Question

【题目】完形填空

When I was seven years old, my family made me an ant farm. First, we put clean sand in a thin box. Then we waited for the ants to arrive.

After the ants in the glass farm, they started to make tunnels. I was _ _ that each one knew exactly what to do. Each had _ own job.

On the fifth day a tragedy(悲剧)happened. I put face to close to the glass farm. When I knocked it over. All the tunnels fell down. Although the ants remained alive after their earthquake, one by one they began to die. I was scared as I watched them give up _ their tunnels to carry the bodies to a corner of the farm. My mother said that the ants were dying of _ . They simply couldn’t stand that their tunnels were gone, although much time has passed. I still _ _ that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about natural world, but it _ me much more.

Over the years, I came to realize the importance of _ . Working together, the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves. I also learned that they should be admired（钦佩） for their hard work.

But there was an even larger lesson that I did not realize until recently. Adversity（逆境） is a natural part of life and must . Unlike the ants, we can’t give up when we are sad. We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone. We have to realizethat if a tunnel is gone. We must build _ .

Giving up. I say it is not a good choice.

【1】A. glass B. paper C. rubber D. plastic

【2】A. happy B. angry C. sorry D. amazed

【3】A. it B. its C. their D. theirs

【4】A. build B. built C. building D. to build

【5】A. cold B. earthquake C. illness D. sadness

【6】A. have B. build C. miss D. remember

【7】A. told B. taught C. said to D. spoke to

【8】A. teamwork B. lives C. the farm D. the tunnels

【9】A. accept B. accepted C. be accepted D. have accepted

【10】A. one B. other C. the other D. another

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【6】D

【7】B

【8】A

【9】C

【10】D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中作者讲了一个蚂蚁的故事。开始蚂蚁们辛勤工作，团结合作。但是当隧道毁坏之后，它们便一个个的悲哀死去。作者感悟到团队合作很重要，但更重要的是逆境（逆境）是生活的一部分，我们必须接受。不同于蚂蚁，我们不能悲伤时就放弃生命。

【1】考查名词及语境的理解。A. glass 玻璃；B. paper 纸；C. rubber橡胶；D. plastic塑料；根据下文中“I put face to close to the glass farm.”可知箱子是玻璃的，故选A。

【2】考查形容词及语境的理解。A. happy高兴的；B. angry生气的；C. sorry抱歉的；D. amazed惊讶的；根据句意我很惊讶他们都明确地知道去做什么，故选D。

【3】考查代词及语境的理解。A. it 它；B. its它的；C. their它们的（形容词性物主代词）；D. theirs它们的（名词性物主代词）；each是此句的主语，后面又有名词job，应用its，故选B。

【4】考查动词及语境的理解。build their tunnels建造他们的隧道；give up doing sth.放弃做某事；故选C。

【5】考查名词及语境的理解。A. cold寒冷；B. earthquake地震；C. illness疾病；D. sadness忧伤，伤心；根据语境隧道塌了，是一件伤心的事；die of 死于……；故选D。

【6】考查动词及语境的理解。A. have 有；B. build建造；C. miss失去，想念；D. remember记得；根据句意尽管时间过了很久，我仍然记得蚂蚁农场。故选D。

【7】考查动词及语境的理解。A. told告诉；B. taught教；C. said to对……说；D. spoke to说给……； 根据句意妈妈曾希望能教我关于自然世界，但它教会了我很多。故选B。

【8】考查名词及语境的理解。A. teamwork 合作；B. lives生活；C. the farm农场；D. the tunnels隧道；根据“Working together, the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves.”可知推知前面作者意识到了团队合作的重要性，故应该选A。

【9】考查动词及语境的理解。accept接受；根据句意：逆境（逆境）是生活的一部分，必须被接受。这是一个被动语态，故选C。

【10】考查代词及语境的理解。A. one一个；B. other其他的；C. the other（两者中）另一个；D. another（三者或三者以上）另一个；句意：我们必须认识到，如果一个隧道消失了，我们必须建立另一个。故选D。