A hole for the dog
狗 洞
主题: 人与自我/身边的事物 难度星级: ★★★☆ 用时: /7分钟 KEY→D17
I have a clever father. He has 1 dogs.
One is big and the other is 2. He likes them very much.
One day, my father makes two holes in the 3. One is big and the other is small. My brother and I 4 very surprised(惊讶的) at it. We ask him, “ 5 are there two holes in our door?”
Father answers, “To let my dogs come in and go 6.”
I ask again, “But why are there two holes? One is enough(足够的)!”
“But how can the big 7 go through the small hole?” my father says. “Oh, my dear dad!”
Sometimes a clever 8 may make such mistakes(错误).

词汇积累
make /meɪk/ v. 造成;使出现 one ... the other ... 一个……另一个……
come in 进来 go through 通过
Read and choose. 根据短文内容,选择正确答案。
() 1. A. four B. two C. three
() 2. A. big B. strong C. small
() 3. A. door B. window C. desk
() 4. A. am B. are C. is
() 5. A. Why B. What C. Where
() 6. A. in B. with C. out
() 7. A. door B. dog C. boy
() 8. A. boy B. girl C. man

1. B [解析]文中第三句讲到两只狗，一只大，一只小。 2. C 3. A [解析]根据第二段末的 in our door 可知，洞开在门上。 4. B 5. A [解析] why 意为“为什么”，这句是询问门上有两个洞的原因。 6. C [解析] come in 意为“进来”，go out 意为“出去”。 7. B 8. C

【分析】这是一篇完形填空题，解题思路为：先通读短文，理解短文讲述的父亲为两只狗在门上开一大一小两个洞的故事；再结合上下文语境、固定搭配、语法规则逐一分析每个小题，排除错误选项，选出符合文意和语法的正确答案。
【解析】1. 选B。文中提到“One is big and the other is small”，说明父亲有两只狗，故选B。2. 选C。对应前文的“One is big”，另一只狗是小的，故选C。3. 选A。根据第二段末“in our door”可知洞开在门上，故选A。4. 选B。主语“My brother and I”是复数，be动词用are，故选B。5. 选A。后文父亲回答的是两个洞的原因，此处询问原因用Why，故选A。6. 选C。固定搭配“come in（进来）”对应“go out（出去）”，符合文意，故选C。7. 选B。短文围绕狗的洞展开，此处指大狗无法通过小洞，故选B。8. 选C。此处指代父亲（man）犯了错误，故选C。
【答案】1.B 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.A 6.C 7.B 8.C
【知识点】完形填空、固定搭配、形容词辨析
【点评】本题是贴近日常生活的完形填空，难度适中，主要考查学生对上下文语境的理解及基础词汇、语法的运用，通过故事内容可轻松完成作答。
【难度系数】0.7