任务一 完形填空
A group of boys stand around a tree. "What a tall tree!" they say to each other. "It
would be to climb to the top!"
The group of boys then decide to play a game to see will climb to the
top first. Their are sitting not far away, looking happily at their children as they
play. They are also what will happen.
One of the is an 8-year-old boy named David. He is the shortest child in the
group. thinks he will win.
Then the game starts. All the boys try their best to climb as as they can. All
the other boys climb faster than David in the beginning. ______ David is the first to reach
the top of the tree in the end.
David's mother is proud. She asks him, "David, do you get to the
top of the tree so quickly?"
"It is easy," David says. "The other children keep looking as they climb.
When they know how high they are, they are that they will fall down. But I look
only up. When I see how close I am, I don't . I keep climbing I reach the
top."
It is in life that if we just keep going forward without looking back,
we are sure to make our become true.
1. A. sad B. sore C. bad D. exciting
2. A. who B. when C. how D. what
3. A. mothers B. classmates C. teachers D. neighbours
4. A. worried about B. interested in C. surprised at D. angry at
5. A. runners B. workers C. swimmers D. climbers
6. A. Everybody B. Somebody C. Anybody D. Nobody
7. A. happily B. slowly C. quickly D. carefully
8. A. So B. And C. But D. Because
9. A. how B. when C. what D. which
10. A. up B. in C. down D. out
11. A. glad B. afraid C. sorry D. sure
12. A. stop B. try C. climb D. worry
13. A. after B. if C. because D. before
14. A. fun B. clear C. true D. different
15. A. study B. life C. dream D. spirit

1-5 D A A B D；6-10 D C C A C；11-15 B D D C C

1. 根据语境，孩子们认为爬到树顶是令人兴奋的事，exciting（令人兴奋的）符合语境，选D。
2. 此处是宾语从句，要表达“看谁先爬到树顶”，who指代人，作从句主语，选A。
3. 由后文“David's mother”可知，此处指孩子们的妈妈们，选A。
4. 短语辨析：be worried about担心；be interested in对…感兴趣；be surprised at对…惊讶；be angry at对…生气。妈妈们开心看着孩子，同时对接下来的事感兴趣，选B。
5. 这些男孩是参与爬树比赛的人，climbers（攀爬者）符合，选D。
6. David是小组里最矮的孩子，没人认为他会赢，Nobody（没人）符合语境，选D。
7. 爬树比赛中，男孩们都尽力爬得快，quickly（快速地）符合，选C。
8. 前文说其他男孩一开始爬得比David快，后文说David最终第一个到达树顶，表转折，But（但是）符合，选C。
9. 妈妈询问David快速爬到树顶的方式，how（怎样）表方式，选A。
10. 根据后文“When they know how high they are, they are afraid that they will fall down.”可知其他孩子爬的时候往下看，look down（向下看）符合，选C。
11. 他们知道自己爬得很高，害怕掉下来，afraid（害怕的）符合语境，选B。
12. David只向上看，不担心掉下来，worry（担心）符合，选D。
13. 此处表达“我一直爬直到到达树顶”，before（在…之前）可表达此含义，选D。
14. 生活中这个道理是真实的，true（真实的）符合，选C。
15. make one's dream come true是固定搭配，意为“使某人的梦想成真”，选C。