【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 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，動詞。B：named，命名，動詞name的過去分詞。C：names，命名，動詞name的單數(shù)形式。D：naming，命名，動詞name的現(xiàn)在分詞。過去分詞可以做定語修飾名詞，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：什么使它上下移動呢？make sb do sth，使某人做某事，固定搭配。故選A。 （5）句意：男孩問他自己。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，但是什么都沒看見，所以推測他應(yīng)該是在自言自語，所以是問他自己，故選C。 （6）句意：水，我的孩子，除了水沒有東西。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，所以此空應(yīng)該說的是水蒸氣，故選C。 （8）句意：熱水變的。A：makes，制作。B：turns，變的。C：asks，詢問。D：orders，命令。根據(jù)常識可知，水蒸氣是熱水變的，故選B。 （9）句意：他的奶奶正在開始想男孩問的這么多問題。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。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)動詞。D：more，更多。情態(tài)動詞后接動詞原形，其余選項(xiàng)都不可以，故選C。 （11）句意：如果水蒸氣來自更多的水，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。修飾比較級用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，并感謝他的第一臺蒸汽機(jī)。A：asked，詢問。B：called，呼喚。C：chose，選擇。D：thanked，感謝。根據(jù)常識可知，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】考查完形填空，首先通讀一遍文章，跳過缺失的單詞，再根據(jù)上下文來判斷所缺單詞的含義，最后對選項(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 I39。m writing this article in China, far away from my home in the United States. You might wonder what I do to remember my mom on Mother39。s Day. Well, l certainly call her to say Happy Mother39。s Day and promise that I will visit home soon. I still remember the first time I forget Mother39。s Day. When I finally figured it out, I asked, Why does mom get a special holiday? Why isn39。t there a Children39。s Day for us? My mom explained, in that way that only moms seem to be able in explain, Because every day is Children39。s Day! I knew that I had messed up. I thought about all the time and love my mom had given me. I thought about the food she had made, the toys she had brought and the long hours she had spent with me. There might not be a perfect mom, but there is mom39。s love, which can fix anything. After that day, for 364 days, I was looking forward to the next Mother39。s Day. That was the first year l forgot Mother39。s Day. It was also the last year I forgot. Are you struggling to consider what to do for your mom on Mother39。s Day? Common things are to write a message that thanks for the love she has given you, send her a card or buy her a gift. But the most important thing is DON39。T FORGET! （1）How does the writer celebrate Mother39。s Day this year? A.He calls his mom.B.He send his mom a card.C.He visits home to see his mom.（2）What might the underlined phrase figure out means? A.弄 清楚B.預(yù) 料到C.歸納出（3）Why did the writer begin to expect Mother39。s Day? A.Because he missed his mom far in the United States.B.Because he wanted to spend more time with his mom.C.Because he realized he had got much care from his mom.（4）What is the purpose of the passage? A.To explain why there isn39。t a Children39。s DayB.To advise us not to forget to keep our own promises.C.To remind us to remember the love mom has given us.（5）Which is the best title for the passage? A.An Interesting TalkB.An Important DayC.An Expensive Gift【答案】 （1）A（2）A（3）C（4）C（5）B 【解析】【分析】本文講述了作者理解了為什么過母親節(jié)，提醒大家要給媽媽過母親節(jié)。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) l certainly call her to say Happy Mother39。s Day 可知， 作者今年給媽媽打電話慶祝母親節(jié)，故選A。 （2）詞義猜測題。根據(jù) I asked, Why does mom get a special holiday? Why isn39。t there a Children39。s Day for us我問，“為什么媽媽有一個(gè)特別的假期？為什么我們沒有兒童節(jié)可知問問題是為了弄明白道理， figure out是弄清楚的意思，故選A。 （3）推理題。根據(jù) I thought about all the time and love my mom had given me. I thought about the food she had made, the toys she had brought and the long hours she had spent with me. There might not be a perfect mom, but there is mom39。s love, which can fix anything 我一直想著媽媽給我的愛。我想起了她做的食物，她帶來的玩具和她和我一起度過的漫長時(shí)光可知， 作者開始期待母親節(jié)是因?yàn)樗庾R到他得到了媽媽的照顧，故選C。 （4）推理題。根據(jù)thanks for the love she has given you, send her a card or buy her a gift. But the most important thing is DON39。T FORGET感謝她給你的愛，給她寄一張卡片或者給她買一份禮物。但最重要的是別忘了可知， 這篇文章的目的是提醒我們記住媽媽給我們的愛，故選C。 （5）主旨題。根據(jù)本文講述了作者理解了為什么過母親節(jié)，提醒大家要給媽媽過母親節(jié)可知 An Important Day是合適的標(biāo)題，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題、推斷題，詞義猜測題和主旨題四種?？碱}型，細(xì)節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息，詞義猜測題需要根據(jù)上下文提煉相關(guān)信息鎖定詞意，主旨題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。7．閱讀理解 When his mum fainted（昏厥） and knocked herself out, unconscious, four year old Henry Davies knew just what to do— thanks to a storybook. He calmly dialled 999 and told the e