四、阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式
It was about 11:00 at night. When I 1. (finish) my homework, I saw bright light in the neighbour's kitchen. I thought someone 2. (cook), so I went to bed. Before I fell asleep, there was a terrible smell in the air and I knew something was wrong. I jumped out of the bed at once and went out to have 3. look. I saw the fire coming out of my 4. (neighbour) kitchen. I began to shout, "Fire! Fire!", 5. no one heard me.
I ran back 6. (quick) into my house to call 119. When I rang my neighbour's doorbell and called his name, he 7. (work) in the factory so nobody answered. I tried my best 8. (get) into the house and saved a cat and a dog.
Then I poured water through one of the kitchen 9. (window), but it was no use. The fire was too strong. Luckily, the firefighters arrived in time and put out the fire.
When my neighbour returned, he was sad because his kitchen was broken, but he thanked me 10. calling 119 and saving his pets.

1. finished 2. was cooking 3. a 4. neighbour's 5. but 6. quickly 7. was working 8. to get 9. windows 10. for

【解析】
1. 本文整体为过去时态，此处描述过去完成作业的动作，用一般过去时，故填finished。
2. 结合语境，作者当时认为有人正在做饭，用过去进行时，主语someone为单数，故填was cooking。
3. 固定搭配have a look表示“看一看”，故填a。
4. 此处表示“邻居的厨房”，需用名词所有格形式，故填neighbour's。
5. 前文喊“着火了”与后文没人听见是转折关系，故填but。
6. 此处修饰动词ran，需用副词形式，quick的副词是quickly，故填quickly。
7. 结合语境，当时邻居正在工厂上班，用过去进行时，主语he为单数，故填was working。
8. 固定搭配try one's best to do sth.表示“尽某人最大努力做某事”，故填to get。
9. one of后接可数名词复数形式，window的复数是windows，故填windows。
10. 固定搭配thank sb. for doing sth.表示“因某事感谢某人”，故填for。
【答案】
1. finished 2. was cooking 3. a 4. neighbour's 5. but 6. quickly 7. was working 8. to get 9. windows 10. for
【知识点】
一般过去时、过去进行时、固定短语搭配
【点评】
本题考查动词时态、词性转换、名词所有格及固定搭配等英语核心知识点，依托生活化的救火场景，要求学生结合语境灵活运用语法知识，能有效考查学生的英语综合运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.6

五、完形填空
Kellie is my sister Jane's daughter. When she was four years old, she was smarter than other children of 1 age. She knew she could make people 2 her by looking at them with her big brown eyes even when she told a lie. She liked to tell lies to her mother and was 3 that she could win. Then Jane had to come up with a way to 4 Kellie that telling lies was not good. She decided to tell Kellie that whenever she lied, there would be a black dot (点) on her tongue (舌头) and 5 Mum and Dad could see it.
Then Jane 6 her way a few times when she knew Kellie was lying to her. Kellie quickly believed that her mum was 7. A black dot would surely appear on her tongue as long as she lied. Soon after, 8 Jane felt that Kellie was lying, she would say, "Show me your tongue." And Kellie would either proudly show her 9, or just show a little of her tongue. Sometimes, she would keep her mouth closed and 10 her head.
As time went by, it became a family story. Kellie is a(n) 11 now. One day, I was helping 12 Kellie's boys Landen and Gavin when she was at work. There was a disagreement between the two brothers 13 some cookies. They were dropped on the floor. Gavin said, "I didn't 14 the cookies. See!" He showed his tongue, looking up at me with those same 15 eyes, and said, "There's no black dot on it." I couldn't help laughing. The story of the black dot was back.
()1. A. your
B. our
C. her
D. his
()2. A. believe
B. understand
C. change
D. notice
()3. A. sure
B. sorry
C. thankful
D. afraid
()4. A. promise
B. teach
C. allow
D. advise
()5. A. ever
B. even
C. once
D. only
()6. A. tried
B. learned
C. finished
D. moved
()7. A. strict
B. right
C. sad
D. lucky
()8. A. if
B. till
C. before
D. though
()9. A. feet
B. head
C. tongue
D. ear
()10. A. raise
B. shake
C. hurt
D. hit
()11. A. aunt
B. sister
C. mother
D. grandmother
()12. A. worry about
B. look for
C. put up
D. look after
()13. A. far from
B. because of
C. such as
D. next to
()14. A. share
B. lose
C. throw
D. sell
()15. A. brown
B. dark
C. small
D. black

1—5 CAABD 6—10 ABACB 11—15 CDBCA

【解析】
1. 第1题：考查形容词性物主代词，此处指代Kellie的年龄，应用her，故选C。
2. 第2题：根据上下文，Kellie用大眼睛让人们相信她（即使撒谎），believe符合语境，故选A。
3. 第3题：Kellie喜欢撒谎且确定自己能得逞，sure“确定的”符合题意，故选A。
4. 第4题：Jane要想办法教Kellie撒谎是不对的，teach“教”符合，故选B。
5. 第5题：Jane告诉Kellie撒谎时舌头上会有黑点，只有爸妈能看见，only“只有”符合，故选D。
6. 第6题：Jane在知道Kellie撒谎时尝试了几次这个方法，tried是try的过去式，意为“尝试”，故选A。
7. 第7题：Kellie很快相信妈妈说的是对的，right“正确的”符合，故选B。
8. 第8题：此处是条件状语从句，if“如果”引导从句，表“如果Jane觉得Kellie在撒谎，就会让她伸舌头”，故选A。
9. 第9题：根据前文“Show me your tongue”，Kellie会展示舌头，故选C。
10. 第10题：有时她会闭嘴摇头，shake one's head是固定搭配“摇头”，故选B。
11. 第11题：后文提到Kellie的儿子们，说明她现在是妈妈，故选C。
12. 第12题：“我”帮忙照顾Kellie的孩子，look after“照顾”符合，故选D。
13. 第13题：兄弟俩因为饼干起争执，because of“因为”表原因，故选B。
14. 第14题：Gavin说不是他扔的饼干，throw“扔”符合语境，故选C。
15. 第15题：第一段提到Kellie的big brown eyes，此处指同样的棕色眼睛，故选A。
【答案】
1—5 CAABD 6—10 ABACB 11—15 CDBCA
【知识点】
形容词性物主代词辨析；动词及短语辨析；语境逻辑推理
【点评】
本文围绕妈妈教育女儿不要撒谎的生活故事展开，考查学生对词汇辨析、语境理解和逻辑推理的能力，题目设置紧密结合上下文，需学生结合故事发展和语境细节选择合适选项，贴近生活的场景降低了部分理解难度，但仍需细心分析。
【难度系数】
0.6