五、完形填空
It was the last evening of the old year. In the cold and darkness, a poor little girl went 1. the street, with bare feet. She carried a small bundle(捆)of 2. in her hand. No one had bought any all day long. Trembling with cold and hunger, the girl walked on and on. 3. a poor little child!
In a corner, she sat down, but she could not warm herself. She was 4. to go home, because she had not earned a coin, and perhaps her father would 5. her, and her home was almost as cold as the street. Her hands were nearly dead with cold. She struck one match against the wall, and held her hands 6. the flame. She wanted to warm her small hands. It was quite a magic light. She found herself 7. before a large iron stove.
How warm it was! As the child wanted to warm her feet, the flame died down, and the stove 8. . The little girl sat cold and hungry, with the burnt match in her hand.
When a second match was lit, she saw a table 9. delicious food. But the match was soon burnt out and only the thick, 10. wall was beside her.
She struck 11. match. This time, her gentle and loving grandmother came up.
“Grandma!” 12. the child. “Oh, take me with you! I know that you will leave me 13. the match goes out.” And she lit all the matches hurriedly; she would like to 14. her old grandmother disappearing. Her kind, old and beautiful grandmother took the little girl in her arms, and they both flew high together, until they were in that place where neither cold, nor hunger, nor 15. is ever known.
The next morning, the little girl was found dead in the corner, with a smile on her face.
()1. A. away
B. along
C. off
D. out
()2. A. sticks
B. flowers
C. clothes
D. matches
()3. A. What
B. Why
C. How
D. When
()4. A. happy
B. willing
C. afraid
D. ready
()5. A. worry
B. beat
C. pay
D. praise
()6. A. in
B. across
C. below
D. over
()7. A. running
B. sitting
C. swimming
D. watching
()8. A. disappeared
B. controlled
C. remained
D. measured
()9. A. made of
B. next to
C. full of
D. close to
()10. A. hard
B. warm
C. deep
D. soft
()11. A. others
B. other
C. another
D. the other
()12. A. asked
B. talked
C. nodded
D. cried
()13. A. as soon as
B. as if
C. even though
D. so that
()14. A. remember
B. forget
C. stop
D. keep
()15. A. hope
B. pain
C. feeling
D. anger

1—5 BDACB 6—10 DBACA 11—15 CDACB

【解析】
1. 考查固定搭配。go along the street为固定表达，意为“沿着街道走”，符合语境，故选B。
2. 根据后文“She struck one match against the wall”的提示，可知女孩手里拿的是火柴，故选D。
3. 考查感叹句结构。感叹句“What + a/an + 形容词 + 可数名词单数！”中，中心词为可数名词单数child，需用What引导，故选A。
4. 由后文“because she had not earned a coin”可知，女孩没赚到钱，害怕回家，be afraid to do sth.意为“害怕做某事”，故选C。
5. 结合语境，女孩没赚到钱，父亲可能会打她，beat意为“打”，符合语义，故选B。
6. 要把手放在火焰上方取暖，over表示“在……上方（不接触）”，符合语境，故选D。
7. 女孩在幻觉中发现自己坐在一个大铁炉前，sitting符合语境描述，故选B。
8. 火焰熄灭后，幻觉中的炉子消失了，disappeared意为“消失”，故选A。
9. 桌子上摆满了美味的食物，full of意为“充满、摆满”，符合语义，故选C。
10. 火柴熄灭后，女孩身边只有坚硬的墙，hard意为“坚硬的”，故选A。
11. 此处表示“另一根火柴”，another用于指代三者及以上中的另一个，符合语境，故选C。
12. 女孩看到奶奶时情绪激动，哭喊着说话，cried符合人物情绪，故选D。
13. as soon as意为“一……就……”，女孩知道火柴一灭奶奶就会离开，符合语义，故选A。
14. 女孩想阻止奶奶消失，stop sb. (from) doing sth.意为“阻止某人做某事”，故选C。
15. 那个理想之地没有寒冷、饥饿和痛苦，pain意为“痛苦”，符合语境，故选B。
【答案】
1—5 BDACB 6—10 DBACA 11—15 CDACB
【知识点】
固定搭配、感叹句用法、语境词义辨析
【点评】
本文节选自经典故事《卖火柴的小女孩》，既考查学生对固定搭配、感叹句结构等语法知识的掌握，又要求学生结合故事背景与人物情绪，准确辨析词义完成填空，能较好地检测学生的综合语言运用能力。
【难度系数】
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