sympathetic (同情的) to the pain of others. 16. A. sight 17. A. later

B. sound

C. taste C. ago

D. sense D. after D. everything D. eyes D. looked down D. however D. Neither D. passed away D. moved D. contest D. saying D. really

B. earlier

18. A. someone B. everyone 19. A. hands

B. legs

C. something C. ears

20. A. looked after B. looked around C. looked at 21. A. though 22. A. Yes

B. although

C. but C. None

B. No

23. A. went away B. died away C. ran away C. pleased

C. game

24. A. knocked B. surprised 25. A. match

B. competition

26. A. question B. problem 27. A. completely

B. happily

C. puzzle C. totally

C. builds up

28. A. holds up B. sets up 29. A. sing

B. cry

B. selfish

D. puts up

D. sigh D. bookish

C. shout

C. foolish

30. A. childish

A题材：哲理故事

【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了一位母亲通过生活的阅历来告诉她的孩子“什么才是人的身体最重要的部分”这个问题。在作者的外公去世时，这位母亲告诉了作者这个问题的答案：一个人的肩膀才是身体的最重要的部分，因为它可以给你需要时的一份依靠。揭示了“懂得分担亲人的痛苦，成为一个有担当的人”的道理。

16. B【解析】考查名词词义辨析。根据下句作者的回答“My ears”可知对应的应该是sound。故选B。

17. A【解析】考查固定短语。根据语境可知表示叙述故事，意为“几年后”，several years later。故选A。

18. B【解析】考查不定代词辨析。根据上文I thought 16 was very important to us as humans中的as humans可知此处意为“视力对于每个人来说是很重要的”。

someone有人；everyone大家；something某事；everything一切。故选B。 19. D【解析】考查名词词义辨析。根据上句“sight is very important t”可知对应的身体部位应该是眼睛eyes。故选D。

20. C【解析】考查动词短语辨析。look after照顾；look around环视；look at看；look down轻蔑。根据语境可知“母亲看着我说”。故选C。

21. C【解析】考查连词辨析。though尽管；although尽管；but转折；however然而。根据上文“You are learning fast!”和下文 “the answer is not correct”可知构成转折关系。however表示转折关系较弱，后面有逗号隔开。故选C。

22. B【解析】考查句子语境。根据下文“but you are getting smarter every year, my child”中的but可知前面应该是否定的应答语。none和neither不可作应答语使用。故选B。

23. D【解析】考查动词短语辨析。go away走开；die away指声音、风、光线等“渐息”、“渐弱”；ran away跑开；pass away去世。根据下句“Everybody was hurt, and everybody was crying”中的hurt和crying可推出外公“去世”。故选D。 24. B【解析】考查形容词辨析。knocked被敲打；surprised惊讶的；pleased高兴

的；

moved感动的。根据语境在外公去世时被问到这个问题，作者是“惊讶的”。故选

B。

25. C【解析】考查名词词义辨析。match比赛；competition比赛；game游戏；contest竞争。结合句意可知作者认为这是母亲和我之间的一个游戏。故选C。 26. A【解析】考查名词词义辨析。question问题；problem问题；puzzle迷；saying谚语。整个故事是围绕母亲问我的这个“问题”展开的，此处代指上面的“问题”。结合上文的ask和answer可知对应的是question。故选A。

27. D【解析】考查副词词义辨析。completely完全地；happily高兴地；totally整个地；really真正地。句意：它表明你已经真正地过着你的生活。故选D。 28. A【解析】考查动词短语辨析。hold up举起，支持；set up成立；build up逐步建立；put up张贴。结合句意可知作者想问是因为它（肩膀）支撑了你的头吗？故选A。

29. B【解析】考查动词辨析。根据下文Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on

sometimes in life, my clear.可知上文提到的是“当他们哭的时候”。故选B。 30. B【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。childish孩子气的；selfish自私的；foolish愚蠢的；bookish根据下文It is sympathetic (同情的）to the pain of others中的others可知对应是“不是自私的”。故选B。

(2017·江苏南京）二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

You and your family are planning a picnic for tomorrow. But you want to 16 the weather forecast (预报) first to see whether there will be rain or not. Your father turns on the television and the family listens to the 17 make the weather report.

\ 18 clearing by early afternoon. The high tomorrow will be 85.\

As there will be no rain, the whole family feels 19 . Without the weather forecast, you would not know this, and you would just have to take your chances. But now you can plan your picnic 20 worrying whether it will rain or not.

The man you can thank for this is Cleveland Abbe. He is known as the father of the weather bureau. He was the first person to publish 21 weather forecasts in the United States.

Abbe began his daily weather bulletins (简报) in 1869. They were based on weather 22 he drew from telegraphed reports of weather conditions. Because of their accuracy (准确), the reports were 23 . Congress (国会) became 24 in Abbe's weather reports. They made Abbe a meteorologist (someone who studies weather conditions), and he 25 issuing (发布) forecasts three times a day. He was the first official forecaster of the U.S. Weather Service. Because he often forecast probable storms, Abbe earned the nickname of \

16. A. produce

B. spread

C. check

D. organize

17. A. fireman 18. A. so

B. postman B. but

C. fisherman C. after

D. weatherman D. because D. curious D. from D. indoor D. centres D. useless D. interested D. risked

19. A. happy 20. A. about 21. A. online 22. A. maps

B. worried B. without B. polluted B. stations B. popular B. similar B. began

C. stressed C. against C. daily C. space

23. A. strange 24. A. successful 25. A. avoided 题材：人物故事

C. terrible C. bored

C. minded

【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。记叙了作者和家人要去进行一次野餐，想知道天气预报的情况，从而导出为人类作出巨大贡献的气象学家——克利夫兰·阿贝，介绍了他是如何为人类发明的天气预报。

16. C 【解析】考查动词辨析。由后句“天是否将有雨”知，前句意为“你首先想检查一下天气预报”，check检查。故选C。

17. D 【解析】考查名词辨析。句意为“你的爸爸打开了电视，家人收听气象员的天气预报”，weatherman气象员。故选D。

18. B 【解析】考查连词辨析。由“前句多云，后句天气放晴”知，句意间表示“转折”关系。故选B。

19. A 【解析】考查形容词辨析。由从句“没有雨”知，主句意为“家人感到很高兴”，happy高兴。故选A。

20. B 【解析】考查介词辨析。由前句“天气没有雨”知，句意“你可以计划你的野餐而不要担心是否下雨”，without没有。故选B。

21. C 【解析】考查形容词辨析。由前句“他是气象局的创史人”知，后句意为“他是美国第一个发明每日天气预报的人”。daily每日的。故选C。

22. A 【解析】考查名词辨析。句意“每天天气的简报是以天气情况而画的天气云图为基础的”，maps地图。故选A。

23. B 【解析】考查形容词辨析。由从句“因为他们的准确”知，主句意为“报告是非常受欢迎的”，popular受欢迎的。故选B。