Ⅲ. 完形填空。
It was a rainy, windy October afternoon. Garth stood outside his house with a wide smile. This was 1 weather for testing his new invention—Umbrella Hat. He could hardly wait to see whether it could keep the rain off. He carefully 2 the hat on his head and started walking along the street. It worked!
Suddenly, three boys in his neighbourhood appeared and 3 him. Todd, the biggest one, pulled his Umbrella Hat off his head.
“What’s THIS?” he asked.
“It’s an Umbrella Hat. You can wear it on rainy days and...,” Garth said.
The boys 4, “Will anyone wear that stupid thing?” Todd threw the hat onto the ground and they ran off.
Garth picked up his Umbrella Hat from the ground in tears. “Maybe Todd was 5... In real life, who would ever need his invention?” He lowered his head and thought to himself.
Suddenly he 6 and saw a lady looking at him. “I was just leaving my house when I saw you and those boys. Are you okay?”
Then she saw the 7 Umbrella Hat and asked, “Er..., what’s that?”
“It’s my Umbrella Hat. I thought of it and made it myself...,” answered Garth.
“What a creative 8 you have! Don’t ever let stupid boys put you down! Keep inventing and one day you will 9 something really great!” said the lady.
“I will display(展示) three best inventions in my shop. I’m sure you will have a(n) 10 of winning a prize,” she continued.
Garth suddenly felt much better and could already feel lots of new ideas coming out, waiting to spring into action!
()1. A. cold B. perfect C. strange
()2. A. raised B. placed C. repaired
()3. A. guided B. refused C. stopped
()4. A. replied B. laughed C. wondered
()5. A. right B. angry C. polite
()6. A. came up B. gave up C. looked up
()7. A. ugly B. tiny C. broken
()8. A. mind B. habit C. game
()9. A. show B. meet C. create
()10. A. choice B. chance C. experience

1-5 BBCBA 6-10 CCACB

我们结合上下文语境和词义辨析逐题分析：
1. 根据前文Garth要测试自己的防雨新发明雨伞帽，下雨刮风的天气刚好适合测试，是“完美的”测试天气，选B.perfect。
2. 此处表达他小心地把帽子放到头上，place表示“放置”，符合语境，选B.placed。
3. 根据后文男孩把他头上的雨伞帽拽下来，可知三个男孩出现后拦住了他，stop表示“拦住、阻止”，选C.stopped。
4. 根据男孩说“谁会戴这么蠢的东西”，可知他们在嘲笑Garth，laugh表示“大笑、嘲笑”，选B.laughed。
5. 此处Garth哭着自我怀疑，心想或许Todd是对的，现实里没人需要他的发明，right表示“正确的”，选A.right。
6. 前文提到Garth之前低着头暗自思索，此处他抬头看到一位女士看着他，look up表示“抬头看”，选C.looked up。
7. 之前男孩把雨伞帽扔到了地上，所以帽子是破损的，broken表示“破损的”，选C.broken。
8. 女士夸赞Garth有富有创造力的头脑，mind表示“头脑、思维”，选A.mind。
9. 女士鼓励他坚持发明，总有一天会创造出非常棒的东西，create表示“创造”，选C.create。
10. 固定搭配have a chance of doing sth表示“有机会做某事”，此处指Garth有机会获奖，选B.chance。