【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 he would like. ，可知本句為定語從句，連接代詞指代warm coat外套，應(yīng)用that。故選B。 （11）句意：在上面寫道“給Bobbie，來自圣誕老公公”。A讀，B說，C寫，D拼。根據(jù)上文提到的paper紙，可知應(yīng)是在上面寫。故選C。 （12）句意：奶奶告訴我說圣誕老公公從不讓人知道他幫助了他們。A幫助，B相信，C教，D做/使。根據(jù)上文作者給沒有外套的Bobbie買外套可知，這是和圣誕老人一樣在幫助他。故選A。 （13）句意：告訴我我在幫助圣誕老人送禮物。A放棄，B贈送，C舉起，D延遲。根據(jù)the present禮物，可知應(yīng)是贈送。故選B。 （14）句意：把禮物放在門外。A在上面，B在后面，C外面，D越過。根據(jù) rang the doorbell 按了門鈴，可知作者把禮物放在了門外面。故選C。 （15）句意：飛速回到樹和奶奶的安全地帶。A商店，B卡車，C門，D樹。根據(jù)前文 and we hid behind the trees near Bobbie39。s home. 我們躲在Bobbie家附近的樹后面，可知作者把禮物放好后又躲回樹后面。故選D。 【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。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)明蒸汽機的故事。 （1）句意：一個叫詹姆斯瓦特的男孩是一個聰明的男孩。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)在進行時，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，它一定是更強壯的。A：much B：more C：most D：a bit。stronger，更強壯的，比較級。修飾比較級用more，故選A。 （12）句意：他嘗試了這個想法，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。A：asked，詢問。B：called，呼喚。C：chose，選擇。D：thanked，感謝。根據(jù)常識可知，蒸汽機有很大的作用，所以人們是感謝他的，故選D。 【點評】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，最后對選項進行區(qū)別，選出正確的那一項。二、閱讀理解6．閱讀理解 This year the US will honour（紀(jì)念）one of the country39。s most famous writersMark Twain（18351910）.Most readers know that his real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but how many know where the pen name Mark Twain came from? The answer shows Clemens39。 colourful early life before he became a writer. Mark Twain was the cry shouted on a ship when the ship entered a part of a river that was two fathoms（6 feet） deep. Twain is an oldfashioned way of saying two. Twain trained as a ship pilot on the Mississippi river for two years, a time that he wrote about in the humorous Life on the Mississippi（1883）. The famous river would bee an important theme in many of his workswho could forget the journey of Huck and Jim along it in his most famous book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn（1884）. With little education, he had to teach himself how to write stories. Whenever possible, he would go to public libraries. There he spent much time reading and thinking, which greatly helped him with his writing. On the other hand, his life experiences gave him wonderful material to write about and attract readers. Twain wrote in a style that has been called local colour because it shows great knowledge of local people and their customs. The gift is very clear in the two books for which Twain is still celebrated today: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer（1876） and its followup The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which many people call The Great American Novel. The most amazing invention in his book is the voice of Huck himself. Huck did not enjoy schooling. It shows in the way he uses language, in a spoken st