【正文】 面短文，從短文后所給的A、B、C三個選項中選項能填入相應空白處的最佳選項。 You have probably heard the expression, It39。s raining cats and dogs outside. It means that it39。s raining very hard but not that 1 cats and dogs are filling from the sky. 2 , one day in June, 1882, it really did rain 3 over Dubuque, Iowa. The frogs began falling along with hailstones （冰雹） during a 4 storm. Hail is 5 when drops of rainwater are caught by heavy winds and are carried high up into the air. There the raindrops bee 6 . Many drops may freeze together to form 7 of ice。 these ice balls, or hailstones, then 8 to earth. During the storm in Dubuque, the strong winds 9 small frogs from nearby ponds into the air along with raindrops. When some of these frogs became covered 10 ice, both hailstones and frogstones fell onto the ground.1. A. blindB. realC. dead2. A. AndB. SoC. However3. A. catsB. frogsC. dogs4. A. monB. terribleC. weekly5. A. formedB. failedC. fixed6. A. brokenB. frozenC. golden7. A. typesB. piecesC. balls8. A. fallB. loseC. keep9. A. liftedB. pushedC. pulled10. A. ofB. aboutC. with【答案】 （1）B；（2）C；（3）B；（4）B；（5）A；（6）B；（7）C；（8）A；（9）A；（10）C； 【解析】【分析】主要講了1882年6月的一天愛荷華州迪比克暴風雨期間冰雹和青蛙一起下。 （1）句意：它的意思是天正在下大雨，而不是真的貓和狗正從天空掉下。；；。雨下的大，不是下真的貓和狗，故選B。 （2）句意：然而，在1882年的一天，在愛荷華州迪比克天真地下青蛙。；；。根據(jù)前文可知天不會下貓和狗，但是在愛荷華州迪比克真下了青蛙，故選C。 （3）句意：然而，在1882年的一天，在愛荷華州迪比克天真地下青蛙。；；。根據(jù)后句The frogs began falling along with hailstones （冰雹）可知青蛙和冰雹一起下了，故選B。 （4）句意：在一場可怕的暴雨中青蛙和冰雹一起下了。；；。暴雨是可怕的，故選B。 （5）句意：當雨滴被大風抓住被吹到高空中時，冰雹被形成。；；。雨滴吹到空中時形成了冰雹，故選A。 （6）句意：在那雨滴被凍住了。；；。根據(jù)后句Many drops may freeze許多水滴凍住了， 故選B。 （7）句意：許多水滴可能凍在一起形成冰球。；；。根據(jù)后句these ice balls可知講的是冰球，故選C。 （8）句意：這些冰球或者說冰雹然后掉到地球上。，掉下來；；。根據(jù)后文both hailstones and frogstones fell onto the ，故選A。 （9）句意：在迪比克暴風雨期間，強風把小青蛙沿著雨滴從附近的池塘抬到了空中。；；。風把青蛙抬到了高空中，故選A。 （10）句意：當這些青蛙中的一些被冰覆蓋時，冰雹和“石蛙”掉到地面。be covered with被……覆蓋，故選C。 【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。10．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。 Sesame Street is a TV programme for children. It first appeared in New York 1 1969. It is called the longest street in the world. That39。s because the TV programme by that name can be seen in so many parts of the world. In the US over six million children watch the programme regularly. The viewers include more than half the nation39。s preschool children. Parents love the programme. Many teachers also think it is very helpful, 2 some educators are against certain things in it. Tests show children from different background have benefited from watching the programme. Those who watch it five times 3 week learn more than those who watch it once in a while. In the US the programme is shown at 4 hours so that more children can watch it. The programmes all 5 songs, stories, jokes and pictures to help children understand numbers, letters and human relationship. But there are some differences. For example, the programme made in Mexico City devotes more time to teaching whole words than to teaching letters one by one. Why is Sesame Street more successful than other children39。s shows? There 6 many reasonsthe good education of its producers, the support 7 the government and businesses, and the skillful use of many TV tricks. Also 8 watch it with their children. This is partly because famous adult stars often appear on it. But the best reason may be that it makes every child 9 able to learn. Children find themselves learning, and they want to learn 10 .1. A. atB. onC. in2. A. andB. soC. though3. A. aB. 不填C. the4. A. the sameB. differentC. early5. A. useB. takeC. sing6. A. isB. areC. were7. A. forB. withC. from8. A. teachersB. mothersC. doctors9. A. feelB. to feelC. feeling10. A. manyB. muchC. more【答案】 （1）C；（2）C；（3）A；（4）A；（5）A；（6）B；（7）C；（8）B；（9）A；（10）C； 【解析】【分析】主要講了兒童電視節(jié)目“芝麻街”及其成功的原因。 （1）句意：它第一次在1969年出現(xiàn)在紐約。in+年，1969表示年，所以用in，故選C。 （2）句意：許多老師也認為它是非常有幫助的，盡管一些教育者在某些方面反對它。，表示并列；，表示結(jié)果；，表示讓步。前句表示支持，后句表示反對，所以用though，盡管，故選C。 （3）句意：一周看五次的孩子們比一會看一次的孩子們學習更多。five times a week一周五次，故選A。 （4）句意：在美國電視節(jié)目在相同的時間上映目的是更多的孩子可以觀看它。；；。為了讓更多的孩子觀看，所以在相同的時間上映，故選A。 （5）句意：節(jié)目都使用歌曲、故事、笑話和圖片幫助孩子們理解數(shù)字、字母和人類關系。；；。use sth. to do ，用歌曲、故事、笑話和圖片幫助孩子們理解數(shù)字、字母和人類關系，故選A。 （6）句意：有許多原因——它的生產(chǎn)者的好的教育、來自政府和商人的支持、許多電視戲法的有技巧的運用。時態(tài)是一般現(xiàn)在時，主語reasons是復數(shù)，所以be用are，故選B。 （7）句意：有許多原因——它的生產(chǎn)者的好的教育、來自政府和商人的支持、許多電視戲法的有技巧的運用。；；。支持來自政府和商人，故選C。 （8）句意：而且媽媽和他們的孩子一起看它。；；。根據(jù)their children他們的孩子，可知與父母有關，所以用mother，媽媽，故選B。 （9）句意：電視最好的原因或許是它讓每個孩子感覺有能力學習。make sb. do ，所以feel用動詞原形，故選A。 （10）句意：孩子們發(fā)現(xiàn)自己學習，他們想學習更多。；；。與之前比較，學習更多，故選C。 【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。11．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 . My parents taught me to be