【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 amily 可知是指經(jīng)歷的事情，故選A。 （15）句意： 我的兩個(gè)孩子都同意幫助別人使他們更快樂(lè)。根據(jù) My 10yearold daughter and 7yearold son 可知表示兩個(gè)孩子都，故用both，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查詞匯在篇章中的運(yùn)用能力，答題時(shí)首先要跳過(guò)空格通讀文章掌握其大意，然后細(xì)讀文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考慮句型、語(yǔ)法、搭配、語(yǔ)境等因素。最后通讀一遍檢查驗(yàn)證。5．完形填空 A boy 1 James Watt was a clever boy. One day he was 2 at the fire in his grandmother39。s home. He was watching the fire and 3 about something. A teakettle was over the fire. Soon the lid（蓋子） began to move up and down. What makes it 4 up and down? the boy asked 5 . He looked under the lid, but he could see nothing. Grandma, what39。s in the teakettle? he asked. Water, my childnothing 6 water. But I know there is something more. And what makes the lid move up and down? His grandmother laughed, Oh, that39。s only 7 . she said. You can see it ing out of the teakettle. How did the steam get under the lid then? Well, my dear, it es out of the hot water. The hot water 8 it. His grandmother was beginning to think that the boy was asking 9 questions. The steam 10 be very strong to make the heavy lid move up and down, said the bright boy to himself. Well, if the steam es from a lot of water it must be 11 stronger. Why can39。t we use steam to work for us? The idea grew with him as he grew into a man. He 12 out this idea and failed, then tried again and failed again. But each time he learned something 13 . Some people laughed at him. Don39。t be foolish. they said. How can you make steam work? But he went on 14 and at last he reached his goal, and gave the world the first steam engine! After that people all over the world, men and women, old and young, knew his name and 15 him for his first steam engine.1. A. nameB. namedC. namesD. naming2. A. sitB. sitsC. sittingD. sat3. A. wonderB. wonderedC. wonderingD. want to know4. A. moveB. movingC. to moveD. moved5. A. heB. himC. himselfD. his6. A. butB. andC. orD. until7. A. waterB. lidC. steamD. teakettle8. A. makesB. turnsC. asksD. orders9. A. so muchB. so manyC. too manyD. too much10. A. manyB. mostC. mustD. more11. A. muchB. moreC. mostD. a bit12. A. triedB. carriedC. workedD. found13. A. difficultB. newC. seriousD. wrong14. A. tryB. tryingC. triedD. to try15. A. askedB. calledC. choseD. thanked【答案】 （1）B；（2）C；（3）C；（4）A；（5）C；（6）A；（7）C；（8）B；（9）C；（10）C；（11）A；（12）A；（13）B；（14）B；（15）D； 【解析】【分析】文章大意：主要介紹了詹姆斯瓦特發(fā)明蒸汽機(jī)的故事。 （1）句意：一個(gè)叫詹姆斯瓦特的男孩是一個(gè)聰明的男孩。A：name，名字，動(dòng)詞。B：named，命名，動(dòng)詞name的過(guò)去分詞。C：names，命名，動(dòng)詞name的單數(shù)形式。D：naming，命名，動(dòng)詞name的現(xiàn)在分詞。過(guò)去分詞可以做定語(yǔ)修飾名詞，故選B。 （2）句意：有一天，他正坐在奶奶的屋子里。根據(jù)下文He was watching the fire可知，他正在看火，所以此空也要用現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)，為was doing，故選C。 （3）句意：他正在看火并且思考某事。根據(jù)and可知，and連接兩個(gè)并列成分，所以前面用的watching，空格處要用wondering，故選C。 （4）句意：什么使它上下移動(dòng)呢？make sb do sth，使某人做某事，固定搭配。故選A。 （5）句意：男孩問(wèn)他自己。A：he，他，主格。B：him，他，賓格。C：himself，他自己，反身代詞。D：his，他的，形容性物主代詞。根據(jù)He looked under the lid, but he could see ，他看著蓋子下面，但是什么都沒(méi)看見(jiàn)，所以推測(cè)他應(yīng)該是在自言自語(yǔ)，所以是問(wèn)他自己，故選C。 （6）句意：水，我的孩子，除了水沒(méi)有東西。A：but，但是，表示轉(zhuǎn)折。B：and，和，表示并列。C：or，或者，表示選擇。D：until，直到。根據(jù)nothing和water可知，這兩個(gè)東西是矛盾的，所以應(yīng)該是轉(zhuǎn)折的關(guān)系，故選A。 （7）句意：哦，那只是蒸汽。A：water，水。B：lid，蓋子。C：steam，蒸汽。D：teakettle，茶壺。根據(jù)下文How did the steam get under the lid then?可知，水蒸氣使蓋子上下移動(dòng)，所以此空應(yīng)該說(shuō)的是水蒸氣，故選C。 （8）句意：熱水變的。A：makes，制作。B：turns，變的。C：asks，詢問(wèn)。D：orders，命令。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知，水蒸氣是熱水變的，故選B。 （9）句意：他的奶奶正在開(kāi)始想男孩問(wèn)的這么多問(wèn)題。A：so much，如此多，后接不可數(shù)名詞，用在be之后。B：so many，如此多，后接可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，用在be之后。C：too many，太多，后接可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)。D：too much，太多，后接不可數(shù)名詞。questions，問(wèn)題，可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，所以用too many修飾，故選C。 （10）句意：水蒸氣一定是非常有力的使重蓋子上下移動(dòng)。A：many，很多，修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)。B：most，最。C：must，必須，情態(tài)動(dòng)詞。D：more，更多。情態(tài)動(dòng)詞后接動(dòng)詞原形，其余選項(xiàng)都不可以，故選C。 （11）句意：如果水蒸氣來(lái)自更多的水，它一定是更強(qiáng)壯的。A：much B：more C：most D：a bit。stronger，更強(qiáng)壯的，比較級(jí)。修飾比較級(jí)用more，故選A。 （12）句意：他嘗試了這個(gè)想法，但是失敗了。try out，嘗試，固定搭配。故選A。 （13）句意：但是每次他都學(xué)到新東西。A：difficult，困難的。B：new，新的。C：serious，嚴(yán)重的。D：wrong，錯(cuò)誤的。根據(jù)tried again and failed again可知，他一次次嘗試，成功乃是失敗之母，所以每次嘗試，他都會(huì)學(xué)到新東西，故選B。 （14）句意：但是他繼續(xù)嘗試，最后他達(dá)到了他的目標(biāo)。go on doing sth，繼續(xù)做某事，固定搭配。故選B。 （15）句意：在那之后，全世界的人們，男人和女人，老人和年輕人都知道他的名字，并感謝他的第一臺(tái)蒸汽機(jī)。A：asked，詢問(wèn)。B：called，呼喚。C：chose，選擇。D：thanked，感謝。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知，蒸汽機(jī)有很大的作用，所以人們是感謝他的，故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查完形填空，首先通讀一遍文章，跳過(guò)缺失的單詞，再根據(jù)上下文來(lái)判斷所缺單詞的含義，最后對(duì)選項(xiàng)進(jìn)行區(qū)別，選出正確的那一項(xiàng)。二、閱讀理解6．閱讀理解 Black is at City Art Center A Trip into a Young Farmer39。s Mind Chickens that can talk? Cows that can dance? They are all in Louis Black39。s ic books（漫畫(huà)書(shū)）. Louis Black was born on a farm. The quiet young man spent most of his life helping his parents on the farm. When he was nine, he started to draw the animals on the farm. Later, he put them into his ic books in his own funny way. They were enjoyed by his family but never shown to people outside the farm. The shy farmer39。s ic books became famous only after he died. He passed on in a fire three years ago, when he was only order to remember him, his family showed his ic books in the town museum, and people liked them very much. Now the original（原始的）pictures of Louis Black39。s farm animals can be seen at the City Art Centre for one month. Come and visit the beautiful world of Louis Black?。?）At what age did Louis begin to draw the animals on the farm? A.At9.B.At 13.C.At23.D.At 35.（2）The underlined part passed on is the closest in meaning to . A.satB.roseC.diedD.stood（3）Which is the RIGHT order of what happened? a. His books became popular. b. His family enjoyed his books.c. He passed on in a fire. d