一、完形填空(真题·杭州滨江)
阅读下面的短文，从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
The statue(雕像) of the prince stood on a tall tower over the city. He had gold all over him and his eyes were two sapphires(蓝宝石). He gave away one of his eyes to help a poor family. He was very kind and always ready to 1 others. All the people in the town loved him.
When night came, the prince's best friend—a little swallow(燕子) flew back to him.
“I'm here to say goodbye,” the swallow said.
“Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow, please stay with me one 2 more!” said the prince.
“It's cold here now, and the snow is coming. But in Egypt it's 3, and the sun is hot. My Prince, I must leave you,” said the swallow.
But the prince said quietly, “In the town square under us, there's a poor little girl. She's selling 4. But she can't sell them now. 5 wants to buy matches with water on them. Her father is at home and waiting for her. But he's always 6 with her, and he hits her when she comes home with no money. She has no shoes on her feet and no hat on her head. The little girl is standing there and 7. Please take my other eye and give it to her.”
The swallow shook his head, “I can wait one more night, but I can't 8 pulling out your other eye. You've already lost one eye. 9 could I take the other one?” cried the swallow.
“Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow,” said the prince firmly. “You must do this for me!”
Finally, the swallow pulled out the prince's other eye, and took it in his mouth 10 to the town square. He flew past the little girl and 11 the sapphire in her hand. The little girl 12 the blue stone surprisingly at first, then her face lit up with joy. She ran home 13 with it.
Then the little bird flew back to the prince.
“You are 14 now, and so I can't leave you,” he said.
“No, little Swallow,” answered the poor prince. “You should fly to Egypt and the sun.”
“I'm 15 you now,” the swallow said. That night he slept at the little prince's feet.
()1. A. raise B. help C. control D. compare
()2. A. night B. week C. month D. year
()3. A. windy B. dry C. warm D. rainy
()4. A. shoes B. matches C. hats D. books
()5. A. Somebody B. Anybody C. Everybody D. Nobody
()6. A. tired B. sad C. angry D. careful
()7. A. shouting B. crying C. thinking D. singing
()8. A. mind B. enjoy C. practise D. stand
()9. A. Why B. How C. Where D. When
()10. A. down B. up C. next D. opposite
()11. A. bought B. held C. left D. repaired
()12. A. put up B. gave away C. cleared out D. looked at
()13. A. happily B. seriously C. slowly D. naturally
()14. A. deaf B. blind C. sick D. bored
()15. A. staying with B. depending on C. talking to D. looking for

1－5. BACBD 6－10. CBDBA 11－15. CDABA
【完形填空】
文章讲述善良的王子雕像身披金箔、眼嵌蓝宝石，恳求即将前往温暖埃及的燕子多留一夜，让燕子取下自己仅剩的另一只蓝宝石眼睛，送给因卖不出湿火柴而恐遭父亲打骂、忍寒哭泣的小女孩，燕子被打动后留下陪伴失明的王子。
第8题：“stand”在此意为“忍受”，燕子不忍心再挖王子的另一只眼睛。本题考查动词词义辨析，需结合情感色彩与上下文逻辑，故选D。
第9题：燕子说“我怎么能拿走另一只眼睛呢？”表达的是方式或情感上的不可为，因此用“How”。本题考查疑问词在情感表达中的用法，故选B。

【分析】
做完形填空需遵循“先通读，再逐题，后复查”的思路：首先通读全文，把握文章主旨（本文是经典童话《快乐王子》的片段，讲述善良的王子雕像恳求燕子留下，让燕子取下自己的蓝宝石眼睛送给困境中的卖火柴小女孩的故事）；接着逐题分析，结合上下文语境、词汇词义辨析、情感逻辑等筛选最佳选项；最后通读全文验证答案是否通顺合理。
【解析】
1. 第1题：前文提到王子很善良，“be ready to do sth”表示乐于做某事，结合语境应是乐于帮助他人，故选B（help）。A. raise（筹集）、C. control（控制）、D. compare（比较）均不符合。
2. 第2题：根据前文“When night came”，燕子说要告别，王子请求再留一个夜晚，故选A（night）。B. week（周）、C. month（月）、D. year（年）不符合时间语境。
3. 第3题：前文提到城市寒冷下雪，埃及与城市形成对比，应是温暖的，故选C（warm）。A. windy（有风的）、B. dry（干燥的）、D. rainy（下雨的）不符合对比逻辑。
4. 第4题：后文多次提到“matches”（火柴），可知小女孩在卖火柴，故选B（matches）。A. shoes（鞋）、C. hats（帽子）、D. books（书）不符合上下文。
5. 第5题：小女孩卖的是湿火柴，没人愿意买，故选D（Nobody）。A. Somebody（某人）、B. Anybody（任何人）、C. Everybody（每个人）不符合语境。
6. 第6题：父亲会在小女孩没赚到钱时打她，说明父亲很生气，故选C（angry）。A. tired（累的）、B. sad（难过的）、D. careful（小心的）不符合。
7. 第7题：小女孩卖不出火柴，处境悲惨，正在哭泣，故选B（crying）。A. shouting（喊叫）、C. thinking（思考）、D. singing（唱歌）不符合。
8. 第8题：燕子不忍心再挖王子的另一只眼睛，“stand”在此意为“忍受”，故选D（stand）。A. mind（介意，后接doing）、B. enjoy（喜欢）、C. practise（练习）不符合词义和用法。
9. 第9题：燕子表达“我怎么能拿走另一只眼睛呢”，询问方式，用How，故选B（How）。A. Why（为什么）、C. Where（哪里）、D. When（何时）不符合情感表达逻辑。
10. 第10题：燕子从王子所在的高塔飞到广场，是向下飞，故选A（down）。B. up（向上）、C. next（下一个）、D. opposite（相反的）不符合方向。
11. 第11题：燕子把蓝宝石留在小女孩手里，故选C（left）。A. bought（买）、B. held（握住）、D. repaired（修理）不符合。
12. 第12题：小女孩惊讶地看着蓝宝石，故选D（looked at）。A. put up（张贴）、B. gave away（赠送）、C. cleared out（清理）不符合。
13. 第13题：小女孩得到蓝宝石后很开心，跑回家，故选A（happily）。B. seriously（严肃地）、C. slowly（慢慢地）、D. naturally（自然地）不符合情绪。
14. 第14题：王子已经失去了两只眼睛，失明了，故选B（blind）。A. deaf（聋的）、C. sick（生病的）、D. bored（无聊的）不符合。
15. 第15题：燕子决定留下陪伴王子，故选A（staying with）。B. depending on（依靠）、C. talking to（交谈）、D. looking for（寻找）不符合语境。
【答案】
1－5. BACBD 6－10. CBDBA 11－15. CDABA
【知识点】
完形填空语境理解、动词词义辨析、名词词义辨析
【点评】
本题选取经典童话片段，考查学生对上下文语境的把握能力及词汇辨析能力，需结合故事情感逻辑解题，整体难度适中，适合初中阶段学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.5