5. A. safe 6. A. they 7. A. whom 8. A. die 10. A. if 11. A. Luck 12. A. at 13. A. a 14. A. send
B. safer B. them B. what B. died
C. safest C. their C. that C. have died
D. the safest D. theirs D. whose D. will die D. since D. Luckily D. for D. / D. was sent D. the others
9. A. shouldn't B. may not C. don't have to D. needn't
B. because C. after B. Luck B. on B. an B. sent
C. Luck C. in C. the C. is sent C. others
15. A. another B. other
【答案】 （1）B；（2）D；（3）D；（4）A；（5）A；（6）B；（7）C；（8）B；（9）A；（10）C；（11）D；（12）C；（13）B；（14）D；（15）A；
【解析】【分析】本文介绍了人类第一批宇航员，他们是昆虫、老鼠、青蛙、狗和猴子，为人类探索太空做出的了贡献。
（1）句意： 今天，人们使用现代机器观测太空。use to do固定搭配，用来做某事 ， 故选B。
（2）句意： 这与几千年前人们只能用眼睛的情况大不相同。基数词+thousand，固定搭配，……千，thousands of，固定搭配，数以千计的，此处没有基数词，故用thousands of ， 故选D。
（3）句意：也许他们梦想着探索宇宙。of是介词其后是动名词，故选D。
（4）句意： 这个故事开始于不久前，当时第一批宇航员不是人——他们是动物。A当时，B或者，C但是，D所以，根据 began not so very long ago可知此处表示时间，故是当时 ， 故选A。
（5）句意：科学家们想使人类到太空旅行尽可能安全。as+形容词或副词原形+as possible，固定搭配，尽可能的......，故选A。
（6）句意：所以他们决定用动物做实验，并在太空飞行中测试它们。A主格，他们，B宾格，他们，C形容词性物主代词，他们的，D名词性物主代词，他们的，test动词后缺少宾语，宾格them指代animals，故选B。
（7）句意：昆虫、老鼠、青蛙、狗和猴子是最早进入太空的动物。定语从句中缺少主语，先行词是some，故关系代词是that，故选C。
（8）句意：他们中的许多人死了，但他们帮助使太空旅行对人类更安全。描述过去用一般过去时，故选B。
（9）句意：为了他们的伟大贡献，我们不应该忘记这些动物。A不应该，B可能不，C不必，D不必，根据 For their great service为了他们的伟大贡献，可知是不应该忘记它们的贡献，故选A。
（10）句意： 可悲的是，他的宇宙飞船回到了地球后他死了。A如果，B因为，C在......之后，D自从，是现在完成时标志，根据 in 1949 可知与时间的先后有关，died是一般过去时，故用after，故选C。
（11）句意： 幸运的是Ham的结果不同。副词位于句首修饰全句，luckily是副词 ， 故选D。
（12）句意：当他身体健康地回到地球时，他的故事愉快地结束了。be in good health，固定搭配，身体健康，故选C。
（13）句意： 像哈姆这样的动物能在太空做和在地球上一样的事情吗？ animal是以元音音素开头的单数名词，故用不定冠词an表示泛指，故选B。
（14）句意：在1961年哈姆被送入太空时有了答案。 in 1961 是一般过去时标志，send与主语Ham是被动关系，故是一般过去时的被动语态，was sent，故选D。
（15）句意：是的，他做得很好，又活了16年。 another+基数词+名词复数，另外的……，故选A。
【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然后细读文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一遍检查验证。
12．阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My father and I always had a bit of trouble in our relationship. It's not that we didn't love each other. It's just that we used to have 1 opinions. My dad is one of the most hard-working men I know, but I was a 2 . I played sports as a kid, but 3 when I was making progress. Then I showed an 4 in music. My father got excited and 5 me a guitar when I was about eight. But I didn't like it until I was a teenager. During those teen years, I took up my guitar and 6 playing along.
Then I went to college. My father thought I should focus more on my 7 while I should have more fun playing music. I dreamed to be a musician. When I grew into a young man, I suddenly fell 8 ill one day and it was discovered that I had a terrible kidney（肾） disease. I had to accept treatments all my life, or get a transplant（移植）.
I felt like there was a heavy 9 on my shoulders. Life became hard for me. But I was lucky enough because of my loving parents who 10 me and took care of me. While trying to 11 just what to do with my life, my father got tested to see 12 he was the right man to give me his kidney. I tried to refuse, but he'd hear 13 of it. He saved my life at last. Two years ago, I 14 a band. He had always wanted to play in a band, but 15 got the chance when he was young. It was one of the greatest gifts I could give to him. 1. A. special 2. A. musician 3. A. gave up 5. A. expected 6. A. began 7. A. hobbies 8. A. similarly
B. different B. coach B. gave out B. threw B. regretted B. studies B. hardly
C. private C. actor C. gave off C. increase C. bought C. finished C. skills C. seriously
D. necessary D. dreamer D. gave away D. interest D. praised D. meant D. choices D. harmfully
4. A. introduction B. influence
9. A. weight 11. A. decide 12. A. how 13. A. each 14. A. made in 15. A. almost
B. disadvantage C. disagreement D. disbelief
D. managed D. doubt D. what D. none D. always
B. behave B. whether B. all B. made of
C. build C. why C. much
10. A. provided B. encouraged C. afforded
C. made from D. made up
B. completely C. never
【答案】 （1）B；（2）D；（3）A；（4）D；（5）C；（6）A；（7）B；（8）C；（9）A；（10）B；（11）A；（12）B；（13）D；（14）D；（15）C；
【解析】【分析】文章大意：通过作者的爸爸为作者捐肾挽救了作者的命，展示了父爱之伟大，儿子也实现了父亲年轻时从不可能的愿望。
（1）句意：那就是我们过去有着不同的观点。A.特殊的；B.不同的；C.私人的；D.必要的，根据 My father and I always had a bit of trouble in our relationship. It's not that we didn't love each other. 可知，父子之间的关系有问题，不是不爱对方，而是观点不同，故答案是B。
（2）句意：我知道我爸爸是一个最辛苦的男人，而我是一个梦想家。A.音乐家；B.教练；C.男演员；D.空想家，根据前文的叙述可知，父子过去有着不同的观点，根据 My dad is one of the most hard-working men 可知，作者与父亲正好相反，应该是个空想家 ， 故答案是B。
（3）句意：当时，当我取得了进步的时候，我放弃了。A.放弃；B.分发；C.释放，发出；D.捐赠，根据but可知与making progress的意思是不一致的甚至是对立的，因此是放弃了，故答案是A。
（4）句意：然后我对音乐表现出了兴趣。A.介绍，说明；B.影响；C.增加；D.兴趣，show an interest in，对……表现出了兴趣，故答案是D。
（5）句意：我爸爸很兴奋，在我八岁的时候给我买了一个吉他。A.盼望；B.扔；C.买；D.表扬，根据前文的描述可知，自己的儿子对音乐感兴趣，为了能让自己孩子的兴趣继续下去，爸爸就给儿子买了吉他，故答案是C。
（6）句意：我拿起吉他开始弹起来。A.开始；B.遗憾；C.结束；D.意味着，因为自己对音乐感兴趣，当看到爸爸买了吉他，就马上开始弹了，故答案是A。
（7）句意：我爸爸认为我应该专注学习，而我认为我应该在演奏音乐是获得更多的乐趣。A.爱好；B.学习；C.技能；D.选择，根据 Then I went to college. 可知作者还是个学生，所以爸爸希望他要专注于学习，而不是整天玩音乐，故答案是B。
（8）句意：一天我突然得了重病。A.相似的；B.几乎不；C.严重的；D.有伤害的，空缺处修饰ill，根据选项的意思，只有seriously最合适，其他的不能修饰ill，故答案是C。 （9）句意：我感觉我的肩膀上有着很重的重量。A.重量；B.劣势；C.不同意；D.不相信，根据前文的叙述可知，作者得了肾病，需要做肾移植，这不是一般的病，因此作者心里负担很重，感觉肩膀上压了重物，故答案是A。
（10）句意：但是我足够幸运，因为我爱我的父母，他们鼓励我，并照顾我。A.提供；B.鼓励；C.供得起。承担；D.设法。，最为父母，在孩子遇到了困难的时候，一般会鼓励自
己的孩子要坚强等等，作者的意思也是这样，故答案是B。
（11）句意：而我决定如何处理我的生活。A.决定；B.行为；C.建造；D.怀疑，根据句子的意思能够搭配what to do with my life的只有decided，故答案是A。
（12）句意：我爸爸接受检查看看是否能够为我捐肾。A.如何；B.是否；C.为什么；D.什么，这是一个宾语从句，从句结构完整，所以只能使用whether连接，故答案是B。 （13）句意：我尽力拒绝，但是他从不听。A.每一个；B.都；C.许多；D.没有一个，根据 He saved my life at last. 可知爸爸救了我，说明他没有听作者的，故答案是D。
（14）句意：两年前，我组建了一支乐队。A.在……制作；B.由……制作；C.由……制作；D.由……构成，组建乐队make up a band，固定短语，故答案是D。
（15）句意：他总是想在乐队里演奏，但是当他年轻的时候，他从没有这样的机会。A.几乎，差不多；B.彻底的；C.从不；D.总是，根据 It was one of the greatest gifts I could give to him. 可知，爸爸原来没有在乐队演奏的机会，故答案是C。
【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然后细读文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一遍检查验证。
13．阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
Jonathan had broken my favorite azalea （杜鹃花）bush before I could stop him. He said nothing but gave me a back and 1 some flowers to school. He didn't see the tears in my eyes while I touched the broken bush 2 . When I was left alone, I 3 hours thinking how love had disappeared from my life.
At 5:15, I hurriedly drove to the school. I was out of breath by the time I knocked on the
teacher's door. She opened the door and took me aside. \she said. I prepared 4 for the worst. Nothing would 5 me. \ I nodded, 6 my favorite bush and trying to hide the hurt in my eyes.
\almost 7 . Her mother and father were going to divorce （离婚）. She told me she didn't want to live, and that she wished she could die. I watched that little girl cover her face with her hands and say loudly enough for the class to hear, 8 loves me.' I did all I could to make her happy, 9 it only seemed to make matters worse.\ \
\pink 11 and said quietly, 'I love you'.\
I felt my heart swell （膨胀）with pride for what my son had done. I 12 at the teacher. \
Later that evening, I began pulling weeds from around my azalea bush. As I thought of the love Jonathan 14 the little girl, a poem came to me, \love. But the greatest of these is 15 .\felt angry. However, now I felt the seed of love that God planted in my family and it began to bloom once again in me. 1. A. provided 2. A. excitedly 3. A. spent
B. took B. cost
C. sent C. paid
D. sold D. sadly D. created D. herself D. create D. patient D. Everybody D. or D. back D. flowers D. shouted D. for D. lent D. dream
B. heavily C. happily
4. A. ourselves B. himself C. myself 5. A. encourage B. surprise C. hurt 7. A. crazy 9. A. but 10. A. around 11. A. books 12. A. smiled 13. A. under 15. A. faith
B. perfect C. dangerous B. so
C. because
6. A. handing out B. caring for C. looking about D. thinking about 8. A. Somebody B. Anybody C. Nobody
B. straight C. down B. dresses C. presents B. laughed C. cried B. in B. hope
C. above C. love
14. A. introduced B. showed C. found
【答案】 （1）B；（2）D；（3）A；（4）C；（5）B；（6）D；（7）A；（8）C；（9）A；（10）B；（11）D；（12）A；（13）D；（14）B；（15）C；
【解析】【分析】主要讲了作者的儿子Jonathan摘了作者最喜爱的杜鹃花带到学校，作者感到非常难过，下午老师让作者去学校，结果作者得知儿子用杜鹃花给了一个想要放弃生命的女孩希望，作者也开始种植爱的种子。
（1）句意：他什么也没说，只给了我一个背背影，还带了一些花去上学。A.提供；B.带
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