人选择了除了吃和睡其他任何事情都不要做的地方，这个男人自认为这是天堂，当他逐渐对这样的生活感到无聊的时候，被告知他在地狱中。本文通过这个寓言故事告诉人们劳动的意义，工作是快乐的源泉。

31. C【解析】考查名词词义辨析。根据下句“The owner came out and asked the man to stay and live in the palace.”可推知，他看见了一个漂亮巨大的宫殿。故选C。 32. B【解析】考查介词词义辨析。根据上句“I just want to eat and sleep”和下文“I promise

that nothing needs to be done by you.” 推知，不要做任何工作。故选不。 33. A【解析】考查副词词义辨析。句意：如果是这样，对你来说没有比这更好

的地方了。分析句意知，前后句意顺承关系，故选啊。

34. B【解析】考查名词词义辨析。根据上文“I just want to eat and sleep”可推知有

许多美味的食物。故选B。

35. C【解析】考查介词词组辨析。根据下句“But gradually, he felt a bit lonely and bored.” 推知刚开始时他对这种吃睡的生活感到开心。故选C。

36. C【解析】考查形容词义辨析。根据上句“he felt a bit lonely and bored.”可推知，他认为每天仅仅吃睡很无聊。故选C。

37. A【解析】考查名词词义辨析。根据下句“there is no job here at all.”可推知，

求助找工作。故选A。

38. A【解析】考查动词词义辨析。根据下句“I really can’t stand this kind of life any

more.”可推知，那个男人忍受不了这种生活了。故选A。

39. B【解析】考查动词词词义辨析。句意：我宁愿去地狱也不愿意在这里生活。

动词短语搭配 prefer to do rather than do宁愿做...而不愿做...，故选B。 40. A【解析】考查疑问词词义辨析。根据下句“Heaven ? We are actually in hell!”可推知你认为我们在哪里？故选A。

(2017?湖南株洲)

“I have to get the cow’s baby to the house or it’ll freeze to death,” Li Ming said to himself. He tried to lift it, but it was too 31 .

Li Ming looked around the little barn(牲口棚). He saw nothing he could use to 32 the baby. Then he made a decision. He quickly took off his coat, placed it on

the ground beside the baby, and gently slid(滑动) the baby onto it.

As 33 as he could, Li Ming pulled the baby out of the barn and made his way back to the 34 . Li Ming took the quilt (被子) off his bed and rubbed the baby dry. It lay on his 35 , unable to lift his head. He pulled his wet, snowy coat from the baby and covered the little animal with his quilt.

After putting one more piece of wood on the fire, Li Ming pulled on his coat. It was still wet from the ground, 36 it was better than nothing. He took a big bottle and made his way to the barn. He wanted to get some milk.

At first his fingers were too cold, but finally the warmth of the cow’s body warmed 37 enough, so he could milk. He started to back to the house.

Li Ming was just beginning to spoon milk into the baby’s mouth when Father and Mother came into the house.

“How did you get the baby in here?” Father asked, 38 the little animal. Li Ming explained how he had 39 the baby on his coat. “Do you think he’ll make it?”

“He’ll 40 ,” Father told Li Ming, “thanks to you. You did the right thing”. “Just pulling my own weight.” Li Ming said.

31. A. heavy B. light C. weak 32. A. serve B. lift

C. feed

33. A. quietly B. slowly C. carefully 34. A. school B. hospital C. house 35. A. quilt B. coat C. jacket 36. A. but B. so C. and 37. A. it B. them C. her 38. A. examining B. hitting C. pulling 39. A. dried B. pulled C. checked 40. A. die B. see C. live A题材：人物故事

【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了李明如何从牛棚里把小牛犊拉进屋里，

从而救活小牛犊的故事。反映了李明是一个聪明、善良、勇敢的好孩子。 31. A【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。heavy重的；light轻的；明亮的；weak虚弱的。根据转折词but可推知句意“他想托起小牛犊，但是它太重了。”故选A。 32. B 【解析】考查动词词义辨析。serve服务；lift举起，托起；feed喂养。根据下句“He quickly took off his coat, placed it on the ground beside the baby, and gently slid(滑动) the baby onto it.”可推知，当时“我”没有找到可以托起小牛犊的东西。故选B。

33. C【解析】考查副词词义辨析。quietly安静地；slowly慢慢地；carefully仔细地，小心地。根据上句“and gently slid(滑动) the baby onto it.”可推知，当时“我”是尽可能小心翼翼地把小牛犊拉出牲口棚。故选C。

34. C 【解析】考查名词词义辨析。school学校；hospital医院；house房屋。根据下句“Li Ming took the quilt (被子) off his bed and rubbed the baby dry.”可推知，当时“我”把小牛犊拉回了家里，并把他的身体擦干。故选C。

35. B【解析】考查名词词义辨析。quilt被子；coat外套；jacket夹克衫。根据下句“He pulled his wet, snowy coat from the baby.”可推知，当时小牛犊是躺在“我”的外套上。故选B。

36. A【解析】考查连词词义辨析。根据上句“It was still wet from the ground,”及下句“it was better than nothing.”可知前后句意是转折的。故选A。

37. B【解析】考查代词词义辨析。根据前文“At first his fingers were too cold”，可推知后文句意“但最后牛的温暖的身体把牛蹄子暖和过来了。”空格处内容指的是“他的蹄子”。故选B。

38. A【解析】考查动词词义辨析。examine检查；hit击打；pull拉。根据最后一段第一句话“He’ll 40 ,” Father told Li Ming可推知，当时“父亲”在给小牛犊检查。故选A。

39. B【解析】考查动词词义辨析。dry使……变干；pull拉；check检查；核对。根据第二段最后He quickly took off his coat, placed it on the ground beside the baby, and gently slid(滑动) the baby onto it.可推知，本句句意“李明解释他是怎么把小牛犊拉到他的外套上的”。故选B。

40. C【解析】考查动词词义辨析。die死亡；see看见；live生活，居住。根据下

句“thanks to you. You did the right thing. （多亏了你。你做得对。）”可推知，小牛犊会活下来。故选C。

(2017·江苏连云港) 二、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文,掌搌其大意,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

My mother used to ask me what is the most important part of the body. Through the years I kept trying to give the correct answer.

When I was younger, I thought 16 was very important to us as humans, so I said, “My ears, Mommy.”

She said, “No. Many people are deaf. Keep thinking about it and I will ask you again.” Several years 17 , she asked me again. This time I told her, “Mommy, sight is very important to 18 , so it must be our 19 .”

She 20 me and told me, “You are learning fast, 21 the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind.”

Over the next few years, she asked me a few more times and always her answer was, “ 22 , but you are getting smarter every year, my child.”

Then last year, my grandpa 23 . Everybody was hurt, and everybody was crying. My mom asked me, “Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?”

I was greatly 24 when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a 25 between her and me. She saw the confusion(困惑) on my face and told me, “This 26 is very important. It shows that you have 27 lived your life.” I saw her eyes filled up with tears. She said, “My dear, the most important body part is your shoulder.”

I asked, “Is it because it 28 your head?”

She replied, “No, it is because it can hold the head of a friend or loved one when they 29 . Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometimes in life, my clear. I only hope that you will have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.”

Then and there, I knew the most important body part is not a 30 one. It is