有耐心的”，而不是strict“嚴格的”,nervous“緊張的”，媽媽 對孩子也不用polite“有禮貌的”。排除選項A、C和   D. 故選   B. )

2. C 

(考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意:當弗蘭克第一次見到沙漏時，他 感到非常         。pleased高興的;relaxed輕松的;interested感興趣的;bored無聊的。因為是第一次見到，且后面的“他不知道是 什么”，所以最可能的是interested“感興趣的”，排除選項A、B和   D. 故選   C. )

3. A  

(考查動詞詞義辨析。句意:他媽媽:“沙漏是做成數字8形狀的東西 ”。explain解釋;repeat重復;think思考;add 補充。根據后面的語言可知是解釋，不是補充(因為前文沒有說過 到底是什么) 。故選A. )

4. A  

(考查動詞短語辨析。句意：沙子在它的一端被加入，然后中間

的一個小孔。run through穿過;run along沿著............跑;go over復習，過一遍;go across穿過。根據句意要用“穿過，越過”，但是，run through是從中間穿過，go across是從表面穿過，故用 run through。故選 A. )

5. D

(考查介詞詞義辨析。句意:放進沙漏的沙子要一小時才能穿過。before在……之前;after在……之后;for達到;in 在……之后。聯系上下文及句意，尤其是將來時標志will ,顯然是 用“in+一段時間”表達將來，選項D符合題意，故選   D. )

6. A  

(考查動詞詞義辨析。句意:讓我來它，媽媽。shake；搖動;get得到;take拿走;carry運送。聯系下文“它太懶惰了，穿 不過去”，推測此處句意為“我來搖動(目的是讓它穿過得快點) ”。 故選A. )

7. D

(考查副詞詞義辨析。句意:沙子移動，但是，一直在動啊。carefully仔細地;quickly快速地;heavily嚴重地;slowly慢 慢地。根據前文他嫌沙漏得慢，推測這里是媽媽告訴他“雖然慢， 但是一直在動”，選項D符合句意。故選   D. )

8. D

(考査連詞詞義辨析。句意:你在玩耍 ，沙子一直在往下漏，一粒一粒的。since自從，由于;unless除非;before在之前;while當……時。前后兩個分句都是進行時態，可知用while表 示兩個動作同時對比進行。故選   D. )

9. C 

(考查名詞詞義辨析。句意:的指針一直在移動，一秒一秒的。根據文章前句 When you look at the clock,you will find the same.“當你看著時鐘時，你會發現是一樣的”，可知這里說的是 時鐘的“手”，即指針一秒一秒地走，和沙漏一粒一粒的漏一樣，選 項C符合題意，故選   C. )

10. C 

(考查代詞詞義辨析。句意：時鐘的時針繞過了鐘面。根據上句的 Atnight,thesandinthehourglasshasrun throughtwelvetimes. “ 一夜的時間沙漏里的沙子重復漏了 12 遍”，同樣道理可推斷此處表示鐘表的時針走了整整一圈，即 movearounditsface。選項C符合題意，故選   C. )

11. D

(考査名詞詞義辨析。句意:這是因為它們每 都在工作。根據上文說的沙漏一夜不停地漏，時鐘一夜不停地走，可知 這里是“每時每刻都在工作”，即every minute ,不是按照每year “年”、month“月”或week“周”才漏一次，或工作一次。排除選項A、B和   C. 故選   D. )

12. B

(考查連接詞的詞義辨析。句意：它們不會停下來想得做多少，要花費 。how far多遠;how long多長時間;how 30. much多少;howsoon再過多久。根據句意可知需要填“多久，多 長時間”，但是howsoon是“從現在往后再過多久”，這里是單純 指花費“多長時間”，故用howlong。故選   B. )

13. B

(考查情態動詞辨析。句意:現在，弗蘭克的媽媽想讓他學習一首詩，但是他卻說“媽媽，我 。”由連詞but可知，前后意思轉折，因此需要否定形式，這里又是引號中原話，故不用過去 時，選項B符合題意。故選   B. )

14. B

(考查頻度副詞辨析。句意:一直學習，關心花費的時間。

of ten經常;never從不;always總是;sometimes有時。根 據上文媽媽讓他學詩，他不愿意學，以及后文的You will be able to say it very soon“你很快就會講那首詩了”，推測這里是:學習 詩，不用管花費多長時間，故用never表否定。故選   B. )

15. C

(考查名詞詞義辨析。句意:弗蘭克遵循了媽媽的。rule規則;step步驟;advice建議;decision決定。聯系上下文，可 知是他遵循了媽媽的建議，慢慢學會了那首詩，選項C符合題意， 故選   C. )