第一节 完形填空
阅读下面的短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Every Sunday morning, I take a running around a park near my home. There’s a 36 in one corner of the park. Each time I run, I see the same 37 woman sitting by the lake. And there is always a small 38 beside her.
While I was running last Sunday morning, my curiosity got the better of 39, so I stopped running and walked over to her. As I got closer, I found inside the cage(笼子) were 40 turtles(龟), slowly walking around. She had a fourth turtle on her leg that she was carefully 41.
“Hello,” I said. “I’d love to know what you’re doing with these turtles.”
She smiled. “I’m cleaning their shells(壳),” she replied. “It’s all about the things on a turtle’s shell, 42 algae(海藻) or scum(浮沫). They 43 the turtle from swimming. They can 44 weaken the shell over time. It’s my own way of doing 45 meaningful.”
“Wow! That’s really 46 of you! But there are turtles living in lakes all around the world. And 47 any of these turtles has kind people like you to help them clean their shells. So how exactly are you sure that you are truly 48?” I questioned.
The old woman smiled again. She then 49 the turtle on her leg, brushed the last piece of algae from its shell, and said, “Sweetie, if this little guy could 50, he’d tell you I just made all the difference in the world.”
()36. A. pool B. lake C. river D. garden
()37. A. old B. short C. serious D. beautiful
()38. A. bottle B. cage C. box D. cup
()39. A. her B. you C. me D. it
()40. A. two B. three C. four D. five
()41. A. feeding B. watching C. touching D. brushing
()42. A. for B. from C. with D. like
()43. A. help B. make C. stop D. plan
()44. A. also B. ever C. still D. already
()45. A. everything B. anything C. something D. nothing
()46. A. nice B. creative C. strange D. interesting
()47. A. often B. hardly C. always D. sometimes
()48. A. playing a joke B. making a living
C. playing a role D. making a wish
()49. A. looked for B. looked up C. looked after D. looked at
()50. A. talk B. feel C. hear D. see

36.B 37.A 38.B 39.C 40.B 41.D 42.D 43.C 44.A 45.C 46.A 47.B 48.C 49.D 50.A

【分析】
做完形填空需遵循“瞻前顾后找线索”的思路：先通读全文把握主旨（本文讲作者偶遇帮乌龟清理壳的老人的故事），再结合上下文复现、词汇辨析、固定搭配等逐一解题。比如36题后文有“by the lake”的线索，37题后文直接出现“The old woman”，38题后文提到“cage”，这些都是快速解题的关键；同时要注意代词指代、逻辑关系（如举例用like）、固定短语（如stop...from doing）的运用。
【解析】
36. 考查名词辨析，根据后文“by the lake”可知公园一角有个湖，故选B。
37. 考查形容词辨析，后文明确提到“The old woman”，可知是老年女性，故选A。
38. 考查名词辨析，后文提到“inside the cage”，可知她旁边有个笼子，故选B。
39. 考查代词，此处指“我的好奇心战胜了我”，用宾格me，故选C。
40. 考查数词，后文提到“a fourth turtle”，可知笼子里有三只乌龟，故选B。
41. 考查动词辨析，后文提到“brushed the last piece of algae”，可知她在刷乌龟壳，故选D。
42. 考查介词，此处举例壳上的东西像海藻或浮沫，用like，故选D。
43. 考查动词搭配，stop...from doing sth. 表示“阻止……做某事”，这里指这些东西阻止乌龟游泳，故选C。
44. 考查副词，also表示“也”，指这些东西也会逐渐削弱壳，故选A。
45. 考查代词，something meaningful表示“有意义的事”，肯定句中用something，故选C。
46. 考查形容词，作者夸赞老人的行为，nice表示“好的”，符合语境，故选A。
47. 考查副词，hardly any表示“几乎没有”，指几乎没有乌龟有这样的好心人帮忙，故选B。
48. 考查动词短语，play a role表示“起作用”，作者质疑老人是否真的在起作用，故选C。
49. 考查动词短语，looked at表示“看着”，指老人看着腿上的乌龟，故选D。
50. 考查动词，根据语境，乌龟如果会说话，会说老人帮了它，故选A。
【答案】
36.B 37.A 38.B 39.C 40.B 41.D 42.D 43.C 44.A 45.C 46.A 47.B 48.C 49.D 50.A
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、名词词义辨析、动词短语辨析
【点评】
本文是记叙文，传递了微小善举的价值，题目侧重考查上下文语境理解与基础词汇运用，线索明确，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6