C(2026·连云港期末)
Once, there was a large stone(石头) in the vegetable garden of the Smiths. Anyone who went to the garden said the stone was in the way. That was inconvenient(不方便的). "Dad, 1 don't we move that stone away?" Dad replied, "From your grandfather's time, the stone has been there. It is 2 big to move." After a few 3, Alan got married and the stone was still there.
One day, Alan's wife Gina said 4, "This morning when I planned to 5 the vegetables in the garden, I fell over the stone. I want to move it away." Old Mike heard it and said, "Just be 6 when you walk near it." But Gina was 7 thinking about moving it away.
The next morning, Gina began to 8. She thought she would dig(挖) it for a few days. But it didn't 9 her much time to move it. In fact, they were cheated(欺骗) by the 10 of the outside part. When Gina told this good news to Mike and Alan, both of them couldn't 11 it.
In our life, there are so many things that are like the 12, which is too heavy but is 13 to take away. So don't be cheated by the outside of things. When we have a try, we'll find that things may not be as 14 as we think. Do you learn something 15 the story?
()1. A. where B. when C. how D. why
()2. A. very B. too C. so D. really
()3. A. years B. seconds C. hours D. minutes
()4. A. happily B. luckily C. angrily D. quietly
()5. A. make B. water C. cook D. buy
()6. A. surprised B. excited C. careful D. calm
()7. A. still B. even C. hardly D. ever
()8. A. wash B. work C. touch D. place
()9. A. pay B. cost C. spend D. take
()10. A. fact B. time C. size D. shape
()11. A. touch B. believe C. mind D. deal
()12. A. garden B. news C. father D. stone
()13. A. easy B. lazy C. boring D. helpless
()14. A. wrong B. different C. simple D. difficult
()15. A. from B. by C. of D. with

C [文章大意]本文通过讲述史密斯家菜园里一块"搬不动"的石头的故事,揭示了一个道理:人们常常被事物的表象所迷惑,看似难以克服的困难往往比想象的更简单。
1. D [解析]考查疑问词辨析。句意:爸爸,我们为什么不把那块石头搬走呢? where 在哪里;when 何时;how 怎样;why 为什么。根据"... don't we move that stone away?"可知,作者在询问爸爸不搬走石头的原因。故选 D。
2. B [解析]考查固定搭配。句意:它太大了,搬不动。very 非常;too 太;so 如此;really 真正地。根据"It is... big to move."可知,此处是"too... to..."结构,表示"太……而不能……"。故选 B。
3. A [解析]考查名词辨析。句意:几年后,艾伦结婚了,石头还在那里。year 年;second 秒;hour 小时;minute 分钟。根据"Alan got married and the stone was still there."可知,艾伦结婚应发生在几年后。故选 A。
4. C [解析]考查副词辨析。句意:一天,艾伦的妻子吉娜生气地说:"今天早上我打算给花园里的蔬菜浇水时,被石头绊倒了。我想把它搬走。"happily 开心地;luckily 幸运地;angrily 生气地;quietly 安静地。根据"I fell over the stone. I want to move it away"可知,吉娜被石头绊倒了,所以她很生气。故选 C。
5. B [解析]考查动词辨析。句意:一天,艾伦的妻子吉娜生气地说:"今天早上我打算给花园里的蔬菜浇水时,被石头绊倒了。"make 制作;water 给……浇水;cook 烹饪;buy 买。根据"the vegetables in the garden"可知,吉娜打算给蔬菜浇水。故选 B。
6. C [解析]考查形容词辨析。句意:年老的迈克听到了然后说:"当你走近它时要小心。"surprised 惊讶的;excited 兴奋的;careful 小心的;calm 冷静的。根据"when you walk near it"及上文中吉娜被绊倒的情景可知,迈克说靠近石头时要小心。故选 C。
7. A [解析]考查副词辨析。句意:但是吉娜仍然想着把它搬走。still 仍然;even 甚至;hardly 几乎不;ever 曾经。根据"But Gina was... thinking about moving it away."及下文吉娜搬走石头的情节可知,吉娜仍然想着把石头搬走。故选 A。
8. B [解析]考查动词辨析。句意:第二天早上,吉娜开始工作。wash 洗;work 工作;touch 触摸;place 放置。根据"She thought she would dig(挖) it for a few days."可知,吉娜开始挖石头,即开始工作。故选 B。
9. D [解析]考查动词辨析。句意:但是搬走它并没有花费她太多时间。pay 支付;cost 花费(主语是物);spend 花费(主语是人);take 花费(常用 it 作形式主语)。根据"But it didn't... her much time to move it."可知,此处是"It takes/took sb some time to do sth"结构,表示"花费某人多少时间做某事"。故选 D。
10. C [解析]考查名词辨析。句意:事实上,他们被石头外表的大小欺骗了。fact 事实;time 时间;size 大小;shape 形状。根据"Once, there was a large stone(石头)"及上文的描述可知,他们之前认为石头太大了,根本搬不动,但实际上很容易就把石头搬走了,所以他们被石头的大小欺骗了。故选 C。
11. B [解析]考查动词辨析。句意:当吉娜把这个好消息告诉迈克和艾伦时,他们俩都不敢相信。touch 触摸;believe 相信;mind 介意;deal 处理。根据"When Gina told this good news to Mike and Alan, both of them couldn't... it."可知,他们不敢相信吉娜搬走了石头。故选 B。
12. D [解析]考查名词辨析。句意:在我们的生活中,有很多事情就像这块石头一样,太重了,但很容易搬走。garden 花园;news 消息;father 父亲;stone 石头。根据"In our life, there are so many things that are like the..."及上文的描述可知,此处是把生活中的事情比作石头。故选 D。
13. A [解析]考查形容词辨析。句意:在我们的生活中,有很多事情就像这块石头一样,太重了,但很容易搬走。easy 容易的;lazy 懒惰的;boring 无聊的;helpless 无助的。根据"which is too heavy but is... to take away"及下文"When we have a try, we'll find that things may not be as... as we think."可知,石头看起来很难搬走,但实际上很容易。故选 A。
14. D [解析]考查形容词辨析。句意:当我们尝试时,我们会发现事情可能并不像我们想象的那么难。wrong 错误的;different 不同的;simple 简单的;difficult 困难的。根据"When we have a try, we'll find that things may not be as... as we think."及上文描述的挖石头的过程可知,尝试之后会发现事情并不难。故选 D。
15. A [解析]考查介词辨析。句意:你从这个故事中学到了什么吗? from 从;by 通过;of……的;with 和。根据"Do you learn something... the story?"可知,此处是"learn... from..."结构,表示"从……中学到……"。故选 A。
素养考向 本文旨在考查学生的语言能力和思维品质,通过讲述一块看似巨大沉重、实则很容易被移走的石头的故事,引导学生辩证地看待事物的表象与本质,培养其不被事物的外在表象所迷惑、勇于尝试并突破固有认知的意识。同时,本文渗透了"实践出真知"的生活哲理,有助于提升学生的批判性思维与解决问题的能力。