2018年成人高考《英语》习题及答案（10）_第3页

　　三、完形填空(共15小题;每题2分，共30分。)

　　通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。然后，从每小题的四个选择项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

　　Sometimes I feel that being the mother of three small children is like operating a large circus (马戏团). 21 afternoon last week, my three sons were playing peacefully in the back yard (院子), 22 the ball from one to another. I jumped at the chance to talk to one of my friends 23 the phone, but before I 24 to the phone, I could tell the boys had begun to quarrel with each other about something. I rushed out to 25 peace, but before I got there Charles had 26 a rock at Mark, and hit him in the eye. By the time I got to the back yard, they had begun to 27 about this. Even David, the oldest boy, who won’t usually fight with anybody about 28 ,was involved (卷入). First, I 29 them stop fighting, and then I examined Mark’s eye. I decided that it wasn’t going to develop into a black eye, but I felt that they should 30 at least a little for 31 they had done. “I’m going to 32 to your father about this when he comes home tonight,” I said. “He and I will think of how to punish you.” Things were 33 quiet after that for about half an hour, and then Charles 34 a glass in the kitchen, and at almost the same 35 , Mark fell out of the apple tree.

　　21.A.Certain

　　B.A

　　C.Some

　　D.One

　　D 词义辨析题。a和one都可以表示“一个”，但根据后面的afternoon，不定冠词要用an。

　　22.A.catching

　　B.throwing

　　C.beating

　　D.playing

　　B 词义辨析题。catch接住;throw扔;beat敲打;play玩。三个小孩子应该是互相把球扔给另一个人。

　　23.A.through

　　B.in

　　C.on

　　D.by

　　C 固定搭配题。talk to sb. on the phone和某人用电话交谈。

　　24.A.went

　　B.came

　　C.reached

　　D.got

　　D 词义辨析题。get和reach都有“到达”的意思，但reach后不能跟to。

　　25.A.keep

　　B.make

　　C.get

　　D.have

　　B 词语搭配题。make peace意为“讲和，调解”，符合句意。

　　26.A.thrown

　　B.hit

　　C.beaten

　　D.stricken

　　A 词义辨析题。throw扔;hit，beat，strike都有“打击”的意思。throw at意为“朝……扔”，符合句意。

　　27.A.quarrel

　　B.talk

　　C.worry

　　D.fight

　　D 推理判断题。由下句中“最大的孩子大卫通常不会和别人打架……”可推断，他们开始打架了，故应选fight。

　　28.A.nothing

　　B.something

　　C.anything

　　D.any thing

　　C 词义辨析题。这里是指“不为任何事情和任何人打架”。Anything意为“任何事情”，符合句意。

　　29.A.told

　　B.ordered

　　C.let

　　D.made

　　D 词义辨析题。told和order后要跟to。let sb. do sth.和make sb. do sth.都有“让某人做某事”的意思，但make表示强迫，let表示选择。

　　30.A.suffer

　　B.punish

　　C.criticize

　　D.beat

　　A 词义辨析题。suffer遭受;punish惩罚;criticize批评;beat打。结合句意，B、C、D三项若用在句子中应该用其被动形式。因此正确答案为A。

　　31.A.fight

　　B.that

　　C.things

　　D.what

　　D 句法结构题。他们至少要为他们的所作所为受到一点儿惩罚。what可引导名词从句，what在从句中作宾语。

　　32.A.tell

　　B.speak

　　C.report

　　D.inform

　　B 词义辨析题。tell和speak都有“说”的意思，tell的用法是tell sb. sth.，speak后可以跟to。

　　33.A.pretty

　　B.much

　　C.very much

　　D.a lot

　　A 词义辨析题。pretty可以修饰形容词原级，表示“非常”;much修饰形容词比较级;very much修饰动词;a lot一般修饰名词。

　　34.A.bet

　　B.hit

　　C.broke

　　D.struck

　　C 推理判断题。根据常识可知，查理斯在厨房里应该是把玻璃杯打碎了，因此应选C。

　　35.A.moment

　　B.second

　　C.minute

　　D.hour

　　A 固定搭配题。at the same moment意为“同时”，符合句意。