Ⅰ Cloze test.
Every afternoon after school, some children played in a giant's garden. The giant was away in the 1 . It was a beautiful garden with grass, flowers and some peach trees. But one afternoon, the giant returned and was 2 to see the children in his garden. He chased them away and said, "Don't come back!" He built a high 3 around the garden. 4 came and Earth woke up from its winter sleep. But there was still 5 snow in the giant's garden.
"Spring is late this year," the giant said. But spring became summer and summer passed into fall. Fall gave golden fruit to every garden, 6 to the giant's, she gave nothing. All year round, snow 7 the giant's garden. One day, the giant awoke and 8 a wonderful sound. It was a bird singing. He looked out of his window. What did he see?
Every tree had a little child sitting in its branches (树枝). The children had gotten back into the garden 9 a hole in the wall. The trees were so happy to have the children back again that they covered themselves with blossoms. "How selfish I have been!" the giant said. "I will knock the wall down and my garden will be a children's 10 ."
After many years, the giant grew old and weak. He watched the children play their games and admired his garden. "These children are the most beautiful flowers of all," he said.
() 1. A. morning
B. afternoon
C. noon
D. night
() 2. A. happy
B. angry
C. confident
D. excited
() 3. A. bridge
B. town
C. road
D. wall
() 4. A. Winter
B. Autumn
C. Summer
D. Spring
() 5. A. large
B. deep
C. high
D. many
() 6. A. so
B. or
C. but
D. and
() 7. A. left
B. covered
C. gained
D. reached
() 8. A. heard
B. saw
C. touched
D. tasted
() 9. A. across
B. through
C. past
D. below
() 10. A. school
B. hospital
C. market
D. playground

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1. 根据"Every afternoon after school, some children played..."及"But one afternoon, the giant returned"可知巨人之前不在，结合选项，下午回来，之前可能在别处，此处"in the afternoon"不符合，"away in the..."指离开的状态，"noon"中午，"morning"早上，"night"晚上，结合语境巨人离开一段时间，孩子们下午玩，他下午回来，之前可能不在，最合理的是他之前“外出”，但选项中无，此处应是“巨人之前不在家”，根据后文他回来看到孩子，说明之前不在，结合选项，"away in the..."可能指“在别处”，但选项中时间名词，结合"returned"在下午，所以之前可能“一整个下午”不在？不，"in the afternoon"是固定搭配，此处应选B，因为孩子们下午玩，巨人下午回来，说明他之前下午不在。
2. 根据"He chased them away and said, 'Don't come back!'"可知巨人很生气，选B。
3. 根据后文"a hole in the wall"可知建的是墙，选D。
4. 根据"Earth woke up from its winter sleep"可知是春天来了，选D。
5. "snow"不可数，"deep snow"表示厚厚的雪，选B。
6. "Fall gave golden fruit to every garden"与"to the giant's, she gave nothing"是转折关系，选C。
7. "snow covered the garden"雪覆盖花园，选B。
8. "a wonderful sound"是听到的，选A。
9. "through a hole"从洞里穿过，选B。
10. 花园变成孩子们的游乐场，选D。