五、完形填空。
主题群:历史、社会与文化 子主题:历史人物 语篇类型:记叙文 难度:★★★
Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history? For many people, the 1 must be Confucius. At the age of about thirty, he became a teacher. To make more children get an education, he 2 the first private school open to commoners in Chinese history. He believed everyone should have a chance to get an education whether they were rich or poor. He had about 3,000 students in his lifetime and 3 of them became famous.
4 did Confucius do that? It was because of his own experience. Confucius had a 5 childhood. When his father died, he was only 3. His mother brought him up. As a child, he had to work to help his mother, but young Confucius 6 gave up studying. At that time, only children from 7 families could go to school. But Confucius was 8 enough. He visited many famous teachers. And they were all kind and generous. They all taught him for 9. Confucius learned music, history, poetry and sports from them. Kindness taught young Confucius to be thankful.
Confucius is the greatest teacher and thinker. He said, “Everyone has 10 worthy to be learned. When I am with three people, one of them must be better than me in some areas.” He also taught us that 11 is very important in study. “Studying without thinking makes people puzzled. Thinking without studying makes people lazy.” He also taught us how to be a good man. “A man should be strict with 12, but be kind to others.” It means we should 13 thinking of ourselves and work for others. He said young people should take care of the old. These ideas are around in people’s everyday life.
Although he 14 over 2,000 years ago, his wise ideas are still influencing us. We 15 him and respect(尊重) him for his contributions to education. His wise ideas will be remembered forever.
()1. A. reason B. purpose C. opinion D. answer
()2. A. set up B. grew up C. picked up D. put up
()3. A. many B. several C. none D. few
()4. A. How B. Why C. When D. Where
()5. A. happy B. lively C. hard D. relaxing
()6. A. ever B. often C. sometimes D. never
()7. A. rich B. hard C. poor D. small
()8. A. healthy B. honest C. lucky D. strong
()9. A. money B. country C. education D. free
()10. A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything
()11. A. playing B. thinking C. resting D. exercising
()12. A. myself B. yourself C. itself D. himself
()13. A. keep B. finish C. stop D. practice
()14. A. passed away B. put away C. took away D. kept away
()15. A. provide B. advise C. remember D. search

1~5. DAABC 6~10. DACDC 11~15. BDCAC

【分析】
本题是围绕中国历史人物孔子展开的记叙文完形填空，需结合上下文语境、词汇词义辨析及固定搭配逐一解题：先理解每句句意，再分析选项的词义、用法，匹配语境逻辑。
1题需对应“谁是最伟大老师”的答案；2题考“创办学校”的固定搭配；3题描述孔子弟子成名的数量；4题根据后文原因状语判断疑问词；5题结合孔子童年经历选形容词；6题体现孔子不放弃学习的态度；7题对应当时上学的家庭条件；8题描述孔子能拜师的特质；9题考“免费”的固定表达；10题表达“值得学习的事物”；11题对应孔子关于学与思的观点；12题考反身代词的用法；13题结合“为他人着想”的语义选动词；14题考“去世”的短语；15题对应对孔子的情感态度。
【解析】
1. 句意：对于很多人来说，答案必须是孔子。A.原因；B.目的；C.观点；D.答案。选D。
2. 句意：他创办了中国历史上第一所面向平民的私立学校。A.创办；B.长大；C.捡起；D.搭建。选A。
3. 句意：他一生有3000弟子，很多弟子成名。A.很多；B.几个；C.没有；D.很少。选A。
4. 后文说明原因，此处问“为什么”，A.如何；B.为什么；C.何时；D.何地。选B。
5. 父亲早逝，母亲带大，童年艰难。A.开心的；B.活泼的；C.艰难的；D.放松的。选C。
6. 从不放弃学习，A.曾经；B.经常；C.有时；D.从不。选D。
7. 当时只有富裕家庭的孩子能上学，A.富裕的；B.艰难的；C.贫穷的；D.小的。选A。
8. 他能拜访名师，是幸运的，A.健康的；B.诚实的；C.幸运的；D.强壮的。选C。
9. 名师免费教他，for free是固定表达，A.钱；B.国家；C.教育；D.免费。选D。
10. 每个人都有值得学习的东西，A.没有东西；B.一切；C.某物；D.任何东西。选C。
11. 对应“学而不思则罔”，思考在学习中很重要，A.玩；B.思考；C.休息；D.锻炼。选B。
12. 主语是a man，反身代词用himself，A.我自己；B.你自己；C.它自己；D.他自己。选D。
13. 停止只想着自己，stop doing sth.，A.保持；B.完成；C.停止；D.练习。选C。
14. 去世用passed away，A.去世；B.收起；C.带走；D.远离。选A。
15. 记得他并尊重他，A.提供；B.建议；C.记得；D.搜索。选C。
【答案】
1~5. DAABC 6~10. DACDC 11~15. BDCAC
【知识点】
完形填空词义辨析、语境理解、固定搭配
【点评】
本文围绕中国历史人物孔子展开，考察学生对词汇、语境及固定搭配的掌握，语篇贴合文化主题，难度适中，有助于学生了解孔子的教育思想与贡献。
【难度系数】
0.6