A group of boys stood around a tree. They said, “What a tall 1! It would be 2 to climb to the top!”
The boys wanted to play a 3 to see who could climb to the top first. Their mothers 4 not far away. They looked on(旁观) at their children as they played. One of the climbers was a little boy named David. He was short and thin. He was very quiet and 5 in the group. So no one 6 he would win.
Then the game ______ 7 ______ . All of the boys tried ______ 8 ______ best to climb fast. The other boys climbed quickly in the beginning, ______ 9 ______ David was the first to climb to the top.
His mother was surprised. She asked him, “David, 10 did you get to the top of the tree so quickly?” “It was 11,” David said. “The other children kept 12 as they climbed. When they realized how high they were, they were 13 to fall down. However, I looked only up. When I saw how close I was, I kept 14 higher and higher until I reached the top.”
It is true 15 life if we just keep going forward without looking back, we are more likely to win at last.
()1. A. tree B. hotel C. house D. flag
()2. A. terrible B. sad C. different D. exciting
()3. A. sport B. ball C. game D. card
()4. A. danced B. sat C. slept D. ran
()5. A. popular B. shy C. beautiful D. bad
()6. A. thought B. wrote C. grew D. blew
()7. A. started B. came C. kept D. ended
()8. A. his B. her C. its D. their
()9. A. so B. and C. but D. or
()10. A. how B. what C. where D. which
()11. A. difficult B. great C. scary D. easy
()12. A. climbing down B. falling down C. looking down D. playing hard
()13. A. ill B. afraid C. heavy D. young
()14. A. running B. walking C. watching D. climbing
()15. A. on B. about C. in D. of

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

【分析】
这是一篇记叙文完形填空，需结合上下文语境、词汇含义及固定搭配逐一分析选项。解题思路：先通读全文把握大意，再针对每道题，联系前后文的逻辑关系（如转折、因果）、词汇的语义辨析（如形容词、动词的用法）、固定搭配等来确定正确选项。例如第1题前文明确提到“a tree”，直接对应tree；第9题前文其他男孩爬得快，后文David先到顶，是转折关系，选but。
【解析】
1. 前文提到“stood around a tree”，此处指“多么高的树啊”，选A。
2. 爬树到顶是令人兴奋的事，exciting符合语境，选D。
3. 男孩们想玩游戏看谁先到顶，play a game是固定搭配，选C。
4. 妈妈们在不远处坐着，sat符合场景，选B。
5. David安静且害羞，shy符合描述，选B。
6. 没人认为他会赢，thought表示“认为”，选A。
7. 游戏开始，started符合语境，选A。
8. 主语是all of the boys，形容词性物主代词用their，选D。
9. 前文其他男孩爬得快，后文David先到顶，是转折关系，用but，选C。
10. 妈妈问他怎么这么快到顶，how表示方式，选A。
11. David说爬树很容易，easy符合他的解释，选D。
12. 其他孩子爬的时候往下看，looking down对应后文的意识到高度，选C。
13. 害怕掉下来，be afraid to do是固定搭配，选B。
14. 继续爬，climbing符合爬树的动作，选D。
15. in life是固定搭配，表示“在生活中”，选C。
【答案】
1.A 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.B 6.A 7.A 8.D 9.C 10.A 11.D 12.C 13.B 14.D 15.C
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词汇辨析、语境理解
【点评】
本文通过David爬树的故事，传达了“不回头、坚持向前更易成功”的道理，是贴近学生生活的记叙文。解题需结合上下文分析词汇，注重逻辑关系判断，适合初中学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.6

(二)
Once there was an elephant. She didn't have any friends. For many days, the elephant walked 1 the forest to look for friends.
One day she saw a monkey and asked, "Can we be friends?" The monkey didn't think more and 2 answered, "You are too big and you can't climb trees, so I can't be your friend."
The elephant felt 3 but she went on walking. Then she saw a 4. She asked him, "Can I make friends with you?" The rabbit 5 the elephant and answered, "You are too big to get into 6 house. You can't be my friend."
The elephant said nothing and later she 7 a frog. She asked, "Do you want to be my friend?" The frog answered, "You are big and 8. You can't jump like me. I'm sorry that you 9 be my friend."
The elephant went on asking the 10 on the way. However, she always got the same 11. She didn't know what to do.
The following day, the elephant saw other animals 12 fast. She stopped a koala and the koala told her that a hungry tiger was running after all the animals. The elephant wanted to 13 the animals, so she went to the tiger and said, "Please, sir, leave my friends." However, the tiger didn't listen to her. Then the elephant stood on her legs and shouted 14. The tiger felt scared and went away quickly.
15 the animals saw what the elephant did, they all said sorry to her. They knew the elephant was kind and they made friends with her happily.
()1. A. with B. from C. below D. through
()2. A. quickly B. hardly C. quietly D. luckily
()3. A. hungry B. unhappy C. scared D. serious
()4. A. monkey B. horse C. rabbit D. tiger
()5. A. felt like B. looked at C. cared about D. brought out
()6. A. my B. your C. her D. their
()7. A. woke B. touched C. moved D. met
()8. A. thin B. heavy C. young D. round
()9. A. can't B. needn't C. mustn't D. shouldn't
()10. A. symbols B. facts C. animals D. messages
()11. A. activity B. answer C. mind D. point
()12. A. riding B. jumping C. flying D. running
()13. A. win B. wash C. keep D. help
()14. A. kindly B. noisily C. loudly D. differently
()15. A. If B. When C. And D. Because

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

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（本文讲述大象找朋友被拒，后帮助动物赶走老虎终获友谊的故事），再结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配等逐个分析选项，验证答案是否符合逻辑。
【解析】
1. 考查介词辨析。walk through表示“穿过（内部）”，大象穿过森林找朋友，故选D。
2. 考查副词辨析。猴子很快回答大象，quickly（快速地）符合语境，故选A。
3. 考查形容词辨析。大象被拒绝后感到不开心，unhappy（不开心的）符合，故选B。
4. 考查名词辨析。后文提到“the rabbit”，可知此处是兔子，故选C。
5. 考查动词短语辨析。兔子看着大象回答，looked at（看）符合，故选B。
6. 考查代词辨析。兔子说大象太大进不了“我的”房子，my（我的）符合，故选A。
7. 考查动词辨析。后来大象遇到青蛙，met（遇见）符合，故选D。
8. 考查形容词辨析。大象又大又重，heavy（重的）符合青蛙的评价，故选B。
9. 考查情态动词辨析。青蛙说大象“不能”做朋友，can't（不能）符合，故选A。
10. 考查名词辨析。大象问路上的“动物”，animals（动物）符合，故选C。
11. 考查名词辨析。大象每次得到同样的“回答”，answer（回答）符合，故选B。
12. 考查动词辨析。动物们在快速跑，running（跑）符合后文被老虎追赶的语境，故选D。
13. 考查动词辨析。大象想“帮助”动物，help（帮助）符合，故选D。
14. 考查副词辨析。大象大声喊叫，loudly（大声地）符合，故选C。
15. 考查连词辨析。当动物们看到大象的行为时，when（当……时）符合，故选B。
【答案】
1.D 2.A 3.B 4.C 5.B 6.A 7.D 8.B 9.A 10.C 11.B 12.D 13.D 14.C 15.B
【知识点】
完形填空、介词辨析、形容词副词辨析
【点评】
本文为记叙文，围绕大象交朋友的故事展开，侧重考查学生对上下文语境的理解及基础词汇的运用能力，整体难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6