Question

Once upon a time there was a little boy who became very ill. He had to spend all day in bed, unable to move. Because other children weren't allowed to come near him, he felt 1 and blue.

There wasn't much he could do except look out of the window. Time passed, and his feeling of hopelessness just 2 , until one day he saw something strange in the window. It was a bird eating a sausage sandwich. The bird came in, said "good afternoon" to the boy, turned around, and left.

Of course, the boy was very surprised. He was still trying to 3 what had happened, when outside his window he saw a monkey blowing up a balloon. After a while, as more and more crazylooking characters 4 outside the window, he laughed happily. 5 when seeing a pig playing the guitar or a dog wearing a pair of glasses and singing. The little boy didn't tell anyone about this 6 , who would have believed him? Even so, those strange characters ended up putting joy back in his 7 , and in his body. Before long, his health had improved so much that he was able to go back to school again.

There he got to talk to his friends, and told them all the 8 things he had seen. While talking, he saw something sticking（伸出）out of his best friend's school bag. The boy asked him what it was, and finally his friend had to 9 him what was in the bag.

There, inside, were all the fancy-dress suits and disguises（伪装）that his best friend had been using to try to 10 the little boy up!

From that day on, the little boy always did his best to make sure that no one felt sad and alone.

1.A. great B. sad C. nervous D. pleased

2.A. grew B. changed C. lost D. happened

3.A. work out B. make up C. point out D. look for

4.A. filled B. looked C. appeared D. came

5.A. crying B. thinking C. singing D. laughing

6.A. though B. because C. so D. but

7.A. heart B. hands C. health D. head

8.A. little B. humorous C. strange D. happy

9.A. provide B. send C. show D. satisfy

10.A. wake B. cheer C. pick D. raise

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.C

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲从前有一个小男孩病得很重。他整天躺在床上,无法动弹。时间的流逝,他的绝望的感觉在增长,直到有一天，他在窗口看到了一些奇怪东西。他最好的朋友一直使试图让小男孩高兴起来!

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10.东西,他最好的朋友一直试图让小男孩高兴起来! A. wake叫醒；B. cheer使……振奋起来；C. pick 采摘；D. raise筹集。故选B。

考点：故事类短文