there were never any children to play with. He was tired of staring at 6 pigs, hens, cows and sheep. He was especially tired of having to live in the house with his grandma. Looking after her all by himself was hardly 7 way to spend a Saturday morning.

“Go and make me a cup of tea for a start, 8 sugar and milk,\Most grandmothers are lovely, kind, helpful old ladies, but not this one. Gorge’s grandma was a woman 9 was always complaining about something or other. She spent all day 10 on her chair by the window. George 11 that Grandma used to be a gentle lady, but as she grew older, she was not able to look after herself and even worse, she was easy to get angry.

“We 12 be nice to the old, George,” His mother always told him.

Thinking of this, George 13 into the kitchen and made Grandma a cup of tea with a teabag. He put one spoon of sugar and 14 milk in it. He stirred the tea well and carried it into the living room 15 . 1. A. take

B. taking

C. to take

D. takes D. was sleeping D. which D. / D. so D. hundreds of

2. A. sleep 3. A. that 4. A. a 5. A. but

B. sleeps

B. what

C. is sleeping C. where C. the C. or

B. an

B. if

6. A. hundred 7. A. exciting 8. A. in 9. A. who

B. hundreds C. hundredth

B. the most exciting C. more exciting D. much more exciting

C. of

D. for D. When D. sat D. has told D. can D. has gone D. some D. careless

B. with

B. which

C. where C. sit

10. A. sitting 11. A. tell

B. sits

B. told B. would

C. was told C. might C. will go C. few

12. A. should 13. A. goes 14. A. many 15. A. care

B. went B. any

B. careful C. carefully

题材：人物故事

【主旨大意】本文讲述了生活在遥远的农场里的小男孩George的故事。一个周六的早晨，妈妈要去村子里购物，叮嘱小男孩要照顾好奶奶。奶奶的脾气不太好，George想起妈妈告诉她的话，要体谅奶奶，善待老人。然后他就非常耐心仔细地为奶奶泡茶的一个画面。

1. C【解析】考查非谓语动词。forget to do表示“忘记做某事”。故答案选C。 2. D【解析】考查动词的时态。根据文章首句判断本文在讲过去的事情，全文以过去时态为主。本句意思是“George的奶奶正在靠窗户的椅子上睡觉，这个时候她睁开一点眼睛说，……”。故选D。

3. C【解析】考查宾语从句的连接词。what your mother said意思是“你妈妈说的话”作heard的宾语，what在宾语从句中充当宾语。故答案为C。

4. D【解析】考查冠词。根据前半句，George的爸爸是一个农场主，他们家居住的农场离其他地方数英里远。这里the farm表示特指他们家的农场。故选D。 5. C【解析】考查并列连词。根据上一题的分析，前半句讲，他们家居住的农场离其他地方很远，所以从来没有任何孩子和他一起玩。前后两句为因果关系。故选C。

6. D【解析】考查数词短语。hundreds of表示“成百上千的”，为不具体的数量。类似用法还有：thousands of“成千上万的”，millions of“几百万的”。另外，表示具体的数量的表达，用“具体数字+hundred +名词复数”。故答案选D。 7. B【解析】考查形容词的最高级。空格后面的way为可数名词，填空入的词或者是“a +形容词+way”，或者是“the +形容词最高级+way”，故答案为B。 8. B【解析】考查介词辨析。with短语在这里表示“带有……”或“与……一同”的意思。故选B。

9. A【解析】考查定语从句的关系词。空格前先行词为a woman，根据定语从句关系选择的原则：当先行词为指人的名词时，且关系词在从句中作主语时，关系词可以用who或that。故选A。

10. A【解析】考查非谓语动词。“spend +段时间+ doing sth”的意思是“花费多长时间做某事”。故选A。

11. C【解析】考查谓语动词的时态和语态。tell sb sth的被动结构为：be told sth。

本文讲的是过去的事情，应为was told +宾语从句。故选C。

12. A【解析】考查情态动词的辨析。本句妈妈告诉George应该善待老人。故选A。

13. D【解析】考查动词的时态。一般过去时用于单纯陈述过去发生的事情。本句的意思是“George想了想妈妈说的话，走进厨房给奶奶泡了一杯茶”。故选D。 14. B【解析】考查形容词辨析。milk为不可数名词，本句的意思是“George在给奶奶泡的茶里放了一勺糖和一些牛奶”。故选B。

15. C【解析】考查副词修饰动词。本句的意思是“George把茶泡好搅拌好之后，很细心地端进了奶奶的卧室。故选C。

(2017·广东广州) 完形填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

More than 700 years ago, Scotland (苏格兰) was fighting with England. The King of England wanted to 16 Scotland. He had a strong army so it was 17 for the Scots to fight. They lost many times. King Robert of Scotland had to run from the English army.

One rainy day, King Robert lay in an old house. He thought that he was not good enough to be king. He was so 18 that he didn't even see a spider (蜘蛛) near him. He 19 when he saw the spider climbing. It was trying to climb up to its web at the top of the house but it fell down.

“How sad!” thought King Robert. “The spider is like me. It’s not 20 enough. He watched while the spider climbed up again. It fell down a second time.

“Be careful, little spider, or you might die,” he said. “Life is so hard. You'll never get back to your web.” But the spider 21 again and again. King Robert watched while it 22 climbed back to its web. After an hour, the spider got to the web.

“You’re such a great 23 ,” he said. “If you can keep trying, I can too. I must keep on fighting, I won't let the English win.” His 24 grew strong and they 25 the English army. Scotland was free.

Nobody knows if this is a true story. Many parents tell it to their children because

they want them to keep trying. 16. A. leave

B. control

C. help

D. visit

17. A. interesting 18. A. surprised

B. difficult C. important D. necessary B. bored

C. worried D. lonely

C. looked on D. looked up C. fast

D. free

19. A. looked ahead B. looked out 20. A. old

B. strong B. fell B. easily B. fighter

21. A. tried 22. A- finally 23. A. player 24. A. army 25. A. kept 题材：故事

C. practised D. cheered C. slowly D. suddenly

C. soldier

D. spider

B. feelings C. opinions D. family B. raised

C. stopped D. joined

【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。700多年以前，英格兰想统治苏格兰。英格兰在势力上比苏格兰强大很多，所以苏格兰多次被打败。苏格兰国王罗伯特很气馁也很焦急。一个下午天，他躺在一个老房子里。无意中抬头看到一只蜘蛛。蜘蛛要爬到房顶的蜘蛛网上，却不断地掉到地上，但是它坚持不懈，最后终于成功了。顽强的蜘蛛极大地鼓舞了罗伯特国王。他率领的军队终于抵挡了英格兰的进攻。 16. B【解析】考查动词词义辨析。根据上句“…, Scotland was fighting with England.”结合选项，可推知，可以推断苏格兰和英格兰发生战争，只能是英国国王是为了“控制”苏格兰。故选B。

17. B【解析】考查形容词辨析。根据前半句He（=The King of England） had a strong arty so it was…推知，苏格兰要打仗是“困难的”。故选B。

18. C【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。根据上句“He (=King Robert of Scotland) thought that he was not good enough to be king.”，苏格兰国王对自己不自信，很担心很焦虑。前两句可以看作是困果关系。故选C。

19. D【解析】考查动词短语辨析。A选项looked ahead向前看；B选项looked out当心，向外看；C选项looked on袖手旁观； D选项looked up抬头往上看。结合语境，上句说，罗伯特国王没有注意到附近有一只蜘蛛。当他抬起头来的时候，看到蜘蛛正在墙上爬。只能选择D。