一、完形填空
Go-kart(卡丁车)
(2024·扬州仪征期中)Sally is good at making things. In the new term, she wants to make a 1 for the school's race. So she asks her dad for help. "Well," her father says, "you can read some books and do some research(研究) first and then come back to 2 with a picture of go-kart."
It takes Sally a week to 3 her go-kart. Then she brings her notes and 4 to her dad. She calls it "Blue Lightning". Her dad 5 her work. "Well, that's great!" he says, "Have a try. Just let the Blue Lightning 6 out of your design."
Over three weekends of hard work, Sally turns her picture into a real, working go-kart and paints it light 7. Her dad asks her to give it for a test(测试). Sally is very 8 to sit in the go-kart.

Then she drives it back to her dad. "Well," she says, "now I know 9 you want me to have a test drive."
"Oh, do you know?" he says, "Please 10 the problems with me."
"In the test, I drive my go-kart fast on the road, but it is 11 to speed up(加速)," she says. "There is something wrong with its shape."
"Very good!" her dad says. Sally looks a little 12 with her dad. She asks, "Why not tell me about it before the test drive?"
Her dad says, "13 I want you to work out the problems by yourself. We need to keep doing the 14 thing many times and working out the problems along the way."
Sally works on the go-kart even harder 15 her dad's help. They have the test drives again and again. Finally Sally goes to the race with her go-kart and wins the first place.
1. A. bus B. car C. bike D. go-kart
2. A. us B. them C. me D. him
3. A. make B. design C. work D. show
4. A. picture B. paper C. photo D. piece
5. A. looks up B. looks for C. looks at D. looks after
6. A. walk B. walks C. walking D. to walk
7. A. red B. blue C. grey D. yellow
8. A. sad B. worried C. polite D. happy
9. A. why B. what C. when D. where
10. A. get B. give C. talk D. share
11. A. easy B. hard C. amazing D. perfect
12. A. friendly B. lovely C. angry D. kind
13. A. Because B. So C. And D. Or
14. A. different B. same C. many D. much
15. A. in B. on C. with D. without

【语篇导读】本文讲述了莎莉在爸爸的鼓励和指导下,通过自学和实践制作了一辆卡丁车,并在比赛中获得了第一名的故事。
1. D 提示:根据下文“a picture of go-kart”可知,此处指卡丁车。句意:在新学期,她想为学校的车赛制作一辆卡丁车。
2. C 提示:us 我们;them 他们;me 我;him 他。句意:“好吧,”她爸爸说,“你可以先阅读一些书籍,做一些研究,然后带着一张卡丁车的图片回来找我。”
3. B 提示:make 制作;design 设计;work 工作;show 展示。根据下文“out of your design”可知,莎莉花了一周的时间设计她的卡丁车。
4. A 提示:picture 图片;paper 纸;photo 照片;piece 片。与上文“a picture of go-kart”相对应,此处指莎莉带着笔记和图片去找她的爸爸。
5. C 提示:look up 查找;look for 寻找;look at 看;look after 照顾。句意:她的爸爸看了看她的作品。
6. A 提示:let sb do sth 意为“让某人做某事”。句意:让蓝色闪电从你的设计中走出来吧。
7. B 提示:根据“the Blue Lightning”可知,她给卡丁车喷上了蓝色的漆。
8. D 提示:sad 悲伤的;worried 担心的;polite 有礼貌的;happy 开心的。句意:莎莉很开心地坐在卡丁车里。
9. A 提示:why 为什么;what 什么;when 什么时候;where 哪里。句意:……现在我知道你为什么要我试驾了。
10. D 提示:get 得到;give 给;talk 交谈;share 分享。句意:他说:“请和我分享一下这些问题。”
11. B 提示:easy 容易的;hard 困难的;amazing 令人惊讶的;perfect 完美的。句意:她说:“在测试中,我在路上快速驾驶我的卡丁车,但很难加速。”
12. C 提示:friendly 友好的;lovely 可爱的;angry 生气的;kind 好心的。下文“Why not tell me about it before the test drive?”说明莎莉对于爸爸没有在测试之前指出问题,感到生气。
13. A 提示:because 因为;so 所以;and 和;or 或者。句意:因为我想让你自己解决问题。
14. B 提示:different 不同的;same 相同的;many 许多,修饰可数名词;much 许多,修饰不可数名词。句意:我们需要不断重复做同一件事,并在过程中解决问题。
15. C 提示:with the help of 意为“在……的帮助下”。句意:在爸爸的帮助下,莎莉更加努力地改进这辆卡丁车。

【分析】
这是一篇记叙文类完形填空，解题思路如下：首先通读全文，把握文章主旨（Sally在爸爸的引导下，通过自主设计、制作卡丁车，最终参赛获奖，且学会自主解决问题的故事）；接着逐题分析，结合上下文语境、词汇词义辨析、固定搭配、语法规则等逐一筛选选项；最后代入答案通读验证，确保逻辑连贯、语义通顺。
【解析】
1. 选D：根据下文“a picture of go-kart”可知，此处指为学校比赛制作卡丁车，故选D。
2. 选C：此处是爸爸对Sally说“回来找我”，用人称代词宾格me，故选C。
3. 选B：根据下文“out of your design”可知，Sally花一周时间设计卡丁车，故选B。
4. 选A：与上文“a picture of go-kart”对应，此处指Sally带着笔记和图片找爸爸，故选A。
5. 选C：look at表示“看”，指爸爸查看Sally的设计成果，故选C。
6. 选A：let sb do sth是固定搭配，意为“让某人做某事”，故选A。
7. 选B：根据卡丁车的名字“Blue Lightning”可知，Sally将其漆成蓝色，故选B。
8. 选D：开心地坐在卡丁车里符合Sally的心情，故选D。
9. 选A：此处表示Sally明白了爸爸让她试驾的原因，故选A。
10. 选D：share sth with sb是固定搭配，意为“和某人分享某物”，此处指分享测试中的问题，故选D。
11. 选B：根据下文“There is something wrong with its shape”可知，卡丁车难以加速，故选B。
12. 选C：Sally问爸爸为什么不提前指出问题，说明她有点生气，故选C。
13. 选A：回答why引导的问句用because，故选A。
14. 选B：the same thing指“同一件事”，此处指反复做同一件事并解决问题，故选B。
15. 选C：with one's help是固定搭配，意为“在某人的帮助下”，故选C。
【答案】
1.D 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.D 9.A 10.D 11.B 12.C 13.A 14.B 15.C
【知识点】
完形填空解题、词汇辨析、固定搭配
【点评】
本文以制作卡丁车为线索，传递了自主实践、解决问题的理念，贴近学生生活，考查词汇运用与语境理解，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5