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A boy and his family left their
country because of war. They lived in a
small room. There were no toys or
books, and only a little . One
night, Father went to the market to buy
something to . When he came
home, it was nearly dark. He carried a
long roll(一卷) of paper under his arm.
"I bought a map," he said happily.
" is the bread?" Mother
asked. "I bought a map," he said again.
Mother and the boy said .
"I had enough money to buy only a
small piece of bread, and we would still
be ," Father said, feeling very
sorry.
"No dinner tonight," Mother said
. "We'll have the map instead."
The boy was very angry, but he had to
go to bed hungrily.
The next day, Father the
map. The map was so large that it took
up the whole wall. Their dark room was
full of .
What a colourful map! It surprised
the boy and made him very it. So
he began to spend long hours looking at
it and studying it carefully and drawing
on any small piece of paper that he
find. He learned many different
names of places from the map. He even
travelled to faraway countries without
the room.
The boy landed in deserts. He ran
on beaches. He climbed snowy
mountains. He saw birds singing at the
top of the temples. He went
forests with lots of fruit trees, eating as
many fruits as he liked. He drank fresh
water and under tall trees. He
came to a city of tall buildings and
counted thousands of windows, falling
asleep he could finish.
So he spent many hours far, far
away from his hunger and days.
He understood that his father was right
at last.
()1. A. food B. water
C. time D. hope
()2. A. play B. eat
C. watch D. draw
()3. A. Which B. How
C. Whose D. Where
()4. A. anything B. everything
C. nothing D. something
()5. A. poor B. hungry
C. excited D. great
()6. A. possibly B. correctly
C. carelessly D. sadly
()7. A. put on B. put up
C. put away D. put down
()8. A. lights B. places
C. colours D. toys
()9. A. famous for B. interested in
C. ready for D. careful with
()10. A. should B. would
C. could D. might
()11. A. cleaning B. losing
C. leaving D. describing
()12. A. near B. behind
C. between D. through
()13. A. climbed B. arrived
C. rested D. grew
()14. A. before B. after
C. because D. until
()15. A. free B. hard
C. different D. common

1.A 2.B 3.D 4.C 5.B 6.D 7.B 8.C 9.B 10.C
11.C 12.D 13.C 14.A 15.B

【分析】
本题为英语完形填空，解题思路为：1. 通读全文把握主旨（战争中逃难的家庭，父亲用买面包的钱买地图，地图给男孩带来精神慰藉的故事）；2. 结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配及逻辑关系，逐个分析选项；3. 验证答案是否符合文章整体逻辑。
【解析】
1. 前文提到无玩具、书，结合后文买面包的情节，可知只有少量食物，选A（food）。
2. 父亲去市场是为了买吃的，对应后文面包，选B（eat）。
3. 母亲询问面包位置，用where，选D（Where）。
4. 父亲重复说买了地图，母亲和男孩未说话，选C（nothing）。
5. 父亲称钱仅够买小面包，家人仍会饿，选B（hungry）。
6. 母亲因无晚餐而难过，选D（sadly）。
7. 父亲将地图张贴在墙上，put up意为“张贴”，选B（put up）。
8. 地图色彩丰富，房间充满颜色，选C（colours）。
9. 男孩对地图感兴趣，be interested in为固定搭配，选B（interested in）。
10. 男孩在能找到的小纸片上画画，could表示“能够”，选C（could）。
11. 男孩未离开房间就“旅行”，leave意为“离开”，选C（leaving）。
12. 穿过森林用through（内部穿过），选D（through）。
13. 在树下休息，选C（rested）。
14. 数完窗户之前睡着，before意为“在……之前”，选A（before）。
15. 远离饥饿和艰难的日子，hard意为“艰难的”，选B（hard）。
【答案】
1.A 2.B 3.D 4.C 5.B 6.D 7.B 8.C 9.B 10.C 11.C 12.D 13.C 14.A 15.B
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词义辨析、固定搭配
【点评】
本文通过战争中普通家庭的小故事，传递了精神慰藉的重要性，既考查英语词汇、语法掌握，也考查语境理解与逻辑推理能力，兼具知识性与教育性。
【难度系数】
0.5