Ⅰ.完形填空
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Some old Chinese inventions have become more and more popular around the world. Recently (最近), a woman used an ancient Chinese invention to help her son solve a (n) 1 problem.
Dr. Mantri was born and 2 in India. She was taught how to use an abacus(算盘) to work out easy maths problems 3 she was young. After noticing that her son Dhruv had great difficulty with maths, she started using the same ancient Chinese 4 to help him after school.
"My son was in Grade 5 when I noticed he was 5 in maths," said Dr. Mantri. "I would ask him something very easy like '35 - 13 = ?', but he couldn't work it out."
"I never thought I would teach him to use such an old tool until I 6 I could try the Chinese abacus. It is a useful tool to help kids better understand numbers and 7 calculations(计算). Very soon I saw the results. After six days, Dhruv started to make progress 8 with the help of the abacus. He even performed with the abacus at a school meeting."
Known as the fifth invention of ancient China, the Chinese abacus is also 9 as the earliest computer. It helped people solve many maths problems in ancient China. As long as you remember the 10, you can easily use it.
So far, the Chinese abacus has been included in the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity(人类非物质文化遗产名录) for over 10 years ever since 2013.
()1. A. maths B. English
C. geography D. biology
()2. A. woke up B. gave up
C. grew up D. picked up
()3. A. after B. when
C. until D. since
()4. A. character B. tool
C. symbol D. model
()5. A. creative B. talented
C. weak D. excellent
()6. A. forgot B. recorded
C. realised D. avoided
()7. A. amazing B. terrible
C. wide D. basic
()8. A. politely B. loudly
C. strangely D. quickly
()9. A. considered B. recognised
C. honoured D. influenced
()10. A. records B. rules
C. mistakes D. messages

Ⅰ.1. A 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. D 8. D
9. A 10. B

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（本文讲述印度妈妈用中国算盘帮助数学薄弱的儿子提升数学能力的故事），再逐空结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配等分析选项，确保答案符合文意与逻辑。
【解析】
1. 由后文多次提及的“maths problems”可知，此处指解决数学问题，选A。
2. 句意为“Mantri博士出生并在印度长大”，grew up表“长大”，符合语境，选C。
3. 此处表“当她年轻的时候”，when引导时间状语从句，选B。
4. 算盘是一种工具，此处指用这种中国古代工具帮助儿子，tool符合，选B。
5. 由后文“问简单减法都不会”可知，儿子数学薄弱，weak表“薄弱的”，选C。
6. 句意为“直到我意识到可以尝试中国算盘”，realised表“意识到”，符合语境，选C。
7. 算盘帮助理解数字和基础计算，basic表“基础的”，选D。
8. 由“六天后取得进步”可知，进步快速，quickly表“快速地”，选D。
9. 此处表“被认为是最早的计算机”，considered as是固定搭配，选A。
10. 使用算盘需记住规则，rules表“规则”，符合语境，选B。
【答案】
1.A 2.C 3.B 4.B 5.C 6.C 7.D 8.D 9.A 10.B
【知识点】
完形填空、词义辨析、固定搭配
【点评】
本题围绕中国算盘展开，考察学生对上下文语境的理解及基础词汇、固定搭配的掌握，难度适中，贴近生活实际。
【难度系数】
0.5