Ⅳ. 完形填空(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,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。
Many small children are afraid of the dark and may have bad dreams in bed. They might be 41 of “monsters(怪兽)” in their bedrooms.
Saylor, a three-year-old girl in Charlotte, North Carolina, the US, kept 42 her parents, “There are monsters in my bedroom wall!” Her parents thought she was just 43 stories.
“Sweetie,” her mum said, “you just saw the movie *Monsters, Inc.* That’s 44 you’re thinking of monsters. Here’s some magic water. It will keep the monsters away.”
45 Saylor still didn’t want to sleep in her room. “The monsters are still there!” she cried. Her parents didn’t know what to do.
One day in October, Saylor’s mum saw some bees flying around the room. “Oh no! There might be a beehive(蜂房) somewhere!” she said. She called a beekeeper for 46.
The beekeeper came and 47 everywhere. “I’ve found it! The beehive is behind the wall,” he said. The beekeeper used a special camera(摄像机) to see the bees. “Wow,” he said, “I never saw so many bees in a house before!” Then he made a hole(洞) in the wall.
48, hundreds of bees flew out. The beekeeper removed about 45 kg of honeycomb(蜂巢) and caught the bees, putting them 49 special boxes. “Don’t be afraid,” he told Saylor. “The bees are going to another place, a honeybee home.”
Now, Saylor can sleep in her room happily. “No more monsters!” she said. “Now we know the 50. The real ‘monsters’ are just bees.”
()41. A. tired B. proud C. scared D. sure
()42. A. asking B. telling C. teaching D. showing
()43. A. making up B. working on C. listening to D. writing down
()44. A. what B. where C. how D. why
()45. A. So B. And C. But D. Or
()46. A. money B. help C. time D. information
()47. A. searched B. hunted C. travelled D. walked
()48. A. Suddenly B. Luckily C. Happily D. Quietly
()49. A. on B. behind C. in D. under
()50. A. lie B. animal C. rule D. truth

41. C 【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。A. tired 疲倦的;B. proud 骄傲的;C. scared 害怕的;D. sure 确定的。根据“Many small children are afraid of the dark”可知,此处指害怕“怪兽”,故选 C。
42. B 【解析】考查动词词义辨析。A. asking 问;B. telling 告诉;C. teaching 教;D. showing 展示。根据后文塞勒说的话可知,她是在告诉父母这件事,故选 B。
43. A 【解析】考查动词短语辨析。A. making up 编造;B. working on 从事;D. listening to 听;D. writing down 写下。结合语境可知,父母觉得塞勒说的怪兽不存在,认为是她编造的,故选 A。
44. D 【解析】考查表语从句引导词辨析。A. what 什么;B. where 在哪里;C. how 如何;D. why 为什么。根据“you just saw the movie Monsters, Inc.”可知,妈妈认为她看了《怪兽电力公司》电影是她想到怪兽的原因,故选 D。
45. C 【解析】考查连词词义辨析。A. So 所以;B. And 和;C. But 但是;D. Or 或者。前文妈妈说有魔法水可以赶走怪兽,后文塞勒仍不想睡在她的房间里,前后是转折关系,用 But,故选 C。
46. B 【解析】考查名词词义辨析。A. money 钱;B. help 帮助;C. time 时间;D. information 信息。根据“Oh no! There might be a beehive somewhere!”可知,她向养蜂人求助,故选 B。
47. A 【解析】考查动词词义辨析。A. searched 搜查;B. hunted 打猎;C. travelled 旅行;D. walked 走路。根据“I've found it! The beehive is behind the wall”可知,养蜂人在到处搜寻蜂房,故选 A。
48. A 【解析】考查副词词义辨析。A. Suddenly 突然;B. Luckily 幸运地;C. Happily 开心地;D. Quietly 安静地。结合语境可知,墙被打了个洞后,蜜蜂突然飞出来,故选 A。
49. C 【解析】考查介词词义辨析。A. on 在……上;B. behind 在……后面;C. in 在……里;D. under 在……下面。根据“caught the bees”可知,养蜂人抓住了蜜蜂,接下来会将蜜蜂放进特殊的箱子里。故选 C。
50. D 【解析】考查名词词义辨析。A. lie 谎言;B. animal 动物;C. rule 规则;D. truth 真相。根据“The real ‘monsters’ are just bees.”可知,他们知道了真相,故选 D。