Question

A young man had a beautiful dream.

A fairy came to him and said,"Little boy, whatever you like, you may  5  . I will give it to you now.

"What will I ask?" Suddenly he 6 from his mind one of his great desires. With 7 he raised his voice, "I have a 8 Can you take 'nights' away from our life?"

The fairy asked, " 9 should I take away nights from the earth?"

The boy opened his heart. "As the day 10 , my mother forces me to stop playing. If there is  11  night,I can play for a long time. Not only that, I am afraid of going out at night. Devils and thieves 12 us at night. Therefore, nights are unnecessary."

"Yes, let it happen as you wish," the fairy said. 13  , the night disappeared. Everywhere was full of light！ But as time passed, it became 14 As nights disappeared, there were  15   days full of light. Then he could play and play, but he got 16 at the end. The joy of sunrise and sunset was just good old  17 .The boy cried out, "Oh, Fairy, give nights. 18 to me my beautiful nights.Suddenly the young boy 19 from the dream.

Nights give rise to days, months and years. If there are no nights, days will not be as 20 as we have them today.

It is the same with regard to the darkness in our life 21  pain, sorrows and troubles.   A life 22 problems and difficulties will result in a lack of strength and  23    As day takes birth from the womb of night, joy takes birth from the womb of   24 .

5.    A. tell     B. say

C. inform       D. ask

6.    A. picked       B. made

C. packed       D. accepted

7.    A. joy     B. sadness

C. surprise      D. disappointment

8.    A. goal    B. suggestion

C. desire  D. chance

9.    A. How   B. What

C. When  D. Why

 

10.   A. starts  B. breaks

C. continues    D. ends

11.   A. one     B. no

C. any     D. some

12.   A. see     B. destroy

C. protect       D. attack

13.   A. Finally       B. Naturally

C. Suddenly    D. Luckily

14.   A. nice    B. troublesome

C. horrible      D. orderly

15.   A. always       B. never

(、• seldom     D. sometimes

16.   A; delighted    B. interested

C. satisfied     D. tired

17.   A. life     B. memories

C. games D. ideas

18.   A. Give   B. Send

C. Return       D. Show

19.   A, got up B. turned up

C. woke up        D. jumped up

20.   A. beautiful    B. short

C. dark    D. moon-lit

21.   A. next to       B. due to

C. as to   D. close to

22.   A. with   B. of

C. without      D. under

23.   A. weakness    B. courage

C. force   D. trouble

24.   A. sorrow       B. pleasure

C. astonishment      D. excitement

Answer 1

【文章大意】本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章，通过讲述小男孩要求仙女把黑夜带走之后所发生的生活巨变告诉我们，生活就是痛并快乐着，让我们拥抱这美好的一切吧！

D 由文中的give和下文的"'What will I ask?'"可知，此处表示"要"，故选D项。

A pick捡起；make使，制造；pack打包；accept接受。根据文中的one of his great desires可知，此处表示小男孩从众多的愿望中挑了一个出来，故选A项。

A joy开心，快乐？ sadness难过；surprise吃惊；disappoint-ment失望。既然愿望马上就能够实现，自然是开心了 ，且与he raised his voice呼应，故选A项。

C goal目标；suggestion建议；desire愿望，欲望；chance机会。根据上文one of his great desires可知，此处小男孩表达了自己的愿望，故选C项。

D 根据下文小男孩的解释"'As the day... ， my mother forces me to stop playing."'可知，此处仙女问的是原因，故选D项。

D   根据语境"―my mother forces me to stop playing.，'和上文小男孩的愿望是把黑夜带走可知，白天一结束，小男孩就不得不停止玩耍去休息，故选D项。

B 由上文的"Can you take 'nights' away from our life?"可知，小男孩渴望地球上没有黑夜，只有白天，这样他可以玩很长时间，故选B项。

D see看见；destroy破坏，毁掉；protect保护；attack攻击。根据语境"Devils and thieves…"可推知，这些魔鬼和小偷会趁黑夜作案，攻击人类，故选D项。

C finally最后，最终；naturally自然地；suddenly突然；lucki?ly 幸 运地。 根据语境"1 Yes， let it happen as you wish,' the fairy said."可知，小男孩在仙女的帮助下实现了自己的愿望。既然是仙女，自然就有神奇的力量，因此此处表示"突然间（很意外，很神奇）"，故选C项。

B nice好的；troublesome麻烦的；horrible可怕的；orderly 有序的。根据下文"The boy cried out..."可知，只有白天的曰子并不如小男孩之前想的那么美好，也带来了一些困扰和麻烦，故选B项。

A 根据语境"As nights disappeared…"可知，没有了黑夜， 地球上一直都是白天，

故选A项。

D delighted髙兴的；interested感兴趣的；satisfied满意的； tired疲惫的。根据语境"Then he could play and play..."可推知，人的精力是有限的，总是会玩累的，故选D项。

B根据上文"As nights disappeared..."可知，没有了黑夜，太阳一直照射，那么日落又日出就只能成为久远的回忆了 ，故选B项。

C 根据上文"The boy cried out, 'Oh, Fairy, give nights."' 可知，小男孩渴望回到有日出日落的过去，故选C项。

C   get up起床；turn up出现，音量调大；wake up醒来；jump up跳起来。根据语境from the dream可知，小男孩刚才是在做梦，现在突然醒了 ，故选C项。

A根据上文的my beautiful nights可知，有了黑夜的衬托， 我们才明白白天的美好，故选A项。

B next to仅次于，挨着；due to由于；as to关于；close to接近于。根据语境可知,pain, sorrows and troubles和the darkness是逻辑上的因果关系，故选B项。

C由语境a lack of可知，此处表示"没有"，故选C项。

B weakness弱点,虚弱；courage勇气；force暴力；trouble麻烦。根据strength可知，此处表示褒义概念，结合选项，可知选B项。

A sorrow悲伤，伤心事；pleasure快乐；astonishment吃惊； excitement激动。根据语境中白天和黑夜的对比可知，此处与joy相对的是悲伤，故选A项。