第一节 完形填空(共10小题,每小题1分,共计10分)
阅读下面的短文,从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Once, there was a bus driver in a small village. His job was to take children to school in his red bus. Usually, he would stop at the village centre to pick up the 36. Then he would drive them to a nearby village a few kilometres away, 37 their own village had no school.
Each child 38 99 cents(美分) for the trip every day. Many of the children's parents had no jobs, so it was difficult for them to 39 money. The bus driver realized the problem and 40 it. Then one day he decided to let the children take the bus for free, although his family was living a/an 41 life too. He believed this was a good way to help them. The kind bus driver drove the kids to school every day, sunny or cloudy, rainy or snowy. He made sure they got there 42 and on time. But after a few months, the bus wheels(轮子) became so old that it couldn't work well. Moving around became very difficult. So, all the mums and dads in the village decided to collect enough money to make the 43 work well again.
After their work, it got new wheels to work for a long time. 44, the red bus had a new and beautiful coat of paint.
From this, the bus driver learnt something important—when you are 45 to others, there will always be someone around to help you out.
()36. A. farmers B. parents C. teachers D. children
()37. A. because B. but C. and D. if
()38. A. made B. needed C. followed D. served
()39. A. save B. lend C. record D. use
()40. A. laughed at B. looked after C. thought about D. worked on
()41. A. bright B. magical C. hard D. easy
()42. A. quietly B. slowly C. heavily D. safely
()43. A. school B. bus C. road D. trip
()44. A. Instead B. Also C. Suddenly D. Still
()45. A. rich B. wise C. kind D. polite

36.D 37.A 38.B 39.A 40.C 41.C 42.D 43.B 44.B 45.C
【完形填空】
本文讲述了公交车司机在村里没有学校的情况下,负责接送孩子上学。尽管家庭贫困,他仍决定免费接送因父母失业而困难的孩子。后来公交车轮胎磨损严重,村民们筹集资金修理了公交车,司机因此感动,意识到善意会得到回报的故事。
第39题:句意:很多家长没有工作,所以对他们来说"攒"钱很难。A. save(节省;攒),B. lend(借出),C. record(记录),D. use(使用),前文说"parents had no jobs",save money表示"攒钱",故选A。
第42题:句意:司机每天送孩子上学,无论天气如何,都要"安全地"且准时送达。A. quietly(安静地),B. slowly(缓慢地),C. heavily(沉重地;大量地),D. safely(安全地),"safely"符合"保障孩子出行安全"的语境,故选D。
第44题:"got new wheels to work for a long time"(有了新轮子能长时间运行)和"the red bus had a new and beautiful coat of paint"(红色公交车有了一层新的漂亮油漆)是并列补充关系,用"Also"表示"此外,公交车还有了新油漆",故选B。
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【分析】
做完形填空需遵循“先通览全文，再逐题突破”的思路：第一步快速通读短文，把握故事主线——公交车司机为无校的村庄孩子提供接送服务，因家长贫困免费接送，后村民帮其维修公交，体现善意有回报的主题；第二步逐题分析时，结合空格前后的语境线索，辨析选项词汇的词义差异，同时关注句子间的逻辑关系（如因果、并列等），从而选出最符合语境的答案。
【解析】
36. 前文明确司机的工作是接送孩子上学，因此在村中心接的是children，故选D。
37. 前半句提到开车去几公里外的村子，后半句说明原因是“自己村没有学校”，为因果关系，用because，故选A。
38. 句意为“每个孩子每天需要支付99美分的车费”，need表示“需要”，符合语境，故选B。
39. 前文提到很多孩子的父母没有工作，因此“攒钱”困难，save money是固定搭配，意为“攒钱”，故选A。
40. 司机意识到问题后“思考”该问题，thought about表示“思考”，符合语境，故选C。
41. 尽管司机家庭生活也很困难，hard表示“困难的”，符合语境，故选C。
42. 司机每天确保孩子安全且准时到达学校，safely表示“安全地”，符合保障孩子出行的语境，故选D。
43. 公交轮子磨损严重，村民筹钱维修的是bus，故选B。
44. 公交有了新轮子，“此外”还有新油漆，为并列补充关系，用also，故选B。
45. 司机的善意得到了他人的帮助，kind表示“善良的”，符合主题，故选C。
【答案】
36.D 37.A 38.B 39.A 40.C 41.C 42.D 43.B 44.B 45.C
【知识点】
完形填空语篇理解、词汇词义辨析、逻辑关系判断
【点评】
本文是一篇记叙文，围绕“善意的回报”展开，贴近学生生活，词汇多为基础常用词，侧重考查语篇整体理解和语境中词汇的运用，解题时只要抓住上下文线索即可顺利作答，传递了积极的价值观。
【难度系数】
0.6