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

(考査形容词词义辨析。句意:他妈妈非常和蔼       。根据下文When it was proper to answer his questions,she would do so.只要能够回答他的问题，她都会回答，可知妈妈是和蔼且 patient“有耐心的”，而不是strict“严格的”,nervous“紧张的”，妈妈 对孩子也不用polite“有礼貌的”。排除选项A、C和   D. 故选   B. )

2. C 

(考查形容词词义辨析。句意:当弗兰克第一次见到沙漏时，他 感到非常         。pleased高兴的;relaxed轻松的;interested感兴趣的;bored无聊的。因为是第一次见到，且后面的“他不知道是 什么”，所以最可能的是interested“感兴趣的”，排除选项A、B和   D. 故选   C. )

3. A  

(考查动词词义辨析。句意:他妈妈:“沙漏是做成数字8形状的东西 ”。explain解释;repeat重复;think思考;add 补充。根据后面的语言可知是解释，不是补充(因为前文没有说过 到底是什么) 。故选A. )

4. A  

(考查动词短语辨析。句意：沙子在它的一端被加入，然后中间

的一个小孔。run through穿过;run along沿着............跑;go over复习，过一遍;go across穿过。根据句意要用“穿过，越过”，但是，run through是从中间穿过，go across是从表面穿过，故用 run through。故选 A. )

5. D

(考查介词词义辨析。句意:放进沙漏的沙子要一小时才能穿过。before在……之前;after在……之后;for达到;in 在……之后。联系上下文及句意，尤其是将来时标志will ,显然是 用“in+一段时间”表达将来，选项D符合题意，故选   D. )

6. A  

(考查动词词义辨析。句意:让我来它，妈妈。shake；摇动;get得到;take拿走;carry运送。联系下文“它太懒惰了，穿 不过去”，推测此处句意为“我来摇动(目的是让它穿过得快点) ”。 故选A. )

7. D

(考查副词词义辨析。句意:沙子移动，但是，一直在动啊。carefully仔细地;quickly快速地;heavily严重地;slowly慢 慢地。根据前文他嫌沙漏得慢，推测这里是妈妈告诉他“虽然慢， 但是一直在动”，选项D符合句意。故选   D. )

8. D

(考査连词词义辨析。句意:你在玩耍 ，沙子一直在往下漏，一粒一粒的。since自从，由于;unless除非;before在之前;while当……时。前后两个分句都是进行时态，可知用while表 示两个动作同时对比进行。故选   D. )

9. C 

(考查名词词义辨析。句意:的指针一直在移动，一秒一秒的。根据文章前句 When you look at the clock,you will find the same.“当你看着时钟时，你会发现是一样的”，可知这里说的是 时钟的“手”，即指针一秒一秒地走，和沙漏一粒一粒的漏一样，选 项C符合题意，故选   C. )

10. C 

(考查代词词义辨析。句意：时钟的时针绕过了钟面。根据上句的 Atnight,thesandinthehourglasshasrun throughtwelvetimes. “ 一夜的时间沙漏里的沙子重复漏了 12 遍”，同样道理可推断此处表示钟表的时针走了整整一圈，即 movearounditsface。选项C符合题意，故选   C. )

11. D

(考査名词词义辨析。句意:这是因为它们每 都在工作。根据上文说的沙漏一夜不停地漏，时钟一夜不停地走，可知 这里是“每时每刻都在工作”，即every minute ,不是按照每year “年”、month“月”或week“周”才漏一次，或工作一次。排除选项A、B和   C. 故选   D. )

12. B

(考查连接词的词义辨析。句意：它们不会停下来想得做多少，要花费 。how far多远;how long多长时间;how 30. much多少;howsoon再过多久。根据句意可知需要填“多久，多 长时间”，但是howsoon是“从现在往后再过多久”，这里是单纯 指花费“多长时间”，故用howlong。故选   B. )

13. B

(考查情态动词辨析。句意:现在，弗兰克的妈妈想让他学习一首诗，但是他却说“妈妈，我 。”由连词but可知，前后意思转折，因此需要否定形式，这里又是引号中原话，故不用过去 时，选项B符合题意。故选   B. )

14. B

(考查频度副词辨析。句意:一直学习，关心花费的时间。

of ten经常;never从不;always总是;sometimes有时。根 据上文妈妈让他学诗，他不愿意学，以及后文的You will be able to say it very soon“你很快就会讲那首诗了”，推测这里是:学习 诗，不用管花费多长时间，故用never表否定。故选   B. )

15. C

(考查名词词义辨析。句意:弗兰克遵循了妈妈的。rule规则;step步骤;advice建议;decision决定。联系上下文，可 知是他遵循了妈妈的建议，慢慢学会了那首诗，选项C符合题意， 故选   C. )