【文章內容簡介】 ut 2 he played it, the harp sounded terrible. Many 3 people tried it. They agreed that the harp was 4 and the king had been fooled. The harp was thrown out as rubbish. A poor little girl 5 found the harp, and even though she didn39。t know how 6 it, she decided to have a try. She played and played, the whole day through, for months and years. The music she produced was never perfect, 7 each time it sounded a little better. Then one day, suddenly, the harp started to play the most beautiful music. It was in fact 8 magic harp, and could only be played well by someone who would put in the necessary effort. The king heard the music from his window, and called the girl to the palace. When the king saw that she was playing the harp, he was filled 9 joy. At that moment he made the girl his own private 10 , giving her and her family lots of money.1. A. offerB. offersC. offered2. A. whenB. beforeC. if3. A. anotherB. otherC. others4. A. usedB. usingC. useless5. A. lateB. latelyC. later6. A. playedB. to playC. playing7. A. soB. andC. but8. A. aB. anC. the9. A. inB. ofC. with10. A. musicB. musicalC. musician【答案】 （1）C；（2）A；（3）B；（4）C；（5）C；（6）B；（7）C；（8）A；（9）C；（10）C； 【解析】【分析】本文講述了一把豎琴的故事。熱愛音樂的國王得到了一把豎琴，但是沒有人會演奏它，豎琴被置之不理，后來一個小女孩發(fā)現了它，在不斷練習之下演奏出了悅耳的音樂。 （1）句意：一天，一個有魔力的男人給了國王一個豎琴。全篇故事使用的是過去式，本空也應使用過去式。故選C。 （2）句意：國王把它帶到了宮殿，但是當他演奏豎琴，豎琴聽起來很難聽。A當……的時候，B在……之前，C如果。只有演奏的時候才能知道聲音是否好聽。故選A。 （3）句意：很多其他人都嘗試過演奏。A三者或三者以上的另一個，B其他的，C其余的。根據句意可知本空是指很多其他的人，由于others=other+n.，故選B。 （4）句意：他們覺得豎琴沒有用，國王被愚弄了。was是系動詞其后是形容詞，useless是形容詞，故選C。 （5）句意：后來一個貧窮的小女孩發(fā)現了這個豎琴。A晚的，B最近，C后來。根據上一段最后一句“The harp was thrown out as rubbish.”可知，豎琴被遺棄了，小女孩是后來才發(fā)現的。故選C。 （6）句意：雖然她不知道要如何演奏它。特殊疑問詞+to do是賓語從句的用法，故選B。 （7）句意：她創(chuàng)作的音樂不完美但是每次都有一些進步。根據 produced was never perfect和sounded a little better句子，不完美和更好表示轉折關系，故是but但是，故選C。 （8）句意：它確實是一個有魔力的豎琴。harp是名詞單數，magic以輔音音素開頭，要用a不定冠詞表示泛指。故選A。 （9）句意：當國王看見她用他的老豎琴演奏時，他充滿了喜悅。固定搭配be filled with，被……充滿。故選C。 （10）句意：國王當場就讓她成為了他的私人音樂家。A音樂，B音樂的，C音樂家。選項中只有C選項是用來稱呼人的。故選C。 【點評】考查詞匯在篇章中的運用能力，答題時首先要跳過空格通讀文章掌握其大意，然后細讀文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考慮句型、語法、搭配、語境等因素。最后通讀一遍檢查驗證。6．閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給的A，B，C三個選項中選出能填入相應空白處的最佳選項。 When a man was walking by some elephants, he suddenly stopped. He was 1 that these huge animals were being held only by a small rope tied to their front legs. No 2 , no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could break the 3 at any time, but for some reason, they did not. He saw a 4 nearby and asked why the animals just stood there and didn39。t try to 5 . Well, the trainer said, when they were very 6 and much smaller, we used the same rope to keep them from running away. At that age, it39。s enough to hold them. As they 7 , they are conditioned （受…的影響） to believe they cannot break the rope. They believe it can still hold them, so they never try to break free. The man was 8 . These animals could break free whenever they wanted, but because they believed they couldn39。t, they were stuck right where they were. How many of us go through life like the elephants—holding onto the belief that we 9 do something simply because we failed in it once before? 10 is a part of learning. If we failed once, it doesn39。t mean we can never succeed. We should never give up trying when we encounter （遭遇） failures in life.1. A. worriedB. certainC. surprised2. A. signsB. chainsC. metal3. A. ropeB. fenceC. rule4. A. geniusB. managerC. trainer5. A. run overB. get awayC. have a rest6. A. youngB. strongC. old7. A. e alongB. look forC. grow up8. A. excitedB. happyC. ashamed9. A. canB. cannotC. will10. A. TrustB. SuccessC. Failure【答案】 （1）C；（2）B；（3）A；（4）C；（5）B；（6）A；（7）C；（8）C；（9）B；（10）C； 【解析】【分析】文章大意：短文通過大象不想弄斷細小的繩子逃走的故事給我們講述了一個道理，失敗而是學習，失敗了一次并不意味著我們不能成功，當我們在生活中遇到了挫折，我們不能放棄。 （1）句意：他很吃驚，這么龐大的動物只用細小的繩子捆著前腿。；；，根據后面的敘述可知，大象很容易掙斷繩子逃走，所以他感到吃驚，故答案是C。 （2）句意：沒有鐵鏈，也沒有籠子。；；。對應后面的no cages，可知是沒有鏈子，故答案是B。 （3）句意：很明顯，大象在任何時候都可以弄斷繩子。；；，對應前面的細小的繩子可知是掙斷繩子，故答案是A。 （4）句意：他看見一個馴獸員站，問為什么動物只是在那里而不逃走，；；，結合情景可知，這里指的是訓練大象的人，所以是馴獸員，故答案是C。 （5）句意：他看見一個馴獸員站，問為什么動物只是在那里而不逃走。；；，根據前面的敘述可知，他認為捆綁大象的繩子細小，所以他認為的大象會逃走，所以他在大象為什么不逃走，故答案是B。 （6）句意：當他們很年輕個子很小的時候，我們用同樣的繩子捆著它，以防他逃走。；；，根據much smaller可知說的是大象小時候，故答案是A。 （7）句意：當他們長大的時候，他們的受到他們相信不能掙斷繩子的影響。；；，結合文章內容可知，大象從小時候就用細小的繩子捆著，那時候他們弄不斷，一直這樣，當他們長大了，他們還是認為弄不斷，故答案是C。 （8）句意：這個人很羞愧。；；，根據后文的敘述可知，一些過來人因為堅持一種信念而不去做改變而感到羞快，故答案是C。 （9）句意：好多像大象那樣的過來人堅持一種信念，我們不能做某事就是因為我們以前失敗過。；；，根據 because we failed in it once before? 可知是不能做，故答案是B。 （10）句意：失敗是學習的一部分，；；，根據If we failed once, it doesn39。t mean we can never succeed.可知，失敗是學習的一部分，故答案是C。 【點評】考查詞匯在篇章中的運用能力，答題時首先要跳過空格通讀文章掌握其大意，然后細讀文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考慮句型、語法、搭配、語境等因素。最后通讀一遍檢查驗證。7．閱讀下列短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、c、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。 Our teacher asked us what our favorite animal was, and I said, Fried chicken. She said I wasn39。t funny, but she wasn39。t 1 , because everyone else in the class laughed. My parents told me to always be truthful and honest, and I am. Fried chicken is my favorite 2 . I told my dad what happened, and he said my teacher was probably a（n） 3 of PETA. He said they loved animals very much. I do, too. Especially chicken, pork and beef. 4 , nay teacher sent me to the principal39。s office（校長室）.I told him what happened, and he 5 , too. Then he told me not to do it again. The next day in class my teacher asked me what nay favorite live animal was. I told her it was chicken. She asked me 6 , just like she39。d asked the other children. I told her it was because people could 7 them into fried chicken. She sent me back to the principal39。s office. He laughed, and told me not to do it again. I don39。t 8