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H.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

It was a February and I was nearly six. That was a year of 17 that few families got enough food to eat. I had been looking forward to my birth?day ever since Christmas 18 I began to tell my mum who I would invite to my party.

"I'm sorry, my love," she said, "but I'm19 you can't have a party this year. There just isn't enough 20 . "At that moment my grandma came into the kitchen. "You want a party, my love?" she said. "Then you will have one. We will 21  it for you.，，

"But Mum," said my mum to my grandma, "we haven't had eggs for weeks."

"We'll 22 ，" said my grandma and she turned to me. "We will make you a cake with six pink 23 ， and we'll have red and green jellies(果冻) too," she 24 "But Mum....." cried my mum.

I arrived back from school an afternoon to be 25 by crashes(破裂声)from the 26 My mum was attacking something in a bag on the kitchen board with her 27 She had filled the bag with a week's ration (定量)of ordinary sugar, and was making it into icing sugar, while my grandma was making some 28 jellies.

The following day was the 1st of March at last—the day of my party. Not only did I see the cake and some jellies on the table, but I 29some sandwiches. There is no 30 that my mum and grandma must have used a week's supply of rations for five people for that 31 .

Soon five well-behaved little girls 32 ， each having a present and a home-made card. We played games and sang and danced to the 33 with my mum at the piano, and then we ate the food my grandma and mum had so 34 prepared.

   35  many years have passed, I still remember that  36 but lov?ing birthday party.

17.   A. luck            B.   poverty     C.   harvest     D. hope

18.   A. made sense        B.  ran out    C.   stayed up      D.   passed by

19.   A. glad            B.  excited       C.  afraid        D. surprised

20.   A. food            B.  time          C.  energy       D. space

21. A. prepare        B.  produce       C.  improve       D. promote

22. A. think           B.  cook          C.  imagine       D. manage

23. A. candles         B.   flowers        C.  cards         D. wishes

24. A. agreed          B.  promised       C.  accepted     D. allowed

25  A. attacked        B.   encouraged    C.  frightened        D. attracted

26  A. street           B.  kitchen       C.   classroom      D. bedroom

27. A. temper          B.  faith         C.  spirit         D. strength

28. A. warm            B.  strange       C.  colourful       D. pure

29. A. missed          B.  bought        C.  found        D. made

30. A. need            B.  doubt         C.  plan        D. point

31. A. party           B.  wedding         C.  meeting        D. ceremony

32. A. disappeared         B.  asked          C.  moved       D. arrived

33. A. sound           B.  opera         C.  music        D. play

34. A. worriedly            B.   hurriedly      C.  carefully      D. thankfully

35. A. Though             B.  Because        C.  Until          D. If

36. A. happy           B.  simple        C.  expensive     D. meaningful

Answer 1

 17. B根据文章内容尤其是该句后半部分的"…few families got enough food W

eat."可知，由于年景不好，人们都没有足够的东西吃。】8. D根据前文的"It was a February..."可推断，圣诞节刚过不久，故选pass by"经

过,通过"。since Christmas passed by意为"@从圣诞节过后"。make sense讲得

通，有意义；run out跑出去，用光；stay up熬夜。

19.C   根据该句前后两部分"I'm sorry, my love…"与"...you can't have a party this year..."可知，由于食物短缺，母亲恐怕不能为"我"举办生日聚会。

20.A 根据下一段中"…we haven't had eggs for weeks."可知，家里的食物缺乏。

21. A根据下文奶奶和母亲亲自为"我"下厨的情节可知，奶奶答应将为"我"准备生日聚会。

22.D manage的含义是"设法做成功"。

23. A根据前文"...I was nearly six."可知，母亲和奶奶为"我"庆祝6岁的生日，故蛋糕上要插6根生日蜡烛。

24. B根据此处奶奶所说话的内容可知，这是奶奶对"我"的"承诺"。

25.D根据上下文内容可推测，一天下午"我"放学回家，被厨房传出的敲击声所吸引。

26. B  根据下文的"My mum was attacking something in a bag on the kitchen board..." 可知，敲击声来自厨房。

27. D根据其后"将糖块砸成粉状"的细节可知，母亲在"用力"捶打。

28. C 根据前文"…we'll have red and green jellies(果冻）too…"可知，奶奶在做各种颜色的果冻。

29. C根据上下文语境可知，"我"不但看到桌子上摆放着蛋糕和果冻，而且还发现

一些三明治。

30. B本来食物短缺不够举办生日聚会，但母亲和奶奶还是做出了蛋糕和果冻等， 所以毫无疑问她们把一周的粮食都用在了这个聚会上面。

31. A根据上下文可知，母亲和奶奶使用了一家五口 一周的定量口粮为"我"准备生日聚会。

32. D根据前文"我"告诉母亲要邀请朋友，以及后文"我们"一块唱歌、跳舞可知，不久之后五个彬彬有礼的小姑娘来了。

33. C根据该句"母亲在为孩子们弹奏钢琴"的情节可推测，"我们"随着音乐唱歌、跳舞。

34. C根据上文母亲和奶奶为"我"准备生日蛋糕和果冻的细节可知，她们很精心地准备生日聚会上的食物。

35. A

36. B当时食物匮乏，故生日聚会上只有蛋糕、果冻和三明治，又由but表示转折可知，这里应选simple，表示"简单的"。