12．阅读下面一篇短文，掌握其大意，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
My name is Paul. I was a 1 boy. One morning, I woke up and realized I was not 2 . I decided to do something to put my name in the Guinness Book of World Records.
3 my dream, I thought of something I could do. First, I tied my arm around my back and wanted to be \the water, I sank（下沉）.
Then, I stuffed 16 5 in my mouth and tried to be \in his mouth\
Finally, 6 a Friday evening, I ran to the bathroom and filled up the tub（浴盆） with water.
I decided to be \all that I had to do was to sit there. The first three hours was great. I drank soda and ate potato chips, 8 in the water so long made me look like I was 80. But I was determined.
An hour later, my brother shouted outside the bathroom that the record for the longest bath in the world was 9 than a month! Feeling 10 , I got out.
Maybe I will never be in the Guinness Book of World Records. But that's OK. I am still special. 1. A. 16 years old B. 16-years-old C. 16-year-old 2. A. good 4. A. swam 5. A. cakes 6. A. on
B. famous B. run B. candies B. in
C. interesting C. To act C. jumped C. cookies C. at
3. A. To achieve B. To put
7. A. until 8. A. Walking 9. A. less 10. A. on C；（10）C；
B. because B. Being B. fewer B. up
C. if C. Making C. more C. down
【答案】 （1）C；（2）B；（3）A；（4）A；（5）C；（6）A；（7）B；（8）B；（9）【解析】【分析】短文大意：文章讲了Paul想出名，费尽心思去做一些事情，结果都失败了，情绪低落，自我安慰到：即使我不出名，我也是特别的我。
（1）考查复合形容词辨析。句意：我是一个16岁的男孩。boy名词，前面加形容词，16﹣year﹣old表示16岁的，复合形容词，故选C。
（2）考查形容词辨析。句意：一天早上，我醒来发现自己并不有名。good好的；famous著名的；interesting有趣的；根据后面的 I decided to do something to put my name in the Guinness Book of World Records。我决定做点什么把我的名字列入吉尼斯世界纪录。可知作者想出名，故选B。
（3）考查动词辨析。句意：为了实现我的梦想，我想到了我能做的事。achieve实现；put放下；act行动；根据my dream ， I thought of something I could do. 可知是实现梦想，故选A。
（4）考查动词辨析。句意：首先，我把胳膊绑在背上，想成为一只胳膊游泳最远的人。swim游泳；run跑步；jump跳；根据后面的But as soon as I got in the water ，I sank但我一下水就沉了，可知是在水里游泳，故选A。
（5）考查名词辨析。句意：然后，我把饼干塞进嘴里，试图成为把最多的饼干放进嘴里的人。cake蛋糕；candy糖果；cookie饼干，根据后面的when cookie went in可知是吃饼干。故选C。
（6）考查介词辨析。句意：最后，在一个星期五的晚上。在具体到某一天晚上用on，故选A。
（7）考查连词辨析。句意：这是一个完美的主意，因为我所要做的就是坐在那里。until 直到……时候；because因为；if 如果，前后表示因果，故选B。
（8）考查动词辨析。句意：在水里呆了这么久，我看起来像80岁。walk步行；be是；make制作，此处表示状态，故选B。
（9）考查形容词辨析。句意：世界上洗澡时间最长的纪录是一个多月！less少于；fewer更少；more更多；根据 the record for the longest bath in the world可知是一个多月，more than多月，故选C。
（10）考查形容词辨析。句意：情绪低落，我出去了。on 在……上；up高；down低；根据前面三次尝试，都失败，可知是情绪低落。故选C。
【点评】此题考查完形填空。通读全文，了解大意， 仔细推敲，初定答案， 再次通读全文，锁定最佳答案。然后再次阅读短文，核查答案。
13．完形填空
People all over the world celebrate the new year. However, not all countries celebrate in the same way, and in some countries, the new year doesn't begin on the 1 day every year. In many countries, the new year begins on January 1st, but people 2 celebrating on December 31st, New Year's Eve. In New York many people go to celebrate in Times Square. 3 they're waiting for the new year, they listen to music, sing traditional songs and have fun. Just before 12 o'clock, everyone 4 down from 10:10, 9, 8…As soon as it's 12 o'clock, everyone shouts very 5 , \
New Year's Day is often a family day. Some families get together for a 6 meal, when the weather is fine, many families go out for a 7 .
On New Year's Day, many people make 8 for the new year. They write down a list of things, such as \than others. \12 resolutions, they read them to their family or friends and promise to 13 them. It doesn't matter 14 people all over the world celebrate. 15 all of them, it's a time to say goodbye to the old year, and to welcome the year. 1. A. familiar B. same 2. A. stop 3. A. If
B. start B. Though
C. fine
D. good
C. need D. keep C. While D. Before C. looks D. counts C. sadly D. safely C. special D. quick C. job C. as C. find C. Her C. do
D. treatment D. on D. spend D. His D. give
4. A. comes B. turns 5. A. loudly B. quietly 6. A. common B. poor 7. A. walk 9. A. to 11. A. take 12. A. Its 13. A. keep 15. A. By
B. secret B. with B. cost B. Their B. make B. For
8. A. friends B. resolutions C. noise D. problems 10. A. quickly B. hard
C. harder D. hardly
14. A. what B. how C. where D. why C. With D. From
【答案】 （1）B；（2）B；（3）C；（4）D；（5）A；（6）C；（7）A；（8）B；（9）B；（10）C；（11）D；（12）B；（13）A；（14）B；（15）B； 【解析】【分析】主要讲了纽约人是怎样庆祝新年的。
（1）句意：在一些国家，新年每年不在同一天开始。A.熟悉的；B.相同的；C.好的；D.好的。根据In many countries, the new year begins on January 1st, but people 2 celebrating on December 31st, New Year's Eve.可知新年有的在1月1日所以是不同的，故选B。
（2）句意：在许多国家，新年从1月1日开始，但人们开始庆祝12月31日，除夕夜。A.停止；B.开始；C.需要；D.保持。许多国家在12月31日开始庆祝新年，start doing sth.开始做某事，固定搭配，故选B。
（3）句意：他们在等新年的时候，听音乐，唱传统歌曲，玩得很开心。A.如果；B.尽管；C.当......时候；D.在.......之前。当他们等待的时候，会听音乐、唱歌，故选C。
（4）句意：就在12点前，每个人都从10开始倒数。A.来；B.转身；C.看起来；D.数数。count down倒计时，固定搭配，故选D。
（5）句意：一到12点，每个人都大声喊着“新年快乐！”A.大声地；B.安静地；C.悲伤地；D.安全地。12点时人们肯定大声喊“新年快乐”，故选A。
（6）句意：一些家庭为了一次特殊的饭菜而团聚。A.普通的；B.贫穷的；C.特殊的；D.迅速地。年夜饭是特殊的，故选C。
（7）句意：当天气是好的时候，许多家庭出去散步。A.步行；B.秘密；C.工作；D.对待。go out for a walk出去散步，固定搭配，故选A。
（8）句意：在新年这天，许多人下定新年决心。A.朋友；B.决心；C.噪音；D.问题。根据后文可知是列举的新年决心，make resolutions下定决心，固定搭配，故选B。 （9）句意：我将帮忙做更多的家务。help with sth.帮忙做什么，固定搭配，故选B。 （10）句意：我将在学校比他人更加努力学习。A.迅速地；B.努力；C.更努力；D.几乎不。than是比较级的标志词，work hard努力学习，所以用hard的比较级harder，故选C。 （11）句意：或者我不将花费如此多时间玩视频游戏。A.花费，主语是物；B.花费，主语是物；C.发现；D.花费，主语是人。spend+时间+doing sth.花费时间做某事，固定搭配，故选D。
（12）句意：当他们已经下定他们的决心时，他们向家人读它们，并且承诺遵守它们。A.它的；B.他们的；C.她的；D.他的。主语是they，所以用they的形容词修物主代词their，故选B。
（13）句意：当他们已经下定他们的决心时，他们向家人读它们，并且承诺遵守它们。A.遵守；B.制定；C.做；D.给。遵守决心，故选A。
（14）句意：全世界的人是怎样庆祝的不重要。A.什么；B.怎样；C.哪里；D.为什么。全世界人们怎样庆祝新年不重要，故选B。
（15）句意：对于他们中所有的人来说都是告别旧年，迎接新的一年的时候。A.通过；B.对于；C.和；D.来自。对于他们来说，所以用for，故选B。
【点评】考查完形填空，首先通读一遍文章，跳过缺失的单词，再根据上下文来判断所缺单词的含义，最后对选项进行区别，选出正确的那一项。
14．阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
A teenage boy couldn't stand his parents' family rules, so he left home.
He wanted to be 1 , but he had poor education and several years later, he had to ask for food in the street for a living. Now his mother has died. His father is an old man, but he is still looking 2 his son. He has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere he goes, he 3 a big photo of himself on the wall. At the lower part of the photo he writes, \back home!\
One day, the son saw one of the photos. The face was familiar. \closer and read the 5 ,\He 6 at the door. The door opened itself. He rushed to his father's 7 . His father was sleeping. He woke his father up. \held each other, full of 9 tears. The son asked, \get in.\ The door of parents' love to their children will never be closed. 1. A. famous B. poor 2. A. through B. after 4. A. come 5. A. photos 6. A. pulled 8. A. son 9. A. sad
B. go B. words
C. different C. for C. run C. posters
3. A. looks at B. puts up C. finds out
B. unlocked C. knocked B. daughter C. friend B. worried C. happy
7. A. bathroom B. bedroom C. kitchen
10. A. politely B. exactly C. softly
【答案】 （1）A；（2）C；（3）B；（4）A；（5）B；（6）C；（7）B；（8）A；（9）C；（10）C；
【解析】【分析】本文介绍了一个男孩离家出走后在外漂泊的经历。
（1）句意： 他想出名，但他受教育程度很低，几年后，他不得不在街上乞讨食物谋生。A. famous著名的，B. poor 可怜的，C. different不同的，根据 he had poor education and several years later, he had to ask for food in the street for a living 可知他文化程度很低，最后流落成乞丐与他原想“功成名就的”形成转折关系，故选A。
（2）句意： 他的父亲是个老人，但他仍然在寻找他的儿子。A. through通过，B. after 在……之后，C. for 为了，根据 he left home离家出走可知父亲走遍城市寻找他的儿子，look for，寻找，故选C。
（3）句意： 无论他走到哪里，他都把自己的大照片贴在墙上。A. looks at 看……，B. puts up举起，C. finds out 查出，由on the wall“在墙上”可推知是“张贴”照片，故选B。 （4）句意： 我仍然爱你，回家吧。A. come 来，B. go 去，C. run 跑，由下文中的When he got home可知儿子在父亲的亲情感召下 “回家来”，故选A。
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