Ⅴ. Cloze test.
Once there was a rich man in a village. He never gave anything to help others. The villagers didn't like him.
One day, he said to 31, "I know you don't like me. I will give everything I have to you 32 I die. Then everyone will be happy." But nobody believed him. The rich man couldn't understand 33 they didn't believe him.
One clear day, he went out for a walk along the lake. Under a tree, he happened to hear a pig and a cow 34.
The pig said to the cow, "Why does everyone like you and nobody like me? After I die, I provide提供 people 35 meat, ham and so on. I give three or four things to them. But you give only one thing—36. Why do people like you all the time but not me?"
The cow said, "Look! I give them milk before I die. They are glad to 37 my offer. But you don't give them 38 before you die. You give them ham, pork and so on only after you are dead. People don't believe in the 39. They only believe in the present. If you give while you are alive, people will like you. It is quite simple."
After hearing this, the rich man understood everything.
He came to know that kindness springs from helping others in time, and that's how we find happiness. From then on, the rich man did his best to 40 the poor.
()31. A. us B. him C. them D. it
()32. A. after B. because C. but D. so
()33. A. how B. why C. what D. where
()34. A. crying B. running
C. swimming D. talking
()35. A. with B. to C. of D. for
()36. A. water B. juice C. milk D. food
()37. A. grow B. send C. keep D. receive
()38. A. something B. nothing
C. anything D. everything
()39. A. past B. future C. rich D. poor
()40. A. help B. change C. feed D. treat

31.C 32.A 33.B 34.D 35.A 36.C 37.D 38.C 39.B 40.A

【分析】
做完形填空首先要通读全文理清故事主线：本文讲述了原本吝啬、从不帮助他人的富人，偶然听到猪和奶牛的对话后明白，只有在世时及时付出才会获得他人认可，之后开始尽力帮助穷人的故事。解题时可以按照指代关系、逻辑关系、固定搭配、前后文提示逐一判断选项：1. 31空结合前文提到的复数名词villagers，判断指代对象选对应代词；2. 32空根据语境判断“死后捐赠财产”的时间逻辑；3. 33空判断富人不理解大家不信任他的原因，选对应连接词；4. 34空根据后文出现的猪和奶牛的对话内容，判断二者正在做的动作；5. 35空考察provide的固定搭配；6. 36空结合后文奶牛的自述提示，选出奶牛给人类的产出物；7. 37空判断“乐意接受付出”的对应动词；8. 38空结合句子否定属性，选择合适的不定代词；9. 39空对应后文的present（现在），选出对应反义概念；10. 40空呼应开头富人从不帮人的设定，选出转变后的行为。
【解析】
31. 前文提到村民们不喜欢这个富人，此处富人是对着村民们说话，指代复数的villagers，用代词them，选C。
32. 句意为“我死后会把我所有的东西都给你们”，after表示“在……之后”符合时间逻辑，because因为、but但是、so所以均不符合语境，选A。
33. 句意为“富人无法理解为什么他们不信任他”，why表原因符合句意，how如何、what什么、where哪里均不符合，选B。
34. 后文紧接着是猪和奶牛的完整对话内容，说明富人刚好听到二者在交谈，talking符合语境，crying哭、running跑、swimming游泳均不符合，选D。
35. 固定搭配provide sb. with sth. 表示“给某人提供某物”，是标准用法，选A。
36. 后文奶牛明确提到“I give them milk before I die”，可知奶牛给人类的产出是牛奶，选C。
37. 句意为“他们很乐意接受我的付出”，receive表示“接收、接受”符合句意，grow生长、send发送、keep保留均不符合，选D。
38. 该句为否定句，否定句中要使用不定代词anything，something多用于肯定句，nothing代入会出现语义重复，everything一切不符合语境，选C。
39. 后文提到“They only believe in the present（他们只相信现在）”，对应逻辑就是人们不相信未来，future表示未来，符合逻辑，选B。
40. 呼应文章开头富人从不帮助他人的设定，转变之后他尽全力帮助穷人，help符合语境，change改变、feed喂养、treat对待均不符合，选A。
【答案】
31.C 32.A 33.B 34.D 35.A 36.C 37.D 38.C 39.B 40.A
【知识点】
语境逻辑推理，动词固定搭配，不定代词用法
【点评】
本题是典型的记叙文类完形填空，故事通俗易懂，考点覆盖代词、连词、动词辨析、固定搭配、前后文原词复现等基础考点，没有设置偏难怪的陷阱，学生只要抓住故事主线，留意前后文的对应提示信息，就能顺利选出正确答案，适合巩固初中英语基础知识点。
【难度系数】
0.8