Question

  Two little boys were playing one day when a Fairy (仙女) suddenly appeared before them and said ,“Father Time asks me to 1  you New Year presents.She handed each child a package and disappeared immediately.

   Carl and Philip opened the 2  and found two books with clean pages in them.

   Twelve months passed and the 3  came again and said,u I have brought you another two books and will take the first ones back to Father Time."

   “May I keep 4  book a little longer?” asked Philip , “I'd like to paint something on the last page."

   “No,” said the Fairy.

   “ I wish that I could finish reading mine at a time”’ said Carl,441 can only open the book once each day 5  see only one page every time,because when the page turns o-ver,it sticks fast."

   The Fairy said ,“ Well,you can 6  Philip's book." Then she lit (點(diǎn)亮) two little lamps for them. By the light of the 7  they saw the pages as she turned them.

   “Who did this?” they asked in surprise.“Every page was 8  when we first opened it. But now some pages are drawn with beautiful things like birds and 9  and some pages with ugly,black spots and scratches (劃痕) on them!”

   The Fairy,smiling at the two little 10  ,said, “See,Philip,the beautiful birds and flowers appeared when you share toys with your friends,or when you try to be kind to others."

   “But what made the ugly,11   spots and scratches?” asked Philip.

   The Fairy said ,“ That came when you told a lie one day,or when you did not listen to your mum.All these ugly spots and scratches in your books were made when you were naughty (淘氣的) .Each pretty thing in your books came on its page when you were 12 .”

   “ Oh,we wish to read the books 13  ! ”

   “They can't be read once more”. said the Fairy.“See!They are only for this year,and they must now go back into 14  bookcase,but I have brought you each a new one,and perhaps you can make these more beautiful than the first ones."

   With these words,the Fairy 15  . The boys were left alone,but each held in his hand a new book open at the first page.

   And on the back of each book was written in letters of gold,“For the New Year”.

1. A. bring   B. make   C. sell   D. buy

2. A. door   B. window   C. packages   D. cards

3. A. Fairy   B. Queen   C. Witch   D. Princess

4. A. her   B. their   C. his   D. my

5. A. but   B. and   C. or   D. so

6. A. look after   B. look for   C. look at   D. look out

7. A. candles   B. stoves   C. campfires   D. lamps

8. A. dirty   B. untidy   C. clean   D. old

9. A. trees   B. flowers   C. grass   D. houses

10.A. boys   B. girls   C. women   D. men

11.A. red   B. black   C. white   D. blue

12.A. good   B. rude   C. selfish   D. stubborn

13.A. too   B. again   C. though   D. before

14.A. Fairy's   B. Carl's   C. Philip's   D. Father Time's 

15.A. arrived   B. canie

   C. disappeared   D. appeared

Answer 1

1. A 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. C 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. A 12. A 13. B 14. D 15. C

[語篇解讀]一個仙女帶給卡爾和菲利普他們時光老人的新年禮物:每人一本書，書上什么也沒有。12個月后，仙女來取回舊書，帶來兩本新書�？�爾和菲利普在舊書上看到:他們做了好事時，那一頁上就是花、鳥等美好的東西;如果他們做了不好的事情時，那一頁上就是污點(diǎn)和劃痕等。這使他們懂得每一天都應(yīng)該表現(xiàn)好。

1. A句意:時光老人讓我?guī)Ыo你們新年禮物。

bring意為“帶 來”，符合句意；make意為“制造”，sell意為“賣”，buy意為 “買”，不符合句意。故選A.

2. C 上文 “ She handed each child a package ” 一句中提及 package ,此處兩人應(yīng)該是打開packages,符合上下文。故 選C。

3. A十二個月過去了，仙女又來了。根據(jù)上下文可知，只有 Fairy符合語意。故選A.

4. D可以保存我的書稍微長一點(diǎn)時間嗎？ “我的書”用my book。故選 D0

5. B每天只能打開書一次，并且每次只能看一頁。此處前后 句是順承關(guān)系，用and連接。故選   B.

6. C句意:你可以看看菲利普的書。

look at意為“看看”，符合 句意;look after意為“照看”，look for意為“尋找”，look out意 為“當(dāng)心”，不符合句意。故選   C.

7. D 由前句“Then she lit (點(diǎn)殼) two liltle lamps for them." 可知 此處為:借助于燈光。選項中只有l(wèi)amps在上文中出現(xiàn)，選項 A、B、Cf上下文中都沒有提及。故選   D.

8. C 由前文提及“found two books with clean pages in them” 可 推出本句句意:我們第一次打開它時每一頁都是干凈的。

9. B 由下文提及“the beautiful birds and flowers appeared”可知 此處為:但現(xiàn)在一些頁碼上繪制了像花、鳥的美麗的東西。故 選   B.

10. A本句句意:仙女微笑著對兩個小男孩說……。故選A.

II .B 上文“ some pages with ugly,black spots and scratches (戈] 痕) on them!”和此處呼應(yīng)。故選   B.

12. A上句和本句相對應(yīng)，所以此處為：當(dāng)你們表現(xiàn)好的時候， 每一個美好的東西就出現(xiàn)在該頁。選項中g(shù)ood意為“好的”，其余三個選項都是消極含義的詞。故選A.

13. B由下句句意“They can't be read once more (它們不能被再 次閱讀) ”可推出本句句意：哦，我們希望再次閱讀這些書！

again意為“再次”，符合句意。故選B.

14. D根據(jù)上下文可推出此處為:它們(書) 現(xiàn)在必須放回時光 老人的書櫥。故選D.

15. C根據(jù)上下文及下句句意可推出仙女消失了。

disappear 意為“消失”，符合句意。故選C.