02：【好题精选】完形填空-2023年九年级下学期英语专题周周练（第一期）（山西）（含答案）

02：【好题精选】完形填空-2023年九年级下学期英语专题周周练
（第一期）（山西）
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
请阅读下面短文，理解其大意，然后从每小题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中，选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项。
My grandfather was a house painter. In his lifetime, he had painted hundreds of houses. It wasn’t hard to tell that he loved his ____1____ as well as his life.
I once helped Grandpa paint a house. While working inside, I noticed he was ____2____ at giving a wall a coat of paint quickly. In fact, while he was painting, he could carry on a ____3____ with the homeowner, laughing all the time.
At one point, he stopped to watch me. He noticed how I carefully pulled the brush out of the paint in order not to ____4____ any paint. Then I spread a thin coat of paint on the wall without spilling (洒出) a drop. It was a boring process, ____5____ I dared not laugh or have a talk for fear of making a mess. Finally, he gave me some advice. “Here, watch this”, he said, as he took the brush from my hand. “This is how you do it. Don’t ____6____ the spill or the mess. They can always be cleaned up. Treat a wall like you treat people. Be generous (慷慨的), have fun and ____7____ put enough paint on the brush.” Yes, he did spill a few drops, but I noticed the wall he painted looked much better than the one I painted. I also noticed he was having great fun.
Life is not always ____8____. Some days, we spill few drops; some days, we spill a lot. The only thing that really matters is what the wall looks like when we are done and how much fun we have in painting it.
1．A．work B．dream C．family
2．A．good B．angry C．surprised
3．A．task B．deal C．conversation
4．A．need B．save C．waste
5．A．or B．but C．unless
6．A．ask for B．give out C．worry about
7．A．always B．seldom C．sometimes
8．A．busy B．perfect C．difficult
Dawson was an angry old man, and everyone knew it. He had the best apples in town, but kids knew they couldn’t go into his yard to pick apples ____9____ he would come after them.
One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was going to stay all night with her ____10____ Amy. They had to walk ____11____ Dawson’s house on the way to Amy’s house. As they got close, Janet saw him sitting in front of his door. So she suggested they should cross over to the other side of the street. Like most children, Janet was ____12____ of him.
Amy said Dawson wouldn’t hurt them and kept walking. When they got closer, Dawson looked up ____13____. But when he saw Amy, he ____14____ and said, “Hello, Amy. I see you’ve got a friend with you today.”
Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying overnight and that they were going to play games. Dawson said that sounded fun and gave them each a fresh apple.
They walked on for a while, and then Janet asked Amy, “Everyone says he’s not friendly. How come he was so nice to us ”
Amy said, “When I first ____15____ his house, he wasn’t friendly and I was afraid of him. But my grandma ____16____ told me that if I imagined he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back at him, then sooner or later he would really smile.”
9．A．unless B．because C．though
10．A．brother B．cousin C．friend
11．A．under B．by C．against
12．A．afraid B．fond C．happy
13．A．happily B．angrily C．friendly
14．A．smiled B．cried C．shouted
15．A．went past B．got into C．ran away
16．A．often B．seldom C．hardly
I once got help from food pantries(分发处) when I was a young child. Now, I want to ____17____.
Last Sunday, when I was at the local charity food pantry, I asked ____18____ they needed anything. One thing they said was hotdogs. I soon went to the local store and bought all the hotdogs I could afford.
When I was paying for them, I ____19____ my own childhood. I could see my mom boiling two hotdogs in a pot. Next she put each one on a slice of white bread with a piece of cheese. Besides, she would add a little ketchup(番茄酱). The love ____20____ the food pantries gave us a big and happy meal.
That ____21____ kept warming my heart when I dropped a hotdog at the food pantry. It felt good knowing that some other little boy or girl would soon be having a ____22____ lunch. I left the pantry with a smile on my face. And ____23____ I walked to my car, I could feel my mom smiling down on me from heaven(天堂).
It all comes back again. The truth is that, when done with ____24____, giving and receiving are the same thing — the happy thing!
17．A．put away B．give back C．call in
18．A．what B．how C．if
19．A．thought of B．waited for C．worked out
20．A．against B．behind C．from
21．A．memory B．news C．business
22．A．dirty B．happy C．cheap
23．A．because B．as C．so
24．A．dream B．hope C．love
If you are willing to be friends with others, try joining a sports team. Sports have a magic power to bring people with the same interests together and it’s also helpful for you to ___25___ well with others.
Robert just moved to a new school. He knew that he was new and he had to be ___26___. But proving (证明) himself would not be at all that easy. Instead of running with bad boys or getting into something against the law, he must show ___27___ he was made of in a more helpful way. That’s when he got the idea.
The next day was Saturday. He knew that most of the ___28___ would be on the playground and choose up sides for the Saturday game. Robert knew he could play well and that just might be enough to prove he was ___29___ and to make friends with them. He arrived early and did his step exercises. He shot the ball several times and did some other ___30___ that were the most difficult and most wonderful in basketball. Then the boys came. Robert went through what he had done ___31___ the game and showed what he could do. No one said a word. The boys just looked at each other and thought about it.___32___, when it was all over, the biggest of the group just smiled and shook his head. Robert knew he had made it.
25．A．get off B．get along C．get over
26．A．tested B．mentioned C．understood
27．A．how B．who C．what
28．A．boys B．girls C．teachers
29．A．old B．strong C．kind
30．A．chores B．reports C．exercises
31．A．before B．after C．until
32．A．After all B．In the end C．In that case
You may think that being a vegan (素食主义者) is only about food. But most vegans also ____33____ using animal products in all areas of their life. And now, thanks to one man from Ireland, vegans can get a violin.
In the past, violin strings (弦) and the glue used to build the violin body were ____34____ horsehair and other animal parts. Pawrig O’Dooley, who has been making violins for 40 years, has now made a violin ____35____ using any animal products at all.
A customer asked Pawrig to make a vegan violin years ago. At first, he wasn’t sure whether he would make it because he knew it wasn’t ____36____. Then he thought about how many vegans might fail to become violinists ____37____ because they didn’t have a vegan violin to play. So he decided to have a ____38____. And it took him about three years to develop the vegan violin.
Pawrig says that he doesn’t expect everyone to ____39____ using a vegan violin right away. ____40____ just as more and more people are using cars that are better for the environment, people may also use violins that are better for animals in the future.
33．A．suggest B．avoid C．remember
34．A．made from B．put on C．dealt with
35．A．through B．about C．without
36．A．easy B．new C．late
37．A．almost B．just C．even
38．A．trick B．talent C．try
39．A．miss B．start C．mind
40．A．But B．If C．So
A couple in Florida, USA have found a great way to spread joy and kindness in their community. They call it “the Door of Kindness”.
When Jessa and Tim moved into their new apartment in August 2021, they spent much time making a difference in their neighborhood. They set up a small table with post-it notes (便利贴) and pens outside their front door and left a note, ____41____ neighbors to write positive (积极的) messages. Within hours, notes began to appear on their front door. As days went by, the door was ____42____ with positive notes.
Jessa said her ____43____ of “the Door of Kindness” came from the pens she used while working in a restaurant. On the pens read messages, including “Your past does not decide your future”, “You’re valued” and “You’re beautiful”. “It was a small way to let the customers know that they were ____44____ to the restaurant,” Jessa said. So, when the couple moved into the new apartment and realized people would ____45____ their door every day, Jessa put the pens to use again. “People can take a pen and leave a positive message. ____46____ someone’s having a bad day, he can come to read these notes,” Jessa added.
So far, the couple have received hundreds of messages from their ____47____. “Many of them told us that they have left notes ____48____, though none of them would ever say which one was theirs. And they have told us how wonderful our door is and what a great idea it is,” Jessa said.
41．A．helping B．encouraging C．requiring
42．A．covered B．filled C．mixed
43．A．purpose B．inspiration C．creation
44．A．special B．necessary C．important
45．A．pass by B．look for C．care about
46．A．If B．Unless C．Since
47．A．friends B．neighbors C．relatives
48．A．seriously B．secretly C．happily
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I looked at the words on the page. I knew how to say them, but my ___49___ wouldn’t work. It was my first class in this new school, so nobody here knew me. My teacher just asked me to read the text out loud. The whole class was waiting for me ___50___. I could even hear my heartbeats.
I just sat there. Seconds passed. Some students started to ___51___. “What’s wrong with her ” one boy said. “Maybe she can’t read at all!” said another student.
“Just open your mouth and speak!” I told myself. I tried to get the words out. But the first was always the ___52___. The teacher was waiting. More of my classmates were making fun of me. I wanted to hide under my desk. I soon felt tears running down...
I often faced situations like this during my grade school. ___53___ I had a stuttering (结巴) problem. Because of this, I often felt embarrassed at school.
Thankfully, I met a great teacher, Mrs. Brown. She never rushed me when I was trying to talk. She helped me to relax when I was speaking, and would always wait ___54___ for me to finish my sentences.
Mrs. Brown offered me the most encouragement. She always let me know that my stuttering problem didn’t mean I wasn’t smart. She said, “Your brain is moving too fast, and your mouth just can’t keep up!” Those simple words made me feel ___55___ and encouraged.
Great changes happened to me. When I entered high school, I almost ___56___ stuttering. In college, I had no trouble at all. As a child, I never imagined that I would become a teacher just like Mrs. Brown, passing love and care on to my students.
49．A．eyes B．hands C．mouth
50．A．noisily B．silently C．proudly
51．A．suggest B．encourage C．laugh
52．A．hardest B．easiest C．funniest
53．A．What B．Why C．Where
54．A．sadly B．angrily C．patiently
55．A．loved B．hated C．revised
56．A．started B．stopped C．doubled
请阅读下面短文，理解其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项。
The son of a rich man never did any work. The man wanted him to ____57____ the meaning of hard work. One day he told his son, “I want you to go out and earn（挣）something by yourself.”
The son went crying to his mother and got a gold coin. When he showed his father the gold coin, the father didn’t take it. ____58____, he asked him to throw it into a well（井）. The son was ____59____ shocked, but he did so.
The father knew the ____60____ and the next day he sent his wife away. He asked his son to earn something again. The son came to his sister. And again, he had to throw the coin into the well. The father then sent his ____61____ to her friend’s house. He asked his son to earn something again.
This time the son had to ____62____ a job. A shopkeeper told him that he would pay him two rupees（卢比）, if he carried the boxes for him. The son agreed and was really tired when he finished the job. As he showed his father the two rupees, he was asked to throw it into the well again.
The son almost got ____63____. He cried out. He could not throw his hard-earned money like this.
“Father! My whole body is aching and you are asking me to throw the money into the well!”
The man smiled. He said, “One can have the ____64____ of pain（痛苦）only when the fruit of hard work is wasted.” And at that time the son realized the meaning of hard work.
57．A．change B．pass C．understand
58．A．Instead B．Besides C．Anyway
59．A．clearly B．completely C．simply
60．A．risk B．stress C．truth
61．A．mother B．daughter C．wife
62．A．look for B．work out C．pick up
63．A．interested B．serious C．crazy
64．A．situation B．feeling C．spirit
请阅读下面短文，理解其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was a teenager, I did a six-week summer learning program at a college. It helped kids get a taste of what college is like. We had classes in the morning and the evenings were ___65___ fun activities. We did have a break in the afternoons, however. One afternoon, my friend Claude and I found an old basketball. We went to an outdoor basketball court for a game of one-on-one.
At the time, Claude was ___66___ than me. He was also better at basketball. I fell behind fast. Though I drove hard to the basket, I missed it! The ball bounced back and I jumped up to catch it. Just as I was about to catch it, I saw an elbow ___67___ my face. How tall he was!
___68___ Claude caught the ball, his elbow came down hard, right into my eye. I saw stars ___69___. The pain was quite terrible. Claude kept saying “sorry”. I laughed through the pain.
I spent the next few days walking around with a black eye, but it was worth it. For years afterwards, I got a laugh whenever I told the story and joked about Claude’s elbows of ___70___.
In our life, we all get an elbow to the eye sometimes. Our plans ___71___. Things work against us. Our ups become downs. When this happens, it’s best to face it with ___72___ and forgiveness. In this way, you can turn your pain to joy and you can learn and grow.
65．A．compared with B．filled with C．dealt with
66．A．taller B．slower C．kinder
67．A．opposite B．after C．above
68．A．Whether B．As C．Unless
69．A．nowhere B．everywhere C．anywhere
70．A．pity B．warmth C．death
71．A．fail B．succeed C．spread
72．A．laughter B．rush C．luck
请阅读下面短文，理解其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项。
Many years ago, there was a group of excellent young men at a university. They were talented at writing. They often met to read and criticize(评论) each other’s works. These men were cruel when they criticized one another. They offered ____73____ and even mean criticism. The members of the club called themselves the “Stranglers(扼杀者)”.
A group of women also started a club of their own to level up their writing skills. The members called themselves the “Wranglers(看护者)”. They ____74____ their writings in front of each other, too. But the words were ____75____ and positive(积极的). Every effort from a member was ____76____ by all.
After 20 years, one of the students was doing a study of his classmates when he noticed a huge ____77____ in the writing world of the Stranglers and the Wranglers. None had made any major achievements among all the excellent young men in the Stranglers, ____78____ the Wranglers had several successful writers.
The two groups were ____79____ talented and educated. The Stranglers strangled each other while the Wranglers gave each other a lift. The Stranglers had more self-doubt while the Wranglers ____80____ the best in each other.
The great success can be helping others succeed and grow.
73．A．strict B．wrong C．meaningless
74．A．improve B．read C．exchange
75．A．direct B．simple C．soft
76．A．needed B．understood C．encouraged
77．A．difference B．problem C．change
78．A．but B．so C．because
79．A．completely B．possibly C．similarly
80．A．looked for B．brought out C．made up
参考答案：
1．A 2．A 3．C 4．C 5．B 6．C 7．A 8．B
【导语】本文主要讲述了作者和祖父的一次粉刷房子的经历，明白了一个道理：刷墙正如待人，要慷慨，不要吝啬，不要害怕浪费涂料，要学会从中寻找乐趣。
1．句意：不难看出，他热爱他的工作，也热爱他的生活。
work工作；dream梦想；family家人。根据“he had painted hundreds of houses”可知，热爱他这份工作，故选A。
2．句意：在室内工作时，我注意到他很擅长快速地给墙壁刷上一层颜色。
good好的；angry生气的；surprised惊讶的。根据“at giving a wall a coat of paint quickly”可知，此处用be good at doing sth表示“擅长做某事”，故选A。
3．句意：事实上，当他刷墙的时候，他可以和房主交谈，一直笑个不停。
task任务；deal交易；conversation对话。根据“laughing all the time”可知，此处指与房主交谈，故选C。
4．句意：他注意到我是如何小心翼翼地把刷子从颜料中抽出来，以免浪费任何颜料。
need需要；save节省；waste浪费。根据“Then I spread a thin coat of paint on the wall without spilling ( 洒 出 ) a drop”可知，小心翼翼地不浪费任何一滴颜料，故选C。
5．句意：这是一个无聊的过程，但我不敢笑，也不敢说话，怕弄得一团糟。
or或者；but但是；unless除非。空格前后是转折关系，用but连接，故选B。
6．句意：不要担心漏出或混乱。
ask for要求；give out发出；worry about担心。根据“They can always be cleaned up”可知，祖父安慰作者不要担心，故选C。
7．句意：慷慨大方，玩得开心，总是在刷子上涂足颜料。
always总是；seldom很少；sometimes有时。根据“put enough paint on the brush”可知，此处指总是在刷子上涂足颜料，故选A。
8．句意：生活并不总是完美的。
busy忙碌的；perfect完美的； difficult困难的。根据“Some days, we spill few drops; some days, we spill a lot.”可知，生活并不是完美的，故选B。
9．B 10．C 11．B 12．A 13．B 14．A 15．A 16．A
【导语】本文主要讲述了艾米用微笑让一个孩子们都害怕的老人友好对待她的故事。
9．句意：他有镇上最好的苹果，但孩子们知道他们不能到他的院子里摘苹果，因为他会追上他们。
unless除非；because因为；though尽管。空格后“he would come after them”是解释不能去院子里摘苹果的原因，故选B。
10．句意：一个星期五，12岁的珍妮特打算和她的朋友艾米在一起过夜。
brother兄弟；cousin表亲；friend朋友。根据“Hello, Amy. I see you’ve got a friend with you today”可知，她们是朋友关系，故选C。
11．句意：在去艾米家的路上，他们不得不路过道森家。
under在……下面；by到；against反对。根据“walk…Dawson’s house”可知，要路过他的家，walk by“路过”，故选B。
12．句意：像大多数孩子一样，珍妮特害怕他。
afraid害怕； fond喜欢；happy开心的。根据“So she suggested they should cross over to the other side of the street”可知，要避开道森，可推断珍妮特害怕他，故选A。
13．句意：当他们走近时，道森生气地抬起头来。
happily开心地；angrily生气地；friendly友好地。根据“Dawson was an angry old man”可知，他是一个爱生气的老人，所以此处指他生气地抬起头，故选B。
14．句意：当他看见艾米时，他微笑着说。
smiled微笑；cried哭泣；smiled呼喊。根据“Amy smiled back”可知，微笑着跟艾米说，故选A。
15．句意：当我第一次经过他家时，他并不友好，我很害怕他。
went past经过；got into进入；ran away跑开。根据前文“They had to walk…Dawson’s house on the way to Amy’s house”可知，此处指第一次经过他的家时，故选A。
16．句意：但是我奶奶经常告诉我，如果我想象他在对我微笑，我也对他微笑，那么迟早他会真的微笑。
often经常；seldom很少；hardly几乎不。根据“But my grandma…told me that if I imagined he was smiling an invisible smile at me”可知，这是奶奶经常告诉艾米的道理，故选A。
17．B 18．C 19．A 20．C 21．A 22．B 23．B 24．C
【导语】本文讲述了作者往食品储藏室放了热狗帮助有需要的人，这让作者感悟到：当用爱去做的时候，给予和接受是同一件事，都是快乐的事。
17．句意：现在，我想回报。
put away放好；give back归还；call in召集。根据“I once got help from food pantries(分发处) when I was a young child. Now, I want to...”可知，此处指的是“想要回报”，故选B。
18．句意：上周日，当我在当地的慈善食品储藏室时，我问他们是否需要什么。
what什么；how怎样；if是否。根据“I asked...they needed anything.”可知，此处缺少宾语从句的引导词，结合语境可知，此处是表示“是否”，应用if引导，故选C。
19．句意：当我为他们买单时，我想到了自己的童年。
thought of想起；waited for等待；worked out算出。根据“When I was paying for them, I...my own childhood”可知，此处指的是“想起了自己的童年”，故选A。
20．句意：食品储藏室的爱心给了我们一顿丰盛而快乐的晚餐。
against反对；behind在……后面；from从……。根据“the food pantries gave us a big and happy meal”可知，爱来自食品储藏室，故选C。
21．句意：当我把一只热狗丢在食品储藏室时，那记忆一直温暖着我的心。
memory记忆；news新闻；business生意。根据“kept warming my heart when I dropped a hotdog at the food pantry.”可知，这个记忆温暖着作者，故选A。
22．句意：知道另一个小男孩或女孩很快会吃一顿快乐的午餐，感觉很好。
dirty脏的；happy快乐的；cheap便宜的。根据“I dropped a hotdog at the food pantry.”以及“I left the pantry with a smile on my face.”可知，作者做了好事，放在食品储藏室的热狗会让另外的孩子吃一顿快乐的午餐，故选B。
23．句意：当我走向我的车时，我能感觉到妈妈从天堂向我微笑。
because因为；as当……时；so因此。根据“I walked to my car, I could feel my mom smiling down on me from heaven(天堂).”可知，当走向车的时候，故选B。
24．句意：事实是，当用爱去做的时候，给予和接受是同一件事——快乐的事!
dream梦想；hope希望；love爱。根据“giving and receiving are the same thing — the happy thing!”以及上文的讲述可知，用爱做一件事情时，给予和接受是同一件事，故选C。
25．B 26．A 27．C 28．A 29．B 30．C 31．A 32．B
【导语】本文通过讲述Robert的事例，说明体育运动具有一种神奇的力量，可以把相同兴趣爱好的人聚在一起，且有助于和他人和谐相处。
25．句意：运动有一种神奇的力量，可以把有相同兴趣的人聚集在一起，它也有助于你与他人相处得很好。
get off下（车、马等）；get along（与……）和睦相处；get over克服。根据“well with others”可知，此处指与他人友好相处；get along well with“与……相处融洽”。故选B。
26．句意：他知道自己是新来的，必须接受考验。
tested考验；mentioned提及；understood理解。根据“But proving (证明) himself would not be at all that easy.”可知，Robert得接受考验。故选A。
27．句意：他必须以一种更有益的方式展示自己的才能，而不是和坏孩子们混在一起，或者做一些违法的事情。
how如何；who谁；what什么。根据“ he must show ... he was made of in a more helpful way.”可知，他必须以一种更有益的方式展示他的才能；宾语从句缺少宾语，应用what。故选C。
28．句意：他知道大多数男孩子都会在操场上为周六的比赛选边。
boys男孩；girls女孩；teachers老师。根据下文“the boys”可知，此处指大多数男孩子。故选A。
29．句意：Robert知道他可以打得很好，这可能足以证明他很强大，并与他们交朋友。
old年老的；strong强壮的；kind善良的。根据“Robert knew he could play well and that just might be enough to prove he was ...”和下文可知，Robert篮球打得很好，这足以证明他的强大。故选B。
30．句意：他投了几次球，还做了一些其他的动作，这些动作是篮球运动中最困难、最精彩的。
chores杂务；reports报告；exercises锻炼，动作。根据“... that were the most difficult and most wonderful in basketball”可推知，Robert做了一些其他的在篮球运动中比较困难的动作。故选C。
31．句意：Robert回顾了他在比赛前所做的，并展示了他所能做的。
before在……之前；after在……之后；until直到。根据上文“choose up sides for the Saturday game”可推知，此处指比赛前。故选A。
32．句意：最后，当一切都结束时，人群中最大的那个人只是微笑着摇了摇头。
After all毕竟；In the end最后；In that case在那种情况下。根据“when it was all over”可知，此处指最后结束时。故选B。
33．B 34．A 35．C 36．A 37．B 38．C 39．B 40．A
【导语】本文主要讲述了Pawrig O’Dooley研发出素食小提琴，并号召更多的人使用素食小提琴来更好地保护动物。
33．句意：但大多数素食主义者也避免在生活的各个领域使用动物产品。
suggest建议；avoid避免；remember记住。根据“But most vegans also ... using animal products in all areas of their life.”可知，素食主义者应是避免使用动物产品。故选B。
34．句意：过去，小提琴的琴弦和用来制作琴身的胶水是用马毛和其他动物部位制成的。
made from由……制成；put on穿上；dealt with处理。根据“horsehair and other animal parts.”可知，此处是指由马毛和动物其他部位制成。故选A。
35．句意：Pawrig O’Dooley已经做了40年的小提琴，现在他做的小提琴完全没有使用任何动物产品。
through通过；about关于；without没有。根据“using any animal products at all.”可知，此处是指没有使用任何动物产品。故选C。
36．句意：起初，他不确定是否他能够做成因为他知道它是不容易的。
easy容易的；new新的；late晚的。根据“he wasn’t sure whether he would make it”可知，因为这是不容易的，所以他不确定能否成功。故选A。
37．句意：然后他想到有多少素食主义者可能仅仅因为没有一把素食主义者的小提琴演奏而无法成为小提琴家。
almost差不多；just只是；even甚至。根据“Then he thought about how many vegans might fail to become violinists ... because they didn’t have a vegan violin to play.”可知，此处表示只是因为没有一把素食小提琴而使得素食主义者未能成为小提琴家。故选B。
38．句意：所以他决定试一试。
trick诡计；talent天赋；try尝试。根据“And it took him about three years to develop the vegan violin.”可知，他决定尝试一下，have a try“试一试”。故选C。
39．句意：Pawrig说他并不期待每个人都能够立刻开始使用素食小提琴。
miss错过；start开始；mind介意。根据“using a vegan violin right away.”可知，是指开始使用素食小提琴。故选B。
40．句意：但就像越来越多的人使用对环境更好的汽车一样，未来人们也可能使用对动物更好的小提琴。
But但是；If如果；So所以。根据“Pawrig says that he doesn’t expect everyone to ... using a vegan violin right away.”及“just as more and more people are using cars that are better for the environment, people may also use violins that are better for animals in the future.”可知，句子前后是转折关系，因此用but表转折。故选A。
41．B 42．A 43．B 44．A 45．A 46．A 47．B 48．C
【导语】本文主要讲述了美国佛罗里达州的一对夫妇在新家门口摆放便利贴鼓励邻居们写下积极的留言的故事。
41．句意：他们在前门外摆了一张小桌子，上面放了便利贴和笔，并留了一张纸条，鼓励邻居写下积极的信息。
requiring帮助；encouraging鼓励；helping需要。根据“They set up a small table with post-it notes (便利贴) and pens outside their front door and left a note,…neighbors to write positive (积极的) messages.”可知，此处是鼓励邻居写下积极的信息。故选B。
42．句意：日子一天天过去，门上贴满了积极的便利贴。
covered覆盖；filled装满；mixed混合。根据“As days went by, the door was…with positive notes.”可知，是指门被便利贴覆盖了，be covered with“被……覆盖”。故选A。
43．句意：Jessa说她“善良之门”的灵感来自她在餐馆工作时使用的钢笔。
purpose目的；inspiration灵感；creation创造。根据“Jessa said her…of ‘the Door of Kindness’ came from the pens she used while working in a restaurant.”可知，此处是指灵感来自于钢笔。故选B。
44．句意：这是让顾客知道他们对餐馆来说很特别的一个小方法。
special特别的；necessary必要的；important重要的。根据“It was a small way to let the customers know that they were…to the restaurant”可知，此处是指特别的，be special to“对……特别”。故选A。
45．句意：当这对夫妇搬进新公寓，并意识到人们每天都会经过他们的门口时，Jessa再次使用了这些笔。
pass by经过；look for寻找；care about关心。根据“when the couple moved into the new apartment and realized people would…their door every day, Jessa put the pens to use again.”可知，是指从门前经过。故选A。
46．句意：如果有人今天过得不好，他可以来看看这些笔记。
If如果；Unless除非；Since自从。根据“…someone’s having a bad day, he can come to read these notes,”可知，此处是如果有人今天过得不好，他可以来看看这些笔记。故选A。
47．句意：到目前为止，这对夫妇已经收到了数百条来自邻居的信息。
friends朋友；neighbors邻居；relatives亲属。根据“So far, the couple have received hundreds of messages from their….”可知，此处是指他们的邻居。故选B。
48．句意：他们中的许多人告诉我们，他们愉快地留下了笔记，尽管他们中没有人会说哪一张是他们的。
seriously严重地；secretly秘密地；happily愉快地。根据“Many of them told us that they have left notes…, though none of them would ever say which one was theirs.”可知，此处应是愉快地留下笔记。故选C。
49．C 50．B 51．C 52．A 53．B 54．C 55．A 56．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，文章主要讲述了作者小时候有结巴的毛病，幸运的是作者在Mrs. Brown的帮助下，彻底的改掉了这个毛病。
49．句意：我知道怎么说，但我的嘴不好使。
eyes眼睛；hands手；mouth口。根据“say”和“mouth”可知，作者知道怎么说，但是嘴巴张不开。故选C。
50．句意：全班同学都在默默地等着我。
noisily 吵闹地；silently寂静地，沉默地；proudly自豪地。根据“I could even hear my heartbeats.”可知，作者甚至能听到自己的心跳声，因此班里很“安静”。故选B。
51．句意：一些学生开始大笑起来。
suggest建议；encourage鼓励；laugh嘲笑。根据下文“‘What’s wrong with her ’one boy said. ‘Maybe she can’t read at all!’ said another student.”以及下文的“More of my classmates were making fun of me.”可推知，此处是指一些同学开始“嘲笑”作者。故选C。
52．句意：但第一个总是最困难的。
hardest最困难的；easiest最容易的；funniest最滑稽的。根据“I tried to get the words out. But the first…”可知，作者还是无法开口，因此可推断他认为开始是“最难的”。故选A。
53．句意：为什么？
What 什么；Why为什么；Where在哪里。根据“I had a stuttering (结巴) problem.”可知，这里是在回答上句提出的问题：我在小学期间“为什么”会经常遇到这样的情况。故选B。
54．句意：当我说话时，她帮助我放松，并总是耐心地等待我说完句子。
sadly悲哀地；angrily愤怒地；patiently耐心地。根据“She never rushed me when I was trying to talk. ”和“to finish my sentences.”可知，老师从不催促作者，总是很有“耐心的”等他说完。故选C。
55．句意：这些简单的话让我感到被爱和鼓励。
loved爱，热爱；hated憎恨；revised修订。根据“and encouraged.”以及下文“passing love and care on to my students.”可知，此处指的是作者感觉到被鼓励以及被爱。故选A。
56．句意：当我进入高中时，我几乎停止了口吃。
started出发，启程；stopped停止；doubled翻倍。根据“Great changes happened to me.”以及“In college, I had no trouble at all.”可以推测，此处指的是当作者进入高中时，几乎“停止了”口吃。故选B。
57．C 58．A 59．B 60．C 61．B 62．A 63．C 64．B
【导语】本文为一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了一位富人通过让他的儿子自己去外面挣钱，然后把挣得的钱扔进井里，让他的儿子理解了努力工作的意义。
57．句意：这个人想让他明白努力工作的意义。
change改变；pass通过；understand理解，明白。根据“And at that time the son realized the meaning of hard work”可知，是明白努力工作的意义。故选C。
58．句意：相反，他让他把它扔进井里。
Instead相反；Besides除此之外还；Anyway无论如何。根据“When he showed his father the gold coin, the father didn’t take it”和“he asked him to throw it into a well（井）”可知，相反，他让他把它扔进井里。故选A。
59．句意：儿子完全惊呆了，但他还是照做了。
clearly清楚地；completely完全地；simply仅仅。根据“shocked, but he did so”可知，儿子完全惊呆了。故选B。
60．句意：父亲知道了真相，第二天就把妻子打发走了。
risk冒险；stress压力；truth真相。根据“and the next day he sent his wife away”可知，父亲知道了真相。故选C。
61．句意：然后，父亲把女儿送到了朋友家。
mother妈妈；daughter女儿；wife妻子。根据“The son came to his sister”可知，这次父亲把女儿送到了朋友家。故选B。
62．句意：这次儿子不得不去找工作了。
look for寻找；work out解决；pick up挑选。根据“A shopkeeper told him that he would pay him two rupees（卢比）, if he carried the boxes for him. The son agreed and was really tired when he finished the job”可知，这次儿子不得不去找工作了。故选A。
63．句意：儿子几乎抓狂了。
interested感兴趣的；serious严肃的；crazy疯的，抓狂的。根据“He cried out. He could not throw his hard-earned money like this”可知，儿子几乎抓狂了。故选C。
64．句意：一个人只有在辛勤工作的果实被浪费的时候，才会有痛苦的感觉。
situation情景；feeling感觉；spirit精神。根据“One can have the”和“of pain（痛苦）only when the fruit of hard work is wasted”可知，一个人只有在辛勤工作的果实被浪费的时候，才会有痛苦的感觉。故选B。
65．B 66．A 67．C 68．B 69．B 70．C 71．A 72．A
【导语】本文主要结合自己曾经被朋友用手肘弄伤了眼睛的经历告诉读者，人生都会遇到起起伏伏，如果把痛苦变成快乐，就能学习和成长。
65．句意：我们早上上课，晚上充满了有趣的活动。
compared with与……相比；filled with填充；dealt with处理。结合句意及空前的be可知，这里用到短语be filled with“充满”。故选B。
66．句意：当时，克劳德比我高。
taller更高的；slower更慢的；kinder更善良的。根据“How tall he was!”可知，他比我更高。故选A。
67．句意：就在我正要接住它的时候，在我脸的上方，我看到一只胳膊肘。
opposite在……对面；after在……之后；above在……上面。根据“How tall he was!”可知，是在我脸的上方。故选C。
68．句意：克劳德接住球的时候，他的手肘使劲向下，正好碰到我的眼睛。
Whether是否；As当……时候；Unless除非。这里表示当一个动作发生时，另一个动作发生了，所以用as引导时间状语从句。故选B。
69．句意：我眼冒金星。
nowhere无处；everywhere到处；anywhere任何地方。根据“The pain was quite terrible.”可知，这里表示“我眼冒金星”，也就是看到到处都是星星。故选B。
70．句意：每当我讲述这个故事并拿克劳德的死亡之肘开玩笑时，我都会被逗笑。
pity怜悯；warmth温暖；death死亡。根据“I spent the next few days walking around with a black eye”可知，克劳德的胳膊肘很厉害，所以称之为死亡胳膊肘。故选C。
71．句意：我们的计划失败了。
fail失败；succeed成功；spread扩散。根据“Things work against us.”可知，这里表示计划失败。故选A。
72．句意：当这种情况发生时，最好用笑声和宽恕来面对它。
laughter笑声；rush冲；luck运气。根据“In this way, you can turn your pain to joy and you can learn and grow.”可知，这里表示用笑声面对。故选A。
73．A 74．B 75．C 76．C 77．A 78．A 79．C 80．B
【导语】本文讲述了两组才华横溢的年轻人，他们经常创作文学作品并进行切磋，但方式不同，最后的结果也不同。
73．句意：他们提出了严厉甚至刻薄的批评。
strict严格的；wrong错误的；meaningless没有意义的。根据“These men were cruel when they criticized one another.”可知这些人互相批评时很残忍，所以应该是严厉的批评，故选A。
74．句意：她们也在彼此面前读她们写的东西。
improve提升；read阅读；exchange交换。根据
“They often met to read and criticize(评论) each other’s works.”以及“They...their writings in front of each other,”可知是指阅读，故选B。
75．句意：但这些话是温和而积极的。
direct直接的；simple简单的；soft温和的。根据“and positive(积极的)”可知此处是指看护者们的话语是温和的，故选C。
76．句意：每一个成员的努力都受到大家的鼓励。
needed需要；understood明白；encouraged鼓励。根据“Every effort from a member was...by all.”结合“positive(积极的)”可知成员的努力都受到大家的鼓励。故选C。
77．句意：20年后，一名学生在研究他的同学时，注意到扼杀者和看护者的写作世界有巨大的不同。
difference差异；problem问题；change改变。根据“huge...in the writing world of the Stranglers and the Wranglers.”以及下文可知扼杀者和看护者的写作世界有很大不同，故选A。
78．句意：扼杀者所有优秀的年轻人中，没有一个人取得过什么重大成就，但看护者里有几个成功的作家。
but但是；so所以；because因为。分析语境可知，前后是转折关系，应用but连接，故选A。
79．句意：这两组人的才华和受教育程度相似。
completely完全；possibly可能地；similarly相似地。根据“The two groups were...talented and educated.”可知此处是强调两组人的才华和受教育程度相似，但是结果却大不一样，故选C。
80．句意：扼杀者有更多的自我怀疑，而看护者则互相发挥出最好的一面。
looked for寻找；brought out使显现；made up编造。根据“The Stranglers had more self-doubt while the Wranglers...the best in each other.”可知，此处是固定短语bring our the best“把最好的一面显现出来”，符合语境，故选B。