1.主题：美好就在身边

  Once there was a little girl living in a small, poor house on a hill. As she grew up, she began to play in her small  1  . She was able to see over the garden and across the valley a wonderful house high on the hill—and that house had2 windows.

   Although she loved her family, she   3   about how wonderful and exciting it must be to live in that golden house all day.

  Then she 4 the age when she could play outside of her garden fence. She asked her mother5 she could go for a bike ride outside the gate. Her mother thought for a while and6 allowed her to go. The girl rode her bike7 she got to the gate of the golden house.

     As she leaned her bike8 the gatepost, she focused on the path that9to the house and then on the house  10     ...and was so  11    . All the windows were plain and rather dirty.

   She was so sad that she didn't go any further. Heartbroken, she rode her bike back. As she 12 , she saw a sight that amazed her. There13  the valley on the other side was a little house. Its window glistened golden, as the14  shone on her little home.

  She  15 that she had been living in her golden house all along. Everything she dreamed of was right there in front of her eyes and in her daily life!

1.A. hillB. gardenC. houseD. room 

2.A. brokenB. woodenC. goldenD. modern

3.A. wantedB. dreamedC. hopedD. wished

4.A. reachedB. arrivedC. touchedD. grew

5.A. thatB. even ifC. as ifD. if

6.A. firstly B. friendlyC. fully D. finally

7.A. unless B. until C. since D. though

8.A. against B. awayC. off D. next

9.A. showed B. arrived C. took D. led

10.A. oneself B. itself C. herself D. himself

11.A. satisfied B. pleased C. disappointed D. excited

12.A. looked in B. looked up C. looked at D. looked down 

13.A. through B. toward C. across D. around

14.A. stars B. planets C. sun D. moon

15.A. requiredB. replied C. regrettedD. realized

解析:

1.B. garden 解析：根据后文紧接着出现的 “She was able to see over the garden...”（她能看到花园的另一边），可以明确判断出，女孩是在自己的小花园里玩耍，这个空间是她日常活动的范围，因此选 garden。其他选项的意思为：A. hill小山丘，mountain山脉，大山； C. house房子，注意区分horse马。D. room房间。

2.C. golden 解析：后文多次出现 “golden house” 这一关键信息，这是贯穿全文的核心意象。这座房子的窗户之所以在女孩眼中是 “wonderful” 的，正是因为它们是金色的，这也是吸引她无限向往的直接原因，所以选 golden。四个选项的含义分别为：A. broken破的，break的过去分词，也可看成是形容词。break是打破的意思，其过去式为broke。B. wooden木制的；C. golden金色的，由gold（金子）演变过来，我们可以联想silver银色的；D. modern现代的，这个单词注意拼写，形近词model模型，模特。

3.B. dreamed 解析：dream about 是一个固定搭配，意为 “梦想、向往”。虽然女孩深爱自己的家人和家，但她仍然整天梦想着，住在那座金色的房子里会是多么美好和令人兴奋。这个词精准地表达了她对未知美好事物的憧憬。因此B为最佳选项。A选项 wanted表示“想要”或“想要做某事”，一般搭配是want sth. 或want to do sth. B选项dreamed梦想；C. hoped希望，希望做某事hope to do; D. wished希望，愿望。

4.A. reached 解析：reach the age，意为 “到了…… 的年纪”。这里指女孩到了可以在花园围栏之外玩耍的年龄，意味着她获得了更大的活动自由，为后续情节发展做了铺垫。reach的含义比较丰富，一般可以指行程意义上的到达，相当于get to 或arrive in/at, 也可以表示够得着，例如，She is too short to reach the toy on the table. B选项 arrived表示到达；C. touched表示“接触、触摸”的含义，其过去分词也可以理解为“感动的”。D. grew的原形为grow，表示“成长、长大”，也可以用作系动词，表示变化，相当于get，turn，become等单词。

5.D. if 解析：女孩向妈妈提出请求，询问自己是否可以骑车到大门外。if 在这里引导宾语从句，表示 “是否”，用于表达不确定的疑问，符合语境，因此D. if是最佳选项。引导宾语从句或主语从句等名词性从句的if可以用whether来替换。if还可以用来引导条件状语从句，表示“如果”的含义，此时我们要注意“主将从现”原则，即主句用一般将来时，从句用一般现在时。B选项的 even if是“即使，哪怕”的意思；C选项 as if是“仿佛、好像”都意思。

6.D. finally 解析：妈妈 “thought for a while”（想了一会儿），说明她并非立刻同意，而是经过了一番考虑，最终才允许女孩去。finally 强调了这个决定是经过思考后的结果。其他选项的含义为：A. firstly首先；B. friendly友好的，是一个形容词；C. fully充分地，完全地，彻底地。

7.B. until 解析：女孩骑着自行车，一直到那座金色房子的大门前才停下。until 表示动作或状态持续到某个时间点或地点，准确描述了她骑行的终点。until用于肯定句时，表示动作持续到某个时间，一般主句用表示持续性动作的动词，文中的rode这个动作是持续性动作；用于否定句，主句动词常用常用表示动作瞬间完成的动词，例如：He didn’t realize the problem until 11:00. 其他选项的含义分别为：A. unless除非；C. since自从，既然；D. though虽然，尽管。

8.A. against 解析：lean against 是固定搭配，意为 “倚靠在…… 上”。这里指女孩把自行车倚靠在门柱上，是一个符合生活常识的动作细节。against除了表示“倚靠”的含义外，还可以表示“反对”的含义，例如fight against。B. away离开，远离，消失；C. off脱离，离开，摆脱；D. next下一个；next to紧挨着。

9.D. led 解析：lead to 是固定搭配，意为 “通向”。她的目光先是聚焦在那条通向房子的小路上，然后才看向房子本身，这个动作顺序符合人的观察习惯。其他选项的含义分别为：A. showed展示B. arrived到达，常与at/in连用；C. took带走，原形为take。

10.B. itself 解析：这里的反身代词 itself 用来指代前面提到的 “the house”，强调她注视的是房子本身，而不是周围的其他事物，突出了她对这座房子的关注。A. oneself是反身代词的总称；B. itself它自己；C. herself她自己；D. himself他自己。

11.C. disappointed 解析：当她看到 “All the windows were plain and rather dirty”（所有的窗户都很普通，而且相当脏）时，现实与她心中 “金色房子” 的美好想象形成了巨大反差，这种落差让她感到极度失望。从下文的so sad,heartbroken等信号词，我们也可以判断C是最佳选项。四个选项的含义为：A. satisfied高兴的，满意的，常见搭配：be satisfied with; B. pleased高兴的，愉悦的，常见搭配be pleased with，注意名词形式pleasure。C. disappointed失望的，常见搭配：be disappointed at sth.表示对某个结果感到失望；be disappointed with sb./ sth.表示对某个人或物感到失望；be disppointed that+从句，表示对某个事实感到失望。名词形式为disappointment，常见搭配：to one’s disappointment让某人感到失望的是。D. excited激动的，兴奋的，表示人的感受，名词形式为excitement。

12.B. looked up 解析：女孩心情沉重地骑车返回，当她抬头望向山谷对面时，看到了令她惊讶的景象。look up 表示 “抬头看”，符合从低处往对面高处观察的场景。look up除了“抬头看”的含义外，还可以表示“查阅，查找”的含义，例如：look up the new word in a dictionar在字典里查找这个单词。此时look up为动词＋副词结构，如果宾语是代词的，代词必须放在look和up中间。其他选项：A. looked in往里看，顺便拜访；C. looked at看着；D. looked down向下看，俯视。look down on/upon 瞧不起，鄙视。look其他常见的短语还有：look after照顾、照料；look for寻找；look forward to期待，盼望；look out小心；look out of 往外看；look over 检查，仔细查看；look up to尊敬，仰慕，等等。

13.C. across 解析：across the valley 是固定搭配，意为 “在山谷的对面”。这里指她看到的小房子位于山谷的另一边，点明了空间位置。其他选项的含义为：A. through从内部穿过；B. toward朝，向，对着；D. around在周围，到处。around the world全世界。

14.C. sun 解析：窗户之所以能闪耀着金色的光芒，是因为太阳的光线照射在上面。sun 是最符合逻辑和常识的自然光源，也与前文 “golden” 的意象相呼应。其他选项的含义：A. stars星星、明星、恒星；B. planets行星，星球；D. moon月球。和宇宙天体有关的常见词汇还有：comet彗星，satellite卫星；universe宇宙；Galaxy银河系；Jupiter木星，Mars火星；Venus金星；Mercury水星；earth地球；等等。

15.D. realized 解析：通过这一经历，女孩意识到，自己一直都生活在那座 “金色的房子” 里。realized 表示 “意识到、明白”，点明了文章的主旨：我们所追求的幸福，往往就在我们身边。此外，在某些语境中，realize还有“实现”的含义，例如：He realized his dreams after thirty years’ hard work. 三十年的奋斗之后，他实现了梦想。其他选项的含义为：A. required要求，常见搭配：require sb. to do. B. replied回答，回复，原形为reply；C. regretted后悔；原形为regret，常见搭配为regret to do 后悔没有做的事情，regret doing后悔做了某事。

2. 主题：享受骑行

     When I was a boy, I used to love to go bike riding. There was a Summer 4-H   1 full of paved roadways near my home. During the spring and fall, this camp was2 and the roadways were clear for me and my bike. I would3 my old bicycle for hours. The camp grounds had a lot of steep hills that were4 to get up. Often I would have to climb off and push my bike up them.5, the downhill rides made it all worthy. I felt like I was6, and I hardly had to ride at all. It was7 with fun, joy and happiness. I laughed all the way with the wind in my8, my heart in my throat.

    Choosing love and joy each day often makes me   9  those childhood bike rides. It can take a bit of work to get going at first. You can  10 feel like you are pushing your bike up a steep hill full of problems. But11 you get going, you find that the ride becomes easier and easier. Soon you feel like you are flying along. You find yourself12 more, giving more and helping more. You realize that life is, 13, joy.

If you 14, each day of your life can become an excellent ride of love and joy. The  15  you ride, the faster and smoother you will go. So please enjoy the ride.

1.A. shopB. company C. campD. school

2.A. noisy B. empty C. strange D. dirty

3.A. repair B. clean C. push D. ride

4.A. easy B. safe C. difficult D. boring

5.A. Of courseB. At first C. By the way D. For example

6.A. dancing B. flying C. rising D. landing

7.A. covered B. compared C. crowded D. filled

8.A. brain B. body C. face D. back

9.A. think of B. give up         C. worry about D. deal with

10.A. almost B. even C. forever D. never

11.A. once B. because C. although D. before

12.A. hiding B. losing C. sharing D. spending

13.A. strictly B. actually C. honestly D. normally

14.A. agree B. remember C. promise D. choose

15.A. longer B. later C. slowerD. earlier

解析:

1.C. camp 解析：根据后文 “During the spring and fall, this camp was...” 的复现提示，这里指的是一个夏季 4-H营地，里面铺满了平整的道路，是作者童年骑行的地方。其他选项的含义为：A. shop商店；B. company公司；D. school学校。

2.B. empty 解析：后文提到 “the roadways were clear”（道路很空旷），说明春秋季节这个营地人很少，是空的，适合骑行。A. nois其他选项的含义分别为A. noisy喧嚣的，吵闹的；C. strange奇怪的；D. dirty脏的。

3. D. ride 解析：ride my bicycle 是固定搭配，意为 “骑自行车”。作者会骑着他的旧自行车，一骑就是好几个小时。其他选项的含义分别为：A. repair修理，近义词有mend, fix等；B. clean打扫，表示“整理”可联想tidy，表示“扫地”可联想sweep；C. push推，反义词pull。

4. C. difficult 解析：前文提到 “steep hills”（陡峭的山），后文又说 “Often I would have to climb off and push my bike up them”（我经常得下来推着车往上走），说明这些山坡爬起来很困难。difficult的名词为difficulty。其他选项的含义为：A. easy容易的；B. safe安全的，反义词为dangerous危险的；D. boring无聊的，用来描述事物的特征；bored无聊的，用来描述人的感受。

5. A. Of course 解析：虽然上坡很辛苦，但下坡的体验让一切都值得了。Of course 在这里表示转折，强调 “当然，下坡的骑行让这一切都变得值得”。of course的近义词：certainly，sure。其他选项的含义为：B. At first一开始；C. By the way顺便提一下；D. For example例如。

6. B. flying 解析：下坡时速度很快，作者感觉自己像在飞翔一样，几乎不用自己蹬车，这是一种非常畅快的体验。其他选项的含义为：A. dancing舞蹈，原形为dance；C. rising上升，原形为dance；D.landing着陆，登陆。

7. D. filled 解析：be filled with 是固定搭配，意为 “充满”。这段下坡的骑行充满了乐趣、喜悦和幸福。近义词短语：be full of充满。其他选项对应的搭配为：A. covered覆盖，be covered with覆盖着；B. compared对比，常见搭配compare with与…对比，compare to 比作…;C. crowded拥挤，be crowded with挤满了。

8. C. face 解析：骑行时风会吹在脸上，这是很常见的体验。with the wind in my face 生动地描绘了作者迎风骑行的畅快感受。face有时候也用作动词，表示“面对”。其他选项的含义为：A. brain大脑；B. body身体；D. back后背。

9. A. think of 解析：每天选择爱与喜悦，常常会让作者想起童年时的那些骑行经历，将生活与童年的美好回忆联系起来。think的常见搭配还有：think about考虑；think over仔细考虑；B. give up放弃，give的常见搭配还有：give sb. sth.=give sth. to sb.把某物给某人；give off发出（光和热）；give out分发，用完；give in 屈服；C. worry about担心，也可以说be worried about;D. deal with处理，近义词短语cope with，do with, treat等。

10. A. almost解析：一开始行动起来需要付出一些努力，你几乎会感觉自己像是在推着自行车爬上一座充满问题的陡峭山坡，形象地比喻了生活起步的艰难。其他选项的含义为：B. even甚至；C. forever永远；D. never绝不，从不，永远不。

11.A. once 解析：once 在这里引导时间状语从句，意为 “一旦”。一旦你开始行动，就会发现这段旅程会变得越来越容易。 once除了“一旦”的含义外，还有“曾经”“一次”这样的含义。例如：Once, there was a fox living in the forest.曾经有一只狐狸生活在森林里。You should check the machine at least once a week.你应该至少一周检查机器一次。B. because因为，引导原因状语从句，because of=as a result of= thanks to由于；C. although虽然，尽管；D. before以前。

12. C. sharing 解析：后文提到 “giving more and helping more”（付出更多，帮助更多），与之并列的是分享更多，体现了在生活中传递爱与喜悦的过程。sharing的原形为share，常见搭配：share with。其他选项的含义为：A. hiding隐藏，躲藏，原形为hide；B. losing失去，原形为lose；D. spending花费，spend的基本搭配为：spend+ 时间/钱+on+名词或代词，spend+时间+（in）+doing sth.

13. B. actually 解析：作者意识到，生活实际上就是喜悦本身，点明了文章的主旨：生活的本质就是爱与喜悦。其他选项的含义分别为：A. strictly严格地，严厉地；C. honestly诚实地，形容词honest的形近词有：honey蜂蜜；hornor荣耀。D. normally正常地。

14. D. choose 解析：呼应前文 “Choosing love and joy each day”，如果你选择爱与喜悦，生命中的每一天都可以成为一段充满爱与喜悦的精彩旅程。其他选项的含义为：A. agree同意，常见搭配：agree with。B. remember记得，记住，常见搭配remember to do记得做某事（事情未做），remember doing记得做过某事。反义词：forget。C. promise承诺，答应，可以是名词或动词，promise to do承诺做某事；keep the promise信守承诺，break the promise打破承诺。

15. A. longer 解析：the + 比较级，the + 比较级是固定结构，意为 “越……，越……”。你骑得越久，就会走得越快、越顺畅，鼓励人们坚持享受生活的旅程。其他选项的含义分别为：B. later更晚的，后来；C. slower更慢的；D. earlier更早的。

3. 主题：忠诚的狗

   A French businessman rode a horse to collect his money, with his dog by his side. After getting the1  , he tied it in a bag and started his journey back home. After2 for a while, he stopped under a tree to rest. He put the bag of money beside him but3 it there when he got up to continue his ride.

   The clever dog noticed the forgotten4 and tried to bring it to its master. But the bag was too5, so the dog barked and ran after the businessman, trying to tell him he'd left6 behind. The businessman didn't understand and the dog kept trying, even biting its own heels.

   The businessman thought the dog had gone mad and as they crossed a river, he checked  7 the dog would drink, but the little animal didn't, for it was too worried about the forgotten money. It kept barking and biting even8. Believing the dog was truly mad, the businessman9 a gun and shot it. The dog fell, bleeding, and the businessman rode away.

  “I am the 10   ,” said the businessman to himself. “I almost rather have lost my money than my dog.” So he held out his hand for his treasure. But he11 he didn't have the bag of money! He turned around and rode back to the place where he'd12. Along the way, he saw13 but nowhere was his dog to be seen on the road. When he reached the spot, he found the bag and the dying dog, still guarding it. The dog14 waved its tail, tried to stand, but15, with its strength running out. Then it licked the businessman's hand before closing its eyes forever, with a satisfying look on its face.

  The businessman, filled with sadness, regretted deeply and cried for misunderstanding such a true friend.

1.A. food B. drink C. money D. gun

2.A. walkingB. running C. driving D. riding

3.A. tookB. left C. threw D. kept

4.A. bagB. wallet               C. glove D. passport

5.A. lightB. heavy C. dirty D. expensive

6.A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

7.A. as B. if C. and D. but

8.A. harder B. louder C. higher D. faster

9.A. brought out B. set out C. pulled out D. gave out

10.A. healthiest B. unluckiest C. happiest D. angriest

11.A. realized B. mentioned C. regretted D. reminded

12.A. started B. lived C. rested D. appeared

13.A. flowers B. animals C. trees D. blood

14.A. weakly B. quickly C. quietly D. widely

15.A. fell B. layC. failed D. poured

解析：

1. C. money 解析：前文提到 “collect his money”（去收账），所以这里指他拿到了钱，并把钱装进袋子里。其他选项的含义分别为：A. food食物，表示食物的统称时为不可数名词，表示食物的种类时为可数名词。 B. drink喝。也可以作名词用，表示“饮料”；D. gun枪。

2. D. riding 解析：文章开头提到商人是骑马（rode a horse）出行的，所以这里指他骑了一会儿马后，在树下休息。ride的过去式为rode,过去分词为ridden。是其他选项的含义为：A. walking步行，走路；B. running奔跑。run这个单词在某些遇境下还有“运行，操作”的含义。例如，After graduation, he ran a company in San Fransisco.毕业后，他在洛杉矶开了一家公司。C. driving 驾驶，原形为drive，过去式drove，过去分词driven。

3.B. left解析：根据后文 “the forgotten...”（被遗忘的……）可知，他起身继续赶路时，把装钱的袋子落下在了那里。left的原形是leave。leave可以动词，也可以是名词，名词leave表示“假，休息”的含义，常见搭配：ask for a leave请假；take a leave度假；leave作为动词表示“离开”或“留下”。基本搭配：leave +地点，离开某地；leave for+地点，leave for+地点，离开前往某地，for后面跟目的地；leave+宾语+表示地点的短语，把某物落在某处；leave+宾语+其他宾语补足语形式，留下某人/某物处于某种状态下，例如：The couple left, leaving their kid crying. 夫妇离开了，留下他们的孩子哭泣。其他选项的含义分别为：A took带走，原形为take，过去分词为taken；C. threw扔，丢，原形为throw，过去分词为thrown，近义词drop；D. kept保持，原形为keep，过去分词也为kept。keep可以用作系动词，后面直接跟形容词，例如keep healthy保持健康。

4. A. bag 解析：前文提到他把钱装在袋子里，所以狗注意到的是被遗忘的袋子。其他选项的含义分别为：B. wallet钱包；C. glove手套；D. passport护照。

5. B. heavy 解析：狗尝试把袋子带给主人，但袋子太重了，所以它只能通过吠叫和追赶来提醒主人。heavy除了表示分量重的含义外还可以表示人长得胖，也可以表示雨下得大，如heavy rain大雨。其他选项的含义分别为：A. light轻的。light的含义比较丰富，常见的含义有：光线；电灯；颜色淡的，例如light green淡绿色；轻的，还可以做动词用，表示“点亮”。lighter打火机；C. dirty脏的；D. expensive昂贵的，反义词为cheap。

6. A. something 解析：狗试图告诉主人，他落下了某样东西（指装钱的袋子）。四个选项的含义分别为：A. something某物；B. anything某物，something任何事物或某物。something在疑问句或否定句中通常要改成anything。C. everything 每个事物，一切；D. nothing没有事物，something的反义词。这四个选项的单词均为不定代词，形容词修饰不定代词时，要后置放在不定代词的后面。例如：When I entered the room, I noticed something different.当我进入房间时，我注意到某个不同的东西。

7. B. if 解析：商人以为狗疯了，在过河时，他检查是否狗会喝水，以此判断狗的状态。从the句子的成分看，he checked7 the dog would drink中if dog would drink是check的宾语，if引导宾语从句时，表示“是否”，可以用whether替换，故而本题最佳选项为B。其他选项的含义分别为：A. as作为，随着，由于；C. and并且，表并列、顺承关系；D. but但是，表示转折关系。

8. A. harder 解析：狗因为担心钱而没有喝水，反而叫得更凶、咬得更用力，这让商人更加确信狗疯了。hard作为副词，基本含义为“努力地”，这里用比较级表示更加用力。其他选项的含义分别为：B. louder更大声的，loud的比较级；C. higher更高的，high的比较级；D. faster更快的，fast的比较级。

9. C. pulled out 解析：pull out a gun 是固定搭配，意为 “掏出枪”。商人认为狗真的疯了，于是掏出枪射杀了它。其他选项的含义分别为：A. brought out，原形为bring out意为“推出”；B. set out 着手，出发；D. gave out，原形为give out，分发，发出，发泄。

10. B. unluckiest 解析：商人射杀狗后，心里想自己是最不幸的，因为他觉得自己宁愿失去钱也不愿失去狗。unluckiest的原形为unlucky。其他选项的含义分别为A. healthiest，原形为healthy健康的；C. happiest，原形为happy，开心的，其名词为happiness幸福；D. angriest，原形为angry生气的，基本搭配为be angry with表示生某人的气。名词形式为anger。

11. A. realized 解析：当他伸手去拿 “财宝” 时，才意识到自己根本没带那个装钱的袋子。可以联想：real的确，真实的，其副词为really。其他选项的含义分别为：B. mentioned提及；C. regretted后悔，原形为regret，regret to do后悔，事情未做；regret doing后悔，事情做了。D. reminded提醒，基本搭配为remind sb. of sth.提醒某人某事。

12. C. rested 解析：他调转马头，骑回他之前休息的那棵树下，也就是他落下袋子的地方。这道题A选项是迷惑项,从第一段内容看,主人公把钱落下的地方只是他途中休息的地方,并不是他出发的地方,所以C选项更合理。其他选项的含义：A. started出发；B. lived居住、生活；D. appeared出现，反义词为disappear。

13. D. blood解析：根据上下文，我们可以得知，商人前面拔出抢射击了狗，狗倒下流血，因此在返回的路上，商人看到了血迹，但始终没有看到狗的踪影，暗示狗已经受伤。倩文bleed表示流血的意思。其他选项的含义为：A. flowers花朵；B. animals动物；C. trees树。

14. A. weakly解析：当他到达时，看到濒死的狗还在守护着袋子，狗虚弱地摇了摇尾巴，试图站起来。其他选项的含义分别为：B. quickly迅速地，快速地；C. quietly安静地；D. widely广泛地。

15. C. failed解析：狗尝试站起来，但失败了，因为它的力气已经耗尽了（with its strength running out）。其他选项的含义分别为：A. fell，原形为fall倒下；B. lay，原形为lie躺下；D. poured倾倒。

4. 主题：聪明的狗

    It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was1, but there was not any meat in the house.

    Thinking that there was no 2way, Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper and wrote the following words on it, "Give my dog half a pound of meat."

   Then she gave the paper to her dog and said, "Take this to the butcher (a person who3meat). And he's going to give you your4  today."

5the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it 6, recognized (认出) that it was really the lady's handwriting (笔迹) and soon did it 7he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and 8the meat at once.

    The dog came to the shop again at noon the next day. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a 9of meat once more.

   On Wednesday, the dog came again10at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look 11the paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had12the dog as one of his customers.

    But the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing once a    13gain. To the butcher's surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought another piece of paper with it. The butcher felt a bit puzzled (困惑的). He said to himself, "This is a14dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today?"

   Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any15on it!

1. A. full B. hungry C. sickD. hot

2. A. better B. faster C. closer D. crazier

3. A. likes B. preparesC. sells D. buys

4. A. breakfast      B. lunch C. supper D. treat

5. A. Dropping B. Passing C. Eating D. Holding

6. A. carefully B. carelessly C. politely D. quietly

7. A. until B. as C. when D. because

8. A. put up B. cut up C. used up D. ate up

9. A. meter B. minute C. pound D. pair

10. A. exactly B. especially C. nearly D. clearly

11.A. around B. over C. at D. after

12．A. invited B. chose C. seen D. remembered

13．A. attended B. happened C. landed D. received

14．A. weak B. big C. small D. strong

15．A. words B. names C. flowers D. stamps

解析：

1.B. hungry解析：后文提到家里没有肉（but there was not any meat in the house），以及后面给狗买肉的情节，说明狗是饿了，所以选 hungry。hungry的名词形式为hunger。其他选项的含义分别为：A. full满的，饱的。常见的搭配为be full of充满；C. sick生病的，近义词ill；D. hot热的，烫的，辣的。

2.A. better解析：no better way 意为 “没有更好的办法”，指史密斯夫人在没有肉的情况下，想到了写纸条让屠夫给狗肉的办法。其他选项的含义分别为：B. faster更快的，fast的比较级；C. closer形容词close的比较级，更近的，更密切的。close作为动词意为“关闭”；D. crazier更疯狂的，原形为crazy。

3.C. sells 解析：结合前文叙述，主人公Mrs. Smith写了纸条是让狗带着纸条到某个人能提供肉的人那里去，能排除A. likes喜欢和D. buys 购买；butcher（屠夫）的职业就是卖肉，所以选 sells。B选项prepares的含义为准备，常见搭配为prepare sth. for sb.

4.D. treat 解析：treat 在这里指 “款待、美食”，史密斯夫人告诉狗，屠夫会给它今天的 “美食”。其他选项的含义分别为： A. breakfast早餐；B. lunch午餐；C. supper晚餐；D. treat原意为“接待、处理、对待”。结合上下文，文章并没有直接提到Mrs. Smith 给狗纸条的具体时刻，所以前三项均不能确定，所以D选项为最佳选项。

5.D. Holding 解析：hold sth. in one's mouth 是固定搭配，意为 “嘴里叼着某物”，狗叼着纸条跑到了肉铺。hold的意思非常丰富，包括“容纳、主持、坚持”等含义，这里可以从“持着”这层含义引申为“叼着”。其他选项的含义分别为：A. Dropping掉落，丢；B. Passing递，传递，通过；C. Eating吃。

6.A. carefully解析：从上下文判断，这个句子的意思是，屠夫仔细地读了纸条，确认是史密斯夫人的笔迹，才按照要求做。所以，A. carefully是最佳选项。其他选项的含义分别为：B. carelessly，carefully的反义词，粗心的；C. politely有礼貌地；D. quietly安静地。

7.B. as 解析：as he was asked to 意为 “按照要求去做”，指屠夫按照纸条上的吩咐给了狗肉。as he was asked to在句子中是一个方式状语从句。其他选项的含义分别为：A. until直到，常用语not…until…句型结构中，表示直到某个时间才做某件事情，也用于表示动作持续到什么时候为止；C. when当…时候；D. because因为。

8.D. ate up 解析：ate up 意为 “吃光”，狗很高兴，立刻吃光了肉。其他选项的含义分别为：A. put up张贴；B. cut up切碎；C. used up用完。

9.C. pound 解析：前文纸条上写的是 “half a pound of meat”，所以这里屠夫又给了它半磅肉。其他选项的含义分别为：A. meter米；B. minute分钟；D. pair双、对、副。

10.A. exactly 解析：exactly at noon 意为 “正好在中午”，指周三这只狗又正好在中午来到肉铺。狗周二是中午去屠夫那里的，周三再次中午去，所以A. exactly最符合语境。其他选项的含义分别为：B. especially尤其；C. nearly几乎；D. clearly清晰地。

11.C. at 解析：take a look at 是固定搭配，意为 “看一眼”，这次屠夫没有看一眼纸条，就直接给了狗肉。其他选项的含义分别为：A. around 围绕，周围，look around环视；B. over与look搭配，look over仔细查看；D. after，look after照顾。

12.D. remembered解析：remembered the dog as one of his customers 意为 “把这只狗当作自己的一个顾客记在心里”，说明屠夫已经把狗当成了常客。其他选项的含义分别为：A. invited邀请，注意形近词invent发明，invest投资，instruct说明；B. chose选择，原形为choose，名词choice选择，chance机会，change改变；D. remembered记得，记住。

13.B. happened解析：the same thing happened once again 意为 “同样的事情又发生了一次”，指狗四点钟又来要肉，屠夫又给了它。happen to sb. 发生在某人身上，happen to do碰巧做某事。其他选项的含义分别为：A. attended出席，参加，原形为attend，名词形式为attendance。C. landed登陆，着陆，原形为land. D. received受到。

14.B. big 解析：a big dog 在这里是一种口语化的表达，意为 “这只狗真能吃 / 胃口真大”，屠夫对狗一天来三次感到困惑。四个选项的含义分别为：A. weak软弱的，弱小的，注意形近词week（周，星期）；B. big大的；C. small小的；D. strong强壮的。D选项具有一定的迷惑性，文中狗给屠夫的印象是能吃，故而big更加符合语境，

15.A. words 解析：屠夫最后发现，纸条上根本没有任何字，这才明白狗是在骗肉吃。一开始Mrs. Smith是通过纸条上写字的方式与屠夫确认给狗肉吃，屠夫后来发现纸条上没有字，符合情节发展规律，所以A. words为最佳选项。B. names名字；C. flowers花；D. stamps邮票。

5. 主题：我们一起努力

  On Sep. 17, 2022, Jeff Agar, and his son Johnny, set out to begin the first part of the Ironman competition in Cambridge. They weren't the common 1. Johnny had difficulty walking because of muscle weakness. Jeff would act as his arms and 2, carrying the weight of his son during the whole race. Competitors must complete a difficult 140 miles of 3, bicycling and running in under 17 hours.

The race began with a 2.4-mile swim in the Choptank River. Jeff helped Johnny 4a kayak, with one end of a rope tied to his back and the other to the kayak. Swimming with his son was hard enough 5 Jeff also had to fight with fish. "It's a hard journey, but we 6it," Jeff said excitedly.

The pair completed the swim in 907, and they went on to the next part: a 112-mile bicycle ride. Their8bike had an extra seat in the back for Johnny. They completed the ride in nine hours, then began the final—a 26.2-mile marathon with Jeff 9Johnny in the racing chair. But at mile 19, Jeff realized they were going too10. Somehow he found the energy to speed up.

With minutes left and 200 feet to the 11line, Jeff stopped to help Johnny out of his racing chair. Johnny decided to finish his race 12. "Not because I wouldn't get my moment," he said, "but because Dad had worked so 13." With 4 minutes and 25 seconds left, father and son crossed the finish line together. 14the crowd cheered on Johnny, Jeff kept a low profile. "He didn't want his finish line moment. He wanted it to be 15," said Johnny, smiling at Jeff.

1.A. visitors B. workers C. volunteers D. players

2.A. eyes B. knees C. legs D. hands

3.A. jumping B. dancing C. walking D. swimming

4.A. wait for B. take away C. get into D. move out

5.A. but B. and C. if D. or

6.A. make B. find C. promise D. leave

7.A. seconds B. minutes C. hours D. days

8.A. free B. empty C. tiny D. special

9.A. throwing B. moving C. feeding D. lifting

10.A. quickly B. normally C. slowlyD. differently

11.A. life B. finish C. safety D. bottom

12.A. in one go B. with no effort C. on his own D. without doubt

13.A. hard B. fast C. easily D. closely

14.A. As B. How C. Why D. Where

15.A. his B. yours C. mine D. theirs

解析:

1.D. players 解析：Ironman competition（铁人三项比赛）的参与者是运动员，所以他们不是普通的 “选手”。其他选项的含义分别为：A. visitors参观者，访问者，游客；B. workers 工人；C. volunteers志愿者。

2.C. legs 解析：Johnny 因肌肉无力无法正常行走，Jeff 需要充当他的手臂和 “双腿”，全程背负他完成比赛。四个选项的含义分别为：A. eyes眼睛；B. knees膝盖；C. legs腿；D. hands手。人体部位常见的单词还有：head头，forehead额头；nose鼻子；mouth口；tongue舌头，throat喉咙，stomach胃；ankle脚踝；palm手掌；finger手指，wrist手腕；shoulder肩膀；waist腰；等等。

3.D. swimming解析：根据后文比赛先进行游泳项目（The race began with a 2.4-mile swim in the Choptank River.），以及铁人三项的常识（游泳、自行车、跑步），这里应选 swimming。其他选项的含义分别为：A. jumping 跳；B. dancing舞蹈；C. walking步行。

4.C. get into 解析：Jeff 帮助 Johnny “进入” 皮划艇，get into a kayak 是固定搭配，意为 “登上 / 进入皮划艇”。其他选项的含义分别为：A. wait for等待；B. take away带走；D. move out搬出。

5.C. and 解析：带着儿子游泳已经够难了，而且Jeff 还要和鱼搏斗，and表示并列关系，表示在一重困难的基础上还有别的困难，强调困难的叠加。其他选项的含义：A. but但是，表示转折关系；C. if如果，表示假设关系；D. or或者，否则，表示选择或者某个后果。

6.A. make解析：make it 是固定短语，意为 “成功做到、渡过难关”，Jeff 兴奋地说 “这是一段艰难的旅程，但我们成功了”。其他选项的含义分别为：B. find发现，找到；C. promise承诺、答应；D. leave离开，留下。

7.B. minutes 解析：2.4 英里的游泳项目用时 90 “分钟” 是合理的，90 秒太短，90 小时或天则太长。其他选项的含义分别为：A. seconds秒；C. hours小时；D. days天。除此之外，常见的表示时间长度单词还有：week周，month月，year年，decade十年，century世纪，等等。

8.D. special 解析：他们的自行车是 “特制的”，后面有一个额外的座位给 Johnny，以适应比赛需求。其他选项的含义分别为：A. free免费的，自由的，反义词为busy；B. empty空的，反义词为full；C. tiny小的。

9.B. moving 解析：在马拉松阶段，Jeff 推着坐在轮椅里的 Johnny 前进，moving Johnny in the racing chair 表示 “移动轮椅中的 Johnny”。其他选项的含义为：A. throwing扔，丢；B. moving移动，搬家；C. feeding喂养；D. lifting提升。

10.C. slowly 解析：在 19 英里处，Jeff 意识到他们走得太 “慢” 了，所以他才需要加速。由两人的特殊情况，结合下文Somehow he found the energy to speed up.（不知怎的，他找到力量加速。）可知他们觉得速度慢符合语境。其他选项的含义分别为：A. quickly迅速地；B. normally正常地；D. differently不同地。

11.B. finish 解析：finish line 是固定搭配，意为 “终点线”，这里指距离终点线还有 200 英尺。其他选项的含义为：A. life生活，生命；C. safety安全；D. bottom底部。

12.C. on his own解析：Johnny 决定 “靠自己” 完成比赛，on his own 表示 “独自地、独立地”。前文说Jeff stopped to help Johnny out of his racing chair.（Jeff停下来帮助Johnny从轮椅上下来。）意味着Johnny接下来要自己完成比赛。所以C为最佳选项。其他选项的含义：A. in one go 一次性；B. with no effort毫不费力地；D. without doubt毫无疑问地。

13.A. hard 解析：Johnny 说 “不是因为我不想得到我的时刻，而是因为爸爸已经这么努力了”，work hard 表示 “努力工作 / 付出”。其他选项的含义分别为：B. fast 快速地；C. easily轻松地，容易地；D. closely亲密地，密切地。

14.A. As 解析：As 引导时间状语从句，意为 “当…… 的时候”，“当观众为 Johnny 欢呼时，Jeff 保持低调”。其他选项分别为：B. How 如何，怎样；C. Why为什么；D. Where在哪里。

15.C. mine解析：Johnny 说 “他不想要他的冲线时刻，他想要它是我的”，mine 指代 Johnny 自己的冲线时刻。mine是一个名词性物主代词，名词性物主代词后面不能再连用名词，而是独立使用。其他选项的含义分别为：A. his他的；B. yours你的，你们的；D. theirs他们的，它们的，她们的。

6. 主题：拯救猫咪行动

    The first time, Hank, a two-year-old cat, went out of his yard, he got stuck in a 40-foot-tall tree for five    1      , with no food or water.

   One day last November, when Delores, the2, returned from a market, she found Hank didn't come in for his lunch. As it got 3, she began to look for him around the house. Then she heard the mew of a cat, 4, and saw Hank on her neighbor's tree. He must have climbed onto the tree while some dogs were running after 5 , and became too afraid to climb down.

Delores, now very6, called the firemen right away. But it was not easy, because they didn't have a ladder (梯子) tall enough to    7    the cat. She asked a tree company for help, 8they failed for safety reasons.

The poor owner could do 9but sit under the tree and call to Hank. A kind neighbor offered him some cat food, 10it would make the hungry cat come down. Nearby dog owners took their pets for 11instead of letting them out in their yards, so that Hank would not climb even 12with fear.

Nothing had worked until it came to the fifth day. When Lyda, another neighbor, talked of a clever way, Delores decided to13it at once. Together, they produced a system of pulleys (滑轮) and lifted a 14with some of Hank's favorite things up to him. To their excitement, Hank jumped into it.

Delores was really thankful. "I feel good living in such a  15neighborhood. It gave me hope when Hank was in trouble," she said.

1.A. minutes B. hours            C. days D. weeks

2.A. visitor B. neighbor C. sisterD. owner

3.A. quiet B. dark C. dirty D. noisy

4.A. looked up B. ran away  C. fell down D. turned back

5.A. us B. him C. her D. them

6.A. worried B. surprised C. tired D. excited

7.A. watch B. train C. feed D. reach

8.A. unless B. because              C. but D. so

9.A. everything B. something C. nothingD. anything

10.A. expecting B. promising C. realizing D. regretting

11.A. sale B. walks C. help D. baths

12.A. better B. slower C. higher D. harder

13.A. find B. try C. change D. stop

14.A. toy B. fish C. rope D. basket

15.A. peaceful B. friendly C. creative D. popular

解析:

1.C. days解析：后文提到 “until it came to the fifth day”，说明 Hank 被困在树上整整五天，没有食物和水。其他选项的含义分别为：A. minutes分钟；B. hours小时；D. weeks周。此外moment和while也可以表示时间长度，例如wait for a while，just a moment等。

2.D. owner 解析：Delores 是 Hank 的 “主人”，她从市场回来后发现猫没有回家吃午饭。其他选项的含义分别为：A. visitor访客；B. neighbor邻居；C. sister姐妹，可联想cousin同辈表情或堂亲。

3.B. dark 解析：天变 “黑” 了之后，Delores 开始在房子周围寻找 Hank，符合时间推进的逻辑。注意，dark有个形近词bark表示“犬吠”。其他选项的含义分别为：A. quiet安静的，形近词quite相当的；C. dirty脏的；D. noisy吵闹的，名词形式为noise噪声。

4.A. looked up 解析：她听到猫叫，然后 “抬头看”，发现 Hank 在邻居家的树上，looked up 符合从地面看向高处的动作。其他选项的含义分别为：B. ran away抛开，ran的原形为run；C. fell down掉下，fell的原形为fall。fall down一般指“摔倒、跌倒”，fall off指从某个地方掉下来。D. turned back转身。

5.B. him 解析：Hank 是一只公猫，句子He must have climbed onto the tree while some dogs were running after 5, and became too afraid to climb down.将猫人格化，用 him 指代，它是在被狗追赶时爬上树的。him是he的宾格。A. us是we的宾格；C. her是she的宾格；D. them是they的宾格。

6.A. worried解析：看到猫被困在高高的树上，Delores 非常 “担心”，所以立刻打电话给消防员。四个选项分别为：A. worried，一般搭配worry about或be worried about;B. surprised表示惊讶的，吃惊的，原形为surprise，现在分词surprising表示令人吃惊的，用于描述事物特征；C. tired疲劳的，一般用来描述人的感受；tiring表示“令人疲劳的”用于描述事物特征；D. excited

激动的，兴奋的，描述人的感受，对应exciting表示“令人兴奋的”，描述事物特征，名词形式为excitement。

7.D. reach解析：消防员没有足够高的梯子 “够到” 猫，reach 表示 “够到、触及”。reach还有一个含义，表示“到达”，相当于arrive和get。其他选项的含义分别为：A. watch观看，观察，作动词使用，watch也可以是名词，表示“手表”。B. train训练，作名词用时表示“火车”。C. feed喂养饲养，feed on以…为食。

8.C. but解析：她向树木公司求助，“但是” 他们因为安全原因失败了，but 表示转折。其他选项等等含义分别为：A. unless除非，表示让步关系；B. because因为，引导原因状语从句；D. so因此，表示结果

9.C. nothing 解析：could do nothing but... 是固定搭配，意为 “除了…… 什么也做不了”，可怜的主人只能坐在树下呼唤 Hank。注意：could do nothing but 后面跟动词原形。四个选项的含义分别为A. everything每个东西，一切；B. something某物或某事；C. nothing没有事物；D. anything任何事物，something的否定句或疑问句形式。

10.A. expecting

解析：好心的邻居给了她一些猫粮，“期望” 能让饥饿的猫下来，expecting 表示 “期望、希望”。这里expecting是现在分词，表示邻居提供猫粮的目的。其他选项的含义分别为：B. promising答应，承诺；C. realizing意识到，认识到；D. regretting后悔。

11.B. walks

解析：附近的狗主人带宠物去 “散步”，而不是把它们放在院子里，避免狗再次吓到 Hank。took their pets for walks表示带着他们的宠物去散步。这一空可以联系第12空一起来思考。其他选项的含义分别为：A. sale销售，动词为sell；C. help帮助；D. baths洗澡。

12.C. higher 

解析：这样做是为了防止 Hank 因为恐惧而爬得 “更高”，higher 符合语境。其他选项的含义分别为：A. better更好的；B. slower更慢的；D. harder更加努力地。

13.B. try

解析：当另一个邻居 Lyda 提出一个聪明的办法时，Delores 决定立刻 “尝试” 这个办法。四个选项的含义分别为：A. find发现，找到；B. try尝试。try还有“努力”的含义，一般搭配为try to do努力做某事；C. change变化，改变；D. stop停止，阻止。

14.D. basket

解析：她们用滑轮系统把一个 “篮子” 装着 Hank 喜欢的东西升到它面前，Hank 跳进了篮子里（Hank jumped into it）。由上下文可知，D是最佳选项。四个选项的含义分别为：A. toy玩具；B. fish鱼；C. rope绳子；D. basket篮子。

15.B. friendly

解析：Delores 很感激，她说 “生活在这样一个‘友好的’社区里感觉很好，在 Hank 遇到困难时给了她希望”，friendly 体现了邻居们的互助精神。

7. 主题：爱的力量

   When my children were young, I used to read to them every evening before bed. One of their favorite stories was called Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch.

   Mr. Hatch lived a 1life. He walked alone to work every day and ate his lunch alone in a corner. He never 2or talked to anyone on his way home. In the evening, he would read a newspaper and go to bed early.

   However, Mr. Hatch's3changed on Valentine's Day when he received a surprise gift. It was a beautiful heart-shaped box filled with 4along with a small handwritten note. It said, "Somebody 5you." At first, he couldn't believe it, but 6he realized it was true, he began to laugh and handed out the chocolate to the kids. That single message had opened his heart to the 7of love. Soon he found himself being cheerful. He became a joy at work and began to 8people in the neighborhood. As the days and weeks went by, his laughter, smiles, kindness, happiness and love touched 9in his community.

   Later, Mr. Hatch found out that the heart-shaped box had been sent to him10.He felt sad and went back to his 11ways. When his neighbors found out, they didn't want him to 12the "light" he shared. They surprised him with a party and a huge banner (条幅) that read: "Everybody Loves Mr. Hatch." Mr. Hatch cried when he 13that somebody loved him after all.

   Then he laughed, smiled and hugged his friends.

   I think that we all have a tiny bit of Mr. Hatch in us. At times we all feel unloved and unlovable. 14, somebody does love us. So remember, keep shining even on 15days! May the pages of your life story be full of love.

1.A. lonely B. richC. hard D. happy

2.A. cried B. shouted C. regretted D. smiled

3.A. interest  B. life C. dream D. experience

4.A. nuts B. toys C. books D. chocolate

5.A. knows B. loves C. trusts D. understands

6.A. when B. while C. before D. until

7.A. meaning B. power C. result D. symbol

8.A. laugh at B. learn from C. help out D. compete with

9.A. someone B. everyone C. anyone D. no one

10.A. by heart B. by person C. by mistake D. by hand

11.A. old B. different C. strange D. special

12.A. receive B. leave C. keep D. lose

13.A. imagined B. heard C. expected D. realized

14.A. Instead B. However C. Besides D. Otherwise

15.A. rainy B. fine C. special D. lucky

解析:

1.A. lonely 解析：后文He walked alone to work every day and ate his lunch alone in a corner.提到他每天独自上班、独自吃午饭、回家路上不与人交流，这些都说明他过着孤独的生活。所以A. lonely为最佳选项；B. rich富有的，常见搭配be rich in表示富含某种物质；C. hard困难的，硬的，作为副词时，意为“努力地”；D. happy开心的，愉快的。

2.D. smiled 解析：与 “talked to anyone” 并列，描述他孤僻的状态：他从不微笑，也不和路上的人说话。结合前文描述，D选项为最佳选项。其他选项的含义分别为：A. cried哭泣，喊；B. shouted喊叫，常见搭配有：shout to/at对着某人喊叫；C. regretted后悔；D. smiled微笑，一般搭配为smile at 对着某人微笑。

3.B. life解析：在情人节收到礼物后，Hatch 先生的生活发生了改变，从孤独变得开朗。其他选项的含义分别为：A. interest兴趣； C. dream梦想，做梦；D. experience经历、体验，经验。

4.D. chocolate 解析：这是一道语境题，后文提到他 “handed out the chocolate to the kids”，说明心形盒子里装的是巧克力。其他选项的含义分别为：A. nuts坚果；B. toys玩具；C. books书本。

5.B. loves 解析：故事标题是Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch，纸条上的内容也呼应了标题，即 “有人爱你”。四个选项的含义分别为： A. knows知道，认识；B. loves爱，喜欢；C. trusts信任；D. understands理解。

6.A. when 解析：当他意识到这是真的时，他开始大笑并分发巧克力。when 引导时间状语从句，表示 “当…… 的时候”。其他选项的含义分别为：B. while当…时候，while引导的时间状语从句中，一般用表示延续性动作的动词或进行时，句子中realize这个动作不是延续性动作，这题when更合适。C. before以前，之前；D. until直到。

7.B. power 解析：这条信息打开了他的心扉，让他感受到了爱的力量，这种力量改变了他的性格。下文Soon he found himself being cheerful. He became a joy…与前文的孤僻形成了对比，表明他的变化很大，所以B选项为最佳选项。四个选项的含义分别为：A. meaning意义，意思。B. power力量，权力；C. result结果；D. symbol象征。

8.C. help out 解析：他变得快乐后，在工作中给人带来欢乐，并开始在社区里帮助别人。根据上下文，可以判断C选项为最佳选项。其他选项的含义分别为：A. laugh at 嘲笑；B. learn from向…学习；C. help out帮助；D. compete with与…竞争。

9.B. everyone 解析：随着时间推移，他的笑声、善意和爱感动了社区里的每一个人。四个选项的含义分别为：A. someone某个人；B. everyone每个人；C. anyone任何人，也可以理解为someone的否定句或疑问句形式；D. no one没有人。

10.C. by mistake解析：后来他发现那个心形盒子是误寄给他的，这让他很伤心（He felt sad），所以C为最佳选项。四个选项的含义分别为：A. by heart用心；B. by person由个人；C. by mistake错误地，不小心地；D. by hand由手工地。

11.A. old解析：得知真相后，他感到悲伤，又回到了原来的（old）孤僻状态。其他选项的含义分别为：B. different不同的，名词形式为difference，常见搭配be different from,反义词短语the same as；C. strange奇怪的，陌生的；D. special特殊的，特别的。

12.D. lose 解析：邻居们不希望他失去他所分享的 “光”（即他的快乐与善意）。lose表示失去，过去式和过去分词为lost。其他选项的含义为：A. receive收到；B. leave离开；C. keep保持。

13.D. realized

解析：当他看到条幅并意识到终究有人爱他时，他哭了。邻居们用横幅给主人公带来惊喜，主人公的反应是哭泣：They surprised him with a party and a huge banner (条幅) that read: "Everybody Loves Mr. Hatch." Mr. Hatch cried，由此，我们可以判断，主人公是意识到有人是爱他的，所以D选项是最佳选项。四个选项的含义分别为：A. imagined想象，原形为imagine，名词形式为imagination；B. heard听见，原形为hear，常见搭配有hear of听说，hear from收到某人来信；C. expected期待，期待做某事expect to do，注意形近词：expert专家；except除…外；experiment实验；D. realized注意到，意识到。

14.B. However 解析：前文说我们有时会觉得不被爱，然而，确实有人爱着我们。However 表示转折。其他选项的含义分别为：A. Instead相反的，instead of 与…相反；C. Besides除…外；D. Otherwise否则。

15.A. rainy

解析：rainy days 在这里比喻 “艰难、阴郁的日子”，寓意即使在最艰难的日子里，也要保持光芒。其他选项的含义分别为：B. fine晴朗的，心情好的；C. special特别的；D. lucky幸运的。

8. 主题：小小的选手也不小

   As the smallest and thinnest player in my ice hockey team (冰球队), I was nicknamed (起绰号) by my team leader. The first time I heard other players call the 1, I didn't like it at all. I knew they wanted to make friends with me, but inside I was 2.

  One  3who didn't call me by my nickname was Eric. He always tried his best to make me 4at home on the team. I felt like the whole team except Eric thought I was a 5boy. After all, they could lift me up using just one 6.

   One day, we were playing against another team. They were all big, and they played well: I knew that any of them could get my puck (冰球) 7.

   In the middle of the game, I was skating with the puck and I8it to Eric. He was about to get it when the biggest player of the other team took 9stick unexpectedly. Then Eric fell.

   Then, the unhappy thing happened. I saw the player 10instead of helping Eric. I couldn't stand someone being so unfriendly to my friend. I skated towards him and shouted at him, "You must say sorry to him!" But the player said no. He turned around and tried to run away. But I skated 11to him and said the same 12.He tried to escape so I did the same thing again. Finally he said sorry to Eric.

   From that moment on, my teammates worked with me13and didn't call me by my nickname anymore. They had never seen 14so small stand up so bravely in front of such a big player. 15I might be small, I have a strong mind. With the strength, I will do better.

1.A. name B. number C. time D. turn

2.A. unhappy B. shy C. scared D. excited

3.A. writer B. teacher C. player D. dancer

4.A. stay B. feel C. clean D. expect

5.A. successful B. smart C. funny D. little

6.A. foot B. arm C. leg D. heart

7.A. difficulty B. carefully C. quietly D. easily

8.A. broke B. touched C. gave D. wondered

9.A. his B. my C. their D. its

10.A. laughing B. swimming C. reading D. studying

11.A. even B. close C. away D. back

12.A. language B. words C. news D. information

13.A. harder B. faster C. less D. better

14.A. someone B. anything C. everyone D. something

15.A. Because B. When C. Although D. If

解析:

1.A. name解析：前文提到 “我” 被起了绰号，所以这里指其他队员叫那个 “绰号（name）”，“我” 一点也不喜欢。其他选项的含义分别为：B. number号码；C. time 时间；D. turn转换，转变。

2.A. unhappy 解析：虽然 “我” 知道他们是想和 “我” 交朋友，但内心深处 “我” 是 “不开心的”，因为绰号让 “我” 感到不舒服。unhappy是happy的反义词，表示“不开心的”。其他选项的含义分别为：B. shy害羞的；C. scared害怕的；D. excited兴奋的，激动的。

3.C. player 解析：Eric 是冰球队的一名 “队员”，他是唯一一个不叫 “我” 绰号的人。其他选项的含义分别为：A. writer作者，作家；B. teacher老师；D. dancer舞蹈者。

4.B. feel 解析：make me feel at home 是固定搭配，意为 “让我感觉像在家里一样自在”，Eric 总是尽力让 “我” 在队里感到自在。make是一个使役动词，基本搭配结构为：make +宾语+宾语补足语。宾语补足语可以是动词原形，也可以是过去分词，形容词或者名词短语。例如Let’s make it a secret. 让我们保守秘密吧。其他选项的含义分别为：A. stay停留，保持。当stay作“保持”含义时，是一个系动词，后面直接跟形容词做表语，例如：stay slim保持苗条。C. clean清扫，清理；D. expect期待，期盼。

5.D. little 解析：除了 Eric，全队都觉得 “我” 是个 “小不点” 男孩，这呼应了开头 “我” 是队里最小最瘦的队员。前文As the smallest and thinnest player in my ice hockey team…，后文After all, they could lift me up using just one…都给我们一个印象：作者是一个队员眼中瘦小的人物。所以D项是最佳选项。其他选项的含义分别为：A. successful成功的；B. smart聪明的，灵活的；C. funny有趣的，滑稽的。

6.B. arm 解析：他们甚至只用一只 “胳膊” 就能把 “我” 抬起来，这进一步强调了 “我” 的瘦小。其他选项的含义分别为：A. foot 脚，复数形式为feet，具有类似单复数变形方式的名词还有goose—geese鹅，tooth—teeth牙齿，等等；C. leg腿；D. heart心脏，表示人体内脏常见单词还有：lung肺；liver肝；kidney肾脏；等等。

7.D. easily 解析：对方队员都很高大，球技也好，所以 “我” 知道他们能 “轻易地” 抢走 “我” 的冰球。其他选项的含义分别为：A. difficulty困难，其形容词形式为difficult；B. carefully小心地，仔细地；C. quietly安静地，悄悄地。

8.C. gave 解析：在比赛中，“我” 带着冰球滑行，然后把它 “传给” 了 Eric，give sth. to sb. 表示 “把某物传给某人”。其他选项的含义分别为：A. broke 打破；B. touched接触，过去分词touched还有“感动的”的意思；D. wondered感到奇怪的，好奇的。

9.A. his 解析：对方队里最高大的队员突然挥起了 “他的” 球杆，导致 Eric 摔倒了（Then Eric fell.）其他选项的含义分别为：B. my我的；C. their他们的；D. its它的。

10.A. laughing 解析：“我” 看到那个队员没有帮助 Eric，反而在 “大笑”，（instead of helping Eric）这让 “我” 无法忍受。故而A为最佳选项。其他选项的含义分别为：B. swimming游泳；C. reading阅读；D. studying学习，研究。