六、完形填空。
The people of Lilliput called me “Man Mountain” and they came from all over the country to see me. People had to to see me and the money made the emperor very rich.
One day, the emperor organized a parade for his people. He asked me to stand and his army walked through my legs to entertain everyone. There were thousands of soldiers, some of them on horses. Everyone was .
The emperor and his people always me well and helped me in many ways. They organized lessons for me. So gradually I began to understand and communicate with the Lilliputians and learn more about their lives.
But I was still a prisoner(囚犯) in my temple home and every day I asked the emperor the same question: “Can I please have my freedom?”
“You must be ,” he always answered.
Then one day the emperor gave me the freedom to walk about Lilliput. This made a big to me. I was able to explore the land. I was careful not to hurt the people or their houses as I walked. Everyone stayed inside and ran to their windows to look at me. I enjoyed looking into the windows of the emperor’s beautiful palace to see how he lived.
Everything seemed well and in Lilliput and I saw no problems for the people there. I was wrong. One day a good friend, Reldresal, came to see me and told me about a terrible conflict(冲突) between Lilliput and a country .
“My dear Gulliver,” he said, “please do not think that everything is here in Lilliput. The truth is very different. We are at present fighting a country called Blefuscu.”
I was shocked to hear this news.
“More than 30,000 Lilliputians have died in this conflict.”
“How ,” I said. “But are you fighting?”
“We are fighting because of eggs,” he answered.
“Eggs! I shouted with great .”
I could not believe my ears but Reldresal continued to explain ...
()1. A. pay B. agree C. prepare D. wait
()2. A. tired B. happy C. calm D. worried
()3. A. treated B. noticed C. visited D. missed
()4. A. art B. science C. language D. music
()5. A. humorous B. honest C. polite D. patient
()6. A. mistake B. decision C. difference D. choice
()7. A. enter B. break C. leave D. clean
()8. A. powerful B. hopeful C. peaceful D. helpful
()9. A. But B. Or C. So D. And
()10. A. across B. inside C. abroad D. nearby
()11. A. perfect B. funny C. important D. strange
()12. A. for B. from C. against D. towards
()13. A. interesting B. meaningless C. common D. terrible
()14. A. why B. when C. what D. who
()15. A. fear B. surprise C. shame D. regret

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

【分析】做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（本文为格列佛在利立浦特的经历），再结合每个空的上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配逐一判断。比如第1空，后文提到“钱让皇帝变富”，说明人们付费观看，选pay；第2空，皇帝组织游行表演，民众应是开心的，选happy；其余空同理结合逻辑和词汇用法分析。
【解析】
1. 由后文“the money made the emperor very rich”可知，人们需付费看“我”，pay意为“付费”，符合语境，选A。
2. 皇帝组织游行、军队表演，民众心情是开心的，happy符合，选B。
3. treat well是“善待”，结合后文“helped me in many ways”，皇帝和人们善待“我”，选A。
4. 后文提到“理解和交流”，说明安排了语言课，language符合，选C。
5. 我请求自由，皇帝回应“需耐心等待”，patient意为“耐心的”，选D。
6. make a difference是固定搭配，意为“有影响”，获得自由对“我”影响大，选C。
7. 我小心不破坏房屋，break意为“破坏”，符合语境，选B。
8. 前文说“一切没问题”，此处指一切和平，peaceful符合，选C。
9. 前文说无问题，后文说自己错了，是转折关系，用But，选A。
10. 利立浦特与附近国家冲突，nearby符合，选D。
11. 后文说真相不同，所以不要以为一切完美，perfect符合，选A。
12. fight against是固定搭配，意为“与……作战”，选C。
13. 3万人死亡，这是可怕的事，terrible符合，选D。
14. 后文回答原因，此处问为什么打仗，why符合，选A。
15. 听到因鸡蛋引发战争，“我”很惊讶，surprise符合，选B。
【答案】1.A 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.D 6.C 7.B 8.C 9.A 10.D 11.A 12.C 13.D 14.A 15.B
【知识点】完形填空、词义辨析、固定搭配
【点评】本文改编自《格列佛游记》，考查词汇在语境中的运用，需结合上下文逻辑和固定搭配解题，是初中英语常见题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.5