五、完形填空。
During the daytime, Zhang Yu is a farmer. In the evening, however, she picks up her 1 and turns into a painter. “My wife never feels 2 ,” says Zhang's husband. “Sometimes she even forgets to eat or sleep.”
Zhang was born in a poor family. She liked drawing when she was young, but she couldn't 3 brushes and paper. So she usually just used a stick to paint on the 4 . At that time, she never thought that one day she would be a painter. She never expected her paintings would be 5 , either. So when many people came for her paintings without even checking the price, she was quite 6 .
The turning point came in 2012 when Zhang's son wanted to learn painting. He asked his mother to 7 him a brush and some paints. He soon 8 , but his mother's dream was awakened. Zhang then became a regular(经常的) 9 at the shop where she would buy more paints. She even learned from a local 10 teacher and quickly mastered better skills.
Zhang is often asked why the people in her paintings are all 11 . “The reason is that we are happy,” she replies. “In spring, we 12 the seeds(种子) and watch them grow like our children. In autumn, we get fruitful results with great excitement. I paint what I 13 .”
“Our life in the countryside is improving,” Zhang says 14 . “I want more people to see the reality of our lives and feel our 15 . So I will keep painting as long as I can.”
()1. A. brush B. ruler C. book D. map
()2. A. angry B. tired C. sad D. lonely
()3. A. afford B. find C. produce D. receive
()4. A. paper B. blackboard C. desk D. ground
()5. A. popular B. interesting C. special D. expensive
()6. A. bored B. worried C. surprised D. relaxed
()7. A. pass B. bring C. lend D. buy
()8. A. shut up B. gave up C. fell off D. set off
()9. A. listener B. worker C. visitor D. writer
()10. A. maths B. art C. science D. history
()11. A. cooking B. talking C. reading D. smiling
()12. A. plant B. sell C. keep D. discover
()13. A. pack B. see C. lose D. hide
()14. A. carefully B. nervously C. excitedly D. weakly
()15. A. happiness B. friendship C. failure D. pain

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

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨，本文讲述农民张宇白天务农、夜晚作画，虽出身贫寒仍坚持创作，其作品传递乡村生活幸福感的故事。解题时需结合上下文语境、词汇含义及固定搭配逐一分析：1. 由后文“painter”确定需选绘画工具；2. 由“forget to eat or sleep”推断人物状态；3. 由“poor family”判断买不起绘画工具；4. 因买不起纸，故用棍子在地面作画；5. 由“many people came for her paintings”可知作品受欢迎；6. 由“without even checking the price”推断人物情绪；7. 结合儿子学画画的需求，确定是买绘画工具；8. 由转折关系判断儿子放弃学画画；9. 结合店铺语境确定是常客；10. 由绘画技能学习确定是美术老师；11. 由后文“we are happy”确定画中人物状态；12. 结合季节与种子的搭配确定动词；13. 由绘画内容确定是所见事物；14. 结合生活改善的语境确定情绪副词；15. 由前文幸福主题确定名词。
【解析】
1. 考查名词辨析：brush（画笔）对应“painter（画家）”，故选A；
2. 考查形容词：tired（疲惫的），由“forget to eat or sleep（忘记吃饭睡觉）”可知她不知疲倦，故选B；
3. 考查动词：afford（负担得起），因出身贫寒买不起绘画工具，故选A；
4. 考查名词：ground（地面），买不起纸所以用棍子在地面作画，故选D；
5. 考查形容词：popular（受欢迎的），很多人来买画说明作品受欢迎，故选A；
6. 考查形容词：surprised（惊讶的），没看价格就有人买，她感到惊讶，故选C；
7. 考查动词：buy（买），儿子让她买画笔和颜料，故选D；
8. 考查动词短语：gave up（放弃），儿子放弃学画画，故选B；
9. 考查名词：visitor（常客），成为购买颜料店铺的常客，故选C；
10. 考查名词：art（美术），向美术老师学习绘画技能，故选B；
11. 考查形容词：smiling（微笑的），后文提到“we are happy（我们很幸福）”，故画中人物是微笑的，故选D；
12. 考查动词：plant（种植），春天播种种子，故选A；
13. 考查动词：see（看见），画自己所见的生活，故选B；
14. 考查副词：excitedly（兴奋地），谈及改善的乡村生活时情绪兴奋，故选C；
15. 考查名词：happiness（幸福），传递乡村生活的幸福感，故选A；
【答案】
1.A 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.A 6.C 7.D 8.B 9.C 10.B 11.D 12.A 13.B 14.C 15.A
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词汇辨析、上下文语境理解
【点评】
本文为记叙文，围绕普通农民的绘画梦想展开，线索清晰，词汇多为初中阶段常用词，通过上下文语境即可轻松推断答案，侧重考查学生的基础英语应用能力，贴近生活易理解。
【难度系数】
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