Ⅰ. 完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 One Saturday，some fiveorsixyear olds in my neighborhood gathered at the lot to play cowboys.Brian came，__1__the biggest toy gun I’d ever seen.Before we started.I told him I wanted to borrow it for a while.As soon as we broke up for the __2__，I ran to a far corner of the lot and buried the gun in the soft dirt.I wanted to give Brian a __3__. Before long，Brian was demanding his gun back.We all walked across the lot to the corner，and I dug where I __4__I’d buried it.No gun.I dug some more.__5__no gun.Brian started shouting，“Find my gun！”and I started getting __6__.I knew it was somewhere，but the whole corner was looking the same to me.Everyone stood around and watched as I desperately dug at the ground.No one __7__.My eyes started burning，and I knew I was going to cry.I __8__with Brian screaming，“You bastard！My dad will get you！” That afternoon when I heard Brian calling outside the window，I told Mom everything.She __9__listened to me，then went out to the garage and got the shovel.We __10__Brian outside and the three of us returned to the lot. By now it was very __11__outside，and my mom dug in the heat for an hour.She turned up most of the dirt in that corner，but the gun was never found.I stood and watched __12__，and felt worse and worse as she worked and __13__because of me. My parents bought Brian a new gun，so he was __14__.Now I realize how lucky I was to have someone who __15__for me，and that I still needed Mom to help me out of trouble. 【解题导语】 本文讲述的是作者在有一次玩游戏时将别人的枪埋藏起来，结果去找时却再也找不到，最后还是父母亲给他解了围，帮他摆脱了困境，真是可怜天下父母心。
1．A.carrying out B．showing off C．picking up D．taking away 解析：因为是我见过的最大的玩具枪，故Brian炫耀它那是很自然的事。 答案：B 2．A.race B．game C．party D．role 解析：前面提到他们集中到lot to play cowboy，是一种游戏，故选B。 答案：B 3．A.blow B．test C．chance D．scare 解析：把Brian的枪藏起来时为了吓一吓他，因为那是Brian的心爱之物。scare在此作名词。 答案：D 4．A.imagined B．pretended C．thought D．expected 解析：从后面语境应该是作者原来认为他埋枪的地方。 答案：C 5．A.Also B．Still C．Just D．Indeed 解析：再挖，还是没有，用still表递进。 答案：B 6．A.hot B．hurt C．sick D．angry 解析：因为找不到Brian的枪，作者应该感到心烦意乱的。sick在此表示“懊丧的”。 答案：C 7．A.helped B．laughed C．quarreled D．worked 解析：其他人看到我拼命地挖，也不来帮忙，因为他们很生气。 答案：A 8．A.settled down B．came up C．set out D．ran away 解析：因为Brian在催他和其他人为Brian感到愤愤不平，于是就逃走了，其它选项不符合题意。 答案：D 9.A.doubtfully B．calmly C．regretfully D．kindly 解析：从后面作者妈妈的举动，应是很冷静地听我说。 答案：B 10．A.left B．followed C．met D．took 解析：从后文the three of us returned to the lot，在外面遇见Brian。 答案：C 11．A.hot B．cold C．fine D．cool 解析：从后文my mom dug in the heat for an hour.可知外面天气很热。 答案：A 12．A.carelessly B．impatiently C．helplessly D．cautiously 解析：根据前文but the gun was never found.应是无助地站在那里看着。 答案：C 13．A.complained B．nodded C．suffered D．sweated 解析：因为天气热，作者母亲在挖地时流汗才符合语境。 答案：D 14．A.satisfied B．moved C．encouraged D．comforted 解析：因为找不到，我父母赔了一支新枪给Brian，他感到心满意足了。 答案：A 15．A.came up B．stood up C．went up D．got up 解析：有人帮助他摆脱困境。 答案：B
Ⅱ. 词汇运用 1．They hoped to ________(实现他们的目标) by the end of the year. 2．She will join us ________(有一个条件)． 3．Operator，please ________(给我接通) Mr. Wang. 4．We all respect him for ________(他的奉献) to his career. 5．Although she is already in her thirties，she ________(行为像个小孩子)． 6．It is ________(值得) to read the book again. 7．He is ________(很受尊敬) in our town. 8．They are always ________(为钱争吵)。 9．________(让孩子们高兴的是)，he fell in the water. 10．His words ________(鼓舞着我们) to make greater efforts. 11．Jane spent many years ________(观察) and recording their daily activities. 12．We ________(下决心) to learn English well. 13. A big earthquake ________(袭击) the city last year. 14．We are told the matter is still ________(正在考虑中)． 答案：1.achieve their goals 2.on one condition 3.connect me to 4.his devotion 5.behaves like a child 6.worthwhile 7.much respected 8.arguing about money 9.To the children’s entertainment 10.inspired us 11.observing 12.are determined 13.struck 14.under consideration Ⅲ.阅读理解 Barbie (芭比娃娃)，believe it or not，is 50 this year and she’s still as popular as ever. A doll is a doll，but Barbie illustrates how，over the last five decades，women have become a standard for judging what freedom really means. How women are treated in different countries tells you a lot about the politics and culture of where they live. The doll that every little girl wants enables young children to test their possibilities in role playing，giving them a glimpse of what they might be when they grow up，whether to be frivolous or serious (or both)． But in many countries that’s not an option. In Saudi Arabia，where woman can’t drive or go out publicly unless covered，Barbie is banned. They think Barbie dolls are offensive to Islam (伊斯兰教) and a threat to morality. In America，she represents the swiftly changing roles of women. Barbie is fun to tease but she’s as American as miniskirts_and_pantsuits in her flexible identities and her “growth” from model to astronaut. Barbie inspired a dollrevolution movement. When a Teen Talk Barbie was programmed electronically to say “Math class is tough”，she was criticized by a national women’s group and was regarded as a bad stereotype. Some of her critics also say she’s a bad influence because she’s too thin and encourages anorexia，that she has run through too many stereotypes，and that she lends too much significance to the fantasy stages of child’s play. In some Muslim countries，substitute Barbie dolls have been developed that promote traditional values，with their modest clothing and profamily backgrounds. They are widely seen as an effort to resist the American dolls that have flooded the market. Toyseller Masounmen Rahimi welcomed the dolls，saying Barbie was “foreign to Muslim culture” because some of the dolls have little clothing. She said young girls who play with Barbie，could grow into women who reject Muslim values. “I think every Barbie doll is more harmful than an American missile，” Ms Rahimi said. 【文章大意】 芭比娃娃自诞生以来一直受世界各地儿童的喜欢，在这过去的五十年里妇女亦成为评判自由的标准。 1．Barbie is forbidden in some Muslim countries because ________. A．she is more deadly than a missile B．toys are not allowed there C．she looks 1ike a
