Passage 5
William grew up in a poor family in Africa. His family lived in a village with no 1. At night, they used oil lamps for light. However, oil was too expensive for his parents to afford.
William wanted to 2 life there but he had no idea about how to realize it. One day, he read a book on how to turn the wind into electricity with a windmill.
“That is 3!” Though he didn’t know what a windmill was, he decided to give it a try.
First he had to 4 all the materials. He dug through the rubbish with his cousin in the village nearby and never 5 until he got what he wanted.
Then he started to make the windmill. The moment his farm work finished in the fields, he threw himself into studying the materials, staying 6 till midnight. Finally, he made it after many 7. He fixed the windmill on the top of a wood tower to catch wind. The villagers came to look. A long wire was used to connect to a bulb to the windmill. The wind blew and the windmill 8. To their amazement, the bulb lit up. The villagers cheered. William threw his hands in the air and jumped 9. To produce more energy, he built another windmill for his village.
Born into poverty, William didn’t give up in the face of difficulties. He kept reading, taught himself and lit up the whole 10.
()1. A. gas B. water
C. Internet D. electricity
()2. A. protect B. improve
C. create D. understand
()3. A. amazing B. surprised
C. worried D. important
()4. A. buy B. invent
C. collect D. borrow
()5. A. gave up B. went over
C. looked into D. learnt about
()6. A. calm B. awake
C. relaxed D. free
()7. A. meetings B. excuses
C. failures D. doubts
()8. A. fell B. flew
C. opened D. turned
()9. A. excitedly B. hurriedly
C. carefully D. worriedly
()10. A. team B. club
C. school D. village

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

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（本文讲述非洲男孩William克服困难用风车发电改善村庄生活的故事），再结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配等逐一分析每个空，最后验证答案是否符合逻辑。
【解析】
1. 由后文“晚上用油灯照明”可知，村庄没有电，选D（electricity）；A（gas）、B（water）、C（Internet）不符合语境。
2. William想改善生活，选B（improve）；A（protect保护）、C（create创造）、D（understand理解）不符合。
3. 看到风车发电的内容觉得神奇，amazing修饰事物，选A；B（surprised修饰人）、C（worried担忧）、D（important重要）不符合。
4. 他需要收集材料，选C（collect）；A（buy买）、B（invent发明）、D（borrow借）不符合。
5. 他和表哥在垃圾堆找材料，不放弃直到找到想要的，选A（gave up）；B（went over复习）、C（looked into调查）、D（learnt about了解）不符合。
6. 他熬夜到午夜，stay awake表示醒着，选B；A（calm平静）、C（relaxed放松）、D（free自由）不符合。
7. 经过多次失败后成功，选C（failures）；A（meetings会议）、B（excuses借口）、D（doubts怀疑）不符合。
8. 风吹动风车转动，选D（turned）；A（fell落下）、B（flew飞）、C（opened打开）不符合。
9. 成功后兴奋地跳，选A（excitedly）；B（hurriedly匆忙）、C（carefully仔细）、D（worriedly担忧）不符合。
10. 他照亮整个村庄，选D（village）；A（team团队）、B（club俱乐部）、C（school学校）不符合。
【答案】
1.D 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.A 6.B 7.C 8.D 9.A 10.D
【知识点】
完形填空、词义辨析、语境理解
【点评】
本文为记叙文，通过William用风车发电的故事传递不放弃的精神，考查学生对上下文语境和词汇的运用能力，难度适中，兼具教育意义。
【难度系数】
0.6