Question

Daniel Brown was just five years old when he climbed into the family car and let it roll away down the road. He was only three when he flooded the kitchen.

His mother, Angela Brown, is in ____ .She is very busy looking after her new baby, a little girl ____ Laura, as well as Daniel. She told us, “Daniel is so full of ___ ”At that moment, we hear a huge crash and then silence. We go up stairs and ____ Daniel crawling（爬）out of a wardrobe (衣橱) he has pulled over onto the floor, with a book in his hand.“It’s for you Mum, ” he said and ____ at his mum and smiled. Seven-year-old Daniel has a ____face. He has golden hair, big brown eyes, and a friendly smile. I have to ____that Daniel doesn’t look like a naughty boy.

Angela told me all about it. “____ I found him as he was about to put Jasper in the washing machine. ”Jasper, she ____ , is the Browns’ dog. “When I asked him why, he said that he thought Jasper was dirty! It’s ____how one little boy can cause so much trouble. Another time he ____ all the hair of the little girl next door. She was going to attend her sister’s wedding and the ____haven’t spoken to us since. ”

Angela told me about Daniel’s most ____crime. “I was about to do the washing up ____ the baby started crying. Daniel decided to ____and filled the kitchen sink with water. When I came in, the water was already ____the kitchen and was about to flood the hall. The carpet was ruined and had to be ____.I hope things will get better as he gets ____ ”

Amazingly, Daniel is quite ____ behaved in school. This may be because he is rarely bored. ____he continues to be the naughtiest little boy in England. Will his sister Laura grow up to be the naughtiest little girl?

1.A. despair B. surprise C.. anger D.danger

2.A. hurt . B. called C.favored D. repaid

3.A. regret B. imagination C. honesty D.curiosity

4.A. hear B. prevent C. find D.leave

5.A. looked up B. turned out C. gave in D.got through

6.A. ugly B.serious C. mysterious D.lovely

7.A. reform B.admit C.sense D.rest

8.A. Even if B. In no time C. Once D.Although

9.A. cured B. discovered C. damaged D. explained

10.A. fearful B. amazing C.favorable D. common

11.A. dried up B. came down C.cut off D.fell off

12.A. sons B. neighbors C. assistants D.teachers

13.A.exciting B. boring C. satisfied D. expensive

14.A. as if B. when C.. before D.because

15.A.help B. disturb C. save D.puzzle

16.A. boiling B. sweeping C. flooding D. nearing

17.A. blamed B.replaced C. burned D. controlled

18.A. older B.smarter C. healthier D.lighter

19.A. hardly B.madly C.well D. badly

20.A. Instead B. Furthermore C.Though D.Meanwhile

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了英国最调皮的男孩Daniel的几个调皮的故事。

1. 考查名词词义辨析。A绝望；B惊讶；C愤怒；D危险；根据第一段叙述可知他非常调皮，这让他的妈妈陷入绝望。故A正确。

2. 考查动词词义辨析。A伤害；B称呼，打电话；C赞成，支持；D重新付款；他的妈妈Angela忙于照顾被叫做Laura的妹妹和Daniel。根据句意可知称呼他的妹妹为Laura。故B正确。

3. 考查名词词义辨析。A遗憾；B想象力；C诚实；D好奇；Daniel对这个世界总是充满了好奇，所以他才惹出了这么多的麻烦。故D正确。

4. 考查动词词义辨析。A听见；B假装；C发现；D离开；就在那时，我们听见楼上有东西倒下然后就是一片安静，我们上楼发现Daniel爬在衣橱上，手里拿着一本书。使用动词find表示当时的情况。故C正确。

5. 考查动词短语辨析。A抬头看；B结果是；C屈服，让步；D完成；他说：这是给你的。同时抬头看着妈妈；因为那个时候他是爬在地上的。故A正确。

6. 考查形容词词义辨析。A丑陋的；B严肃的；C谜一样的；D可爱的；6岁的Daniel有一张可爱的脸，他有金色的头发，棕色的眼睛和友好的微笑，我不得不承认他看起来并不是一个调皮的孩子。根据对他的描述可知他很可爱。

7. 考查动词词义辨析。A改革；B承认；C感觉；D休息；从他的外貌可知我不得不承认他看起来并不是一个调皮的孩子。故B正确。

8. 考查连词辨析。A即使；B立刻；C一旦，曾经；D尽管；Angela告诉我，她曾经发现Daniel要把Jasper放进洗衣机。根据句意可知是在叙述过去的事情。故C正确。

9. 考查动词词义辨析。A治愈；B发现；C破坏；D解释；Angela解释Jasper是他们家的小狗。本句是在补充说明Jasper的身份。故D正确。

10. 考查形容词辨析。A令人害怕的；B令人惊讶的；C赞成的，称赞的；D普通的；真是让人惊讶这样的一个小孩子竟然会导致如此多的麻烦。故B正确。

11. 考查动词短语辨析。A使…干燥；B下来，下降；C剪下，切除；D减少，跌落；另外一次他把邻居家小女孩的头发全部剪掉了。根据句意可知cut off符合上下文串联。

12. 考查上下文串联。A儿子；B邻居；C助手；D老师；他把邻居家女孩的头发剪了，第二天邻居要参加婚礼，这让对方很尴尬，从那以后邻居就再也没有和他们说过话。故B正确。

13. 考查上下文串联。A令人兴奋的；B令人厌倦的；C满意的；D昂贵的；根据下文叙述可知这一次他调皮带来的破坏性更大，代价更大。所以说这是一次最昂贵的罪行。故D正确。

14. 考查固定句式。Be about to sth when…正要做某事在这时…；我正要洗东西，在这时婴儿哭了起来。这里的when是一个并列连词，表示“在那时”。故B正确。

15. 考查动词词义辨析。A帮助；B打扰；C挽救；D使…困惑；Daniel决定要帮助我，并厨房的水池放满水。故A正确。

16. 考查动词词义辨析。A沸腾；B打扫，清理；C淹没；当我进来的是，水已经淹没了厨房即将淹没客厅。根据前面一句可知他是在防水，所以使用动词flood。故C正确。

17. 考查动词词义辨析。A责备；B代替，取代；C燃烧；D控制；客厅的地毯都被毁掉了，不得不被替换成新的。根据句意可知地毯被毁，那么就是要换新的了。所以使用B项。

18. 考查上下文串联。A更老，更大；B更聪明；C更健康；D更轻；我希望随着他更大一些，情况会更好一点。故A正确。

19. 考查副词辨析。A几乎不；B疯狂地；C好地；D糟糕地；令人惊讶的是他在学校里表现很好。根据amazingly可知他在学校里的表现和在家里完全不一样。故C正确。

20. 考查副词词义辨析。A代替，而不是；B更加，而且；C尽管；D同时；同时他仍然是英国最调皮的男孩，他的妹妹会是英国最调皮的女孩吗？

考点：故事类完形填空