江苏地区2023学年八年级下册期中备考真题汇编-完形填空（20篇）Ⅲ

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江苏地区2023学年八年级下册期中备考真题汇编-完形填空（20篇）Ⅲ
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、完形填空
（2022春·江苏泰州·八年级靖江市靖城中学校联考期中）It was a very cold evening in northern Virginia many years ago. An old man waited ___1___ a ride across a river. The wait felt like it would ___2___ forever. The wind was strong and cold.
When a rider came over, the old man looked like a snowman. He said, “Sir, would you ___3___ giving me a ride to the other side? There doesn’t seem to be a ___4___.”
Holding his horse, the rider said, “OK!” The old man couldn’t ___5___ his body from the ground, so the rider helped the old man onto the horse.
“Sir, I saw you let several other riders go by. Then I ___6___, and you asked me for a ride at once. I just want to know why you would wait and ask the last rider. ___7___ I had refused and left you here? ” the rider asked.
The old man looked the rider straight in the eye. “I have been around this area for some time, ”he said. “I think I know people pretty ___8___.” He continued, “It was ___9___ to ask them for a ride because I could see in their eyes that they didn’t want to help me. But when I looked into your eyes, I knew your kind spirit would give me a ____10____ in my time of need.”
Those heart-warming words deeply ____11____ the rider. “I’m so thankful for what you have said, ” he told the old man. “I hope I may ____12____ get too busy doing my own things so that I can respond（回应）to the ____13____ of others with kindness and care.”
With that, the rider took the old man to the other side of the river, ____14____ his horse around and made his way back to the White House. It turned out that the rider was the ____15____ of the United States, Thomas Jefferson.
1．A．on B．for C．by D．in
2．A．move on B．put on C．go on D．turn on
3．A．enjoy B．like C．mind D．finish
4．A．bridge B．road C．horse D．ground
5．A．lift B．push C．stand D．move
6．A．look around B．came up C．stand up D．go away
7．A．As if B．Even if C．Only if D．What if
8．A．well B．quickly C．soon D．hard
9．A．smart B．reasonable C．necessary D．useless
10．A．smile B．call C．lesson D．hand
11．A．touched B．disappointed（失望） C．interested D．worried
12．A．sometimes B．often C．never D．always
13．A．time B．needs C．works D．power
14．A．showed B．left C．changed D．turned
15．A．knight（骑士） B．soldier C．president D．officer

（2022春·江苏镇江·八年级统考期中）A Swedish couple on holiday were traveling around Italy, and wanted to go to Capri. Capri is an island in the south of the country,___16___ for its beautiful coastline and a popular tourist destination (目的地). The couple put their destination into their car’s GPS (全球定位系统), ___17___ they made a spelling mistake. They ___18___typed CARPI instead of CAPRI. There is a real place called Carpi in Italy, but it is a small town in the___19___of the country.
The couple followed the GPS directions. Although they were traveling to an island, it didn’t___20___them that they didn’t even cross a bridge or see the sea. When they arrived in Carpi, they went to the tourist office. They asked ___21___ they could go to the Blue Grotto, a well-known sea cave in Capri. Of course, the office worker there couldn’t ___22___ them. He thought they wanted to go to a ___23___ called the Blue Grotto for dinner.
When the man realized that the couple thought they were in Capri, he ___24___ their mistake. The couple got back into their car and started driving south. The office worker said, “They were____25____, but not angry.”
It was a spelling mistake that took the couple 600 kilometres from their destination.
16．A．suitable B．useful C．good D．famous
17．A．and B．so C．or D．but
18．A．slowly B．carelessly C．patiently D．clearly
19．A．north B．south C．east D．west
20．A．satisfy B．relax C．worry D．touch
21．A．how B．where C．why D．what
22．A．refuse B．control C．doubt D．understand
23．A．museum B．restaurant C．station D．library
24．A．continued B．accepted C．explained D．repeated
25．A．interested B．surprised C．excited D．pleased

（2022春·江苏无锡·八年级校联考期中）Have I told you that I always wonder Mom and Dad are planning something secretly? Well, it turned out to be true. Yesterday evening, Mom and Dad brought me ____26____ news: I was going to stay at Aunt Cakey’s house for two days. They were going off on a college-finding trip with my brother Rodrick, who kept saying he was not going to ____27____.
I ____28____ going to Aunt Cakey’s house because she doesn’t like kids at all. Aunt Cakey doesn’t have TV or video games, so going to her house is like going to a prison (监狱). She doesn’t ____29____ kids, either. She just stands there and watches us kids to make sure that we don’t ____30____ anything, never letting us out of her sight (视野) when we come over. I think I’m part of the ____31____.
One time, when I was about five, I spent one ____32____ at her house. Aunt Cakey had been ironing (熨烫) some clothes downstairs, so when she put me to bed and went to turn off the ____33____, she said, “Now, don’t go downstairs and touch the iron.” But once she put it in my ____34____, I couldn’t think of anything else.
So after she walked out of the room, I went downstairs as ____35____ as a mouse. And when I found the iron, I put my whole hand on it.
I got a second-degree burn, and this put Aunt Cakey in the doghouse with Mom.
So, again, going to her house?
26．A．good B．bad C．exciting D．boring
27．A．school B．college C．work D．hospital
28．A．hate B．love C．practice D．keep
29．A．help B．teach C．accept D．trust
30．A．break B．burn C．knock D．make
31．A．game B．plan C．reason D．play
32．A．night B．morning C．week D．afternoon
33．A．TV B．light C．radio D．computer
34．A．mouth B．stomach C．hand D．head
35．A．quickly B．slowly C．quietly D．carefully

（2022春·江苏苏州·八年级星海实验中学校考期中）The Japanese Macca monkey (猕猴) has been studied in the wild for over 50 years. In 1952, on one small Japanese island, scientists dropped some ____36____ with dirt for the monkeys. The monkeys liked the taste, but they found the dirt to be ____37____. One clever 18-month-old monkey found she could ____38____ the problem by washing the sweet potatoes in a nearby river. She taught this to her mother. Her ____39____ also learned this new way and they taught their mothers too.
All the younger monkeys ____40____ learned to wash the dirty sweet potatoes to make them ____41____ to eat. But many old monkeys found it very hard to learn this and still ate the ____42____ sweet potatoes.
Then something very surprising ____43____. In the auturmn of 1958, scientists found that monkeys on a nearby ____44____ began washing their sweet potatoes too. Scientists still don’t fully understand how this knowledge was ____45____ from one island to another.
36．A．sweet potatoes B．green plants C．hard stones D．fresh nuts
37．A．beautiful B．terrible C．difficult D．interesting
38．A．find B．reach C．solve D．understand
39．A．children B．brothers C．sisters D．friends
40．A．quietly B．easily C．angrily D．awfully
41．A．cleaner B．smaller C．lighter D．drier
42．A．small B．large C．new D．dirty
43．A．took on B．took off C．took place D．took away
44．A．tree B．island C．beach D．river
45．A．learned B．dropped C．passed D．left

（2022春·江苏淮安·八年级统考期中）Karly Bierma, an 18-year-old student in the U.S, used her “go for it” spirit (精神) to jump into the world of business.
Growing up ____46____ a large farm, Bierma knew from an early age that art was going to be part of her life. Along with doing chores (零工) , Bierma was very creative in art. She wanted to share her love for art and her creations with more people. But ____47____?
“I started ____48____ my art in the beginning of high school at markets and cafes, but I just didn’t see the potential (潜能) in people buying originals (原件),” Bierma said. “That’s kind of where my idea for the ____49____ came from. I wanted to make it easy, convenient (方便) and ____50____ for people to buy my art.”
Bierma ____51____ that she could sell stickers instead of actual (真实的) paintings. In November 2019, with the ____52____ of a website that turns artwork into stickers, Bierma ordered her first set of custom stickers (贴纸).
Soon, she was selling her stickers in the hallways of her ____53____ all day long. She also visited 5 to 10 stores each weekend, looking for a chance to break into the retail (零售) ____54____. In 2020, she sold more than 17,000 stickers.
“That’s when I realized that this was a ______55______,” she said. “It’s fun to see a design that’s close to my heart and find that what I love is what other people love, too.”
If you have a big dream and it seems too hard for you to achieve, don’t be afraid. Just go for it by starting small.
46．A．at B．in C．on D．of
47．A．what B．why C．how D．where
48．A．learning B．selling C．practicing D．doing
49．A．stickers B．arts C．works D．paintings
50．A．impossible B．difficult C．cheap D．expensive
51．A．realized B．remembered C．knew D．forgot
52．A．plan B．help C．advice D．work
53．A．store B．home C．school D．website
54．A．habit B．guide C．channel D．market
55．A．business B．job C．dream D．duty

（2022春·江苏镇江·八年级丹阳市第九中学校考期中）Now, more and more young people are becoming too proud (骄傲) and confident. They think they can do ___56___. And I used to be one of them, but I changed my mind greatly ___57___ my father told me a story.
Once, there was a young man. He looked down on the old. He always thought that the old were __58__ because their lives were becoming worse and worse. He also did this to his father. One day, the son took a ___59___ with his father together. As they walked, the son pointed to one of the ___60___ flowers and said, “We young people are like this nice flower, so healthy, and full of spirit. What about the old? Just like the falling ___61___ from a dying tree.” After hearing this, the father smiled ___62___ said nothing. They continued walking quietly. When they  ___63___ a flower shop, the father stopped and went in, he bought a walnut (胡桃木) and showed it to his ___64___, and then he said, “We old are like this walnut. We have experienced many hard things in life.
From then on, I always keep this story in my ___65___.
We have to know that our parents aren’t useless lives or falling leaves but are experienced walnuts.
56．A．nothing B．something C．everything D．anything
57．A．after B．before C．while D．until
58．A．boring B．useless C．dangerous D．tiring
59．A．flower B．stick C．dog D．walk
60．A．biggest B．ugliest C．prettiest D．smallest
61．A．leaves B．flowers C．fruits D．trees
62．A．so B．but C．and D．or
63．A．sold B．bought C．passed D．sent
64．A．son B．father C．mother D．grandpa
65．A．school B．mind C．desk D．bag

（2022春·江苏泰州·八年级统考期中）先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
In the latest report of 2021 Global Cities Index（全球城市指数）, Shenzhen ranked 72. When it comes to Shenzhen, young, modern, exciting all these ____66____ to be the right words for it.
Many years ago, Shenzhen was just a small fishing village. In 1980, it became China’s first special economic zone（经济特区）. With its fast ____67____, Shenzhen has become one of China’s biggest cities.
On Dec. 29, 1985, Shenzhen, ____68____ building the International Trade Center. It became China’s tallest building at that time. The world was surprised at how ____69____ people built it. It took only three days to build one new floor. After that, the city is famous ____70____ its high efficiency（效率）, which is called “Shenzhen speed”.
It develops（发展）quickly, ____71____ people from all over China come to Shenzhen to make their dreams ____72____. According to China Daily, about 65 percent of people in Shenzhen grow up in other places. But no one feels like an outsider. As the famous saying goes, “You become a Shenzhener if you come to Shenzhen.”
A student called Zeng Jingxian says, “Shenzhen is a very ____73____ city for hardworking people. People in Shenzhen are kind to each other. If you work hard, you will make a good living here ____74____ as Shenzhen is a great city with lots of chances of getting a job. In Shenzhen, many people started from _____75_____. But through their hard work, they live a good life now.”
66．A．seem B．help C．want D．decide
67．A．difference B．development C．introduction D．achievement
68．A．remembered B．enjoyed C．finished D．advised
69．A．beautifully B．cheaply C．carefully D．quickly
70．A．of B．as C．for D．to
71．A．if B．so C．but D．when
72．A．come true B．come out C．come over D．come back
73．A．friendly B．clever C．strange D．usual
74．A．suddenly B．easily C．luckily D．mainly
75．A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything

（2022春·江苏无锡·八年级校联考期中）先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too ____76____, so he gave them each a task—go and look at a pear tree which was far away.
The first son went in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the ____77____ son in fall.
When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to ____78____ what they had seen.
The first son said that the tree was ____79____, not straight and out of shape. The second son said no—it was ____80____ with green buds and full of promise. The third son disagreed. He said it was filled with blossoms that ____81____ so sweet and looked so beautiful and it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them;he said it was ripe and drooping with ____82____,full of life and fulfillment.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right because they had each seen but one season in the tree’s life. He told them,“You cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and its true nature—the pleasure, joy, and love that come from life can only be judged at the ____83____,when all the seasons are up.’
If you ____84____ up when it’s winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, the fulfillment of your fall. Don’t judge a life by one difficult season. Don’t let the ____85____ of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.
76．A．easily B．quickly C．hardly D．slowly
77．A．last B．oldest C．tallest D．shortest
78．A．discuss B．develop C．decide D．describe
79．A．pretty B．lively C．ugly D．silly
80．A．covered B．connected C．cared D．controlled
81．A．tasted B．smelled C．felt D．sounded
82．A．flowers B．leaves C．branches D．fruit
83．A．beginning B．moment C．end D．middle
84．A．give B．put C．set D．cheer
85．A．main B．brain C．gain D．pain

（2022春·江苏常州·八年级统考期中）Modern cities seem to just get bigger and bigger. People ____86____ drive or take long underground rides to work, exercise or have fun. COVID-19 has made many people think what our cities should be like to make people live better.
Recently, a group of architects(建筑师) from South Korea have ____87____ a “10-minute city” in the capital. They will design a city ____88____ many functional(功能性的) areas,including living areas,study rooms,offices and entertainment areas. With only a 10-minute walk,people can ____89____ all these places.
The idea of such a city is not ____90____. In 2016 French scientist Carlos Moreno put forward the “15-minute city” idea. Moreno noticed that cars run in cities. People spend ____91____ time getting around. He said his 15-minute city would change that and offer a ____92____ life within shorter distances(距离).
COVID-19 has made more people interested in the idea because many people were forced(迫使) to spend most of their time at home, with less time to go outside of their communities. ____93____ in their communities, they couldn’t always get what they needed.
“Maybe it’s time to ____94____ another choice.” another French scientist said. Fifteen-minute cities may be one.
But not everyone agree with the idea. Some people worry that such cities will further gather wealth(财富) in the most convenient(方便的) areas and it may ____95____ high house prices.
What do you think?
86．A．want to B．hope to C．have to D．refuse to
87．A．built B．planned C．finished D．continued
88．A．as B．against C．around D．with
89．A．reach B．leave C．start D．lose
90．A．hard B．new C．amazing D．smart
91．A．the least B．too little C．the most D．too much
92．A．further B．longer C．better D．stronger
93．A．But B．So C．Because D．Or
94．A．forget about B．worry about C．think about D．write about
95．A．put up B．take away C．lead to D．cut down

（2022春·江苏无锡·八年级统考期中）Louis was a little child. He always stayed at home watching TV.
One day, he went hiking with his classmates in a forest. He got ____96____ and saw a dwarf (侏儒). The dwarf didn’t notice a huge stone was rolling towards him. Louis saved the dwarf. The dwarf thanked Louis so much that he took Louis to a well. “This is a ____97____ well,” said the dwarf. “Wonderful gifts often come out of it, and you can enjoy them.”
They waited for a moment and a cool bike came out of the well. Louis was very ____98____ . He spent a long time looking at the bike. Finally, he got on it to have a try. However, the bike disappeared (消失) soon. Then, a beautiful jacket came out of the well. ____99____ , Louis spent a long time looking at it. And just ____100____ he put it on, the jacket disappeared. This happened several times. At first Louis was ____101____ , but he soon tried his best to enjoy these gifts.
When he sat down and had a rest, the dwarf explained (解释) that the well had always ____102____ this way. It was like life. There were many good things in life, but they didn’t last (持续) for a long time.
Hearing his words, Louis ____103____ his problem. He spent all his time watching TV and didn’t enjoy the good things in life. Since then, Louis learned to see ____104____ as a gift, and tried to enjoy it. He didn’t feel ____105____ any more.
96．A．hurt B．lost C．gone D．missed
97．A．magic B．usual C．special D．trick
98．A．unhappy B．interested C．wonderful D．excited
99．A．And B．Then C．Again D．Finally
100．A．before B．since C．until D．because
101．A．happy B．surprised C．great D．angry
102．A．worked B．played C．did D．went
103．A．understood B．realized C．found D．felt
104．A．something B．anyone C．everything D．nothing
105．A．angry B．glad C．sad D．bored

（2022春·江苏无锡·八年级校联考期中）As a kid, I used to spend my summers with my grandparents on their farm in Texas. I helped them with farming at times. Luckily, they ____106____ a caravan, a kind of car designed for people to live in while travelling. Every few summers, we’d travel together around the US and Canada.
On one trip, I was about 10 years old. I was playing around in the back of the car ____107____ my grandfather was driving. My grandmother had the passenger seat. She smoked through the trip, and I hated the ____108____, which made me cough a lot. I read about smoking in an article. It says that every puff (吸) of a cigarette takes two minutes off your life. I ____109____ the number of cigarettes per day and the puffs per cigarette. When I came up with a reasonable (合理的) number, I was ____110____. Then I moved my head into the front of the car and proudly ____111____, “So far, you’ve taken nine years off your life!” Hearing this, my grandmother began to cry and it was not what I ____112____. I did not know what to do. My grandfather, who had been driving ____113____, stopped the car, got out of it and opened my door. He looked at me calmly, and said ____114____, “See, grandmother is crying! One day, you’ll understand that it’s harder to be kind than clever.”
As I grow up, I realize that cleverness is a gift and kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy — they are given _____115_____. Choices can be hard, so it seems more difficult to be kind.
106．A．produced B．owned C．required D．returned
107．A．as B．when C．while D．though
108．A．dust B．taste C．noise D．smell
109．A．guessed B．counted C．collected D．received
110．A．afraid B．relaxed C．satisfied D．worried
111．A．replied B．explained C．presented D．announced
112．A．dreamed B．enjoyed C．supported D．expected
113．A．in fear B．in silence C．with pride D．with sadness
114．A．gently B．loudly C．powerfully D．confidently
115．A．in all B．after all C．above all D．first of all

（2022春·江苏盐城·八年级校联考期中）One Saturday afternoon when I was surfing the Internet for an online tour, a net friend ___116___ a meaningful story with me.
One day, three people were going out for travelling. One of them took a (n) ___117___, one took a walking stick, and another one took nothing.
When they ___118___ back home in the evening, they looked different. The person with an umbrella was ___119___ from head to toe as if he finished swimming just now. The one with a walking stick fell on the way and hurt himself ___120___. However, the last one with ___121___ looked very well, why?
The first two men felt very ___122___. They asked the third man, “Why are you so good with nothing?” The third man smiled and answered, “When the rain came, I tried to find a place to ___123___ from the rain; when the road was not good, I walked very ___124___. That’s the reason why I’m still good.”
This story tells us that sometimes a ___125___ of advantage (优越) makes us careless but without it people will care about the bad things in our lifetime.
116．A．wrote B．shared C．told D．heard
117．A．keyboard B．mouse C．umbrella D．map
118．A．returned B．return C．get D．got
119．A．dry B．cold C．wet D．warm
120．A．worse B．badly C．good D．well
121．A．everything B．nothing C．something D．anything
122．A．surprised B．excited C．sad D．pleased
123．A．hide B．go C．fly D．walk
124．A．carelessly B．quickly C．carefully D．fast
125．A．direction B．way C．magic D．sense

（2022春·江苏南通·八年级南通市海门区东洲中学校考期中）Long, long ago, there was a swan（天鹅）with golden feathers（金羽毛）.She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house____126____ the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round, but still, they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn’t have enough____127____to buy food.
The swan was ___128___ to see that. She said to herself, “I’ll give one of my ___129___to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.” That evening, she flew to the poor woman’s house and left a golden feather on the table without saying anything. From then on, the swan came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much ___130___than before.
But day after day, the woman became greedy（贪婪）.She said to her___131___. “The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all ___132___feathers when she comes next time.”
“Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will hurt the swan. She helps us a lot!” But the mother wouldn’t listen. When the swan came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers ____133____chicken feathers.
Then, the Golden Swan said, “Poor Mother, I came to ___134___you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will ___135___ come back. Never be greedy!” With these words, the swan flew away.
126．A．above B．over C．near D．under
127．A．money B．time C．room D．energy
128．A．happy B．surprised C．sad D．happily
129．A．presents B．golden coins C．feathers D．collections
130．A．bigger B．better C．busier D．harder
131．A．brothers B．sisters C．sons D．daughters
132．A．his B．her C．their D．our
133．A．heard of B．changed into C．looked for D．came from
134．A．trouble B．help C．teach D．invite
135．A．sometimes B．always C．usually D．never

（2022春·江苏徐州·八年级统考期中）The new relationship between the March family and the Lawrence family became stronger and stronger after Jo’s visit to the large stone house.
Sometimes the girls visited the stone house. Only Beth stayed away. She was _____136_____ Mr. Lawrence. She knew that there was a grand piano in the library and wanted to play it, _____137_____ she was too afraid to go to the house. When he heard this, Mr. Lawrence _____138_____ to find a way of solving this problem.
In one of his visits to Mrs. March, he started talking about _____139_____. Beth was sitting quietly in a corner.
“My grandson isn’t playing the _____140_____ much these days,” Mr. Lawrence told Mrs. March, “This isn’t good for the instrument. Would your girls like to _____141_____ on it more often? Just to keep it in tune (合调).” Beth moved a little _____142_____ to him.
“They don’t need to see or speak to anyone,” continued Mr. Laurence, “I’m always in my _____143_____ in another part of the house.”
He stood up and went to the door. “I _____144_____ go now. Please tell the young ladies what I said. goodbye!”
Beth ran up to him and touched his arm. “I am Beth,” she said _____145_____. “I love music. I’d like to come.” Mr. Lawrence smiled at her. “The _____146_____ is usually empty, my dear. Come and play when you like.”
After that, Beth went to play the piano nearly every _____147_____. Mr. Lawrence loved listening to her. He opened his study door to _____148_____ the songs better without letting Beth know that.
A few weeks later, Beth made a pair of slippers for Mr. Lawrence to _____149_____ him. Soon after that Mr. Lawrence thanked her back by giving her a small piano. Beth wasn’t afraid of Mr. Lawrence _____150_____, and after that they became best friends.
136．A．happy with B．afraid of C．crazy about D．angry with
137．A．and B．but C．though D．so
138．A．tried B．advised C．chose D．offered
139．A．history B．geography C．music D．English
140．A．violin B．drum C．guitar D．piano
141．A．paint B．read C．exercise D．practise
142．A．higher B．lower C．closer D．farther
143．A．library B．bedroom C．garden D．study
144．A．must B．mustn’t C．can D．can’t
145．A．clearly B．shyly C．gently D．loudly
146．A．library B．bedroom C．garden D．study
147．A．day B．week C．month D．season
148．A．learn B．teach C．hear D．sing
149．A．welcome B．show C．pay D．thank
150．A．at first B．at all C．any more D．as a result

（2022春·江苏常州·八年级统考期中）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A dog returns with a bag of food after Harvey
When Salvador Segovia’s dog, Otis, left home and disappeared（消失）from his backyard Friday night, he didn’t feel worried. This wasn’t the first time the dog ran out ____151____ himself. Otis is well-known in the small town of about 5, 000 people.
“Otis is like the town dog,” Dockens, one of the neighbors ____152____ the reporters. “I’ve seen him at high school football games. He goes to the restaurant for food and he even sits outside the bank, seeing people arriving and leaving. He’s kind of everywhere.”
On Saturday morning, after the ____153____ storm, Dockens was checking around town. She was examining the storm damage（破坏）with her husband when she saw the dog. Her husband stopped the car so she could ____154____ a picture. “He was carrying a whole big bag of dog food, just walking along,” Dockens said, “He looked so ____155____ coming across the street with the bag.”
Dockens posted the picture on the Internet. The picture was ____156____ nearly 20, 000 times by 4: 50 p.m. on Saturday. “The owner said he was ____157____. He was calling him and then saw him coming back with dog food he got from a ____158____ across from the street,” Dockens said. “Sometimes the store owner sets out dog food he can’t ____159____ behind the store.”
Dockens _____160_____ the dog to make sure he got home safe. Otis walked right up to the door and put down the big bag of food.
Segovia couldn’t believe it. “I’ve _____161_____ seen him do anything like that before,” he told Dockens. “He’s a really smart dog. Smart but really funny.”
“I just think it’s _____162_____ a good message. There is so much damage down here now,” Dockens said. “As humans or animals, we’re alive. We’re meant to a bright future.”
151．A．by B．with C．for D．to
152．A．said B．talked C．told D．spoke
153．A．popular B．terrible C．beautiful D．thick
154．A．draw B．see C．take D．show
155．A．cute B．stupid C．angry D．big
156．A．read B．bought C．shared D．taken
157．A．out B．in C．along D．down
158．A．store B．hotel C．restaurant D．bank
159．A．eat B．sell C．keep D．service
160．A．walked B．allowed C．copied D．followed
161．A．usually B．sometimes C．seldom D．never
162．A．so B．very C．too D．such

（2022春·江苏淮安·八年级统考期中）After our ship crashed ____163____ the rocks, I swam as far as I could. By the time I finally ____164____ the land under my feet, I was ____165____. I fell down on the beach and went to sleep.
I woke up as the sun was rising, ____166____ I found I could not move. My arms, legs and hair were tied to the ground!
Then I felt ____167____ on my leg. It moved up over my stomach and neck until it was standing near my face, I looked down and saw a very small man.
Soon ____168____ small men started climbing all over me. There were around 40 of them. I shouted at them—the loud noise made them all ____169____. However, they soon got up again and ____170____ moving across my body.
One of these small men began talking to me, but I could not ____171____ him. I did not know what to say ____172____ . I tried to pull one hand free and finally managed ____173____ the ropes. When I lifted my left hand into the air, the small men began to ____174____. I looked down and saw a huge army of ____175____ people. They were coming straight towards me. “I ____176____ run away from them,” I thought, but I did not know how to ____177____.
163．A．against B．over C．for D．on
164．A．feel B．fall C．felt D．fell
165．A．tired with B．tired out C．tired to D．tired of
166．A．and B．or C．so D．but
167．A．anything B．nothing C．something D．everything
168．A．many B．more C．much D．most
169．A．fall down B．fall over C．fall off D．fall behind
170．A．communicated B．improved C．received D．continued
171．A．understand B．stand C．know D．reach
172．A．too B．also C．either D．so
173．A．break B．broke C．broken D．to break
174．A．shout B．laugh C．cry D．smile
175．A．big B．huge C．tiny D．large
176．A．must B．should C．can D．could
177．A．get up B．get away C．get on D．get off

（2022春·江苏无锡·八年级江苏省锡山高级中学实验学校校考期中）It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. It was the season of light; it was the season of darkness. It was the ____178____ of hope; it was the winter of sadness. It was the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five.
In France there was a King and a Queen, and in England there was a King and a Queen. They believed that ____179____ would ever change. But in France things were bad, and getting worse. The people were poor, ____180____ and unhappy. The King made paper money and spent it, and the people had nothing to eat. Behind closed doors in the homes of the people, voices spoke in whispers ____181____ the King and his noblemen; they were only whispers, but they were the ____182____ whispers of desperate（绝望的）people.
Late one November night, in that same year 1775, a ____183____ going from London to Dover, stopped at the top of a long hill. The horses were tired, but as they ____184____, the driver heard another horse coming fast up the hill behind them. The rider stopped his horse beside the coach and shouted:
“I want a ____185____, Mr. Jarvis Lorry, from Tell Son’s Banking London. ”
“I am Mr. Jarvis Lorry,” said one of the passengers, putting his head out of the window.
“What do you want?”
"It’s me! Jerry, Jerry Cruncher, from Tell Son’s Bank, sir, ”cried the man on the horse.
“What’s the matter, Jerry?”called Mr. Lorry.
“A ____186____ for you, Mr. Lorry. You’ve got to wait at Dover for a young lady.”
“Very well, Jerry,” said Mr. Lorry. “Tell them my answer is CAME BACK TO LIFE.”
It was a strange message, and a stranger answer. No one in the coach ____187____ what they meant.
178．A．spring B．summer C．auturmn D．winter
179．A．everything B．everybody C．nothing D．nobody
180．A．cold B．warm C．hungry D．thirsty
181．A．for B．with C．against D．by
182．A．angry B．afraid C．excited D．satisfied
183．A．horse B．coach C．bus D．train
184．A．walked B．rested C．lay D．slept
185．A．driver B．passenger C．rider D．leader
186．A．question B．news C．note D．message
187．A．realized B．understood C．mistook D．wondered

（2022春·江苏南京·八年级校考期中）John Perry stood up and looked around again. The island had been a good place to find shells. But now how could he make the sharks move out to sea? If they swam out to sea he could jump in and get to shore ____188____ they saw him.
He saw the sharks rolling and playing. Their hunger was now gone and they were killing for fun. How could he make them move away?
He drew his knife from his belt. Sharks can ____189____ blood, he thought. He put the knife against his leg and cut deep into it. The blood ran out and he caught it on his white shirt. When the shirt was red and wet he tied some cloth around his leg to ____190____ the flow of blood. He then tied a long piece of cloth to the shirt, threw it into the water and ____191____ it with the piece of cloth.
The sharks smelled the blood and came running toward the shirt. He ran down the sand reef pulling the shirt and the sharks raced after it. He was ____192____ them away from shore. Suddenly he dropped the cloth, turned toward the ____193____ and ran as fast as he could. He jumped in the water and swam.
He was halfway across when he turned to look back. A high bony fin (鳍) was cutting through the water toward him. He put his face in the water and kicked and splashed himself ____194____ as fast as he could. The shore was near now.
He lifted his head again to ____195____ and he saw the shore very near. From behind he left the water rush toward him, almost pushing him, helping him. And then a great gray body hit him and almost rolled him over in the water. He touched the shore with ____196____ and he pulled himself up the stones. The shark, by the smell of blood and the chase (追逐), went wildly after him. Its great body crashed against _____197_____.
The end came quickly and the water was covered with the shark’s blood. The injured shark was eaten up by others as it tried to escape.
Perry slowly struggled to his feet.
“So,” he said, “you did not get me.” He climbed up the stones and walked toward the shore.
188．A．before B．after C．until D．when
189．A．fear B．taste C．drink D．smell
190．A．stop B．keep C．join D．cause
191．A．pulled B．wrapped C．connected D．caught
192．A．driving B．keeping C．preventing D．leading
193．A．sea B．shore C．island D．sand
194．A．forward B．backward C．upward D．downward
195．A．cry B．breathe C．swim D．escape
196．A．his feet B．a stick C．his fingers D．the shirt
197．A．the shore B．Perry C．the stones D．the shells

（2022春·江苏苏州·八年级校考期中）Holiday plans in the UK usually change with the season. Over the auturmn break, the sky is dark, and the nights are long and cold. Families like to get away to a ____198____ country and get some “winter sun”. Southern European countries around the Mediterranean Sea (地中海) are ____199____ places to go.
Christmas is a time for dressing warm and being with your ____200____. Families often travel around Britain to ____201____ grandparents, or have a big dinner together. This may seem ____202____. But as you grow older, you begin to look ____203____ to seeing relatives who live far away.
Teens go wild during the summer. They spend time at sports or music camps. Every day is like ____204____ time at school. You get to meet people from all over the country. Summer is also the time for day ____205____ or short holidays. People go to the countryside, sightseeing and visiting amusement parks.
So when do UK teens get down to work? Exams come ____206____ after Easter break. As a result, many kids spend all day working. Easter is the ____207____ holiday. Through your bedroom window, you see the bright day outside. You could be out there having fun! But you have to be indoors studying.
198．A．poor B．small C．warm D．modern
199．A．popular B．important C．interesting D．terrible
200．A．teachers B．family C．classmates D．workmates
201．A．invite B．help C．buy D．visit
202．A．excited B．boring C．afraid D．better
203．A．at B．for C．forward D．out
204．A．break B．sports C．lunch D．lesson
205．A．trips B．talks C．shopping D．sleeping
206．A．carefully B．quietly C．quickly D．closely
207．A．worst B．first C．last D．best

（2022春·江苏南京·八年级校考期中）Once there lived two brothers. The elder was called Simon and the younger Victor. They ____208____ each other very much, and always took care of one another. Every day they worked from morning ____209____ night, getting as much grain(谷物) as possible from their fields.
One late auturnn evening, after their work in the ____210____ was done, Simon said to his wife, “Victor got married last month. He has many bills(账单) to pay. I think I will put a bag of rice in his barn(谷仓).” “Oh, that’s a good idea,” said his wife. “But please don’t tell him,” said Simon, “If he knows I put the rice there, he will ____211____ take it.”
So, late that night Simon took a bag of rice to Victor’s barn. The next day, while looking at his own barn, he found ____212____ strange. “I took a bag of rice to Victor’s house last night, ____213____ I still have the same number of bags in my barn. ____214____ did that happen?”
Simon decided to take another bag of rice to his brother’s barn that night. But the next morning, he found the ____215____ number of bags in his barn again! “This is very strange,” he thought. That night he ____216____ again. He carried a large bag of rice on his shoulder(肩膀) and walked down the road to his younger brother’s house. In the bright moonlight, he could see another ____217____ coming down the road. He was carrying something on his ____218____, too. “Younger Brother!” Simon cried, “What are you doing?” “I was ____219____ you, Older Brother,” said Victor, “Your family is ____220____ than mine. I thought you needed more rice.” The two brothers quickly ____221____ that they had been taking rice to each other. They ____222____ what had happened. “It is good to have a brother like you,” they both said. And they lived happily ever after.
208．A．disliked B．hated C．loved D．enjoyed
209．A．until B．at C．through D．with
210．A．shops B．fields C．hospitals D．factories
211．A．never B．sometimes C．usually D．ever
212．A．everything B．anything C．nothing D．something
213．A．so B．and C．but D．or
214．A．How B．What C．Why D．Where
215．A．small B．different C．big D．same
216．A．planned B．failed C．hoped D．tried
217．A．brother B．person C．sister D．wife
218．A．back B．shoulder C．head D．hand
219．A．proud of B．polite to C．angry with D．worried about
220．A．smaller B．richer C．larger D．happier
221．A．remembered B．realized C．believed D．hoped
222．A．laughed about B．dreamed about C．pointed at D．shouted at


参考答案：

1．B    2．C    3．C    4．A    5．A    6．B    7．D    8．A    9．D    10．D    11．A    12．C    13．B    14．D    15．C

【导语】本文讲述了关于美国总统Thomas Jefferson的故事。
1．句意：一个老人正在等一匹马过河。
on在……上面；for为了；by通过；in在……里面。根据“An old man waited...a ride across a river.”及短语wait for（等待）可知，空格处要填介词for，故选B。
2．句意：等待好像要永远持续。
move on离开；put on穿上；go on持续；turn on打开。根据“The wait felt like it would... forever.”可知，此处是指持续。故选C。
3．句意：他说：“先生，你介意载我一程到另一边吗？”
enjoy享受；like喜欢；mind介意；finish完成。根据“would you...giving me a ride to the other side? ”（你介意载我到另一边吗? ）可知，空格处应填“介意”。故选C。
4．句意：这似乎没有一座桥。
bridge桥；road路；horse马；ground地面。根据上文“An old man waited...a ride across a river.”（一位老人等着搭乘过河。）可知，应该是没有桥。故选A。
5．句意：老人无法将身体抬离地面,。
lift抬起；push推；stand站；move移动。根据“The old man couldn’t...his body from the ground”可知，此处是指抬起。故选A。
6．句意：我看见你让其他几个骑手经过。然后我来了。
look around环顾四周；came up来了；stand up站立；go away走开。根据“I saw you let several other riders go by. Then I...”可知，此处是指来了。故选B。
7．句意：如果我拒绝了，把你留在这里怎么办?
As if似乎；Even if即使；Even if只有；What if如果...怎么办。根据“...I had refused and left you here? ”可知，What if（如果...怎么办）符合题意。故选D。
8．句意：我想我能很好地了解别人。
well好；quickly快速地；soon不久；hard努力地。根据“I think I know people pretty...”可知，空格处要填“好地”。故选A。
9．句意：问他们载我一程是没用的，因为我可以从他们的眼中看出他们不想帮助我。
smart聪明的；reasonable合理的；necessary必要的；useless无用的。根据“because I could see in their eyes that they didn’t want to help me.”可知，此处是指“问他们是没有用的。”故选D。
10．句意：我知道你善良的精神会在我需要帮助的时候帮助我。
smile微笑；call打电话；lesson课程；hand手。根据“I knew your kind spirit would give me a10. in my time of need.”及短语give sb.a hand（给予某人帮助）可知，空格处应填hand。故选D。
11．句意：那些暖心的话语深深地感动了骑手。
touched感动；disappointed失望；interested使感兴趣；worried担心。根据“Those heart-warming words deeply...the rider.”可知，此处是指感动了骑手。故选A。
12．句意：我希望我永远不会太忙于做自己的事情，这样我才能以善意和关怀回应他人的需求。
sometimes有时；often经常；never永不；always总是。根据“I hope I may...get too busy doing my own things so that I can respond（回应）to the...of others with kindness and care.”可知，此处是指永远不会忙于自己的事情。故选C。
13．句意：我希望我永远不会太忙于做自己的事情，这样我才能以善意和关怀回应他人的需求。
time时间；needs需要；works工作；power权力。根据“I hope I may...get too busy doing my own things so that I can respond（回应）to the... of others with kindness and care.”可知，此处是指别人的需要、需求。故选B。
14．句意：调转马头，朝白宫走去。
showed显示；left离开；changed改变；turned转身。根据“...his horse around and made his way back to the White House.”及短语turn around（调转方向）可知，空格处要填turned。故选D。
15．句意：原来骑手是美国总统托马斯•杰斐逊。
knight骑士；soldier士兵；president总统；officer官员。根据“It turned out that the rider was the...of the United States, Thomas Jefferson.”并结合上文和常识可知, Thomas Jefferson是美国总统。故选C。

16．D    17．D    18．B    19．A    20．C    21．A    22．D    23．B    24．C    25．B

【分析】文章大意：本文主要讲一对夫妇在意大利度假，想要去Capri，却因在导航中拼写错地名而去了一个地处相反方向的小镇。
16．句意：卡普里岛是该国南部的一个岛屿，以其美丽的海岸线和著名的旅游目的地而闻名。
suitable合适的；useful有用的；good好的；famous著名的。根据空后“for its beautiful coastline and a popular tourist destination”讲到卡普里岛有美丽的海岸线，且是受欢迎的旅游目的地，可推出此处是说卡普里岛因这些而著名，famous for以……著名。故选D。
17．句意：这对夫妇把他们的目的地输进了汽车的GPS，但是他们犯了一个拼写错误。
and和；so因此；or否则；but但是。空前讲“把目的地输入汽车GPS”，空后讲“犯了一个拼写错误”，前后句意出现转折，用but符合题意。故选D。
18．句意：他们不小心把CAPRI打成了CARPI。
slowly缓慢地；carelessly粗心地，不小心地；patiently耐心地；clearly清晰地。根据空后“typed CARPI instead of CAPRI”讲到了具体的拼写错误，可知此处是说不小心，用carelessly符合题意。故选B。
19．句意：意大利有个地方叫卡尔皮，但它是意大利北部的一个小镇。
north北方；south南方；east东方；west西方。根据上文“Capri is an island in the south of the country”讲到卡普里岛在意大利南部，而下文“The couple got back into their car and started driving south.”又讲到这对夫妇意识到错误后开始南行，可推出卡尔皮是在意大利北部，用north符合题意。故选A。
20．句意：虽然他们要去一个小岛，但他们甚至没有过桥或看到海也没有使他们担心。
satisfy牺牲；relax放松；worry（使）担心；touch触摸。根据题干中“Although”引导让步状语从句，可推出此处是说尽管他们要去一个小岛，他们也没有因没过桥或看不到海而担心，用worry符合题意。故选C。
21．句意：他们问怎么才能去卡普里岛一个有名的海洞——蓝色洞穴。
how如何；where在哪里；why为什么；what什么。根据空后“they could go to the Blue Grotto”结合选项可知是问如何去蓝色洞穴，用how符合题意。故选A。
22．句意：当然，那里的办公室职员听不懂。
refuse拒绝；control控制；doubt怀疑；understand理解。根据下文“He thought they wanted to go to a ____ called the Blue Grotto for dinner.”可知卡皮尔的工作人员以为他们要找吃饭的地方，由此可推出是不理解他们，用understand符合题意。故选D。
23．句意：他认为他们想去一家叫做“蓝色洞穴”的餐厅吃晚餐。
museum博物馆；restaurant餐厅；station车站；library图书馆。根据题干中“for dinner”可知要去餐厅，用restaurant符合题意。故选B。
24．句意：当这名男子意识到这对夫妇以为他们在卡普里岛时，他解释了他们的错误。
continued继续；accepted接受；explained解释；repeated重复。根据下文“The couple got back into their car and started driving south.”讲这对夫妇开始南行，可推出工作人员为其解释了他们犯的错误，用explained符合题意。故选C。
25．句意：他们很惊讶，但并不生气。
interested感兴趣的；surprised惊讶的；excited兴奋的；pleasd愉快的。根据上文可知这对夫妇输错了地址，没有到达自己的目的地却没有意识到，工作人员指出他们的错误后他们会很惊讶，用surprised符合题意。故选B。

26．B    27．B    28．A    29．D    30．A    31．C    32．A    33．B    34．D    35．C

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者不想去卡基阿姨家的原因，以及作者回忆了自己五岁时在卡基阿姨家发生的烫伤事故，最后作者很无奈地想这次再去卡基阿姨家会发生什么呢。
26．句意：昨天晚上，爸爸妈妈给我带来了坏消息：我要在卡基阿姨家住两天。
good好的；bad坏的；exciting令人兴奋的；boring令人讨厌的；四个选项均为形容词。根据“Yesterday evening, Mom and Dad brought me...news: I was going to stay at Aunt Cakey’s house for two days.”和“Aunt Cakey doesn’t have TV or video games, so going to her house is like going to a prison.”可知，我认为卡基阿姨家像个监狱，可推测让我去卡基阿姨家住两天是个坏消息，空处需填形容词，修饰名词news，作定语。故选B。
27．句意：他们要和我哥哥罗德里克一起去寻找大学，他一直说他不打算去大学。
school学校；college大学；work工作；hospital医院；四个选项均为名词。根据“They were going off on a college-finding trip with my brother Rodrick, who kept saying he was not going to...”可知，他们和我哥哥外出进行一次寻找大学的旅行，可推测哥哥一直不打算上大学，“be going to+地点名词”表示“打算去……”，介词to后需填名词，college“大学”，名词。故选B。
28．句意：我讨厌去卡基阿姨家，因为她根本不喜欢孩子。
hate讨厌；love爱；practice练习；keep保持；四个选项均为动词。根据“I...going to Aunt Cakey’s house because she doesn’t like kids at all.”可知，卡基阿姨不喜欢孩子我讨厌去她家，时态为一般现在时，主语为I，第一人称单数，谓语动词用原形，空处需填动词原形，hate doing表示“讨厌某种行为”，hate“讨厌”，动词。故选A。
29．句意：她也不信任孩子。
help帮助；teach教；accept接受；trust信任。四个选项均为动词。根据“She doesn’t...kids, either.”可知，她不信任孩子，句子为一般现在时，陈述句的否定形式，谓语用“doesn’t+动词原形”的结构，空处需填动词原形，trust sb表示“信任某人”，trust“信任”，动词。故选D。
30．句意：她只是站在那里，看着我们这些孩子，确保我们不会打破任何东西，当我们走过来时，从不让我们离开她的视线。
break打破；burn燃烧；knock敲；make制作；四个选项均为动词。根据“She just stands there and watches us kids to make sure that we don’t...anything,...”可知，她看着我们防止我们打破东西，句子为一般现在时，陈述句的否定形式，谓语用“don’t+动词原形”的结构，空处需填动词原形，break“打破”，动词。故选A。
31．句意：我想我是原因之一。
game游戏；plan计划；reason原因；play比赛；四个选项均为名词。根据“I think I’m part of the...”可知，我也是原因的一部分，定冠词the后需填名词，表特指，构成of的所有格，表示“……的”，reason“原因”，名词。故选C。
32．句意：有一次，当我五岁左右的时候，我在她家度过了一夜。
night夜晚；morning早上；week周；afternoon下午；四个选项均为名词。根据“One time, when I was about five, I spent one...at her house.”和“...so when she put me to bed and went to turn off the...”可知，她把我放到床上并且关了灯，可推测我在她家度过了一晚上，基数词one后需填可数名词单数形式，night“晚上”，可数名词。故选A。
33．句意：卡基阿姨一直在楼下熨衣服，所以当她把我放在床上并去关灯时，她说：“现在，不要下楼去碰熨斗。”
TV电视；light灯；radio收音机；computer电脑；四个选项均为名词。根据“...so when she put me to bed and went to turn off the...”可知，她把我放到床上并且关上灯，“turn off+名词” 表示“关上……”，不定冠词the后接名词，表特指，light“灯”，名词。故选B。
34．句意：但一旦她把它放入我的头脑里，我就想不到其他事情了。
mouth嘴；stomach胃；hand手；head头脑；四个选项均为名词。根据“But once she put it in my..., I couldn’t think of anything else.”可知，我的头脑里只有她说的熨斗了，put sth in sth表示“把……放入……”，介词in后需接名词，作宾补，形容词性物主代词my后需填名词，表示“我的……”，head“头脑”，名词。故选D。
35．句意：所以当她走出房间后，我像老鼠一样安静地下楼了。
quickly迅速地；slowly慢慢地；quietly安静地；carefully小心地；四个选项均为副词。根据“So after she walked out of the room, I went downstairs as...as a mouse.”可知，我像老鼠一样安静，“as+副词+as”表示“像……一样”，quietly“安静地”，副词。故选C。

36．A    37．B    38．C    39．D    40．B    41．A    42．D    43．C    44．B    45．C

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了科学家研究日本猕猴时丢给他们一些带泥的红薯，很快地一只小猕猴发现在河里可以洗掉泥土，她把这个教给了她的妈妈，她的朋友，年轻的猴子们很快掌握了这门技术，但是几年后另一个岛上的猴子也开始洗红薯，这让科学家们百思不得其解。
36．句意：在1952年，在一个日本小岛上，科学家为猴子们丢下一些带泥土的红薯。
sweet potatoes红薯；green plants绿色植物；hard stones硬石头；fresh nuts鲜坚果。根据“...the problem by washing the sweet potatoes in a nearby river”可知应是红薯，故选A。
37．句意：猴子们喜欢这味道，但是他们发现泥土是糟糕的。
beautiful美丽的；terrible糟糕的；difficult困难的；interesting有趣的。根据“by washing the sweet potatoes in a nearby river”可知泥土需要洗掉，他们觉得泥土是糟糕的，故选B。
38．句意：一个聪明的18个月大的猴子发现她能通过在附近的河里清洗红薯来解决问题。
find发现；reach到达；solve解决；understand明白。根据上题可知他们觉得红薯上的泥土糟糕，所以此处应是解决问题，故选C。
39．句意：她的朋友们也学会了这个新方法并且他们也教给他们的妈妈。
children孩子们；brothers兄弟们；sisters姐妹们；friends朋友们。根据“and they taught their mothers too”可知应是朋友们，故选D。
40．句意：所有年轻的猴子容易地学会了洗脏的红薯使它们成为更干净的去吃。
quietly安静地；easily容易地；angrily生气地；awfully极坏地。根据“But many old monkeys found it very hard to learn this”可知对于年轻的猴子学习洗红薯是容易地，故选B。
41．句意：所有年轻的猴子容易地学会了洗脏的红薯使它们成为更干净的去吃。
cleaner更干净的；smaller更小的；lighter更轻的；drier更干的。根据“wash the dirty sweet potatoes”可知洗红薯的目的是使其更干净，故选A。
42．句意：但是许多老猴子发现学习这个是艰难的并且仍然吃脏的红薯。
small小的；large大的；new新的；dirty脏的。根据“But many old monkeys found it very hard to learn this”可知老猴子没有学会洗红薯，所以只能吃脏红薯，故选D。
43．句意：然后一些非常令人惊奇的事发生了。
took on承担；took off脱下；took place发生；took away带走。根据“something very surprising”可知应是一些事情发生，故选C。
44．句意：在1958年的秋天，科学家发现在一个附近的岛屿上的猴子也开始洗他们的红薯。
tree树；island岛屿；beach海滩；river河。根据“from one island to another”可知应是另一个岛屿，故选B。
45．句意：科学家仍然完全不明白这个知识是怎样从一个岛被传到另一个岛的。
learned学习；dropped掉下；passed传递；left离开。根据上文可知洗红薯的知识传到了另一个岛，故选C。

46．C    47．C    48．B    49．A    50．C    51．A    52．B    53．C    54．D    55．A

【导语】本文讲述了18岁女孩Karly Bierma利用她的“全力以赴”精神进入商界的故事。
46．句意：Bierma在一个大农场长大，很小她就知道艺术将成为她生活的一部分。
at在；in在……里面；on在……上面；of的。根据“Growing up…a large farm”，可知，Bierma在一个大农场长大。“on a farm”为固定短语。故选C。
47．句意：但是怎样分享呢？
what什么；why为什么；how如何；怎样；where哪里。根据上文“She wanted to share her love for art and her creations with more people.”可知，她想和更多的人分享她对艺术和创作的热爱，结合下文讲的是她通过何种方法达成这一目的的。所以该句应该表示“怎样分享呢”。故选C。
48．句意：我在高中开始时在市场和咖啡馆里卖我的艺术品，但是我没有看到人们购买原件的潜能。
learning学习；selling卖；practicing操练；doing做。根据“I started…my art…I just didn’t see the potential (潜能) in people buying originals (原件),”可知，我只是看到没有人买原件，所以空处应表示“我开始卖我的艺术”。故选B。
49．句意：那就是我的贴画想法的来源。
stickers贴画；arts艺术；works作品；paintings绘画。根据下文“sell stickers (卖贴画)”可知，那就是我的贴画想法的来源。故选A。
50．句意：我想要使买我的艺术品的人们购买起来是容易的、方便的和便宜的。
impossible不可能的；difficult困难的；cheap便宜的；expensive昂贵的。根据上文“I wanted to make it easy, convenient (方便) and…for people to buy my art.”可知，and表并列，cheap“便宜的”符合句意。故选C。
51．句意：Bierma意识到她可以卖贴画而不是真实的绘画。
realized意识到；remembered记得；knew知道；forgot忘记。根据第三段内容及“Bierma…that she could sell stickers instead of actual (真实的) paintings.”可知，Bierma卖艺术品时发现没人愿意买，后来她意识到她可以卖贴画。故选A。
52．句意：2019年9月，在一个网站的帮助下，把艺术作品变成了贴画。
plan计划；help帮助；advice建议；work工作。根据下文“turns artwork into stickers”，可知，把艺术作品变成贴画。在……的帮助下“with the help of…”。故选B。
53．句意：很快她整天在她学校的走廊里卖贴画。
store商店；home家；school学校；website市场。根据上文“I started…my art in the beginning of high school at markets and cafes,”可知，她在学校卖贴画。故选C。
54．句意：她还在每周参观5到10家商店，寻找进入零售市场的机会。
habit习惯；guide向导；channel频道；market市场。根据“She also visited 5 to 10 stores each weekend, looking for a chance to break into the retail (零售)…”及下文“In 2020, she sold more than 17,000 stickers.”可知，在2020年，她卖出17,000多张贴画，所以她之前每周拜访5到10家商店，是寻找机会进入零售市场。the retail market“零售市场”。故选D。
55．句意：正是在那时我意识到这是个生意。
business生意；job工作；dream梦想；duty职责。根据上文“In 2020, she sold more than 17,000 stickers.” 可知，在2020年，她卖出17,000多张贴画，所以正是在那时我意识到这是个生意。故选A。

56．C    57．A    58．D    59．D    60．C    61．A    62．C    63．C    64．A    65．B

【分析】短文大意：短文记叙了父亲讲给“我”的一个故事：一个年轻人嫌老父亲无用，自比花朵而借落叶讽刺父亲；父亲在一家花店买了一个核桃给儿子看，告诉他老人就像核桃在生活中经历了许多艰难的事情。“我”听后深受启发，父母不是无用的生命或落叶，而是有经验的核桃。
56．句意：他们认为他们可以做任何事情。考查不定代词辨析题。nothing没有东西/事情，表否定；something某些事，不确指；everything每件事；anything任何事，用于否定句、疑问句和条件句。根据上文more and more young people are becoming too proud and confident.，可知年轻人觉得无所不能，故选C。
57．句意：但在父亲告诉我一个故事之后，我改变了我的想法。考查时间状语从句。A. after在……以后；B. before在……以前；C. while当……的时候，表示主句从句动作同时发生；D. until直到，连接两个动作，一个在前一个在后。unti如用在肯定句中，主句动词必须是延续性动词，until是终点，指这个动作或状态一直延续到until的时间为止；本句change（改变）是非延续性动词，需用not…until结构，用以表示change这个动作在until的时间才开始。根据句意语境，可知“我”是在父亲讲了一个故事后改变了过去的看法，after符合句意，故选A。
58．句意：他总是认为老父很烦人，因为他们的生活越来越糟。考查形容词辨析题。A. boring无聊的；B. useless无用的；C. dangerous危险的；D. tiring令人厌烦的。because表原因，根据because their lives were becoming worse and worse.，结合句意语境，可知儿子觉得老爹讨人厌，故选D。
59．句意：一天，儿子和他父亲一起散步。考查名词辨析题。talk a walk散步，固定短语；根据句意语境，可知选D。
60．句意：他们正走的时候，儿子指着一朵最漂亮的花说。考查形容词最高级辨析。根据下文儿子的话we young people are like this nice flower，可知需用pretty的最高级，故选C。
61．句意：老人呢？就像落叶树上的落叶。考查名词辨析题。A. leaves叶子；B. flowers 花；C. fruits水果；D. trees树。the falling leaves落叶；根据句意语境，上文儿子自比flower，可知是把老人比作落叶，故选A。
62．句意：父亲听了这话，笑了笑，什么也没说。考查动词辨析题。so表因果，but表转折，and表并列，or表选择。smiled和said是并列关系，需用and连接；根据句意语境，可知选C。
63．句意：当他们经过一家花店时，父亲停下来走了进去。考查动词辨析题。A. sold出售；B. bought购买；C. passed经过；D. sent送/派遣。go in进去；根据句意语境，可知pass符合句意，故选C。
64．句意：他买了一个核桃给他的儿子看，然后他说……。考查名词辨析题。根据句意语境，短文讲述的是父亲和儿子的故事，可知选A。
65．句意：从那时起，我总是把这个故事牢记在心。考查名词辨析题。in my mind在我心里；根据句意语境，可知ACD三项意思都与句意不合，故选B。
本题是完型填空，它集阅读理解、语法、词法、句法于一体，是难度最大的题，重点考查语言综合运用的能力。解题的方法第一要带着空，通读文章，搞清事件发生的背景。紧紧抓住上下文语境所提供的信息,充分利用各种线索，语法知识,以及句子之间的关系，词的搭配，结合上下文背景语境，结合句意选择适合语境的选项。

66．A    67．B    68．C    69．D    70．C    71．B    72．A    73．A    74．B    75．C

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了在全球城市指数报告中排名第72的城市—深圳，包括其发展历程、发展特点等。
66．句意：说到深圳，年轻、现代、激动人心——所有这些似乎都是恰当的形容词。
seem似乎；help帮助；want想要；decide决定。根据空前的“young, modern, exciting”，并结合常识可知，此处指用“年轻”、“现代”、“激动人心”这些词来形容深圳都很恰当，seem符合语境。故选A。
67．句意：随着它的快速发展，深圳已成为中国最大的城市之一。
difference差异；development发展；introduction介绍；achievement成就。根据上文可知，深圳曾是一个小渔村，1980年成为中国第一个经济特区，结合空后的“one of China’s biggest cities”可知，它现在已经是中国最大的城市之一，所以此处指深圳的快速发展。故选B。
68．句意：1985年12月29日，深圳建成国际贸易中心。
remembered记住；enjoyed享受；finished完成；advised建议。根据空后“It became China’s tallest building at that time.”可推知，此处指深圳的国际贸易中心在这一天建成。故选C。
69．句意：世界惊讶于人们建造它的速度之快。
beautifully漂亮地；cheaply便宜地；carefully小心地；quickly迅速地。根据空后“It took only three days to build one new floor.”可知，建造速度很快，quickly最符合语境。故选D。
70．句意：之后，这座城市因其高效率而闻名，被称为“深圳速度”。
of……的；as作为；for因为；to到。根据空前的“is famous”可推知，此处考查be famous for或be famous as，由此可先排除AD，又因为be famous for表示“以某种知识、技能、作品或特征等而闻名”，而be famous as表示“以某身份而出名”，此处“高效率”属于特征。故选C。
71．句意：它发展迅速，所以来自中国各地的人们来到深圳，实现他们的梦想。
if如果；so所以；but但是；when当……时候。结合语境可知，空前后构成因果关系，此处指因为深圳发展很快，所以全国各地的人们都来深圳。故选B。
72．句意：它发展迅速，所以来自中国各地的人们来到深圳实现他们的梦想。
come true实现；come out出来；come over过来；come back回来。根据“develops quickly”和“make their dreams”可知，此处指全国各地的人们都来深圳实现他们的梦想。come true最符合语境。故选A。
73．句意：深圳是一个对勤劳的人非常友好的城市。
friendly友好的；clever聪明的；strange奇怪的；usual平常的。根据后面两句“People in Shenzhen are kind to each other. If you work hard, you will make a good living here…”可推知，深圳对于勤劳奋斗的人来说应该是一个友好的城市。故选A。
74．句意：如果你努力工作，你会很容易地在这里过上好的生活，因为深圳是一个很好的城市，有很多机会找到工作。
suddenly突然地；easily容易地；luckily幸运地；mainly主要地。根据空后“as Shenzhen is a great city with lots of chances of getting a job”可知，深圳提供了许多就业机会，故此处应指只要你努力工作，你就会很容易地过上好的生活。easily最符合语境。故选B。
75．句意：在深圳，许多人都是白手起家的。
something某事情；anything任何事情；nothing什么都没有；everything每件事。根据空后“But through their hard work, they live a good life now.”可知，他们通过努力现在过上了美好的生活。but表示转折关系，由此可推知，很多人刚开始应该是一无所有。故选C。

76．B    77．A    78．D    79．C    80．A    81．B    82．D    83．C    84．A    85．D

【分析】许多年前，有一个老人，他有四个儿子。他希望他的儿子不要太快作出判断．所以他告诉他们去看一棵梨树。从而进一步说明我们不应该让艰难的季节打破其他季节的快乐。在困难的日子永不放弃，总有一天会有美好的日子。
76．句意：他希望儿子们学会不要太快下结论。
easily容易地；quickly快速地；hardly几乎不；slowly慢慢地。根据下文的描述可知，老人不希望儿子们太快地下结论，故选B。
77．句意：最后一个儿子在秋季。
last最后的；oldest最老的；tallest最高的；shortest最矮的。根据“The first son…the second…the third”可知，此处指四个中的最后一个儿子，故选A。
78．句意：等他们都走了又回来后，他把他们叫到一起，让他们描述所看到的情况。
discuss讨论；develop发展；decide决定；describe描述。根据“The first son said that…”可知，让每个儿子描述他们所看到的，故选D。
79．句意：大儿子说那棵树很丑，既不直也不歪。
pretty漂亮的；lively活泼的；ugly丑陋的；silly愚蠢的。根据“not straight and out of shape”可知，第一个儿子看到的那棵树很丑，故选C。
80．句意：二儿子说不，它长满了嫩绿的嫩芽，充满了希望。
covered覆盖；connected连接；cared关注；controlled控制。根据“it was…with green buds and full of promise”可知，树上被绿芽覆盖了，故选A。
81．句意：他说里面开满了鲜花，闻起来很香，看起来很漂亮，这是他见过的最优雅的东西。
tasted尝起来；smelled闻起来；felt感觉；sounded听起来。根据“He said it was filled with blossoms”可知，花闻起来甜美，故选B。
82．句意：他说，果实成熟下垂，充满了生命和成就。
flowers花；leaves树叶；branches树枝；fruit水果。根据“in fall”可知“he said it was ripe and drooping with”可知，第四个儿子在秋天，所以看到的是树上接满了果实，故选D。
83．句意：他告诉他们：“你不能只通过一个季节来判断一棵树或一个人，以及它的本质——来自生命的快乐、快乐和爱只能在生命的最后才能被判断。
beginning开始；moment时刻；end结束；middle中间。根据“when all the seasons are up”可知，当所有的结束时才能判断好与不好，故选C。
84．句意：如果你在冬天就放弃，你就会错过春天的希望，夏天的美丽，秋天的圆满。
give给；put放；set设置；cheer欢呼。根据“you will miss the promise of your spring,the beauty of your summer,the fulfillment of your fall”可知，如果半路就放弃了，就无法欣赏接下来的美丽，故选A。
85．句意：不要让一个季节的痛苦破坏了所有其他季节的快乐。
main主要的；brain大脑；gain获得；pain痛苦。根据“Don’t let the … of one season destroy the joy of all the rest”可知，不要让某一个痛苦破坏了剩下的快乐，故选D。

86．C    87．B    88．D    89．A    90．B    91．D    92．C    93．A    94．C    95．C

【导语】本文基于生活现实介绍了“十分钟城市”的理念，并介绍其优点以及人们对此的一些看法。
86．句意：人们不得不开车或者搭很久的地铁去工作，运动或者娱乐。
want to想要；hope to希望；have to不得不；refuse to拒绝。根据前文的“Modern cities seem to just get bigger and bigger.”可知，现代城市似乎越来越大了，基于这客观原因，人们是不得不选择交通工具出行。故选C。
87．句意：最近，一群来自韩国的建筑师已经在首都计划一座“十分钟城市”。
built建造；planned计划；finished完成；continued继续。根据后文的“They will design a city…”可知建筑师们将会设计一座城市，因此这座“十分钟城市”是在计划中。故选B。
88．句意：他们会设计一座城市，它有很多功能性的区域，包括生活区，学习室，办公室以及娱乐区域。
as当，随着；against反对；around在周围；with和。该句中需用with短语作伴随状语，表示城市的功能特点。故选D。
89．句意：只要十分钟的步行，人们就可以到达所有这些地方。
reach到达；leave离开；start开始；lose失去。从“With only a 10-minute walk,”可知，这“十分钟城市”是十分钟内的步行就可以到达的。故选A。
90．句意：这样一座城市的理念并非新鲜。
hard硬的，难的；new新的；amazing惊讶的；smart聪明的。根据后文的“In 2016 French scientist Carlos Moreno put forward the “15-minute city” idea.”可知，早在2016年就有过相似的理念提出来，因此这“10分钟城市”的理念不是新的。故选B。
91．句意：人们花费太多时间到处走。
the least最少的；too little太少；the most最多；too much太多。从前一句“Moreno noticed that cars run in cities.”可知，城市中汽车运行，因此距离是不短的，需要汽车出行，花费的时间是很多的。故选D。
92．句意：他说15分钟的城市将会改变那种情况，也会在更短的距离内提供一个更好的生活。
further更远的；longer更长的；better更好的；stronger更强壮的。短语a better life表示“更好的生活”，符合题意。故选C。
93．句意：但是在社区里，他们也不能总是得到他们所需要的。
But但是；So所以；Because因为；Or或者。从前后文的“…with less time to go outside of their communities. …they couldn’t always get what they needed.”可知，由于新冠的原因，人们没有很多的时间走出社区，也不能在社区得到他们所需要的，前后为转折关系。故选A。
94．句意：也许是时候考虑另一个选择了。
forget about忘记关于；worry about担心；think about考虑；write about写。根据上文的“…in their communities, they couldn’t always get what they needed.”可知人们在社区中也不能得到自己想要的所有，因此要考虑其他的选择。故选C。
95．句意：一些人担心，这样的城市将进一步在最方便的地区聚集财富，并可能导致高房价。
put up张贴；take away拿走；lead to导致；cut down减少。根据前文“But not everyone agree with the idea.”一些人是不同意这个主意的，因为担心这会导致高房价。选项C符合。故选C。

96．B    97．A    98．D    99．C    100．A    101．D    102．A    103．B    104．C    105．D

【导语】本文主要讲述了Louis和他的同学们去森林远足的故事，他救了一个侏儒人，侏儒人带他到了一口井中，能实现自己的愿望，但是很快就消失了，从此他明白了一个道理，要设法对一切事物感兴趣。
96．句意：他迷路了看见一个侏儒人。
hurt伤害；lost失去；gone去；missed错过。根据“he went hiking with his classmates in a forest.”可知，在森林里应该是迷路，get lost“迷路”。故选B。
97． 句意：这是一口有魔力的井。
magic魔力的；usual通常的；special特殊的；trick欺骗的。根据侏儒的描述“Wonderful gifts often come out of it, and you can enjoy them”可知，这口井是有魔力的。故选A。
98．句意：Louis非常激动。
unhappy高兴的；interested有趣的；wonderful精彩的；excited激动的。根据“They waited for a moment and a cool bike came out of the well.”可知，Louis看到很酷的自行车应该是激动的，故选D。
99．句意：Louis又花了很长时间看它。
And和；Then然后；Again又，再；Finally最后。根据上文“He spent a long time looking at the bike.”可知，这里是又花了很长时间看夹克。故选C。
100．句意：就在他穿之前，夹克不见了。
before在……之前；since自从；until直到；because因为。根据“he put it on, the jacket disappeared.”可知，是在穿上夹克之前，夹克消失了。故选A。
101．句意：起初，Louis是生气的，但他很快就尽力去享受这些礼物。
happy高兴的；surprised吃惊的；great伟大的；angry生气的。根据“but”可知，前后句是转折关系，结合“but he soon tried his best to enjoy these gifts”可知，刚开始Louis是生气的。故选D。
102．句意：当他坐下来休息时，小侏儒解释说，井一直是这样工作的。
worked工作；played玩；did做；went去。根据“the well had always...this way.”可知，井是一直按照这种方式工作的。故选A。
103．句意：听了他的话，Louis意识到了自己的问题。
understood理解；realized意识到；found找到；felt感到。根据“Louis...his problem”可知，是Louis意识到自己的问题。故选B。
104．句意：从那时起，Louis学会了把一切都看作是礼物，并试图享受它。
something某些东西；anyone任何人；everything一切东西；nothing没什么。根据“He spent all his time watching TV and didn’t enjoy the good things in life.”可知，Louis明白他不能把所有的时间都花在看电视上，应该享受生活中的美好事物，所以他是把一切都看作是礼物。故选C。
105．句意：他不再感到无聊。
angry生气的；glad高兴的；sad悲伤的；bored无聊的。根据“Louis learned to see,,,as a gift, and tried to enjoy it.”可知，Louis试图享受一切，所以他不再感到无聊。故选D。

106．B    107．C    108．D    109．B    110．C    111．D    112．D    113．B    114．A    115．B

【分析】文章大意：本文主要讲了我与祖父母一起去旅行，途中看到祖母吸烟，我计算了她的生命因为吸烟而减少的年数，使祖母很伤心。最后祖父告诉我，有时候善良比聪明更难。
106．句意：幸运的是，他们有一辆房车。
produced生产；owned拥有；required要求；returned返回。根据下文“we’d travel together around the US and Canada.”我们会一起去美国和加拿大旅行，可知此处说的是拥有一辆房车，故选B。
107．句意：当我祖父开车的时候，我在车后座上玩耍。
as作为；when何时；while在……期间；though虽然。根据“I was playing around in the back of the car … my grandfather was driving.”可知是我的祖父开车时，我在玩耍，while引导的时间状语从句，表示两个动作同时发生，故选C。
108．句意：她一路上都在抽烟，我讨厌那种气味，经常咳嗽。
dust灰尘；taste味道；noise噪声；smell气味。根据上文“She smoked through the trip,”她整个旅程都在吸烟，可知应该是讨厌烟的这个气味，故选D。
109．句意：我数了一下每天抽几支烟，每支烟要吸几口。
guessed猜；counted数；collected收集；received收到。根据后面的“the number of cigarettes per day and the puffs per cigarette.”每天抽烟的数量，每支烟要吸几口。可知应该是数了一下，故选B。
110．句意：当我想出一个合理的数字时，我很满意。
afraid害怕；relaxed放松；satisfied满意；worried担心。根据上文“When I came up with a reasonable (合理的) number,”当我想出一个合理的数字时，以及下文“Then I moved my head into the front of the car and proudly”然后我骄傲地把头伸到车的前部，可知是满意的得到合理的数字后，故选C。
111．句意：然后我把头伸到车的前部，骄傲地宣布：“到目前为止，你已经少活了九年!”
replied回复：explained解释；presented存在、出现；announced宣布。根据下文“So far, you’ve taken nine years off your life!”到目前为止，你已经减少了九年的生命！可知这是宣布的结果，故选D。
112．句意：听到这些，我的祖母开始哭了起来，这是出乎我意料的。
dreamed梦想；enjoyed享受；supported支持；expected期望、预料。根据上文“my grandmother began to cry”我的祖母开始去哭，结合语境，可知这应该不是我所预料的，故选D。
113．句意：一直在默默开车的祖父停下了车。
in fear害怕；in silence沉默、安静；with pride骄傲地；with sadness难过的。根据上文“I did not know what to do. My grandfather, who had been driving …,”我不知道该怎么办。我的祖父，他一直在，结合语境及选项，可知应该是默默地开车，故选B。
114．句意：他平静地看着我，温柔地说：“看，祖母在哭!”
gently温柔地、轻轻地；loudly大声地；powerfully有力量地；confidently自信地。根据下文“See, grandmother is crying! One day, you’ll understand that it’s harder to be kind than clever.”看，祖母哭了！总有一天，你会明白善良比聪明更难。结合语境及选项，可知应该是他平静地看着我，温柔地说，故选A。
115．句意：天赋很容易——毕竟它们是天生的。
in all总共；after all毕竟；above all首要的是；first of all首先、第一。根据上文“I realize that cleverness is a gift and kindness is a choice.”我意识到聪明是一种天赋，而善良是一种选择。结合“Gifts are easy — they are given ….”以及选项，可知天赋很容易——毕竟它们是天生的，故选B。

116．B    117．C    118．D    119．C    120．B    121．B    122．A    123．A    124．C    125．D

【导语】本文为一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了三个出去旅游的人，两个带着东西的人却没有保护好自己，而什么都没带的人却安然无恙。这个故事告诉我们：有时优越感能使我们变得粗心。
116．句意：一个星期六的下午，当我在上网进行在线旅游时，一位网友和我分享了一个有意义的故事。
wrote写；shared分享；told告诉；heard听。结合语境和“with”可知，此处表示网友和我分享了一个故事，share sth. with sb.意为“与某人分享某事”。故选B。
117．句意：其中一个人拿了伞，一个人拿了拐杖，还有一个人什么也没拿。
keyboard键盘；mouse鼠标；umbrella雨伞；map地图。根据“The person with an umbrella...”可知，他们中的一个人带的是雨伞。故选C。
118．句意：当他们晚上回到家时，他们看起来不一样了。
returned返回，动词过去式；return返回，动词原形；get到达，动词原形；got到达，动词过去式。根据“back home in the evening”可知，get back“回到”，结合语境和“looked”可知，此处应用一般过去时。故选D。
119．句意：那个打伞的人从头到脚都湿了，好像刚游完泳似的。
dry干的；cold寒冷的；wet湿的；warm温暖的。根据“as if he finished swimming just now”可知，他从头到脚都湿透了。故选C。
120．句意：拿拐杖的那个在路上摔倒了，伤得很重。
worse更糟糕的；badly严重地；good好的；well好地。分析上下文可知，此处是指有拐杖的人伤得很严重。修饰动词hurt应用副词badly，故选B。
121．句意：然而，最后一个什么都没有拿的人看起来很好，为什么？
everything每件事；nothing没有什么；something某事；anything任何事。根据“However, the last one with”和“and another one took nothing”可知，最后一个人什么都没有。故选B。
122．句意：前两个人感到非常惊讶。
surprised惊讶的；excited兴奋的；sad伤心的；pleased高兴的。根据“However, the last one with...looked very well, why”和“They asked the third man, ‘Why are you so good with nothing?’”可推测出，前两个人很吃惊。故选A。
123．句意：第三个人笑着回答说：“下雨的时候，我想找个地方躲起来。”
hide隐藏；go去；fly飞；walk走路。根据“When the rain came, I tried to find a place to”和“from the rain”可知，此处表示“当大雨来临的时候，我尽力找地方躲雨”。hide from the rain意为“躲雨”。故选A。
124．句意：当路不好走的时候，我走得非常小心。
carelessly粗心地；quickly快速地；carefully小心地；fast快速地。根据“That’s the reason why I’m still good”可知，是走得很小心。故选C。
125．句意：这个故事告诉我们，有时优越感会让我们粗心大意，而没有这种优越感，人们会在意我们一生中的坏事。
direction方向；way方法；magic魔力；sense感觉。根据“a”和“of advantage (优越) ”可知，a sense of advantage“优越感”。故选D。

126．C    127．A    128．C    129．C    130．B    131．D    132．B    133．B    134．B    135．D

【分析】这是个短故事，湖里住着一只有着金羽毛的天鹅。湖边住着一个贫穷的女人，她带着两个女儿过着艰难的生活。为了帮助她们过上好日子，天鹅每天送给她们一支金羽毛。然而贪心的女人却要拔走天鹅所有的羽毛。
126．句意：一个妇女和她的两个女儿住在湖边的小屋子里。本题考查介词及语境理解。A. above在…上    B. over在…正上方    C. near在..附近    D. under在…下面，结合语境可知是在湖附近的房子里，故选C。
127．句意：他们一年四季都努力工作，但是他们仍然过着艰苦的生活，有时甚至没有足够的钱买食物。本题考查名词辨析及语境理解。A. money钱    B. time时间    C. room房间    D. energy能量，结合句意没有钱买食物，故选A。
128．句意：天鹅看到这种情况很伤心。本题考查形容词及语境理解。A. happy开心的    B. surprised惊讶的    C. sad伤心的    D. happily开心地，副词，在这个句子中that指代的是上文那个妇女和她两个孩子贫穷的生活，所以天鹅看到此景是很悲伤的，故选C。
129．句意：我会每天给她们一根我的羽毛，然后她们就可以用卖我羽毛的钱过上幸福的生活。本题考查名词辨析及语境理解。A. presents礼物    B. golden coins金币    C. feathers羽毛    D. collections收藏，根据后文the money selling my feathers、left a golden feather on the table和gave them a feather.可知是给她们天鹅的羽毛，故选C。
130．句意：那个妇人很开心，因为她们的生活变得比起前好多了。本题考查形容词比较级及语境理解。A. bigger    更大B. better更好    C. busier更忙    D. harder更难，结合语境可知有了钱，她们的生活变得更好了，故选B。
131．句意：她对她的女儿说…本题考查名词辨析及语境理解。A. brothers兄弟    B. sisters姐妹    C. sons儿子    D. daughters女儿，根据前文A woman lived in a small house____1____ the lake with her two daughters.和后文“Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters,可知妇人是对她的女儿说，故选D。
132．句意：当她下次来的时候，我们应该拿走她所有的羽毛。本题考查物主代词及语境理解。这里的羽毛是天鹅的，和when she comes…中的she指代一样，故选B。
133．句意：但是突然，金羽毛变成了鸡毛。本题考查动词短语及语境理解。A. heard of听说    B. changed into变成    C. looked for寻找    D. came from来自，结合句意，故选B。
134．句意：可怜的妈妈，我来到这儿帮助你，但你却想杀我。本题考查动词辨析及语境理解。A. trouble麻烦    B. help帮助    C. teach教    D. invite邀请，结合前文可知天鹅同情妇人和她的女儿，每天都会给他们一根金羽毛，卖钱改善生活，所以是帮助她们，故选B。
135．句意：现在，我马上就要离开了，而且永远不会回来。本题考查副词及语境理解。A. sometimes有时候    B. always    总是C. usually通常    D. never从不，结合句意，应用表否定的词。故选D。

136．B    137．B    138．A    139．C    140．D    141．D    142．C    143．D    144．A    145．B    146．A    147．A    148．C    149．D    150．C

【分析】文章讲Beth从不敢去Mr. Lawrence的家，Mr. Lawrence以钢琴太久不用不好为由，巧妙地解决了这个问题，并使两人成了好朋友。
136．句意：她很怕Mr. Lawrence。
happy with对……感到快乐；afraid of害怕；crazy about热衷；angry with生……的气。根据“she was too afraid to go to the house”可知她害怕Mr. Lawrence。故选B。
137．句意：她知道图书馆里有一架大钢琴，想弹一下，但她太害怕了，不敢去那所房子里。
and和；but但是；though尽管；so因此。空前讲想要弹钢琴，空后又讲怕去钢琴所在的房子，句意出现转折，用but表转折。故选B。
138．句意：当Mr. Lawrence听到这个消息时，他想找到解决这个问题的方法。
tried尝试；advised建议；chose选择；offered提供。根据下文Mr. Lawrence设法让Beth不再害怕他，可知他尽力解决问题。try to do sth.尽力做某事。故选A。
139．句意：在一次拜访Mrs. March时，他开始谈论音乐。
history历史；geography地理；music音乐；English英语。根据“This isn’t good for the instrument.”可知在谈论音乐。故选C。
140．句意：我的孙子这些天不怎么弹钢琴。
violin小提琴；drum鼓；guitar吉他；piano钢琴。根据“She knew that there was a grand piano in the librar”可知是不怎么弹钢琴了。故选D。
141．句意：你的女儿们愿意多练习一下吗？
paint画画；read读；exercise锻炼；practise练习。根据“Just to keep it in tune.”可知此处是问是否有人愿意练习钢琴。故选D。
142．句意：Beth向他靠近了一点。
higher更高；lower更低；closer更近；farther更远。根据“I love music. I’d like to come.”可知Beth对音乐感兴趣，听到关于音乐的事情，会更靠近些。故选C。
143．句意：我总是在我的书房在房子的另一部分。
library图书馆；bedroom卧室；garden花园；study书房。根据“He opened his study door”可知总是在书房里。故选D。
144．句意：我现在必须走了。
must必须；mustn’t禁止；can能够；can’t不可能。根据“He stood up and went to the door.”可知站起来要离开，由此推出是必须走了。故选A。
145．句意：“我是Beth，”她害羞地说。
clearly清楚地；shyly害羞地；gently温柔地；loudly大声地。根据“Beth was sitting quietly in a corner.”可推出Beth很害羞。故选B。
146．句意：图书馆通常是空的，亲爱的。
library图书馆；bedroom卧室；garden花园；study书房。根据“She knew that there was a grand piano in the library”及“Come and play when you like.”可知钢琴在图书馆里，此处表示图书馆是空的。故选A。
147．句意：从那以后，Beth几乎每天都去弹钢琴。
day天；week周；month月；season季节。根据“Would your girls like to ... on it more often?”可知钢琴要经常使用，由此推出Beth几乎每天去。故选A。
148．句意：他打开书房的门，想在不让Beth知道的情况下更好地听歌。
learn学习；teach教；hear听到；sing唱。根据“Mr. Lawrence loved listening to her.”可知此处是指听歌。故选C。
149．句意：几个星期后，Beth为Mr. Lawrence做了一双拖鞋以示感谢。
welcome欢迎；show展示；pay支付；thank感谢。根据“Beth made a pair of slippers for Mr. Lawrence”可知做拖鞋是为了感谢Mr. Lawrence。故选D。
150．句意：Beth不再害怕Mr. Lawrence了，从那以后，他们成了最好的朋友。
at first起初；at all根本；any more再，还；as a result结果是。根据“after that they became best friends”可知Beth不再害怕Mr. Lawrence。故选C。

151．A    152．C    153．B    154．C    155．A    156．C    157．A    158．A    159．B    160．D    161．D    162．D

【导语】本文主要讲述宠物狗Otis在遇到灾害时自备狗粮的故事。
151．句意：这不是狗第一次独自跑出来。
by通过；with和；for为了；to到。by oneself“独自”，固定搭配。故选A。
152．句意：邻居之一Dockens告诉记者。
said说；talked谈论；told告诉；spoke讲。选项中只有tell后可以接表示人物的名词作宾语。故选C。
153．句意：周六早上，可怕的风暴过后，Dockens在镇上四处查看。
popular受欢迎的；terrible可怕的；beautiful美丽的；thick厚的。根据下文“She was examining the storm damage…”可知，风暴造成了伤害，所以它是可怕的。故选B。
154．句意：她丈夫把车停下来，让她拍照。
draw画画；see看见；take拍照；show展示。根据下文“Dockens posted the picture on the Internet.”可知，她拍了照片。故选C。
155．句意：他叼着包穿过街道，看起来很可爱。
cute可爱的；stupid愚蠢的；angry生气的；big大的。根据“... coming across the street with the bag.”和选项可知，Otis叼着狗粮走在街道上应是可爱的。故选A。
156．句意：到周六下午4点50分，这张照片被分享了近2万次。
read阅读；bought购买；shared分享；taken拿。根据“Dockens posted the picture on the Internet.”可知，Dockens把照片发布到互联网上，其他网友分享Dockens的这张照片。故选C。
157．句意：店主说他出去了。
out不在家的；in流行的；along沿着；down沮丧。根据上文“This wasn’t the first time the dog ran out by himself.”可知，Otis出去了。故选A。
158．句意：他正在叫他，然后看到他带着从街对面的商店得到的狗粮回来。
store商店；hotel酒店；restaurant饭店；bank银行。根据下文“Sometimes the store owner sets out dog food he can’t…behind the store.”可知，Otis是从商店得到狗粮的。故选A。
159．句意：有时店主会在店后摆出他卖不出去的狗粮。
eat吃；sell卖；keep保持；service维护。根据“Sometimes the store owner sets out dog food he can’t…behind the store.”可知，店主把卖不出去的狗粮放到店后面，Otis才会得到狗粮。故选B。
160．句意：Dockens跟随狗，确保它安全回家。
walked走路；allowed允许；copied复制；followed跟随。根据“... to make sure he got home safe.”可知，Dockens跟在狗后确保它的安全。故选D。
161．句意：我从未见过他做过那样的事。
usually通常；sometimes有时候；seldom很少；never从不。根据上文“Segovia couldn’t believe it.”可知，狗主人不敢相信Otis带着狗粮回家，由此可知主人从来没见他做过这样的事。故选D。
162．句意：我只是觉得这是个好消息。
so如此；very非常；too太；such如此。“such a/an+形容词+单数可数名词”表示“如此……的……”。故选D。

163．A    164．C    165．B    166．D    167．C    168．B    169．B    170．D    171．A    172．C    173．D    174．A    175．C    176．A    177．B

【导语】本文是《格列佛游记》的片段节选。
163．句意：我们的船撞上岩石后，我尽可能游得远。
against碰，撞；over多于；for为了；on在……上面。根据“the rocks”可知是撞到岩石了。故选A。
164．句意：当我终于感觉到脚下的土地时，我已经筋疲力尽了。
feel感觉；fall跌倒；felt感觉，过去式；fell跌倒，过去式。根据“I swam as far as I could. By the time I finally...the land”可知之前在游泳，所以现在是感觉到陆地，且是过去发生的事情。故选C。
165．句意：当我终于感觉到脚下的土地时，我已经筋疲力尽了。
tired with因……而劳累；tired out筋疲力尽；tired to后跟动词原形，表示做某事很累；tired of厌烦。根据“I fell down on the beach and went to sleep.”可知是筋疲力尽了。故选B。
166．句意：当太阳升起时，我醒来了，但我发现自己无法动弹。
and和；or或者，否则；so因此；but但是。分析句子可知，前后句之间是转折关系。故选D。
167．句意：然后我感到腿上有东西。
anything任何事；nothing没有事；something某事；everything每件事。根据“It moved up over my stomach and neck until it was standing near my face”可知腿上面是有东西的。故选C。
168．句意：很快，越来越多的小矮人开始爬到我身上。
many许多，修饰可数名词复数；more更多；much许多，修饰不可数名词；most最多。根据“small men started climbing all over me.”可知此处表示更多的小矮人，暗含比较含义，用many的比较级more修饰men。故选B。
169．句意：我对他们大声喊叫，那巨响使他们全都摔倒了。
fall down跌倒，从较高的地方摔到较低的地方；fall over摔倒，在平地摔倒；fall off脱落；fall behind落后。根据“I shouted at them—the loud noise made them all...”可知这些小矮人是在“我”的身上摔倒，身上相当于平地。故选B。
170．句意：然而，他们很快又站起来，继续在我身上移动。
communicated沟通；improved提高；received收到；continued继续。根据“moving across my body.”可知此处是指继续在身上移动。故选D。
171．句意：其中一个小个子男人开始和我说话，但我听不懂他的话。
understand理解；stand站在；know知道；reach到达。根据“One of these small men began talking to me, but”可知but表示转折，此处是指听不懂小矮人的话。故选A。
172．句意：我也不知道该说什么。
too也，常用于肯定句/疑问句中；also也，常用于句中；either也，常用于否定句句末；so因此。空处所在句子是否定句，且位于句末，用either。故选C。
173．句意：我试着挣脱一只手，最后设法挣脱了绳子。
break破坏；broke破坏，过去式；broken破坏，过去分词；to break破坏，动词不定式。manage to do sth“设法做某事”，是固定短语。故选D。
174．句意：当我把左手举到空中时，小个子男人开始喊叫。
shout喊叫；laugh笑；cry哭；smile微笑。根据“When I lifted my left hand into the air, the small men began to”可知“我”举起手，小个子男人应是害怕的喊叫。故选A。
175．句意：我低头一看，看到一大群小矮人。
big大的；huge巨大的；tiny小的；large大的。根据“One of these small men began talking to me,”可知“tiny”符合语境，与“small”相对应。故选C。
176．句意：我必须逃离他们。
must必须；should应该；can能；could可以。根据“saw a huge army of...people.”可知面对这么一大群人，必须逃离。故选A。
177．句意：我想，但我不知道如何逃离。
get up起床；get away逃掉；get on友好相处；get off出发。根据“but I did not know how to”可知“get away”符合语境，与“run away”相对应。故选B。

178．A    179．C    180．C    181．C    182．A    183．B    184．B    185．B    186．D    187．B

【导语】本文出自小说《双城记》， 小说里描写了贵族如何败坏、如何残害百姓，人民心中积压对贵族的刻骨仇恨，最终导致了不可避免的法国大革命。
178．句意：是充满希望的春天。
spring春天；summer夏天；auturmn秋天；winter冬天。根据“hope”可知，充满希望的是春天。故选A。
179．句意：他们相信一切不会改变。
everything每件事；everybody每个人；nothing没有什么；nobody没有人。根据“But in France things were bad, and getting worse.”可知，后面表示转折与前文内容相反，后面是事情变得不好，因此前面是事情不变。故选C。
180．句意：人民贫穷、饥饿、不开心。
cold寒冷的；warm温暖的；hungry饿的；thirsty渴。根据“people had nothing to eat”可知，人们饥饿。故选C。
181．句意：在人民的家中，在紧闭的大门后，有人低声反对国王和他的贵族们。
for为了；with和；against反对；by通过。根据“the people had nothing to eat”可知，人们生活不好，因此是反对国王。故选C。
182．句意：但是是绝望的人们愤怒的低声议论。
angry生气的；afraid害怕的；excited激动的；satisfied满意的。根据“desperate people”可知，绝望的人们是生气的，愤怒的。故选A。
183．句意：1775年11月的一个深夜，一辆从伦敦开往多佛的马车在一座长山的山顶停了下来。
horse马；coach马车；bus公共汽车；train火车。根据“The rider stopped his horse beside the coach and shouted”可知，停下来的是马车。故选B。
184．句意：马儿们都累了，但是当他们休息的时候，骑手听到另一匹马从他们身后的山上飞快地跑了上来。
walked走路；rested休息；lay躺；slept睡觉。根据“The horses were tired”可知，马累了需要休息。故选B。
185．句意：我想要一名乘客，贾维斯 · 罗瑞先生，来自伦敦泰尔森银行。
driver司机；passenger乘客；rider骑手；leader领导。根据“one of the passengers”可知，是想要的是乘客。故选B。
186．句意：罗瑞先生，给你的一个信息。
question问题；news新闻；note笔记；message信息。根据“It was a strange message”可知，是信息。故选D。
187．句意：在马车里的人没人明白他们什么意思。
realized意识到；understood明白；mistook误解；wondered想知道。根据“It was a strange message, and a stranger answer.”可知，是奇怪的信息，所以没人能明白。故选B。

188．A    189．D    190．A    191．A    192．D    193．B    194．A    195．B    196．C    197．C

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。本文主要讲述了John Perry在海里面对鲨鱼机智逃生的故事。
188．句意：如果它们游去远海，他就能够在它们看到他之前跳入海里并游回岸边。
before在……之前；after在……之后；until直到；when当……时；根据“he could jump in and get to shore ... they saw him.”可知，他应该在鲨鱼看到他之前到达岸边。故选A。
189．句意：他认为鲨鱼可以闻到血腥味。
fear害怕；taste品尝；drink喝；smell闻。根据常识及“The sharks smelled the blood”可知，鲨鱼能够闻到血腥味。故选D。
190．句意：当衬衫浸湿染红时，他就用一些布料系住他的腿来阻止血流出。
stop阻止；keep保持；join加入；cause导致。根据语境可知，他割伤了自己后也应为自己止血，不然鲨鱼依旧会尾随而来。故选A。
191．句意：然后，他把一块长布系在衬衫上，扔到水里，并拉住衣服的一部分。
pulled拉；wrapped包，裹；connected连接；caught抓。根据“threw it into the water and ... it with the piece of cloth.”可知是扔到海里并拉住衣服的一角。故选A。
192．句意：他带领着它们远离海岸。
driving驾驶；keeping保持；preventing阻止；leading带领。根据“He ran down the sand reef pulling the shirt and the sharks raced after it.”可知，鲨鱼跟着衬衫游，Perry拉着衬衫跑，自然是带着鲨鱼远离岸边。故选D。
193．句意：忽然，他丢掉衣服，朝着海岸尽快地跑去。
sea海；shore海岸；island岛；sand沙子。根据“He was ... them away from shore.”可知，他忽然丢掉衣服朝着海岸跑去。故选B。
194．句意：他把脸埋进水里，使自己尽可能快地向前游。
forward向前；backward向后；upward向上；downward向下。根据常识可知，后面有鲨鱼尾随，他应是尽可能快地向前游。故选A。
195．句意：他又抬起头来呼吸，并看到对岸非常近。
cry哭；breathe呼吸；swim游；escape逃离。根据“He put his face in the water and kicked and splashed himself ... as fast as he could.”及“He lifted his head again”可知，他是把头伸出来呼吸换气。故选B。
196．句意：他的手触碰到海岸后，使自己爬上石头。
his feet他的脚；a stick木棍；his fingers他的手指；the shirt衬衫。根据“He touched the shore with ... and he pulled himself up the stones.”可知，他应是手指先碰到石头，爬上岸边。故选C。
197．句意：它强大的身躯撞到了石头上。
the shore海岸；Perry佩里(人名)；the stones石头；the shells贝壳。根据“The shark, by the smell of blood and the chase (追逐), went wildly after him.”可知，鲨鱼由于追的太猛来不及止住，它强大的身躯撞到了石头上。故选C。

198．C    199．A    200．B    201．D    202．B    203．C    204．A    205．A    206．C    207．A

【导语】本文主要介绍了英国的假日计划，谈论了不同的时间，人们爱去的地方和所进行的活动。
198．句意：家家户户都喜欢到温暖的国家去晒晒“冬日的太阳”。
poor贫穷的；small小的；warm温暖的；modern现代的。根据“winter sun”可知冬日太阳的照射是很温暖的，故选C。
199．句意：地中海沿岸的南欧国家是很受欢迎的去处。
popular流行的；important重要的；interesting有趣的；terrible糟糕的。根据“Mediterranean Sea (地中海) are...places to go.”结合上句“Families like to get away to a...country ”可知地中海沿岸的南欧国家很受欢迎，故选A。
200．句意：圣诞节是穿得暖和，和家人在一起的日子。
teachers老师；family家庭；classmates同学；workmates同事。根据“Families”可知是和家人一起，故选B。
201．句意：许多家庭经常到英国各地去看望祖父母，或者一起吃一顿丰盛的晚餐。
invite邀请；help帮助；buy买；visit参观。根据“Families often travel around Britain to...grandparents”可知是看望祖父母，故选D。
202．句意：这可能看起来很无聊。
excited激动的；boring无聊的；afraid害怕的；better更好的。根据“But as you grow older, you begin to look...to seeing relatives who live far away.”可知是指和远方的亲戚吃一顿晚餐虽然无聊，但是随着年龄的增长，你反而更期待这种日子，故选B。
203．句意：但随着年龄的增长，你开始期待见到住在远方的亲戚。
at在；for为了；forward向前；out外出。固定短语look forward to“期待”，故选C。
204．句意：每天都像是学校的课间休息时间。
break休息；sports运动；lunch午饭；lesson课程。根据“Teens go wild during the summer. They spend time at sports or music camps. Every day is like...time at school.”可知暑假不用上课，每天都像是学校的课间休息日子，故选A。
205．句意：夏天也是一日游或短假期的好时机。
trips旅行；talks谈话；shopping购物；sleeping睡觉。根据“Summer is also the time for day...or short holidays.”可知是指旅行，故选A。
206．句意：复活节假期后很快就要考试了。
carefully仔细地；quietly安静地；quickly快速地；closely紧密地。根据“As a result, many kids spend all day working.”可知因为复活节假期后很快就要考试了，所以许多孩子整天都在工作，故选C。
207．句意：复活节是最糟糕的假期。
worst最糟糕的；first第一；last最后的；best最好的。根据前文介绍复活节后就有考试，而且不能出去，所以说复活节是最糟糕的假期。故选A。

208．C    209．A    210．B    211．A    212．D    213．C    214．A    215．D    216．D    217．B    218．B    219．D    220．C    221．B    222．A

【分析】短文主要讲述了一对亲密的兄弟，他们都看到了对方的困难，想法来帮助对方。正是这种无私的兄弟之情让这对兄弟生活得很幸福。
208．句意：他们彼此非常相爱，总是互相照顾。
disliked不喜欢，讨厌；hated憎恨；loved爱；enjoyed喜欢，享受。联系“and always took care of one another”可知他们互相爱护。故选C。
209．句意：他们每天从早到晚地工作，从田地里得到尽可能多的粮食。
until直到；at在；through通过；with带有，表伴随。根据“Every day they worked from morning…night”可知本句指的是，每天他们从早晨工作直到晚上。故选A。
210．句意：他们在田里干活之后。
shops商店；fields田地；hospitals医院；factories工厂。根据“etting as much grain(谷物) as possible from their fields”可知此处指的是田里面的活忙完以后，故选B。
211．句意：如果他知道是我把稻米放在那里，他就不会拿走了。
never从来不/永远不，表否定；sometimes有时；usually通常；ever曾经。根据“But please don’t tell him”可知不能告诉弟弟，因为如果他知道就不会要，故选A。
212．句意：第二天，他看着自己的谷仓，发现了一些奇怪的东西。
everything每件东西；anything任何东西；nothing没有东西；something一些东西。不定代词有形容词修饰时，需后置形容词。something strange一些奇怪的东西，本句是肯定句，故选D。
213．句意：昨晚我带了一袋大米到维克托家，但是我的谷仓里还有同样数量的袋子。
so因此，表结果；and和/并且，表并列；but但是，表转折；or或者，表选择。联系上下文，可知前后是转折关系，故选C。
214．句意：这是怎么发生的呢？
How如何，怎样，问方式或状态；What什么，问事物；Why为什么，问原因；Where在哪儿，问地点。本句缺方式状语，故选A。
215．句意：但是第二天早上，在他的牲口棚里他又发现了同样数量的袋子！
small小的；different不同的；big大的；same相同的。根据“I still have the same number of bags in my barn.”可知，他又发现了同样数量的袋子，故选D。
216．句意：那天晚上他又试了一次。
planned计划；failed失败，不及格；hoped希望；tried尽力，尝试。根据“He carried a large bag of rice on his shoulder(肩膀) and walked down the road to his younger brother’s house.”可知西蒙又尝试了一次，故选D。
217．句意：在明亮的月光下，他能够看到另一个人走在路上。
brother兄弟；person人；sister姐妹；wife妻子。another另一的。根据“In the bright moonlight, he could see another”可知，月光下不会看清是谁，故选B。
218．句意：他也在肩膀上扛着一些东西。
back背部；shoulder肩膀；head头；hand手。too也，表示一样；根据“He carried a large bag of rice on his shoulder(肩膀) and walked down the road to his younger brother’s house.”可知另一个人肩膀上也有东西，故选B。
219．句意：我很担心你，哥哥。
proud of为……感到骄傲；polite to对……礼貌；angry with对……感到生气；worried about 为……担心。根据“Your family is…than mine. I thought you needed more rice.”可知他在担心哥哥家的米不够吃，故选D。
220．句意：你的家庭比我的大。
smaller更小的；richer更富有的；larger更大的；happier更高兴的。根据“I thought you needed more rice.”需要更多的米，可知家庭规模更大，故选C。
221．句意：兄弟俩很快意识到他们一直在给彼此送米。
remembered记得；realized意识到；believed相信；hoped希望。联系上文哥俩分别偷偷给对方送米的事，可知他们意识到了各自在做同样的事。故选B。
222．句意：他们对所发生的事大笑。
laughed about大笑，笑对；dreamed about梦到；pointed at指着；shouted at对……大喊。结合语境可知此处指的是，这对兄弟因为彼此做着同样的事情而笑了。故选A