My nephew’s 10-year-old son came for a visit one hot, July weekend. I persuaded him to ___1___ inside and joined him in a game. After ___2___ for an hour, I suggested that we relax for a while. I ___3___ my favorite chair to let my neck relax. He left the room and I was catching a few enjoyable ___4___ of peace.
“Look, Alice,” he said excitedly as he ___5___ over to the chair where I was sitting. “I found a kite. Could we go outside and ___6___ it?” Looking out of a nearby window, I noticed it was ___7___ outside. “I’m sorry. Tripper,” I said, sad to see his ___8___ expression. “The wind is not ___9___ today. The kite won’t fly.”
The ___10___10-year-old boy replied, “I think it’s windy enough. I can get it to fly,” he answered ___11___ he hurried out to the back door.
He ran back and forth, as ___12___ as his ten-year-old legs would carry him, looking back ___13___ at the kite behind. After about ten minutes of unsuccessful trying, he came back in.
I asked, “How did it ___14___?” “Fine,” he said, not wanting to admit (承认) the failure. “I got it to fly some.”___15___, I heard him say secretly, “I guess I’ll have to wait for the ___16___.”
At that moment I heard another voice speak to my ___17___. “Alice, sometimes you are just like that. You want to do it your way ___18___ waiting for the wind.”
And the voice was ___19___. We usually want to use our own efforts to ___20___ what we want to do. We must learn how to make use of “the wind” in the first place!
1. A. live B. lie C. study D. stay
2. A. fighting B. resting C. playing D. selecting
3. A. fell into B. jumped off C. cleaned up D. went through
4. A. times B. hours C. moments D. periods
5. A. sent B. climbed C. left D. ran
6. A. decorate B. fly C. hang D. drop
7. A. hot B. fine C. noisy D. still
8. A. bright B. satisfied C. dull D. unhappy
9. A. staying B. blowing C. going D. stopping
10. A. determined B. talented C. clever D. generous
11. A. as B. unless C. after D. until
12. A. hard B. hardly C. actively D. gradually
13. A. angrily B. hopefully C. doubtfully D. nervously
14. A. make B. come C. go D. settle
15. A. Therefore B. Again C. Instead D. However
16. A. news B. order C. wind D. sunshine
17. A. dream B. memory C. heart D. world
18. A. because of B. instead of C. except for D. as for
19. A. strange B. boring C. serious D. right
20. A. imagine B. complete C. fancy D. decide
【答案】1. D 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. D 8. D 9. B 10. A 11. A 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. D 16. C 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. B
【解析】
本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，作者由侄子的儿子在一个无风的天气里放风筝认识到通常我们都想努力完成我们想要做的事，但我们必须首先学会如何利用风。
【1题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. live生活；B. lie躺；C. study学习；D. stay呆。根据本空前的“one hot, July weekend.”可知，天气很热，我劝他呆在屋里，故D项正确。
【2题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. fighting斗争；B. resting休息；C. playing玩；D. selecting挑选。玩了一小时游戏之后，我建议我们放松一会，故C项正确。
【3题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。A. fell into掉进、陷于（此处指坐在）；B. jumped off跳下来；C. cleaned up清理；D. went through经历。根据本空后的“my favorite chair to let my neck relax.”及下文中的“sitting”可知，我坐在我最喜欢椅子上放松颈部，故A项正确。
【4题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. times次数；B. hours小时；C. moments时刻；D. periods时期。根据本空前的“He left the room and I was catching a few enjoyable”可知，他离开了房间，所以我能享受片刻的宁静，故C项正确。
【5题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. sent送；B. climbed爬；C. left离开；D. ran跑。根据本空后的“over to the chair where I was sitting.”可知，他跑到我的椅子旁，故D项正确。
【6题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. decorate装饰；B. fly放飞；C. hang挂；D. drop掉。他找到了一个风筝，想要出去放风筝，故B项正确。
【7题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. hot热的；B. fine好的；C. noisy喧闹的；D. still静止的、无风的。根据本空后的“I’m sorry. Tripper,”及下文中的“The kite won’t fly.”可知，我注意到外面没有风，故D项正确。
【8题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. bright明亮的；B. satisfied满意的；C. dull阴暗的；D. unhappy不开心的。听到我说不能放风筝，他肯定是一脸不高兴，故D项正确。
【9题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. staying停留；B. blowing吹；C. going去；D. stopping停下。上文说我注意到外面没有风，此处我说没有风吹，风筝放不起来，故B项正确。
【10题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. determined有决心的；B. talented有天赋的；C. clever聪明的；D. generous大方的根据本空后的“I think it’s windy enough. I can get it to fly”可知，他说风够大，肯定能放起来，由此可见决心要放风筝，故A项正确。
【11题详解】
考查连词词义辨析。A. as在……时；B. unless除非；C. after在……之后；D. until直到。根据本空后的“he hurried out to the back door”可知，他匆匆跑向后门时说风够大，肯定能放起来，故A项正确。
【12题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。A. hard努力地；B. hardly几乎不；C. actively活跃地；D. gradually逐渐。在一个没有风的天气放风筝肯定是要来回使劲跑，故A项正确。
【13题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。A. angrily生气地；B. hopefully有希望地；C. doubtfully怀疑地；D. nervously紧张地。他满怀希望地看着身后的风筝，故B项正确。
【14题详解】
考查固定搭配。他进屋后，我问他“结果怎么样？（风筝放起来了么？）”，How did itgo？表示“结果如何？”，故C项正确。
【15题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。A. Therefore因此；B. Again再次；C. Instead反而；D. However然而。根据本空后的“I heard him say secretly, “I guess I’ll have to wait for the ___16___.”可知，然而，我听到他说“我得等风来了”，前后是转折关系，故D项正确。
【16题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. news新闻；B. order命令； C. wind风；D. sunshine阳光。放风筝是需要有风的，他说“我得等风来了”，故C项正确。
【17题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. dream梦想；B. memory记忆；C. heart心 ；D. world世界。根据本空后的“Alice, sometimes you are just like that. You want to do it your way ___18___ waiting for the wind.”可知，那一刻我听到一个声音对我的心说“爱丽丝，有时候你就是那样，你想按你自己的方式去做而不是等风吹”，故C项正确。
【18题详解】
考查介词短语辨析。A. because of由于；B. instead of而不是；C. except for除了；D. as for至于。根据上文可知，我听到一个声音对我的内心说“爱丽丝，有时候你就是那样，你想按你自己的方式去做而不是等风吹”，故B项正确。
【19题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. strange奇怪的；B. boring无聊的；C. serious严肃的；D. right对的。根据本空后的“We usually want to use our own efforts to ___20___ what we want to do. We must learn how to make use of “the wind” in the first place!”可知，那个声音是对的，通常我们都想努力完成我们想要做的事，但我们必须首先学会如何利用风，故D项正确。
【20题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. imagine想象；B. complete完成；C. fancy喜爱；D. decide决定。根据上文可知，通常我们都想努力完成我们想要做的事，但我们必须首先学会如何利用风，故B项正确。
