Ⅴ. 完形填空
Once upon a time in Robotland, there was a small robot who wanted very badly to grow tall. So every morning, the short robot asked the family 1 to lift him off the ground so his legs could stretch. By his third birthday, the robot wasn't small any more. He became a tall robot, and three times the size of anyone in his house and twice the size of the former 2 robot in Robotland.
As he hoped, he was 3 to help all the other people and robots with jobs they were too 4 to do. One day, he was bringing a big green 5 to a little girl named Leah. 6 it only took him eight steps to walk a mile, it didn't take him very long to walk the 10 miles to her house. When he got there he dropped the gift off.
"Will you please take the lid(盖子) of the present box off for me, tall robot?" Leah asked. "The gift is far too big for me to be able to 7 on my own." Tall robot agreed. 8 was a large toy bear.
"I've 9 one of these for ever," said Leah. "But now that it is in front of me, I see it's far too big for me. Would you like to keep it for 10, tall robot? It seems far more likely to be fun for you."
Tall robot was surprised and said, "11 ever gives me presents."
"Well, I'm giving you one right now. You do 12 things for all of us all the time. I'd like you to have it and if I miss it, I'll go to your house and 13 with it."
Tall robot was greatly happy. "Thank you, Leah. I'll leave it in my living room. I love 14 so you can come to my house to play with it whenever you'd like."
Leah jumped as high as she could and 15 his cheek. "Thank you," she said.
1. A. bird B. dog C. chicken D. tiger
2. A. strongest B. biggest
C. tallest D. largest
3. A. forced B. able
C. prevented D. used
4. A. short B. busy C. silent D. weak
5. A. card B. bottle
C. box D. present
6. A. When B. Since
C. Unless D. Although
7. A. carry B. do C. bring D. break
8. A. Inside B. Outside C. Out D. In
9. A. wanted B. bought
C. enjoyed D. made
10. A. himself B. itself
C. myself D. yourself
11. A. Somebody B. Anybody
C. Nobody D. Everybody
12. A. meaningful B. interesting
C. awful D. boring
13. A. play B. connect
C. communicate D. commit
14. A. travellers B. strangers
C. visitors D. students
15. A. beat B. kissed C. washed D. felt

1.A 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.B 7.B 8.A 9.A 10.D 11.C 12.A 13.A 14.C 15.B
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要叙述了一个小机器人长高以后，变成了一个高的机器人并一直帮助他人。一天，一个小女孩为了表达自己的感谢，将自己收到的玩具熊作为礼物送给了这个机器人。
1. A 根据后文“to lift him off the ground so his legs could stretch”并结合所给选项可知，只有鸟能把小机器人带离地面。故选 A。
2. C 结合前文“He became a tall robot, and three times the size of anyone in his house and twice the size of the former ...”可推知，这里是在强调机器人身高上的变化。故选 C。
3. B 结合全文和语境“As he hoped, he was ... to help all the other people and robots”可推测，这个高的机器人能够帮助其他所有的人和机器人。故选 B。
4. A 结合前文“He became a tall robot, and three times the size of anyone in his house and twice the size of the former ... robot in Robotland.”和语境“help all the other people and robots with jobs they were too ... to do”可推知，原来的小机器人成为机器人王国里最高的机器人后，开始帮助其他所有的人和机器人完成因个子矮而不能完成的工作。故选 A。
5. D 结合后文“When he got there he dropped the gift off.”和语境“he was bringing a big green ... to a little girl”可知，空格处的含义与 gift 的含义相同。故选 D。
6. B 结合语境“... it only took him eight steps to walk a mile, it didn't take him very long to walk the 10 miles to her house.”可推测，因为他走一英里只需要走八步，所以走十英里到小女孩家的路并不会花费他很长时间。此处 Since 用作连词，表示“因为”，引导原因状语从句。故选 B。
7. B 结合前文“Will you please take the lid of the present box off for me, tall robot?”和语境“The gift is far too big for me to be able to ... on my own.”可知，小女孩请求高的机器人帮忙拿下礼物盒的盖子，因为她自己做不到。其他选项均不符合题意。故选 B。
8. A 根据前文“Will you please take the lid of the present box off for me, tall robot?”可知，礼物装在盒子里，因此可推知这里是指高机器人把盖子打开后，里面是一个大的玩具熊。故选 A。
9. A 结合语境“'I've ... one of these for ever,' said Leah. 'But now that it is in front of me, I see it's far too big for me ...'”可知，小女孩一直想要一个玩具熊，但当她真正得到以后，才发现这个玩具太大了。其他选项均不符合题意。故选 A。
10. D 结合语境“Would you like to keep it for ..., tall robot? It seems far more likely to be fun for you.”可推测，Leah 询问机器人是否愿意自己保留这个玩具，因为这个巨大的玩具似乎对高的机器人来说更有趣。故选 D。
11. C 结合语境“Tall robot was surprised and said, '... ever gives me presents.'”和后文“Well, I'm giving you one right now.”可知，Leah 是第一个送礼物给机器人的人，之前都没有人给机器人送过礼物。故选 C。
12. A 结合语境“You do ... things for all of us all the time. I'd like you to have it”可推测，小女孩之所以送礼物给机器人，是因为机器人一直为大家做有意义的事情。故选 A。
13. A 结合语境“if I miss it, I'll go to your house and ... with it”和后文“so you can come to my house to play with it whenever you'd like”可知，空格处填 play。故选 A。
14. C 结合语境“Thank you, Leah. I'll leave it in my living room. I love ... so you can come to my house to play with it whenever you'd like.”可知，机器人喜欢有客人拜访自己的家，因此小女孩随时都可以去玩玩具熊。故选 C。
15. B 结合语境“Leah jumped as high as she could and ... his cheek. 'Thank you,' she said.”可推知，小女孩尽可能地高高跳起，亲吻了机器人的脸颊。其他选项均不符合题意。故选 B。

【分析】
做完形填空需遵循“通读全文→理解主旨→逐空分析→验证答案”的思路：第一步通读全文，明确文章是Robotland中小机器人长高后帮助他人，最终收到小女孩礼物的记叙文；第二步逐空分析，结合上下文语境、词汇词义、逻辑关系（如连词、代词）逐一判断，排除干扰项；第三步代入答案通读，验证逻辑通顺性。
【解析】
1. 选A：根据后文“lift him off the ground（把他抬离地面）”，选项中只有鸟能做到，故选A。
2. 选C：前文强调机器人身高变化，“former（以前的）”对应“最高的”，故选tallest（C）。
3. 选B：结合语境“帮助他人”，be able to（能够）符合，故选B。
4. 选A：机器人变高后，帮助他人完成因个子矮（short）做不到的事，故选A。
5. 选D：后文提到“gift”，此处对应“礼物（present）”，故选D。
6. 选B：前后为因果关系，“因为他走一英里只需八步，所以到10英里外的女孩家很快”，Since表原因，故选B。
7. 选B：女孩请求机器人帮忙开盖子，自己做不到，do on one's own（独自做）符合，故选B。
8. 选A：礼物在盒子里，打开盖子后“里面（Inside）”是玩具熊，故选A。
9. 选A：女孩一直“想要（wanted）”这个玩具熊，故选A。
10. 选D：女孩问机器人“你自己（yourself）”保留，故选D。
11. 选C：机器人惊讶，因为“没人（Nobody）”送过他礼物，故选C。
12. 选A：机器人一直做“有意义的（meaningful）”事，所以女孩送礼物，故选A。
13. 选A：后文提到“play with it”，此处对应play，故选A。
14. 选C：机器人喜欢有“访客（visitors）”，所以女孩可以来玩，故选C。
15. 选B：女孩感谢机器人，“亲吻（kissed）”脸颊，故选B。
【答案】1.A 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.B 7.B 8.A 9.A 10.D 11.C 12.A 13.A 14.C 15.B
【知识点】完形填空解题技巧、词汇词义辨析、上下文语境理解
【点评】本文为记叙文，故事生动易懂，贴近学生认知，主要考查学生对上下文逻辑关系的把握、常用词汇的词义辨析及语境运用，是基础型完形填空练习，适合巩固完形填空的基本解题方法。
【难度系数】0.7