【正文】 we had no money at all. On Christmas Eve, Dad took us three kids out into the night one after 3 . I had a blanket （毛毯） with me, and when it was my turn, I offered to share it with Dad, but he said, No, thanks. The 4 never troubled him. I sat next to Dad and we looked up at the sky. Pick out your 5 star. It39。ll be your Christmas present, Dad said. You can39。t give me a star! No one owns a star. That39。s right, Dad said. No one else owns a star. You just have to claim（認(rèn)領(lǐng)） it 6 anyone else does , just like Columbus claimed America. I 7 it for a while. I want that one, I said. That39。s Venus（金星）. It is a planet. It shines only from reflected （反射的） light. I like it anyway, I said. It39。s Christmas. You can have a planet if you want. That evening, we discussed outer space and I realized Dad was a man with much 8 of the stars and planets. We all 9 about the other kids who believed in Santa Claus and got nothing for Christmas but some cheap plastic toys. Years from now, when all that they got are broken and long forgotten, Dad said. You39。ll 10 have your stars.1. A. toB. withC. forD. of2. A. usedB. reportedC. supposedD. chosen3. A. anotherB. otherC. the otherD. others4. A. heatB. nightC. coldD. stars5. A. bigB. firstC. differentD. favorite6. A. whenB. beforeC. afterD. until7. A. heard ofB. waited forC. thought aboutD. looked for8. A. informationB. adviceC. experienceD. knowledge9. A. laughedB. talkedC. earedD. worried10. A. alsoB. evenC. stillD. already【答案】 （1）B；（2）C；（3）A；（4）C；（5）D；（6）B；（7）D；（8）D；（9）A；（10）C； 【解析】【分析】主要講了圣誕節(jié)前夕時(shí)作者爸爸帶著作者他們談?wù)摿撕⒆觽冏钕矚g哪顆星，作者爸爸說(shuō)那顆星將是他們的圣誕節(jié)禮物，并且孩子們知道了圣誕節(jié)沒(méi)有圣誕老人的事實(shí)。 （1）句意：他們不能提供給我們貴的禮物。provide sb. with ......，故選B。 （2）句意：他們不想讓我們認(rèn)為我們不和其他孩子一樣好，那些孩子在圣誕節(jié)早上在樹(shù)下發(fā)現(xiàn)應(yīng)該是由圣誕老人留下的各種各樣的玩具。；；；。根據(jù)句意可知是應(yīng)該是由圣誕老人留下的玩具，be supposed to do應(yīng)該做某事，故選C。 （3）句意：圣誕節(jié)前夕，爸爸帶我們?nèi)齻€(gè)依次出去。one after another依次，故選A。 （4）句意：寒冷從來(lái)不困擾他。；；；。根據(jù)前句可知作者拿著毛毯，所以是寒冷的，故選C。 （5）句意：挑出你最喜歡的星星。；；；。根據(jù)句意可知是挑出最喜歡的星星，然后是孩子們的圣誕節(jié)禮物，故選D。 （6）句意：在其他人認(rèn)領(lǐng)前你僅僅認(rèn)領(lǐng)它。......時(shí)候；......之前；......之后；。根據(jù)句意可知在其他人認(rèn)領(lǐng)星星前作者他們需要先認(rèn)領(lǐng)星星，故選B。 （7）句意：我尋找了一會(huì)。；；；。根據(jù)后句可知作者想要那一顆星星，可知作者在尋找星星，故選D。 （8）句意：我意識(shí)到爸爸是一個(gè)有許多星星和行星知識(shí)的人。；；；。根據(jù)句意可知爸爸是一個(gè)有知識(shí)的人，故選D。 （9）句意：我們都嘲笑其他人，他們相信圣誕老人。；；；。根據(jù)句意可知是作者他們嘲笑相信圣誕老人的那些人，故選A。 （10）句意：你們將仍然有你們的星星。；；；。根據(jù)前句可知許多年后圣誕老人送的禮物都?jí)牧?，被遺忘了，但是作者他們?nèi)匀挥凶约旱男切?，故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查完形填空，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。10．完形填空 Language is human39。s greatest inventions. The ability to read and write is 1 to express one39。s feelings. Most humans can speak very well 2 they are about three years old. But how can we bee a better reader? Here are some ways. First take it slow. Many readers feel that they read too slowly, especially pared 3 others. But the truth is that the faster you read, 4 you are to understand what you39。re reading. The best readers can slow down when needed. If you get to the 5 of a passage and realize you can39。t understand, please read it again. Learning to read 6 will help you bee faster without missing anything. The second way is to read aloud. When humans first began 7 written words 8 was unusual to read in silence. Reading aloud is one of the best ways to improve your reading ability. You may feel it 9 to read to your cat or to no one at all. But once you get into the rhythm（節(jié)奏） of the author39。s voice, you will begin to read more accurately（精確地） and with better vocal（有聲的） expression. Feeling it is also a good way. Can you remember the first piece of writing that take you to 10 world? Learning to enter into the lives of imagined stories is important to you. As you read, allow different ideas to 11 . You39。ll appreciate novels like fine wine. The 12 way is to write. Writing and reading go handinhand: how and what you read influence how and what you write. And the best readers often make the best 13 . There are many pleasures to language 14 can only be experienced through the practice of writing. The last way is to tell your friends. There is 15 magical about sharing books with friends or a book club. It39。s a good way to see the world from someone else39。s eyes. And you can understand the story that you39。re reading better.1. A. importantB. difficultC. similarD. willing2. A. beforeB. whenC. sinceD. unless3. A. inB. onC. withD. of4. A. the betterB. the lessC. the moreD. the fewer5. A. firstB. beginningC. lastD. end6. A. quicklyB. loudlyC. easilyD. slowly7. A. copyingB. readingC. writingD. speaking8. A. itB. thatC. thisD. he9. A. sadB. sorryC. happyD. silly10. A. otherB. anotherC. the otherD. others11. A. e inB. e trueC. e onD. e out12. A. secondB. thirdC. fourthD. fifth13. A. writersB. teachersC. studentsD. artists14. A. whatB. whoC. thatD. where15. A. anythingB. somethingC. everythingD. nothing【答案】 （1）A；（2）B；（3）C；（4）B；（5）D；（6）D；（7）B；（8）A；（9）D；（10）B；（11）D；（12）C；（13）A；（14）C；（15）B； 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了讀書的方法和樂(lè)趣。 （1）句意： 讀寫能力對(duì)于表達(dá)一個(gè)人的感情很重要。A重要的，B困難的，C相似的，D樂(lè)意的，根據(jù) Language is human39。s greatest inventions語(yǔ)言是人類最大的發(fā)明可知是重要的，故選A。 （2）句意： 大多數(shù)人三歲左右就能說(shuō)得很好根據(jù)。根據(jù) they are about three years old 可知是時(shí)間關(guān)系，表示同時(shí)，A在......之前，引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句，B當(dāng)......的時(shí)候，引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句時(shí)態(tài)，C自從，是現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)的標(biāo)志，D除非，引導(dǎo)條件狀語(yǔ)從句，故選B。 （3）句意： 許多讀者覺(jué)得他們讀得太慢，特別是與其他人相比。pare with，固定搭配，......相比，故選C。 （4）句意： 但事實(shí)是，你讀得越快，你越不明白你在讀什么 。修飾understand不能用few，根據(jù) The best readers can slow down when needed可知里理解的少，less是little的比較級(jí)，故選B。 （5）句意： 如果你讀到了一篇文章的結(jié)尾， 意識(shí)到你不懂，請(qǐng)?jiān)僮x一遍。根據(jù) realize you can39。t understand, please read it again可知是讀到盡頭，the end of，固定搭配，......的盡頭，故選D。 （6）句意： 學(xué)著慢慢讀會(huì)幫助你在不會(huì)遺漏任何東西的情況下更快。根據(jù) The best readers can slow down when needed 考查強(qiáng)調(diào)慢，slowly，故選D。 （7）句意： 當(dāng)人類第